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Elizabeth M. H. Wellington

Elizabeth M. H. Wellington

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
70
Citations
19765
World Ranking
6937
National Ranking
529

Elizabeth M. H. Wellington publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Elizabeth M. H. Wellington sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 216 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Elizabeth M. H. Wellington D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Elizabeth M. H. Wellington sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Elizabeth M. H. Wellington is a researcher affiliated with the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. Their work spans multiple domains primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Environmental Science, and Medicine.

Their research addresses topics such as Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Gut microbiota and health, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis.

Recent publications include studies published in prominent journals and cover various aspects of infectious diseases, microbial ecology, and environmental impacts. Notable papers are:

  • COVID-19 vaccine coverage in health-care workers in England and effectiveness of BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine against infection (SIREN): a prospective, multicentre, cohort study (2021, The Lancet)
  • SARS-CoV-2 infection rates of antibody-positive compared with antibody-negative health-care workers in England: a large, multicentre, prospective cohort study (SIREN) (2021, The Lancet)
  • Microbial imbalance in inflammatory bowel disease patients at different taxonomic levels (2020, Gut Pathogens)
  • Niche-adaptation in plant-associated Bacteroidetes favours specialisation in organic phosphorus mineralisation (2020, The ISME Journal)
  • Mobile resistome of human gut and pathogen drives anthropogenic bloom of antibiotic resistance (2020, Microbiome)

Elizabeth Wellington frequently collaborates with other researchers. Regular co-authors include Chiara Borsetto, Christopher Quince, Andrew R. J. Murphy, Ian D. E. A. Lidbury, and Sébastien Raguideau.

Their work appears often in several publication venues, with the highest number of contributions to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), followed by Microbiome, Gastroenterology, The Lancet, and The ISME Journal.

Subfields highlighted in their research are Molecular Biology, Pollution, Plant Science, Infectious Diseases, and Ecology, reflecting a broad interdisciplinary approach combining molecular genetics with environmental and medical sciences.

Best Publications

  • Analysis of Actinomycete Communities by Specific Amplification of Genes Encoding 16S rRNA and Gel-Electrophoretic Separation in Denaturing Gradients

    Holger Heuer;Martin Krsek;Paul Baker;Kornelia Smalla

  • Numerical Classification of Streptomyces and Related Genera

    S. T. Williams;M. Goodfellow;G. Alderson;E. M. H. Wellington

  • The role of the natural environment in the emergence of antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria

    Elizabeth M.H. Wellington;Alistair B.A. Boxall;Paul Cross;Edward J. Feil

  • The global threat of antimicrobial resistance: science for intervention

    Ignasi Roca;Murat Akova;F. Baquero;Jean Carlet

  • The taxonomy of Streptomyces and related genera.

    Annaliesa S. Anderson;Elizabeth M. H. Wellington

  • Impacts of anthropogenic activity on the ecology of class 1 integrons and integron-associated genes in the environment

    William H Gaze;Lihong Zhang;Nouradin A Abdouslam;Peter M Hawkey

  • Critical knowledge gaps and research needs related to the environmental dimensions of antibiotic resistance.

    D. G.Joakim Larsson;Antoine Andremont;Johan Bengtsson-Palme;Kristian Koefoed Brandt

  • Application of denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and temperature gradient gel electrophoresis for studying soil microbial communities.

    H. Heuer;K. Smalla;J. D. van Elsas;J. T. Trevors

  • Impacts of climate change on indirect human exposure to pathogens and chemicals from agriculture

    Alistair B A Boxall;Alistair B A Boxall;Anthony Hardy;Sabine Beulke;Tatiana Boucard

  • Incidence of Class 1 Integrons in a Quaternary Ammonium Compound-Polluted Environment

    W. H. Gaze;N. Abdouslam;P. M. Hawkey;E. M. H. Wellington

  • Gentamicin resistance genes in environmental bacteria: prevalence and transfer

    H. Heuer;E. Krögerrecklenfort;E.M.H. Wellington;S. Egan

  • Microbial imbalance in inflammatory bowel disease patients at different taxonomic levels

    Mohammad Tauqeer Alam;Gregory C. A. Amos;Gregory C. A. Amos;Andrew R. J. Murphy;Simon Murch

  • Prevalence of Sulfonamide Resistance Genes in Bacterial Isolates from Manured Agricultural Soils and Pig Slurry in the United Kingdom

    K. G. Byrne-Bailey;William H. Gaze;Paul Kay;Alistair B.A. Boxall

  • Waste water effluent contributes to the dissemination of CTX-M-15 in the natural environment

    Gregory C. A. Amos;P. M. Hawkey;William H. Gaze;E. M. H. Wellington

  • A probability matrix for identification of some Streptomycetes.

    S. T. Williams;M. Goodfellow;E. M. H. Wellington;J. C. Vickers

  • Microbial diversity in soil: the need for a combined approach using molecular and cultivation techniques.

    W. Liesack;P. H. Janssen;F. A. Rainey;N. L. Ward-Rainey

  • Resolving functional diversity in relation to microbial community structure in soil: exploiting genomics and stable isotope probing.

    Elizabeth M H Wellington;Andrew Berry;Martin Krsek

  • The dynamic architecture of the metabolic switch in Streptomyces coelicolor

    Kay Nieselt;Florian Battke;Alexander Herbig;Per Bruheim;Per Bruheim

  • Occurrence and reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes in the environment

    N. Seveno;D. Kallifidas;K. Smalla;J.D. van Elsas

  • The rhizosphere as a habitat for soil microorganisms.

    J. Sørensen;J. D. van Elsas;J. T. Trevors;E. M. H. Wellington

Frequent Co-Authors

William H. Gaze
William H. Gaze University of Exeter
Jack T. Trevors
Jack T. Trevors University of Guelph
Peter M. Hawkey
Peter M. Hawkey University of Birmingham
Laura E. Green
Laura E. Green University of Birmingham
Alistair B.A. Boxall
Alistair B.A. Boxall University of York
John P. Hammond
John P. Hammond University of Reading
David Porter
David Porter University of Oxford
Gary D. Bending
Gary D. Bending University of Warwick
David J. Scanlan
David J. Scanlan University of Warwick
Edward Topp
Edward Topp Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada

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