Natalie Welden

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Natalie Welden is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Natalie Welden has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Pollution, 9 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 5 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Natalie Welden's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (10 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (9 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (3 papers). Natalie Welden is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (10 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (9 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (3 papers). Natalie Welden collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Maldives. Natalie Welden's co-authors include Phillip R. Cowie, Amy Lusher, Paula Sobral, Matthew Cole, Rachel Hurley, Keenan Munno, Inger Lise Nerland Bråte, Leigh M. Howarth, Fabrice G. Renaud and M.R. Ashmore and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Pollution and Journal of Environmental Management.

In The Last Decade

Natalie Welden

18 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Sampling, isolating and identifying microplastics ingested by fish and invertebrates

2016 773 citations Amy Lusher, Natalie Welden et al. Analytical Methods profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Natalie Welden United Kingdom	12	1.8k	1.3k	343	263	215	19	2.0k
Sedat Gündoğdu Türkiye	25	1.7k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	251 0.7×	152 0.6×	124 0.6×	70	2.0k
Keiichi Uchida Japan	14	1.4k 0.8×	999 0.7×	317 0.9×	190 0.7×	142 0.7×	45	1.6k
Inger Lise Nerland Bråte Norway	12	1.5k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	379 1.1×	380 1.4×	409 1.9×	16	1.8k
Victoria A. Sleight United Kingdom	12	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	525 1.5×	341 1.3×	139 0.6×	19	2.0k
Sarah E. Nelms United Kingdom	17	2.3k 1.3×	1.5k 1.1×	328 1.0×	247 0.9×	245 1.1×	22	2.6k
Phillip R. Cowie United Kingdom	8	1.3k 0.7×	939 0.7×	272 0.8×	267 1.0×	155 0.7×	12	1.5k
Montserrat Compa Spain	25	1.9k 1.1×	960 0.7×	288 0.8×	513 2.0×	288 1.3×	53	2.1k
Martin Ogonowski Sweden	15	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	509 1.5×	225 0.9×	181 0.8×	22	1.9k
Gwendolyn L. Lattin United States	6	2.4k 1.3×	1.8k 1.4×	411 1.2×	387 1.5×	245 1.1×	7	2.5k
Alicia Herrera Spain	17	1.4k 0.7×	954 0.7×	210 0.6×	142 0.5×	193 0.9×	45	1.5k

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19 of 19 papers shown

Barrett, Brian, et al.. (2025). Assessing the role of citizen science in the validation of remote sensing habitat classifications. Ecological Solutions and Evidence. 6(4).

Welden, Natalie, et al.. (2024). Exploring the application of the social-ecological system approach in Asian shrimp farming research and its implications for global sustainable shrimp farming: A systematic review. Aquaculture. 597. 741918–741918. 1 indexed citations

Welden, Natalie, et al.. (2024). Ecosystem-based adaptation strategies to multi-hazard risk reduction and policy implications in the Pearl River and Yangtze River deltas, China. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 116. 105053–105053. 1 indexed citations

Welden, Natalie, et al.. (2023). Management of Environmental Plastic Pollution: a Comparison of Existing Strategies and Emerging Solutions from Nature. Water Air & Soil Pollution. 234(3). 6 indexed citations

Barrett, Brian, et al.. (2023). Do biodiversity monitoring citizen science surveys meet the core principles of open science practices?. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 195(2). 295–295. 7 indexed citations

Welden, Natalie, et al.. (2023). Incorporating ecosystem services into comparative vulnerability and risk assessments in the Pearl River and Yangtze River Deltas, China. Ocean & Coastal Management. 249. 106980–106980. 10 indexed citations

Welden, Natalie, et al.. (2022). A framework for integrating ecosystem services indicators into vulnerability and risk assessments of deltaic social-ecological systems. Journal of Environmental Management. 326(Pt A). 116682–116682. 77 indexed citations

Rist, Sinja, Nanna B. Hartmann, & Natalie Welden. (2021). How fast, how far: Diversification and adoption of novel methods in aquatic microplastic monitoring. Environmental Pollution. 291. 118174–118174. 5 indexed citations

Cartes, Joan Enric, et al.. (2021). An affordable method for monitoring plastic fibre ingestion in Nephrops norvegicus (Linnaeus, 1758) and implementation on wide temporal and geographical scale comparisons. The Science of The Total Environment. 810. 152264–152264. 18 indexed citations

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Lusher, Amy, Inger Lise Nerland Bråte, Keenan Munno, Rachel Hurley, & Natalie Welden. (2020). Is It or Isn't It: The Importance of Visual Classification in Microplastic Characterization. Applied Spectroscopy. 74(9). 1139–1153. 223 indexed citations

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West, Sarah, Patrick Büker, M.R. Ashmore, et al.. (2019). Particulate matter pollution in an informal settlement in Nairobi: Using citizen science to make the invisible visible. Applied Geography. 114. 102133–102133. 40 indexed citations

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Welden, Natalie, et al.. (2018). The effects of trophic transfer and environmental factors on microplastic uptake by plaice, Pleuronectes plastessa, and spider crab, Maja squinado. Environmental Pollution. 239. 351–358. 118 indexed citations

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Welden, Natalie & Phillip R. Cowie. (2017). Degradation of common polymer ropes in a sublittoral marine environment. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 118(1-2). 248–253. 149 indexed citations

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Welden, Natalie, P. A. Wolseley, & M.R. Ashmore. (2017). Citizen science identifies the effects of nitrogen deposition, climate and tree species on epiphytic lichens across the UK. Environmental Pollution. 232. 80–89. 11 indexed citations

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Welden, Natalie & Amy Lusher. (2017). Impacts of changing ocean circulation on the distribution of marine microplastic litter. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 13(3). 483–487. 89 indexed citations

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Welden, Natalie & Phillip R. Cowie. (2016). Environment and gut morphology influence microplastic retention in langoustine, Nephrops norvegicus. Environmental Pollution. 214. 859–865. 181 indexed citations

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Welden, Natalie & Phillip R. Cowie. (2016). Long-term microplastic retention causes reduced body condition in the langoustine, Nephrops norvegicus. Environmental Pollution. 218. 895–900. 284 indexed citations

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Lusher, Amy, Natalie Welden, Paula Sobral, & Matthew Cole. (2016). Sampling, isolating and identifying microplastics ingested by fish and invertebrates. Analytical Methods. 9(9). 1346–1360. 773 indexed citations breakdown →

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Welden, Natalie, Phillip R. Cowie, & Alan C. Taylor. (2015). Growth and gut morphology of the lobster Nephrops norvegicus. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 35(1). 20–25. 16 indexed citations

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