Sean Walton

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 849 citations indexed

About

Sean Walton is a scholar working on Computational Theory and Mathematics, Computational Mechanics and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Sean Walton has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 849 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics, 6 papers in Computational Mechanics and 4 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Sean Walton's work include Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms (8 papers), Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation (4 papers) and Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (4 papers). Sean Walton is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms (8 papers), Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation (4 papers) and Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (4 papers). Sean Walton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Hong Kong. Sean Walton's co-authors include O. Hassan, K. Morgan, M. Rowan Brown, Kenneth Morgan, Ben Evans, Tom Owen, Richard Roberts, Yun Wang, Neil E. Bezodis and Aidong Lu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering and Journal of Sports Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sean Walton

24 papers receiving 821 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.

Modified cuckoo search: A new gradient free optimisation algorithm

2011 403 citations Sean Walton, O. Hassan et al. Chaos Solitons & Fractals profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sean Walton United Kingdom	11	289	157	117	113	98	24	849
Feng Chen China	21	648 2.2×	280 1.8×	213 1.8×	196 1.7×	177 1.8×	151	2.4k
Chen United States	12	313 1.1×	204 1.3×	66 0.6×	67 0.6×	75 0.8×	226	891
Zhihong Zhang China	21	369 1.3×	446 2.8×	76 0.6×	40 0.4×	116 1.2×	124	1.3k
Qingquan Song United States	11	567 2.0×	239 1.5×	72 0.6×	52 0.5×	76 0.8×	23	1.0k
Jeff M. Phillips United States	19	505 1.7×	408 2.6×	108 0.9×	83 0.7×	125 1.3×	71	1.3k
Liang Hu China	20	368 1.3×	194 1.2×	27 0.2×	48 0.4×	172 1.8×	139	1.3k
Zhifei Zhang China	18	472 1.6×	508 3.2×	90 0.8×	269 2.4×	48 0.5×	83	1.5k
Bin Gu China	8	414 1.4×	330 2.1×	56 0.5×	71 0.6×	129 1.3×	10	1000
Kevin Jamieson United States	13	530 1.8×	187 1.2×	33 0.3×	76 0.7×	84 0.9×	34	984

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sean Walton

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Tam, Gary K.L., et al.. (2025). Survey on 3D Reconstruction Techniques: Large-Scale Urban City Reconstruction and Requirements. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 31(10). 9343–9367. 2 indexed citations

Walton, Sean, et al.. (2023). Evaluating the effect of a ducted winglet on the induced drag of wind turbine blade using CFD and Trefftz plane analysis. Engineering With Computers. 39(6). 3835–3846. 1 indexed citations

Walton, Sean, et al.. (2022). A critical outlook at augmented reality and its adoption in education. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 100103–100103. 31 indexed citations

Walton, Sean, et al.. (2021). It's the journey not the destination. Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion. 231–232. 2 indexed citations

Walton, Sean & M. Rowan Brown. (2019). Predicting effective control parameters for differential evolution using cluster analysis of objective function features. Journal of Heuristics. 25(6). 1015–1031. 2 indexed citations

Williams, Claire, et al.. (2019). Game Developers' Approaches to Communicating Climate Change. Frontiers in Communication. 4. 8 indexed citations

Bezodis, Neil E., Sean Walton, & Ryu Nagahara. (2018). Understanding the track and field sprint start through a functional analysis of the external force features which contribute to higher levels of block phase performance. Journal of Sports Sciences. 37(5). 560–567. 21 indexed citations

Roberts, Richard, Rita Borgo, Sean Walton, et al.. (2018). Storytelling and Visualization: An Extended Survey. Information. 9(3). 65–65. 86 indexed citations

Evans, Ben & Sean Walton. (2017). Aerodynamic optimisation of a hypersonic reentry vehicle based on solution of the Boltzmann–BGK equation and evolutionary optimisation. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 52. 215–240. 13 indexed citations

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Evans, Ben, et al.. (2017). Discrete boundary smoothing using control node parameterisation for aerodynamic shape optimisation. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 48. 113–133. 1 indexed citations

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Walton, Sean, O. Hassan, & Kenneth Morgan. (2016). Advances in co-volume mesh generation and mesh optimisation techniques. Computers & Structures. 181. 70–88. 5 indexed citations

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Welton, Joanne L., Paul Brennan, Mark Gurney, et al.. (2016). Proteomics analysis of vesicles isolated from plasma and urine of prostate cancer patients using a multiplex, aptamer‐based protein array. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 5(1). 31209–31209. 57 indexed citations

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Evans, Ben, et al.. (2015). A novel implementation of computational aerodynamic shape optimisation using Modified Cuckoo Search. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 40(7-8). 4543–4559. 17 indexed citations

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Walton, Sean, et al.. (2014). Well Placement Optimization Under Constraints Using Modified Cuckoo Search. 10 indexed citations

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Walton, Sean, M. Rowan Brown, O. Hassan, & K. Morgan. (2013). Comment on Cuckoo search: A new nature-inspired optimization method for phase equilibrium calculations by V. Bhargava, S. Fateen, A. Bonilla-Petriciolet. Fluid Phase Equilibria. 352. 64–66. 4 indexed citations

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Walton, Sean, O. Hassan, & Kenneth Morgan. (2013). Selected Engineering Applications of Gradient Free Optimisation Using Cuckoo Search and Proper Orthogonal Decomposition. Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering. 20(2). 123–154. 20 indexed citations

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Walton, Sean, O. Hassan, & K. Morgan. (2013). Reduced order modelling for unsteady fluid flow using proper orthogonal decomposition and radial basis functions. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 37(20-21). 8930–8945. 94 indexed citations

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Walton, Sean, O. Hassan, & K. Morgan. (2012). Reduced order mesh optimisation using proper orthogonal decomposition and a modified cuckoo search. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 93(5). 527–550. 26 indexed citations

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Walton, Sean, O. Hassan, K. Morgan, & M. Rowan Brown. (2011). Modified cuckoo search: A new gradient free optimisation algorithm. Chaos Solitons & Fractals. 44(9). 710–718. 403 indexed citations breakdown →

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Walton, Sean. (2001). Linux Socket Programming. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 5 indexed citations

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