Mats Wedin

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
171 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Mats Wedin is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mats Wedin has authored 171 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 162 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 150 papers in Plant Science and 86 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Mats Wedin's work include Lichen and fungal ecology (159 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (122 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (86 papers). Mats Wedin is often cited by papers focused on Lichen and fungal ecology (159 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (122 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (86 papers). Mats Wedin collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Spain and United Kingdom. Mats Wedin's co-authors include Stefan Ekman, Heidi Döring, Ana M. Millanes, H. Thorsten Lumbsch, Martín Grube, María Prieto, Paul Diederich, Elisabeth Wiklund, Martin Westberg and Elisabeth Baloch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Mats Wedin

170 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

  1. Towards an integrated phylogenetic classification of theTremellomycetes
    2015 357 citations H. Thorsten Lumbsch, Ana M. Millanes et al. profile →

Peers

Mats Wedin
Cécile Gueidan United Kingdom
Imke Schmitt Germany
Scott Kroken United States
Scott A. Redhead Canada
Dominik Begerow Germany
Hanna Johannesson Sweden
Lucía Muggia Italy
Sabine M. Huhndorf United States
Steven D. Leavitt United States
Mary L. Berbee Canada
Cécile Gueidan United Kingdom
Mats Wedin
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Countries citing papers authored by Mats Wedin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mats Wedin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mats Wedin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mats Wedin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mats Wedin 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 Mats Wedin. Mats Wedin is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Millanes, Ana M., Veera Tuovinen, Paul Diederich, et al.. (2025). Different Patterns of Frequency, Lichen Specificity and Thallus Location Between the Yeast and Filamentous Phases of Two Lichen‐Inhabiting Basidiomycetes. Environmental Microbiology. 27(11). e70203–e70203. 1 indexed citations
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Tibell, Leif, et al.. (2024). A new Calicium on Ramboldia. The Lichenologist. 56(5). 301–307. 1 indexed citations
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He, Mao-Qiang, Rui-Lin Zhao, Dongmei Liu, et al.. (2022). Species diversity of Basidiomycota. Fungal Diversity. 114(1). 281–325. 66 indexed citations
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Resl, Philipp, Gulnara Tagirdzhanova, Peter Meidl, et al.. (2022). Large differences in carbohydrate degradation and transport potential among lichen fungal symbionts. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2634–2634. 31 indexed citations
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Widhelm, Todd J., Felix Grewe, Bernard Goffinet, et al.. (2021). Phylogenomic reconstruction addressing the Peltigeralean backbone (Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota). Fungal Diversity. 110(1). 59–73. 4 indexed citations
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Hurtado, Pilar, María Prieto, Francesco de Bello, et al.. (2020). Contrasting Environmental Drivers Determine Biodiversity Patterns in Epiphytic Lichen Communities along a European Gradient. Microorganisms. 8(12). 1913–1913. 15 indexed citations
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Prieto, María, Matthias Schultz, Ibai Olariaga, & Mats Wedin. (2018). Lichinodium is a new lichenized lineage in the Leotiomycetes. Fungal Diversity. 94(1). 23–39. 23 indexed citations
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Divakar, Pradeep K., Felix Grewe, Steven D. Leavitt, et al.. (2018). Phylogenomic analysis of 2556 single-copy protein-coding genes resolves most evolutionary relationships for the major clades in the most diverse group of lichen-forming fungi. Fungal Diversity. 92(1). 31–41. 19 indexed citations
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Zamora, Juan Carlos, Ana M. Millanes, Javier Etayo, & Mats Wedin. (2018). Tremella mayrhoferi, a New Lichenicolous Species on Lecanora allophana. Herzogia. 31(p1). 666–666. 6 indexed citations
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Wedin, Mats, Mónica A.G. Otálora, & Per M. Jørgensen. (2017). The genus Paracollema validated (Collemataceae, Peltigerales, Lecanoromycetes). Studies in Fungi. 208–209. 1 indexed citations
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Prieto, María & Mats Wedin. (2016). Phylogeny, taxonomy and diversification events in the Caliciaceae. Fungal Diversity. 82(1). 221–238. 43 indexed citations
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Westberg, Martin, Ana M. Millanes, Kerry Knudsen, & Mats Wedin. (2015). Phylogeny of the Acarosporaceae (Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota, Fungi) and the evolution of carbonized ascomata. Fungal Diversity. 73(1). 145–158. 43 indexed citations
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Otálora, Mónica A.G., Per M. Jørgensen, & Mats Wedin. (2013). A revised generic classification of the jelly lichens, Collemataceae. Fungal Diversity. 64(1). 275–293. 71 indexed citations
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Albrectsen, Benedicte Riber, et al.. (2010). Endophytic fungi in European aspen (Populus tremula) leaves—diversity, detection, and a suggested correlation with herbivory resistance. Fungal Diversity. 41(1). 17–28. 90 indexed citations
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Tehler, Anders, Martin Irestedt, Mats Wedin, & Damien Ertz. (2010). The Old World Roccella species outside Europe and Macaronesia: taxonomy, evolution and phylogeny. Systematics and Biodiversity. 8(2). 223–246. 24 indexed citations
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Tehler, Anders, Martin Irestedt, Mats Wedin, & Damien Ertz. (2009). Origin, evolution and taxonomy of American Roccella (Roccellaceae, Ascomycetes). Systematics and Biodiversity. 7(3). 307–317. 16 indexed citations
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Mattsson, Jan‐Eric, Roland Moberg, Mats Wedin, & Inga Hedberg. (1999). Swedish lichenology : dedicated to Roland Moberg. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Wedin, Mats & Leif Tibell. (1991). Two new species of Sphaerophorus (Caliciales) from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 29(3). 287–293. 8 indexed citations

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