Tor Carlsen

4.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Tor Carlsen is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tor Carlsen has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Plant Science, 21 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 16 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Tor Carlsen's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (24 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (16 papers) and Lichen and fungal ecology (13 papers). Tor Carlsen is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (24 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (16 papers) and Lichen and fungal ecology (13 papers). Tor Carlsen collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United States and Finland. Tor Carlsen's co-authors include Håvard Kauserud, Christian Brochmann, Pierre Taberlet, Eva Bellemain, Éric Coissac, R. Henrik Nilsson, Björn D. Lindahl, Leho Tedersoo, Jan Stenlid and Kessy Abarenkov and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, New Phytologist and Molecular Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Tor Carlsen

36 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

ITS as an environmental DNA barcode for fungi: an in silico approach reveals potential PCR biases

2010 865 citations Eva Bellemain, Tor Carlsen et al. BMC Microbiology profile →
Fungal community analysis by high‐throughput sequencing of amplified markers – a user's guide

2013 654 citations Tor Carlsen, Håvard Kauserud et al. New Phytologist profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tor Carlsen Norway	23	1.9k	1.1k	854	829	809	37	2.9k
Akifumi S. Tanabe Japan	23	1.4k 0.8×	694 0.7×	912 1.1×	804 1.0×	754 0.9×	40	3.2k
Karl-Henrik Larsson Sweden	5	2.2k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	837 1.0×	889 1.1×	780 1.0×	5	3.5k
Irja Saar Estonia	14	2.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	934 1.1×	871 1.1×	880 1.1×	41	3.7k
Trude Vrålstad Norway	29	1.5k 0.8×	740 0.7×	1.4k 1.6×	698 0.8×	606 0.7×	55	3.1k
Hirotoshi Sato Japan	22	1.4k 0.8×	702 0.7×	631 0.7×	662 0.8×	512 0.6×	56	2.4k
Thomas Stjernegaard Jeppesen Denmark	10	1.5k 0.8×	608 0.6×	740 0.9×	732 0.9×	489 0.6×	28	2.7k
Hirokazu Toju Japan	33	2.5k 1.3×	893 0.8×	943 1.1×	875 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	65	4.3k
Kathryn T. Picard United States	10	1.5k 0.8×	671 0.6×	1.0k 1.2×	885 1.1×	459 0.6×	19	2.9k
Benoît Marçais France	32	2.2k 1.2×	1.4k 1.3×	1.1k 1.3×	572 0.7×	453 0.6×	85	3.2k
George Newcombe United States	30	2.1k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	378 0.4×	702 0.8×	806 1.0×	96	2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Tor Carlsen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tor Carlsen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tor Carlsen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tor Carlsen 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 Tor Carlsen. Tor Carlsen 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

Carlsen, Tor, et al.. (2023). Species delimitation in the Chlorophytum andongense complex. Phytotaxa. 612(3). 251–260.

Miettinen, Otto, et al.. (2020). Contrasting genetic structuring in the closely related basidiomycetes Trichaptum abietinum and Trichaptum fuscoviolaceum (Hymenochaetales). Fungal Biology. 125(4). 269–275. 7 indexed citations

Vik, Unni, et al.. (2019). A single ectomycorrhizal plant root system includes a diverse and spatially structured fungal community. Mycorrhiza. 29(3). 167–180. 17 indexed citations

Skrede, Inger, Tor Carlsen, & Trond Schumacher. (2017). A synopsis of the saddle fungi (Helvella: Ascomycota) in Europe – species delimitation, taxonomy and typification. Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi. 39(1). 201–253. 29 indexed citations

Botnen, Synnøve, Håvard Kauserud, Tor Carlsen, Rakel Blaalid, & Klaus Høiland. (2015). Mycorrhizal fungal communities in coastal sand dunes and heaths investigated by pyrosequencing analyses. Mycorrhiza. 25(6). 447–456. 9 indexed citations

Vik, Unni, Ramiro Logares, Rakel Blaalid, et al.. (2013). Different bacterial communities in ectomycorrhizae and surrounding soil. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 3471–3471. 69 indexed citations

Blaalid, Rakel, Marie L. Davey, Håvard Kauserud, et al.. (2013). Arctic root‐associated fungal community composition reflects environmental filtering. Molecular Ecology. 23(3). 649–659. 58 indexed citations

Botnen, Synnøve, Unni Vik, Tor Carlsen, et al.. (2013). Low host specificity of root‐associated fungi at an Arctic site. Molecular Ecology. 23(4). 975–985. 63 indexed citations

Ikeda, Hajíme, Tor Carlsen, Noriyuki Fujii, Christian Brochmann, & Hiroaki Setoguchi. (2012). Pleistocene climatic oscillations and the speciation history of an alpine endemic and a widespread arctic‐alpine plant. New Phytologist. 194(2). 583–594. 28 indexed citations

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Vik, Unni, Rune Halvorsen, Mikael Ohlson, et al.. (2012). Microsatellite markers for Hylocomium splendens (Hylocomiaceae). American Journal of Botany. 99(9). e344–6. 2 indexed citations

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Vik, Unni, Tor Carlsen, Pernille Bronken Eidesen, Anne K. Brysting, & Håvard Kauserud. (2012). Microsatellite markers for Bistorta vivipara (Polygonaceae). American Journal of Botany. 99(6). e226–9. 4 indexed citations

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Skrede, Inger, Tor Carlsen, Øyvind Stensrud, & Håvard Kauserud. (2012). Genome wide AFLP markers support cryptic species in Coniophora (Boletales). Fungal Biology. 116(7). 778–784. 9 indexed citations

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Kauserud, Håvard, Surendra Kumar, Anne K. Brysting, Jenni Nordén, & Tor Carlsen. (2011). High consistency between replicate 454 pyrosequencing analyses of ectomycorrhizal plant root samples. Mycorrhiza. 22(4). 309–315. 55 indexed citations

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Skrede, Inger, et al.. (2011). Evolutionary history of Serpulaceae (Basidiomycota): molecular phylogeny, historical biogeography and evidence for a single transition of nutritional mode. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11(1). 230–230. 56 indexed citations

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Kumar, Surendra, Tor Carlsen, Bjørn‐Helge Mevik, et al.. (2011). CLOTU: An online pipeline for processing and clustering of 454 amplicon reads into OTUs followed by taxonomic annotation. BMC Bioinformatics. 12(1). 182–182. 59 indexed citations

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Blaalid, Rakel, Tor Carlsen, Surendra Kumar, et al.. (2011). Changes in the root‐associated fungal communities along a primary succession gradient analysed by 454 pyrosequencing. Molecular Ecology. 21(8). 1897–1908. 153 indexed citations

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Carlsen, Tor, et al.. (2010). Multiple cryptic species with divergent substrate affinities in the Serpula himantioides species complex. Fungal Biology. 115(1). 54–61. 34 indexed citations

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Carlsen, Tor, et al.. (2010). Two invasive populations of the dry rot fungusSerpula lacrymansshow divergent population genetic structures. Molecular Ecology. 19(4). 706–715. 15 indexed citations

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Bellemain, Eva, Tor Carlsen, Christian Brochmann, et al.. (2010). ITS as an environmental DNA barcode for fungi: an in silico approach reveals potential PCR biases. BMC Microbiology. 10(1). 189–189. 865 indexed citations breakdown →

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Carlsen, Tor, Walter Bleeker, Herbert Hurka, Reidar Elven, & Christian Brochmann. (2009). Biogeography and Phylogeny of Cardamine (Brassicaceae)¹. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 96(2). 215–236. 67 indexed citations

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