litlas
Log inCreate account

Brian R. Walker

Active 1967–2025

124
Papers
28,328
Citations
88
h-index
122
i10-index

Citations

Citations per year for Brian R. Walker1968: 4 citations1969: 6 citations1970: 3 citations1971: 1 citations1972: 5 citations1973: 5 citations1974: 5 citations1975: 2 citations1976: 2 citations1977: 2 citations1978: 1 citations1979: 1 citations1980: 1 citations1981: 1 citations1982: 1 citations1983: 2 citations1984: 1 citations1985: 1 citations1987: 1 citations1992: 3 citations1993: 15 citations1994: 11 citations1995: 18 citations1996: 16 citations1997: 38 citations1998: 33 citations1999: 60 citations2000: 101 citations2001: 151 citations2002: 133 citations2003: 227 citations2004: 401 citations2005: 298 citations2006: 306 citations2007: 325 citations2008: 310 citations2009: 291 citations2010: 243 citations2011: 180 citations2012: 222 citations2013: 307 citations2014: 206 citations2015: 194 citations2016: 170 citations2017: 140 citations2018: 169 citations2019: 518 citations2020: 520 citations2021: 475 citations2022: 370 citations2023: 241 citations2024: 342 citations2025: 175 citations2026: 11 citations1986: no citations, so this year is not shown1988–1991: no citations, so these years are not shown

Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 1,896 citing papers, 21.7% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 1,155 citing papers, 13.2% of this breakdownChina: 490 citing papers, 5.6% of this breakdownGermany: 466 citing papers, 5.3% of this breakdownNetherlands: 401 citing papers, 4.6% of this breakdownCanada: 398 citing papers, 4.6% of this breakdownAustralia: 396 citing papers, 4.5% of this breakdownSweden: 368 citing papers, 4.2% of this breakdownItaly: 309 citing papers, 3.6% of this breakdownFrance: 299 citing papers, 3.4% of this breakdownSpain: 186 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 180 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdown
0%21.7%Other 25.1%

Institutions

Fields

  • Medicine55.3%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.1%
  • Environmental Science11.2%
  • Neuroscience8.9%
  • Psychology1.8%
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences1.4%
  • Other8.3%

Topics

  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension4.7%
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol4.3%
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism3.7%
  • Birth, Development, and Health3.6%
  • Adrenal Hormones and Disorders3.5%
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases2.3%
  • Other77.9%

Coauthors

All papers

Open in search
  1. Catastrophic shifts in ecosystems

    Authors: Marten Scheffer, Stephen R. Carpenter, Jonathan A. Foley, Carl Folke, Brian R. Walker - Nature 2001 cited by 7,449

  2. Visceral and subcutaneous fat have different origins and evidence supports a mesothelial source

    Authors: You-Ying Chau, Roberto Bandiera, Alan Serrels, Ofelia M. Martínez-Estrada, Wei Qing, Martin Lee, Joan Slight, Anna Thornburn, Rachel L. Berry, Sophie L. McHaffie, Roland H. Stimson, Brian R. Walker, Ramón Muñoz‐Chápuli, Andreas Schedl, Nick Hastie - Nature Cell Biology 2014 cited by 518

  3. Genetic correlations among psychiatric and immune‐related phenotypes based on genome‐wide association data

    Authors: Daniel S. Tylee, Jiayin Sun, Jonathan Hess, Muhammad A. Tahir, Esha Sharma, Rainer Malik, Bradford B. Worrall, Andrew J. Levine, Jeremy Martinson, Sergey Nejentsev, Doug Speed, Annegret Fischer, Eric Mick, Brian R. Walker, Andrew Crawford, Struan F.A. Grant, Constantin Polychronakos, Jonathan P. Bradfield, Patrick Sleiman, Håkon Håkonarson, Eva Ellinghaus, James T. Elder, Lam C. Tsoi, Richard C. Trembath, Jonathan N. Barker, André Franke, Abbas Dehghan, The Netherlands Twin Registry, The neuroCHARGE Working Group, Stephen V. Faraone, Stephen J. Glatt - American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2018 cited by 240

  4. Taking Glucocorticoids by Prescription Is Associated with Subsequent Cardiovascular Disease

    Authors: Li Wei, Thomas M. MacDonald, Brian R. Walker - Annals of Internal Medicine 2004 cited by 730

  5. Reduced Cortisol Metabolism during Critical Illness

    Authors: Eva Boonen, Hilke Vervenne, Philippe Meersseman, Ruth Andrew, Leen Mortier, Peter Declercq, Yoo-Mee Vanwijngaerden, Isabel Spriet, Pieter Wouters, Sarah Vander Perre, Lies Langouche, Ilse Vanhorebeek, Brian R. Walker, Greet Van den Berghe - New England Journal of Medicine 2013 cited by 475

  6. Glucocorticoids and insulin resistance: old hormones, new targets

    Authors: Robert Andrews, Brian R. Walker - Clinical Science 1999 cited by 706

  7. Glucocorticoids and Cardiovascular Disease

    Authors: Brian R. Walker - European Journal of Endocrinology 2007 cited by 526

  8. Effect of metformin on maternal and fetal outcomes in obese pregnant women (EMPOWaR): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    Authors: Carolyn Chiswick, Rebecca M. Reynolds, Fiona C. Denison, Amanda J. Drake, Shareen Forbes, David E. Newby, Brian R. Walker, Siobhan Quenby, Susan Wray, Andrew Weeks, Hany Lashen, Aryelly Rodríguez, Gordon Murray, Sonia Whyte, Jane E. Norman - The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology 2015 cited by 257

  9. Whole-Genome Sequencing Coupled to Imputation Discovers Genetic Signals for Anthropometric Traits

    Authors: Ioanna Tachmazidou, Dániel Süveges, Josine L. Min, Graham R. S. Ritchie, Julia Steinberg, Klaudia Walter, Valentina Iotchkova, Jeremy Schwartzentruber, Jie Huang, Yasin Memari, Shane McCarthy, Andrew Crawford, Cristina Bombieri, Massimiliano Cocca, Aliki‐Eleni Farmaki, Tom R. Gaunt, Pekka Jousilahti, Marjolein N. Kooijman, Benjamin Lehne, Giovanni Malerba, Satu Männistö, Angela Matchan, Carolina Medina‐Gómez, Sarah Metrustry, Abhishek Nag, Ιωάννα Ντάλλα, Lavinia Paternoster, Nigel W. Rayner, Cinzia Sala, William R. Scott, Hashem A. Shihab, Lorraine Southam, Beaté St Pourcain, Michela Traglia, Katerina Trajanoska, Gialuigi Zaza, Weihua Zhang, María Soler Artigas, Narinder Bansal, Marianne Benn, Zhongsheng Chen, Petr Danecek, Wei‐Yu Lin, Adam E. Locke, Jian’an Luan, Alisa K. Manning, Antonella Mulas, Carlo Sidore, Anne Tybjærg‐Hansen, Anette Varbo, Magdalena Żołędziewska, Chris Finan, Konstantinos Hatzikotoulas, Audrey E. Hendricks, John P. Kemp, Alireza Moayyeri, Kalliope Panoutsopoulou, Michał Szpak, Scott G. Wilson, Michael Boehnke, Francesco Cucca, Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Claudia Langenberg, Cecilia M. Lindgren, Mark I. McCarthy, Andrew P. Morris, Børge G. Nordestgaard, Robert A. Scott, Martin D. Tobin, Nicholas J. Wareham, Paul R. Burton, John C. Chambers, George Davey Smith, George Dedoussis, Janine F. Felix, Oscar H. Franco, Giovanni Gambaro, Paolo Gasparini, Christopher J. Hammond, Albert Hofman, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe, Marcus E. Kleber, Jaspal S. Kooner, Markus Perola, Caroline L. Relton, Susan M. Ring, Fernando Rivadeneira, Veikko Salomaa, Timothy D. Spector, Oliver Stegle, Daniela Toniolo, André G. Uitterlinden, Inês Barroso, Celia M.T. Greenwood, John R. B. Perry, Brian R. Walker, Adam S. Butterworth, Yali Xue, Richard Durbin, Kerrin S. Small and 3 more - The American Journal of Human Genetics 2017 cited by 218

  10. Variation in the SERPINA6/SERPINA1 locus alters morning plasma cortisol, hepatic corticosteroid binding globulin expression, gene expression in peripheral tissues, and risk of cardiovascular disease

    Authors: Andrew Crawford, Sean Bankier, Elisabeth Altmaier, Catriona L. K. Barnes, David W. Clark, Raili Ermel, Nele Friedrich, Pim van der Harst, Peter K. Joshi, Ville Karhunen, Jari Lahti, Anubha Mahajan, Massimo Mangino, Maria Nethander, Alexander Neumann, Maik Pietzner, Katyayani Sukhavasi, Carol A. Wang, Stephan J. L. Bakker, Johan Björkegren, Harry Campbell, Johan G. Eriksson, Christian Gieger, Caroline Hayward, Marjo‐Riitta Järvelin, Stela McLachlan, Andrew P. Morris, Claes Ohlsson, Craig E. Pennell, Jackie F. Price, Igor Rudan, Arno Ruusalepp, Tim D. Spector, Henning Tiemeier, Henry Völzke, James F. Wilson, Tom Michoel, Nicholas J. Timpson, George Davey Smith, Brian R. Walker, Dan Mellström - Journal of Human Genetics 2021 cited by 77

  11. Health Status of Adults with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: A Cohort Study of 203 Patients

    Authors: Wiebke Arlt, Debbie Willis, Sarah H. Wild, Nils Krone, Emma J. Doherty, Stefanie Hahner, Thang S. Han, Paul Carroll, Gerry Conway, Aled Rees, Roland H. Stimson, Brian R. Walker, John Connell, Richard Ross - The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2010 cited by 500

  12. A Choline-Deficient Diet Exacerbates Fatty Liver but Attenuates Insulin Resistance and Glucose Intolerance in Mice Fed a High-Fat Diet

    Authors: Peter Raubenheimer, Moffat Nyirenda, Brian R. Walker - Diabetes 2006 cited by 198

  13. Estrogens protect male mice from obesity complications and influence glucocorticoid metabolism

    Authors: Rachel Dakin, Brian R. Walker, Jonathan R. Seckl, Patrick W. F. Hadoke, Amanda J. Drake - International Journal of Obesity 2015 cited by 94

  14. Glucocorticoids and fatty acid metabolism in humans: fuelling fat redistribution in the metabolic syndrome

    Authors: David P. Macfarlane, Shareen Forbes, Brian R. Walker - Journal of Endocrinology 2008 cited by 384

  15. Substantial Metabolic Activity of Human Brown Adipose Tissue during Warm Conditions and Cold-Induced Lipolysis of Local Triglycerides

    Authors: Graeme Weir, Lynne Ramage, Murat Akyol, Jonathan Rhodes, Catriona Kyle, Alison Fletcher, Thomas Craven, Sonia J. Wakelin, Amanda J. Drake, Marialena Gregoriades, Ceri E. Ashton, Nick Weir, Edwin J.R. van Beek, Fredrik Karpe, Brian R. Walker, Roland H. Stimson - Cell Metabolism 2018 cited by 140

  16. Deletion of the Androgen Receptor in Adipose Tissue in Male Mice Elevates Retinol Binding Protein 4 and Reveals Independent Effects on Visceral Fat Mass and on Glucose Homeostasis

    Authors: Kerry J. McInnes, Lee B. Smith, Nicole I. Hunger, Philippa T. K. Saunders, Ruth Andrew, Brian R. Walker - Diabetes 2012 cited by 120

  17. Morning plasma cortisol as a cardiovascular risk factor: findings from prospective cohort and Mendelian randomization studies

    Authors: Andrew Crawford, Stefan Söderberg, Clemens Kirschbaum, Lee Murphy, Mats Eliasson, Shah Ebrahim, George Davey Smith, Tommy Olsson, Naveed Sattar, Debbie A. Lawlor, Nicholas J. Timpson, Rebecca M. Reynolds, Brian R. Walker - European Journal of Endocrinology 2019 cited by 82

  18. Glucocorticoids Acutely Increase Brown Adipose Tissue Activity in Humans, Revealing Species-Specific Differences in UCP-1 Regulation

    Authors: Lynne Ramage, Murat Akyol, Alison Fletcher, John Forsythe, Mark Nixon, Roderick N. Carter, Edwin J.R. van Beek, Nicholas M. Morton, Brian R. Walker, Roland H. Stimson - Cell Metabolism 2016 cited by 182

  19. Minireview: 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1— A Tissue-Specific Amplifier of Glucocorticoid Action1

    Authors: Jonathan R. Seckl, Brian R. Walker - Endocrinology 2001 cited by 709

  20. Genome Wide Association Identifies Common Variants at the SERPINA6/SERPINA1 Locus Influencing Plasma Cortisol and Corticosteroid Binding Globulin

    Authors: Jennifer L. Bolton, Caroline Hayward, Neşe Direk, John G. Lewis, Geoffrey L. Hammond, Lesley A. Hill, Anna Anderson, Jennifer E. Huffman, James F. Wilson, Harry Campbell, Igor Rudan, Alan F. Wright, Nicholas D. Hastie, Sarah H. Wild, Fleur P. Velders, Albert Hofman, André G. Uitterlinden, Jari Lahti, Katri Räikkönen, Eero Kajantie, Elisabeth Widén, Aarno Palotie, Johan G. Eriksson, Marika Kaakinen, Marjo‐Riitta Järvelin, Nicholas J. Timpson, George Davey Smith, Susan M. Ring, David M. Evans, Beaté St Pourcain, Toshiko Tanaka, Yuri Milaneschi, Stefania Bandinelli, Luigi Ferrucci, Pim van der Harst, Judith G.M. Rosmalen, Stephen J. L. Bakker, Niek Verweij, Robin P. F. Dullaart, Anubha Mahajan, Cecilia M. Lindgren, Andrew P. Morris, Lars Lind, Erik Ingelsson, Laura N. Anderson, Craig E. Pennell, Stephen J. Lye, Stephen G. Matthews, Joel Eriksson, Dan Mellström, Claes Ohlsson, Jackie F. Price, Mark W. J. Strachan, Rebecca M. Reynolds, Henning Tiemeier, Brian R. Walker - PLoS Genetics 2014 cited by 161

  21. Genetic identification of thiosulfate sulfurtransferase as an adipocyte-expressed antidiabetic target in mice selected for leanness

    Authors: Nicholas M. Morton, Jasmina Beltram, Roderick N. Carter, Zoi Michailidou, Gregor Gorjanc, C McFadden, Martin E. Barrios‐Llerena, Sergio Rodríguez‐Cuenca, Matthew Gibbins, Rhona Aird, José María Moreno‐Navarrete, Steven C. Munger, Karen L. Svenson, Annalisa Gastaldello, Lynne Ramage, Gregorio Naredo, Maximilian Zeyda, Zhao V. Wang, A. Forbes Howie, Aila Saari, Petra Sipilä, Thomas M. Stulnig, Vilmundur Guðnason, Christopher J. Kenyon, Jonathan R. Seckl, Brian R. Walker, Scott P. Webster, Donald R. Dunbar, Gary A. Churchill, Antonio Vidal‐Puig, José Manuel Fernández‐Real, Valur Emilsson, Simon Horvat - Nature Medicine 2016 cited by 75

  22. Cystatin C is glucocorticoid responsive, directs recruitment of Trem2+ macrophages, and predicts failure of cancer immunotherapy

    Authors: Sam O. Kleeman, Tuba Mansoor Thakir, Breanna R. Demestichas, Nicholas Mourikis, Dominik Loiero, Miriam Ferrer, Sean Bankier, Yosef Joseph Rene Amel Riazat‐Kesh, Hassal Lee, Dimitrios Chantzichristos, Claire Regan, Jonathan Preall, Sarthak Sinha, Nicole L. Rosin, Bryan G. Yipp, Luiz G. Almeida, Jeff Biernaskie, Antoine Dufour, Pinkus Tober‐Lau, Arno Ruusalepp, Johan Björkegren, Markus Ralser, Florian Kurth, Vadim Demichev, Todd Heywood, Qing Gao, Gudmundur Johannsson, Viktor H. Koelzer, Brian R. Walker, Hannah V. Meyer, Tobias Janowitz - Cell Genomics 2023 cited by 37

  23. Intra‐adipose sex steroid metabolism and body fat distribution in idiopathic human obesity

    Authors: Deborah J. Wake, Magnus Strand, Eva Rask, Jukka Westerbacka, Dawn E. W. Livingstone, Stefan Söderberg, Ruth Andrew, Hannele Yki‐Järvinen, Tommy Olsson, Brian R. Walker - Clinical Endocrinology 2007 cited by 180

  24. Systematic review and meta-analysis reveals acutely elevated plasma cortisol following fasting but not less severe calorie restriction

    Authors: Yuko Nakamura, Brian R. Walker, Toshikazu Ikuta - Stress 2015 cited by 80