Sara Branco

9.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Sara Branco is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cell Biology and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara Branco has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Plant Science, 15 papers in Cell Biology and 15 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Sara Branco's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (28 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (15 papers) and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (14 papers). Sara Branco is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (28 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (15 papers) and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (14 papers). Sara Branco collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Portugal. Sara Branco's co-authors include Peter G. Kennedy, Nhu Nguyen, Leho Tedersoo, Jon Menke, Scott T. Bates, Zewei Song, Jonathan S. Schilling, Thomas D. Bruns, Rytas Vilgalys and Hui‐ling Liao and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Sara Branco

39 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

FUNGuild: An open annotation tool for parsing fungal community datasets by ecological guild

2015 3.1k citations Nhu Nguyen, Zewei Song et al. Fungal ecology profile →
Endemism and functional convergence across the North American soil mycobiome

2014 405 citations Jennifer M. Talbot, Thomas D. Bruns et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sara Branco United States	23	3.6k	1.4k	1.3k	1.3k	1.1k	42	5.1k
Jonathan S. Schilling United States	27	3.4k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	1.0k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	914 0.8×	85	5.1k
Marc Buée France	31	3.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	1.0k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	854 0.8×	73	4.8k
Nhu Nguyen United States	30	4.0k 1.1×	1.7k 1.3×	1.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	64	5.8k
Rasmus Kjøller Denmark	36	4.2k 1.2×	1.8k 1.3×	1.4k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	69	5.8k
Katarina Ihrmark Sweden	21	2.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	812 0.7×	40	3.6k
Zewei Song United States	14	2.6k 0.7×	1000 0.7×	903 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	776 0.7×	32	3.6k
Jon Menke United States	7	2.6k 0.7×	891 0.7×	916 0.7×	943 0.7×	690 0.6×	7	3.5k
Andy F. S. Taylor United Kingdom	37	4.8k 1.3×	2.3k 1.7×	1.6k 1.2×	1.4k 1.1×	1.6k 1.5×	74	6.9k
Hirokazu Toju Japan	33	2.5k 0.7×	927 0.7×	893 0.7×	943 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	65	4.3k
Erica Lumini Italy	31	3.7k 1.0×	772 0.6×	813 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	640 0.6×	80	5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Sara Branco

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sara Branco

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara Branco

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Branco, Sara, Peter G. Avis, Kerrie Barry, et al.. (2025). Myco-Ed: Mycological curriculum for education and discovery. PLoS Pathogens. 21(7). e1013303–e1013303.

Nagy, László G., Sara Branco, Dimitrios Floudas, et al.. (2025). The biodiversity, genomics, ecology and evolution of mushroom-forming fungi. 2(1). 24–39.

Silva, Francisco A.G. Soares, Sara Branco, Fernando Dourado, Belmira Neto, & Miguel Gama. (2025). Life cycle assessment of bacterial cellulose and comparison to other cellulosic sources. Journal of Cleaner Production. 493. 144876–144876. 8 indexed citations

Smith, Alexander H., et al.. (2024). Inter- and intra-specific metal tolerance variation in ectomycorrhizal fungal Suillus species. Mycorrhiza. 34(5-6). 417–427. 1 indexed citations

Smith, Alexander H., Anna Bazzicalupo, Hui‐ling Liao, et al.. (2024). Comparative transcriptomics provides insights into molecular mechanisms of zinc tolerance in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Suillus luteus. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 14(9). 2 indexed citations

Lofgren, Lotus, Nhu Nguyen, Peter G. Kennedy, et al.. (2024). Suillus: an emerging model for the study of ectomycorrhizal ecology and evolution. New Phytologist. 242(4). 1448–1475. 13 indexed citations

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

Branco, Sara, et al.. (2022). Mechanisms of stress tolerance and their effects on the ecology and evolution of mycorrhizal fungi. New Phytologist. 235(6). 2158–2175. 82 indexed citations

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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Bazzicalupo, Anna, et al.. (2019). Biology and applications of endophytic insect-pathogenic fungi. PLoS Pathogens. 15(7). e1007831–e1007831. 57 indexed citations

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Branco, Sara. (2019). Fungal diversity from communities to genes. Fungal Biology Reviews. 33(3-4). 225–237. 19 indexed citations

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Carpentier, Fantin, Ricardo C. Rodŕıguez de la Vega, Sara Branco, et al.. (2019). Convergent recombination cessation between mating-type genes and centromeres in selfing anther-smut fungi. Genome Research. 29(6). 944–953. 22 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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Branco, Sara, Hélène Badouin, Ricardo C. Rodŕıguez de la Vega, et al.. (2017). Evolutionary strata on young mating-type chromosomes despite the lack of sexual antagonism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(27). 7067–7072. 69 indexed citations

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Branco, Sara, Ke Bi, Hui‐ling Liao, et al.. (2016). Continental‐level population differentiation and environmental adaptation in the mushroom Suillus brevipes. Molecular Ecology. 26(7). 2063–2076. 46 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Nhu, Zewei Song, Scott T. Bates, et al.. (2015). FUNGuild: An open annotation tool for parsing fungal community datasets by ecological guild. Fungal ecology. 20. 241–248. 3115 indexed citations breakdown →

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Taylor, John W., et al.. (2015). Clonal reproduction in fungi. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(29). 8901–8908. 86 indexed citations

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Liao, Hui‐ling, Yuan Chen, Thomas D. Bruns, et al.. (2014). Metatranscriptomic analysis of ectomycorrhizal roots reveals genes associated with P iloderma– P inus symbiosis: improved methodologies for assessing gene expression in situ. Environmental Microbiology. 16(12). 3730–3742. 51 indexed citations

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Branco, Sara, Thomas D. Bruns, & Ian Singleton. (2013). Fungi at a Small Scale: Spatial Zonation of Fungal Assemblages around Single Trees. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e78295–e78295. 41 indexed citations

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Nilsson, R. Henrik, Vilmar Veldre, Zheng Wang, et al.. (2011). A note on the incidence of reverse complementary fungal ITS sequences in the public sequence databases and a software tool for their detection and reorientation. Mycoscience. 52(4). 278–282. 1 indexed citations

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