Robin Walters

25.4k citations

102 papers · 6.2k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 35

Impact in

Plant Science top 0.5%
- Light effects on plants
- Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
- Plant responses to elevated CO2
Molecular Biology top 1%
- Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

Papers in ⓘ

Molecular Biology 40
- Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms 23
Genetics 27
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology 17
- Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease 7

Co-authors: Peter Horton (22 shared papers)Alexander V. Ruban (7 shared papers)Stefan Jansson (5 shared papers)Shaun Bailey (2 shared papers)Iona Y. Millwood (54 shared papers)Zhengming Chen (52 shared papers)Liming Li (48 shared papers)Canqing Yu (47 shared papers)
Journals: Planta (6 papers)International Journal of Epidemiology (5 papers)American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (4 papers)Photosynthesis Research (4 papers)International Journal of Cancer (3 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom China United States

In The Last Decade

Robin Walters

97 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Causal associations of blood lipids with risk of ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage in Chinese adults 2019 · 209 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2019 Nature Medicine
2018 Journal of the American College of Cardiology
1996 Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology

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1	REGULATION OF LIGHT HARVESTING IN GREEN PLANTS Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology ·Peter Horton, Alexander V. Ruban, Robin Walters Hit paper breakdown →	1996	1447
2	Towards an understanding of photosynthetic acclimation Journal of Experimental Botany ·Robin Walters	2004	497
3	Acclimation of Arabidopsis thaliana to the light environment: the existence of separate low light and high light responses Planta ·Shaun Bailey, Robin Walters, Stefan Jansson, Peter Horton	2001	333
4	Lipids, Lipoproteins, and Metabolites and Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Stroke Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Michael V. Holmes, Iona Y. Millwood, Christiana Kartsonaki, Michael Hill, Derrick Bennett, Ruth Boxall, Canqing Yu, Xin Xu, Zheng Bian, Ruying Hu, Robin Walters, Junshi Chen, Mika Ala‐Korpela, Sarah Parish, Robert J. Clarke, Richard Peto, Rory Collins, Liming Li, Zhengming Chen Hit paper breakdown →	2018	329
5	Resolution of components of non-photochemical chlorophyll fluorescence quenching in barley leaves Photosynthesis Research ·Robin Walters, Peter Horton	1991	243
6	Regulation of Light Harvesting in Green Plants (Indication by Nonphotochemical Quenching of Chlorophyll Fluorescence) PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Peter Horton, Alexander V. Ruban, Robin Walters	1994	232
7	Absence of the Lhcb1 and Lhcb2 proteins of the light‐harvesting complex of photosystem II – effects on photosynthesis, grana stacking and fitness The Plant Journal ·Andersson Jenny, W Farnham Mark, Robin Walters, Howard Caroline A., Ruban Alexander V., Peter Horton, Stefan Jansson	2003	221
8	A deletion of the HBII-85 class of small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) is associated with hyperphagia, obesity and hypogonadism Human Molecular Genetics ·Adam J. de Smith, Carolin Purmann, Robin Walters, Richard J. Ellis, Susan Holder, Mieke M. van Haelst, A. F. Brady, U. L. Fairbrother, Mehul Dattani, Julia M. Keogh, Elana Henning, Giles S.H. Yeo, Stephen O’Rahilly, Philippe Froguel, I. Sadaf Farooqi, Alexandra I. F. Blakemore	2009	217
9	Causal associations of blood lipids with risk of ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage in Chinese adults Nature Medicine ·(unknown), Luanluan Sun, Robert Clarke, Derrick Bennett, Canqing Yu, Robin Walters, Michael Hill, Sarah Parish, Iona Y. Millwood, Zheng Bian, Yiping Chen, Jun Lv, Rory Collins, Junshi Chen, Richard Peto, Liming Li, Zhengming Chen Hit paper breakdown →	2019	209
10	Acclimation of Arabidopsis thaliana to the light environment: Changes in composition of the photosynthetic apparatus Planta ·Robin Walters, Peter Horton	1994	146
11	Antisense Inhibition of the Photosynthetic Antenna Proteins CP29 and CP26: Implications for the Mechanism of Protective Energy Dissipation The Plant Cell ·Jenny Andersson, Robin Walters, Peter Horton, Stefan Jansson	2001	143
12	Childhood Obesity Is Associated with Shorter Leukocyte Telomere Length The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·Jessica L. Buxton, Robin Walters, Sophie Visvikis‐Siest, Stephen Eyre, Philippe Froguel, Alexandra I. F. Blakemore	2011	117
13	Acclimation of Arabidopsis thaliana to the light environment: the relationship between photosynthetic function and chloroplast composition Planta ·Shaun Bailey, Peter Horton, Robin Walters	2004	109
14	Higher Plant Light‐Harvesting Complexes LHCIIa and LHCIIc are Bound by Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide During Inhibition of Energy Dissipation European Journal of Biochemistry ·Robin Walters, Alexander V. Ruban, Peter Horton	1994	104
15	Acclimation of Arabidopsis thaliana to the light environment: the role of photoreceptors Planta ·Robin Walters, Jennifer J. M. Rogers, Freya Shephard, Peter Horton	1999	98
16	A Mutant of Arabidopsis Lacking the Triose-Phosphate/Phosphate Translocator Reveals Metabolic Regulation of Starch Breakdown in the Light PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Robin Walters, Douglas G. Ibrahim, Peter Horton, Nicholas J. Kruger	2004	98
17	Theoretical assessment of alternative mechanisms for non-photochemical quenching of PS II fluorescence in barley leaves Photosynthesis Research ·Robin Walters, Peter Horton	1993	93
18	Identification of proton-active residues in a higher plant light-harvesting complex Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Robin Walters, Alexander V. Ruban, Peter Horton	1996	93
19	Association of vitamin D with risk of type 2 diabetes: A Mendelian randomisation study in European and Chinese adults PLoS Medicine ·Ling Lu, Derrick Bennett, Iona Y. Millwood, Sarah Parish, Mark I. McCarthy, Anubha Mahajan, Xu Lin, Fiona Bragg, Canqing Yu, Michael V. Holmes, Shoaib Afzal, Børge G. Nordestgaard, Zheng Bian, Michael Hill, Robin Walters, Liming Li, Zhengming Chen, Robert Clarke	2018	79
20	Identification of Mutants of Arabidopsis Defective in Acclimation of Photosynthesis to the Light Environment PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Robin Walters, Freya Shephard, Jennifer J. M. Rogers, Stephen A. Rolfe, Peter Horton	2003	77

About Robin Walters

Robin Walters is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Plant Science, Epidemiology and Surgery, having authored 102 papers that have together received 6.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (23 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (17 papers), Light effects on plants (15 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (12 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (10 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (7 papers), Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease (7 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Plant Science (2.9k citations), Molecular Biology (4.0k citations), Biochemistry (338 citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (718 citations) and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (500 citations). Robin Walters has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. Frequent co-authors include Peter Horton, Alexander V. Ruban, Stefan Jansson, Shaun Bailey, Iona Y. Millwood, Zhengming Chen, Liming Li, Canqing Yu, Alexandra I. F. Blakemore and Philippe Froguel. Their work appears in journals such as Planta, International Journal of Epidemiology, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Photosynthesis Research and International Journal of Cancer.

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