Barbara Paulus

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 970 citations indexed

About

Barbara Paulus is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara Paulus has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 970 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Plant Science, 12 papers in Cell Biology and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Barbara Paulus's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (15 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (12 papers) and Lichen and fungal ecology (6 papers). Barbara Paulus is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (15 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (12 papers) and Lichen and fungal ecology (6 papers). Barbara Paulus collaborates with scholars based in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. Barbara Paulus's co-authors include Duckchul Park, Peter Buchanan, Kevin D. Hyde, Ian A. Dickie, Robert B. Allen, Tadashi Fukami, J. Paula Wilkie, Paul A. Gadek, Javier Collado and Gerald F. Bills and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology Letters, FEMS Microbiology Ecology and Mycologia.

In The Last Decade

Barbara Paulus

15 papers receiving 924 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Assembly history dictates ecosystem functioning: evidence from wood decomposer communities
    2010 477 citations Tadashi Fukami, Ian A. Dickie et al. Ecology Letters profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Barbara Paulus 687 460 338 287 216 15 970
Kenneth W. Cullings 793 1.2× 321 0.7× 415 1.2× 301 1.0× 128 0.6× 14 1.1k
Teresa Lebel 957 1.4× 549 1.2× 476 1.4× 330 1.1× 94 0.4× 60 1.2k
Efrén Cázares 819 1.2× 381 0.8× 358 1.1× 416 1.4× 200 0.9× 29 1.1k
Vilmar Veldre 549 0.8× 288 0.6× 267 0.8× 217 0.8× 160 0.7× 9 740
Johann N. Bruhn 914 1.3× 407 0.9× 267 0.8× 237 0.8× 118 0.5× 51 1.2k
Anna Liisa Ruotsalainen 660 1.0× 268 0.6× 301 0.9× 168 0.6× 101 0.5× 37 860
Bingyun Wu 638 0.9× 152 0.3× 239 0.7× 311 1.1× 104 0.5× 27 836
Ondřej Koukol 499 0.7× 415 0.9× 209 0.6× 160 0.6× 206 1.0× 64 759
Béatrice Senn-Irlet 704 1.0× 251 0.5× 439 1.3× 454 1.6× 107 0.5× 64 945
Morag Glen 1.0k 1.5× 848 1.8× 217 0.6× 202 0.7× 240 1.1× 63 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Barbara Paulus

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Fields of papers citing papers by Barbara Paulus

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barbara Paulus

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Barbara Paulus. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Barbara Paulus based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Barbara Paulus. Barbara Paulus is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
1.
Fukami, Tadashi, Ian A. Dickie, J. Paula Wilkie, et al.. (2010). Assembly history dictates ecosystem functioning: evidence from wood decomposer communities. Ecology Letters. 13(6). 675–684. 477 indexed citations breakdown →
2.
Paulus, Barbara, et al.. (2009). Diversity and distribution of fungal foliar endophytes in New Zealand Podocarpaceae. Mycological Research. 113(9). 1003–1015. 58 indexed citations
3.
Paulus, Barbara, R. Henrik Nilsson, & Nils Hallenberg. (2007). Phylogenetic studies in Hypochnicium (Basidiomycota), with special emphasis on species from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 45(1). 139–150. 19 indexed citations
4.
Collado, Javier, Gonzalo Platas, Barbara Paulus, & Gerald F. Bills. (2007). High-throughput culturing of fungi from plant litter by a dilution-to-extinction technique. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 60(3). 521–533. 110 indexed citations
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Hyde, Kevin D., Boonsom Bussaban, Barbara Paulus, et al.. (2007). Diversity of saprobic microfungi. Biodiversity and Conservation. 16(1). 7–35. 90 indexed citations
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Paulus, Barbara, Paul A. Gadek, & Kevin D. Hyde. (2006). Discostroma ficicola sp. nov. (Amphisphaeriaceae) and a key to species of Discostroma. Sydowia. 58. 5 indexed citations
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Paulus, Barbara, John Kanowski, Paul A. Gadek, & Kevin D. Hyde. (2006). Diversity and distribution of saprobic microfungi in leaf litter of an Australian tropical rainforest. Mycological Research. 110(12). 1441–1454. 60 indexed citations
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Paulus, Barbara, Paul A. Gadek, & Kevin D. Hyde. (2005). Successional Patterns of Microfungi in Fallen Leaves of Ficus pleurocarpa (Moraceae) in an Australian Tropical Rain Forest1. Biotropica. 38(1). 42–51. 31 indexed citations
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Paulus, Barbara, Paul A. Gadek, & Kevin D. Hyde. (2004). Phylogenetic and morphological assessment of five new species of Thozetella from an Australian rainforest. Mycologia. 96(5). 1074–1087. 13 indexed citations
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Paulus, Barbara, Paul A. Gadek, & Kevin D. Hyde. (2004). Phylogenetic and Morphological Assessment of Five New Species of Thozetella from an Australian Rainforest. Mycologia. 96(5). 1074–1074. 7 indexed citations
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Paulus, Barbara, Margaret E. Barr, Paul A. Gadek, & Kevin D. Hyde. (2003). Three new ascomycetes from a tropical Australian rainforest. Mycotaxon. 88. 87–96. 4 indexed citations
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Paulus, Barbara, Paul A. Gadek, & Kevin D. Hyde. (2003). Estimation of microfungal diversity in tropical rainforest leaf litter using particle filtration: the effects of leaf storage and surface treatment. Mycological Research. 107(6). 748–756. 45 indexed citations
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Paulus, Barbara, Paul A. Gadek, & Kevin D. Hyde. (2003). Two new species of Dactylaria (anamorphic fungi) from Australian rainforests and an update of species in Dacrylaria sensu lato. ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University). 12 indexed citations
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Paulus, Barbara, Paul A. Gadek, & Kevin D. Hyde. (2003). Cylindrosympodium cryptocaryae sp. nov. (anamorphic fungi), with keys to the described species and to similar genera. Australian Systematic Botany. 16(5). 577–580. 3 indexed citations
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Paulus, Barbara, Nils Hallenberg, Peter Buchanan, & Geoffrey K. Chambers. (2000). A phylogenetic study of the genus Schizopora (Basidiomycota) based on ITS DNA sequences. Mycological Research. 104(10). 1155–1163. 36 indexed citations

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