Mark D. Welch

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
116 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Mark D. Welch is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Geophysics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark D. Welch has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 54 papers in Geophysics and 51 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Mark D. Welch's work include Crystal Structures and Properties (73 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (36 papers) and X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography (29 papers). Mark D. Welch is often cited by papers focused on Crystal Structures and Properties (73 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (36 papers) and X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography (29 papers). Mark D. Welch collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. Mark D. Welch's co-authors include F. C. Hawthorne, Roberta Oberti, Walter V. Maresch, George E. Harlow, Robert F. Martin, John C. Schumacher, Giancarlο Della Ventura, Roger H. Mitchell, Anton R. Chakhmouradian and Jacek Klinowski and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical review. B, Condensed matter and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Mark D. Welch

115 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Nomenclature of the amphibole supergroup 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Nomenclature of the amphibole supergroup
    2012 975 citations Mark D. Welch et al. American Mineralogist profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark D. Welch United Kingdom 23 1.7k 922 628 471 327 116 2.7k
T. S. Ercit Canada 25 1.0k 0.6× 701 0.8× 568 0.9× 298 0.6× 454 1.4× 71 1.7k
Ulf Hålenius Sweden 27 1.1k 0.6× 813 0.9× 864 1.4× 236 0.5× 630 1.9× 162 2.5k
Lee A. Groat Canada 30 1.9k 1.1× 822 0.9× 759 1.2× 721 1.5× 1.2k 3.5× 180 3.3k
Henrik Skogby Sweden 32 2.5k 1.5× 906 1.0× 854 1.4× 220 0.5× 638 2.0× 155 3.9k
Marco Pasero Italy 25 1.2k 0.7× 1.4k 1.5× 962 1.5× 343 0.7× 686 2.1× 242 3.0k
William B. Simmons United States 27 1.4k 0.8× 437 0.5× 364 0.6× 635 1.3× 610 1.9× 111 2.2k
Eugen Libowitzky Austria 25 1.3k 0.8× 988 1.1× 864 1.4× 152 0.3× 514 1.6× 101 2.9k
Joseph R. Smyth United States 44 4.4k 2.6× 870 0.9× 1.0k 1.7× 233 0.5× 319 1.0× 157 5.8k
Ferdinando Bosi Italy 31 1.5k 0.9× 1.6k 1.7× 927 1.5× 203 0.4× 923 2.8× 153 2.8k
Roberta Oberti Italy 33 2.9k 1.7× 1.4k 1.5× 807 1.3× 779 1.7× 573 1.8× 153 4.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Welch, Mark D. & Jens Najorka. (2025). Hydroxyperovskites: An Overlooked Class of Potential Functional Materials. Crystals. 15(3). 251–251. 1 indexed citations
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Welch, Mark D., Jens Najorka, & Bernd Wunder. (2023). Crystal structure, hydrogen bonding, and high-pressure behavior of the hydroxide perovskite MgSi(OH)6: A phase relevant to deep subduction of hydrated oceanic crust. American Mineralogist. 109(2). 255–264. 1 indexed citations
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Welch, Mark D., et al.. (2023). Uptake of Silver by Jarosite and Natrojarosite Family Compounds at 22 °C, 97 °C and 140 °C. Metals. 13(3). 627–627. 3 indexed citations
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Reddyhoff, Tom, et al.. (2021). Macroscale Superlubricity and Polymorphism of Long-Chain n -Alcohols. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(7). 9239–9251. 28 indexed citations
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Bello, Silvia M., Andrew Needham, Martin Bates, et al.. (2020). Artists on the edge of the world: An integrated approach to the study of Magdalenian engraved stone plaquettes from Jersey (Channel Islands). PLoS ONE. 15(8). e0236875–e0236875. 7 indexed citations
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Malcherek, Thomas, Boriana Mihailova, & Mark D. Welch. (2016). Structural phase transitions of clinoatacamite and the dynamic Jahn–Teller effect. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals. 44(5). 307–321. 14 indexed citations
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Welch, Mark D., Luca Bindi, V. Petřı́ček, & Jakub Plášil. (2016). Vacancy pairing and superstructure in the high-pressure silicate K1.5Mg2Si2O7H0.5: a new potential host for potassium in the deep Earth. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science Crystal Engineering and Materials. 72(6). 822–827. 3 indexed citations
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Rice, C. M., Mark D. Welch, John Still, Alan J. Criddle, & C. J. Stanley. (2016). Honeaite, a new gold-thallium-telluride from the Eastern Goldfields, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. European Journal of Mineralogy. 28(5). 979–990. 5 indexed citations
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Pawley, Alison & Mark D. Welch. (2014). Further complexities of the 10 A phase revealed by infrared spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. American Mineralogist. 99(4). 712–719. 2 indexed citations
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Pritchard, M. E., Mark D. Welch, Scott Henderson, et al.. (2012). Reconnaissance seismology at nine volcanoes of the central Andes. AGUFM. 2012. 1 indexed citations
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Pritchard, M. E., Mark D. Welch, A. K. Melkonian, et al.. (2011). Volcanic hotspots of the central and southern Andes as seen from space by ASTER and MODVOLC between the years 2000-2011. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 2 indexed citations
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Kleppe, Annette, Mark D. Welch, & Ken Wright. (2005). Preface to the special issue: 'Protons in Minerals'. Mineralogical Magazine. 69(3). 227–228. 5 indexed citations
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Welch, Mark D.. (2004). Pb-Si ordering in sheet-oxychloride minerals: the super-structure of asisite, nominally Pb7SiO8Cl2. Mineralogical Magazine. 68(2). 247–254. 14 indexed citations
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Welch, Mark D. & G. A. Lager. (2003). Preface to the Hydrous Minerals at High Pressure Special Issue. American Mineralogist. 88(10). 1401–1401. 2 indexed citations
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Kleppe, Annette, A. P. Jephcoat, & Mark D. Welch. (2003). The effect of pressure upon hydrogen bonding in chlorite: A Raman spectroscopic study of clinochlore to 26.5 GPa. American Mineralogist. 88(4). 567–573. 46 indexed citations
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Welch, Mark D. & William G. Marshall. (2001). High-pressure behavior of clinochlore. American Mineralogist. 86(11-12). 1380–1386. 41 indexed citations
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Cressey, Gordon, et al.. (1999). Reappraisal of the space group of bafertisite. Powder Diffraction. 14(1). 22–24. 8 indexed citations
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Welch, Mark D., Shuangxi Liu, & Jacek Klinowski. (1998). 29Si MAS NMR systematics of calcic and sodic-calcic amphiboles. American Mineralogist. 83(1-2). 85–96. 24 indexed citations
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Welch, Mark D., Wacław Kołodziejski, & Jacek Klinowski. (1994). A MULTINUCLEAR NMR STUDY OF SYNTHETIC PARGASITE. American Mineralogist. 79. 261–268. 33 indexed citations
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Welch, Mark D. & Alison Pawley. (1991). Tremolite: New enthalpy and entropy data from a phase equilibrium study of the reaction tremolite = 2 diopside + 1.5 orthoenstatite + β-quartz + H2O. American Mineralogist. 76. 1931–1939. 16 indexed citations

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