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D-Index
99
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45012
World Ranking
1563
National Ranking
879

Rytas Vilgalys 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 Rytas Vilgalys sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 268 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rytas Vilgalys 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 Rytas Vilgalys sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 99 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% 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

  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Rytas Vilgalys is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work covers diverse subfields including Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry, Plant Science, Insect Science, and Ecology.

The scientist's research topics encompass seismic waves and analysis, methane hydrates and related phenomena, earthquake detection and analysis, and various aspects of fungal biology such as mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, forest ecology and biodiversity studies, fungal biology and applications, and plant pathogens and fungal diseases.

Rytas Vilgalys has published in several notable scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), New Phytologist, mSystems, and Molecular Ecology.

  • Hui-ling Liao
  • Colin Averill
  • Haihua Wang
  • Ryan Tappero
  • Edward Brzostek

The following recent papers illustrate the scope and focus of their research contributions:

  • Large-scale genome sequencing of mycorrhizal fungi provides insights into the early evolution of symbiotic traits, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Mortierella elongata Increases Plant Biomass among Non-Leguminous Crop Species, 2020, Agronomy
  • Comparative genomics reveals dynamic genome evolution in host specialist ectomycorrhizal fungi, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity predicted to substantially decline due to climate changes in North American Pinaceae forests, 2020, Journal of Biogeography
  • Thousands of small, novel genes predicted in global phage genomes, 2022, Cell Reports

Rytas Vilgalys has received recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2002. This distinction marks engagement with the scientific community at a level that acknowledges contributions to scientific knowledge and research.

Best Publications

  • Rapid genetic identification and mapping of enzymatically amplified ribosomal DNA from several Cryptococcus species.

    R Vilgalys;M Hester

  • A higher-level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi

    David S Hibbett;Manfred Binder;Joseph F Bischoff;Meredith Blackwell

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

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

  • Assessment of soil microbial community structure by use of taxon-specific quantitative PCR assays.

    Noah Fierer;Jason A. Jackson;Rytas Vilgalys;Robert B. Jackson

  • A phylum-level phylogenetic classification of zygomycete fungi based on genome-scale data

    Joseph W. Spatafora;Ying Chang;Gerald L. Benny;Katy Lazarus

  • Fungal Community Analysis by Large-Scale Sequencing of Environmental Samples

    Heath E. O'Brien;Jeri Lynn Parrent;Jason A. Jackson;Jean-Marc Moncalvo

  • One hundred and seventeen clades of euagarics

    Jean-Marc Moncalvo;Rytas Vilgalys;Scott A Redhead;James E Johnson

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

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

  • Major clades of Agaricales: a multilocus phylogenetic overview

    P. Brandon Matheny;Judd M. Curtis;Valérie Hofstetter;M. Catherine Aime

  • Phylogenetic relationships of agaric fungi based on nuclear large subunit ribosomal DNA sequences.

    Jean-Marc Moncalvo;François M. Lutzoni;Stephen A. Rehner;Jacqui Johnson

  • Distinct Microbial Communities within the Endosphere and Rhizosphere of Populus deltoides Roots across Contrasting Soil Types

    Neil R. Gottel;Hector F. Castro;Hector F. Castro;Marilyn Kerley;Zamin Yang

  • Endemism and functional convergence across the North American soil mycobiome

    Jennifer M. Talbot;Thomas D. Bruns;John W. Taylor;Dylan P. Smith

  • A molecular phylogeny of the flagellated fungi (Chytridiomycota) and description of a new phylum (Blastocladiomycota).

    Timothy Y. James;Peter M. Letcher;Joyce E. Longcore;Sharon E. Mozley-Standridge

  • Diversity and phylogenetic affinities of foliar fungal endophytes in loblolly pine inferred by culturing and environmental PCR

    A. Elizabeth Arnold;Daniel A. Henk;Rebecca L. Eells;François Lutzoni

  • Environmental and anthropogenic controls over bacterial communities in wetland soils

    Wyatt H. Hartman;Curtis J. Richardson;Rytas Vilgalys;Gregory L. Bruland

  • Hybridization probes for conventional DNA fingerprinting used as single primers in the polymerase chain reaction to distinguish strains of Cryptococcus neoformans.

    W Meyer;T G Mitchell;E Z Freedman;R Vilgalys

  • Evolutionary relationships within the fungi: Analyses of nuclear small subunit rRNA sequences

    Thomas D. Bruns;Rytas Vilgalys;Susan M. Barns;Dolores Gonzalez

  • Ancient and recent patterns of geographic speciation in the oyster mushroom Pleurotus revealed by phylogenetic analysis of ribosomal DNA sequences.

    Rytas Vilgalys;Bao Lin Sun

  • Phylogenetic analyses of Polemoniaceae using nucleotide sequences of the plastid gene matK

    Kelly P. Steele;Rytas Vilgalys

  • Multilocus sequence typing suggests the chytrid pathogen of amphibians is a recently emerged clone

    Erica A. Morehouse;Timothy Y. James;Austen R. D. Ganley;Rytas Vilgalys

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory Bonito
Gregory Bonito Michigan State University
Jean-Marc Moncalvo
Jean-Marc Moncalvo University of Toronto
Thomas G. Mitchell
Thomas G. Mitchell Duke University
Christopher W. Schadt
Christopher W. Schadt Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Timothy Y. James
Timothy Y. James University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Matthew E. Smith
Matthew E. Smith University of Florida
John W. Taylor
John W. Taylor University of California, Berkeley
Thomas D. Bruns
Thomas D. Bruns University of California, Berkeley
Jianping Xu
Jianping Xu McMaster University
M. Catherine Aime
M. Catherine Aime Purdue University West Lafayette

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