W. S. G. Walker

7.0k citations

183 papers · 4.8k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 37

Impact in

Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine top 1%
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases
- Tracheal and airway disorders
- Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
Immunology top 5%
- Immune Response and Inflammation
- Immune cells in cancer

Papers in

Immunology 50
- Immune cells in cancer 22
- Immune Response and Inflammation 19
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses 12
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 56
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment 32
- Tracheal and airway disorders 18
- Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases 16

Co-authors: N. Gregory John Trevor Stuart Fiona M. Carnochan G.C. Pugh Stewart R. Craig E W Cameron H.A. Leaver Gianluca Casali
Journals: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery (14 papers)The Journal of Immunology (11 papers)European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (10 papers)Thorax (8 papers)Cellular Immunology (7 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States New Zealand

In The Last Decade

W. S. G. Walker

181 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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On the stability of three-dimensional boundary layers with application to the flow due to a rotating disk 1955 · 482 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.

1955 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences

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Co-authors

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All Works

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#	Work
1	Mathematics education researchers’ practices in interdisciplinary collaborations: Embracing different ways of knowing Mathematics Education Research Journal ·Elizabeth Suazo‐Flores, W. S. G. Walker, Signe E. Kastberg, Mahtob Aqazade, Hanan Alyami	2024	0
2	Intranodal Palisaded Myofibroblastoma Masquerading as N2 Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma The Annals of Thoracic Surgery ·Ivan Yim, Malcolm Will, Catharine Dhaliwal, Donald M. Salter, W. S. G. Walker	2016	1
3	Development and validation of a theoretical test of proficiency for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy Surgical Endoscopy ·Mona Meral Savran, Henrik Jessen Hansen, René Horsleben Petersen, W. S. G. Walker, Thomas Schmid, Signe Rolskov Bojsen, Lars Konge	2014	14
4	How to set up a VATS lobectomy program. Europe PMC (PubMed Central) ·Joel Dunning, W. S. G. Walker	2012	5
5	Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: can we afford it?☆ European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery ·Gianluca Casali, W. S. G. Walker	2009	67
6	Observation and Analysis of RW Doradus Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia ·B. F. Marino, W. S. G. Walker, C. Bembrick, E. Budding	2007	5
7	Predictors of mortality in early surgical intervention for active native valve endocarditis and significance of antimicrobial therapy: a single-center experience. PubMed ·Sendhil Balasubramanian, Ali Asgar Behranwala, Mohan Devbhandari, Onyekwelu Nzewi, W. S. G. Walker, Sai U. Prasad, Pankaj S. Mankad	2005	6
8	The eclipsing binary system KZ Pav Observatory ·W. S. G. Walker, E. Budding	1996	4
9	Applying ImprovisationBuilder to Interactive Composition with MIDI Piano The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association ·W. S. G. Walker, Brian Belet	1996	8
10	Video-assisted thoracoscopic pneumonectomy for bronchial carcinoid tumor in a 14-year-old girl Journal of Pediatric Surgery ·Stewart R. Craig, Mohammed Hamzah, W. S. G. Walker	1996	7
11	Potential complications of vascular stapling in thoracoscopic pulmonary resection The Annals of Thoracic Surgery ·Stewart R. Craig, W. S. G. Walker	1995	49
12	Immortalization of growth factor-dependent mouse splenic macrophages derived from cloned progenitors Journal of Immunological Methods ·Cathy M. Wilson, Janet Gatewood, Jeffrey M. McCormack, W. S. G. Walker	1991	18
13	3AE8: Monoclonal Antibody Defining Inflammatory Macrophages in Three Species Hybridoma ·Zhang Chen, Shing‐Erh Yen, W. S. G. Walker	1984	6
14	A fifteen minute periodicity on V442 Centauri. Brian F. Marino, W. S. G. Walker	1984	2
15	Exocytosis and macrophage-mediated antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity: a cautionary note. PubMed Central ·R.H.J. Beelen, W. S. G. Walker	1984	7
16	Functional heterogeneity of macrophages in the induction and expression of acquired immunity. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) ·W. S. G. Walker	1976	29
17	Functional heterogeneity of macrophages: subclasses of peritoneal macrophages with different antigen-binding activities and immune complex receptors. PubMed Central ·W. S. G. Walker	1974	57
18	CONSEQUENT INTRAFAMILIAL IMMUNIZATION FOR DL-A HAPLOTYPING IN CANINES The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·J. A. Van der Does, J. J. van Rood, W. S. G. Walker, Robert B. Epstein	1973	7
19	HD 93206 (CSV 6797) an Eclipsing System Presenting Observational Problems Information Bulletin on Variable Stars ·W. S. G. Walker, B. F. Marino	1972	0
20	On the stability of three-dimensional boundary layers with application to the flow due to a rotating disk Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·N. Gregory, John Trevor Stuart, W. S. G. Walker Hit paper breakdown →	1955	482

About W. S. G. Walker

W. S. G. Walker is a scholar working on Immunology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and Neurology, having authored 183 papers that have together received 4.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (32 papers), Immune cells in cancer (22 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (19 papers), Tracheal and airway disorders (18 papers), Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases (16 papers), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (16 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (12 papers) and Esophageal and GI Pathology (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (1.9k citations), Immunology (900 citations), Neurology (289 citations), Surgery (1.2k citations) and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (140 citations). W. S. G. Walker has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand. Frequent co-authors include N. Gregory, John Trevor Stuart, Fiona M. Carnochan, G.C. Pugh, Stewart R. Craig, E W Cameron, H.A. Leaver, Gianluca Casali, David S. Askew and P.L. Yap. Their work appears in journals such as The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, The Journal of Immunology, European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Thorax and Cellular Immunology.

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