Brian S. Steidinger

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 694 citations indexed

About

Brian S. Steidinger is a scholar working on Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian S. Steidinger has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 694 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Plant Science, 6 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 6 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Brian S. Steidinger's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (9 papers), Plant and animal studies (6 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers). Brian S. Steidinger is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (9 papers), Plant and animal studies (6 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers). Brian S. Steidinger collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Brian S. Steidinger's co-authors include Kabir Peay, Thomas W. Crowther, Jingjing Liang, James D. Bever, Gijsbert D. A. Werner, G.J. Nabuurs, Bruno Hérault, Michael E. Van Nuland, Mo Zhou and Peter B. Reich and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The American Naturalist and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Brian S. Steidinger

13 papers receiving 684 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. Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses
    2019 404 citations Brian S. Steidinger, Thomas W. Crowther et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brian S. Steidinger United States 7 487 263 237 149 143 13 694
Kezia Goldmann Germany 14 487 1.0× 338 1.3× 172 0.7× 162 1.1× 157 1.1× 28 722
Glenna M. Malcolm United States 14 460 0.9× 259 1.0× 144 0.6× 130 0.9× 205 1.4× 17 665
Lena Neuenkamp Estonia 14 460 0.9× 265 1.0× 276 1.2× 132 0.9× 72 0.5× 28 672
Milagros Barceló Netherlands 8 397 0.8× 205 0.8× 219 0.9× 79 0.5× 183 1.3× 8 591
Brian J. Pickles United Kingdom 13 670 1.4× 391 1.5× 296 1.2× 202 1.4× 64 0.4× 30 866
Daniel Revillini United States 12 418 0.9× 107 0.4× 129 0.5× 103 0.7× 190 1.3× 22 629
Merlin Sheldrake United Kingdom 7 334 0.7× 141 0.5× 142 0.6× 58 0.4× 195 1.4× 10 519
Minna Santalahti Finland 12 230 0.5× 182 0.7× 103 0.4× 110 0.7× 131 0.9× 13 474
Christopher J. Sweeney United Kingdom 6 565 1.2× 94 0.4× 286 1.2× 134 0.9× 275 1.9× 10 862
Marie Šmilauerová Czechia 13 483 1.0× 101 0.4× 377 1.6× 325 2.2× 152 1.1× 23 792

Countries citing papers authored by Brian S. Steidinger

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian S. Steidinger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian S. Steidinger

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Brian S. Steidinger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Brian S. Steidinger 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 Brian S. Steidinger. Brian S. Steidinger is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Steidinger, Brian S.. (2024). Mycorrhizal arbitrage, a hypothesis: How mycoheterotrophs could profit from inefficiencies in the biological marketplace. Functional Ecology. 39(6). 1431–1440. 2 indexed citations
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Dauphin, Benjamin, Virginie Molinier, Ludger Sproll, et al.. (2022). Hidden fairy rings and males—Genetic patterns of natural Burgundy truffle ( Tuber aestivum Vittad.) populations reveal new insights into its life cycle. Environmental Microbiology. 24(12). 6376–6391. 3 indexed citations
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Steidinger, Brian S., Ulf Büntgen, Willy Tegel, et al.. (2022). The fall of the summer truffle: Recurring hot, dry summers result in declining fruitbody production of Tuber aestivum in Central Europe. Global Change Biology. 28(24). 7376–7390. 6 indexed citations
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Braghiere, Renato K., Joshua B. Fisher, Rosie A. Fisher, et al.. (2021). Mycorrhizal Distributions Impact Global Patterns of Carbon and Nutrient Cycling. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(19). 18 indexed citations
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Steidinger, Brian S. & Kabir Peay. (2021). Optimal Allocation Ratios: A Square Root Relationship between the Ratios of Symbiotic Costs and Benefits. The American Naturalist. 198(4). 460–472. 3 indexed citations
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Steidinger, Brian S., Jennifer Bhatnagar, Rytas Vilgalys, et al.. (2020). Ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity predicted to substantially decline due to climate changes in North American Pinaceae forests. Journal of Biogeography. 47(3). 772–782. 52 indexed citations
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Steidinger, Brian S., Thomas W. Crowther, Jianchao Liang, et al.. (2019). Author Correction: Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses. Nature. 571(7765). E8–E8. 3 indexed citations
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Steidinger, Brian S., Thomas W. Crowther, Jingjing Liang, et al.. (2019). Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses. Nature. 569(7756). 404–408. 404 indexed citations breakdown →
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Smith, Gabriel Reuben, Brian S. Steidinger, Thomas D. Bruns, & Kabir Peay. (2018). Competition–colonization tradeoffs structure fungal diversity. The ISME Journal. 12(7). 1758–1767. 74 indexed citations
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Steidinger, Brian S. & James D. Bever. (2016). Host discrimination in modular mutualisms: a theoretical framework for meta-populations of mutualists and exploiters. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 283(1822). 20152428–20152428. 24 indexed citations
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Steidinger, Brian S. & James D. Bever. (2014). The Coexistence of Hosts with Different Abilities to Discriminate against Cheater Partners: An Evolutionary Game-Theory Approach. The American Naturalist. 183(6). 762–770. 32 indexed citations
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Steidinger, Brian S., Benjamin L. Turner, Adriana Corrales, & James W. Dalling. (2014). Variability in potential to exploit different soil organic phosphorus compounds among tropical montane tree species. Functional Ecology. 29(1). 121–130. 69 indexed citations

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