Walter J. Nickerson

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Walter J. Nickerson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Food Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter J. Nickerson has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Food Science and 12 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Walter J. Nickerson's work include Fungal Biology and Applications (10 papers), Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (7 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (6 papers). Walter J. Nickerson is often cited by papers focused on Fungal Biology and Applications (10 papers), Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (7 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (6 papers). Walter J. Nickerson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Walter J. Nickerson's co-authors include S. Bartnicki-García, Giuseppe Falcone, Chan‐Moon Chung, George Strauss, Antonio H. Romano, Joseph R. Merkel, Michael Webb, Gary W. Elmer, John M. Ward and Anthony H. Rose and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Walter J. Nickerson

71 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

  1. Isolation, composition, and structure of cell walls of filamentous and yeast-like forms of Mucor rouxii
    1962 317 citations S. Bartnicki-García, Walter J. Nickerson Biochimica et Biophysica Acta profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Walter J. Nickerson United States 31 1.4k 729 491 479 398 71 3.0k
Κει Arima Japan 34 3.1k 2.2× 812 1.1× 745 1.5× 446 0.9× 174 0.4× 306 5.4k
J. F. T. Spencer Canada 32 2.2k 1.6× 1.1k 1.5× 243 0.5× 1.0k 2.1× 436 1.1× 156 4.0k
C. T. Bishop Canada 29 701 0.5× 601 0.8× 145 0.3× 241 0.5× 370 0.9× 80 2.3k
F. Kerek Germany 6 1.3k 0.9× 1.7k 2.4× 384 0.8× 673 1.4× 657 1.7× 13 3.4k
J. S. Brimacombe United Kingdom 30 1.6k 1.1× 484 0.7× 252 0.5× 209 0.4× 345 0.9× 226 3.8k
J. H. Sloneker United States 17 886 0.6× 831 1.1× 108 0.2× 468 1.0× 418 1.1× 28 2.4k
Mark A. Stahmann United States 29 1.3k 0.9× 1.8k 2.5× 227 0.5× 585 1.2× 440 1.1× 142 3.7k
Yair Aharonowitz Israel 36 2.4k 1.7× 296 0.4× 947 1.9× 198 0.4× 280 0.7× 73 3.5k
Kyoko Hayashi Japan 41 1.6k 1.2× 1.0k 1.4× 522 1.1× 511 1.1× 325 0.8× 149 5.4k
Hans Zähner Germany 41 3.2k 2.3× 651 0.9× 2.3k 4.7× 640 1.3× 205 0.5× 141 6.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter J. Nickerson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nickerson, Walter J., et al.. (1970). Induction, Morphogenesis, and Germination of the Chlamydospore of Candida albicans. Journal of Bacteriology. 104(2). 910–921. 51 indexed citations
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Nickerson, Walter J., et al.. (1963). Keratinase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 77. 87–99. 30 indexed citations
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Nickerson, Walter J.. (1963). IV. MOLECULAR BASES OF FORM IN YEASTS. Bacteriological Reviews. 27(3). 305–324. 96 indexed citations
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Falcone, Giuseppe & Walter J. Nickerson. (1963). REDUCTION OF SELENITE BY INTACT YEAST CELLS AND CELL-FREE PREPARATIONS. Journal of Bacteriology. 85(4). 754–762. 32 indexed citations
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Nickerson, Walter J.. (1963). IV. MOLECULAR BASES OF FORM IN YEASTS. Bacteriological Reviews. 27(3). 305–324. 64 indexed citations
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Pontieri, G. M., Otto J. Plescia, & Walter J. Nickerson. (1963). INACTIVATION OF COMPLEMENT BY POLYSACCHARIDES. Journal of Bacteriology. 86(5). 1121–1122. 3 indexed citations
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Bartnicki-García, S. & Walter J. Nickerson. (1962). Isolation, composition, and structure of cell walls of filamentous and yeast-like forms of Mucor rouxii. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 58(1). 102–119. 317 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gershon, Herman, Raulo Parmegiani, & Walter J. Nickerson. (1962). Antimicrobial Activity of Metal Chelates of Salts of 8-Quinolinols with Aromatic Hydroxycarboxylic Acids. Applied Microbiology. 10(6). 556–560. 11 indexed citations
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Nickerson, Walter J. & George Strauss. (1960). THE PHOTOCHEMICAL CLEAVAGE OF WATER BY RIBOFLAVIN1. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 82(18). 5007–5008. 27 indexed citations
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Nickerson, Walter J. & O. Kratky. (1959). Physical chemistry of high polymers of biological interest. Pergamon Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Ward, John M. & Walter J. Nickerson. (1958). RESPIRATORY METABOLISM OF NORMAL AND DIVISIONLESS STRAINS OF CANDIDA ALBICANS. The Journal of General Physiology. 41(4). 703–724. 38 indexed citations
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Nickerson, Walter J. & Michael Webb. (1956). EFFECT OF FOLIC ACID ANALOGUES ON GROWTH AND CELL DIVISION OF NONEXACTING MICROORGANISMS. Journal of Bacteriology. 71(2). 129–139. 34 indexed citations
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Rose, Anthony H. & Walter J. Nickerson. (1956). SECRETION OF NICOTINIC ACID BY BIOTIN-DEPENDENT YEASTS. Journal of Bacteriology. 72(3). 324–328. 28 indexed citations
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Nickerson, Walter J.. (1954). AN ENZYMATIC LOCUS PARTICIPATING IN CELLULAR DIVISION OF A YEAST. The Journal of General Physiology. 37(4). 483–494. 49 indexed citations
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Nickerson, Walter J.. (1954). EXPERIMENTAL CONTROL OF MORPHOGENESIS IN MICROORGANISMS. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 60(1). 50–57. 20 indexed citations
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Nickerson, Walter J., et al.. (1954). Genetic Block in the Cellular Division Mechanism of a Morphological Mutant of a Yeast. American Journal of Botany. 41(2). 114–114. 14 indexed citations
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Nickerson, Walter J., et al.. (1953). Antibacterial Action of an Enediol (Reductone). The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 93(3). 278–281. 6 indexed citations
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Nickerson, Walter J., et al.. (1952). Effects on Beef Cattle of prolonged Treatment with a DDT Spray.. Veterinary medicine. 47(3). 2 indexed citations
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Nickerson, Walter J. & Chan‐Moon Chung. (1952). Reversal of Fluoride Inhibition of Yeast Growth with Glucose-1-Phosphate. American Journal of Botany. 39(9). 669–669. 3 indexed citations
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Nickerson, Walter J.. (1951). DIVISION OF MYCOLOGY*: PHYSIOLOGICAL BASES OF MORPHOGENESIS IN ANIMAL DISEASE FUNGI†. Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences. 13(4 Series II). 140–145. 15 indexed citations

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