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Fungal Biology Reviews
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Fungal Biology Reviews

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 246 10 7 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 55
Documents by Best Scientists*: 48
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 72
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.099
Impact Factor: 4.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Fungal Biology Reviews?

The objective of Fungal Biology Reviews is to combine knowledge in the areas of Ecology, Botany, Microbiology, Cell biology and Genetics. Ecology and Biological dispersal are closely related fields of research discussed in the journal. It holds forums on Microbiology that merges themes from other disciplines such as Fungus and Virulence.

Fungal Biology Reviews addresses concerns in Cell biology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Neurospora crassa and Hypha. As a part of the journal, discussions in Genetics involve topics like Gene, Mating type, Sexual reproduction and Meiosis. The study on Gene featured in it expounds on the topic of Genome in particular.

In it, Evolutionary biology and Computational biology are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Genome research. Many of the studies tackled connect Computational biology with a similar field of study like Genomics.

  • Ecology (23.32%)
  • Botany (15.42%)
  • Microbiology (13.83%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Understanding the diversity of foliar endophytic fungi: progress, challenges, and frontiers (527 citations)
  • Botryosphaeriaceae as endophytes and latent pathogens of woody plants: diversity, ecology and impact (466 citations)
  • Endophytic fungi in forest trees: are they mutualists? (349 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Fungal Biology Reviews:

The most cited papers mainly deal with areas of study such as Ecology, Botany, Plant use of endophytic fungi in defense, Ecosystem and Computational biology. The journal papers with studies in Ecology featured incorporate elements of Endophyte, Symbiosis and Glomeromycota. The most cited papers discuss concepts in Trichoderma and Lignin under Botany and how they intertwine with disciplines like Secondary metabolism and High resolution.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Gene
  • Fungus
  • Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Cell biology, Virulence, Host (biology), Microbiology and Cell wall. Topics in Cell biology were tackled in line with various other fields like Endocytic cycle, Endocytosis, Pinocytosis and Membrane. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Virulence, it also covered topics in Secondary metabolite, Antifungal drug, Biological pest control and Filamentous fungus.

The concepts on Host (biology) presented in Fungal Biology Reviews can also apply to other research fields, including Zoology, Pathogen, Hypha and Aquaculture. Fungal Biology Reviews dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Microbiology and Fungus. It facilitates discussions on Phylum that incorporate concepts from other fields like Ecology, Species richness, Aquatic ecosystem, Tree of life and Global biodiversity.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Evolving challenges and strategies for fungal control in the food supply chain. (3 citations)
  • Doing it alone : unisexual reproduction in filamentous ascomycete fungi (3 citations)
  • The molecular mechanism of stipe cell wall extension for mushroom stipe elongation growth (3 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Fungal Biology Reviews (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Frank H. Gleason (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael J. Wingfield (5 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Joseph Heitman (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Pieter van West (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nick D. Read (4 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Fungal Biology Reviews (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Sydney (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Aberdeen (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Exeter (7 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Nottingham (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 7.14% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 23.08% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.54% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 7.69% of all publications and 57.69% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • The one health problem of azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus: current insights and future research agenda

    Paul E. Verweij;John A. Lucas;Maiken C. Arendrup;Maiken C. Arendrup;Paul Bowyer

    (2020)
    139 Citations
  • Mucoromycota: going to the roots of plant-interacting fungi

    Paola Bonfante;Francesco Venice

    (2020)
    102 Citations
  • Nanoparticle and nanomineral production by fungi

    Qianwei Li;Feixue Liu;Min Li;Chunmao Chen

    (2021)
    57 Citations
  • Reviewing the contributions of macrofungi to forest ecosystem processes and services

    (2023)
    46 Citations
  • Beneficial interactions between bacteria and edible mushrooms

    (2022)
    38 Citations
  • An ecological framework for understanding the roles of Epichloë endophytes on plant defenses against fungal diseases

    Luis I. Pérez;Pedro E. Gundel;Iñigo Zabalgogeazcoa;Marina Omacini

    (2020)
    36 Citations
  • Role and genetic basis of specialised secondary metabolites in Trichoderma ecophysiology

    (2022)
    28 Citations
  • Pathogenic fungi of marine animals: A taxonomic perspective

    Ka-Lai Pang;Brandon T. Hassett;Ami Shaumi;Sheng-Yu Guo

    (2021)
    22 Citations
  • Doing it alone : unisexual reproduction in filamentous ascomycete fungi

    Andi M. Wilson;Raphael Gabriel;Steven W. Singer;Timo Schuerg

    (2021)
    22 Citations

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