Simon Walker

11.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
83 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Simon Walker is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Walker has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Cell Biology and 15 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Simon Walker's work include Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (13 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (13 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (12 papers). Simon Walker is often cited by papers focused on Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (13 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (13 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (12 papers). Simon Walker collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Japan. Simon Walker's co-authors include Nicholas T. Ktistakis, Maria Manifava, H. Llewelyn Roderick, Gareth Griffiths, Anja Habermann, J. Allan Downie, Peter J. Cullen, Eleftherios Karanasios, Virginie Viprey and Martin D. Bootman and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Simon Walker

81 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

Autophagosome formation from membrane compartments enriched in phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate and dynamically connected to the endoplasmic reticulum

2008 1.4k citations Simon Walker, H. Llewelyn Roderick et al. profile →
High sensitivity cardiac troponin and the under-diagnosis of myocardial infarction in women: prospective cohort study

2015 304 citations Simon Walker et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simon Walker United Kingdom	34	2.0k	1.9k	1.2k	654	587	83	5.1k
Hyun Woo Park South Korea	35	1.3k 0.7×	4.2k 2.2×	3.1k 2.5×	137 0.2×	275 0.5×	119	7.6k
André Schneider Switzerland	52	2.4k 1.2×	4.7k 2.5×	423 0.3×	595 0.9×	202 0.3×	192	6.9k
Sebastian Wagner Germany	32	1.7k 0.9×	5.2k 2.7×	969 0.8×	150 0.2×	160 0.3×	64	7.7k
Ola Larsson Sweden	50	1.3k 0.7×	6.7k 3.5×	898 0.7×	459 0.7×	176 0.3×	136	10.2k
Nicola Brunetti‐Pierri Italy	41	822 0.4×	3.3k 1.7×	480 0.4×	150 0.2×	111 0.2×	191	5.7k
Antonio Cao Italy	53	547 0.3×	4.5k 2.4×	509 0.4×	421 0.6×	454 0.8×	303	12.1k
Joaquı́n M. Espinosa United States	43	838 0.4×	5.1k 2.7×	473 0.4×	98 0.1×	241 0.4×	139	7.7k
Simon Wilkinson United Kingdom	29	2.1k 1.0×	2.3k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	64 0.1×	120 0.2×	54	4.3k
Claes M. Gustafsson Sweden	59	827 0.4×	9.3k 4.9×	366 0.3×	524 0.8×	727 1.2×	128	11.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Walker

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Bertran, M. Teresa, Robert Walmsley, Iker Valle Aramburu, et al.. (2024). A cyclic peptide toolkit reveals mechanistic principles of peptidylarginine deiminase IV regulation. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9746–9746. 5 indexed citations

Johnsson, Anna‐Karin, Hanneke Okkenhaug, Anne Segonds-Pichon, et al.. (2023). Dock2 generates characteristic spatiotemporal patterns of Rac activity to regulate neutrophil polarisation, migration and phagocytosis. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1180886–1180886. 4 indexed citations

Baker, Martin J., Anna‐Karin Johnsson, Melanie Stammers, et al.. (2023). The Rac-GEF Tiam1 controls integrin-dependent neutrophil responses. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1223653–1223653. 6 indexed citations

Alagöz, Gökberk, Felix Krueger, Maria Rostovskaya, et al.. (2023). NANOGP1 , a tandem duplicate of NANOG , exhibits partial functional conservation in human naïve pluripotent stem cells. Development. 150(2). 2 indexed citations

Novo, Clara Lopes, Colin Hockings, Chetan Poudel, et al.. (2022). Satellite repeat transcripts modulate heterochromatin condensates and safeguard chromosome stability in mouse embryonic stem cells. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3525–3525. 30 indexed citations

Jackson, Graham, et al.. (2019). Productivity losses in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma following stem cell transplantation and the impact of maintenance therapy. European Journal Of Haematology. 103(4). 393–401. 15 indexed citations

Roy, Sonali, Fran Robson, Chengwu Liu, et al.. (2017). MtLAX2, a Functional Homologue of the Arabidopsis Auxin Influx Transporter AUX1, Is Required for Nodule Organogenesis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 174(1). 326–338. 50 indexed citations

Walker, Simon, Eleftherios Karanasios, & Nicholas T. Ktistakis. (2016). Correlative Live Cell and Super Resolution Imaging of Autophagosome Formation. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 587. 1–20. 7 indexed citations

Lindsay, Yvonne, Tamara Chessa, Hervé Guillou, et al.. (2015). Localizing the lipid products of PI3Kγ in neutrophils. Advances in Biological Regulation. 60. 36–45. 11 indexed citations

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Walker, Simon, et al.. (2013). Etoposide Induces Nuclear Re-Localisation of AID. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e82110–e82110. 3 indexed citations

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Bootman, Martin D., Katja Rietdorf, Tony Collins, Simon Walker, & Michael J. Sanderson. (2013). Converting Fluorescence Data into Ca²⁺ Concentration. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2013(2). pdb.prot072827–pdb.prot072827. 9 indexed citations

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Bootman, Martin D., Katja Rietdorf, Tony Collins, Simon Walker, & Michael J. Sanderson. (2013). Loading Fluorescent Ca²⁺ Indicators into Living Cells. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2013(2). pdb.prot072801–pdb.prot072801. 13 indexed citations

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Pascall, John C., Aamir S. Mukadam, David Oxley, et al.. (2013). The Immune System GTPase GIMAP6 Interacts with the Atg8 Homologue GABARAPL2 and Is Recruited to Autophagosomes. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e77782–e77782. 20 indexed citations

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Adalbert, Róbert, Giacomo Morreale, Laura Conforti, et al.. (2012). Intra-axonal calcium changes after axotomy in wild-type and slow Wallerian degeneration axons. Neuroscience. 225. 44–54. 39 indexed citations

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Dai, Yanfeng, et al.. (2011). Ca2+-dependent Monomer and Dimer Formation Switches CAPRI Protein between Ras GTPase-activating Protein (GAP) and RapGAP Activities. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(22). 19905–19916. 21 indexed citations

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Kupzig, Sabine, Simon Walker, Qing Liu, et al.. (2006). GAP1 Family Members Constitute Bifunctional Ras and Rap GTPase-activating Proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(15). 9891–9900. 67 indexed citations

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Walker, Simon, Gyles E. Cozier, & Peter J. Cullen. (2004). GFP Fusion Proteins to Study Signaling in Live Cells. Humana Press eBooks. 273. 407–420. 4 indexed citations

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Walker, Simon, et al.. (2002). Analyzing the Role of the Putative Inositol 1,3,4,5-Tetrakisphosphate Receptor GAP1IP4BP in Intracellular Ca2+ Homeostasis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(50). 48779–48785. 13 indexed citations

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Walker, Simon & J. Allan Downie. (2000). Entry of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae into Root Hairs Requires Minimal Nod Factor Specificity, but Subsequent Infection Thread Growth Requires nodO or nodE. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 13(7). 754–762. 70 indexed citations

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Schneider, Angela, et al.. (1999). Genetic mapping and functional analysis of a nodulation-defective mutant (sym19) of pea (Pisum sativum L.). Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 262(1). 1–11. 38 indexed citations

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