Merlin M. White

12.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Merlin M. White is a scholar working on Small Animals, Cell Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Merlin M. White has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Small Animals, 28 papers in Cell Biology and 24 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Merlin M. White's work include Infectious Diseases and Mycology (39 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (28 papers) and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (20 papers). Merlin M. White is often cited by papers focused on Infectious Diseases and Mycology (39 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (28 papers) and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (20 papers). Merlin M. White collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Merlin M. White's co-authors include Robert W. Lichtwardt, Kerry O’Donnell, Timothy Y. James, Matías J. Cafaro, Jason Stajich, Gerald L. Benny, Andrii P. Gryganskyi, Matthew E. Smith, Robert W. Roberson and Gregory Bonito and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied and Environmental Microbiology, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

Merlin M. White

61 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

A phylum-level phylogenetic classification of zygomycete ... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 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. A phylum-level phylogenetic classification of zygomycete fungi based on genome-scale data
    2016 858 citations Merlin M. White et al. Mycologia profile →

Peers

Merlin M. White
Gerald L. Benny United States
George Barron Canada
TJ White United States
Sarah Hambleton Canada
Cécile Gueidan United Kingdom
P. Leeflang Netherlands
Sabine M. Huhndorf United States
G. C. Ainsworth United Kingdom
Mathieu Paoletti France
Arthur W. A. M. de Cock Netherlands
Gerald L. Benny United States
Merlin M. White
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Countries citing papers authored by Merlin M. White

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Fields of papers citing papers by Merlin M. White

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Merlin M. White

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

All Works

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Wang, Yan, Eric D. Tretter, Eric M. Johnson, et al.. (2014). Using a five-gene phylogeny to test morphology-based hypotheses of Smittium and allies, endosymbiotic gut fungi (Harpellales) associated with arthropods. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 79. 23–41. 17 indexed citations
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Wang, Yan, Eric D. Tretter, Robert W. Lichtwardt, & Merlin M. White. (2013). Overview of 75 years of Smittium research, establishing a new genus for Smittium culisetae , and prospects for future revisions of the ‘Smittium’ clade. Mycologia. 105(1). 90–111. 15 indexed citations
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Tretter, Eric D., et al.. (2013). Examining new phylogenetic markers to uncover the evolutionary history of early-diverging fungi: comparing MCM7, TSR1 and rRNA genes for single- and multi-gene analyses of the Kickxellomycotina. Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi. 30(1). 106–125. 25 indexed citations
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White, Merlin M., et al.. (2012). Extended studies of Baltomyces styrax in Idaho and expanded distribution of this isopod gut fungus in USA. Mycologia. 104(1). 313–320. 1 indexed citations
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White, Merlin M., et al.. (2012). New species and first records of trichomycetes from immature aquatic insects in Idaho. Mycologia. 104(1). 295–312. 13 indexed citations
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Strongman, D.B. & Merlin M. White. (2011). Trifoliellum bioblitzii, a new genus of trichomycete from mayfly nymphs in Nova Scotia, Canada. Mycologia. 103(1). 219–225. 9 indexed citations
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White, Merlin M., et al.. (2009). Seasonality of Harpella Melusinae Léger and Duboscq (Harpellales) in Black Fly Larvae in Northern Thailand. Cryptogamie Mycologie. 30(2). 191–198. 6 indexed citations
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White, Merlin M., et al.. (2009). Freshwater Trichomycetes from Northern Thailand. Cryptogamie Mycologie. 30(4). 405–425. 9 indexed citations
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White, Merlin M., et al.. (2008). Harpellales in the digestive tracts of Ephemeroptera and Plecoptera nymphs from Veracruz, Mexico. Mycologia. 100(1). 149–162. 15 indexed citations
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White, Merlin M.. (2006). Evolutionary implications of a rRNA-based phylogeny of Harpellales. Mycological Research. 110(9). 1011–1024. 35 indexed citations
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White, Merlin M., Robert W. Lichtwardt, & Murray H. Colbo. (2006). Confirmation and identification of parasitic stages of obligate endobionts (Harpellales) in blackflies (Simuliidae) by means of rRNA sequence data. Mycological Research. 110(9). 1070–1079. 24 indexed citations
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Lichtwardt, Robert W., Merlin M. White, & Murray H. Colbo. (2001). Harpellales in Newfoundland aquatic insect larvae. Mycologia. 93(4). 764–773. 28 indexed citations
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Bock, Brian C., Vivian P. Páez, & Merlin M. White. (2001). Genetic population structure of two threatened South American river turtle species, Podocnemis expansa and Podocnemis unifilis. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 4(1). 47–52. 12 indexed citations
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White, Merlin M., Matías J. Cafaro, & Robert W. Lichtwardt. (2000). Arthropod gut fungi from Puerto Rico and summary of tropical Trichomycetes worldwide.. Caribbean Journal of Science. 36. 210–220. 25 indexed citations
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White, Merlin M. & Ian A. McLaren. (2000). Copepod development rates in relation to genome size and 18S rDNA copy number. Genome. 43(5). 750–755. 44 indexed citations
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Emery, Sherry, E A Gilpin, Merlin M. White, & John P. Pierce. (1999). How Adolescents Get Their Cigarettes: Implications for Policies on Access and Price. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 91(2). 184–186. 39 indexed citations

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