2026 Ruth Welti: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	70	6928	6390	3194	2867	177	20537

Research.com Recognitions

2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Ruth Welti is affiliated with Kansas State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a substantial focus on Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The work emphasizes subfields such as Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Biochemistry, Spectroscopy, and Animal Science and Zoology.

The scientist's research interests encompass several main topics including:

Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
Plant responses to water stress
Mitochondrial Function and Pathology

Ruth Welti has contributed to numerous publications with recent papers including:

"Leaf Lipid Alterations in Response to Heat Stress of Arabidopsis thaliana", 2020, Plants
"Comparative Lipidomic Analysis Reveals Heat Stress Responses of Two Soybean Genotypes Differing in Temperature Sensitivity", 2020, Plants
"Heat stress elicits remodeling in the anther lipidome of peanut", 2020, Scientific Reports
"Lipids in xylem sap of woody plants across the angiosperm phylogeny", 2020, The Plant Journal
"Characteristics and origin of intact polar lipids in soil organic matter", 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry

The frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Ruth Welti include:

Mary R. Roth
Pamela Tamura
Sunitha Shiva
Timothy P. Durrett
Hieu Vu

The main publication venues where this scientist has published multiple works include:

Plants
The Plant Journal
Australian Dental Journal
Methods in Molecular Biology
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Ruth Welti was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

Best Publications

Acyl-Lipid Metabolism

Younghua Li-Beisson;Basil Shorrosh;Fred Beisson;Mats X. Andersson

1695
Citations
Profiling Membrane Lipids in Plant Stress Responses ROLE OF PHOSPHOLIPASE Dα IN FREEZING-INDUCED LIPID CHANGES IN ARABIDOPSIS

Ruth Welti;Weiqi Li;Maoyin Li;Yongming Sang

1204
Citations
Quantitative analysis of major plant hormones in crude plant extracts by high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.

Xiangqing Pan;Ruth Welti;Xuemin Wang;Xuemin Wang

936
Citations
Signaling functions of phosphatidic acid.

Xuemin Wang;Xuemin Wang;Shivakumar Pattada Devaiah;Shivakumar Pattada Devaiah;Wenhua Zhang;Ruth Welti

873
Citations
Grape exosome-like nanoparticles induce intestinal stem cells and protect mice from DSS-induced colitis.

Songwen Ju;Jingyao Mu;Terje Dokland;Xiaoying Zhuang

824
Citations
Phospholipase Dα1 and Phosphatidic Acid Regulate NADPH Oxidase Activity and Production of Reactive Oxygen Species in ABA-Mediated Stomatal Closure in Arabidopsis

Yanyan Zhang;Huiying Zhu;Qun Zhang;Maoyin Li;Maoyin Li

664
Citations
Lipidomics reveals that adiposomes store ether lipids and mediate phospholipid traffic.

René Bartz;Wen Hong Li;Barney Venables;John K. Zehmer

547
Citations
Biosynthesis of very-long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in transgenic oilseeds: constraints on their accumulation.

Amine Abbadi;Freéderic Domergue;Jörg Bauer;Johnathan A. Napier

475
Citations
Acyl-métabolisme des lipides

Yonghua Li-Beisson;Basil Shorrosh;Fred Beisson;Fred Beisson;Mats X. Andersson

406
Citations
The plasma membrane-bound phospholipase Dδ enhances freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana

Weiqi Li;Maoyin Li;Wenhua Zhang;Ruth Welti

402
Citations
Harmonizing lipidomics: NIST interlaboratory comparison exercise for lipidomics using SRM 1950-Metabolites in Frozen Human Plasma.

John A. Bowden;Alan Heckert;Candice Z. Ulmer;Christina M. Jones

388
Citations
Involvement of Phospholipase D in Wound-Induced Accumulation of Jasmonic Acid in Arabidopsis

Cunxi Wang;Christopher A. Zien;Meshack Afitlhile;Ruth Welti

336
Citations
Simultaneous quantification of major phytohormones and related compounds in crude plant extracts by liquid chromatography–electrospray tandem mass spectrometry

Xiangqing Pan;Ruth Welti;Xuemin Wang;Xuemin Wang

333
Citations
Quantitative Profiling of Arabidopsis Polar Glycerolipids in Response to Phosphorus Starvation. Roles of Phospholipases Dζ1 and Dζ2 in Phosphatidylcholine Hydrolysis and Digalactosyldiacylglycerol Accumulation in Phosphorus-Starved Plants

Maoyin Li;Ruth Welti;Xuemin Wang

308
Citations
The Oleate-Stimulated Phospholipase D, PLDδ, and Phosphatidic Acid Decrease H2O2-Induced Cell Death in Arabidopsis

Wenhua Zhang;Cunxi Wang;Chunbo Qin;Tara Wood

306
Citations
Quantitative profiling of polar glycerolipid species from organs of wild-type Arabidopsis and a PHOSPHOLIPASE Dα1 knockout mutant

Shivakumar Pattada Devaiah;Mary R. Roth;Ethan Baughman;Maoyin Li

296
Citations
The Arabidopsis thaliana Dihydroxyacetone Phosphate Reductase Gene SUPPRESSOR OF FATTY ACID DESATURASE DEFICIENCY1 Is Required for Glycerolipid Metabolism and for the Activation of Systemic Acquired Resistance

Ashis Nandi;Ruth Welti;Jyoti Shah

288
Citations
Wheat leaf lipids during heat stress: I. High day and night temperatures result in major lipid alterations

Sruthi Narayanan;Sruthi Narayanan;Pamela J. Tamura;Mary R. Roth;P.V. Vara Prasad

262
Citations
Phytochemical phenolics in organically grown vegetables.

Janice E. Young;Xin Zhao;Edward E. Carey;Ruth Welti

261
Citations
Lipid domains in model and biological membranes

Ruth Welti;Michael Glaser

255
Citations