Ester Gaya

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
38 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Ester Gaya is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ester Gaya has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Plant Science, 27 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 19 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Ester Gaya's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (27 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (23 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (19 papers). Ester Gaya is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (27 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (23 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (19 papers). Ester Gaya collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Ester Gaya's co-authors include François Lutzoni, Pere Navarro‐Rosinés, Samantha Fernández-Brime, Xavier Llimona, Robert F. Lachlan, Cécile Gueidan, Rowena Hill, Robert Lücking, Theo Llewellyn and Laura M. Suz and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Ester Gaya

36 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Sequence locally, think globally: The Darwin Tree of Life Project

2022 172 citations Mark Blaxter, Nova Mieszkowska et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Pushing the Frontiers of Biodiversity Research: Unveiling the Global Diversity, Distribution, and Conservation of Fungi

2023 75 citations Tuula Niskanen, Robert Lücking et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ester Gaya United Kingdom	18	796	652	386	264	113	38	1.2k
Santiago Sánchez‐Ramírez Canada	15	742 0.9×	304 0.5×	437 1.1×	310 1.2×	243 2.2×	33	1.1k
Judith Fehrer Czechia	23	1.1k 1.4×	1.0k 1.5×	223 0.6×	495 1.9×	67 0.6×	48	1.7k
Florent Martos France	16	818 1.0×	881 1.4×	273 0.7×	391 1.5×	97 0.9×	38	1.2k
Felix Grewe United States	23	661 0.8×	791 1.2×	255 0.7×	1.1k 4.3×	45 0.4×	55	1.7k
Johannes Klein Germany	6	288 0.4×	247 0.4×	142 0.4×	252 1.0×	64 0.6×	7	722
Lucie Vincenot France	14	527 0.7×	179 0.3×	274 0.7×	112 0.4×	55 0.5×	19	703
Levente Kiss Hungary	27	2.0k 2.5×	334 0.5×	1.2k 3.1×	703 2.7×	71 0.6×	101	2.3k
Stephan Nylinder Sweden	20	390 0.5×	569 0.9×	136 0.4×	411 1.6×	33 0.3×	33	1.0k
Mélanie Roy France	19	1.2k 1.5×	880 1.3×	441 1.1×	447 1.7×	141 1.2×	60	1.6k
Marcia González‐Teuber Chile	19	676 0.8×	722 1.1×	149 0.4×	183 0.7×	72 0.6×	42	1.2k

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Hawkins, Nichola J., Elena Baraldi, Alan G. Buddie, et al.. (2025). Learning from fungicide resistance: Evolutionary insights to guide RNAi-based control of fungal crop pathogens. Fungal Biology Reviews. 53. 100443–100443. 1 indexed citations

Llewellyn, Theo, Sahr Mian, Rowena Hill, Ilia J. Leitch, & Ester Gaya. (2023). First Whole-Genome Sequence and Flow Cytometry Genome Size Data for the Lichen-Forming FungusRamalina farinacea(Ascomycota). Genome Biology and Evolution. 15(5). 3 indexed citations

Strullu‐Derrien, Christine, Tomasz Góral, Alan R.T. Spencer, et al.. (2023). A fungal plant pathogen discovered in the Devonian Rhynie Chert. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7932–7932. 10 indexed citations

Prescott, Thomas A. K., et al.. (2023). Fungal Drug Discovery for Chronic Disease: History, New Discoveries and New Approaches. Biomolecules. 13(6). 986–986. 26 indexed citations

Llewellyn, Theo, Reuben W. Nowell, André Aptroot, et al.. (2023). Metagenomics Shines Light on the Evolution of “Sunscreen” Pigment Metabolism in theTeloschistales(Lichen-Forming Ascomycota). Genome Biology and Evolution. 15(2). 19 indexed citations

Hill, Rowena, Sahr Mian, Ilia J. Leitch, et al.. (2023). Tapping Culture Collections for Fungal Endophytes: First Genome Assemblies for Three Genera and Five Species in theAscomycota. Genome Biology and Evolution. 15(3). 4 indexed citations

Blaxter, Mark, Nova Mieszkowska, Federica Di Palma, et al.. (2022). Sequence locally, think globally: The Darwin Tree of Life Project. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(4). 172 indexed citations breakdown →

Pabijan, Maciej, et al.. (2021). Phylogenetic revision of South American Teloschistaceae (lichenized Ascomycota, Teloschistales) reveals three new genera and species. Mycologia. 113(2). 278–299. 20 indexed citations

Hill, Rowena, Theo Llewellyn, Simon Kallow, et al.. (2021). Seed Banks as Incidental Fungi Banks: Fungal Endophyte Diversity in Stored Seeds of Banana Wild Relatives. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 643731–643731. 17 indexed citations

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Hill, Rowena, Ilia J. Leitch, & Ester Gaya. (2021). Targeting Ascomycota genomes: what and how big?. Fungal Biology Reviews. 36. 52–59. 12 indexed citations

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Cheek, Martin, Eimear Nic Lughadha, Paul M. Kirk, et al.. (2020). New scientific discoveries: Plants and fungi. Plants People Planet. 2(5). 371–388. 137 indexed citations

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Llewellyn, Theo, Ester Gaya, & David J. Murrell. (2020). Are Urban Communities in Successional Stasis? A Case Study on Epiphytic Lichen Communities. Diversity. 12(9). 330–330. 13 indexed citations

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Chen, Ko‐Hsuan, Jolanta Miądlikowska, Katalin Molnár, et al.. (2015). Phylogenetic analyses of eurotiomycetous endophytes reveal their close affinities to Chaetothyriales, Eurotiales, and a new order – Phaeomoniellales. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 85. 117–130. 59 indexed citations

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Fernández-Brime, Samantha, Xavier Llimona, François Lutzoni, & Ester Gaya. (2013). Phylogenetic study of Diploschistes (lichen–forming Ascomycota: Ostropales: Graphidaceae), based on morphological, chemical, and molecular data. Taxon. 62(2). 267–280. 17 indexed citations

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Gaya, Ester, Filip Högnabba, Katalin Molnár, et al.. (2012). Implementing a cumulative supermatrix approach for a comprehensive phylogenetic study of the Teloschistales (Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 63(2). 374–387. 82 indexed citations

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Fernández-Brime, Samantha, Xavier Llimona, Katalin Molnár, et al.. (2011). Expansion of the Stictidaceae by the addition of the saxicolous lichen-forming genusIngvariella. Mycologia. 103(4). 755–763. 21 indexed citations

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Gaya, Ester, Benjamin D. Redelings, Pere Navarro‐Rosinés, et al.. (2011). Align or not to align? Resolving species complexes within theCaloplaca saxicolagroup as a case study. Mycologia. 103(2). 361–378. 40 indexed citations

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Gaya, Ester. (2009). Taxonomical revision of the Caloplaca saxicola group (Teloschistaceae, lichen-forming Ascomycota). 101. 40 indexed citations

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Gaya, Ester, et al.. (2007). Phylogenetic reassessment of the Teloschistaceae (lichen-forming Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes). Mycological Research. 112(5). 528–546. 56 indexed citations

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Navarro‐Rosinés, Pere, et al.. (2001). Caloplaca nashii sp. nov. (Teloschistaceae, lichenes), a North-American species of the C. lactea-group growing in caliche.. Mycotaxon. 79. 29–41. 5 indexed citations

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