Tom W. N. Walker

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
25 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Tom W. N. Walker is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom W. N. Walker has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Ecology, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Tom W. N. Walker's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (6 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (4 papers) and Plant and animal studies (3 papers). Tom W. N. Walker is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (6 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (4 papers) and Plant and animal studies (3 papers). Tom W. N. Walker collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United Kingdom and Austria. Tom W. N. Walker's co-authors include Andreas Richter, Judith Braun, Judith Prommer, Wolfgang Wanek, William O. H. Hughes, David Zezula, Florian Hofhansl, Yuntao Hu, Ivan A. Janssens and Craig W. Herbold and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Global Change Biology and Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Tom W. N. Walker

24 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Increased microbial growth, biomass, and turnover drive soil organic carbon accumulation at higher plant diversity

2019 384 citations Judith Prommer, Tom W. N. Walker et al. Global Change Biology profile →
Microbial temperature sensitivity and biomass change explain soil carbon loss with warming

2018 338 citations Tom W. N. Walker, Christina Kaiser et al. Nature Climate Change profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tom W. N. Walker Switzerland	16	598	574	408	257	181	25	1.5k
Kun Wang China	24	452 0.8×	415 0.7×	768 1.9×	440 1.7×	92 0.5×	127	1.8k
Qinggui Wang China	23	713 1.2×	461 0.8×	606 1.5×	159 0.6×	83 0.5×	95	1.7k
Jie Wei China	20	360 0.6×	242 0.4×	323 0.8×	239 0.9×	219 1.2×	77	1.4k
Sanghoon Kang United States	16	412 0.7×	908 1.6×	254 0.6×	481 1.9×	115 0.6×	29	1.4k
Mélanie Lelièvre France	17	671 1.1×	916 1.6×	472 1.2×	493 1.9×	42 0.2×	26	1.6k
Yun Deng China	25	214 0.4×	403 0.7×	410 1.0×	363 1.4×	427 2.4×	80	1.9k
Yanbao Lei China	22	413 0.7×	399 0.7×	1.2k 3.0×	241 0.9×	107 0.6×	56	1.9k
Kaoping Zhang China	13	504 0.8×	947 1.6×	532 1.3×	494 1.9×	62 0.3×	22	1.5k
Christophe Robin France	33	723 1.2×	473 0.8×	1.9k 4.6×	401 1.6×	75 0.4×	85	3.2k
Yanmei Xiong China	21	354 0.6×	533 0.9×	342 0.8×	110 0.4×	80 0.4×	65	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom W. N. Walker

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Schmeller, Dirk S., James Thornton, Davnah Urbach, et al.. (2024). Toward a set of essential biodiversity variables for assessing change in mountains globally. BioScience. 74(8). 539–551. 1 indexed citations

Allard, Pierre‐Marie, Arnaud Gaudry, Luis-Manuel Quirós-Guerrero, et al.. (2022). Open and reusable annotated mass spectrometry dataset of a chemodiverse collection of 1,600 plant extracts. GigaScience. 12. 15 indexed citations

Walker, Tom W. N., et al.. (2022). Biotic Interactions in Soil are Underestimated Drivers of Microbial Carbon Use Efficiency. Current Microbiology. 80(1). 13–13. 23 indexed citations

Walker, Tom W. N., Konstantin Gavazov, Thomas Guillaume, et al.. (2022). Lowland plant arrival in alpine ecosystems facilitates a decrease in soil carbon content under experimental climate warming. eLife. 11. 6 indexed citations

Défossez, Emmanuel, Camille Pitteloud, Patrice Descombes, et al.. (2021). Spatial and evolutionary predictability of phytochemical diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(3). 81 indexed citations

Gavazov, Konstantin, Alberto Canarini, Vincent E. J. Jassey, et al.. (2021). Plant-microbial linkages underpin carbon sequestration in contrasting mountain tundra vegetation types. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 165. 108530–108530. 26 indexed citations

Sardans, Jordi, Albert Gargallo‐Garriga, Otmar Urban, et al.. (2020). Ecometabolomics for a Better Understanding of Plant Responses and Acclimation to Abiotic Factors Linked to Global Change. Metabolites. 10(6). 239–239. 46 indexed citations

Prommer, Judith, Tom W. N. Walker, Wolfgang Wanek, et al.. (2019). Increased microbial growth, biomass, and turnover drive soil organic carbon accumulation at higher plant diversity. Global Change Biology. 26(2). 669–681. 384 indexed citations breakdown →

Walker, Tom W. N., Christina Kaiser, Florian Strasser, et al.. (2018). Microbial temperature sensitivity and biomass change explain soil carbon loss with warming. Nature Climate Change. 8(10). 885–889. 338 indexed citations breakdown →

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Walker, Tom W. N., Christina Kaiser, Florian Strasser, et al.. (2018). Author Correction: Microbial temperature sensitivity and biomass change explain soil carbon loss with warming. Nature Climate Change. 8(11). 1021–1021. 10 indexed citations

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Braun, Judith, Maria Mooshammer, Wolfgang Wanek, et al.. (2017). Full 15N tracer accounting to revisit major assumptions of 15N isotope pool dilution approaches for gross nitrogen mineralization. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 117. 16–26. 43 indexed citations

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Walker, Tom W. N., Susan E. Ward, Nick Ostle, & Richard D. Bardgett. (2015). Contrasting growth responses of dominant peatland plants to warming and vegetation composition. Oecologia. 178(1). 141–151. 38 indexed citations

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Pullan, Graham, et al.. (2015). Bleed-Induced Distortion in Axial Compressors. Journal of Turbomachinery. 137(10). 20 indexed citations

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Walker, Tom W. N., et al.. (2011). Shell shape variation and fitness variables in the gastropod Littorina saxatilis. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 430. 103–111. 10 indexed citations

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Walker, Tom W. N. & William O. H. Hughes. (2011). Arboreality and the evolution of disease resistance in ants. Ecological Entomology. 36(5). 588–595. 18 indexed citations

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Walker, Tom W. N.. (2002). Educational case report ‐ Self Assessment. Cytopathology. 13(4). 247–247. 3 indexed citations

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Walker, Tom W. N.. (2002). Jasmonic acid-induced hypericin production in cell suspension cultures of Hypericum perforatum L. (St. John's wort). Phytochemistry. 60(3). 289–293. 133 indexed citations

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Low, Jan W., Tom W. N. Walker, & Robert J. Hijmans. (2001). The potential impact of orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes on vitamin A intake in Sub-Saharan Africa.. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 19 indexed citations

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Lack, Leon, et al.. (1973). Synthesis of conjugated bile acids by means of a peptide coupling reagent. Journal of Lipid Research. 14(3). 367–370. 73 indexed citations

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Walker, Tom W. N.. (1972). Protein from petroleum. Nutrition & Food Science. 72(2). 20–23.

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