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Alicia Clum publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alicia Clum sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 126 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Alicia Clum D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alicia Clum sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alicia Clum is affiliated with the Joint Genome Institute in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, environmental science, and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work frequently spans molecular biology, ecology, plant science, cell biology, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The primary research topics covered by Alicia Clum include microbial community ecology and physiology, genomics and phylogenetic studies, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, plant pathogens and fungal diseases, protist diversity and phylogeny, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, and plant-microbe interactions and immunity.

Recent publications by Alicia Clum and collaborators include:

  • Large-scale genome sequencing of mycorrhizal fungi provides insights into the early evolution of symbiotic traits, 2020, Nature Communications
  • A comparative genomics study of 23 Aspergillus species from section Flavi, 2020, Nature Communications
  • DOE JGI Metagenome Workflow, 2021, mSystems
  • Genetic determinants of endophytism in the Arabidopsis root mycobiome, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Terabase-scale metagenome coassembly with MetaHipMer, 2020, Scientific Reports

Frequent coauthors working alongside Alicia Clum include Emiley A. Eloe-Fadrosh, Chris Daum, Marcel Huntemann, Simon Roux, and Natalia Ivanova.

Publication venues where Alicia Clum has appeared most often are:

  • Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • mSystems
  • Scientific Data

Best Publications

  • Nonhybrid, finished microbial genome assemblies from long-read SMRT sequencing data

    Chen Shan Chin;David H. Alexander;Patrick Marks;Aaron A. Klammer

  • Minimum information about a single amplified genome (MISAG) and a metagenome-assembled genome (MIMAG) of bacteria and archaea

    Robert M. Bowers;Nikos C. Kyrpides;Ramunas Stepanauskas;Miranda Harmon-Smith

  • Phased diploid genome assembly with single-molecule real-time sequencing

    Chen-Shan Chin;Paul Peluso;Fritz J Sedlazeck;Maria Nattestad

  • Convergent losses of decay mechanisms and rapid turnover of symbiosis genes in mycorrhizal mutualists.

    Annegret Kohler;Annegret Kohler;Alan Kuo;Laszlo G Nagy;Laszlo G Nagy;Emmanuelle Morin;Emmanuelle Morin

  • Comparative genomics reveals high biological diversity and specific adaptations in the industrially and medically important fungal genus Aspergillus

    Ronald P. de Vries;Robert Riley;Ad Wiebenga;Guillermo Aguilar-Osorio

  • Large-scale genome sequencing of mycorrhizal fungi provides insights into the early evolution of symbiotic traits.

    Shingo Miyauchi;Enikő Kiss;Alan Kuo;Elodie Drula

  • Comparative genomics of biotechnologically important yeasts

    Robert Riley;Sajeet Haridas;Kenneth H Wolfe;Mariana R Lopes

  • Widespread adenine N6-methylation of active genes in fungi

    Stephen J Mondo;Richard O Dannebaum;Rita C Kuo;Katherine B Louie

  • One Bacterial Cell, One Complete Genome

    Tanja Woyke;Damon Tighe;Konstantinos Mavromatis;Alicia Clum

  • Comparative genomics of xylose-fermenting fungi for enhanced biofuel production

    Dana J. Wohlbach;Dana J. Wohlbach;Alan Kuo;Trey K. Sato;Katlyn M. Potts

  • Comparative genomics and transcriptomics depict ericoid mycorrhizal fungi as versatile saprotrophs and plant mutualists

    Elena Martino;Elena Martino;Emmanuelle Morin;Gwen‐Aëlle Grelet;Alan Kuo

  • Investigation of inter- and intraspecies variation through genome sequencing of Aspergillus section Nigri

    Tammi Camilla Vesth;Jane L Nybo;Sebastian Theobald;Jens Christian Frisvad

  • The fast changing landscape of sequencing technologies and their impact on microbial genome assemblies and annotation.

    Konstantinos Mavromatis;Miriam L. Land;Thomas S. Brettin;Daniel J. Quest

  • Phylogenomic Analyses Indicate that Early Fungi Evolved Digesting Cell Walls of Algal Ancestors of Land Plants

    Ying-Ying Chang;Sishuo Wang;Satoshi Sekimoto;Satoshi Sekimoto;Andrea L. Aerts

  • Ectomycorrhizal ecology is imprinted in the genome of the dominant symbiotic fungus Cenococcum geophilum

    Martina Peter;Annegret Kohler;Robin A. Ohm;Robin A. Ohm;Alan Kuo

  • A comparative genomics study of 23 Aspergillus species from section Flavi

    Inge Kjærbølling;Tammi Camilla Vesth;Jens Christian Frisvad;Jane L. Nybo

  • A genomic perspective on the potential of Actinobacillus succinogenes for industrial succinate production

    James B McKinlay;James B McKinlay;Maris Laivenieks;Bryan D Schindler;Anastasia A McKinlay

  • Genome Data Provides High Support for Generic Boundaries in Burkholderia Sensu Lato.

    Chrizelle W. Beukes;Marike Palmer;Puseletso Manyaka;Wai Y. Chan

  • Linking secondary metabolites to gene clusters through genome sequencing of six diverse Aspergillus species

    Inge Kjærbølling;Tammi C. Vesth;Jens C. Frisvad;Jane L. Nybo

  • Additional file 8: of Comparative genomics reveals high biological diversity and specific adaptations in the industrially and medically important fungal genus Aspergillus

    Ronald de Vries;Robert Riley;Ad Wiebenga;Guillermo Aguilar-Osorio

Frequent Co-Authors

Nikos C. Kyrpides
Nikos C. Kyrpides Joint Genome Institute
Natalia Ivanova
Natalia Ivanova Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Tanja Woyke
Tanja Woyke Joint Genome Institute
Igor V. Grigoriev
Igor V. Grigoriev Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Bernard Henrissat
Bernard Henrissat Technical University of Denmark
Marcel Huntemann
Marcel Huntemann Joint Genome Institute
Alla Lapidus
Alla Lapidus Saint Petersburg State University
Kerrie Barry
Kerrie Barry United States Department of Energy
Alex Copeland
Alex Copeland Joint Genome Institute
Anna Lipzen
Anna Lipzen United States Department of Energy

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