Heather Welch

74 total papers · 2.2k total citations
42 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Heather Welch is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather Welch has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Ecology, 26 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 10 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Heather Welch's work include Marine and fisheries research (25 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (17 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (11 papers). Heather Welch is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (25 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (17 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (11 papers). Heather Welch collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Nigeria. Heather Welch's co-authors include Elliott L. Hazen, Steven J. Bograd, Stephanie Brodie, Michael G. Jacox, Rebecca L. Lewison, Elaine Larson, Kylie L. Scales, Sara M. Maxwell, Heidi Dewar and Larry B. Crowder and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Heather Welch

40 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A dynamic ocean management tool to reduce bycatch and support sustainable fisheries
    2018 284 citations Elliott L. Hazen, Kylie L. Scales et al. Science Advances profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Heather Welch 761 720 346 199 175 42 1.3k
Jennifer McGowan 838 1.1× 593 0.8× 268 0.8× 256 1.3× 169 1.0× 41 1.4k
Anne Maria Eikeset 915 1.2× 723 1.0× 492 1.4× 253 1.3× 204 1.2× 23 1.6k
A. Lee Foote 854 1.1× 308 0.4× 337 1.0× 140 0.7× 53 0.3× 57 1.3k
Jamon Van Den Hoek 459 0.6× 554 0.8× 151 0.4× 72 0.4× 130 0.7× 58 1.3k
Miranda C. Jones 691 0.9× 850 1.2× 180 0.5× 150 0.8× 386 2.2× 19 1.2k
Gregor W. Schuurman 481 0.6× 600 0.8× 389 1.1× 301 1.5× 56 0.3× 37 1.3k
John M. Morton 630 0.8× 503 0.7× 340 1.0× 244 1.2× 32 0.2× 47 1.1k
Kristin N. Marshall 1.1k 1.4× 1.2k 1.7× 521 1.5× 74 0.4× 263 1.5× 56 1.7k
Samu Mäntyniemi 491 0.6× 689 1.0× 528 1.5× 98 0.5× 105 0.6× 57 1.6k
Adam C. Liedloff 854 1.1× 810 1.1× 607 1.8× 213 1.1× 47 0.3× 41 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Heather Welch

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heather Welch

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Heather Welch. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Heather Welch. The network helps show where Heather Welch may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather Welch

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Heather Welch. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Heather Welch 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 Heather Welch. Heather Welch is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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