Ian R. Sanders

18.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
105 papers, 10.6k citations indexed

About

Ian R. Sanders is a scholar working on Plant Science, Pharmacology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian R. Sanders has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 10.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Plant Science, 32 papers in Pharmacology and 28 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Ian R. Sanders's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (87 papers), Fungal Biology and Applications (32 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (28 papers). Ian R. Sanders is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (87 papers), Fungal Biology and Applications (32 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (28 papers). Ian R. Sanders collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States. Ian R. Sanders's co-authors include Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, Andres Wiemken, Ruth Streitwolf‐Engel, Thomas Böller, Francis Martin, Marc‐André Selosse, Peter Moutoglis, John N. Klironomos, Thomas Boller and Mohamed Hijri and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ian R. Sanders

103 papers receiving 10.0k 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.

Mycorrhizal fungal diversity determines plant biodiversity, ecosystem variability and productivity

1998 2.6k citations Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, Ian R. Sanders et al. Nature profile →
Mycorrhizal ecology and evolution: the past, the present, and the future

2015 1.4k citations Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, Francis Martin et al. New Phytologist profile →
DIFFERENT ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGAL SPECIES ARE POTENTIAL DETERMINANTS OF PLANT COMMUNITY STRUCTURE

1998 564 citations Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, Ian R. Sanders et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ian R. Sanders Switzerland	46	9.4k	3.1k	2.6k	2.0k	2.0k	105	10.6k
Mark Brundrett Australia	40	7.8k 0.8×	1.9k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	2.2k 1.1×	74	9.5k
Miranda M. Hart Canada	45	6.9k 0.7×	2.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	1.0k 0.5×	1.9k 0.9×	127	9.0k
Maarja Öpik Estonia	45	6.2k 0.7×	3.2k 1.0×	1.2k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	1.9k 0.9×	117	7.2k
Roger T. Koide United States	59	8.9k 0.9×	2.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	973 0.5×	3.0k 1.5×	171	11.5k
Mari Moora Estonia	47	6.6k 0.7×	3.0k 1.0×	1.0k 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	3.6k 1.8×	120	8.8k
James M. Trappe United States	56	9.8k 1.0×	3.7k 1.2×	2.4k 0.9×	4.5k 2.2×	2.2k 1.1×	307	12.2k
Jean Garbaye France	45	5.8k 0.6×	2.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	978 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	145	6.7k
Alan C. Gange United Kingdom	53	5.2k 0.6×	2.1k 0.7×	665 0.3×	1.2k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	169	8.2k
Marc‐André Selosse France	54	6.8k 0.7×	1.9k 0.6×	1.0k 0.4×	2.1k 1.0×	1.8k 0.9×	193	9.3k
Gail W. T. Wilson United States	41	6.4k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	836 0.3×	556 0.3×	2.8k 1.4×	119	8.0k

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Lee, Soon‐Jae, et al.. (2024). Evolution of unexpected diversity in a putative mating type locus and its correlation with genome variability reveals likely asexuality in the model mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis. BMC Genomics. 25(1). 888–888. 2 indexed citations

Montesinos, Daniel, Anurag Chaturvedi, Ian R. Sanders, et al.. (2023). Trait evolution during a rapid global weed invasion despite little genetic differentiation. Evolutionary Applications. 16(5). 997–1011. 5 indexed citations

Chaturvedi, Anurag, Laure Menin, Natalia Gasilova, et al.. (2021). The methylome of the model arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus, Rhizophagus irregularis, shares characteristics with early diverging fungi and Dikarya. Communications Biology. 4(1). 901–901. 15 indexed citations

Lee, Soon‐Jae, Moses Thuita, Cargele Masso, et al.. (2021). The Phosphate Inhibition Paradigm: Host and Fungal Genotypes Determine Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Colonization and Responsiveness to Inoculation in Cassava With Increasing Phosphorus Supply. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 693037–693037. 29 indexed citations

Masclaux, Frédéric G., et al.. (2019). Dual RNA-seq reveals large-scale non-conserved genotype × genotype-specific genetic reprograming and molecular crosstalk in the mycorrhizal symbiosis. The ISME Journal. 13(5). 1226–1238. 45 indexed citations

Masclaux, Frédéric G., et al.. (2019). Investigating unexplained genetic variation and its expression in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis: A comparison of whole genome and RAD sequencing data. PLoS ONE. 14(12). e0226497–e0226497. 12 indexed citations

Angelard, Caroline, Colby J. Tanner, Pierre Fontanillas, et al.. (2013). Rapid genotypic change and plasticity in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi is caused by a host shift and enhanced by segregation. The ISME Journal. 8(2). 284–294. 58 indexed citations

Sanders, Ian R.. (2011). Fungal Sex: Meiosis Machinery in Ancient Symbiotic Fungi. Current Biology. 21(21). R896–R897. 5 indexed citations

Niculita‐Hirzel, Hélène, Jessy Labbé, Annegret Kohler, et al.. (2008). Gene organization of the mating type regions in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor reveals distinct evolution between the two mating type loci. New Phytologist. 180(2). 329–342. 45 indexed citations

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Sanders, Ian R.. (2006). Rapid disease emergence through horizontal gene transfer between eukaryotes. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 21(12). 656–658. 25 indexed citations

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Corradi, Nicolas & Ian R. Sanders. (2006). Evolution of the P-type II ATPase gene family in the fungi and presence of structural genomic changes among isolates of Glomus intraradices. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 6(1). 30 indexed citations

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Corradi, Nicolas, Daniel Croll, Alexandre Colard, et al.. (2006). Gene Copy Number Polymorphisms in an Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Population. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73(1). 366–369. 60 indexed citations

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Sanders, Ian R.. (2004). Intraspecific genetic variation in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and its consequences for molecular biology, ecology, and development of inoculum. Canadian Journal of Botany. 82(8). 1057–1062. 22 indexed citations

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Sanders, Ian R.. (2003). Preference, specificity and cheating in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Trends in Plant Science. 8(4). 143–145. 78 indexed citations

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Jansa, Jan, et al.. (2002). Diversity and structure of AMF communities as affected by tillage in a temperate soil. Mycorrhiza. 12(5). 225–234. 394 indexed citations

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Sanders, Ian R.. (2002). Specificity in the mycorrhizal symbiosis. IRIS. 2 indexed citations

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Heijden, Marcel G. A. van der & Ian R. Sanders. (2002). Mycorrhizal Ecology. Ecological Studies 157. VU Research Portal. 52 indexed citations

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Sanders, Ian R.. (2002). Ecology and Evolution of Multigenomic Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi. The American Naturalist. 160(S4). S128–S141. 67 indexed citations

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Sanders, Ian R., Christine Watson, Robert M. Rees, et al.. (2000). Nitrogen fixation in first and second year grass/white clover leys of two organic rotations.. 94–96. 1 indexed citations

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Arnone, John A., Michel Blot, Paul Leadley, Diethart Matthies, & Ian R. Sanders. (1994). Biodiversity in Switzerland. Nature. 370(6490). 500–500. 3 indexed citations

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