Katherine E. Helliwell

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Katherine E. Helliwell is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Katherine E. Helliwell has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 10 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Katherine E. Helliwell's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (12 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (11 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (7 papers). Katherine E. Helliwell is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (12 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (11 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (7 papers). Katherine E. Helliwell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Katherine E. Helliwell's co-authors include Alison G. Smith, Mark L. Wells, J. S. Craigie, Susan H. Brawley, John A. Raven, Sabeeha Merchant, Mary Ellen Camire, Philippe Potin, Glen L. Wheeler and Elena Kazamia and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Katherine E. Helliwell

27 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Algae as nutritional and functional food sources: revisiting our understanding

2016 1.1k citations Mark L. Wells, Philippe Potin et al. Journal of Applied Phycology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Katherine E. Helliwell United Kingdom	16	859	836	680	538	491	29	2.2k
Gwang Hoon Kim South Korea	27	736 0.9×	448 0.5×	439 0.6×	732 1.4×	1.2k 2.5×	152	2.5k
Xue Sun China	26	783 0.9×	436 0.5×	453 0.7×	169 0.3×	328 0.7×	136	1.9k
Jilin Xu China	26	524 0.6×	529 0.6×	492 0.7×	299 0.6×	295 0.6×	144	1.9k
Martin T. Croft United Kingdom	8	945 1.1×	777 0.9×	109 0.2×	906 1.7×	616 1.3×	8	2.2k
Evelyne Raux‐Deery United Kingdom	7	605 0.7×	373 0.4×	58 0.1×	591 1.1×	387 0.8×	7	1.4k
Matthew R. Miller New Zealand	23	401 0.5×	164 0.2×	620 0.9×	280 0.5×	63 0.1×	74	1.6k
Peter D. Nichols Australia	29	705 0.8×	446 0.5×	794 1.2×	297 0.6×	87 0.2×	54	2.2k
Olga I. Nedashkovskaya Russia	34	2.5k 2.9×	191 0.2×	380 0.6×	2.3k 4.2×	379 0.8×	134	3.5k
Niels Thomas Eriksen Denmark	23	638 0.7×	1.3k 1.5×	137 0.2×	191 0.4×	239 0.5×	51	2.1k
Hanhua Hu China	26	1.3k 1.5×	1.6k 1.9×	127 0.2×	459 0.9×	592 1.2×	88	2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Katherine E. Helliwell

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Wheeler, Glen L., et al.. (2025). Nitrogen status exerts dynamic control over phosphorus sensing and acquisition via PSR1 in colimited marine diatoms. Science Advances. 11(35). eadw8260–eadw8260.

Flori, Serena, et al.. (2024). Diatoms exhibit dynamic chloroplast calcium signals in response to high light and oxidative stress. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 197(1). 7 indexed citations

Kleiner, Friedrich H., et al.. (2024). Channels of Evolution: Unveiling Evolutionary Patterns in Diatom Ca2+ Signalling. Plants. 13(9). 1207–1207. 2 indexed citations

Monier, Adam, et al.. (2024). Crossed wires: diatom phosphate sensing mechanisms coordinate nitrogen metabolism. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 19(1). 2404352–2404352.

Widdicombe, Claire E., et al.. (2023). Cryptic bacterial pathogens of diatoms peak during senescence of a winter diatom bloom. New Phytologist. 241(3). 1292–1307. 4 indexed citations

Kleiner, Friedrich H., Katherine E. Helliwell, Abdul Chrachri, et al.. (2022). Cold-induced [Ca2+]cyt elevations function to support osmoregulation in marine diatoms. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 190(2). 1384–1399. 10 indexed citations

Helliwell, Katherine E.. (2022). Emerging trends in nitrogen and phosphorus signalling in photosynthetic eukaryotes. Trends in Plant Science. 28(3). 344–358. 16 indexed citations

Langer, Gerald, et al.. (2022). Reduced H ⁺ channel activity disrupts pH homeostasis and calcification in coccolithophores at low ocean pH. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(19). e2118009119–e2118009119. 22 indexed citations

Helliwell, Katherine E., Friedrich H. Kleiner, Abdul Chrachri, et al.. (2021). Spatiotemporal patterns of intracellular Ca²⁺ signalling govern hypo‐osmotic stress resilience in marine diatoms. New Phytologist. 230(1). 155–170. 22 indexed citations

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Helliwell, Katherine E., Payam Mehrshahi, Matthew P. Davey, et al.. (2020). Responses of a Newly Evolved Auxotroph of Chlamydomonas to B ₁₂ Deprivation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 183(1). 167–178. 13 indexed citations

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Helliwell, Katherine E., Abdul Chrachri, Julie A. Koester, et al.. (2020). A Novel Single-Domain Na ⁺ -Selective Voltage-Gated Channel in Photosynthetic Eukaryotes. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 184(4). 1674–1683. 15 indexed citations

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Helliwell, Katherine E., Joseph A. Christie‐Oleza, Andrew P. Rees, et al.. (2020). A Novel Ca2+ Signaling Pathway Coordinates Environmental Phosphorus Sensing and Nitrogen Metabolism in Marine Diatoms. Current Biology. 31(5). 978–989.e4. 35 indexed citations

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Helliwell, Katherine E., Abdul Chrachri, Julie A. Koester, et al.. (2019). Alternative Mechanisms for Fast Na+/Ca2+ Signaling in Eukaryotes via a Novel Class of Single-Domain Voltage-Gated Channels. Current Biology. 29(9). 1503–1511.e6. 38 indexed citations

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Cooper, Matthew, Elena Kazamia, Katherine E. Helliwell, et al.. (2018). Cross-exchange of B-vitamins underpins a mutualistic interaction between Ostreococcus tauri and Dinoroseobacter shibae. The ISME Journal. 13(2). 334–345. 99 indexed citations

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Wheeler, Glen L., Katherine E. Helliwell, & Colin Brownlee. (2018). Calcium signalling in algae. Plymouth Marine Science Electronic Archive (The Marine Biological Association (MBA), Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) and the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS).). 6(1-2). 1–10. 5 indexed citations

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Helliwell, Katherine E.. (2017). The roles of B vitamins in phytoplankton nutrition: new perspectives and prospects. New Phytologist. 216(1). 62–68. 62 indexed citations

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Wells, Mark L., Philippe Potin, J. S. Craigie, et al.. (2016). Algae as nutritional and functional food sources: revisiting our understanding. Journal of Applied Phycology. 29(2). 949–982. 1054 indexed citations breakdown →

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Scaife, Mark A., et al.. (2015). Establishing Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as an industrial biotechnology host. The Plant Journal. 82(3). 532–546. 151 indexed citations

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Helliwell, Katherine E., Mark A. Scaife, Severin Sasso, et al.. (2014). Unraveling Vitamin B₁₂-Responsive Gene Regulation in Algae. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 165(1). 388–397. 51 indexed citations

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Kazamia, Elena, Katherine E. Helliwell, & Alison G. Smith. (2010). Keeping a clear head with vitamin B12. The Biochemist. 32(6). 20–24. 1 indexed citations

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