Agata Mrugała

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Agata Mrugała is a scholar working on Ecology, Genetics and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Agata Mrugała has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Ecology, 4 papers in Genetics and 4 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Agata Mrugała's work include Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (17 papers), Crustacean biology and ecology (16 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (12 papers). Agata Mrugała is often cited by papers focused on Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (17 papers), Crustacean biology and ecology (16 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (12 papers). Agata Mrugała collaborates with scholars based in Czechia, United Kingdom and Germany. Agata Mrugała's co-authors include Adam Petrusek, Eva Kozubíková‐Balcarová, J. Svobodá, Jonathan M. Jeschke, Franz Essl, Jan Pergl, Marten Winter, Philip E. Hulme, Montserrat Vilà and Wolfgang Rabitsch and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Conservation Biology and BioScience.

In The Last Decade

Agata Mrugała

24 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Defining the Impact of Non‐Native Species 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Defining the Impact of Non‐Native Species
    2014 312 citations Jonathan M. Jeschke, Sven Bacher et al. Conservation Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Agata Mrugała Czechia 15 786 366 231 195 157 24 1.2k
Jessica Gurevitch United States 3 670 0.9× 568 1.6× 256 1.1× 300 1.5× 178 1.1× 3 1.2k
Thomas Evans United Kingdom 13 609 0.8× 512 1.4× 206 0.9× 283 1.5× 181 1.2× 30 1.1k
Kathrin Theißinger Germany 18 736 0.9× 273 0.7× 204 0.9× 222 1.1× 113 0.7× 61 1.2k
Nicholas P. Murphy Australia 24 967 1.2× 403 1.1× 251 1.1× 301 1.5× 256 1.6× 83 1.7k
Elizabeth J. Kleynhans Canada 8 637 0.8× 416 1.1× 206 0.9× 292 1.5× 139 0.9× 9 1.1k
Daniel Barrios‐O’Neill United Kingdom 14 520 0.7× 378 1.0× 169 0.7× 163 0.8× 154 1.0× 17 829
Christopher L. Higgins United States 17 575 0.7× 515 1.4× 105 0.5× 332 1.7× 56 0.4× 27 990
Wolf‐Christian Saul Germany 13 442 0.6× 339 0.9× 130 0.6× 284 1.5× 145 0.9× 18 831
Mark J. Bagley United States 24 683 0.9× 416 1.1× 213 0.9× 140 0.7× 186 1.2× 32 1.6k
Rodney A. Hitchmough New Zealand 16 621 0.8× 316 0.9× 224 1.0× 342 1.8× 107 0.7× 47 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Agata Mrugała

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Fields of papers citing papers by Agata Mrugała

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Agata Mrugała

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mrugała, Agata, Justyna Wolinska, & Jonathan M. Jeschke. (2023). A meta‐analysis of how parasites affect host consumption rates. Oikos. 2023(8). 6 indexed citations
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Itescu, Yuval, et al.. (2022). The Ecologist's Career Compass: A game to explore career paths. Ecology and Evolution. 12(9). e9259–e9259. 1 indexed citations
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Domenico, Marco Di, et al.. (2021). Real-Time PCR Assays for Rapid Identification of Common Aphanomyces astaci Genotypes. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9. 10 indexed citations
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Robinson, Chloe V., Agata Mrugała, Amy Ellison, et al.. (2020). Crayfish plague affects juvenile survival and adult behaviour of invasive signal crayfish. Parasitology. 147(6). 706–714. 11 indexed citations
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Mrugała, Agata, et al.. (2020). Crayfish plague in Czechia: Outbreaks from novel sources and testing for chronic infections. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 173. 107390–107390. 21 indexed citations
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Rovatsos, Michail, et al.. (2019). Little evidence for switches to environmental sex determination and turnover of sex chromosomes in lacertid lizards. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 7832–7832. 30 indexed citations
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Mrugała, Agata, Miloš Buřič, Adam Petrusek, & Antonín Kouba. (2019). May atyid shrimps act as potential vectors of crayfish plague?. NeoBiota. 51. 65–80. 12 indexed citations
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Mrugała, Agata, et al.. (2018). Aphanomyces astaci genotypes involved in recent crayfish plague outbreaks in central Italy. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 130(3). 209–219. 16 indexed citations
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Mrugała, Agata, et al.. (2017). Recent acute crayfish mortality reveals Aphanomyces astaci presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 150. 73–75. 3 indexed citations
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James, J. Ben, Stephen W. Tuffs, Jo Cable, et al.. (2017). The prevalence of Aphanomyces astaci in invasive signal crayfish from the UK and implications for native crayfish conservation. Parasitology. 144(4). 411–418. 19 indexed citations
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James, J. Ben, Agata Mrugała, Birgit Oidtmann, Adam Petrusek, & Jo Cable. (2017). Apparent interspecific transmission of Aphanomyces astaci from invasive signal to virile crayfish in a sympatric wild population. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 145. 68–71. 16 indexed citations
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Mrugała, Agata, Tadashi Kawai, Eva Kozubíková‐Balcarová, & Adam Petrusek. (2016). Aphanomyces astaci presence in Japan: a threat to the endemic and endangered crayfish species Cambaroides japonicus?. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 27(1). 103–114. 33 indexed citations
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Mrugała, Agata, Lukáš Veselý, Adam Petrusek, Satu Viljamaa‐Dirks, & Antonín Kouba. (2016). May Cherax destructor contribute to Aphanomyces astaci spread in Central Europe?. Aquatic Invasions. 11(4). 459–468. 16 indexed citations
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Lipták, Boris, et al.. (2016). Expansion of the marbled crayfish in Slovakia: beginning of an invasion in the Danube catchment?. Journal of Limnology. 36 indexed citations
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Miralles, Laura, Agata Mrugała, Pablo Sánchez-Jérez, Francis Juanes, & Eva García‐Vázquez. (2016). Potential Impact of Mediterranean Aquaculture on the Wild Predatory Bluefish. Marine and Coastal Fisheries. 8(1). 92–99. 5 indexed citations
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Mrugała, Agata, Carine Delaunay, J. Svobodá, et al.. (2015). Effect of experimental exposure to differently virulent Aphanomyces astaci strains on the immune response of the noble crayfish Astacus astacus. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 132. 115–124. 41 indexed citations
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Mrugała, Agata, J. Svobodá, M.Y. Engelsma, et al.. (2014). Survey of the crayfish plague pathogen presence in the Netherlands reveals a new Aphanomyces astaci carrier. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 120. 74–79. 34 indexed citations
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Kumschick, Sabrina, Mirijam Gaertner, Montserrat Vilà, et al.. (2014). Ecological Impacts of Alien Species: Quantification, Scope, Caveats, and Recommendations. BioScience. 65(1). 55–63. 305 indexed citations
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Jeschke, Jonathan M., Sven Bacher, Tim M. Blackburn, et al.. (2014). Defining the Impact of Non‐Native Species. Conservation Biology. 28(5). 1188–1194. 312 indexed citations breakdown →
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Svobodá, J., Agata Mrugała, Eva Kozubíková‐Balcarová, et al.. (2014). Resistance to the crayfish plague pathogen, Aphanomyces astaci, in two freshwater shrimps. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 121. 97–104. 23 indexed citations

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