Laura Selbmann

7.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
118 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Laura Selbmann is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura Selbmann has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Ecology, 60 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 30 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Laura Selbmann's work include Polar Research and Ecology (76 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (48 papers) and Lichen and fungal ecology (39 papers). Laura Selbmann is often cited by papers focused on Polar Research and Ecology (76 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (48 papers) and Lichen and fungal ecology (39 papers). Laura Selbmann collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Germany. Laura Selbmann's co-authors include Silvano Onofri, Laura Zucconi, Daniela Isola, Claudia Coleine, Massimiliano Fenice, Sybren de Hoog, Jason Stajich, Serena Ruisi, Claudia Pacelli and D. Barreca and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Laura Selbmann

115 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Fungi are key players in extreme ecosystems

2022 117 citations Claudia Coleine, Jason Stajich et al. profile →
Dryland microbiomes reveal community adaptations to desertification and climate change

2024 36 citations Claudia Coleine, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo et al. The ISME Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laura Selbmann Italy	38	1.9k	1.7k	1.1k	937	913	118	4.1k
Silvano Onofri Italy	36	1.9k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	911 0.8×	834 0.9×	828 0.9×	140	4.0k
Laura Zucconi Italy	34	1.6k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	865 0.8×	755 0.8×	694 0.8×	134	3.5k
Barry M. Pryor United States	32	431 0.2×	1.8k 1.1×	2.4k 2.1×	2.1k 2.3×	750 0.8×	69	3.5k
Cene Gostinčar Slovenia	29	556 0.3×	414 0.2×	1.1k 0.9×	708 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	78	2.5k
Thomas Friedl Germany	43	1.6k 0.9×	2.1k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	404 0.4×	1.4k 1.5×	110	5.0k
Stéphane Uroz France	41	1.8k 1.0×	657 0.4×	3.3k 2.9×	671 0.7×	1.8k 2.0×	82	6.2k
Annick Wilmotte Belgium	40	2.7k 1.4×	1.1k 0.7×	257 0.2×	87 0.1×	1.6k 1.7×	123	4.9k
Pascale Frey‐Klett France	37	1.2k 0.6×	475 0.3×	2.8k 2.5×	508 0.5×	820 0.9×	51	4.6k
M. Fernanda Nobre Portugal	35	1.7k 0.9×	147 0.1×	381 0.3×	155 0.2×	2.1k 2.3×	73	3.3k
Eleonora Egidi Australia	20	662 0.3×	462 0.3×	1.6k 1.5×	458 0.5×	521 0.6×	51	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Laura Selbmann

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura Selbmann

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Goremykin, Vadim, et al.. (2025). Phylogenomic analysis resolves the evolutionary pattern of diversification of cyanobacteria and reveals the evolutionary affinity of novel Antarctic lineages. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 212. 108419–108419. 1 indexed citations

Selbmann, Laura, Claudio Donati, Pietro Franceschi, et al.. (2025). The CRYPTOMARS project: a multi-omic approach for studying Antarctic cryptoendolithic communities as Martian-analog life-forms. International Journal of Astrobiology. 24.

Raittz, Roberto Tadeu, Yinggai Song, Laura Selbmann, et al.. (2025). In silico search reveals the association of lichens with black yeast-like fungi in the order Chaetothyriales. Fungal Biology. 129(6). 101618–101618.

Coleine, Claudia, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Alessandro Cestaro, et al.. (2024). Class-wide genomic tendency throughout specific extremes in black fungi. Fungal Diversity. 125(1). 121–138. 3 indexed citations

Coleine, Claudia, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Jocelyne DiRuggiero, et al.. (2024). Dryland microbiomes reveal community adaptations to desertification and climate change. The ISME Journal. 18(1). 36 indexed citations breakdown →

Coleine, Claudia, et al.. (2023). Seasonality Is the Main Determinant of Microbial Diversity Associated to Snow/Ice around Concordia Station on the Antarctic Polar Plateau. Biology. 12(9). 1193–1193. 2 indexed citations

Coleine, Claudia, Laura Selbmann, Brajesh K. Singh, & Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo. (2022). The poly‐extreme tolerant black yeasts are prevalent under high ultraviolet light and climatic seasonality across soils of global biomes. Environmental Microbiology. 24(4). 1988–1999. 7 indexed citations

Coleine, Claudia, et al.. (2022). Snow Surface Microbial Diversity at the Detection Limit within the Vicinity of the Concordia Station, Antarctica. Life. 13(1). 113–113. 2 indexed citations

Fanelli, Giuseppina, Claudia Coleine, Federica Gevi, et al.. (2021). Metabolomics of Dry Versus Reanimated Antarctic Lichen-Dominated Endolithic Communities. Life. 11(2). 96–96. 6 indexed citations

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Onofri, Silvano, Laura Selbmann, Claudia Pacelli, et al.. (2018). Survival, DNA, and Ultrastructural Integrity of a Cryptoendolithic Antarctic Fungus in Mars and Lunar Rock Analogs Exposed Outside the International Space Station. Astrobiology. 19(2). 170–182. 38 indexed citations

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Isola, Daniela, Laura Zucconi, Silvano Onofri, et al.. (2015). Extremotolerant rock inhabiting black fungi from Italian monumental sites. Fungal Diversity. 76(1). 75–96. 108 indexed citations

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Onofri, Silvano, Laura Zucconi, Daniela Isola, & Laura Selbmann. (2014). Rock-inhabiting fungi and their role in deterioration of stone monuments in the Mediterranean area. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 148(2). 384–391. 48 indexed citations

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Egidi, Eleonora, Sybren de Hoog, Daniela Isola, et al.. (2014). Phylogeny and taxonomy of meristematic rock-inhabiting black fungi in the Dothideomycetes based on multi-locus phylogenies. Fungal Diversity. 65(1). 127–165. 109 indexed citations

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Selbmann, Laura, Daniela Isola, Eleonora Egidi, et al.. (2013). Mountain tips as reservoirs for new rock-fungal entities: Saxomyces gen. nov. and four new species from the Alps. Fungal Diversity. 65(1). 167–182. 47 indexed citations

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Selbmann, Laura, Eleonora Egidi, Daniela Isola, et al.. (2012). Biodiversity, evolution and adaptation of fungi in extreme environments. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 147(1). 237–246. 98 indexed citations

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Onofri, Silvano, Antonella Anastasi, Simone Di Piazza, et al.. (2011). Biodiversity of rock, beach and water fungi in Italy. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 145(4). 978–987. 23 indexed citations

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Onofri, Silvano, Laura Zucconi, Laura Selbmann, et al.. (2010). Searching for eukaryotic life preserved in Antarctic permafrost. 38. 9. 3 indexed citations

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Onofri, Silvano, Laura Selbmann, D. Barreca, Daniela Isola, & Laura Zucconi. (2009). Do fungi survive under actual space conditions? Searching for evidence in favour of lithopanspermia. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 143(sup1). S85–S87. 7 indexed citations

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Onofri, Silvano, Laura Zucconi, Laura Selbmann, et al.. (2006). Evolution of fungi at boundaries of life. cosp. 36. 2477. 2 indexed citations

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Onofri, Silvano, Massimiliano Fenice, Solveig Tosi, et al.. (2000). Ecology and biology of microfungi from Antarctic rocks and soils. Italian Journal of Zoology. 67(sup1). 163–167. 27 indexed citations

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