Mark West

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Mark West is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark West has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Plant Science, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Mark West's work include biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (7 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (5 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (5 papers). Mark West is often cited by papers focused on biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (7 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (5 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (5 papers). Mark West collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and Australia. Mark West's co-authors include Jack A. Morgan, Daniel R. LeCain, Dana M. Blumenthal, Yolima Carrillo, Bruce A. Kimball, David G. Williams, Feike A. Dijkstra, Elise Pendall, A. R. Mosier and Daniel G. Milchunas and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Mark West

55 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

C4 grasses prosper as carbon dioxide eliminates desiccation in warmed semi-arid grassland

2011 401 citations Jack A. Morgan, Daniel R. LeCain et al. Nature profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark West United States	22	609	364	272	261	165	56	1.6k
Sushil Kumar Dutta India	18	401 0.7×	375 1.0×	342 1.3×	341 1.3×	89 0.5×	86	1.6k
William R. Graves United States	21	901 1.5×	180 0.5×	132 0.5×	201 0.8×	285 1.7×	149	1.7k
Changming Zhao China	20	397 0.7×	411 1.1×	230 0.8×	156 0.6×	280 1.7×	95	1.5k
Han Xu China	22	708 1.2×	233 0.6×	338 1.2×	300 1.1×	411 2.5×	137	1.6k
Wang Yin China	23	547 0.9×	215 0.6×	293 1.1×	339 1.3×	97 0.6×	127	1.8k
Le Wang China	30	343 0.6×	206 0.6×	339 1.2×	701 2.7×	147 0.9×	110	2.6k
E. Henry Lee United States	19	590 1.0×	303 0.8×	140 0.5×	209 0.8×	186 1.1×	40	1.3k
Maurizio Zotti Italy	22	493 0.8×	215 0.6×	300 1.1×	138 0.5×	129 0.8×	56	1.2k
Xiaobin Li China	26	486 0.8×	145 0.4×	272 1.0×	171 0.7×	71 0.4×	102	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Mark West

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark West

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Widsten, Petri, et al.. (2025). Boosting softwood hemicellulose hydrolysis: Enzymes from a new fungi Penicillium rotoruae remarkably improve CTec-2 hydrolysis efficiency and reduce sugar production costs. Bioresource Technology. 441. 133486–133486.

Dale, Robert F., et al.. (2025). Determining the sequence of extracting Pinus radiata bark to maximize the total yield of extractives–towards the development of a bark-based biorefinery. Bioresources and Bioprocessing. 12(1). 49–49. 1 indexed citations

Bridson, James H., et al.. (2024). Comparison of near infrared and mid infrared spectroscopy for the prediction of Pinus radiata bark chemical properties relevant to a biorefinery. Biomass and Bioenergy. 185. 107235–107235. 2 indexed citations

Widsten, Petri, James H. Bridson, Armin Thumm, et al.. (2023). Pilot-Scale Production of Hemicellulose Ethers from Softwood Hemicelluloses Obtained from Compression Screw Pressate of a Thermo-Mechanical Pulping Plant. Polymers. 15(10). 2376–2376. 1 indexed citations

Etxabide, Alaitz, Paul A. Kilmartin, Pedro Guerrero, et al.. (2022). Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) produced from red grape pomace: Effect of purification processes on structural, thermal and antioxidant properties. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 217. 449–456. 23 indexed citations

Wijeyekoon, Suren, et al.. (2018). Mixed culture polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthesis from nutrient rich wet oxidation liquors. Water Research. 140. 1–11. 47 indexed citations

Brabec, Daniel, Floyd E. Dowell, James F. Campbell, & Mark West. (2016). Detection of internally infested popcorn using electrically conductive roller mills. Journal of Stored Products Research. 70. 37–43. 11 indexed citations

Jenderek, Maria M., et al.. (2016). Twig pre-harvest temperature significantly influences effective cryopreservation of Vaccinium dormant buds. Cryobiology. 74. 154–159. 13 indexed citations

Strabala, Timothy J., et al.. (2014). Bioinformatic and phylogenetic analysis of the CLAVATA3/EMBRYO-SURROUNDING REGION (CLE) and the CLE-LIKE signal peptide genes in the Pinophyta. BMC Plant Biology. 14(1). 47–47. 43 indexed citations

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Stevens, William B., et al.. (2014). Soil-Aggregating Bacterial Community as Affected by Irrigation, Tillage, and Cropping System in the Northern Great Plains. Soil Science. 179(1). 11–20. 25 indexed citations

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West, Mark, Alankar A. Vaidya, & Adya P. Singh. (2012). Correlative light and scanning electron microscopy of the same sections gives new insights into the effects of pectin lyase on bordered pit membranes in Pinus radiata wood. Micron. 43(8). 916–919. 5 indexed citations

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Rinehart, Joseph P., George D. Yocum, Mark West, & William P. Kemp. (2011). A Fluctuating Thermal Regime Improves Survival of Cold-Mediated Delayed Emergence in Developing Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Journal of Economic Entomology. 104(4). 1162–1166. 31 indexed citations

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Morgan, Jack A., Daniel R. LeCain, Elise Pendall, et al.. (2011). C4 grasses prosper as carbon dioxide eliminates desiccation in warmed semi-arid grassland. Nature. 476(7359). 202–205. 401 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bennett, Kristine E., et al.. (2008). Blood-Feeding Behavior of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Infected <I>Culicoides sonorensis</I> (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Journal of Medical Entomology. 45(5). 921–926. 9 indexed citations

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Morgan, Jack A., Daniel G. Milchunas, Daniel R. LeCain, Mark West, & A. R. Mosier. (2007). Carbon dioxide enrichment alters plant community structure and accelerates shrub growth in the shortgrass steppe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(37). 14724–14729. 179 indexed citations

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West, Mark, Daniel S. Park, Joanna R. Dodd, Joerg Kistler, & David L. Christie. (2005). Purification and characterization of the creatine transporter expressed at high levels in HEK293 cells. Protein Expression and Purification. 41(2). 393–401. 16 indexed citations

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Horvath, David P., Robert J. Schaffer, Mark West, & Ellen Wisman. (2003). Arabidopsis microarrays identify conserved and differentially expressed genes involved in shoot growth and development from distantly related plant species. The Plant Journal. 34(1). 125–134. 68 indexed citations

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West, Mark, J. Kroon, John Casey, et al.. (2000). A Consensus Sequence for Long-chain Fatty-acid Alcohol Oxidases from Candida Identifies a Family of Genes Involved in Lipid ω-Oxidation in Yeast with Homologues in Plants and Bacteria. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(6). 4445–4452. 35 indexed citations

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West, Mark & Georges Dreyfus. (1997). Isolation and Ultrastructural Study of the Flagellar Basal Body Complex fromRhodobacter sphaeroidesWS8 (Wild Type) and a Polyhook Mutant PG. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 238(3). 733–737. 10 indexed citations

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West, Mark, G. W. Emerson, & P. A. Sullivan. (1990). Purification and properties of two lactose hydrolases from Trichosporon cutaneum. Journal of General Microbiology. 136(8). 1483–1490. 8 indexed citations

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