Polona Zalar

5.9k total citations
72 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Polona Zalar is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Polona Zalar has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Plant Science, 34 papers in Cell Biology and 26 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Polona Zalar's work include Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (34 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (29 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (14 papers). Polona Zalar is often cited by papers focused on Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (34 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (29 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (14 papers). Polona Zalar collaborates with scholars based in Slovenia, Netherlands and China. Polona Zalar's co-authors include Nina Gunde‐Cimerman, Sybren de Hoog, Cene Gostinčar, Hans‐Josef Schroers, Ana PlemenitaÅ¡, Sybren G. de Hoog, Jens C. Frisvad, Ana Plemenitaš, Monika Novak Babič and Silva Sonjak and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Polona Zalar

72 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Polona Zalar Slovenia 35 1.8k 1.4k 1.4k 762 546 72 4.0k
Jan Dijksterhuis Netherlands 41 2.9k 1.6× 1.6k 1.1× 1.8k 1.3× 444 0.6× 580 1.1× 117 5.4k
Junta Sugiyama Japan 33 1.7k 0.9× 1.4k 1.0× 1.9k 1.4× 886 1.2× 388 0.7× 134 3.6k
Cene Gostinčar Slovenia 29 1.1k 0.6× 708 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 556 0.7× 414 0.8× 78 2.5k
Hans‐Josef Schroers Slovenia 32 2.8k 1.5× 2.6k 1.8× 865 0.6× 289 0.4× 453 0.8× 73 3.9k
Karl-Henrik Larsson Sweden 5 2.2k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 889 0.6× 837 1.1× 780 1.4× 5 3.5k
Johan H. J. Leveau United States 41 3.2k 1.8× 840 0.6× 2.0k 1.4× 1.1k 1.4× 388 0.7× 105 5.7k
Suk‐Ha Lee South Korea 32 4.3k 2.4× 1.2k 0.9× 1.4k 1.0× 323 0.4× 601 1.1× 165 5.6k
Tomáš Větrovský Czechia 30 2.0k 1.1× 558 0.4× 1.3k 0.9× 1.9k 2.5× 595 1.1× 68 4.7k
Yvan Moënne‐Loccoz France 49 7.2k 4.0× 1.1k 0.8× 2.0k 1.4× 1.3k 1.7× 243 0.4× 145 8.7k
Irja Saar Estonia 14 2.3k 1.3× 1.1k 0.8× 871 0.6× 934 1.2× 880 1.6× 41 3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Polona Zalar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Polona Zalar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Polona Zalar

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zalar, Polona, et al.. (2024). Microbial Diversity of Biodeteriorated Limestone Cultural Heritage Assets Identified Using Molecular Approaches—A Literature Review. Applied Sciences. 14(16). 7429–7429. 2 indexed citations
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Zalar, Polona, Cene Gostinčar, Sašo Džeroski, et al.. (2023). Xerophilic fungi contaminating historically valuable easel paintings from Slovenia. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1258670–1258670. 6 indexed citations
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Accetto, Tomaž, et al.. (2023). Isolation and characterization of highly active keratinolytic microorganisms with promising potential for waste sheep wool processing. Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management. 26(1). 360–372. 2 indexed citations
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Karlsson, Olov, Tiina Belt, Lauri Rautkari, et al.. (2023). Fungal colonisation on wood surfaces weathered at diverse climatic conditions. Heliyon. 9(6). e17355–e17355. 7 indexed citations
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Zalar, Polona, Jerneja Zupančič, Cene Gostinčar, et al.. (2019). The extremely halotolerant black yeast Hortaea werneckii - a model for intraspecific hybridization in clonal fungi. IMA Fungus. 10(1). 10–10. 31 indexed citations
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Zalar, Polona, et al.. (2018). Opportunistic fungal pathogens isolated from a captive individual of the European blind cave salamander Proteus anguinus. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 129(1). 15–30. 10 indexed citations
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Kavkler, Katja, Nina Gunde‐Cimerman, Polona Zalar, & Andrej Demšar. (2018). FT-Raman Analysis of Cellulose based Museum Textiles: Comparison of Objects Infected and Non-infected by Fungi. Tekstilec. 61(2). 110–123. 3 indexed citations
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Sklenář, F., Željko Jurjević, Polona Zalar, et al.. (2017). Phylogeny of xerophilic aspergilli (subgenus Aspergillus) and taxonomic revision of section Restricti. Studies in Mycology. 88. 161–236. 77 indexed citations
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Gümral, Ramazan, Betil Özhak, Mehmet Ali Saraçlı, et al.. (2015). Dishwashers provide a selective extreme environment for human-opportunistic yeast-like fungi. Fungal Diversity. 76(1). 1–9. 52 indexed citations
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Zalar, Polona, et al.. (2015). Halophily reloaded: new insights into the extremophilic life-style of Wallemia with the description of Wallemia hederae sp. nov. Fungal Diversity. 76(1). 97–118. 35 indexed citations
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Babič, Monika Novak, Polona Zalar, Bernard Ženko, et al.. (2015). Candida and Fusarium species known as opportunistic human pathogens from customer-accessible parts of residential washing machines. Fungal Biology. 119(2-3). 95–113. 61 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Hai D. T., Martin Meijer, Joey B. Tanney, et al.. (2015). Application of the Phylogenetic Species Concept to Wallemia sebi from House Dust and Indoor Air Revealed by Multi-Locus Genealogical Concordance. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0120894–e0120894. 25 indexed citations
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Zalar, Polona & Nina Gunde‐Cimerman. (2014). Extremely Halotolerant and Halophilic Fungi Inhabit Brine in Solar Salterns Around the Globe. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 57 indexed citations
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Cantrell, Sharon A., José Carmine Dianese, Jack W. Fell, Nina Gunde‐Cimerman, & Polona Zalar. (2011). Unusual fungal niches. Mycologia. 103(6). 1161–1174. 84 indexed citations
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Zalar, Polona, Cene Gostinčar, Sybren de Hoog, et al.. (2008). Redefinition of Aureobasidium pullulans and its varieties. Studies in Mycology. 61. 21–38. 243 indexed citations
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Zalar, Polona, Sybren de Hoog, Hans‐Josef Schroers, et al.. (2007). Phylogeny and ecology of the ubiquitous saprobe Cladosporium sphaerospermum, with descriptions of seven new species from hypersaline environments. Studies in Mycology. 58. 157–183. 193 indexed citations
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Zalar, Polona, et al.. (2007). Ability of fungi to degrade synthetic polymer nylon-6. Chemosphere. 67(10). 2089–2095. 68 indexed citations
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Schubert, K., J.Z. Groenewald, Uwe Braun, et al.. (2007). Biodiversity in the Cladosporium herbarum complex (Davidiellaceae, Capnodiales), with standardisation of methods for Cladosporium taxonomy and diagnostics. Studies in Mycology. 58. 105–156. 225 indexed citations
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Butinar, Lorena, Polona Zalar, Jens C. Frisvad, & Nina Gunde‐Cimerman. (2004). The genus Eurotiumâ members of indigenous fungal community in hypersaline waters of salterns. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 51(2). 155–166. 82 indexed citations
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Regvar, Marjana, Nada Gog̀ala, & Polona Zalar. (1996). Effects of jasmonic acid on mycorrhizal Allium sativum. New Phytologist. 134(4). 703–707. 44 indexed citations

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