Meredith Blackwell

17.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
162 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Meredith Blackwell is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Meredith Blackwell has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Plant Science, 67 papers in Cell Biology and 57 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Meredith Blackwell's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (70 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (67 papers) and Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies (43 papers). Meredith Blackwell is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (70 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (67 papers) and Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies (43 papers). Meredith Blackwell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and New Zealand. Meredith Blackwell's co-authors include Sung‐Oui Suh, Joseph W. Spatafora, Nhu Nguyen, Quentin D. Wheeler, Joseph V. McHugh, Sung-Oui Suh, Maritza Abril, John D. Weete, R. L. Gilbertson and John W. Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

Meredith Blackwell

157 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

The Fungi: 1, 2, 3 … 5.1 million species? 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 250 500 750
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.

  1. The Fungi: 1, 2, 3 … 5.1 million species?
    2011 871 citations Meredith Blackwell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Meredith Blackwell United States 43 3.1k 2.4k 2.1k 1.5k 1.4k 162 6.2k
P. D. Bridge United Kingdom 37 2.6k 0.8× 1.4k 0.6× 1.9k 0.9× 735 0.5× 688 0.5× 143 4.6k
Keith A. Seifert Canada 50 8.0k 2.6× 2.7k 1.1× 7.1k 3.4× 1.9k 1.3× 1.2k 0.9× 226 11.5k
Panagiotis Ioannidis Greece 23 4.1k 1.3× 5.7k 2.4× 1.1k 0.5× 1.6k 1.1× 1.7k 1.2× 41 10.9k
Paul M. Kirk United Kingdom 37 4.0k 1.3× 1.6k 0.6× 2.9k 1.4× 1.8k 1.3× 705 0.5× 151 5.7k
W. Gams Netherlands 51 8.5k 2.8× 3.1k 1.3× 7.2k 3.5× 2.1k 1.4× 1.4k 1.0× 248 12.2k
Jan Dijksterhuis Netherlands 41 2.9k 0.9× 1.8k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 580 0.4× 374 0.3× 117 5.4k
Amy Y. Rossman United States 45 6.5k 2.1× 2.7k 1.1× 6.1k 2.9× 1.7k 1.2× 661 0.5× 190 8.1k
Anne R. Kubelik United States 6 6.3k 2.0× 3.6k 1.5× 1.3k 0.6× 1.5k 1.0× 693 0.5× 7 10.6k
M. Catherine Aime United States 38 5.0k 1.6× 2.4k 1.0× 3.3k 1.6× 1.8k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 257 6.5k
Felipe A. Simão Switzerland 8 3.8k 1.2× 5.7k 2.4× 984 0.5× 1.4k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 10 10.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Meredith Blackwell

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All Works

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Ceja-Navarro, Javier A., Ulaş Karaöz, Markus Bill, et al.. (2019). Gut anatomical properties and microbial functional assembly promote lignocellulose deconstruction and colony subsistence of a wood-feeding beetle. Nature Microbiology. 4(5). 864–875. 70 indexed citations
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Blackwell, Meredith & Fernando E. Vega. (2018). Lives within lives: Hidden fungal biodiversity and the importance of conservation. Fungal ecology. 35. 127–134. 27 indexed citations
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Kumar, T. K. Arun, Rosanne Healy, Joseph W. Spatafora, Meredith Blackwell, & David J. McLaughlin. (2012). Orbilia ultrastructure, character evolution and phylogeny of Pezizomycotina. Mycologia. 104(2). 462–476. 22 indexed citations
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Weir, Alex & Meredith Blackwell. (2001). Extraction and PCR amplification of DNA from minute ectoparasitic fungi. Mycologia. 93(4). 802–806. 18 indexed citations
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Suh, Sung‐Oui, et al.. (1998). Molecular phylogenetic study of a termite pathogen Cordycepioideus bisporus. Mycologia. 90(4). 611–617. 14 indexed citations
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Blackwell, Meredith, et al.. (1996). Ribosomal DNA sequence analysis places the yeast-like genus Symbiotaphrina within filamentous ascomycetes. Mycologia. 88(2). 212–218. 18 indexed citations
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Blackwell, Meredith, et al.. (1996). Convergent origins of ambrosia fungi. Mycologia. 88(4). 596–601. 70 indexed citations
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Blackwell, Meredith. (1994). Minute mycological mysteries: the influence of arthropods on the lives of fungi. Mycologia. 86(1). 1–17. 59 indexed citations
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Spatafora, Joseph W. & Meredith Blackwell. (1993). Molecular Systematics of Unitunicate Perithecial Ascomycetes: The Clavicipitales-Hypocreales Connection. Mycologia. 85(6). 912–922. 141 indexed citations
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Blackwell, Meredith & David Malloch. (1991). Life History and Arthropod Dispersal of a Coprophilous Stylopage. Mycologia. 83(3). 360–366. 11 indexed citations
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Rossi, Walter & Meredith Blackwell. (1990). Fungi Associated with African Earwigs and Their Relationship to South American Forms. Mycologia. 82(1). 138–140. 2 indexed citations
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Blackwell, Meredith & David Malloch. (1989). Similarity of Amphoromorpha and Secondary Capilliconidia of Basidiobolus. Mycologia. 81(5). 735–741. 25 indexed citations
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Blackwell, Meredith, Thelma J. Perry, J. Robert Bridges, & John C. Moser. (1986). A New Species of Pyxidiophora and Its Thaxteriola Anamorph. Mycologia. 78(4). 605–605. 14 indexed citations
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Blackwell, Meredith & R. L. Gilbertson. (1985). Quasiconcha Reticulata and its Anamorph from Conifer Roots. Mycologia. 77(1). 50–54. 7 indexed citations
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Blackwell, Meredith & R. L. Gilbertson. (1984). New Information on Cordycepioideus Bisporus and Cordycepioideus Octosporus. Mycologia. 76(4). 763–765. 12 indexed citations
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Wheeler, Quentin D. & Meredith Blackwell. (1984). Fungus-insect relationships. Perspectives in ecology and evolution.. Columbia University Press eBooks. 204 indexed citations
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Blackwell, Meredith & R. L. Gilbertson. (1981). Cordycepioideus Octosporus , A Termite Suspected Pathogen from Jalisco, Mexico. Mycologia. 73(2). 358–362. 11 indexed citations
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Blackwell, Meredith & R. L. Gilbertson. (1980). Didymium Eremophilum: A New Myxomycete From the Sonoran Desert. Mycologia. 72(4). 791–797. 20 indexed citations
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Blackwell, Meredith & Constantine J. Alexopoulos. (1975). Taxonomic Studies in the Myxomycetes. IV. Protophysarum Phloiogenum , A New Genus and Species of Physaraceae. Mycologia. 67(1). 32–37. 14 indexed citations

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