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Walter Marcotti 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 Walter Marcotti sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 127 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Walter Marcotti 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 Walter Marcotti sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Walter Marcotti is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the neuroscience field, with significant contributions to biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work encompasses several subfields, including sensory systems, cognitive neuroscience, molecular biology, neurology, and ecology.

The main topics covered in Walter Marcotti's research include hearing, cochlea, tinnitus, and genetics; hearing loss and rehabilitation; vestibular and auditory disorders; ion channels and receptors; connexins and lens biology; marine animal studies overview; and RNA regulation and disease.

Walter Marcotti has published extensively in several scientific journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • The Journal of Physiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • iScience
  • Molecular Therapy - Methods & Clinical Development

Their recent papers include:

  • Age-related changes in the biophysical and morphological characteristics of mouse cochlear outer hair cells (2020, The Journal of Physiology)
  • Pathophysiological changes in inner hair cell ribbon synapses in the ageing mammalian cochlea (2020, The Journal of Physiology)
  • Loss of Baiap2l2 destabilizes the transducing stereocilia of cochlear hair cells and leads to deafness (2020, The Journal of Physiology)
  • Biophysical and morphological changes in inner hair cells and their efferent innervation in the ageing mouse cochlea (2020, The Journal of Physiology)
  • Functional development and regeneration of hair cells in the zebrafish lateral line (2021, The Journal of Physiology)

Walter Marcotti collaborates frequently with other researchers, with numerous joint publications involving:

  • Jing-Yi Jeng
  • Federico Ceriani
  • Stuart L. Johnson
  • Adam J. Carlton
  • Steve D. M. Brown

Best Publications

  • FM1-43 Dye Behaves as a Permeant Blocker of the Hair-Cell Mechanotransducer Channel

    J. E. Gale;W. Marcotti;W. Marcotti;H. J. Kennedy;C. J. Kros;C. J. Kros

  • Restoration of auditory evoked responses by human ES-cell-derived otic progenitors

    Wei-Wei Chen;Nopporn Jongkamonwiwat;Nopporn Jongkamonwiwat;Leila Abbas;Sarah Jacob Eshtan

  • The aminoglycoside antibiotic dihydrostreptomycin rapidly enters mouse outer hair cells through the mechano-electrical transducer channels.

    Walter Marcotti;Sietse M. Van Netten;Corné J. Kros

  • Prestin-driven cochlear amplification is not limited by the outer hair cell membrane time constant.

    Stuart L. Johnson;Maryline Beurg;Walter Marcotti;Robert Fettiplace

  • Reduced climbing and increased slipping adaptation in cochlear hair cells of mice with Myo7a mutations.

    CJ Kros;CJ Kros;W Marcotti;W Marcotti;van Sietse Netten;TJ Self

  • Developmental changes in the expression of potassium currents of embryonic, neonatal and mature mouse inner hair cells

    Walter Marcotti;Stuart L. Johnson;Matthew C. Holley;Corné J. Kros

  • Development and properties of stereociliary link types in hair cells of the mouse cochlea.

    Richard J Goodyear;Walter Marcotti;Corné J Kros;Guy P Richardson

  • Developmental expression of the potassium current IK,n contributes to maturation of mouse outer hair cells

    Walter Marcotti;Corné J. Kros

  • Increase in efficiency and reduction in Ca2+ dependence of exocytosis during development of mouse inner hair cells

    Stuart L. Johnson;Walter Marcotti;Corné J. Kros

  • Sodium and calcium currents shape action potentials in immature mouse inner hair cells.

    Walter Marcotti;Stuart L. Johnson;Alfons Rüsch;Corné J. Kros

  • Cadherin 23 is a component of the transient lateral links in the developing hair bundles of cochlear sensory cells.

    Vincent Michel;Richard J. Goodyear;Dominique Weil;Walter Marcotti

  • Position-dependent patterning of spontaneous action potentials in immature cochlear inner hair cells

    Stuart L Johnson;Tobias Eckrich;Stephanie Kuhn;Valeria Zampini;Valeria Zampini

  • A Receptor-Like Inositol Lipid Phosphatase Is Required for the Maturation of Developing Cochlear Hair Bundles

    R. J. Goodyear;P. K. Legan;M. B. Wright;W. Marcotti

  • Calcium entry into stereocilia drives adaptation of the mechanoelectrical transducer current of mammalian cochlear hair cells

    Laura F. Corns;Stuart L. Johnson;Corné J. Kros;Walter Marcotti

  • Mutations in Protocadherin 15 and Cadherin 23 Affect Tip Links and Mechanotransduction in Mammalian Sensory Hair Cells

    Kumar N. Alagramam;Richard J. Goodyear;Ruishuang Geng;David N. Furness

  • A transiently expressed SK current sustains and modulates action potential activity in immature mouse inner hair cells

    Walter Marcotti;Stuart L. Johnson;Corné J. Kros

  • miR-96 regulates the progression of differentiation in mammalian cochlear inner and outer hair cells

    Stephanie Kuhn;Stuart L. Johnson;David N. Furness;Jing Chen

  • Elementary properties of CaV1.3 Ca2+ channels expressed in mouse cochlear inner hair cells

    Valeria Zampini;Valeria Zampini;Stuart L. Johnson;Christoph Franz;Neil D. Lawrence

  • Tmc1 is necessary for normal functional maturation and survival of inner and outer hair cells in the mouse cochlea

    Walter Marcotti;Alexandra Erven;Stuart L. Johnson;Karen P. Steel

  • Eps8 regulates hair bundle length and functional maturation of mammalian auditory hair cells.

    Valeria Zampini;Lukas Rüttiger;Stuart L. Johnson;Christoph Franz

  • Otoferlin interacts with myosin VI: implications for maintenance of the basolateral synaptic structure of the inner hair cell

    Paulina Heidrych;Ulrike Zimmermann;Stephanie Kuhn;Christoph Franz

Frequent Co-Authors

Corné J. Kros
Corné J. Kros University of Sussex
Guy P. Richardson
Guy P. Richardson University of Sussex
Karen P. Steel
Karen P. Steel King's College London
Marlies Knipper
Marlies Knipper University of Tübingen
Richard J. Goodyear
Richard J. Goodyear University of Sussex
David N. Furness
David N. Furness Keele University
Lukas Rüttiger
Lukas Rüttiger University of Tübingen
Steve D.M. Brown
Steve D.M. Brown Medical Research Council
Andrew Forge
Andrew Forge University College London
Christine Petit
Christine Petit Université Paris Cité

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