Lydia Welsh

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 855 citations indexed

About

Lydia Welsh is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lydia Welsh has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 855 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Plant Science, 3 papers in Molecular Biology and 1 paper in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Lydia Welsh's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (9 papers), Plant Pathogens and Resistance (7 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (3 papers). Lydia Welsh is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (9 papers), Plant Pathogens and Resistance (7 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (3 papers). Lydia Welsh collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Sweden. Lydia Welsh's co-authors include Stephen C. Whisson, Paul R. J. Birch, Petra C. Boevink, John Ralph, Igor Cesarino, Jurgen Haustraete, Katarzyna Rataj, Pedro Araújo, Bartel Vanholme and Geert Goeminne and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Plant Cell and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

Lydia Welsh

12 papers receiving 852 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.

Caffeoyl Shikimate Esterase (CSE) Is an Enzyme in the Lignin Biosynthetic Pathway in Arabidopsis

2013 403 citations Ruben Vanholme, Igor Cesarino et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lydia Welsh United Kingdom	7	562	462	242	100	99	12	855
Mohammad Reza Zamani Iran	17	384 0.7×	363 0.8×	138 0.6×	160 1.6×	69 0.7×	75	713
Qunqing Wang China	13	940 1.7×	283 0.6×	96 0.4×	99 1.0×	217 2.2×	21	1.1k
Colin Ruprecht Germany	15	537 1.0×	573 1.2×	116 0.5×	68 0.7×	29 0.3×	28	840
Rob Joosten Netherlands	8	321 0.6×	331 0.7×	204 0.8×	160 1.6×	55 0.6×	9	584
Casey Crooks United States	12	579 1.0×	304 0.7×	154 0.6×	132 1.3×	51 0.5×	19	806
C. Thrane United Kingdom	13	592 1.1×	481 1.0×	237 1.0×	131 1.3×	189 1.9×	15	963
Benjamin M. Nitsche Netherlands	17	245 0.4×	543 1.2×	223 0.9×	104 1.0×	118 1.2×	22	698
Vicente Ramírez Spain	16	1.1k 1.9×	486 1.1×	61 0.3×	47 0.5×	89 0.9×	25	1.2k
Michel Fèvre France	18	701 1.2×	419 0.9×	170 0.7×	174 1.7×	137 1.4×	37	937
Mary E. Knight United States	8	456 0.8×	482 1.0×	272 1.1×	200 2.0×	22 0.2×	10	796

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lydia Welsh

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Breen, Susan, Hazel McLellan, Wei Wang, et al.. (2025). Identification of MARVELous Protein Markers for Phytophthora infestans Extracellular Vesicles. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 14(9). e70101–e70101. 1 indexed citations

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Welsh, Lydia & Stephen C. Whisson. (2024). Protoplast Transformation of Phytophthora spp.. Methods in molecular biology. 2892. 35–47. 1 indexed citations

3.

Wang, Shumei, Wei Wang, Lydia Welsh, et al.. (2024). Proteolytic processing of both RXLR and EER motifs in oomycete effectors. New Phytologist. 245(4). 1640–1654. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Haixia, Shumei Wang, Lydia Welsh, et al.. (2023). Uptake of oomycete RXLR effectors into host cells by clathrin-mediated endocytosis. The Plant Cell. 35(7). 2504–2526. 39 indexed citations

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Sabbadin, Federico, S. Urresti, Bernard Henrissat, et al.. (2021). Secreted pectin monooxygenases drive plant infection by pathogenic oomycetes. Science. 373(6556). 774–779. 142 indexed citations

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Wang, Shumei, Ramesh R. Vetukuri, Sandeep Kushwaha, et al.. (2021). Haustorium formation and a distinct biotrophic transcriptome characterize infection of Nicotiana benthamiana by the tree pathogen Phytophthora kernoviae. Molecular Plant Pathology. 22(8). 954–968. 6 indexed citations

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Thorpe, Peter, Ramesh R. Vetukuri, Pete E. Hedley, et al.. (2021). Draft genome assemblies for tree pathogensPhytophthora pseudosyringaeandPhytophthora boehmeriae. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 11(11). 6 indexed citations

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Turnbull, Dionne, Haixia Wang, Susan Breen, et al.. (2019). AVR2 Targets BSL Family Members, Which Act as Susceptibility Factors to Suppress Host Immunity. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 180(1). 571–581. 31 indexed citations

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Wang, Shumei, Lydia Welsh, Peter Thorpe, et al.. (2018). The Phytophthora infestans Haustorium Is a Site for Secretion of Diverse Classes of Infection-Associated Proteins. mBio. 9(4). 50 indexed citations

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Wang, Shumei, Petra C. Boevink, Lydia Welsh, et al.. (2017). Delivery of cytoplasmic and apoplastic effectors from Phytophthora infestans haustoria by distinct secretion pathways. New Phytologist. 216(1). 205–215. 107 indexed citations

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Turnbull, Dionne, Lina Yang, Shaista Naqvi, et al.. (2017). RXLR Effector AVR2 Up-Regulates a Brassinosteroid-Responsive bHLH Transcription Factor to Suppress Immunity. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 174(1). 356–369. 65 indexed citations

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Vanholme, Ruben, Igor Cesarino, Katarzyna Rataj, et al.. (2013). Caffeoyl Shikimate Esterase (CSE) Is an Enzyme in the Lignin Biosynthetic Pathway in Arabidopsis. Science. 341(6150). 1103–1106. 403 indexed citations breakdown →

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