David K. Welsh

10.9k citations

80 papers · 7.9k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 42

Endocrine and Autonomic Systems top 0.02%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.5%
Physiology top 1%
Cognitive Neuroscience top 1%
Plant Science top 1%

Co-authors: Steve A. Kay Joseph S. Takahashi Steven M. Reppert Markus Meister Diomedes E. Logothetis Andrew C. Liu Michael J. McCarthy Dominic Landgraf
Topics: Circadian rhythm and melatonin (67 papers)Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (21 papers)Sleep and Wakefulness Research (19 papers)
Cited by: Endocrine and Autonomic Systems Aging Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Journals: Science Cell Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: United States Canada Portugal

In The Last Decade

David K. Welsh

79 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Individual neurons dissociated from rat suprachiasmatic nucleus express independently phased circadian firing rhythms

1995 1.1k citations David K. Welsh et al. profile →
Suprachiasmatic Nucleus: Cell Autonomy and Network Properties

2010 921 citations David K. Welsh, Joseph S. Takahashi et al. profile →
Bioluminescence Imaging of Individual Fibroblasts Reveals Persistent, Independently Phased Circadian Rhythms of Clock Gene Expression

2004 551 citations David K. Welsh, Seung Hee Yoo et al. Current Biology profile →
Intercellular Coupling Confers Robustness against Mutations in the SCN Circadian Clock Network

2007 548 citations Andrew C. Liu, David K. Welsh et al. Cell profile →
Identification of Small Molecule Activators of Cryptochrome

2012 386 citations Tsuyoshi Hirota, Jae Wook Lee et al. Science profile →

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This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David K. Welsh. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David K. Welsh based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David K. Welsh. David K. Welsh is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Long-term in vivo recording of circadian rhythms in brains of freely moving mice 2018 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Long Mei,Yanyan Fan,Xiaohua Lv,David K. Welsh,Cheng Zhan,Eric Erquan Zhang	50
2	Calcium Circadian Rhythmicity in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus: Cell Autonomy and Network Modulation 2017 ·eNeuro ·Takako Noguchi,Tanya Leise,(unknown),Tanja Diemer,(unknown),Michael A. Henson,David K. Welsh	58
3	Enhancing circadian clock function in cancer cells inhibits tumor growth 2017 ·BMC Biology ·Silke Kießling,(unknown),Ian D. Blum,Dominic Landgraf,David K. Welsh,Kai-Florian Storch,Nathalie Labrecque,Nicolas Cermakian	144
4	The mood stabilizer valproic acid opposes the effects of dopamine on circadian rhythms 2016 ·Neuropharmacology ·Dominic Landgraf,William J. Joiner,Michael J. McCarthy,Silke Kießling,(unknown),Jared W. Young,Nicolas Cermakian,David K. Welsh	30
5	Disinhibition of the extracellular-signal-regulated kinase restores the amplification of circadian rhythms by lithium in cells from bipolar disorder patients 2016 ·European Neuropsychopharmacology ·Michael J. McCarthy,(unknown),Dominic Landgraf,(unknown),David K. Welsh	18
6	Depression‐like behaviour in mice is associated with disrupted circadian rhythms in nucleus accumbens and periaqueductal grey 2015 ·European Journal of Neuroscience ·Dominic Landgraf,(unknown),David K. Welsh	53
7	Light Evokes Rapid Circadian Network Oscillator Desynchrony Followed by Gradual Phase Retuning of Synchrony 2015 ·Current Biology ·(unknown),Tanya Leise,Takako Noguchi,(unknown),Jerry H. Houl,David K. Welsh,Todd C. Holmes	52
8	Genetic and clinical factors predict lithium’s effects on PER2 gene expression rhythms in cells from bipolar disorder patients 2013 ·Translational Psychiatry ·Michael J. McCarthy,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Donna L. McPhie,B.M. Cohen,David K. Welsh	93
9	Identification of Small Molecule Activators of Cryptochromebreakdown → 2012 ·Science ·Tsuyoshi Hirota,Jae Wook Lee,Peter C. St. John,Mariko Sawa,Keiko Iwaisako,Takako Noguchi,(unknown),Tim Sonntag,David K. Welsh,David A. Brenner,Francis J. Doyle,Peter G. Schultz,Steve A. Kay	386
10	Fibroblast Circadian Rhythms of PER2 Expression Depend on Membrane Potential and Intracellular Calcium 2012 ·Chronobiology International ·Takako Noguchi,(unknown),Haiyun Pan,David K. Welsh	28
11	Correction: Emergence of Noise-Induced Oscillations in the Central Circadian Pacemaker 2010 ·PLoS Biology ·Caroline H. Ko,Yujiro Yamada,David K. Welsh,Ethan D. Buhr,Andrew C. Liu,Eric Erquan Zhang,Martin R. Ralph,Steve A. Kay,Daniel B. Forger,Joseph S. Takahashi	18
12	Expression of the Circadian Clock Gene Period2 in the Hippocampus: Possible Implications for Synaptic Plasticity and Learned Behaviour 2009 ·ASN NEURO ·(unknown),Joanna M. Dragich,Takashi Kudo,(unknown),David K. Welsh,Thomas J. O’Dell,Christopher S. Colwell	165
13	A model of the cell-autonomous mammalian circadian clock 2009 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Henry Mirsky,Andrew C. Liu,David K. Welsh,Steve A. Kay,Francis J. Doyle	146
14	Quantification of Circadian Rhythms in Single Cells 2009 ·PLoS Computational Biology ·Pål O. Westermark,David K. Welsh,Hitoshi Okamura,Hanspeter Herzel	67
15	Exploring Spatiotemporal Organization of SCN Circuits 2007 ·Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology ·Lili Yan,Ilia N. Karatsoreos,Joseph LeSauter,David K. Welsh,Steve A. Kay,Duncan K. Foley,Rae Silver	74
16	Intercellular Coupling Confers Robustness against Mutations in the SCN Circadian Clock Networkbreakdown → 2007 ·Cell ·Andrew C. Liu,David K. Welsh,Caroline H. Ko,Hien Tran,Eric Erquan Zhang,(unknown),Ethan D. Buhr,Oded Singer,(unknown),Inder M. Verma,Francis J. Doyle,Joseph S. Takahashi,Steve A. Kay	548
17	Bioluminescence imaging in living organisms 2005 ·Current Opinion in Biotechnology ·David K. Welsh,Steve A. Kay	137
18	Bioluminescence Imaging of Individual Fibroblasts Reveals Persistent, Independently Phased Circadian Rhythms of Clock Gene Expressionbreakdown → 2004 ·Current Biology ·David K. Welsh,Seung Hee Yoo,Andrew C. Liu,Joseph S. Takahashi,Steve A. Kay	551
19	A sleep diary and questionnaire study of naturally short sleepers 2001 ·Journal of Sleep Research ·Timothy H. Monk,Daniel J. Buysse,David K. Welsh,Kathy S. Kennedy,(unknown)	48
20	Aluminum fluoride reveals a phosphoinositide system within the suprachiasmatic region of rat hypothalamus 1990 ·Brain Research ·(unknown),David K. Welsh,Steven M. Reppert	18

About David K. Welsh

David K. Welsh is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Aging and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, having authored 80 papers that have together received 7.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Circadian rhythm and melatonin (67 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (21 papers) and Sleep and Wakefulness Research (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (6.3k citations), Aging (866 citations) and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (2.4k citations). David K. Welsh has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Portugal. Frequent co-authors include Steve A. Kay, Joseph S. Takahashi, Steven M. Reppert, Markus Meister, Diomedes E. Logothetis, Andrew C. Liu, Michael J. McCarthy, Dominic Landgraf, Takako Noguchi and Eric Erquan Zhang. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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