OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Lichenologist is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Lichen algae: the photosynthetic partners in lichen symbioses	58
Photoprotection in lichens: adaptations of photobionts to high light	35
Climate change refugia: landscape, stand and tree-scale microclimates in epiphyte community composition	10
Crittendenia gen. nov., a new lichenicolous lineage in the Agaricostilbomycetes (Pucciniomycotina), and a review of the biology, phylogeny and classification of lichenicolous heterobasidiomycet	10
Lichens and microbial syntrophies offer models for an interdependent route to multicellularity	8
Factors influencing the diversity and distribution of epiphytic lichens and bryophytes on the relict tree Zelkova abelicea (Lam.) Boiss. (Ulmaceae)	7
Contributions to the knowledge of lichenicolous fungi growing on baeomycetoid lichens andIcmadophila, with a key to the species	7
Weak recovery of epiphytic lichen communities in Sweden over 20 years of rapid air pollution decline	7
A worldwide key to species ofCarbacanthographis(Graphidaceae), with 17 species new to science	6
Adaptions of photosynthesis in sun and shade in populations of some Afromontane lichens	6
A taxonomic reassessment of the genusSticta(lichenized Ascomycota:Peltigeraceae) in the Hawaiian archipelago	6
Shade lichens are characterized by rapid relaxation of non-photochemical quenching on transition to darkness	6
Thelopsis challenges the generic circumscription in the Gyalectaceae and brings new insights to the taxonomy of Ramonia	6
The globally threatened epiphytic cyanolichenErioderma pedicellatumdepends on a rare combination of habitat factors	6
Stigonema associated with boreal Stereocaulon possesses the alternative vanadium nitrogenase	6
Lithocalla (Ascomycota, Lecanorales), a new genus of leprose lichens containing usnic acid	5
Chromosomal genome sequence assembly and mating-type (MAT) locus characterization of the leprose asexual lichenized fungus Lepraria neglecta (Nyl.) Erichsen	5
Morphological and phylogenetic analyses of Toniniopsis subincompta s. lat. (Ramalinaceae, Lecanorales) in Eurasia	5
Three new species of crustoseTeloschistaceaein Siberia and the Far East	5
Key toHeterodermia(Physciaceae,Teloschistales) in Brazil, with 15 new species	4
New methods for mycocalicioid fungi	4
Factors at multiple scales influence the composition of terricolous lichen communities in temperate semi-arid sandy grasslands	4
Four newMicareaspecies from the montane cloud forests of Taita Hills, Kenya	4
The lichen genus Villophora (Teloschistaceae, Ascomycota)	4
Usnea dasopoga(Ach.) Nyl. andU. barbata(L.) F. H. Wigg. (Ascomycetes,Parmeliaceae) are two different species: a plea for reliable identifications in molecular studies	4

A preliminary phylogeny of theLecanora saligna-group, with notes on species delimitation	4
The generaBrianaria(Psoraceae) andMicarea(Pilocarpaceae) in Japan, with reports on other interesting species in Asia	3
Towards a dynamic checklist of lichen-forming, lichenicolous and allied fungi of Ecuador – using the Consortium of Lichen Herbaria to manage fungal biodiversity in a megadiverse country	3
Estimates of abundance and biomass of cephalodia and their relationship to nitrogen deposition in some British populations ofLobaria pulmonaria(L.) Hoffm.	3
Distribution and habitat preference of protected reindeer lichen species (Cladonia arbuscula, C. mitis and C. rangiferina) in the Balaton Uplands (Hungary)	3
Stressed out: the effects of heat stress and parasitism on gene expression of the lichen-forming fungus Lobaria pulmonaria	3
Verrucariaceae from Nepal	3
Local-scale panmixia in the lichenized fungus Xanthoria parietina contrasts with substantial genetic structure in its Trebouxia photobionts	3
Lichen zonation on UK rocky seashores: a trait-based approach to delineating marine and maritime lichens	2
Multilocus-phylogeny of the lichen-forming genus Bacidia s. str. (Ramalinaceae, Lecanorales) with special emphasis on the Russian Far East	2
A molecular re-evaluation of Parmelia encryptata with notes on its distribution	2
The importance of a transformative biodiversity education for perceiving, appreciating and supporting lichen diversity in German urban environments	2
The taxonomy of sterile Arthoniaceae from Brazil: white crusts on overhanging tropical trees can be named	2
New species of Arthoniales from Cape Verde with an enlarged concept of the genus Ingaderia	2
Notes on lichenicolous species ofOpegraphas. lat. (Arthoniales) onArthoniaceaeandVerrucariaceae, with a key to British and Irish lichenicolousOpegraphaceae	2
A hypervolume approach to niche specialism, tested for the old-growth indicator status of calicioids	2
Quinone reductase activity is widespread in lichens	2
Clypeococcum wedinii(Dothideomycetes), a new lichenicolous fungus onBunodophoron, with an updated key to species ofClypeococcum	2
Sunscreening pigments shape the horizontal distribution of pendent hair lichens in the lower canopy of unmanaged coniferous forests	2
Testing carbon and nitrogen sources for thein vitrogrowth of the model lichenized fungusEndocarpon pusillumHedw.	2
An updated world key to the species ofAcanthotheciss. lat. (Ascomycota:Graphidaceae), with ten new species from Brazil	2