Heather Welch

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 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 44 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 United Kingdom. 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, Larry B. Crowder and Heidi Dewar 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

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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.

A dynamic ocean management tool to reduce bycatch and support sustainable fisheries

2018 286 citations Elliott L. Hazen, Kylie L. Scales et al. Science Advances profile →

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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

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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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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Examining the relationship between incidence and mortality for commonly diagnosed cancers in the USA: an observational study using population-based SEER database 2025 ·BMJ Open ·Adewole S. Adamson, Vishal R. Patel, Heather Welch	0
2	Unseen overlap between fishing vessels and top predators in the northeast Pacific 2024 ·Science Advances ·Heather Welch, Tyler Clavelle, Timothy D. White, Megan A. Cimino, David A. Kroodsma, Elliott L. Hazen	7
3	Tracked Gulls Help Identify Potential Zones of Interaction between Whales and Shipping Traffic 2024 ·Marine ornithology ·Megan A. Cimino, Heather Welch, Jarrod A. Santora, David A. Kroodsma, Elliott L. Hazen, Steven J. Bograd, Pete Warzybok, Jaime Jahncke, Scott A. Shaffer	0
4	Harnessing AI to map global fishing vessel activity 2024 ·One Earth ·Heather Welch, (unknown), (unknown), David A. Kroodsma, (unknown), Tommaso Russo, Jordan T. Watson, Elliott L. Hazen	8
5	Walk with ease for knee osteoarthritis: A cost-effectiveness analysis 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Rebecca J. Cleveland, Aleksandra M. Kostic, Valia P. Leifer, (unknown), Kelli D. Allen, Yvonne M. Golightly, Heather Welch, (unknown), Stephen P. Messier, David J. Hunter, Jeffrey N. Katz, Leigh F. Callahan, Elena Losina	5
6	Dynamic human, oceanographic, and ecological factors mediate transboundary fishery overlap across the Pacific high seas 2023 ·Fish and Fisheries ·Timothy H. Frawley, Barbara Muhling, Stephanie Brodie, (unknown), Heather Welch, Martin C. Arostegui, Steven J. Bograd, Camrin D. Braun, Megan A. Cimino, (unknown), Elliott L. Hazen, Désirée Tommasi, Michael G. Jacox	8
7	Divergent responses of highly migratory species to climate change in the California Current 2023 ·Diversity and Distributions ·Nerea Lezama‐Ochoa, Stephanie Brodie, Heather Welch, Michael G. Jacox, Mercedes Pozo Buil, Jérôme Fiechter, Megan A. Cimino, Barbara Muhling, Heidi Dewar, Elizabeth A. Becker, Karin A. Forney, Daniel P. Costa, Scott R. Benson, (unknown), Camrin D. Braun, Rebecca L. Lewison, Steven J. Bograd, Elliott L. Hazen	18
8	Ecological forecasts for marine resource management during climate extremes 2023 ·Nature Communications ·Stephanie Brodie, Mercedes Pozo Buil, Heather Welch, Steven J. Bograd, Elliott L. Hazen, Jarrod A. Santora, (unknown), Isaac D. Schroeder, Michael G. Jacox	17
9	Determining the Composition of Resident and Transient Members of the Oyster Microbiome 2022 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·(unknown), Heather Welch, Jennifer L. Bowen	20
10	Performance evaluation of cetacean species distribution models developed using generalized additive models and boosted regression trees 2020 ·Ecology and Evolution ·Elizabeth A. Becker, James V. Carretta, Karin A. Forney, Jay Barlow, Stephanie Brodie, (unknown), Michael G. Jacox, Sara M. Maxwell, Jessica V. Redfern, (unknown), Heather Welch, Elliott L. Hazen	62
11	Projecting marine species range shifts from only temperature can mask climate vulnerability 2019 ·Global Change Biology ·Jennifer McHenry, Heather Welch, Sarah E. Lester, Vincent S. Saba	89
12	Lost opportunity: Quantifying the dynamic economic impact of time‐area fishery closures 2019 ·Journal of Applied Ecology ·James A. Smith, Désirée Tommasi, (unknown), Stephanie Brodie, Heather Welch, Elliott L. Hazen, Barbara Muhling, (unknown), Michael G. Jacox	21
13	Seasonal spatial segregation in blue sharks (Prionace glauca) by sex and size class in the Northeast Pacific Ocean 2019 ·Diversity and Distributions ·Sara M. Maxwell, Kylie L. Scales, Steven J. Bograd, Dana K. Briscoe, Heidi Dewar, Elliott L. Hazen, Rebecca L. Lewison, Heather Welch, Larry B. Crowder	23
14	Integrating Dynamic Subsurface Habitat Metrics Into Species Distribution Models 2018 ·Frontiers in Marine Science ·Stephanie Brodie, Michael G. Jacox, Steven J. Bograd, Heather Welch, Heidi Dewar, Kylie L. Scales, Sara M. Maxwell, (unknown), Christopher A. Edwards, Larry B. Crowder, Rebecca L. Lewison, Elliott L. Hazen	75
15	Practical considerations for operationalizing dynamic management tools 2018 ·Journal of Applied Ecology ·Heather Welch, Elliott L. Hazen, Steven J. Bograd, Michael G. Jacox, Stephanie Brodie, Dale H. Robinson, Kylie L. Scales, Lynn deWitt, Rebecca L. Lewison	44
16	Planning for dynamic process: An assemblage‐level surrogate strategy for species seasonal movement pathways 2017 ·Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems ·Heather Welch, Jennifer McHenry	5
17	Using temporally explicit habitat suitability models to assess threats to mobile species and evaluate the effectiveness of marine protected areas 2017 ·Journal for Nature Conservation ·Heather Welch, Robert L. Pressey, April E. Reside	24
18	Patients Requiring at Least Five Admissions in 1 Year 1991 ·Medical Care ·Heather Welch, Eric H. Larson	13
19	Should the Health Care Forest Be Selectively Thinned by Physicians or Clear Cut by Payers? 1991 ·Annals of Internal Medicine ·Heather Welch	20
20	Dealing with Limited Resources 1988 ·New England Journal of Medicine ·Heather Welch, Elaine Larson	69

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