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ArticleIMA fungus2020

Unambiguous identification of fungi: where do we stand and how accurate and precise is fungal DNA barcoding?

Robert Lücking, M Catherine Aime, Barbara Robbertse, Andrew N Miller, Hiran A Ariyawansa, Takayuki Aoki, Gianluigi Cardinali, Pedro W Crous, Irina S Druzhinina, David M Geiser and 17 more

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Article in IMA fungus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 222 papers.

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222citing papers in PubMed
66.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

222 citing papers in PubMed, 486 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

27 authors at 17 institutions in 16 countries.

Robert LückingBotanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 6-8, 14195 Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3431-4636
M Catherine AimeInternational Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi, Champaign, IL USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8742-6685
Barbara RobbertseNational Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 45 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA.
Andrew N MillerInternational Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi, Champaign, IL USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7300-0069
Hiran A AriyawansaInternational Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi, Champaign, IL USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8526-7721
Takayuki AokiInternational Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi, Champaign, IL USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6436-3255
Gianluigi CardinaliDepartment Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Via Borgo 20 Giugno, 74, Perugia, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4522-7925
Pedro W CrousInternational Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi, Champaign, IL USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9085-8825
Irina S DruzhininaInternational Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi, Champaign, IL USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2821-5268
David M GeiserDepartment of Plant Pathology & Environmental Microbiology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA.
David L HawksworthInternational Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi, Champaign, IL USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9909-0776
Kevin D HydeInternational Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi, Champaign, IL USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3407-9517
Laszlo IrinyiMolecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney Medical School, Westmead Clinical School, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, The University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital (Research and Education Network), Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Sydney, NSW Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4453-5539
Rajesh JeewonDepartment of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8563-957X
Peter R JohnstonInternational Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi, Champaign, IL USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0761-9116
Paul M KirkRoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey, TW9 3DS UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0658-7338
Elaine MalossoInternational Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi, Champaign, IL USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5920-7135
Tom W MayInternational Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi, Champaign, IL USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2214-4972
Wieland MeyerMolecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney Medical School, Westmead Clinical School, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, The University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital (Research and Education Network), Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Sydney, NSW Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9933-8340
Maarja ÖpikInternational Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi, Champaign, IL USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8025-7460
Vincent RobertDepartment Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Via Borgo 20 Giugno, 74, Perugia, Italy.
Marc StadlerInternational Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi, Champaign, IL USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7284-8671
Marco ThinesInternational Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi, Champaign, IL USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7740-6875
Duong VuWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7960-2765
Andrey M YurkovInternational Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi, Champaign, IL USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1072-5166
Ning ZhangInternational Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi, Champaign, IL USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2680-1354
Conrad L SchochInternational Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi, Champaign, IL USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1839-5322
Committee on Institutional Cooperation · USNational Institutes of Health · USUniversity of Perugia · ITWestmead Hospital · AUGoethe University Frankfurt · DEIllinois Department of Natural Resources · USKunming Institute of Botany · CNNanjing Agricultural University · CNNational Agriculture and Food Research Organization · JPNational Taiwan University · TWNatural History Museum · GBPennsylvania State University · USPurdue University West Lafayette · USRoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew · GBRutgers, The State University of New Jersey · USUniversity of Mauritius · MUWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute · NL

Funding

National Biomedical Information ServicesZIHLM200888 · NLM · NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE · PI PALTOO, DINA · 2009 to 2025
$5200.7M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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