Frank Bungartz

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Frank Bungartz is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Bungartz has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 45 papers in Plant Science and 21 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Frank Bungartz's work include Lichen and fungal ecology (49 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (34 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (21 papers). Frank Bungartz is often cited by papers focused on Lichen and fungal ecology (49 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (34 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (21 papers). Frank Bungartz collaborates with scholars based in Ecuador, United States and Germany. Frank Bungartz's co-authors include Thomas H. Nash, Bruce D. Ryan, Corinna Gries, Robert Lücking, James D. Lawrey, José Luis Chaves, Masoumeh Sikaroodi, Patrick M. Gillevet, John A. Elix and Manuela Dal Forno and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and American Journal of Botany.

In The Last Decade

Frank Bungartz

51 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frank Bungartz Ecuador	17	1.3k	1.1k	486	69	67	54	1.4k
Alan Orange United Kingdom	12	1.4k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	400 0.8×	41 0.6×	57 0.9×	48	1.5k
Ulrik Søchting Denmark	20	1.2k 0.9×	946 0.8×	322 0.7×	48 0.7×	200 3.0×	91	1.3k
Kerry Knudsen United States	16	1.2k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	528 1.1×	48 0.7×	51 0.8×	170	1.2k
Ulf Arup Sweden	23	1.8k 1.4×	1.6k 1.5×	488 1.0×	50 0.7×	111 1.7×	89	2.0k
Ingvar Kärnefelt United States	23	1.8k 1.4×	1.6k 1.4×	496 1.0×	56 0.8×	107 1.6×	140	1.9k
Philipp Resl Austria	13	673 0.5×	563 0.5×	204 0.4×	86 1.2×	98 1.5×	23	835
Tor Tønsberg Norway	21	2.1k 1.7×	1.9k 1.7×	469 1.0×	65 0.9×	113 1.7×	133	2.2k
Nora Dotzler Germany	18	667 0.5×	638 0.6×	254 0.5×	304 4.4×	55 0.8×	41	1.0k
Soili Stenroos Finland	26	1.7k 1.3×	1.7k 1.5×	780 1.6×	176 2.6×	103 1.5×	82	2.0k
Martin Kukwa Poland	24	1.8k 1.4×	1.7k 1.6×	400 0.8×	45 0.7×	74 1.1×	188	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Bungartz

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Perlmutter, Gary B., et al.. (2023). Placement of Arthonia rubrocincta in Coniocarpon (lichenized Ascomycota: Arthoniaceae), with an extended range for the species in southeastern North America and the Caribbean. Phytotaxa. 589(3). 278–282.

Moncada, Bibiana, Joel A. Mercado‐Díaz, Nicolas Magain, et al.. (2021). Phylogenetic diversity of two geographically overlapping lichens: isolation by distance, environment, or fragmentation?. Journal of Biogeography. 48(3). 676–689. 10 indexed citations

Lücking, Robert, Bibiana Moncada, Joel A. Mercado‐Díaz, et al.. (2020). Emmanuelia, a new genus of lobarioid lichen-forming fungi (Ascomycota: Peltigerales): phylogeny and synopsis of accepted species. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 65(1). 76–94. 4 indexed citations

Bungartz, Frank, John A. Elix, & Christian Printzen. (2020). Lecanoroid lichens in the Galapagos Islands: the genera Lecanora, Protoparmeliopsis, and Vainionora (Lecanoraceae, Lecanoromycetes)<br />. Phytotaxa. 431(1). 7 indexed citations

Bungartz, Frank, et al.. (2018). The Genus Usnea (Parmeliaceae, Lecanoromycetes) in the Galapagos Islands. Herzogia. 31(p1). 571–571. 4 indexed citations

Forno, Manuela Dal, Frank Bungartz, Alba Yánez-Ayabaca, Robert Lücking, & James D. Lawrey. (2017). High levels of endemism among Galapagos basidiolichens. Fungal Diversity. 85(1). 45–73. 24 indexed citations

Forno, Manuela Dal, Robert Lücking, Frank Bungartz, et al.. (2016). From one to six: unrecognized species diversity in the genusAcantholichen(lichenized Basidiomycota: Hygrophoraceae). Mycologia. 108(1). 38–55. 12 indexed citations

Bungartz, Frank, John A. Elix, Klaus Kalb, & Mireia Giralt. (2016). New and overlooked species from the Galapagos Islands: the generic concept ofDiploiciareassessed. The Lichenologist. 48(5). 489–515. 2 indexed citations

Bungartz, Frank, John A. Elix, Alba Yánez-Ayabaca, & Alan W Archer. (2015). Endemism in the genus Pertusaria (Pertusariales, lichenized Ascomycota) from the Galapagos Islands. Telopea. 18. 325–369. 6 indexed citations

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Knudsen, Kerry & Frank Bungartz. (2014). Myriospora westbergii (Acarosporaceae), a new discovery from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Opuscula philolichenum.. 13. 177–183. 9 indexed citations

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Knudsen, Kerry & Frank Bungartz. (2013). Chrysothrix galapagoana, a new species from the Galapagos Islands. Opuscula philolichenum.. 12. 174–179. 6 indexed citations

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Lücking, Robert, Anders Tehler, Frank Bungartz, Eimy Rivas Plata, & H. Thorsten Lumbsch. (2013). Journey from the West: Did tropical Graphidaceae (lichenized Ascomycota: Ostropales) evolve from a saxicolous ancestor along the American Pacific coast?. American Journal of Botany. 100(5). 844–856. 38 indexed citations

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Forno, Manuela Dal, et al.. (2011). A first assessment of Galapagos basidiolichens. Fungal Diversity. 52(1). 225–244. 20 indexed citations

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Giralt, Mireia, Frank Bungartz, & John A. Elix. (2010). The identity of Buellia sequax. Mycological Progress. 10(1). 115–119. 5 indexed citations

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Lawrey, James D., Robert Lücking, Harrie J. M. Sipman, et al.. (2009). High concentration of basidiolichens in a single family of agaricoid mushrooms (Basidiomycota: Agaricales: Hygrophoraceae). Mycological Research. 113(10). 1154–1171. 60 indexed citations

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Lücking, Robert, James D. Lawrey, Masoumeh Sikaroodi, et al.. (2009). Do lichens domesticate photobionts like farmers domesticate crops? Evidence from a previously unrecognized lineage of filamentous cyanobacteria. American Journal of Botany. 96(8). 1409–1418. 90 indexed citations

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Garvie, L. A. J., et al.. (2008). Life in extreme environments: survival strategy of the endolithic desert lichen Verrucaria rubrocincta. Die Naturwissenschaften. 95(8). 705–712. 30 indexed citations

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Bungartz, Frank. (2003). Progress and Problems in Lichenology at the Turn of the Millennium. The Bryologist. 106(4). 626–627. 11 indexed citations

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Bungartz, Frank, L. A. J. Garvie, Thomas H. Nash, & L. Paul Knauth. (2001). Biologically-Induced Mineralization by the Endolithic Lichen Verrucaria rubrocincta Breuss in the Sonoran Desert. AGUFM. 2001. 1 indexed citations

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Bungartz, Frank. (2000). Bacidia viridifarinosa - a new liecen species for Germany and other new lichen records from Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Herzogia. 14. 91–98.

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