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D-Index
59
Citations
24074
World Ranking
1246
National Ranking
36

Walter Gams 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 Walter Gams sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 225 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Walter Gams 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 Walter Gams sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Fungus
  • Botany
  • Genus

Walter Gams mainly focuses on Botany, Hyphomycetes, Taxonomy, Type species and Ribosomal DNA. In his study, Walter Gams carries out multidisciplinary Botany and Phaeoacremonium aleophilum research. His Type species study combines topics in areas such as Taxon, Rank, Chaetothyriales, Subgenus and Genealogy.

His research in Ribosomal DNA intersects with topics in Eyespot, Mollisia and Internal transcribed spacer. Walter Gams has researched Verticillium in several fields, including Sect and Lecanicillium. His Genus research integrates issues from Ophiocordyceps, Ophiocordycipitaceae, Veronaea and Herpotrichiellaceae.

His most cited work include:

  • Compendium of soil fungi (2886 citations)
  • A higher-level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi (1636 citations)
  • MycoBank: an online initiative to launch mycology into the 21st century (477 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Walter Gams mainly focuses on Botany, Taxonomy, Genus, Hyphomycetes and Taxon. His study in Botany is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Hypocreales and Ribosomal DNA. The concepts of his Taxonomy study are interwoven with issues in Fungi imperfecti and Internal transcribed spacer.

His study looks at the relationship between Genus and topics such as Phylogenetic tree, which overlap with Phialide. His studies deal with areas such as Law, Nomenclature and Genealogy as well as Taxon. His Verticillium research incorporates elements of Sect and Lecanicillium.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (58.02%)
  • Taxonomy (20.37%)
  • Genus (16.67%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2007-2019)?

  • Botany (58.02%)
  • Genus (16.67%)
  • Nomenclature (6.79%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary scientific interests are in Botany, Genus, Nomenclature, Taxon and Hypocreales. Botany and Phylogenetic tree are commonly linked in his work. Walter Gams combines subjects such as Ribosomal DNA, Sordariomycetes, Chaetosphaeria and Internal transcribed spacer with his study of Genus.

His research in Hypocreales focuses on subjects like Tolypocladium, which are connected to Acremonium, Biochemistry and Microfungi. His studies in Verticillium integrate themes in fields like Acrostalagmus and Lecanicillium. His Taxonomy study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Coniolariella, Molecular taxonomy and Conidium.

Between 2007 and 2019, his most popular works were:

  • The genera of hyphomycetes (276 citations)
  • International Society of Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM)-ITS reference DNA barcoding database--the quality controlled standard tool for routine identification of human and animal pathogenic fungi. (161 citations)
  • Phylogenetic-based nomenclatural proposals for Ophiocordycipitaceae (Hypocreales) with new combinations in Tolypocladium. (95 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Fungus
  • Botany
  • Genus

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Botany, Hyphomycetes, Hypocrea, Type species and Genus. He interconnects Pleosporales and Dothideomycetes in the investigation of issues within Botany. The Hyphomycetes study combines topics in areas such as Eurotiales, Pyronemataceae, Cosmospora and Zoology.

The various areas that Walter Gams examines in his Type species study include Thielaviopsis, Ceratocystis, Chaetosphaeria and Microascales. His Genus research incorporates themes from Ophiocordycipitaceae, Ophiocordyceps, Cordyceps and Polyphyly. His work deals with themes such as Hypocreales, Clavicipitaceae and Tolypocladium, which intersect with Cordyceps.

Best Publications

  • Compendium of Soil Fungi

    K. H. Domsch;W. Gams;Traute-Heidi Anderson

  • A higher-level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi

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

  • The genera of Hyphomycetes - 2011 update.

    K.A. Seifert;W. Gams

  • MycoBank: an online initiative to launch mycology into the 21st century

    Pedro W. Crous;Walter Gams;Joost A. Stalpers;Vincent Robert

  • Trichoderma species associated with the green mold epidemic of commercially grown Agaricus bisporus.

    Gary J. Samuels;Sarah L. Dodd;Walter Gams;Lisa A. Castlebury

  • Cephalosporium-artige Schimmelpilze (Hyphomycetes)

    W. Gams

  • A revision of Verticillium section Prostrata. IV. The genera Lecanicillium and Simplicillium gen. nov.

    R. Zare;W. Gams

  • International Society of Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM)-ITS reference DNA barcoding database--the quality controlled standard tool for routine identification of human and animal pathogenic fungi.

    Laszlo Irinyi;Carolina Serena;Dea Garcia-Hermoso;Michael Arabatzis

  • Phaeoacremonium gen. nov. associated with wilt and decline diseases of woody hosts and human infections

    Pedro W. Crous;Walter Gams;Michael J. Wingfield;P.S. van Wyk

  • The genera of hyphomycetes

    Keith A. Seifert;Morgan-Jones Gareth;W. Gams;Bryce Kendrick

  • Taxonomy and Pathology of Togninia (Diaporthales) and its Phaeoacremonium Anamorphs

    Lizel Mostert;Johannes Z. Groenewald;Richard C. Summerbell;Walter Gams

  • Phylogenetic and morphotaxonomic revision of Ramichloridium and allied genera

    M. Arzanlou;J. Z. Groenewald;W. Gams;U. Braun

  • Molecular evidence that the asexual industrial fungus Trichoderma reesei is a clonal derivative of the ascomycete Hypocrea jecorina

    K Kuhls;E Lieckfeldt;G J Samuels;W Kovacs

  • Infrageneric Taxa of Aspergillus

    Walter Gams;Martha Christensen;Agnes H. Onions;John I. Pitt

  • A revision of Verticillium section Prostrata. V. The genus Pochonia, with notes on Rotiferophthora.

    R. Zare;W. Gams;H. C. Evans

  • Classification of the mycoparasite Gliocladium roseum in Clonostachys as C. rosea, its relationship to Bionectria ochroleuca, and notes on other Gliocladium-like fungi

    Hans-Josef Schroers;Gary J. Samuels;Keith A. Seifert;Walter Gams

  • Phylogenetic-based nomenclatural proposals for Ophiocordycipitaceae (Hypocreales) with new combinations in Tolypocladium.

    C. Alisha Quandt;Ryan M. Kepler;Walter Gams;João P.M. Araújo

  • A revision of Verticillium sect. Prostrata. III. Generic classification

    Walter Gams;Rasoul Zare

  • Fungi in agricultural soils

    K. H. Domsch;W. Gams

  • Acremonium Species: New Emerging Fungal Opportunists--In Vitro Antifungal Susceptibilities and Review

    J. Guarro;W. Gams;I. Pujol;J. Gené

  • Accepted Trichoderma names in the year 2015.

    John Bissett;Walter Gams;Walter Jaklitsch;Gary J. Samuels

  • Monilochaetes and allied genera of the Glomerellales, and a reconsideration of families in the Microascales

    M. Réblová;W. Gams;K.A. Seifert

  • Phaeomoniella chlamydospora gen. et comb. nov., a causal organism of Petri grapevine decline and esca

    Pedro W. Crous;Walter Gams

  • A revision of Verticillium sect. Prostrata. I. Phylogenetic studies using ITS sequences

    R Zare;W Gams;A Culham

  • A revision of the Verticillium fungicola species complex and its affinity with the genus Lecanicillium.

    Rasoul Zare;Walter Gams

  • More dematiaceous Hyphomycetes

    W. Gams

Frequent Co-Authors

Pedro W. Crous
Pedro W. Crous Utrecht University
Keith A. Seifert
Keith A. Seifert Carleton University
Richard C. Summerbell
Richard C. Summerbell University of Toronto
Gary J. Samuels
Gary J. Samuels United States Department of Agriculture
Robert A. Samson
Robert A. Samson Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Franz Oberwinkler
Franz Oberwinkler University of Tübingen
Lizel Mostert
Lizel Mostert Stellenbosch University
Wieland Meyer
Wieland Meyer Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Johannes Z. Groenewald
Johannes Z. Groenewald Utrecht University
Reinhard Agerer
Reinhard Agerer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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