Will Wood

12.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Will Wood is a scholar working on Immunology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Will Wood has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Immunology, 25 papers in Cell Biology and 22 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Will Wood's work include Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (30 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (20 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (19 papers). Will Wood is often cited by papers focused on Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (30 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (20 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (19 papers). Will Wood collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Portugal. Will Wood's co-authors include Paul Martin, António Jacinto, Iwan R. Evans, Brian Stramer, William Razzell, Isabella Vlisidou, Christopher D. Gregory, Andrew J. Davidson, Michael J. Redd and Sarah Woolner and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Will Wood

75 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Apoptosis Paradox in Cancer 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150 200 250
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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. The Apoptosis Paradox in Cancer
    2022 261 citations Will Wood et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Will Wood United Kingdom 35 1.8k 1.6k 1.5k 819 662 77 4.6k
Andreas Bergmann United States 41 1.6k 0.8× 3.9k 2.4× 1.4k 1.0× 742 0.9× 267 0.4× 94 5.6k
Eisuke Mekada Japan 48 2.4k 1.3× 4.2k 2.6× 1.1k 0.8× 335 0.4× 63 0.1× 130 8.4k
Charles Streuli United Kingdom 56 797 0.4× 4.6k 2.8× 2.4k 1.7× 699 0.9× 81 0.1× 124 9.5k
Hiroshi Kubota Japan 49 716 0.4× 5.5k 3.4× 1.5k 1.0× 648 0.8× 134 0.2× 170 9.7k
Bernard Massie Canada 40 540 0.3× 4.6k 2.8× 605 0.4× 548 0.7× 120 0.2× 100 6.4k
Maria Novatchkova Austria 48 1.2k 0.6× 5.4k 3.3× 1.0k 0.7× 434 0.5× 77 0.1× 85 7.4k
Maaike van den Born Netherlands 33 1.7k 0.9× 12.2k 7.5× 1.9k 1.3× 583 0.7× 74 0.1× 34 20.7k
Michał Opas Canada 41 1.7k 0.9× 4.0k 2.4× 3.5k 2.4× 489 0.6× 112 0.2× 134 7.3k
Saskia Lippens Belgium 35 1.6k 0.9× 3.1k 1.9× 1.1k 0.7× 178 0.2× 62 0.1× 68 6.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Will Wood

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Fields of papers citing papers by Will Wood

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Will Wood

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Will Wood. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Will Wood based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Will Wood. Will Wood is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sánchez-Sánchez, Besaiz J., Stefania Marcotti, María-del-Carmen Díaz-de-la-Loza, et al.. (2025). Moesin integrates cortical and lamellar actin networks during Drosophila macrophage migration. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1414–1414. 1 indexed citations
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Heise, Constanze, Andrew J. Davidson, Simone Wanderoy, et al.. (2024). Fluorogenic Chemical Probes for Wash-free Imaging of Cell Membrane Damage in Ferroptosis, Necrosis, and Axon Injury. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 7 indexed citations
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Wood, Will, et al.. (2023). Understanding the diversity and dynamics of in vivo efferocytosis: Insights from the fly embryo. Immunological Reviews. 319(1). 27–44. 5 indexed citations
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Raymond, Michael H., Andrew J. Davidson, Yi Shen, et al.. (2022). Live cell tracking of macrophage efferocytosis during Drosophila embryo development in vivo. Science. 375(6585). 1182–1187. 44 indexed citations
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Davidson, Andrew J. & Will Wood. (2019). Phagocyte Responses to Cell Death in Flies. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 12(4). a036350–a036350. 12 indexed citations
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Gordon, Oliver, Conor M. Henry, Naren Srinivasan, et al.. (2018). α-actinin accounts for the bioactivity of actin preparations in inducing STAT target genes in Drosophila melanogaster. eLife. 7. 20 indexed citations
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Lin, Lin, Frederico S. L. M. Rodrigues, Mary A. Logan, et al.. (2017). Complement-Related Regulates Autophagy in Neighboring Cells. Cell. 170(1). 158–171.e8. 48 indexed citations
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Wood, Will & Paul Martin. (2017). Macrophage Functions in Tissue Patterning and Disease: New Insights from the Fly. Developmental Cell. 40(3). 221–233. 66 indexed citations
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Srinivasan, Naren, Oliver Gordon, Susan Ahrens, et al.. (2016). Actin is an evolutionarily-conserved damage-associated molecular pattern that signals tissue injury in Drosophila melanogaster. eLife. 5. 45 indexed citations
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Vlisidou, Isabella & Will Wood. (2015). Drosophila blood cells and their role in immune responses. FEBS Journal. 282(8). 1368–1382. 113 indexed citations
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Evans, Iwan R., Frederico S. L. M. Rodrigues, Emma Louise Armitage, & Will Wood. (2015). Draper/CED-1 Mediates an Ancient Damage Response to Control Inflammatory Blood Cell Migration In Vivo. Current Biology. 25(12). 1606–1612. 53 indexed citations
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Bilancia, Colleen G., Jonathan D. Winkelman, Denis Tsygankov, et al.. (2014). Enabled Negatively Regulates Diaphanous-Driven Actin Dynamics In Vitro and In Vivo. Developmental Cell. 28(4). 394–408. 45 indexed citations
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Evans, Iwan R., et al.. (2013). SCAR/WAVE-mediated processing of engulfed apoptotic corpses is essential for effective macrophage migration in Drosophila. Cell Death and Differentiation. 20(5). 709–720. 42 indexed citations
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Evans, Iwan R. & Will Wood. (2011). Drosophila embryonic hemocytes. Current Biology. 21(5). R173–R174. 11 indexed citations
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Stramer, Brian, Severina Moreira, Tom H. Millard, et al.. (2010). Clasp-mediated microtubule bundling regulates persistent motility and contact repulsion in Drosophila macrophages in vivo. The Journal of Cell Biology. 189(4). 681–689. 96 indexed citations
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Evans, Iwan R., Jennifer Zanet, Will Wood, & Brian Stramer. (2010). Live Imaging Of <em>Drosophila melanogaster </em>Embryonic Hemocyte Migrations. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 20 indexed citations
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Wood, Will, et al.. (2006). Distinct mechanisms regulate hemocyte chemotaxis during development and wound healing in Drosophila melanogaster. The Journal of Cell Biology. 173(3). 405–416. 159 indexed citations
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Wood, Will & Paul Martin. (2002). Structures in focus—filopodia. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 34(7). 726–730. 137 indexed citations
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Jacinto, António, Will Wood, Sarah Woolner, et al.. (2002). Dynamic Analysis of Actin Cable Function during Drosophila Dorsal Closure. Current Biology. 12(14). 1245–1250. 172 indexed citations
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Jacinto, António, Will Wood, Tina Balayo, et al.. (2000). Dynamic actin-based epithelial adhesion and cell matching during Drosophila dorsal closure. Current Biology. 10(22). 1420–1426. 270 indexed citations

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