Luis C. Mejía

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Luis C. Mejía is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cell Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Luis C. Mejía has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Plant Science, 18 papers in Cell Biology and 10 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Luis C. Mejía's work include Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (18 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (9 papers) and Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy (8 papers). Luis C. Mejía is often cited by papers focused on Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (18 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (9 papers) and Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy (8 papers). Luis C. Mejía collaborates with scholars based in Panama, United States and Guatemala. Luis C. Mejía's co-authors include Edward Allen Herre, Enith I. Rojas, A. Elizabeth Arnold, Nancy Robbins, Damond A. Kyllo, Lisa A. Castlebury, Amy Y. Rossman, James F. White, Gary J. Samuels and M.V. Sogonov and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Luis C. Mejía

43 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Fungal endophytes limit pathogen damage in a tropical tree

2003 1000 citations A. Elizabeth Arnold, Luis C. Mejía et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Luis C. Mejía Panama	19	1.8k	1.5k	760	454	397	43	2.5k
Priscila Chaverrí United States	30	2.4k 1.4×	2.1k 1.4×	584 0.8×	722 1.6×	542 1.4×	88	3.1k
Joost A. Stalpers Netherlands	22	1.9k 1.1×	1.5k 1.0×	611 0.8×	732 1.6×	508 1.3×	75	2.5k
Paul Bayman Puerto Rico	32	2.6k 1.5×	1.7k 1.1×	1.4k 1.8×	784 1.7×	557 1.4×	80	3.9k
Paul H. Goodwin Canada	36	2.9k 1.6×	1.1k 0.8×	675 0.9×	1.1k 2.4×	119 0.3×	180	4.1k
Edward C. Y. Liew Australia	27	2.1k 1.2×	2.1k 1.4×	461 0.6×	632 1.4×	347 0.9×	75	2.6k
L. W. Timmer United States	37	3.9k 2.2×	3.0k 2.0×	1.3k 1.7×	996 2.2×	131 0.3×	139	4.4k
L. Lombard Netherlands	29	2.8k 1.5×	2.9k 1.9×	273 0.4×	928 2.0×	281 0.7×	34	3.2k
Bevan Weir New Zealand	23	4.1k 2.3×	3.4k 2.3×	267 0.4×	1.8k 3.9×	176 0.4×	49	4.5k
Romina Gazis United States	21	1.1k 0.6×	947 0.6×	282 0.4×	311 0.7×	237 0.6×	59	1.5k
Roger G. Shivas Australia	29	3.8k 2.1×	3.5k 2.4×	483 0.6×	1.8k 4.0×	399 1.0×	239	4.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luis C. Mejía

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P., Cristopher A. Boya, Randy Mojica-Flores, Alejandro Llanes, et al.. (2024). Antiprotozoal Natural Products from Endophytic Fungi Associated with Cacao and Coffee. Metabolites. 14(11). 575–575. 1 indexed citations

Lambert, Christopher, et al.. (2024). Chemotaxonomic and molecular phylogenetic studies of selected Hypoxylon species from the Neotropics. Mycology: An International Journal on Fungal Biology. 16(1). 250–265. 2 indexed citations

Mejía, Luis C., et al.. (2024). Identification of Calonectria variabilis isolated from Anacardium occidentale trees exhibiting leaf blight symptoms. Australasian Plant Pathology. 1 indexed citations

Mejía, Luis C., et al.. (2024). Antifungal Activity of Menisporopsin A against Relevant Plant Pathogens. Journal of Fungi. 10(6). 381–381. 2 indexed citations

Saltonstall, Kristin, et al.. (2020). The Microbiome of Neotropical Water Striders and Its Potential Role in Codiversification. Insects. 11(9). 578–578. 12 indexed citations

Gittens, Rolando A., Alejandro Almanza, Kelly L. Bennett, et al.. (2020). Proteomic fingerprinting of Neotropical hard tick species (Acari: Ixodidae) using a self-curated mass spectra reference library. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 14(10). e0008849–e0008849. 5 indexed citations

Atencio, Librada A., Cristopher A. Boya P., Christian Martin, et al.. (2020). Genome Mining, Microbial Interactions, and Molecular Networking Reveals New Dibromoalterochromides from Strains of Pseudoalteromonas of Coiba National Park-Panama. Marine Drugs. 18(9). 456–456. 14 indexed citations

Bennett, Kelly L., Alejandro Almanza, W. Owen McMillan, et al.. (2019). Habitat disturbance and the organization of bacterial communities in Neotropical hematophagous arthropods. PLoS ONE. 14(9). e0222145–e0222145. 7 indexed citations

Lopéz, Dioxelis, Lilia Chérigo, Luis C. Mejía, Marco A. Loza-Mejía, & Sergio Martínez‐Luis. (2019). α-Glucosidase inhibitors from a mangrove associated fungus, Zasmidium sp. strain EM5-10. BMC Chemistry. 13(1). 22–22. 13 indexed citations

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Loaiza, José R., Alejandro Almanza, Juan Camilo Rojas Echeverri, et al.. (2019). Application of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry to identify species of Neotropical Anopheles vectors of malaria. Malaria Journal. 18(1). 95–95. 13 indexed citations

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Atencio, Librada A., Francesco Dal Grande, Ronnie G. Gavilán, et al.. (2018). Antimicrobial‐producing Pseudoalteromonas from the marine environment of Panama shows a high phylogenetic diversity and clonal structure. Journal of Basic Microbiology. 58(9). 747–769. 16 indexed citations

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Walker, Donald M., Lisa A. Castlebury, Amy Y. Rossman, Luis C. Mejía, & James F. White. (2012). Phylogeny and taxonomy of Ophiognomonia (Gnomoniaceae, Diaporthales), including twenty-five new species in this highly diverse genus. Fungal Diversity. 57(1). 85–147. 33 indexed citations

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Mejía, Luis C., Amy Y. Rossman, Lisa A. Castlebury, Zhu L. Yang, & James F. White. (2011). Occultocarpon, a new monotypic genus of Gnomoniaceae on Alnus nepalensis from China. Fungal Diversity. 52(1). 99–105. 15 indexed citations

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Mejía, Luis C., Lisa A. Castlebury, Amy Y. Rossman, M.V. Sogonov, & James F. White. (2011). A systematic account of the genus Plagiostoma (Gnomoniaceae, Diaporthales) based on morphology, host-associations, and a four-gene phylogeny. Studies in Mycology. 68. 211–235. 43 indexed citations

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Sogonov, M.V., Lisa A. Castlebury, Amy Y. Rossman, Luis C. Mejía, & James F. White. (2008). Leaf-inhabiting genera of the Gnomoniaceae, Diaporthales. Studies in Mycology. 62. 1–77. 105 indexed citations

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Mejía, Luis C., et al.. (2007). Diversity and distribution of Ralstonia solanacearum strains in Guatemala and rare occurrence of tomato fruit infection. Plant Pathology. 57(2). 320–331. 42 indexed citations

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Mejía, Luis C., Lisa A. Castlebury, Amy Y. Rossman, M.V. Sogonov, & James F. White. (2007). Phylogenetic placement and taxonomic review of the genus Cryptosporella and its synonyms Ophiovalsa and Winterella (Gnomoniaceae, Diaporthales). Mycological Research. 112(1). 23–35. 37 indexed citations

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Herre, Edward Allen, et al.. (2007). ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF ANTI-PATHOGEN EFFECTS OF TROPICAL FUNGAL ENDOPHYTES AND MYCORRHIZAE. Ecology. 88(3). 550–558. 203 indexed citations

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Mejía, Luis C., et al.. (2005). PCR-BASED METHODS FOR TAGGING THE MI-1 LOCUS FOR RESISTANCE TO ROOT-KNOT NEMATODE IN BEGOMOVIRUS-RESISTANT TOMATO GERMPLASM. Acta Horticulturae. 263–270. 35 indexed citations

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Arnold, A. Elizabeth, Luis C. Mejía, Damond A. Kyllo, et al.. (2003). Fungal endophytes limit pathogen damage in a tropical tree. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(26). 15649–15654. 1000 indexed citations breakdown →

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