Derek Peršoh

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Derek Peršoh is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cell Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek Peršoh has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Plant Science, 33 papers in Cell Biology and 27 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Derek Peršoh's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (44 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (33 papers) and Lichen and fungal ecology (15 papers). Derek Peršoh is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (44 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (33 papers) and Lichen and fungal ecology (15 papers). Derek Peršoh collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Thailand and China. Derek Peršoh's co-authors include Marc Stadler, Gerhard Rambold, Jacques Fournier, Eric Kuhnert, Kevin D. Hyde, Sinang Hongsanan, Martin Unterseher, Stephan Clemens, Dominik Begerow and Putarak Chomnunti and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Derek Peršoh

62 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

The sooty moulds 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300
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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. The sooty moulds
    2014 383 citations Putarak Chomnunti, Sinang Hongsanan et al. Fungal Diversity profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Derek Peršoh 2.1k 1.8k 829 756 466 63 2.9k
Ursula Eberhardt 2.5k 1.2× 1.6k 0.9× 882 1.1× 819 1.1× 581 1.2× 71 3.0k
Alfredo Vizzini 2.0k 1.0× 1.3k 0.7× 777 0.9× 485 0.6× 748 1.6× 209 2.4k
Rusty J. Rodriguez 3.4k 1.6× 2.4k 1.4× 1.5k 1.9× 900 1.2× 762 1.6× 32 4.6k
Claude Murat 3.0k 1.4× 1.4k 0.8× 741 0.9× 690 0.9× 833 1.8× 67 3.8k
Fred O. Asiegbu 2.2k 1.1× 1.1k 0.6× 381 0.5× 620 0.8× 702 1.5× 139 3.1k
Martin Unterseher 1.5k 0.7× 1.0k 0.6× 714 0.9× 487 0.6× 208 0.4× 43 2.1k
Donald H. Pfister 2.3k 1.1× 1.6k 0.9× 1.0k 1.2× 607 0.8× 416 0.9× 205 2.8k
Audrius Menkis 1.4k 0.7× 873 0.5× 466 0.6× 459 0.6× 355 0.8× 94 2.1k
József Geml 1.9k 0.9× 948 0.5× 1.1k 1.3× 475 0.6× 341 0.7× 88 2.8k
George C. Carroll 2.3k 1.1× 2.3k 1.3× 1.6k 1.9× 727 1.0× 493 1.1× 61 3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Derek Peršoh

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Fields of papers citing papers by Derek Peršoh

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Derek Peršoh

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Weisser, Wolfgang W., Didem Ambarlı, Claus Bässler, et al.. (2023). Regional variation in deadwood decay of 13 tree species: Effects of climate, soil and forest structure. Forest Ecology and Management. 541. 121094–121094. 20 indexed citations
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Guerreiro, Marco Alexandre, Stephan Kambach, Raphael Stoll, et al.. (2023). Linking processes to community functions—insights into litter decomposition combining fungal metatranscriptomics and environmental NMR profiling. Mycological Progress. 22(2). 9 indexed citations
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Kengdo, Steve Kwatcho, Derek Peršoh, Andreas Schindlbacher, et al.. (2022). Long‐term soil warming alters fine root dynamics and morphology, and their ectomycorrhizal fungal community in a temperate forest soil. Global Change Biology. 28(10). 3441–3458. 58 indexed citations
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Kambach, Stephan, et al.. (2021). Foliar Fungal Endophytes in a Tree Diversity Experiment Are Driven by the Identity but Not the Diversity of Tree Species. Life. 11(10). 1081–1081. 7 indexed citations
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Dahl, Mathilde Borg, Derek Peršoh, Anke Jentsch, & Jüergen Kreyling. (2021). Root-Associated Mycobiomes of Common Temperate Plants (Calluna vulgaris and Holcus lanatus) Are Strongly Affected by Winter Climate Conditions. Microbial Ecology. 82(2). 403–415. 3 indexed citations
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Hongsanan, Sinang, Rajesh Jeewon, Witoon Purahong, et al.. (2018). Can we use environmental DNA as holotypes?. Fungal Diversity. 92(1). 1–30. 55 indexed citations
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Nuy, Julia K., Anja Lange, Arne J. Beermann, et al.. (2018). Responses of stream microbes to multiple anthropogenic stressors in a mesocosm study. The Science of The Total Environment. 633. 1287–1301. 19 indexed citations
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Guerreiro, Marco Alexandre, Andreas Brachmann, Dominik Begerow, & Derek Peršoh. (2017). Transient leaf endophytes are the most active fungi in 1-year-old beech leaf litter. Fungal Diversity. 89(1). 237–251. 73 indexed citations
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Hongsanan, Sinang, Qing Tian, Derek Peršoh, et al.. (2015). Meliolales. Fungal Diversity. 74(1). 91–141. 25 indexed citations
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Peršoh, Derek. (2015). Plant-associated fungal communities in the light of meta’omics. Fungal Diversity. 75(1). 1–25. 134 indexed citations
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Chomnunti, Putarak, Sinang Hongsanan, Begoña Aguirre-Hudson, et al.. (2014). The sooty moulds. Fungal Diversity. 66(1). 1–36. 383 indexed citations breakdown →
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Stadler, Marc, et al.. (2014). A polyphasic taxonomy of Daldinia (Xylariaceae)1. Studies in Mycology. 77(1). 1–143. 154 indexed citations
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Peršoh, Derek. (2013). Factors shaping community structure of endophytic fungi–evidence from the Pinus-Viscum-system. Fungal Diversity. 60(1). 55–69. 96 indexed citations
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Kuhnert, Eric, Jacques Fournier, Derek Peršoh, Janet Jennifer Luangsa-ard, & Marc Stadler. (2013). New Hypoxylon species from Martinique and new evidence on the molecular phylogeny of Hypoxylon based on ITS rDNA and β-tubulin data. Fungal Diversity. 64(1). 181–203. 84 indexed citations
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Unterseher, Martin, Derek Peršoh, & Martin Schnittler. (2013). Leaf-inhabiting endophytic fungi of European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) co-occur in leaf litter but are rare on decaying wood of the same host. Fungal Diversity. 60(1). 43–54. 93 indexed citations
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Stadler, Marc, Eric Kuhnert, Derek Peršoh, & Jacques Fournier. (2013). The Xylariaceae as model example for a unified nomenclature following the “One Fungus-One Name” (1F1N) concept. Mycology: An International Journal on Fungal Biology. 4(1). 5–21. 110 indexed citations
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Beck, Andreas, Derek Peršoh, & Gerhard Rambold. (2013). First evidence for seasonal fluctuations in lichen- and bark-colonising fungal communities. Folia Microbiologica. 59(2). 155–157. 13 indexed citations
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Stadler, Marc, et al.. (2010). The phylogenetic position of Rhopalostroma as inferred from a polythetic approach. Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi. 25(1). 11–21. 23 indexed citations
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Peršoh, Derek, et al.. (2009). Molecular and morphological evidence for the delimitation ofXylaria hypoxylon. Mycologia. 101(2). 256–268. 58 indexed citations

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