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W. Allan Walker

Nursing · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 1966

Publications

554

Citations

18,219

Est. group size

~3

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

61

Publishing since 1966

Research summary
AI-generated

This bibliographic record appears to mix work from multiple distinct researchers or fields, including infant gut microbiota and premature intestine biology, traumatic brain injury rehabilitation, whale energetics, cardiac muscle physiology, tumor immunology, and engineering/math education research. The infant nutrition and gut microbiota topics listed suggest a possible focus on how gut bacteria and early-life immune interactions affect infant and maternal health, such as premature intestine development and offspring protection from obesity via microbiota changes. Because the publication list spans such varied topics and venues, it is difficult to characterize a single coherent research program from this data alone.*

Infant gut microbiota and nutritionPremature intestine and neonatal immunologyMaternal-offspring health interactionsDigestive system healthProbiotics and microbiome-related disease

Publication counts fluctuated over the last decade, peaking in 2019 and 2023, but have declined sharply since 2024, suggesting a recent slowdown in output.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 9.2/year recently
2017: 12 publications172018: 10 publications182019: 22 publications192020: 6 publications202021: 9 publications212022: 14 publications222023: 24 publications24232024: 2 publications242025: 4 publications252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation×7
  • Lexington Books×6
  • Scientific Reports×4
  • Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop series×4
  • Canadian Journal of Zoology×3
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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