What are the 100 most cited fungal genera?
C.S. Bhunjun, Yijun Chen, Chayanard Phukhamsakda, T. Boekhout, J.Z. Groenewald, E.H.C. McKenzi, Elaine Cristina Francisco, Jens C. Frisvad, Marizeth Groenewald, Vedprakash G. Hurdeal, Janet Jennifer Luangsa-ard, Giancarlo Perrone, Cobus M. Visagie, Feng‐Yan Bai, Janusz Błaszkowski, Uwe Braun, Francisco Adriano de Souza, Mariana Bessa de Queiroz, Arun Kumar Dutta, Didsanutda Gonkhom, Bruno Tomio Goto, Vladimiro Guarnaccia, Ferry Hagen, Jos Houbraken, Marc-André Lachance, J.J. Li, Kaiyu Luo, Franco Magurno, Suchada Mongkolsamrit, Vincent Robert, N. Roy, Saowaluck Tibpromma, Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe, Dongqi Wang, Dapeng Wei, Changlin Zhao, Waraporn Aiphuk, Olutoyosi O. Ajayi-Oyetunde, Thales Domingos Arantes, Jamayra Conceição de Araújo, Dominik Begerow, Mounes Bakhshi, Renan do Nascimento Barbosa, Falk Hubertus Behrens, Konstanze Bensch, Jadson Diogo Pereira Bezerra, Piotr Bilański, Carl A. Bradley, Ben Bubner, Treena I. Burgess, Bart Buyck, Neža Čadež, L. Cai, F.J.S. Calaça, Lucy J. Campbell, Priscila Chaverrí, Yongyan Chen, K. W. Thilini Chethana, Beatrix Coetzee, Marileide M. Costa, Qian Chen, Fábio Alex Custódio, Yu‐Cheng Dai, Ulrike Damm, A.L.C.M.A. Santiago, Rita Milvia De Miccolis Angelini, Jan Dijksterhuis, Asha J. Dissanayake, Mingkwan Doilom, W. Dong, E. Álvarez-Duarte, Michael Fischer, Achala J. Gajanayake, Josepa Gené, Deecksha Gomdola, André Ângelo Medeiros Gomes, Gerlinde Hausner, Mao-Qiang He, Liping Hou, Isabel Iturrieta‐González, Fahimeh Jami, Robert Jankowiak, Ruvishika S. Jayawardena, Hazal Kandemir, Levente Kiss, Noppol Kobmoo, T. Kowalski, L. Landi, C.G. Lin, J.K. Liu, Xiaobo Liu, M. Loizides, Thatsanee Luangharn, Sajeewa S. N. Maharachchikumbura, Gugulethu Joy Makhathini Mkhwanazi, Ishara S. Manawasinghe, Yasmina Marín-Felix, Alistair R. McTaggart, Pierre‐Arthur Moreau, Olga Morozova
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.