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Johannes Z. Groenewald

Johannes Z. Groenewald

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Biology and Biochemistry
Netherlands
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
116
Citations
47741
World Ranking
751
National Ranking
9

Johannes Z. Groenewald 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 Johannes Z. Groenewald sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 407 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Johannes Z. Groenewald 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 Johannes Z. Groenewald sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 116 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Johannes Z. Groenewald is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research concentrates primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The scientist has a particular focus on subfields including Plant Science, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their work extensively covers topics such as Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies, Fungal Biology and Applications, Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food, Plant Pathogens and Resistance, and Lichen and fungal ecology.

Groenewald has published research in several notable venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Fungal Systematics and Evolution
  • Studies in Mycology
  • Plant Disease
  • Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi
  • Fungal Genetics and Biology

Recent significant papers include:

  • "Fusarium: more than a node or a foot-shaped basal cell" (2021, Studies in Mycology)
  • "The phoma-like dilemma" (2020, Studies in Mycology)
  • "Evaluating species in Botryosphaeriales" (2021, Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi)
  • "Evolution of lifestyles in Capnodiales" (2020, Studies in Mycology)
  • "New and Interesting Fungi. 3" (2020, Fungal Systematics and Evolution)

Groenewald often collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • P.W. Crous
  • Lei Cai
  • Margarita Hernández-Restrepo
  • Marcelo Sandoval-Denis
  • Michael J. Wingfield

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

  • The genus Cladosporium

    K. Bensch;U. Braun;J.Z. Groenewald;P.W. Crous;P.W. Crous

  • The Botryosphaeriaceae: genera and species known from culture

    A.J.L. Phillips;A. A. Alves;J. Abdollahzadeh;B. Slippers

  • Phylogenetic lineages in the Botryosphaeriaceae

    Pedro W. Crous;Bernard Slippers;Michael J. Wingfield;John Rheeder

  • Large-scale generation and analysis of filamentous fungal DNA barcodes boosts coverage for kingdom fungi and reveals thresholds for fungal species and higher taxon delimitation.

    D Vu;Marizeth Groenewald;M de Vries;T Gehrmann

  • The Ascomycota Tree of Life: A Phylum-wide Phylogeny Clarifies the Origin and Evolution of Fundamental Reproductive and Ecological Traits

    Conrad L. Schoch;Gi Ho Sung;Francesc López-Giráldez;Jeffrey P. Townsend

  • Diaporthe: a genus of endophytic, saprobic and plant pathogenic fungi

    R.R. Gomes;C. Glienke;S.I.R. Videira;L. Lombard

  • A class-wide phylogenetic assessment of Dothideomycetes

    C. L. Schoch;P. W. Crous;J. Z. Groenewald;E. W. A. Boehm

  • Alternaria section Alternaria: Species, formae speciales or pathotypes?

    J.H.C. Woudenberg;M.F. Seidl;J.Z. Groenewald;M. De Vries

  • One fungus, which genes? Development and assessment of universal primers for potential secondary fungal DNA barcodes.

    J.B. Stielow;C.A. Lévesque;K.A. Seifert;W. Meyer

  • Genera of phytopathogenic fungi: GOPHY 1

    Y. Marin-Felix;J.Z. Groenewald;L. Cai;Q. Chen

  • Generic concepts in Nectriaceae

    L. Lombard;N.A. van der Merwe;J.Z. Groenewald;P.W. Crous;P.W. Crous

  • The Amsterdam Declaration on Fungal Nomenclature

    David L. Hawksworth;David L. Hawksworth;Pedro W. Crous;Scott A. Redhead;Don R. Reynolds

  • Phylogenetic analyses of RPB1 and RPB2 support a middle Cretaceous origin for a clade comprising all agriculturally and medically important fusaria

    Kerry O’Donnell;Alejandro P. Rooney;Robert H. Proctor;Daren W. Brown

  • Finding needles in haystacks: Linking scientific names, reference specimens and molecular data for Fungi

    Conrad L. Schoch;Barbara Robbertse;Vincent Robert;Duong Vu

  • Species concepts in Cercospora: spotting the weeds among the roses.

    J.Z. Groenewald;Chiharu Nakashima;J. Nishikawa;H.-D. Shin

  • Phylogenetic lineages in the Capnodiales

    P.W. Crous;C.L. Schoch;K.D. Hyde;A.R. Wood

  • Calonectria species and their Cylindrocladium anamorphs: species with sphaeropedunculate vesicles

    Pedro W. Crous;Johannes Z. Groenewald;Jean-Michel Risède;Philippe Simoneau

  • Mycosphaerella is polyphyletic.

    P.W. Crous;U. Braun;J.Z. Groenewald

  • DNA phylogeny, morphology and pathogenicity of Botryosphaeria species on grapevines

    Jan M. van Niekerk;Pedro W. Crous;J.Z. (Ewald) Groenewald;Paul H. Fourie

Frequent Co-Authors

Pedro W. Crous
Pedro W. Crous Utrecht University
Michael J. Wingfield
Michael J. Wingfield University of Pretoria
Uwe Braun
Uwe Braun Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Lorenzo Lombard
Lorenzo Lombard Utrecht University
Roger G. Shivas
Roger G. Shivas University of Southern Queensland
Brett A. Summerell
Brett A. Summerell Royal Botanic Gardens
Kevin D. Hyde
Kevin D. Hyde Mae Fah Luang University
Treena I. Burgess
Treena I. Burgess Murdoch University
Angus J. Carnegie
Angus J. Carnegie New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
Marizeth Groenewald
Marizeth Groenewald Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute

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