2026 Martin I. Bidartondo: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	58	1363	1251	116	100	127	11005
Ecology and Evolution	58	2590	2481	303	289	127	11005

Martin I. Bidartondo publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Martin I. Bidartondo sits on this spectrum.

36 publications 467+

This scientist: 127 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Martin I. Bidartondo D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Martin I. Bidartondo sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

Martin I. Bidartondo is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. The primary focus of their research lies within Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant body of work spanning 63 publications.

The scientist's subfields of study include:

Plant Science
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Insect Science
Cell Biology
Pharmacology

The main topics covered by their research include:

Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
Lichen and fungal ecology
Fungal Biology and Applications
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Plant and animal studies

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Martin I. Bidartondo are:

Laura M. Suz
Silvia Pressel
Katie J. Field
Jeffrey G. Duckett
Jill Kowal

The scientist's recent papers include:

"Forest tree growth is linked to mycorrhizal fungal composition and function across Europe" (2022, The ISME Journal)
"State of the World's Plants and Fungi 2020" (2020, Ghent University Academic Bibliography)
"The distribution and evolution of fungal symbioses in ancient lineages of land plants" (2020, Mycorrhiza)
"Ectomycorrhizas and tipping points in forest ecosystems" (2021, New Phytologist)
"Direct nitrogen, phosphorus and carbon exchanges between Mucoromycotina 'fine root endophyte' fungi and a flowering plant in novel monoxenic cultures" (2022, New Phytologist)

Martin I. Bidartondo has published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent being:

New Phytologist
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Mycorrhiza
Fungal ecology
The ISME Journal

Best Publications

Changing partners in the dark: isotopic and molecular evidence of ectomycorrhizal liaisons between forest orchids and trees.

Martin I. Bidartondo;Bastian Burghardt;Gerhard Gebauer;Thomas D. Bruns

525
Citations
Finding needles in haystacks: Linking scientific names, reference specimens and molecular data for Fungi

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

445
Citations
Environment and host as large-scale controls of ectomycorrhizal fungi

Sietse van der Linde;Sietse van der Linde;Laura M. Suz;C. David L. Orme;Filipa Cox

419
Citations
The evolutionary ecology of myco-heterotrophy.

Martin I. Bidartondo

368
Citations
Epiparasitic plants specialized on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Martin I. Bidartondo;Dirk Redecker;Isabelle Hijri;Andres Wiemken

358
Citations
Host Specificity in Ectomycorrhizal Communities: What Do the Exceptions Tell Us?

Thomas D. Bruns;Martin I. Bidartondo;D. Lee Taylor

336
Citations
Fungal specificity bottlenecks during orchid germination and development.

Martin I. Bidartondo;David J. Read

311
Citations
The dawn of symbiosis between plants and fungi

Martin I. Bidartondo;Martin I. Bidartondo;David J. Read;James M. Trappe;James M. Trappe;Vincent Merckx

292
Citations
Nitrogen availability is a primary determinant of conifer mycorrhizas across complex environmental gradients.

Filipa Cox;Nadia Barsoum;Erik A. Lilleskov;Martin I. Bidartondo;Martin I. Bidartondo

276
Citations
Mutualistic mycorrhiza-like symbiosis in the most ancient group of land plants

Claire P. Humphreys;Peter J. Franks;Peter J. Franks;Mark Rees;Martin I. Bidartondo

270
Citations
How to know unknown fungi: the role of a herbarium

Patrick M. Brock;Patrick M. Brock;Patrick M. Brock;Heidi Döring;Martin I. Bidartondo;Martin I. Bidartondo

245
Citations
Forest tree growth is linked to mycorrhizal fungal composition and function across Europe

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239
Citations
The Effects of Above- and Belowground Mutualisms on Orchid Speciation and Coexistence

Richard J. Waterman;Martin I. Bidartondo;Jaco Stofberg;Julie K. Combs

236
Citations
Symbiotic options for the conquest of land

Katie J. Field;Silvia Pressel;Jeffrey G. Duckett;William R. Rimington

230
Citations
Atmospheric nitrogen deposition impacts on the structure and function of forest mycorrhizal communities: A review.

Erik A. Lilleskov;Thomas W. Kuyper;Martin I. Bidartondo;Martin I. Bidartondo;Erik A. Hobbie

226
Citations
First evidence of mutualism between ancient plant lineages (Haplomitriopsida liverworts) and Mucoromycotina fungi and its response to simulated Palaeozoic changes in atmospheric CO2

Katie J. Field;William R. Rimington;William R. Rimington;William R. Rimington;Martin I. Bidartondo;Martin I. Bidartondo;Kate E. Allinson

225
Citations
Extreme specificity in epiparasitic Monotropoideae (Ericaceae): widespread phylogenetic and geographical structure

M. I. Bidartondo;T. D. Bruns

219
Citations
Fine-level mycorrhizal specificity in the Monotropoideae (Ericaceae): specificity for fungal species groups.

M. I. Bidartondo;T. D. Bruns

219
Citations
Specialized cheating of the ectomycorrhizal symbiosis by an epiparasitic liverwort.

Martin I Bidartondo;Thomas D Bruns;Michael Weiss;Cecília Sérgio

203
Citations
Deception above, deception below: linking pollination and mycorrhizal biology of orchids

Richard J. Waterman;Martin I. Bidartondo;Martin I. Bidartondo

200
Citations
Environmental drivers of ectomycorrhizal communities in Europe's temperate oak forests

Laura M Suz;Laura M Suz;Nadia Barsoum;Sue Benham;Hans Peter Dietrich

186
Citations
Do nutrient additions alter carbon sink strength of ectomycorrhizal fungi

MI Bidartondo;H Ek;Håkan Wallander;Bengt Söderström

167
Citations
Preserving accuracy in GenBank

M. I. Bidartondo;Thomas D. Bruns;Meredith Blackwell;Ivan Edwards

156
Citations