Mike Walker

7.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
70 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

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Mike Walker is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Anthropology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mike Walker has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Atmospheric Science, 25 papers in Anthropology and 21 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Mike Walker's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (37 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (25 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (19 papers). Mike Walker is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (37 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (25 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (19 papers). Mike Walker collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Mike Walker's co-authors include J. John Lowe, Svante Björck, Sune Olander Rasmussen, Les C. Cwynar, Rewi M. Newnham, Wim Z. Hoek, J. P. Steffensen, Harvey Weiss, Max Berkelhammer and Antony J. Long and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Acta Materialia and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Mike Walker

68 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Formal subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch: a Discussion Paper by a Working Group of INTIMATE (Integration of ice‐core, marine and terrestrial records) and the Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy (International Commission on Stratigraphy)

2012 663 citations Mike Walker, Max Berkelhammer et al. Journal of Quaternary Science profile →
Synchronisation of palaeoenvironmental events in the North Atlantic region during the Last Termination: a revised protocol recommended by the INTIMATE group

2008 562 citations J. John Lowe, Sune Olander Rasmussen et al. profile →
Formal ratification of the subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch (Quaternary System/Period): two new Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSPs) and three new stages/subseries

2018 281 citations Mike Walker, Martin J. Head et al. Episodes profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Mike Walker	3.0k	1.4k	1.2k	848	818	70	3.9k
M. J. C. Walker	3.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	874 1.0×	993 1.2×	48	3.8k
Sander van der Kaars	3.2k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.5×	888 1.1×	78	4.9k
Anne‐Marie Lézine	3.1k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	954 0.8×	711 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	102	4.3k
Judy R M Allen	2.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	728 0.9×	638 0.8×	47	3.5k
J. Curt Stager	3.1k 1.0×	866 0.6×	893 0.8×	1.2k 1.4×	1.0k 1.2×	50	3.9k
Wim Z. Hoek	2.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	844 0.7×	818 1.0×	1000 1.2×	85	3.1k
Henry F. Lamb	3.4k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	963 1.2×	105	4.7k
Takeshi Nakagawa	3.5k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	1.0k 1.2×	966 1.2×	123	4.5k
Gunhild Rosqvist	3.0k 1.0×	577 0.4×	796 0.7×	845 1.0×	765 0.9×	52	3.6k
D. Q. Bowen	2.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	695 0.6×	623 0.7×	1.2k 1.5×	66	3.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mike Walker

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Wang, Qigui, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of Two New Cast Aluminum Alloys for High Performance Cylinder Heads. International Journal of Metalcasting. 19(1). 52–58. 5 indexed citations

Walker, Mike, et al.. (2022). Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a socially deprived UK coastal town: a preliminary exploratory analysis of health and socioeconomic data. 9(2). 30–32.

Head, Martin J., Marie‐Pierre Aubry, Werner E. Piller, & Mike Walker. (2022). The Standard Auxiliary Boundary Stratotype: a proposed replacement for the Auxiliary Stratotype Point in supporting a Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP). Episodes. 46(1). 35–45. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Liuqi, Dianne S. Edwards, Chris Boreham, et al.. (2021). Petrophysical and geochemical interpretations of well logs from the pre-Carboniferous succession in Barnicarndy 1, Canning Basin, Western Australia. The APPEA Journal. 61(1). 253–270. 3 indexed citations

Walker, Mike, Martin J. Head, J. John Lowe, et al.. (2019). Subdividing the Holocene Series/Epoch: formalization of stages/ages and subseries/subepochs, and designation of GSSPs and auxiliary stratotypes. Journal of Quaternary Science. 34(3). 173–186. 144 indexed citations

Kim, Kyoungdoc, et al.. (2017). Equilibrium composition variation of Q-phase precipitates in aluminum alloys. Acta Materialia. 138. 150–160. 41 indexed citations

Walker, Mike & J. John Lowe. (2017). Lateglacial environmental change in Scotland. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 110(1-2). 173–198. 23 indexed citations

Lowe, J. John & Mike Walker. (2015). Measuring Quaternary time: A 50‐year perspective. Journal of Quaternary Science. 30(2). 104–113. 6 indexed citations

Rasmussen, Sune Olander, Hilary H. Birks, Simon Blockley, et al.. (2014). Dating, Synthesis, and Interpretation of Palaeoclimatic Records and Model-data Integration:Advances of the INTIMATE project(INTegration of Ice core, Marine and TErrestrial records, COST Action ES0907). Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). 1 indexed citations

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Burrus, Robert T., et al.. (2011). ARE MY COLLEAGUES SOFT ON (ACADEMIC) CRIME. Journal of economics and economic education research. 12(3). 55. 6 indexed citations

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Walker, Mike & Matthew McLean. (2010). Making lives go better : university education and 'professional capabilities'. South African Journal of Higher Education. 24(5). 847–869. 10 indexed citations

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Fookes, P. G. & Mike Walker. (2010). Concrete: a man‐made rock?. Geology Today. 26(2). 65–71. 3 indexed citations

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Blockley, Simon, J. John Lowe, Mike Walker, et al.. (2004). Bayesian analysis of radiocarbon chronologies: examples from the European Late‐glacial. Journal of Quaternary Science. 19(2). 159–175. 72 indexed citations

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Walker, Mike. (1997). Timescales and Environmental Change. Applied Geography. 17(3). 245–245. 1 indexed citations

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Walker, Mike, et al.. (1996). Madam foreman : a rush to judgment?. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations

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Howsam, P., et al.. (1995). Permeability impairment around boreholes in micaceous aquiferes. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology. 28(supplement_2). 4 indexed citations

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Walker, Mike & Catherine M. Kerr. (1994). Concepts in nurse education. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 20(6). 1119–1124. 2 indexed citations

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Walker, Mike, et al.. (1993). An early-Holocene pollen, mollusc and ostracod sequence from lake marl at Llangorse Lake, South Wales, UK. The Holocene. 3(2). 138–149. 22 indexed citations

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Walker, Mike, et al.. (1976). Pleistoceno final y Holoceno en la cuenca del Vinalopó (Alicante). Estudios Geológicos. 32(1). 95–104. 5 indexed citations

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Lowe, J. John & Mike Walker. (1976). Radiocarbon dates and deglaciation of Rannoch Moor, Scotland. Nature. 264(5587). 632–633. 45 indexed citations

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