Richard C. Summerbell is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Epidemiology and Plant Science.
According to data from OpenAlex, Richard C. Summerbell has authored 204 papers receiving a total of 12.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 140 papers in Cell Biology, 110 papers in Epidemiology and 67 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Richard C. Summerbell's work include Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (140 papers), Nail Diseases and Treatments (91 papers) and Fungal Infections and Studies (67 papers). Richard C. Summerbell is often cited by papers focused on Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (140 papers), Nail Diseases and Treatments (91 papers) and Fungal Infections and Studies (67 papers). Richard C. Summerbell collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Netherlands and United States. Richard C. Summerbell's co-authors include Aditya K. Gupta, Irene Weitzman, Wietse de Boer, Lynne Boddy, Larissa B. Folman, James A. Scott, Sybren de Hoog, P.W. Crous, Elizabeth A. Cooper and Cameron R. Currie and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Blood.
In The Last Decade
Richard C. Summerbell
202 papers
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12.3k citations
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Living in a fungal world: impact of fungi on soil bacterial niche development
20041.4k citationsRichard C. Summerbell et al.profile →
The dermatophytes
1995732 citationsRichard C. Summerbell et al.profile →
Fungus-growing ants use antibiotic-producing bacteria to control garden parasites
1999606 citationsJames A. Scott, Richard C. Summerbell et al.profile →
Internet-Accessible DNA Sequence Database for Identifying Fusaria from Human and Animal Infections
2010457 citationsRichard C. Summerbell, P.W. Crous et al.profile →
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Gupta, Aditya K., Valeria Brega Alvares Taborda, Paulo R. Taborda, et al.. (2020). High prevalence of mixed infections in global onychomycosis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.
Cock, A. De, et al.. (2009). Natural hybrids of resident and introduced Phytophthora species proliferating on multiple new hosts in Europe.. 56–60.4 indexed citations
Summerell, Brett A., J.Z. Groenewald, Angus J. Carnegie, Richard C. Summerbell, & P.W. Crous. (2006). Eucalyptus microfungi known from culture. 2. Alysidiella, Fusculina and Phlogicylindrium genera nova, with notes on some other poorly known taxa. Fungal Diversity. 23. 323–350.53 indexed citations
Summerbell, Richard C., Randolph S. Currah, & Lynne Sigler. (2005). The missing lineages : Phylogeny and ecology of endophytic and othr enigmatic root-associated fungi.1 indexed citations
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Summerbell, Richard C., C. André Lévesque, Keith A. Seifert, et al.. (2005). Microcoding: the second step in DNA barcoding. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 360(1462). 1897–1903.79 indexed citations
Summerbell, Richard C.. (2002). What is the evolutionary and taxonomic status of asexual lineages in the dermatophytes. Studies in Mycology. 47. 97–101.10 indexed citations
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Gupta, Aditya K. & Richard C. Summerbell. (2000). Tinea capitis. Medical Mycology. 38(4). 255–287.2 indexed citations
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Gupta, Aditya K. & Richard C. Summerbell. (2000). Tinea capitis. Medical Mycology. 38(4). 255–287.108 indexed citations
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