2026 Mark E. Walton: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	48	6076	5593	489	447	107	18213

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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

2445
Citations
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

1282
Citations
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

1230
Citations
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

1198
Citations
Separate neural pathways process different decision costs

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

739
Citations
Effort-Based Cost–Benefit Valuation and the Human Brain

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

674
Citations
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

648
Citations
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

620
Citations
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

578
Citations
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

500
Citations
The role of rat medial frontal cortex in effort-based decision making.

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

441
Citations
Frontal Cortex Subregions Play Distinct Roles in Choices between Actions and Stimuli

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

438
Citations
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

421
Citations
Functional organization of the medial frontal cortex

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

410
Citations
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

407
Citations
A role for the macaque anterior cingulate gyrus in social valuation.

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

361
Citations
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

349
Citations
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

293
Citations
Dissociable cost and benefit encoding of future rewards by mesolimbic dopamine

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

289
Citations
Action initiation shapes mesolimbic dopamine encoding of future rewards

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

249
Citations
Neuroeconomics: Decision Making and the Brain

Matthew F.S. Rushworth;Mark E. Walton

96
Citations