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Mark E. Walton

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
48
Citations
18213
World Ranking
6076
National Ranking
488

Mark E. Walton publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mark E. Walton sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 107 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Mark E. Walton D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mark E. Walton sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Mark E. Walton is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Neuroscience with significant contributions to subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Social Psychology, and Clinical Psychology.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior
  • Memory and neural mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Neural and behavioral psychology studies
  • Receptor mechanisms and signaling
  • EEG and brain-computer interfaces

Walton has published extensively, with a notable presence in venues like bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Molecular Psychiatry, Nature Neuroscience, PLoS Biology, and Neuropsychopharmacology.

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Thomas Akam
  • Marios C. Panayi
  • Oliver Härmson
  • Marta Blanco-Pozo
  • David M. Bannerman

Recent publications reflect the scope and diversity of their research interests:

  • Lights, fiber, action! A primer on in vivo fiber photometry (2023), Neuron
  • Open-source, Python-based, hardware and software for controlling behavioural neuroscience experiments (2022), eLife
  • Complementary task representations in hippocampus and prefrontal cortex for generalizing the structure of problems (2022), Nature Neuroscience
  • Maternal high-fat diet during lactation reprograms the dopaminergic circuitry in mice (2020), Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Organization of Afferents along the Anterior-posterior and Medial-lateral Axes of the Rat Orbitofrontal Cortex (2021), Neuroscience

Best Publications

  • Learning the value of information in an uncertain world

    Timothy E J Behrens;Mark W Woolrich;Mark E Walton;Matthew F S Rushworth;Matthew F S Rushworth

  • Frontal cortex and reward-guided learning and decision-making.

    Matthew F.S. Rushworth;Matthew F.S. Rushworth;MaryAnn P. Noonan;MaryAnn P. Noonan;Erie D. Boorman;Erie D. Boorman;Erie D. Boorman;Mark E. Walton;Mark E. Walton

  • Action sets and decisions in the medial frontal cortex

    M.F.S. Rushworth;M.F.S. Rushworth;M.E. Walton;S.W. Kennerley;D.M. Bannerman

  • Optimal decision making and the anterior cingulate cortex.

    Steven W Kennerley;Mark E Walton;Timothy E J Behrens;Timothy E J Behrens;Mark J Buckley

  • Separate neural pathways process different decision costs

    Peter H Rudebeck;Mark E Walton;Angharad N Smyth;David M Bannerman

  • Effort-Based Cost–Benefit Valuation and the Human Brain

    Paula L Croxson;Mark E Walton;Jill X O'Reilly;Timothy E J Behrens

  • Functional Specialization within Medial Frontal Cortex of the Anterior Cingulate for Evaluating Effort-Related Decisions

    Mark E. Walton;David M. Bannerman;Karin Alterescu;Matthew F. S. Rushworth

  • Contrasting roles for cingulate and orbitofrontal cortex in decisions and social behaviour

    M.F.S. Rushworth;T.E.J. Behrens;T.E.J. Behrens;P.H. Rudebeck;M.E. Walton

  • Interactions between decision making and performance monitoring within prefrontal cortex

    Mark E Walton;Joseph T Devlin;Joseph T Devlin;Matthew F S Rushworth;Matthew F S Rushworth

  • Separable Learning Systems in the Macaque Brain and the Role of Orbitofrontal Cortex in Contingent Learning

    Mark E. Walton;Timothy E.J. Behrens;Mark J. Buckley;Peter H. Rudebeck

  • The role of rat medial frontal cortex in effort-based decision making.

    Mark E. Walton;David M. Bannerman;Matthew F. S. Rushworth

  • Frontal Cortex Subregions Play Distinct Roles in Choices between Actions and Stimuli

    Peter H. Rudebeck;Timothy E. Behrens;Steven W. Kennerley;Mark G. Baxter

  • Separate value comparison and learning mechanisms in macaque medial and lateral orbitofrontal cortex

    M. P. Noonan;M. E. Walton;T. E. J. Behrens;J. Sallet

  • Functional organization of the medial frontal cortex

    Matthew F. S. Rushworth;Mark J. Buckley;Timothy E. J. Behrens;Mark E. Walton

  • Weighing up the benefits of work: behavioral and neural analyses of effort-related decision making

    M. E. Walton;S. W. Kennerley;D. M. Bannerman;P. E. M. Phillips

  • A role for the macaque anterior cingulate gyrus in social valuation.

    P. H. Rudebeck;M. J. Buckley;M. E. Walton;M. F. S. Rushworth

  • Differential involvement of serotonin and dopamine systems in cost-benefit decisions about delay or effort.

    Franziska Denk;M E Walton;K A Jennings;T Sharp

  • Calculating utility: preclinical evidence for cost–benefit analysis by mesolimbic dopamine

    Paul E. M. Phillips;Mark E. Walton;Mark E. Walton;Thomas C. Jhou;Thomas C. Jhou

  • Dissociable cost and benefit encoding of future rewards by mesolimbic dopamine

    Jerylin O Gan;Mark E Walton;Paul E M Phillips

  • Action initiation shapes mesolimbic dopamine encoding of future rewards

    Emilie C J Syed;Laura L Grima;Peter J Magill;Rafal Bogacz

  • Neuroeconomics: Decision Making and the Brain

    Matthew F.S. Rushworth;Mark E. Walton

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew F. S. Rushworth
Matthew F. S. Rushworth University of Oxford
Timothy E.J. Behrens
Timothy E.J. Behrens University of Oxford
David M. Bannerman
David M. Bannerman University of Oxford
Steven W. Kennerley
Steven W. Kennerley University College London
Jerome Sallet
Jerome Sallet University of Oxford
Peter H. Rudebeck
Peter H. Rudebeck Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Mark J. Buckley
Mark J. Buckley University of Oxford
Sebastien G. Bouret
Sebastien G. Bouret Grenoble Alpes University
Rogier B. Mars
Rogier B. Mars University of Oxford
Paul E. M. Phillips
Paul E. M. Phillips University of Washington

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Publications: 51

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