R. A. Walker

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
61 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

R. A. Walker is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, R. A. Walker has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Cell Biology and 14 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in R. A. Walker's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (20 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (11 papers) and HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research (7 papers). R. A. Walker is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (20 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (11 papers) and HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research (7 papers). R. A. Walker collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. R. A. Walker's co-authors include Nancy Pryer, E. D. Salmon, Harold Erickson, E. Timothy O’Brien, William A. Voter, Edward D. Salmon, JM Varley, William J. Brammar, Julia Swallow and Michael P. Sheetz and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Journal of Cell Biology and Annual Review of Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

R. A. Walker

60 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Dynamic instability of individual microtubules analyzed by video light microscopy: rate constants and transition frequencies.

1988 803 citations R. A. Walker, E. Timothy O’Brien et al. profile →
World Health Organization Classification of Tumours. Pathology and Genetics of Tumours of the Breast and Female Genital Organs

2005 675 citations R. A. Walker profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. A. Walker United Kingdom	31	2.1k	1.7k	1.1k	573	428	61	3.9k
Wen-Lin Kuo United States	22	3.4k 1.6×	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 1.3×	987 1.7×	415 1.0×	30	4.7k
Michael H. Roh United States	30	2.0k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	917 0.8×	592 1.0×	188 0.4×	60	3.9k
Nancy Pryer United States	22	3.4k 1.6×	2.1k 1.2×	2.4k 2.2×	511 0.9×	284 0.7×	35	6.2k
Loren S. Michel United States	24	1.6k 0.7×	835 0.5×	1.5k 1.3×	454 0.8×	191 0.4×	72	2.9k
Alexander Spektor United States	15	1.7k 0.8×	838 0.5×	766 0.7×	402 0.7×	94 0.2×	51	2.8k
Jeffrey Ecsedy United States	32	2.0k 1.0×	2.1k 1.3×	1.6k 1.5×	361 0.6×	190 0.4×	71	3.5k
David W. Goodrich United States	34	3.1k 1.5×	503 0.3×	2.3k 2.1×	788 1.4×	425 1.0×	97	5.0k
Chiara Frasson Italy	26	2.5k 1.2×	1.6k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	964 1.7×	132 0.3×	43	4.3k
Iris Simón United States	29	1.6k 0.8×	809 0.5×	1.5k 1.3×	708 1.2×	778 1.8×	61	3.4k
Carrie Sougnez United States	15	2.1k 1.0×	271 0.2×	896 0.8×	1.1k 1.9×	526 1.2×	27	3.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. A. Walker

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Speirs, Valerie & R. A. Walker. (2007). New perspectives into the biological and clinical relevance of oestrogen receptors in the human breast. The Journal of Pathology. 211(5). 499–506. 44 indexed citations

Walker, R. A., et al.. (2007). The aged breast. The Journal of Pathology. 211(2). 232–240. 33 indexed citations

Walker, R. A., Alex Gordon‐Weeks, & Jeni Luckett. (2005). Apoptotic regulation within normal and cancer containing breasts. The Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology. 205. 4–4. 1 indexed citations

Karabay, Arzu & R. A. Walker. (2003). Identification of Ncd tail domain-binding sites on the tubulin dimer. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 305(3). 523–528. 12 indexed citations

McCarthy, Robert J., et al.. (2002). The Role of Pedometers in the Assessment of Intermittent Claudication. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 23(4). 317–320. 8 indexed citations

McCarthy, Robert J., et al.. (2001). Patient and Hospital Benefits of Local Anaesthesia for Carotid Endarterectomy. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 22(1). 13–18. 49 indexed citations

Hassan, H. & R. A. Walker. (2001). Altered expression of epidermal growth factor receptor in non-involved tissue of cancer-containing breasts. The Breast. 10(4). 318–324. 33 indexed citations

McCarthy, Robert J., et al.. (2001). The Value of Transcranial Doppler in Predicting Cerebral Ischaemia During Carotid Endarterectomy. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 21(5). 408–412. 35 indexed citations

Kao, Yu‐Lin, et al.. (2000). Bundling of Microtubules by Motor and Tail Domains of a Kinesin-like Calmodulin-Binding Protein from Arabidopsis: Regulation by Ca2+/Calmodulin. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 267(1). 201–207. 49 indexed citations

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Deavours, B.E. & R. A. Walker. (1999). Nuclear Localization of C-Terminal Domains of the Kinesin-like Protein MKLP-1. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 260(3). 605–608. 11 indexed citations

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Deavours, B.E., Anireddy S. N. Reddy, & R. A. Walker. (1998). Ca2+/calmodulin regulation of theArabidopsis kinesin-like calmodulin-binding protein. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton. 40(4). 408–416. 50 indexed citations

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Walker, R. A., et al.. (1997). n-ethylmaleimide and ethacrynic acid inhibit kinesin binding to microtubules in a motility assay. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton. 37(4). 289–299. 7 indexed citations

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Walker, R. A., et al.. (1996). Allelic imbalance in the region of the BRCA1 gene in ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast. British Journal of Cancer. 73(5). 636–639. 12 indexed citations

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Walker, R. A., Andrew Fox, T.R. Magee, & M Horrocks. (1996). Intraoperative duplex scanning as a means of quality control during carotid endarterectomy. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 11(3). 364–367. 23 indexed citations

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Walker, R. A., et al.. (1996). E-cadherin relates to EGFR expression and lymph node metastasis in primary breast carcinoma. British Journal of Cancer. 74(8). 1237–1241. 64 indexed citations

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Rajakariar, Ravindra & R. A. Walker. (1995). Pathological and biological features of mammographically detected invasive breast carcinomas. British Journal of Cancer. 71(1). 150–154. 36 indexed citations

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Walker, R. A., et al.. (1994). Relationship of transforming growth factor β1 to extracellular matrix and stromal infiltrates in invasive breast carcinoma. British Journal of Cancer. 69(6). 1160–1165. 67 indexed citations

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Walker, R. A., et al.. (1990). Is apocrine differentiation in breast carcinoma of prognostic significance?. British Journal of Cancer. 62(1). 113–117. 16 indexed citations

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O’Brien, E. Tim, E. D. Salmon, R. A. Walker, & Harold Erickson. (1990). Effects of magnesium on the dynamic instability of individual microtubules. Biochemistry. 29(28). 6648–6656. 71 indexed citations

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Caplow, Michael, et al.. (1989). Stabilization of microtubules by tubulin-GDP-inorganic phosphate subunits. Biochemistry. 28(20). 8136–8141. 34 indexed citations

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