Matthew C. Fisher

30.5k total citations · 12 hit papers
204 papers, 18.5k citations indexed

About

Matthew C. Fisher is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Global and Planetary Change and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew C. Fisher has authored 204 papers receiving a total of 18.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Epidemiology, 71 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 65 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Matthew C. Fisher's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (71 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (71 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (65 papers). Matthew C. Fisher is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (71 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (71 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (65 papers). Matthew C. Fisher collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Matthew C. Fisher's co-authors include Trenton W. J. Garner, Sarah J. Gurr, John W. Taylor, Daniel A. Henk, Cheryl J. Briggs, Johanna Rhodes, John S. Brownstein, Lawrence C. Madoff, Susan D’Souza and Jaime Bosch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Matthew C. Fisher

195 papers receiving 18.0k citations

Hit Papers

Emerging fungal threats to animal, plant and e... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2012 2000 2018 2022 2009 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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. Emerging fungal threats to animal, plant and ecosystem health
    2012 2.3k citations Matthew C. Fisher, Daniel A. Henk et al. profile →
  2. Phylogenetic Species Recognition and Species Concepts in Fungi
    2000 1.5k citations John W. Taylor, Matthew C. Fisher et al. profile →
  3. Worldwide emergence of resistance to antifungal drugs challenges human health and food security
    2018 1.1k citations Matthew C. Fisher, Sarah J. Gurr et al. profile →
  4. Tackling the emerging threat of antifungal resistance to human health
    2022 675 citations Matthew C. Fisher, Ana Alastruey‐Izquierdo et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
  5. Frequency and Evolution of Azole Resistance inAspergillus fumigatusAssociated with Treatment Failure1
    2009 616 citations Matthew C. Fisher et al. profile →
  6. First hospital outbreak of the globally emerging Candida auris in a European hospital
    2016 565 citations Silke Schelenz, Ferry Hagen et al. profile →
  7. Global Emergence ofBatrachochytrium dendrobatidisand Amphibian Chytridiomycosis in Space, Time, and Host
    2009 496 citations Matthew C. Fisher, Trenton W. J. Garner et al. profile →
  8. Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans sp. nov. causes lethal chytridiomycosis in amphibians
    2013 446 citations An Martel, Mark Blooi et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  9. Threats Posed by the Fungal Kingdom to Humans, Wildlife, and Agriculture
    2020 326 citations Matthew C. Fisher, Sarah J. Gurr et al. profile →
  10. Chytrid fungi and global amphibian declines
    2020 226 citations Matthew C. Fisher, Trenton W. J. Garner Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
  11. Global epidemiology of emerging Candida auris
    2019 219 citations Johanna Rhodes, Matthew C. Fisher profile →
  12. The WHO fungal priority pathogens list as a game-changer
    2023 209 citations Matthew C. Fisher et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matthew C. Fisher United Kingdom 61 6.0k 5.6k 5.3k 4.6k 4.5k 204 18.5k
Alan Filipski United States 11 4.4k 0.7× 2.9k 0.5× 12.6k 2.4× 3.3k 0.7× 1.8k 0.4× 14 41.5k
Heiko A. Schmidt Austria 20 3.0k 0.5× 1.8k 0.3× 6.3k 1.2× 2.0k 0.4× 2.0k 0.4× 33 28.3k
Daniel G. Peterson United States 32 3.2k 0.5× 2.4k 0.4× 12.6k 2.4× 2.8k 0.6× 1.5k 0.3× 118 38.8k
François Balloux United Kingdom 60 2.2k 0.4× 1.5k 0.3× 2.3k 0.4× 1.1k 0.2× 1.4k 0.3× 144 17.1k
Michael Li United States 16 3.0k 0.5× 1.7k 0.3× 8.3k 1.6× 2.0k 0.4× 1.1k 0.2× 30 28.5k
Aaron E. Darling Australia 39 2.0k 0.3× 1.6k 0.3× 8.0k 1.5× 3.2k 0.7× 2.3k 0.5× 101 34.1k
Guy Baele Belgium 36 3.2k 0.5× 2.0k 0.4× 2.6k 0.5× 438 0.1× 1.1k 0.2× 167 15.8k
Andrew A. Cunningham United Kingdom 62 5.4k 0.9× 1.8k 0.3× 1.3k 0.2× 420 0.1× 5.0k 1.1× 265 19.7k
Daniel Falush United Kingdom 45 2.2k 0.4× 1.7k 0.3× 4.7k 0.9× 720 0.2× 907 0.2× 69 25.9k
Vincent Lefort France 13 2.0k 0.3× 1.4k 0.2× 5.4k 1.0× 1.5k 0.3× 993 0.2× 23 21.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shelton, Jennifer, Johanna Rhodes, Amelie P. Brackin, et al.. (2023). Citizen science reveals landscape-scale exposures to multiazole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus bioaerosols. Science Advances. 9(29). eadh8839–eadh8839. 25 indexed citations
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Shelton, Jennifer, et al.. (2022). Citizen Science Surveillance of Triazole-Resistant Aspergillus fumigatus in United Kingdom Residential Garden Soils. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 88(4). e0206121–e0206121. 27 indexed citations
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Rhodes, Johanna, et al.. (2022). HMMploidy: inference of ploidy levels from short-read sequencing data. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 4 indexed citations
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Fisher, Matthew C., Ana Alastruey‐Izquierdo, Judith Berman, et al.. (2022). Tackling the emerging threat of antifungal resistance to human health. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 20(9). 557–571. 675 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ghosh, Pria N., Ruhan Verster, Thomas R. Sewell, et al.. (2020). Discriminating lineages of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis using quantitative PCR. Molecular Ecology Resources. 21(5). 1452–1459. 10 indexed citations
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Sewell, Thomas R., Yuyi Zhang, Amelie P. Brackin, et al.. (2019). Elevated Prevalence of Azole-Resistant Aspergillus fumigatus in Urban versus Rural Environments in the United Kingdom. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 63(9). 51 indexed citations
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Abdolrasouli, Alireza, Johanna Rhodes, Ferry Hagen, et al.. (2018). Airway persistence by the emerging multi‐azole‐resistant Rasamsonia argillacea complex in cystic fibrosis. Mycoses. 61(9). 665–673. 14 indexed citations
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Dambuza, Ivy M., Thomas A. Drake, Xin Zhou, et al.. (2018). The Cryptococcus neoformans Titan cell is an inducible and regulated morphotype underlying pathogenesis. PLoS Pathogens. 14(5). e1006978–e1006978. 117 indexed citations
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Rhodes, Johanna, Mathew A. Beale, Mathieu Vanhove, et al.. (2017). A Population Genomics Approach to Assessing the Genetic Basis of Within-Host Microevolution Underlying Recurrent Cryptococcal Meningitis Infection. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 7(4). 1165–1176. 66 indexed citations
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Shah, Anand, Shichina Kannambath, Susanne Herbst, et al.. (2016). Calcineurin Orchestrates Lateral Transfer of Aspergillus fumigatus during Macrophage Cell Death. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 194(9). 1127–1139. 50 indexed citations
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Solı́s, Rigoberto, Mario Penna, Ignacio De la Riva, Matthew C. Fisher, & Jaime Bosch. (2015). Presence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in anurans from the Andes highlands of northern Chile. Herpetological Journal. 25(1). 55–59. 3 indexed citations
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Schmeller, Dirk S., Mark Blooi, An Martel, et al.. (2015). Microscopic aquatic predators dictate infection dynamics of a globally emerged pathogen. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations
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Pasmans, Frank, Pascale Van Rooij, Mark Blooi, et al.. (2013). Resistance to Chytridiomycosis in European Plethodontid Salamanders of the Genus Speleomantes. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e63639–e63639. 35 indexed citations
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Obón, Elena, et al.. (2013). Chytridiomycosis surveillance in the critically endangered Montseny brook newt, Calotriton arnoldi, northeastern Spain. Herpetological Journal. 23(4). 237–240. 2 indexed citations
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Bosch, Jaime, Joan Antoni Oliver, Nicholas C. Grassly, et al.. (2013). Context‐dependent amphibian host population response to an invading pathogen. Ecology. 94(8). 1795–1804. 60 indexed citations
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Vanittanakom, Nongnuch, et al.. (2013). Molecular detection of Pythium insidiosum from soil in Thai agricultural areas. International Journal of Medical Microbiology. 304(3-4). 321–326. 25 indexed citations
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Nathan, Senthilvel K. S. S., et al.. (2013). First parasitological survey of Endangered Bornean elephants Elephas maximus borneensis. Endangered Species Research. 21(3). 223–230. 14 indexed citations
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Farrer, Rhys A., Jon Bielby, Trenton W. J. Garner, et al.. (2011). Multiple emergences of genetically diverse amphibian-infecting chytrids include a globalized hypervirulent recombinant lineage. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(46). 18732–18736. 338 indexed citations
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Lötters, Stefan, Jos Kielgast, Jon Bielby, et al.. (2009). The Link Between Rapid Enigmatic Amphibian Decline and the Globally Emerging Chytrid Fungus. EcoHealth. 6(3). 358–372. 52 indexed citations
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Fisher, Matthew C., Bruce Rannala, Vishnu Chaturvedi, & John W. Taylor. (2002). Disease surveillance in recombining pathogens: Multilocus genotypes identify sources of human Coccidioides infections. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(13). 9067–9071. 35 indexed citations

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