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Fungal Diversity
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Fungal Diversity

1560-2745

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/13225

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 52 34 69 38
Microbiology 201 13 14 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 108
Documents by Best Scientists*: 91
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 136
SCIMAGO SJR: 6.546
Impact Factor: 24.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Fungal Diversity?

The journal facilitates discussions on Botany, Mycology, Taxonomy (biology), Phylogenetic tree and Ecology. Botany research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes and Internal transcribed spacer. The Dothideomycetes study featured in Fungal Diversity draws connections with the study of Sordariomycetes.

While work presented in Fungal Diversity provided substantial information on Mycology, it also covered topics in Plant use of endophytic fungi in defense, Biodiversity, Colletotrichum, Fusarium and Microbial ecology. The work tackled in the journal goes beyond the discipline of Biodiversity as it also encompasses Species diversity. Taxonomy (biology) research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Systematics.

Phylogenetic tree research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Evolutionary biology, Zoology, Phylogenetics and Taxon. Species richness is a focus of the presented Ecology works and it dives deep in Species richness. The work on Genus tackled in Fungal Diversity brings together disciplines like Polyphyly, Monophyly and Molecular phylogenetics.

  • Botany (60.14%)
  • Mycology (30.16%)
  • Taxonomy (biology) (23.99%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Fungal endophytes from higher plants: a prolific source of phytochemicals and other bioactive natural products (441 citations)
  • Fungal diversity notes 111–252—taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa (420 citations)
  • Families of Dothideomycetes (354 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Fungal Diversity:

The journal publications focus largely on the fields of Botany, Mycology, Phylogenetic tree, Ecology and Taxonomy (biology). The studies on Botany discussed at the journal papers can also contribute to research in the domains of Pleosporales and Microbial ecology. The Mycology research presented in the journal publications focuses mostly on Biodiversity and, on occasion, topics in Species richness.

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

  • Fungus
  • Botany
  • Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Evolutionary biology, Biodiversity, Phylogenetic tree, Mycology and Taxon. It mainly concentrates on Evolutionary biology but also investigates its connection with concepts in disciplines such as

  • Ascomycota that intertwine with fields like Taxonomy (biology), DNA sequencing, Species richness, Alpha diversity and Internal transcribed spacer,
  • Ribosomal DNA which is related to area like Clade,
  • Gene which is related to area like Hyaline, Evolvability and Mating.. The studies on Biodiversity discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Colletotrichum, Genetic algorithm and Identification (biology).

Most of the Phylogenetic tree studies addressed also intersect with Phylogenetics. Fungal Diversity focuses on Mycology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Ecology, Biological dispersal and Microbial ecology. Molecular phylogenetics, Species complex, Genus and Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes are some topics wherein Taxon research discussed in it have an impact.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • High quality genome sequences of thirteen Hypoxylaceae (Ascomycota) strengthen the phylogenetic family backbone and enable the discovery of new taxa (20 citations)
  • High-throughput sequencing view on the magnitude of global fungal diversity (11 citations)
  • In honor of John Bissett: authoritative guidelines on molecular identification of Trichoderma (11 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 Diversity (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Kevin D. Hyde (164 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Ali H. Bahkali (46 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Eric H. C. McKenzie (45 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Jian-Kui Liu (41 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Rajesh Jeewon (35 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous 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 Diversity (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Mae Fah Luang University (142 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (104 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • King Saud University (60 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Landcare Research (49 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chiang Mai University (43 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 5 more than 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, 7.69% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 70.83% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.17% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.67% of all publications and 8.33% 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

  • FungalTraits: a user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles

    Sergei Põlme;Sergei Põlme;Kessy Abarenkov;R. Henrik Nilsson;Björn D. Lindahl

    (2020)
    1029 Citations
  • Fungal diversity notes 1151–1276: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa

    Kevin D. Hyde;Yang Dong;Rungtiwa Phookamsak;Rajesh Jeewon

    (2020)
    288 Citations
  • Freshwater Dothideomycetes

    Unknown

    (2020)
    231 Citations
  • The numbers of fungi: is the descriptive curve flattening?

    Kevin D. Hyde;Rajesh Jeewon;Yi Jyun Chen;Chitrabhanu S. Bhunjun

    (2020)
    224 Citations
  • The numbers of fungi: are the most speciose genera truly diverse?

    Unknown

    (2022)
    214 Citations
  • The numbers of fungi: contributions from traditional taxonomic studies and challenges of metabarcoding

    (2022)
    148 Citations

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