Richard Walker

15.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
383 papers, 12.4k citations indexed

About

Richard Walker is a scholar working on Geophysics, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Walker has authored 383 papers receiving a total of 12.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 124 papers in Geophysics, 121 papers in Molecular Biology and 88 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Richard Walker's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (118 papers), HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (74 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (72 papers). Richard Walker is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (118 papers), HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (74 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (72 papers). Richard Walker collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Iran. Richard Walker's co-authors include James Jackson, A. S. JONES, Erik De Clercq, B. Parsons, Mark B. Allen, J Descamps, G. VERHELST, Morteza Talebian, Paul L. Coe and Tadashi Miyasaka and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Richard Walker

368 papers receiving 11.6k 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.

Comparative Efficacy of Antiherpes Drugs against Different Strains of Herpes Simplex Virus

1980 552 citations Erik De Clercq, J Descamps et al. profile →
Late Cenozoic reorganization of the Arabia‐Eurasia collision and the comparison of short‐term and long‐term deformation rates

2004 519 citations James Jackson, Richard Walker et al. Tectonics profile →
(E)-5-(2-Bromovinyl)-2'-deoxyuridine: a potent and selective anti-herpes agent.

1979 404 citations Erik De Clercq, J Descamps et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard Walker United Kingdom	58	4.5k	2.9k	2.4k	2.2k	1.6k	383	12.4k
Haruo Tanaka Japan	52	1.1k 0.2×	4.1k 1.4×	209 0.1×	1.6k 0.7×	260 0.2×	361	10.0k
Henrik Clausen Denmark	97	543 0.1×	19.8k 6.9×	718 0.3×	5.7k 2.6×	1.2k 0.8×	457	40.1k
Guido Poli Italy	63	1.9k 0.4×	1.5k 0.5×	3.2k 1.3×	80 0.0×	2.3k 1.5×	284	12.8k
Walter Keller Austria	79	512 0.1×	12.1k 4.3×	946 0.4×	280 0.1×	604 0.4×	384	19.0k
Daniel M. Davis United Kingdom	65	4.6k 1.0×	3.5k 1.2×	414 0.2×	120 0.1×	1.1k 0.7×	225	17.4k
Wenjun Liu China	72	650 0.1×	1.2k 0.4×	2.5k 1.0×	179 0.1×	1.1k 0.7×	686	20.5k
Thomas F. Anderson United States	45	749 0.2×	1.4k 0.5×	174 0.1×	404 0.2×	311 0.2×	135	7.8k
William L. Brown United States	43	751 0.2×	2.4k 0.9×	984 0.4×	102 0.0×	1.0k 0.7×	265	9.5k
Martin Frank Germany	74	2.7k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	459 0.2×	68 0.0×	854 0.5×	371	17.7k
Robert Langridge United States	45	1.7k 0.4×	6.0k 2.1×	330 0.1×	982 0.4×	139 0.1×	159	9.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kalligeris, Nikos, Costas E. Synolakis, Philip England, James Jackson, & Richard Walker. (2025). Implications of the 9 July 1956 M _S ∼ 7.2 Amorgos Earthquake for Tsunami Hazard in the Aegean. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(14).

Walker, Richard, Linda Godfrey, S. J. Mojzsis, et al.. (2024). THE NON-CARBONACEOUS NATURE OF EARTH’S LATE-STAGE ACCRETION. 1 indexed citations

Elsayed, Inas, Njideka Okubadejo, Richard Walker, et al.. (2024). Advancing Parkinson's Disease Research in Africa: A Strategic Training Framework of the Global Parkinson's Genetics Program. Movement Disorders. 40(1). 51–56. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Yuqing, Hanlin Chen, Xuhua Shi, et al.. (2023). Reconciling patterns of long-term topographic growth with coseismic uplift by synchronous duplex thrusting. Nature Communications. 14(1). 8073–8073. 9 indexed citations

Abdrakhmatov, Kanatbek, A. J. Elliott, John R. Elliott, et al.. (2022). Probing the Upper End of Intracontinental Earthquake Magnitude: A Prehistoric Example From the Dzhungarian and Lepsy Faults of Kazakhstan. Tectonics. 41(10). 8 indexed citations

Mousavi, Zahra, Morteza Fattahi, Mohammad Mahdi Khatib, et al.. (2021). Constant Slip Rate on the Doruneh Strike‐Slip Fault, Iran, Averaged Over Late Pleistocene, Holocene, and Decadal Timescales. Tectonics. 40(6). 3 indexed citations

Walker, Richard, et al.. (2021). Slip‐Rate on the Main Köpetdag (Kopeh Dagh) Strike‐Slip Fault, Turkmenistan, and the Active Tectonics of the South Caspian. Tectonics. 40(8). 15 indexed citations

Elliott, John R., Ekbal Hussain, Richard Walker, et al.. (2021). Significant Seismic Risk Potential From Buried Faults Beneath Almaty City, Kazakhstan, Revealed From High‐Resolution Satellite DEMs. Earth and Space Science. 8(9). 11 indexed citations

Elliott, A. J., et al.. (2020). Satellite imaging of the 2015 M7.2 earthquake in the Central Pamir, Tajikistan, elucidates a sequence of shallow strike-slip ruptures of the Sarez-Karakul fault. Geophysical Journal International. 221(3). 1696–1718. 14 indexed citations

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Walker, Richard, et al.. (2020). Palaeo-earthquake magnitudes on the Dzhungarian fault, N. Tien shan, and implications for the rupture processes of intraplate strike-slip faults. 2 indexed citations

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Walker, Richard, Dylan H. Rood, Edward J. Rhodes, et al.. (2016). The tectonics of the western Ordos Plateau, Ningxia, China: Slip rates on the Luoshan and East Helanshan Faults. Tectonics. 35(11). 2754–2777. 35 indexed citations

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Hollingsworth, James, Richard Walker, Kanatbek Abdrakhmatov, et al.. (2016). Active fault slip and potential large magnitude earthquakes within the stable Kazakh Platform (Central Kazakhstan). AGUFM. 2016. 1 indexed citations

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Carolin, Stacy, Richard Walker, Gideon M. Henderson, et al.. (2015). Decadal-scale Climate Variability on the Central Iranian Plateau Spanning the So-called 4.2 ka BP Drought Event. 2015 AGU Fall Meeting. 2015. 1 indexed citations

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Walker, Richard, et al.. (2011). Observations of the performance of earth buildings following the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. 44(4). 358–367. 8 indexed citations

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Sun, Ming, et al.. (2000). 5-Methyl-2′-deoxy-4′-thio-α-uridine (R)-S-oxide. Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications. 56(12). 1492–1493.

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Balzarini, Jan, Christina Bohman, Richard Walker, & Erik De Clercq. (1994). Comparative cytostatic activity of different antiherpetic drugs against herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene-transfected tumor cells.. Molecular Pharmacology. 45(6). 1253–1258. 41 indexed citations

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Walker, Richard. (1989). Endodontics--anatomical considerations.. PubMed. 10. 120–7. 2 indexed citations

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Clercq, Erik De & Richard Walker. (1988). Antiviral drug development : a multidisciplinary approach. Plenum Press eBooks. 43 indexed citations

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Clercq, Erik De, J Descamps, P. C. Maudgal, et al.. (1981). Selective anti-herpes activity of 5-(2-halogenovinyl)-2'-deoxyuridines and 2'-deoxycytidines. Lirias (KU Leuven). 9 indexed citations

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Walker, Richard, Erik De Clercq, & Fritz Eckstein. (1979). Nucleoside analogues : chemistry, biology, and medical applications. Plenum Press eBooks. 79 indexed citations

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