What are the 100 most cited fungal genera?

Bhunjun, C.S. and Chen, Y.J. and Phukhamsakda, C. and Boekhout, T. and Groenewald, J.Z. and McKenzie, E.H.C. and Francisco, E.C. and Frisvad, J.C. and Groenewald, M. and Hurdeal, V.G. and Luangsa-ard, J. and Perrone, G. and Visagie, C.M. and Bai, F.Y. and Blaszkowski, J. and Braun, U. and de Souza, F.A. and de Queiroz, M.B. and Dutta, A.K. and Gonkhom, D. and Goto, B.T. and Guarnaccia, V. and Hagen, F. and Houbraken, J. and Lachance, M.A. and Li, J.J. and Luo, K.Y. and Magurno, F. and Mongkolsamrit, S. and Robert, V. and Roy, N. and Tibpromma, S. and Wanasinghe, D.N. and Wang, D.Q,. and Wei, D.P. and Zhao, C.L. and Aiphuk, W. and Ajayi-Oyetunde, O. and Arantes, T.D. and Araujo, J.C. and Begerow, D. and Bakhshi, M. and Barbosa, R.N. and Behrens, F.H. and Bensch, K. and Bezerra, J.D.P. and Bilański, P. and Bradley, C.A. and Bubner, B. and Burgess, T. I. and Buyck, B. and Čadež, N. and Cai, L. and Calaça, F.J.S. and Campbell, L.J. and Chaverri, P. and Chen, Y.Y. and Chethana, K.W.T. and Coetzee, B. and Costa, M.M. and Chen, Q. and Custódi, F.A. and Dai, Y.C. and Damm, U. and Santiago, A.L.C.M.A. and De Miccolis Angelin, R.M. and Dijksterhuis, J. and Dissanayake, A.J. and Doilom, M. and Dong, W. and Álvarez-Duarte, E. and Fischer, M. and Gajanayake, A.J. and Gené, J. and Gomdola, D. and Gomes, A.A.M. and Hausner, G. and He, M.Q. and Hou, L. and Iturrieta-González, I. and Jami, F. and Jankowiak, R. and Jayawardena, R.S. and Kandemir, H. and Kiss, L. and Kobmoo, N. and Kowalski, T. and Landi, L. and Lin, C.G. and Liu, J.K. and Liu, X.B. and Loizides, M. and Luangharn, T. and Maharachchikumbura, S.S.N. and Makhathini Mkhwanazi, G.J. and Manawasinghe, I.S. and Marin-Felix, Y. and McTaggart, A.R. and Moreau, P. A. and Mostert, L. and Osiewacz, H.D. and Pem, D. and Phookamsak, R. and Pollastro, S. and Pordel, A. and Poyntner, C. and Phillips, A.J.L. and Phonemany, M. and Promputtha, I. and Rathnayaka, A.R. and Rodrigues, A.M. and Romanazzi, G. and Rothmann, L. and Salgado-Salazar, C. and Sandoval-Denis, M. and Saupe, S.J. and Scholler, M. and Scott, P. and Shivas, R.G. and Silar, P. and Silva-Filho, A.G.S. and Souza-Motta, C.M. and Spies, C.F.J. and Stchigel, A.M. and Sterflinger, K. and Summerbell, R.C. and Svetasheva, T.Y. and Takamatsu, S. and Theelen, B. and Theodoro, R.C. and Thines, M. and Thongklang, N. and Torres, R. and Turchetti, B. and van den Brule, T. and Wang, X.W. and Wartchow, F. and Welti, S. and Wijesinghe, S.N. and Wu, F. and Xu, R. and Yang, Z.L. and Yilmaz, N. and Yurkov, A. and Zhao, L. and Zhao, R.L. and Zhou, N. and Hyde, K.D. and Crous, P.W. (2024) What are the 100 most cited fungal genera? STUDIES IN MYCOLOGY, 108 (1). pp. 1-411. ISSN 0166-0616

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Abstract

The global diversity of fungi has been estimated between 2 to 11 million species, of which only about 155 000 have been named. Most fungi are invisible to the unaided eye, but they represent a major component of biodiversity on our planet, and play essential ecological roles, supporting life as we know it. Although approximately 20 000 fungal genera are presently recognised, the ecology of most remains undetermined. Despite all this diversity, the mycological community actively researches some fungal genera more commonly than others. This poses an interesting question: why have some fungal genera impacted mycology and related fields more than others? To address this issue, we conducted a bibliometric analysis to identify the top 100 most cited fungal genera. A thorough database search of the Web of Science, Google Scholar, and PubMed was performed to establish which genera are most cited. The most cited 10 genera are Saccharomyces, Candida, Aspergillus, Fusarium, Penicillium, Trichoderma, Botrytis, Pichia, Cryptococcus and Alternaria. Case studies are presented for the 100 most cited genera with general background, notes on their ecology and economic significance and important research advances. This paper provides a historic overview of scientific research of these genera and the prospect for further research.

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