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Overview

Timothy R. Baker is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a focus on complementary and alternative medicine, supported by the majority of their publications.

Their work covers multiple subfields including complementary and alternative medicine, surgery, public health, environmental and occupational health, dermatology, and infectious diseases. This indicates a broad engagement with both clinical and public health aspects of medical research.

Key topics in their research include:

  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
  • Menstrual Health and Disorders
  • Contact Dermatitis and Allergies
  • Infection Control in Healthcare
  • Ginseng Biological Effects and Applications
  • Ginkgo biloba and Cashew Applications
  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities

Baker has published several papers over recent years. Notable papers include:

  • Safety assessment scheme for menstrual cups and application for the evaluation of a menstrual cup comprised of medical grade silicone, 2022, EBioMedicine
  • Advancing botanical safety: A strategy for selecting, sourcing, and characterizing botanicals for developing toxicological tools, 2024, Food and Chemical Toxicology
  • Color Protection from UV irradiation of artificial dyes with grape seed (Vitis vinifera) extract, 2022, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology
  • A genotoxicity assessment approach for botanical materials demonstrated with Poria cocos, 2021, Food and Chemical Toxicology
  • A multi-detector analytical approach for characterizing complex botanical extracts: a case study on ashwagandha, 2025, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

The frequent publication venues for Baker's research include:

  • Food and Chemical Toxicology
  • EBioMedicine
  • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology
  • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
  • Current Orthopaedic Practice

Baker collaborates regularly with a group of coauthors who have contributed frequently to their research projects. Frequent collaborators include Vincent P. Sica, Suramya Waidyanatha, Julie Krzykwa, Constance A. Mitchell, and Maria A Friberg. These collaborations span multiple papers and research topics.

Best Publications

  • TRY - a global database of plant traits

    J. Kattge;S. Díaz;S. Lavorel;I. C. Prentice

  • Drought sensitivity of the Amazon rainforest.

    Oliver L. Phillips;Luiz E. O. C. Aragão;Simon L. Lewis;Joshua B. Fisher

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Hyperdominance in the Amazonian Tree Flora

    Hans Ter Steege;Hans Ter Steege;Nigel C.A. Pitman;Daniel Sabatier;Christopher Baraloto

  • Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink

    R J W Brienen;O L Phillips;T R Feldpausch;T R Feldpausch;E Gloor

  • Increasing carbon storage in intact African tropical forests

    Simon L. Lewis;Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez;Bonaventure Sonké;Kofi Affum-Baffoe

  • Regional and phylogenetic variation of wood density across 2456 Neotropical tree species.

    Jérôme Chave;Helene C. Muller-Landau;Timothy R. Baker;Tomás A. Easdale

  • Variation in wood density determines spatial patterns in Amazonian forest biomass

    Timothy R. Baker;Timothy R. Baker;Oliver L. Phillips;Yadvinder Malhi;Samuel Almeida

  • Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests

    Wannes Hubau;Wannes Hubau;Wannes Hubau;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Oliver L. Phillips;Kofi Affum-Baffoe

  • The regional variation of aboveground live biomass in old‐growth Amazonian forests

    Yadvinder Malhi;Yadvinder Malhi;Daniel Wood;Timothy R. Baker;James Wright

  • Basin-wide variations in Amazon forest structure and function are mediated by both soils and climate

    C. A. Quesada;C. A. Quesada;O. L. Phillips;M. Schwarz;C. I. Czimczik

  • Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses

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  • Increasing dominance of large lianas in Amazonian forests

    O. L. Phillips;R. V. Martínez;L. Arroyo;T. R. Baker

  • Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition

    C. Levis;F. R. C. Costa;F. Bongers;M. Peña-Claros

  • The above-ground coarse wood productivity of 104 Neotropical forest plots

    Yadvinder Malhi;Timothy R. Baker;Timothy R. Baker;Oliver L. Phillips;Samuel Almeida

  • Increasing biomass in Amazonian forest plots.

    Timothy R. Baker;Timothy R. Baker;Oliver L. Phillips;Yadvinder Malhi;Samuel Almeida

  • Height-diameter allometry of tropical forest trees

    T.R. Feldpausch;L. Banin;O.L. Phillips;T.R. Baker

  • Drought–mortality relationships for tropical forests

    Oliver L. Phillips;Geertje van der Heijden;Simon L. Lewis;Gabriela López-González

  • Tree height integrated into pantropical forest biomass estimates

    T. R. Feldpausch;J. Lloyd;J. Lloyd;S. L. Lewis;S. L. Lewis;R. J. W. Brienen

  • Variations in chemical and physical properties of Amazon forest soils in relation to their genesis

    C. A. Quesada;J. Lloyd;M. Schwarz;S. Patiño;S. Patiño

  • Pattern and process in Amazon tree turnover, 1976-2001.

    O. L. Phillips;T. R. Baker;T. R. Baker;L. Arroyo;N. Higuchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Oliver L. Phillips
Oliver L. Phillips University of Leeds
Simon L. Lewis
Simon L. Lewis University College London
Yadvinder Malhi
Yadvinder Malhi University of Oxford
Ted R. Feldpausch
Ted R. Feldpausch University of Exeter
Jon Lloyd
Jon Lloyd Imperial College London
William F. Laurance
William F. Laurance James Cook University
David A. Neill
David A. Neill Missouri Botanical Garden
Carlos A. Quesada
Carlos A. Quesada National Institute of Amazonian Research
Nigel C. A. Pitman
Nigel C. A. Pitman Field Museum of Natural History
Marcos Silveira
Marcos Silveira Universidade Federal do Acre

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