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Matthew C. Walker 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 Matthew C. Walker sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 448 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Matthew C. Walker 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 Matthew C. Walker sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 91 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1953 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Matthew C. Walker is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research centers primarily on medicine and neuroscience, with significant contributions in subfields such as cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, cellular and molecular neuroscience, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, and molecular biology.

The chief topics covered in their work include epilepsy research and treatment, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, pharmacological effects and toxicity studies, neural dynamics and brain function, functional brain connectivity studies, and genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Walker has published extensively in numerous academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Epilepsia, Seizure, Epilepsia Open, and Epilepsy & Behavior.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Walker are:

  • The aetiologies of epilepsy (2021, Epileptic Disorders)
  • On-demand cell-autonomous gene therapy for brain circuit disorders (2022, Science)
  • Theta power and theta-gamma coupling support long-term spatial memory retrieval (2020, Hippocampus)
  • Monogenic Epilepsies (2021, Neurology)
  • Optically pumped magnetoencephalography in epilepsy (2020, Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology)

Frequent co-authors in Matthew C. Walker's collaborations include Umesh Vivekananda, Beate Diehl, Fahmida A Chowdhury, Andrew W. McEvoy, and John S. Duncan.

Walker has contributed to book publications, including the title Sleep Insights, published by Open Agenda Publishing eBooks in 2020.

Recognition for their scientific contributions includes the award of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Histopathological Findings in Brain Tissue Obtained during Epilepsy Surgery.

    Blumcke I;Spreafico R;Haaker G;Coras R

  • Tonically active GABA A receptors: modulating gain and maintaining the tone.

    Alexey Semyanov;Matthew C. Walker;Dimitri M. Kullmann;R.Angus Silver

  • Perceived Organizational Motives and Consumer Responses to Proactive and Reactive CSR.

    Mark D. Groza;Mya R. Pronschinske;Matthew Walker

  • Adult epilepsy

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  • Extrasynaptic GABAA Receptors: Form, Pharmacology, and Function

    Delia Belelli;Neil L. Harrison;Jamie Maguire;Robert L. Macdonald

  • Evaluating the perceived social impacts of hosting large-scale sport tourism events: scale development and validation

    Wonyoung Kim;Ho Mun Jun;Matthew Walker;Dan Drane

  • GABA uptake regulates cortical excitability via cell type–specific tonic inhibition

    Alexey Semyanov;Matthew C. Walker;Dimitri M. Kullmann

  • Mechanisms of action for the medium-chain triglyceride ketogenic diet in neurological and metabolic disorders.

    Katrin Augustin;Aziza Khabbush;Sophie Williams;Simon Eaton

  • Targeting oxidative stress improves disease outcomes in a rat model of acquired epilepsy.

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  • Optogenetic and Potassium Channel Gene Therapy in a Rodent Model of Focal Neocortical Epilepsy

    Robert C. Wykes;Joost H. Heeroma;Laura Mantoan;Kaiyu Zheng

  • Presynaptic, extrasynaptic and axonal GABAA receptors in the CNS: where and why?

    Dimitri M. Kullmann;Arnaud Ruiz;Dmitri M. Rusakov;Ricardo Scott

  • Commonalities in epileptogenic processes from different acute brain insults: Do they translate?

    Pavel Klein;Raymond Dingledine;Eleonora Aronica;Christophe Bernard

  • Multiple and Plastic Receptors Mediate Tonic GABAA Receptor Currents in the Hippocampus

    Annalisa Scimemi;Alexey Semyanov;Günther Sperk;Dimitri M. Kullmann

  • Rapid eye movement sleep disturbances in Huntington disease.

    Isabelle Arnulf;Jørgen Nielsen;Ebba Lohmann;Johannes Schieffer

  • Cognitive behavioural therapy for adults with dissociative seizures (CODES): a pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled trial

    Laura H. Goldstein;Emily J. Robinson;John D.C. Mellers;Jon Stone

  • NREM arousal parasomnias and their distinction from nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy: a video EEG analysis.

    Christopher P Derry;A Simon Harvey;A Simon Harvey;Matthew C Walker;John S Duncan

  • Nonconvulsive status epilepticus: Epilepsy Research Foundation Workshop Reports

    Matthew Walker;Helen Cross;Shelagh Smith;Camilla Young

  • Seizure control by decanoic acid through direct AMPA receptor inhibition

    Pishan Chang;Katrin Augustin;Kim Boddum;Sophie Williams

  • Social Responsibility and the Olympic Games: The Mediating Role of Consumer Attributions

    Matthew Walker;Bob Heere;Milena M. Parent;Daniel D. Drane

  • Loss of Dendritic HCN1 Subunits Enhances Cortical Excitability and Epileptogenesis

    Zhuo Huang;Matthew C. Walker;Mala M. Shah

  • Relative roles of top-down and bottom-up forces in terrestrial tritrophic plant-insect herbivore-natural enemy systems

    Matthew Walker;T. Hefin Jones

  • Targeting oxidative stress improves disease outcomes in a rat model of acquired epilepsy

    Alberto Pauletti;Gaetano Terrone;Tawfeeq Shekh-Ahmad;Alessia Salamone

Frequent Co-Authors

Dimitri M. Kullmann
Dimitri M. Kullmann University College London
Simon Shorvon
Simon Shorvon University College London
Josemir W. Sander
Josemir W. Sander University College London
John S. Duncan
John S. Duncan University College London
Louis Lemieux
Louis Lemieux University College London
Andrew W. McEvoy
Andrew W. McEvoy University College London
David W. Carmichael
David W. Carmichael King's College London
Stephanie Schorge
Stephanie Schorge University College London
Beate Diehl
Beate Diehl University College London
Rainer Surges
Rainer Surges University Hospital Bonn

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