Martin Welch

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
134 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Martin Welch is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Molecular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin Welch has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Molecular Biology, 40 papers in Genetics and 33 papers in Molecular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Martin Welch's work include Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (63 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (38 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (33 papers). Martin Welch is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (63 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (38 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (33 papers). Martin Welch collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Denmark and United States. Martin Welch's co-authors include David R. Spring, James T. Hodgkinson, Warren R. J. D. Galloway, George P. C. Salmond, Steven D. Bowden, Michael Eisenbach, Kenji Oosawa, Shin-Ichi Aizawa, Stephen K. Dolan and Kieron M. G. O’Connell and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Martin Welch

129 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Quorum Sensing in Gram-Negative Bacteria: Small-Molecule Modulation of AHL and AI-2 Quorum Sensing Pathways

2010 512 citations Warren R. J. D. Galloway, James T. Hodgkinson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Martin Welch United Kingdom	42	3.9k	1.2k	925	895	556	134	5.6k
J.A. Hermoso Spain	45	4.1k 1.0×	758 0.6×	575 0.6×	928 1.0×	414 0.7×	192	6.5k
Anthony J. Clarke Canada	41	2.2k 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	630 0.7×	544 0.6×	592 1.1×	140	4.7k
Felipe Cava Sweden	43	3.5k 0.9×	1.7k 1.4×	795 0.9×	476 0.5×	494 0.9×	155	6.4k
P. Lynne Howell Canada	55	6.9k 1.8×	1.9k 1.5×	953 1.0×	874 1.0×	911 1.6×	202	9.5k
Lynette Cegelski United States	37	2.3k 0.6×	517 0.4×	486 0.5×	496 0.6×	293 0.5×	86	4.7k
Alexei Savchenko Canada	55	5.4k 1.4×	1.1k 0.9×	637 0.7×	284 0.3×	910 1.6×	215	8.2k
Helen E. Blackwell United States	52	6.6k 1.7×	941 0.8×	969 1.0×	3.1k 3.4×	514 0.9×	159	8.9k
Tung T. Hoang United States	27	3.0k 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	1.2k 1.3×	301 0.3×	495 0.9×	45	4.3k
Mamoru Hyodo Japan	39	4.4k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	437 0.5×	627 0.7×	262 0.5×	88	7.8k
David E. Heinrichs Canada	56	3.7k 1.0×	2.2k 1.8×	1.0k 1.1×	284 0.3×	602 1.1×	128	7.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Martin Welch

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Fields of papers citing papers by Martin Welch

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Martin Welch

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Martin Welch. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Martin 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 Martin Welch. Martin Welch is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Xu, Qingqing, et al.. (2025). Pathogenicity and virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa : Recent advances and under-investigated topics. Virulence. 16(1). 2503430–2503430. 1 indexed citations

Seki, Hikaru, et al.. (2025). Pseudomonas aeruginosa PfpI is a methylglyoxalase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 301(4). 108374–108374.

Dolan, Stephen K., Michael Kohlstedt, Lars Gläser, et al.. (2025). The 2-methylcitrate cycle and the glyoxylate shunt in Pseudomonas aeruginosa are linked through enzymatic redundancy. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 301(4). 108355–108355. 2 indexed citations

Welch, Martin, et al.. (2024). Contribution of the infection ecosystem and biogeography to antibiotic failure in vivo. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 45–45. 1 indexed citations

Walther, Raoul, et al.. (2024). Tuneable thiol exchange linkers for traceless drug release applications in prodrugs and ADCs. Chemical Communications. 60(55). 7025–7028. 3 indexed citations

Welch, Martin, et al.. (2023). Therapeutic interventions alter ecological interactions among cystic fibrosis airway microbiota. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1178131–1178131. 3 indexed citations

Brockhurst, Michael A., Jim Cavet, Stephen P. Diggle, et al.. (2023). Shaping microbiology for 75 years: highlights of research published in Microbiology. Part 2 - Communities and evolution. Microbiology. 169(6).

Wang, Meng, et al.. (2023). More than just a gel: the extracellular matrixome of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 10. 1307857–1307857. 4 indexed citations

Dolan, Stephen K., Michael Kohlstedt, Lars Gläser, et al.. (2022). Systems-Wide Dissection of Organic Acid Assimilation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Reveals a Novel Path To Underground Metabolism. mBio. 13(6). e0254122–e0254122. 14 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Thomas, et al.. (2022). Decreased efficacy of antimicrobial agents in a polymicrobial environment. The ISME Journal. 16(7). 1694–1704. 31 indexed citations

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Wang, Meng, et al.. (2021). Structure, Function and Regulation of a Second Pyruvate Kinase Isozyme in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 790742–790742. 7 indexed citations

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Dolan, Stephen K., et al.. (2020). Contextual Flexibility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Central Carbon Metabolism during Growth in Single Carbon Sources. mBio. 11(2). 65 indexed citations

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Brear, P., et al.. (2019). Evolutionary plasticity in the allosteric regulator-binding site of pyruvate kinase isoform PykA from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(42). 15505–15516. 14 indexed citations

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Duarte, Ana, et al.. (2017). Strategies for managing rival bacterial communities: Lessons from burying beetles. Journal of Animal Ecology. 87(2). 414–427. 52 indexed citations

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Baker, Ysobel R., James T. Hodgkinson, Bogdan I. Florea, et al.. (2017). Identification of new quorum sensing autoinducer binding partners in Pseudomonas aeruginosa using photoaffinity probes. Chemical Science. 8(11). 7403–7411. 20 indexed citations

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Isidro‐Llobet, Albert, Agostino Cilibrizzi, James T. Hodgkinson, et al.. (2011). Diversity-oriented synthesis of macrocyclic peptidomimetics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(17). 6793–6798. 96 indexed citations

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Mikkelsen, Helga, et al.. (2007). Interrelationships between Colonies, Biofilms, and Planktonic Cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Bacteriology. 189(6). 2411–2416. 105 indexed citations

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Thomas, Gemma L., Catharine M. Walsh, Mark Ladlow, et al.. (2006). Immunomodulatory effects of Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing small molecule probes on mammalian macrophages. Molecular BioSystems. 2(2). 132–137. 28 indexed citations

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Welch, Martin, Helga Mikkelsen, Jane E. SWATTON, et al.. (2005). Cell–cell communication in Gram-negative bacteria. Molecular BioSystems. 1(3). 196–202. 41 indexed citations

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Vohra, Rajiv, et al.. (1991). In vitro adherence and kinetic studies of adult human endothelial cell seeded ePTFE and gelatin impregnated dacron grafts.. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 5. 4 indexed citations

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