Peter G. Kennedy

16.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
112 papers, 11.2k citations indexed

About

Peter G. Kennedy is a scholar working on Plant Science, Insect Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter G. Kennedy has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 11.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Plant Science, 67 papers in Insect Science and 34 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Peter G. Kennedy's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (89 papers), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (66 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (34 papers). Peter G. Kennedy is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (89 papers), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (66 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (34 papers). Peter G. Kennedy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and France. Peter G. Kennedy's co-authors include Leho Tedersoo, Kabir Peay, Nhu Nguyen, Jonathan S. Schilling, Thomas D. Bruns, Zewei Song, Sara Branco, Jon Menke, Scott T. Bates and Christopher W. Fernandez and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Peter G. Kennedy

105 papers receiving 11.0k citations

Hit Papers

FUNGuild: An open annotation tool for parsing fungal comm... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2018 2016 2015 2021 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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. FUNGuild: An open annotation tool for parsing fungal community datasets by ecological guild
    2015 3.1k citations Nhu Nguyen, Zewei Song et al. profile →
  2. The UNITE database for molecular identification of fungi: handling dark taxa and parallel taxonomic classifications
    2018 2.4k citations Peter G. Kennedy et al. profile →
  3. Dimensions of biodiversity in the Earth mycobiome
    2016 433 citations Kabir Peay, Peter G. Kennedy et al. profile →
  4. Revisiting the ‘Gadgil effect’: do interguild fungal interactions control carbon cycling in forest soils?
    2015 360 citations Christopher W. Fernandez, Peter G. Kennedy New Phytologist profile →
  5. Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization consistently favor pathogenic over mutualistic fungi in grassland soils
    2021 214 citations Peter G. Kennedy et al. profile →
  6. Best practices in metabarcoding of fungi: From experimental design to results
    2022 167 citations Peter G. Kennedy et al. Molecular Ecology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter G. Kennedy United States 39 7.9k 3.7k 2.8k 2.5k 2.4k 112 11.2k
Björn D. Lindahl Sweden 45 7.3k 0.9× 4.5k 1.2× 2.7k 1.0× 1.8k 0.7× 2.3k 0.9× 91 10.4k
François Buscot Germany 59 6.8k 0.9× 3.2k 0.9× 3.3k 1.2× 1.6k 0.6× 2.3k 0.9× 249 11.8k
Kabir Peay United States 43 6.2k 0.8× 3.3k 0.9× 1.8k 0.6× 1.9k 0.7× 2.4k 1.0× 98 8.5k
Mohammad Bahram Estonia 49 5.9k 0.7× 2.5k 0.7× 2.4k 0.8× 2.2k 0.9× 1.9k 0.8× 129 9.5k
Urmas Kõljalg Estonia 40 7.5k 0.9× 3.1k 0.8× 2.3k 0.8× 3.5k 1.4× 3.0k 1.2× 101 10.9k
Kessy Abarenkov Estonia 31 5.9k 0.7× 2.0k 0.5× 2.5k 0.9× 3.0k 1.2× 2.0k 0.8× 54 9.4k
Ari Jumpponen United States 56 6.0k 0.8× 1.6k 0.4× 2.7k 0.9× 2.8k 1.1× 2.8k 1.1× 143 10.3k
Andy F. S. Taylor United Kingdom 37 4.8k 0.6× 2.3k 0.6× 1.4k 0.5× 1.6k 0.6× 1.6k 0.7× 74 6.9k
Miranda M. Hart Canada 45 6.9k 0.9× 2.3k 0.6× 1.2k 0.4× 1.0k 0.4× 1.4k 0.6× 127 9.0k
Tesfaye Wubet Germany 44 3.6k 0.5× 2.0k 0.5× 2.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.4× 1.4k 0.6× 124 7.0k

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All Works

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Maillard, François, Vincent E. J. Jassey, Bowen Zhang, et al.. (2025). Hidden decomposers: Revisiting saprotrophy among soil protists and its potential impact on carbon cycling. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 205. 109786–109786. 1 indexed citations
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Lofgren, Lotus, et al.. (2025). Diverse nitrogen acquisition strategies of conifer-associated ectomycorrhizal fungi shape unique responses to changing nitrogen regimes. Frontiers in Plant Science. 16. 1666003–1666003. 1 indexed citations
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Hu, Yuehua, Daniel J. Johnson, Zhenhua Sun, et al.. (2024). Selection dictates the distance pattern of similarity in trees and soil fungi across forest ecosystems. Fungal Diversity. 126(1). 407–425.
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Maillard, François, Yannick Colin, Marc Buée, et al.. (2023). A cryptically diverse microbial community drives organic matter decomposition in forests. Applied Soil Ecology. 193. 105148–105148. 8 indexed citations
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Fernandez, Christopher W., Artur Stefański, Raimundo Bermúdez, et al.. (2023). Climate change–induced stress disrupts ectomycorrhizal interaction networks at the boreal–temperate ecotone. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(34). e2221619120–e2221619120. 22 indexed citations
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Branco, Sara, Anna Bazzicalupo, Nhu Nguyen, et al.. (2023). Genomic determination of breeding systems and trans-specific evolution of HD MAT genes in suilloid fungi. Genetics. 224(2). 1 indexed citations
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Maillard, François, et al.. (2023). Defining a core microbial necrobiome associated with decomposing fungal necromass. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 99(9). 13 indexed citations
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Xia, Mengxue, Vidya Suseela, Michael McCormack, Peter G. Kennedy, & Nishanth Tharayil. (2022). Common and lifestyle‐specific traits of mycorrhizal root metabolome reflect ecological strategies of plant–mycorrhizal interactions. Journal of Ecology. 111(3). 601–616. 6 indexed citations
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Maillard, François, Christopher W. Fernandez, Sunil Mundra, et al.. (2021). Warming drives a ‘hummockification’ of microbial communities associated with decomposing mycorrhizal fungal necromass in peatlands. New Phytologist. 234(6). 2032–2043. 23 indexed citations
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Beidler, Katilyn V., et al.. (2020). Substrate quality drives fungal necromass decay and decomposer community structure under contrasting vegetation types. Journal of Ecology. 108(5). 1845–1859. 48 indexed citations
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See, Craig R., et al.. (2020). Distinct carbon fractions drive a generalisable two‐pool model of fungal necromass decomposition. Functional Ecology. 35(3). 796–806. 28 indexed citations
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Lofgren, Lotus, Nhu Nguyen, Rytas Vilgalys, et al.. (2020). Comparative genomics reveals dynamic genome evolution in host specialist ectomycorrhizal fungi. New Phytologist. 230(2). 774–792. 52 indexed citations
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Kennedy, Peter G., et al.. (2020). Does fungal competitive ability explain host specificity or rarity in ectomycorrhizal symbioses?. PLoS ONE. 15(8). e0234099–e0234099. 9 indexed citations
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Fernandez, Christopher W., Craig R. See, & Peter G. Kennedy. (2019). Decelerated carbon cycling by ectomycorrhizal fungi is controlled by substrate quality and community composition. New Phytologist. 226(2). 569–582. 73 indexed citations
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Lofgren, Lotus, et al.. (2018). Genome‐based estimates of fungal rDNA copy number variation across phylogenetic scales and ecological lifestyles. Molecular Ecology. 28(4). 721–730. 149 indexed citations
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Kennedy, Peter G., et al.. (2014). Missing checkerboards? An absence of competitive signal in Alnus -associated ectomycorrhizal fungal communities. PeerJ. 2. e686–e686. 14 indexed citations

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