H. Thorsten Lumbsch

29.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
448 papers, 11.7k citations indexed

About

H. Thorsten Lumbsch is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, H. Thorsten Lumbsch has authored 448 papers receiving a total of 11.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 412 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 395 papers in Plant Science and 194 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in H. Thorsten Lumbsch's work include Lichen and fungal ecology (387 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (331 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (194 papers). H. Thorsten Lumbsch is often cited by papers focused on Lichen and fungal ecology (387 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (331 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (194 papers). H. Thorsten Lumbsch collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Spain. H. Thorsten Lumbsch's co-authors include Ana Crespo, Steven D. Leavitt, Pradeep K. Divakar, Robert Lücking, Imke Schmitt, Sabine M. Huhndorf, John A. Elix, Eimy Rivas Plata, Matthew P. Nelsen and Óscar Blanco and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

H. Thorsten Lumbsch

437 papers receiving 11.1k 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.

Recognition of seven species in the Cryptococcus gattii/Cryptococcus neoformans species complex

2015 491 citations H. Thorsten Lumbsch et al. profile →
Towards an integrated phylogenetic classification of theTremellomycetes

2015 357 citations H. Thorsten Lumbsch, Mats Wedin et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
H. Thorsten Lumbsch United States	53	9.3k	9.1k	5.1k	1.5k	765	448	11.7k
François Lutzoni United States	57	7.7k 0.8×	6.3k 0.7×	5.3k 1.0×	2.2k 1.5×	1.1k 1.4×	138	10.7k
D. Lee Taylor United States	40	5.3k 0.6×	3.3k 0.4×	2.6k 0.5×	1.9k 1.3×	1.2k 1.5×	84	7.9k
Conrad L. Schoch United States	40	4.8k 0.5×	1.7k 0.2×	4.2k 0.8×	2.9k 1.9×	880 1.2×	74	7.4k
Mary L. Berbee Canada	41	4.6k 0.5×	1.9k 0.2×	3.4k 0.7×	2.3k 1.5×	537 0.7×	98	6.3k
David M. Geiser United States	52	10.7k 1.2×	1.3k 0.1×	9.8k 1.9×	3.0k 2.1×	744 1.0×	117	13.6k
David S. Hibbett United States	64	10.4k 1.1×	3.9k 0.4×	6.7k 1.3×	3.5k 2.4×	705 0.9×	164	12.5k
Ignazio Carbone United States	43	6.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.1×	5.8k 1.1×	2.6k 1.8×	621 0.8×	100	8.4k
Robert Lücking Germany	43	6.7k 0.7×	6.7k 0.7×	3.5k 0.7×	819 0.6×	372 0.5×	438	8.4k
J.Z. Groenewald Netherlands	83	18.0k 1.9×	3.7k 0.4×	18.2k 3.6×	7.5k 5.1×	1.9k 2.5×	292	21.5k
Joseph W. Spatafora United States	59	8.4k 0.9×	2.7k 0.3×	5.8k 1.1×	3.5k 2.4×	1.3k 1.6×	163	12.0k

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Boch, Steffen, et al.. (2024). Surveying lichen diversity in forests: A comparison of expert mapping and eDNA metabarcoding of bark surfaces. MycoKeys. 106. 153–172. 4 indexed citations

Coca, Luis Fernando, et al.. (2023). Sulzbacheromyces leucodontium (Basidiomycota, Lepidostromataceae), a new species of basidiolichen widely distributed in the Neotropics. Phytotaxa. 597(2). 153–164. 1 indexed citations

Lumbsch, H. Thorsten, et al.. (2023). Resurrection of Leucobryum scalare Müll.Hal. ex M.Fleisch. (Bryophyta, Leucobryaceae) based on phylogenetic and morphometric evidence. PhytoKeys. 222. 27–47. 1 indexed citations

Sipman, Harrie J. M., et al.. (2023). Using morphological, chemical, and molecular data to study the diversity of Xanthoparmelia species from South Africa (Ascomycota, Parmeliaceae). The Lichenologist. 55(5). 265–273. 1 indexed citations

Nelsen, Matthew P., et al.. (2022). Contrasting Patterns of Climatic Niche Divergence in Trebouxia—A Clade of Lichen-Forming Algae. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 791546–791546. 14 indexed citations

Boonpragob, Kansri, et al.. (2021). A key to the identification of the genera of lichenized fungi occurring in Thailand. Mycotaxon. 136(2). 409–444. 2 indexed citations

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

Widhelm, Todd J., Felix Grewe, Bernard Goffinet, et al.. (2021). Phylogenomic reconstruction addressing the Peltigeralean backbone (Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota). Fungal Diversity. 110(1). 59–73. 4 indexed citations

Nelsen, Matthew P., Robert Lücking, C. Kevin Boyce, H. Thorsten Lumbsch, & Richard H. Ree. (2019). No support for the emergence of lichens prior to the evolution of vascular plants. Geobiology. 18(1). 3–13. 47 indexed citations

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Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Kevin D. Hyde, H. Thorsten Lumbsch, et al.. (2018). Outline of Ascomycota: 2017. Fungal Diversity. 88(1). 167–263. 219 indexed citations

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Divakar, Pradeep K., Ana Crespo, Ekaphan Kraichak, et al.. (2017). Using a temporal phylogenetic method to harmonize family- and genus-level classification in the largest clade of lichen-forming fungi. Fungal Diversity. 84(1). 101–117. 88 indexed citations

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Aptroot, André, Ana Rosa Burgaz, Volker Otte, et al.. (2016). Additions to the Lichenized and Lichenicolous Mycobiota of Armenia. Herzogia. 29(2). 692–705. 8 indexed citations

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Sohrabi, Mohammad, Robert Lücking, & H. Thorsten Lumbsch. (2014). ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE NEW SPECIES OF GRAPHIDACEAE—a special issue of Phytotaxa. Phytotaxa. 189(1). 3 indexed citations

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Plata, Eimy Rivas, Robert Lücking, & H. Thorsten Lumbsch. (2011). A new classification for the family Graphidaceae (Ascomycota: Lecanoromycetes: Ostropales). Fungal Diversity. 52(1). 107–121. 96 indexed citations

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Lücking, Robert, et al.. (2008). Eremithallus costaricensis (Ascomycota: Lichinomycetes: Eremothallales), a new fungal lineage with a novel lichen symbiotic lifestyle discovered in an urban relict forest in Costa Rica. Symbiosis. 46(3). 161–170. 16 indexed citations

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Martín, María P., H. Thorsten Lumbsch, Armin Mangold, Robert Lücking, & Miguel A. Garcı́a. (2004). Phylogenetic position of the genera Nadvornikia and Pyrgillus (Ascomycota) based on molecular data. Frontiers in Microbiology. 6. 983–983. 15 indexed citations

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Lumbsch, H. Thorsten & John A. Elix. (1998). Five new species of Lecanora from Australia (lichenized Ascomycotina; Lecanoraceae). Mycotaxon. 67. 391–403. 5 indexed citations

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Lumbsch, H. Thorsten & G. B. Feige. (1996). Comments on the exsiccat "Lecanoroid Lichens" III. Mycotaxon. 58. 259–267. 6 indexed citations

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Huneck, Siegfried, H. Thorsten Lumbsch, & Isao Yoshimura. (1994). Contribution to the lichen flora of the Diamond Mountains (Korea). Journal of The Hattori Botanical Laboratory. 75. 365–369. 8 indexed citations

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Lumbsch, H. Thorsten. (1987). Eine neue Subspecies in der Flechtengattung Diploschistes aus der Südhemisphäre.. Universitätsbibliographie, Universität Duisburg-Essen. 7. 601–608. 5 indexed citations

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