Allison K. Walker

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 933 citations indexed

About

Allison K. Walker is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Plant Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Allison K. Walker has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 933 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Cell Biology, 21 papers in Plant Science and 17 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Allison K. Walker's work include Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (24 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (17 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (9 papers). Allison K. Walker is often cited by papers focused on Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (24 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (17 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (9 papers). Allison K. Walker collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Allison K. Walker's co-authors include Gaëtan Burgaud, Shawkat Ali, David P. Overy, Pervaiz A. Abbasi, Joey B. Tanney, Brent M. Robicheau, J. David Miller, E.B. Gareth Jones, Russell G. Kerr and John A. Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Chemosphere and Phytochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Allison K. Walker

38 papers receiving 911 citations

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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.

Fungal Endophytes and Their Role in Agricultural Plant Protection against Pests and Pathogens

2022 149 citations Allison K. Walker, Joey B. Tanney et al. Plants profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Allison K. Walker Canada	14	398	349	280	223	200	41	933
Giorgio Gnavi Italy	13	306 0.8×	194 0.6×	132 0.5×	139 0.6×	85 0.4×	17	630
Mohamed A. Abdel‐Wahab Egypt	19	741 1.9×	882 2.5×	319 1.1×	399 1.8×	212 1.1×	66	1.3k
Satinee Suetrong Thailand	18	800 2.0×	929 2.7×	247 0.9×	339 1.5×	244 1.2×	45	1.3k
Takahiko Nagahama Japan	22	413 1.0×	516 1.5×	616 2.2×	750 3.4×	100 0.5×	45	1.3k
Vívian N. Gonçalves Brazil	17	207 0.5×	317 0.9×	405 1.4×	197 0.9×	160 0.8×	30	798
Kevin G. Helfenbein United States	7	461 1.2×	91 0.3×	125 0.4×	443 2.0×	180 0.9×	8	989
Manuel Stark Switzerland	5	367 0.9×	85 0.2×	323 1.2×	386 1.7×	130 0.7×	5	995
Seung‐Yoon Oh South Korea	18	600 1.5×	369 1.1×	81 0.3×	129 0.6×	310 1.6×	66	871
K. D. Hyde Hong Kong	18	878 2.2×	957 2.7×	167 0.6×	289 1.3×	172 0.9×	88	1.2k
M. Amine Hassani Germany	9	972 2.4×	229 0.7×	201 0.7×	253 1.1×	47 0.2×	17	1.2k

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Peng, Xuefeng, Anthony S. Amend, Federico Baltar, et al.. (2024). Planktonic Marine Fungi: A Review. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 129(3). 5 indexed citations

Walker, Allison K., et al.. (2024). Singleton-based species names and fungal rarity: Does the number really matter?. IMA Fungus. 15(1). 7–7. 3 indexed citations

Haelewaters, Danny, C. Alisha Quandt, Martha E. Crockatt, et al.. (2024). The power of citizen science to advance fungal conservation. Conservation Letters. 17(3). 7 indexed citations

Peng, Xuefeng, Anthony S. Amend, Federico Baltar, et al.. (2023). Planktonic marine fungi: A review. Plymouth Marine Science Electronic Archive (The Marine Biological Association (MBA), Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) and the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS).).

Solís‐Weiss, Vivianne, Allison K. Walker, Guadalupe Ponce-Vélez, et al.. (2023). An overview of fungal taxonomic, functional, and genetic diversity in coastal and oceanic biomes in megadiverse Mexico. Botanica Marina. 66(5). 471–490. 1 indexed citations

Walker, Allison K., et al.. (2022). Fungal Endophytes and Their Role in Agricultural Plant Protection against Pests and Pathogens. Plants. 11(3). 384–384. 149 indexed citations breakdown →

Robicheau, Brent M., et al.. (2021). Foliar Endophytic Fungi from the Endangered Eastern Mountain Avens (Geum peckii, Rosaceae) in Canada. Plants. 10(5). 1026–1026. 6 indexed citations

Walker, Allison K. & Brent M. Robicheau. (2021). Fungal diversity and community structure from coastal and barrier island beaches in the United States Gulf of Mexico. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 3889–3889. 15 indexed citations

Migicovsky, Zoë, et al.. (2020). Saltmarsh rhizosphere fungal communities vary by sediment type and dominant plant species cover in Nova Scotia, Canada. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 13(4). 458–463. 5 indexed citations

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Amend, Anthony S., Gaëtan Burgaud, Michael Cunliffe, et al.. (2019). Fungi in the Marine Environment: Open Questions and Unsolved Problems. mBio. 10(2). 219 indexed citations

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Robicheau, Brent M., et al.. (2019). Diversity and Keratin Degrading Ability of Fungi Isolated from Canadian Arctic Marine Bird Feathers. ARCTIC. 72(4). 347–359. 5 indexed citations

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Walker, Allison K., et al.. (2019). Spatial distribution of mercury and other potentially toxic elements using epiphytic lichens in Nova Scotia. Chemosphere. 241. 125064–125064. 22 indexed citations

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Walker, Donald M., et al.. (2018). Pathogenicity and taxonomy of Tenuignomonia styracis gen. et sp. nov., a new monotypic genus of Gnomoniaceae on Styrax obassia in Japan. Mycoscience. 60(1). 31–39. 2 indexed citations

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Robicheau, Brent M., et al.. (2017). The homothallic mating-type locus of the conifer needle endophyte Phialocephala scopiformis DAOMC 229536 (order Helotiales). Fungal Biology. 121(12). 1011–1024. 4 indexed citations

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Robicheau, Brent M., A. P. Young, Kurt LaButti, Igor V. Grigoriev, & Allison K. Walker. (2016). The complete mitochondrial genome of the conifer needle endophyte, Phialocephala scopiformis DAOMC 229536 confirms evolutionary division within the fungal Phialocephala fortinii s.l. – Acephala appalanata species complex. Fungal Biology. 121(3). 212–221. 7 indexed citations

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Walker, Allison K., Keith A. Seifert, J. David Miller, et al.. (2016). Full Genome of Phialocephala scopiformis DAOMC 229536, a Fungal Endophyte of Spruce Producing the Potent Anti-Insectan Compound Rugulosin. Genome Announcements. 4(1). 20 indexed citations

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Pang, Ka-Lai, David P. Overy, E.B. Gareth Jones, et al.. (2016). ‘Marine fungi’ and ‘marine-derived fungi’ in natural product chemistry research: Toward a new consensual definition. Fungal Biology Reviews. 30(4). 163–175. 116 indexed citations

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Walker, Allison K., et al.. (2014). Griseofulvin-producing Xylaria endophytes of Pinus strobus and Vaccinium angustifolium: evidence for a conifer-understory species endophyte ecology. Fungal ecology. 11. 107–113. 48 indexed citations

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Walker, Allison K. & Jinx Campbell. (2010). Marine fungal diversity: a comparison of natural and created salt marshes of the north-central Gulf of Mexico. Mycologia. 102(3). 513–521. 21 indexed citations

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Walker, Allison K., et al.. (2009). First Records of the Seagrass Parasite Plasmodiophora diplantherae from the Northcentral Gulf of Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean Research. 21. 11 indexed citations

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