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48
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10904
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18271
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1250

Imke Schmitt publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Imke Schmitt sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 170 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Imke Schmitt D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Imke Schmitt is affiliated with Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a substantial number of publications addressing Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Pharmacology, Cell Biology, and Ecology as subfields. The scientist's work spans various topics, including lichen and fungal ecology, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, microbial natural products and biosynthesis, plant pathogens and fungal diseases, fungal biology and applications, bryophyte studies and records, and microbial community ecology and physiology.

Recent publications by Imke Schmitt demonstrate engagement with diverse research areas. Notable papers include:

  • Evolutionary genomics can improve prediction of species' responses to climate change, 2020, Evolution Letters
  • Metagenomic data reveal diverse fungal and algal communities associated with the lichen symbiosis, 2020, Symbiosis
  • What Is in Umbilicaria pustulata? A Metagenomic Approach to Reconstruct the Holo-Genome of a Lichen, 2020, Genome Biology and Evolution
  • Expanding the mutualistic niche: parallel symbiont turnover along climatic gradients, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Unraveling the Pharmacological Potential of Lichen Extracts in the Context of Cancer and Inflammation With a Broad Screening Approach, 2020, Frontiers in Pharmacology

Their frequent collaborators include Francesco Dal Grande, Anjuli Calchera, Jürgen Otte, Garima Singh, and Dominik Merges. Schmitt's research has appeared frequently in publication venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Environmental Microbiology, Molecular Ecology, and Genome Biology and Evolution.

Best Publications

  • Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region as a universal DNA barcode marker for Fungi

    Conrad L. Schoch;Keith A. Seifert;Sabine Huhndorf;Vincent Robert

  • Reconstructing the early evolution of Fungi using a six-gene phylogeny

    Timothy Y. James;Frank Kauff;Conrad L. Schoch;P. Brandon Matheny

  • Assembling the fungal tree of life: progress, classification, and evolution of subcellular traits

    François Lutzoni;Frank Kauff;Cymon J. Cox;David McLaughlin

  • Illumina metabarcoding of a soil fungal community

    Philipp-André Schmidt;Miklós Bálint;Bastian Greshake;Cornelia Bandow

  • A five-gene phylogeny of Pezizomycotina

    Joseph W. Spatafora;Gi Ho Sung;Desiree Johnson;Cedar Hesse

  • Evolutionary genomics can improve prediction of species’ responses to climate change

    Ann-Marie Waldvogel;Barbara Feldmeyer;Gregor Rolshausen;Moises Exposito-Alonso

  • New primers for promising single-copy genes in fungal phylogenetics and systematics.

    I. Schmitt;A. Crespo;P.K. Divakar;J.D. Fankhauser

  • Phylogenetic generic classification of parmelioid lichens (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) based on molecular, morphological and chemical evidence

    Ana Crespo;Frank Kauff;Pradeep K. Divakar;Ruth del Prado

  • One hundred new species of lichenized fungi : a signature of undiscovered global diversity

    H. Thorsten Lumbsch;Teuvo Ahti;Susanne Altermann;Guillermo Amo de Paz

  • Host Genotype Shapes the Foliar Fungal Microbiome of Balsam Poplar (Populus balsamifera)

    Miklós Bálint;Peter L Tiffin;Björn Hallström;Robert B. O'Hara

  • Burkholderia rhizoxinica sp. nov. and Burkholderia endofungorum sp. nov., bacterial endosymbionts of the plant-pathogenic fungus Rhizopus microsporus.

    Laila P. Partida-Martinez;Ingrid Groth;Imke Schmitt;Walter Richter

  • Comparison of ITS1 and ITS2 rDNA in 454 sequencing of hyperdiverse fungal communities

    Anna L. Bazzicalupo;Miklós Bálint;Imke Schmitt

  • Relocation, high‐latitude warming and host genetic identity shape the foliar fungal microbiome of poplars

    Miklõs Bálint;Lászlõ Bartha;Robert B. O'Hara;Matthew S. Olson;Matthew S. Olson

  • An Illumina metabarcoding pipeline for fungi

    Miklós Bálint;Philipp-André Schmidt;Rahul Sharma;Marco Thines

  • Ancient Horizontal Gene Transfer from Bacteria Enhances Biosynthetic Capabilities of Fungi

    Imke Schmitt;H. Thorsten Lumbsch

  • Meta-analysis of deep-sequenced fungal communities indicates limited taxon sharing between studies and the presence of biogeographic patterns.

    Anjuli Meiser;Miklós Bálint;Imke Schmitt

  • Evolution of complex symbiotic relationships in a morphologically derived family of lichen-forming fungi

    Pradeep K Divakar;Ana Crespo;Mats Wedin;Steven D Leavitt

  • Phylogenetic relationships of Lecanoromycetes ( Ascomycota ) as revealed by analyses of mtSSU and nLSU rDNA sequence data

    Mats Wedin;Elisabeth Wiklund;Anna Crewe;Heidi Döring

  • Molecular phylogeny of the Pertusariaceae supports secondary chemistry as an important systematic character set in lichen-forming ascomycetes.

    Imke Schmitt;H.Thorsten Lumbsch

  • Multiple evolutionary origins of legume traits leading to extreme rhizobial differentiation.

    Ryoko Oono;Imke Schmitt;Janet I. Sprent;R. Ford Denison

Frequent Co-Authors

H. Thorsten Lumbsch
H. Thorsten Lumbsch Field Museum of Natural History
Pradeep K. Divakar
Pradeep K. Divakar Complutense University of Madrid
Ana Crespo
Ana Crespo Complutense University of Madrid
Miklós Bálint
Miklós Bálint Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
Mats Wedin
Mats Wedin Swedish Museum of Natural History
Steven D. Leavitt
Steven D. Leavitt Brigham Young University
Robert Lücking
Robert Lücking Freie Universität Berlin
Martin Grube
Martin Grube University of Graz
André Aptroot
André Aptroot Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul
Harrie J. M. Sipman
Harrie J. M. Sipman Freie Universität Berlin

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