Jason Stajich

29.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
243 papers, 11.7k citations indexed

About

Jason Stajich is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jason Stajich has authored 243 papers receiving a total of 11.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Plant Science, 99 papers in Molecular Biology and 65 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Jason Stajich's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (64 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (62 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (44 papers). Jason Stajich is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (64 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (62 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (44 papers). Jason Stajich collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Canada. Jason Stajich's co-authors include Timothy Y. James, Joseph W. Spatafora, Fred S. Dietrich, Igor V. Grigoriev, Todd Harris, Tijl De Bie, Nello Cristianini, Matthew W. Hahn, Laura Selbmann and Claudia Coleine and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Jason Stajich

236 papers receiving 11.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

A phylum-level phylogenetic classification of zygomycete fungi based on genome-scale data

2016 858 citations Joseph W. Spatafora, Ying Chang et al. profile →
The Generic Genome Browser: A Building Block for a Model Organism System Database

2002 848 citations Jason Stajich et al. profile →
Threats Posed by the Fungal Kingdom to Humans, Wildlife, and Agriculture

2020 326 citations Jason Stajich, John W. Taylor et al. mBio profile →
A genome-scale phylogeny of the kingdom Fungi

2021 180 citations Ying Chang, Yan Wang et al. profile →
Fungi are key players in extreme ecosystems

2022 117 citations Jason Stajich et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jason Stajich United States	53	5.3k	5.0k	2.6k	1.5k	1.3k	243	11.7k
Mario Stanke Germany	36	5.2k 1.0×	7.4k 1.5×	1.5k 0.6×	1.6k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	63	12.9k
Antonis Rokas United States	70	4.2k 0.8×	8.9k 1.8×	2.0k 0.8×	1.7k 1.1×	2.9k 2.2×	263	15.8k
Toni Gabaldón Spain	66	6.4k 1.2×	12.3k 2.5×	2.4k 0.9×	3.6k 2.3×	2.0k 1.5×	275	21.9k
Christina A. Cuomo United States	53	4.0k 0.7×	6.7k 1.3×	2.0k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	705 0.5×	145	15.1k
Gordon Blackshields Ireland	15	6.3k 1.2×	13.1k 2.6×	1.6k 0.6×	3.9k 2.5×	1.8k 1.3×	26	24.6k
Kazunori Yamada Japan	23	2.4k 0.5×	3.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	1.3k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	76	7.8k
Evgeny M. Zdobnov Switzerland	45	6.0k 1.1×	11.0k 2.2×	1.4k 0.5×	3.1k 2.0×	2.2k 1.6×	94	19.8k
Iain M. Wallace Canada	16	6.5k 1.2×	13.6k 2.7×	1.7k 0.6×	3.9k 2.6×	1.8k 1.3×	23	25.4k
Paul McGettigan Ireland	29	6.3k 1.2×	13.5k 2.7×	1.7k 0.7×	3.9k 2.5×	1.8k 1.3×	48	26.1k
Jean-François Dufayard France	13	5.1k 1.0×	8.5k 1.7×	1.4k 0.5×	4.3k 2.8×	2.7k 2.0×	14	19.6k

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Stajich, Jason, et al.. (2025). Absolute abundance unveils Basidiobolus as a cross-domain bridge indirectly bolstering gut microbiome homeostasis. The ISME Journal. 19(1).

Demers, Elora G., et al.. (2023). Mrs4 loss of function in fungi during adaptation to the cystic fibrosis lung. mBio. 14(4). e0117123–e0117123. 7 indexed citations

Hanafy, Radwa A., et al.. (2023). Phylogenomic analysis of the Neocallimastigomycota: proposal of Caecomycetaceae fam. nov., Piromycetaceae fam. nov., and emended description of the families Neocallimastigaceae and Anaeromycetaceae. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 73(2). 7 indexed citations

Teixeira, Marcus de Melo, Jason Stajich, Jason W. Sahl, et al.. (2022). A chromosomal-level reference genome of the widely utilized Coccidioides posadasii laboratory strain “Silveira”. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 12(4). 12 indexed citations

Kowalski, Caitlin H., Dallas L. Mould, Alayna K. Caffrey-Carr, et al.. (2021). Host Lung Environment Limits Aspergillus fumigatus Germination through an SskA-Dependent Signaling Response. mSphere. 6(6). 6 indexed citations

Teixeira, Marcus de Melo, B. Franz Lang, Daniel R. Matute, Jason Stajich, & Bridget M. Barker. (2021). Mitochondrial genomes of the human pathogens Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 11(7). 8 indexed citations

Jones, Jane T., Xi Wang, Caitlin H. Kowalski, et al.. (2021). Aspergillus fumigatus Strain-Specific Conidia Lung Persistence Causes an Allergic Broncho-Pulmonary Aspergillosis-Like Disease Phenotype. mSphere. 6(1). 13 indexed citations

Demers, Elora G., Jason Stajich, Alix Ashare, Patricia Occhipinti, & Deborah A. Hogan. (2021). Balancing Positive and Negative Selection: In Vivo Evolution of Candida lusitaniae MRR1. mBio. 12(2). 11 indexed citations

Nielsen, Knud Nor, et al.. (2021). Diploidy within a Haploid Genus of Entomopathogenic Fungi. Genome Biology and Evolution. 13(7). 5 indexed citations

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Kowalski, Caitlin H., Kaesi A. Morelli, Jason Stajich, Carey D. Nadell, & Robert A. Cramer. (2021). A Heterogeneously Expressed Gene Family Modulates the Biofilm Architecture and Hypoxic Growth of Aspergillus fumigatus. mBio. 12(1). 16 indexed citations

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Chen, Jinfeng, Lu Lu, Sofia Robb, et al.. (2020). Genomic diversity generated by a transposable element burst in a rice recombinant inbred population. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(42). 26288–26297. 21 indexed citations

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Ulzurrun, Guillermo Vidal-Diez de, et al.. (2020). Genome sequence of the oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus strain PC9. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 11(2). 17 indexed citations

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Pombubpa, Nuttapon, Nicole Pietrasiak, Paul De Ley, & Jason Stajich. (2020). Insights into dryland biocrust microbiome: geography, soil depth and crust type affect biocrust microbial communities and networks in Mojave Desert, USA. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 96(9). 44 indexed citations

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Ulzurrun, Guillermo Vidal-Diez de, et al.. (2020). Genomic analyses of two Italian oyster mushroom Pleurotus pulmonarius strains. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 11(2). 7 indexed citations

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Ulzurrun, Guillermo Vidal-Diez de, A. Pedro Gonçalves, Ching‐Wen Chang, et al.. (2020). Natural diversity in the predatory behavior facilitates the establishment of a robust model strain for nematode-trapping fungi. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(12). 6762–6770. 62 indexed citations

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Tabima, Javier F., Ying Chang, Yan Wang, et al.. (2020). Phylogenomic Analyses of Non-Dikarya Fungi Supports Horizontal Gene Transfer Driving Diversification of Secondary Metabolism in the Amphibian Gastrointestinal Symbiont, Basidiobolus. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 10(9). 3417–3433. 25 indexed citations

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Gryganskyi, Andrii P., et al.. (2018). Early Diverging Insect-Pathogenic Fungi of the Order Entomophthorales Possess Diverse and Unique Subtilisin-Like Serine Proteases. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 8(10). 3311–3319. 15 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Tu Anh, Ousmane H. Cissé, Peng Zheng, et al.. (2017). Innovation and constraint leading to complex multicellularity in the Ascomycota. Nature Communications. 8(1). 60 indexed citations

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Wang, Yizhou, Kristina Smith, John W. Taylor, Michael Freitag, & Jason Stajich. (2015). Endogenous Small RNA Mediates Meiotic Silencing of a Novel DNA Transposon. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 5(10). 1949–1960. 25 indexed citations

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Jamieson, Kirsty, Michael R. Rountree, Zachary Lewis, Jason Stajich, & Eric U. Selker. (2013). Regional control of histone H3 lysine 27 methylation in Neurospora. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(15). 6027–6032. 120 indexed citations

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