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Virginia K. Walker

Virginia K. Walker

Queen's University
Canada

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
11436
World Ranking
10422
National Ranking
358

Virginia K. Walker publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Virginia K. Walker sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 206 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Virginia K. Walker D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Virginia K. Walker sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Virginia K. Walker is affiliated with Queen's University in Canada and has contributed extensively to research within Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work focuses on various interconnected fields, including Plant Science, Ecology, and Molecular Biology, with additional contributions to General Health Professions and Atmospheric Science.

Their research covers a broad range of topics, notably physiological and biochemical adaptations, plant stress responses and tolerance, gut microbiota and health, Indigenous studies and ecology, aquaculture disease management and microbiota, light effects on plants, and mercury impact and mitigation studies.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Cold acclimation and prospects for cold-resilient crops (2021, Plant Stress)
  • Water-organizing motif continuity is critical for potent ice nucleation protein activity (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Contributions and perspectives of Indigenous Peoples to the study of mercury in the Arctic (2022, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • A practical assessment of nano-phosphate on soybean (Glycine max) growth and microbiome establishment (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Operationalizing knowledge coevolution: towards a sustainable fishery for Nunavummiut (2020, Arctic Science)

Walker frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Collin L. Juurakko
  • George C. diCenzo
  • Peter L. Davies
  • Katja Engel
  • Josh D. Neufeld

Their publications appear regularly in notable venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cryobiology
  • Arctic Science
  • Plants
  • Foods

Best Publications

  • β-Helix structure and ice-binding properties of a hyperactive antifreeze protein from an insect

    Steffen P. Graether;Steffen P. Graether;Michael J. Kuiper;Stéphane M. Gagné;Virginia K. Walker

  • Structure and function of antifreeze proteins

    Peter L. Davies;Jason Baardsnes;Michael J. Kuiper;Virginia K. Walker

  • Hyperactive antifreeze protein from beetles

    Laurie A. Graham;Yih-Cherng Liou;Virginia K. Walker;Peter L. Davies

  • Effect of antifreeze proteins on the nucleation, growth, and the memory effect during tetrahydrofuran clathrate hydrate formation.

    Huang Zeng;Lee D. Wilson;Virginia K. Walker;John A. Ripmeester

  • Freeze-thaw tolerance and clues to the winter survival of a soil community.

    Virginia K. Walker;Gerald R. Palmer;Gerrit Voordouw

  • The antifreeze potential of the spruce budworm thermal hysteresis protein.

    Michael G. Tyshenko;Daniel Doucet;Peter L. Davies;Virginia K. Walker

  • Characterization of a carboxypeptidase A gene from the mosquito, Aedes aegypti.

    M. J. Edwards;L. A. Moskalyk;L. A. Moskalyk;M. Donelly-Doman;M. Vlaskova

  • Cold hardening and transcriptional change in Drosophila melanogaster

    W. Qin;S. J. Neal;R. M. Robertson;J. T. Westwood

  • Perturbation of an arctic soil microbial community by metal nanoparticles.

    Niraj Kumar;Vishal Shah;Virginia K. Walker

  • A beta-helical antifreeze protein isoform with increased activity: structural and functional insights

    Eeva K. Leinala;Peter L. Davies;Daniel Doucet;Michael G. Tyshenko

  • Natural Gas Hydrate Formation and Decomposition in the Presence of Kinetic Inhibitors. 2. Stirred Reactor Experiments

    Nagu Daraboina;Praveen Linga;Praveen Linga;John Ripmeester;Virginia K. Walker

  • Impact of Food Grade and nano-TiO 2 Particles on a Human Intestinal Community

    William Dudefoi;Kristy Moniz;Emma Allen-Vercoe;Marie-Hélène Ropers

  • The Influence of Vegetation Type on the Dominant Soil Bacteria, Archaea, and Fungi in a Low Arctic Tundra Landscape

    Haiyan Chu;Josh D. Neufeld;Virginia K. Walker;Paul Grogan

  • Assessing the impact of copper and zinc oxide nanoparticles on soil: a field study.

    Daniel Collins;Todd Luxton;Niraj Kumar;Shreya Shah

  • Seven newly discovered intron positions in the triose-phosphate isomerase gene: evidence for the introns-late theory.

    J M Logsdon;M G Tyshenko;C Dixon;J D-Jafari

  • The effect of TiO(2) and Ag nanoparticles on reproduction and development of Drosophila melanogaster and CD-1 mice.

    Nicola A. Philbrook;Louise M. Winn;A.R.M. Nabiul Afrooz;Navid B. Saleh

  • A complex family of highly heterogeneous and internally repetitive hyperactive antifreeze proteins from the beetle Tenebrio molitor.

    Yih-Cherng Liou;Pierre Thibault;Virginia K. Walker;Peter L. Davies

  • Purification of antifreeze proteins by adsorption to ice

    Michael J Kuiper;Christopher Lankin;Sherry Y Gauthier;Virginia K Walker

  • Novel dimeric β-helical model of an ice nucleation protein with bridged active sites

    Christopher P Garnham;Robert L Campbell;Virginia K Walker;Peter L Davies

  • Antifreeze protein from freeze-tolerant grass has a beta-roll fold with an irregularly structured ice-binding site.

    Adam J. Middleton;Christopher B. Marshall;Frédérick Faucher;Maya Bar-Dolev

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter L. Davies
Peter L. Davies Queen's University
John A. Ripmeester
John A. Ripmeester National Research Council Canada
Zongchao Jia
Zongchao Jia Queen's University
Peter Englezos
Peter Englezos University of British Columbia
Josh D. Neufeld
Josh D. Neufeld University of Waterloo
Stephen C. Lougheed
Stephen C. Lougheed Queen's University
Paul Grogan
Paul Grogan Queen's University
Brian D. Sykes
Brian D. Sykes University of Alberta
Emma Allen-Vercoe
Emma Allen-Vercoe University of Guelph
Igor L. Moudrakovski
Igor L. Moudrakovski Max Planck Society

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