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IMA Fungus
H-index 19

IMA Fungus

2210-6340

Published by: International Mycological Association

https://imafungus.biomedcentral.com/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 258 15 11 5
Ecology and Evolution 466 11 13 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 112
Documents by Best Scientists*: 82
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 53
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.206
Impact Factor: 6.2

Top Publications

  • Unambiguous identification of fungi: where do we stand and how accurate and precise is fungal DNA barcoding?

    Robert Lücking;M. Catherine Aime;Barbara Robbertse;Andrew N. Miller

    (2020)
    483 Citations
  • How to publish a new fungal species, or name, version 3.0

    M. Catherine Aime;Andrew N. Miller;Takayuki Aoki;Konstanze Bensch

    (2021)
    136 Citations
  • Setting scientific names at all taxonomic ranks in italics facilitates their quick recognition in scientific papers

    Marco Thines;Takayuki Aoki;Pedro W. Crous;Kevin D. Hyde

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • Nomenclatural issues concerning cultured yeasts and other fungi: why it is important to avoid unneeded name changes

    Andrey Yurkov;Artur Alves;Feng-Yan Bai;Kyria Boundy-Mills

    (2021)
    18 Citations
  • Distinct fungal communities associated with different organs of the mangrove Sonneratia alba in the Malay Peninsula.

    Nicole Li Ying Lee;Danwei Huang;Zheng Bin Randolph Quek;Jen Nie Lee

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • IMA Genome - F13: Draft genome sequences of Ambrosiella cleistominuta, Cercospora brassicicola, C. citrullina, Physcia stellaris, and Teratosphaeria pseudoeucalypti.

    P Markus Wilken;Janneke Aylward;Janneke Aylward;Ramesh Chand;Felix Grewe

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • A revision of malbranchea-like fungi from clinical specimens in the United States of America reveals unexpected novelty.

    Ernesto Rodríguez-Andrade;José F. Cano-Lira;Nathan Wiederhold;Alba Pérez-Cantero

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Using target enrichment sequencing to study the higher-level phylogeny of the largest lichen-forming fungi family: Parmeliaceae (Ascomycota).

    Felix Grewe;Claudio Ametrano;Todd J. Widhelm;Steven Leavitt

    (2020)
    11 Citations
  • Fungi inhabiting attine ant colonies: reassessment of the genus Escovopsis and description of Luteomyces and Sympodiorosea gens. nov.

    Quimi Vidaurre Montoya;Maria Jesus Sutta Martiarena;Rodolfo Bizarria;Nicole Marie Gerardo

    (2021)
    11 Citations

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