L. Simon

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

L. Simon is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, L. Simon has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Plant Science, 10 papers in Cell Biology and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in L. Simon's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (11 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (10 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (6 papers). L. Simon is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (11 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (10 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (6 papers). L. Simon collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. L. Simon's co-authors include M. Lalonde, Thomas D. Bruns, Roger C. Lévesque, Jean Bousquet, Jean Bousquet, W G Weisburg, Susan M. Barns, Dolores González, David S. Hibbett and Mitchell L. Sogin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

L. Simon

17 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Specific amplification of 18S fungal ribosomal genes from vesicular-arbuscular endomycorrhizal fungi colonizing roots

1992 621 citations L. Simon, M. Lalonde et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
L. Simon Canada	11	1.6k	672	448	422	412	18	1.9k
I.C. Tommerup Australia	27	2.0k 1.2×	909 1.4×	329 0.7×	590 1.4×	266 0.6×	74	2.2k
Timothy M. Szaro United States	18	1.4k 0.8×	827 1.2×	259 0.6×	508 1.2×	391 0.9×	19	1.7k
Trond Schumacher Norway	28	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 1.6×	342 0.8×	577 1.4×	422 1.0×	59	2.1k
Gerald L. Benny United States	21	2.1k 1.3×	1.4k 2.1×	639 1.4×	661 1.6×	324 0.8×	87	2.8k
Annette M. Kretzer United States	18	1.4k 0.9×	635 0.9×	242 0.5×	238 0.6×	742 1.8×	28	1.7k
Antonella Faccio Italy	26	2.1k 1.3×	414 0.6×	327 0.7×	505 1.2×	195 0.5×	41	2.4k
Johann N. Bruhn United States	18	914 0.6×	407 0.6×	380 0.8×	212 0.5×	237 0.6×	51	1.2k
Nils Hallenberg Sweden	20	2.0k 1.2×	1.2k 1.7×	532 1.2×	512 1.2×	604 1.5×	72	2.3k
Teresa E. Pawlowska United States	23	1.3k 0.8×	390 0.6×	350 0.8×	301 0.7×	373 0.9×	42	1.6k
Åke Olson Sweden	22	1.4k 0.9×	565 0.8×	397 0.9×	419 1.0×	524 1.3×	65	1.8k

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18 of 18 papers shown

Simon, L.. (2003). Single-Strand Conformational Polymorphism (SSCP) for the Identification of Endomycorrhizal Fungi. Humana Press eBooks. 50. 193–198.

Simon, L.. (2003). Specific PCR Primers for the Identification of Endomycorrhizal Fungi. Humana Press eBooks. 50. 187–192. 1 indexed citations

Bago, Alberto, Yves Piché, & L. Simon. (1998). Fluorescently-primed in situ PCR in arbuscular mycorrhizas. Mycological Research. 102(12). 1540–1544. 8 indexed citations

Bago, Alberto, et al.. (1998). Molecular analysis of Gigaspora (Glomales, Gigasporaceae). New Phytologist. 139(3). 581–588. 35 indexed citations

Simon, L.. (1996). Phylogeny of the Glomales: deciphering the past to understand the present. New Phytologist. 133(1). 95–101. 56 indexed citations

Piché, Yves, L. Simon, & Armand Séguin. (1994). Genetic manipulation in vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Plant and Soil. 159(1). 171–178. 3 indexed citations

Simon, L., Jean Bousquet, Roger C. Lévesque, & M. Lalonde. (1993). Origin and diversification of endomycorrhizal fungi and coincidence with vascular land plants. Nature. 363(6424). 67–69. 478 indexed citations

Simon, L., Roger C. Lévesque, & M. Lalonde. (1993). Identification of endomycorrhizal fungi colonizing roots by fluorescent single-strand conformation polymorphism-polymerase chain reaction. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 59(12). 4211–4215. 98 indexed citations

Bruns, Thomas D., Rytas Vilgalys, Susan M. Barns, et al.. (1992). Evolutionary relationships within the fungi: Analyses of nuclear small subunit rRNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 1(3). 231–241. 246 indexed citations

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Simon, L., Roger C. Lévesque, & M. Lalonde. (1992). Rapid quantitation by PCR of endomycorrhizal fungi colonizing roots.. Genome Research. 2(1). 76–80. 38 indexed citations

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Simon, L., M. Lalonde, & Thomas D. Bruns. (1992). Specific amplification of 18S fungal ribosomal genes from vesicular-arbuscular endomycorrhizal fungi colonizing roots. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 58(1). 291–295. 621 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bousquet, Jean, L. Simon, & M. Lalonde. (1990). DNA amplification from vegetative and sexual tissues of trees using polymerase chain reaction. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 20(2). 254–257. 182 indexed citations

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Simon, L., et al.. (1990). Effect of titanium on the growth of Bradyrhizobium japonicum and Bradyrhizobium lupini strains.. 39. 51–57. 1 indexed citations

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Simon, L., Suha Jabaji, Jean Bousquet, & M. Lalonde. (1989). Confirmation of Frankia Species Using Cellular Fatty Acids Analysis. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 11(3). 229–235. 25 indexed citations

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Simon, L., et al.. (1988). Competitiveness ofFrankiastrains onElaeagnusclonal plantlets. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 51(1). 13–17. 10 indexed citations

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Bousquet, Jean, et al.. (1987). Separation of various Frankia strains in the Alnus and Elaeagnus host specificity groups using sugar analysis. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 33(9). 764–772. 26 indexed citations

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Mackay, John, L. Simon, & M. Lalonde. (1987). Effect of substrate nitrogen on the performance ofin vitro propagatedAlnus glutinosa clones inoculated with Sp+ and Sp−Frankia strains. Plant and Soil. 103(1). 21–31. 10 indexed citations

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Simon, L., et al.. (1985). Performance ofin vitro propagatedAlnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn. clones inoculated withFrankiae. Plant and Soil. 87(1). 125–133. 21 indexed citations

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