David J. Welch

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

David J. Welch is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, David J. Welch has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 37 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 37 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in David J. Welch's work include Marine and fisheries research (38 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (25 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (24 papers). David J. Welch is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (38 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (25 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (24 papers). David J. Welch collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and New Caledonia. David J. Welch's co-authors include Colin A. Simpfendorfer, Jennifer R. Ovenden, Johanna E. Johnson, Glenn Sant, Nicholas K. Dulvy, Amie Bräutigam, Sonja V. Fordham, Lindsay N. K. Davidson, Sven Uthicke and Rik C. Buckworth and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical review. B, Condensed matter, Current Biology and Conservation Biology.

In The Last Decade

David J. Welch

69 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Challenges and Priorities in Shark and Ray Conservation

2017 355 citations Nicholas K. Dulvy, Colin A. Simpfendorfer et al. Current Biology profile →

Peers

David J. Welch

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ECOLO

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Osmar J. Luiz Australia

Pascale Chabanet France

J. Hobbs Australia

Timothy J. Page Australia

Adam Barnett Australia

Edward E. DeMartini United States

Malcolm P. Francis New Zealand

Pamela J. Schofield United States

J. Henrich Bruggemann Réunion

João Luiz Rosetti Gasparini Brazil

Osmar J. Luiz Australia

David J. Welch

899 ×0.8

NLC

1.7k ×1.7

ECOLO

1.3k ×1.4

GPC

206 ×0.3

228 ×0.7

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Countries citing papers authored by David J. Welch

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Fields of papers citing papers by David J. Welch

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David J. Welch

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Johnson, Johanna E., et al.. (2020). Community Marine Monitoring Toolkit: A tool developed in the Pacific to inform community-based marine resource management. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 159. 111498–111498. 12 indexed citations

Dulvy, Nicholas K., Colin A. Simpfendorfer, Lindsay N. K. Davidson, et al.. (2017). Challenges and Priorities in Shark and Ray Conservation. Current Biology. 27(11). R565–R572. 355 indexed citations breakdown →

Dudgeon, Christine L., David A. Crook, Thor Saunders, et al.. (2016). Characterization, development and multiplexing of microsatellite markers in three commercially exploited reef fish and their application for stock identification. PeerJ. 4. e2418–e2418. 4 indexed citations

Currey‐Randall, Leanne M., Ashley J. Williams, B.D. Mapstone, et al.. (2013). Comparative biology of tropical Lethrinus species (Lethrinidae): challenges for multi‐species management. Journal of Fish Biology. 82(3). 764–788. 28 indexed citations

Morgan, Jess A. T., Damien Broderick, Paul Whatmore, et al.. (2013). Hybridisation, paternal leakage and mitochondrial DNA linearization in three anomalous fish (Scombridae). Mitochondrion. 13(6). 852–861. 16 indexed citations

Harry, Alastair V., Andrew J. Tobin, Colin A. Simpfendorfer, et al.. (2011). Evaluating catch and mitigating risk in a multispecies, tropical, inshore shark fishery within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Marine and Freshwater Research. 62(6). 710–721. 69 indexed citations

Moore, Bradley R., Quentin Allsop, Stephen J. Newman, et al.. (2011). Stock structure of blue threadfin Eleutheronema tetradactylum across northern Australia, as indicated by parasites. Journal of Fish Biology. 78(3). 923–936. 28 indexed citations

Morgan, Jess A. T., et al.. (2011). A mitochondrial species identification assay for Australian blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus tilstoni, C. limbatus and C. amblyrhynchoides) using real‐time PCR and high‐resolution melt analysis. Molecular Ecology Resources. 11(5). 813–819. 20 indexed citations

Broderick, Damien, Jennifer R. Ovenden, Rik C. Buckworth, et al.. (2011). Genetic population structure of grey mackerel Scomberomorus semifasciatus in northern Australia. Journal of Fish Biology. 79(3). 633–661. 28 indexed citations

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Horne, John B., Paolo Momigliano, David J. Welch, Stephen J. Newman, & Lynne van Herwerden. (2011). Limited ecological population connectivity suggests low demands on self-recruitment in a tropical inshore marine fish (Eleutheronema tetradactylum: Polynemidae). Molecular Ecology. 20(11). 2291–2306. 47 indexed citations

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Ovenden, Jennifer R., Jess A. T. Morgan, Raewyn Street, et al.. (2011). Negligible evidence for regional genetic population structure for two shark species Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837) and Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834) with contrasting biology. Marine Biology. 158(7). 1497–1509. 33 indexed citations

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Tobin, Andrew J., Audrey Schlaff, Renae Tobin, et al.. (2010). Adapting to Change: Minimising Uncertainty about the Effects of Rapidly-Changing Environmental Conditions on the Queensland Coral Reef Fin Fish Fishery. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 40(5). 3182–3190. 20 indexed citations

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Heupel, Michelle R., Ashley J. Williams, David J. Welch, et al.. (2010). Demographic characteristics of exploited tropical lutjanids: a comparative analysis. Fishery Bulletin. 108. 420–432. 26 indexed citations

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Welch, David J., Rik C. Buckworth, Jennifer R. Ovenden, et al.. (2009). Determination of management units for grey mackerel fisheries in northern Australia.. ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University). 9 indexed citations

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Cribb, Thomas H., et al.. (2009). Stock structure of blue threadfin Eleutheronema tetradactylum on the Queensland east coast, as determined by parasites and conventional tagging. Journal of Fish Biology. 75(1). 156–171. 29 indexed citations

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Heupel, Michelle R., Ashley J. Williams, David J. Welch, et al.. (2008). Effects of fishing on tropical reef associated shark populations on the Great Barrier Reef. Fisheries Research. 95(2-3). 350–361. 72 indexed citations

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Poteete, Amy R. & David J. Welch. (2004). Institutional Development in the Face of Complexity: Developing Rules for Managing Forest Resources. Human Ecology. 32(3). 279–311. 29 indexed citations

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Welch, David J.. (1997). Archaeological evidence of Khmer state political and economic organisation. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association. 16(0). 5 indexed citations

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Welch, David J., et al.. (1990). Excavations at Ban Tamyae and Non Ban Kham, Phimai Region, Northeast Thailand. Asian perspectives. 28(2). 99–123. 16 indexed citations

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Welch, David J.. (1985). Adaptation to environmental unpredictability : intensive agriculture and regional exchange at late prehistoric centers in the Phimai region, Thailand. University Microfilms International eBooks. 14 indexed citations

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