Kanak Bala

978 total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 746 citations indexed

About

Kanak Bala is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cell Biology and Small Animals. According to data from OpenAlex, Kanak Bala has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 746 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Plant Science, 9 papers in Cell Biology and 6 papers in Small Animals. Recurrent topics in Kanak Bala's work include Plant Pathogens and Resistance (10 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (9 papers) and Infectious Diseases and Mycology (6 papers). Kanak Bala is often cited by papers focused on Plant Pathogens and Resistance (10 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (9 papers) and Infectious Diseases and Mycology (6 papers). Kanak Bala collaborates with scholars based in France, Canada and Netherlands. Kanak Bala's co-authors include Arthur W. A. M. de Cock, G.P. Robideau, C. André Lévesque, N. L. Désaulniers, Michael D. Coffey, Tara L. Rintoul, P.J.M. Bonants, Quinn Eggertson, Hermann Voglmayr and Frithjof C. Küpper and has published in prestigious journals such as FEMS Microbiology Letters, Molecular Ecology Resources and Current Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Kanak Bala

10 papers receiving 728 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.

DNA barcoding of oomycetes with cytochrome c oxidase subunit I and internal transcribed spacer

2011 481 citations G.P. Robideau, Arthur W. A. M. de Cock et al. Molecular Ecology Resources profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kanak Bala France	8	699	583	294	69	48	10	746
G.P. Robideau Canada	8	685 1.0×	566 1.0×	299 1.0×	44 0.6×	50 1.0×	10	756
Ale×andra Riethmüller Germany	12	848 1.2×	539 0.9×	366 1.2×	50 0.7×	26 0.5×	15	899
Ehab Sarhan Egypt	6	539 0.8×	411 0.7×	209 0.7×	25 0.4×	40 0.8×	18	581
Quinn Eggertson Canada	7	512 0.7×	432 0.7×	225 0.8×	26 0.4×	43 0.9×	10	557
O. Constantinescu Sweden	12	410 0.6×	260 0.4×	179 0.6×	16 0.2×	30 0.6×	50	467
Markus Scholler Germany	13	402 0.6×	262 0.4×	257 0.9×	12 0.2×	30 0.6×	46	469
James Reid Canada	14	338 0.5×	358 0.6×	230 0.8×	41 0.6×	277 5.8×	42	662
Quentin C. Santana South Africa	10	250 0.4×	173 0.3×	185 0.6×	5 0.1×	120 2.5×	22	418
E. Ilieva Netherlands	5	569 0.8×	465 0.8×	386 1.3×	4 0.1×	34 0.7×	11	592
Alex A. Appiah United Kingdom	11	380 0.5×	134 0.2×	94 0.3×	4 0.1×	27 0.6×	12	481

Countries citing papers authored by Kanak Bala

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kanak Bala

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kanak Bala

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kanak Bala. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kanak Bala based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kanak Bala. Kanak Bala is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Cock, Arthur W. A. M. de, Abdul Mubeen Lodhi, Tara L. Rintoul, et al.. (2014). Phytopythium: molecular phylogeny and systematics. Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi. 34(1). 25–39. 108 indexed citations

2.

Robideau, G.P., Arthur W. A. M. de Cock, Michael D. Coffey, et al.. (2011). DNA barcoding of oomycetes with cytochrome c oxidase subunit I and internal transcribed spacer. Molecular Ecology Resources. 11(6). 1002–1011. 481 indexed citations breakdown →

3.

Bala, Kanak, G.P. Robideau, N. L. Désaulniers, Arthur W. A. M. de Cock, & C. André Lévesque. (2010). Taxonomy, DNA barcoding and phylogeny of three new species of Pythium from Canada. Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi. 25(1). 22–31. 64 indexed citations

4.

Bala, Kanak, David Delmail, B.N. Paul, et al.. (2009). Pythium elicitors in biological control of Botrytis cinerea.. 42. 11–14. 3 indexed citations

5.

Paul, Bernard & Kanak Bala. (2008). A new species of Pythium with inflated sporangia and coiled antheridia, isolated from India. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 282(2). 251–257. 18 indexed citations

6.

Steciow, Mónica M., Alan Paul, & Kanak Bala. (2007). Saprolegnia bulbosa sp. nov. isolated from an Argentine stream: taxonomy and comparison with related species. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 268(2). 225–230. 10 indexed citations

7.

Paul, Bernard, et al.. (2006). A new species ofPythiumwith ornamented oogonia: morphology, taxonomy, internal transcribed spacer region of its ribosomal RNA, and its comparison with related species. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 254(2). 317–323. 33 indexed citations

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Bala, Kanak, Naveen Gautam, & Bernard Paul. (2006). Pythium rhizo-oryzae sp. nov. Isolated from Paddy Fields: Taxonomy, ITS Region of rDNA, and Comparison with Related Species. Current Microbiology. 52(2). 102–107. 8 indexed citations

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Paul, Bernard, Kanak Bala, Sabine Gognies, & Abdel Belarbi. (2005). Morphological and molecular taxonomy ofPythium longisporangiumsp. nov. isolated from the Burgundian region of France. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 246(2). 207–212. 14 indexed citations

10.

Bala, Kanak, et al.. (2003). Characterisation ofPythium paroecandrumand its antagonism towardsBotrytis cinerea, the causative agent of grey mould disease of grape. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 230(2). 177–183. 7 indexed citations

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