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Keith Clay

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Plant and fungal interactionsPlant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant InteractionsPlant and animal studies

Publications

338

Citations

22,626

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

49

Publishing since 1978

Research summary
AI-generated

Keith Clay studies how plants interact with fungi, microbes, and pathogens, and how these relationships shape ecological communities. Recent work spans plant disease spread, the ecology of invasive species such as common reed (Phragmites), tree diversity patterns, and using microbial partnerships to aid coastal restoration. The research combines field ecology, genomics, and studies of beneficial fungi living inside plants (endosymbionts).

Plant–fungal and plant–microbe interactionsPlant disease ecology and pathogensInvasive plant biology and ecologyCommunity and vegetation dynamicsEcological restoration

Publication activity has been relatively steady, fluctuating between roughly 4 and 15 papers per year over the past decade with an average of about 7 per year in recent years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 7.4/year recently
2017: 15 publications15172018: 10 publications182019: 5 publications192020: 9 publications202021: 13 publications212022: 11 publications222023: 4 publications232024: 7 publications242025: 8 publications252026: 7 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Figshare×23
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×7
  • Journal of Ecology×4
  • Science×3
  • New Phytologist×3

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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