Matthew E. Smith

18.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
188 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Matthew E. Smith is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cell Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew E. Smith has authored 188 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 169 papers in Plant Science, 119 papers in Cell Biology and 66 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Matthew E. Smith's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (158 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (118 papers) and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (55 papers). Matthew E. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (158 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (118 papers) and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (55 papers). Matthew E. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, Argentina and Japan. Matthew E. Smith's co-authors include Leho Tedersoo, Tom W. May, Terry W. Henkel, Rytas Vilgalys, David M. Rizzo, Gregory Bonito, Greg W. Douhan, M. Catherine Aime, Melissa H. Morris and Jessie Uehling 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

Matthew E. Smith

178 papers receiving 6.2k 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.

A phylum-level phylogenetic classification of zygomycete fungi based on genome-scale data

2016 858 citations Joseph W. Spatafora, Matthew E. Smith et al. Mycologia profile →
Ectomycorrhizal lifestyle in fungi: global diversity, distribution, and evolution of phylogenetic lineages

2009 716 citations Matthew E. Smith et al. Mycorrhiza profile →
Endemism and functional convergence across the North American soil mycobiome

2014 405 citations Rytas Vilgalys, Matthew E. Smith et al. profile →
Lineages of ectomycorrhizal fungi revisited: Foraging strategies and novel lineages revealed by sequences from belowground

2013 401 citations Matthew E. Smith et al. profile →
Towards global patterns in the diversity and community structure of ectomycorrhizal fungi

2012 322 citations Terry W. Henkel, Eduardo Nouhra et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matthew E. Smith United States	33	5.2k	2.5k	2.1k	1.8k	1.1k	188	6.3k
Karl‐Henrik Larsson Sweden	36	5.4k 1.0×	3.1k 1.3×	1.7k 0.8×	2.7k 1.5×	1.4k 1.3×	105	6.8k
Martin Ryberg Sweden	33	3.7k 0.7×	2.3k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	688 0.6×	74	5.2k
Dirk Redecker Switzerland	37	5.2k 1.0×	1.8k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	1.6k 1.5×	64	5.7k
Søren Rosendahl Denmark	41	4.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	989 0.6×	939 0.9×	93	5.2k
Marc‐André Selosse France	54	6.8k 1.3×	2.1k 0.8×	1.9k 0.9×	4.6k 2.6×	1.0k 1.0×	193	9.3k
Ellen Larsson Sweden	29	4.3k 0.8×	2.6k 1.1×	894 0.4×	1.9k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	95	5.0k
Sara Branco United States	23	3.6k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	344 0.3×	42	5.1k
Ian R. Sanders Switzerland	46	9.4k 1.8×	2.0k 0.8×	3.1k 1.5×	2.0k 1.1×	2.6k 2.4×	105	10.6k
Paul M. Kirk United Kingdom	37	4.0k 0.8×	2.9k 1.2×	705 0.3×	1.8k 1.0×	920 0.9×	151	5.7k
Tom W. May Australia	28	2.3k 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	855 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	580 0.5×	140	3.4k

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Bradshaw, Michael, Luis Quijada, Uwe Braun, Matthew E. Smith, & Donald H. Pfister. (2025). Powdery Mildews on North American Oaks: High Levels of Diversity and Pathogen‐Host Coevolution. Forest Pathology. 55(1). 5 indexed citations

Baroni, Timothy J., Rachel A. Swenie, Clark L. Ovrebo, et al.. (2025). Hydnum (Cantharellales) of the neotropics: four new species and new reports from Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Panama. Mycological Progress. 24(1). 2 indexed citations

Smith, Jason A., Karen K. Nakasone, Carrie L. Harmon, et al.. (2024). Parvodontia relampaga sp. nov.: A Cystostereaceae fungal pathogen that is the causal agent of relampago blight of woody plants in Florida, USA. Fungal Biology. 128(3). 1758–1770. 2 indexed citations

Healy, Rosanne, et al.. (2024). Effective Field Collection of Pezizales Ascospores for Procuring Diverse Fungal Isolates. Diversity. 16(3). 165–165. 2 indexed citations

Smith, Matthew E., et al.. (2024). Assessment of Macrolichen Diversity at Ordway-Swisher Biological Station in Northern Florida Contributes to the Scientific Mission of NEON. Castanea. 89(1).

Truong, Camille, et al.. (2024). Ectomycorrhizal fungi and the nitrogen economy of Nothofagus in southern Patagonia. Ecology and Evolution. 14(10). e70299–e70299. 6 indexed citations

Salas‐Lizana, Rodolfo, et al.. (2023). Neotropical Clavulina: Two new species from Mexico and a re-evaluation of Clavulina floridana. Mycologia. 115(1). 135–152. 2 indexed citations

Karlsen‐Ayala, Elena, et al.. (2022). Native ectomycorrhizal fungi from the endangered pine rocklands are superior symbionts to commercial inoculum for slash pine seedlings. Mycorrhiza. 32(5-6). 465–480. 9 indexed citations

Sulzbacher, Marcelo A., Takamichi Orihara, Tine Grebenc, et al.. (2020). Longistriata flava (Boletaceae, Basidiomycota) – a new monotypic sequestrate genus and species from Brazilian Atlantic Forest. MycoKeys. 62. 53–73. 9 indexed citations

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Mujic, Alija B., et al.. (2019). The Cedrus -associated truffle Trappeindia himalayensis is a morphologically unique and phylogenetically divergent species of Rhizopogon. Mycologia. 111(2). 225–234. 3 indexed citations

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Naseer, Arooj, et al.. (2019). Hortiboletus kohistanensis (Boletaceae), a new bolete species from temperate and subalpine oak forests of Pakistan. Phytotaxa. 388(3). 6 indexed citations

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Smith, Matthew E., Claudia Baar, Agnès M. Jaulent, et al.. (2019). A C-terminal cysteine residue is required for peptide-based inhibition of the NGF/TrkA interaction at nM concentrations: implications for peptide-based analgesics. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 930–930. 9 indexed citations

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Alvarado, Pablo, Rosanne Healy, Gabriel Moreno, et al.. (2018). Phylogenetic studies in Genabea, Myrmecocystis , and related genera. Mycologia. 110(2). 401–418. 2 indexed citations

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Brenneman, T. B., et al.. (2016). Pecan Truffle (Tuber lyonii): A Gourmet Truffle Native to the Southeastern United States. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2016(9). 4–4. 3 indexed citations

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Sulzbacher, Marcelo A., Tine Grebenc, Tiara Sousa Cabral, et al.. (2016). Restingomyces , a new sequestrate genus from the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest that is phylogenetically related to early-diverging taxa in Trappeaceae (Phallales). Mycologia. 108(5). 954–966. 12 indexed citations

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Smith, Matthew E., et al.. (2015). Exploring the phylogenetic affiliations and the trophic mode of Sedecula pulvinata (Sedeculaceae). Mycologia. 107(4). 688–696. 4 indexed citations

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Trierveiler‐Pereira, Larissa, Matthew E. Smith, James M. Trappe, & Eduardo Nouhra. (2015). Sequestrate fungi from Patagonian Nothofagus forests: Cystangium (Russulaceae, Basidiomycota). Mycologia. 107(1). 90–103. 8 indexed citations

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Smith, Matthew E.. (2014). A new hypogeous Peziza species that forms ectomycorrhizas with Quercus in California. 9. 1–10. 4 indexed citations

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Henkel, Terry W., et al.. (2013). New species of Xerocomus (Boletales) from the Guiana Shield, with notes on their mycorrhizal status and fruiting occurrence. Mycologia. 105(2). 422–435. 14 indexed citations

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Gryganskyi, Andrii P., Richard A. Humber, Matthew E. Smith, et al.. (2012). Molecular phylogeny of the Entomophthoromycota. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 65(2). 682–694. 64 indexed citations

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