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Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity

Last updated June 1, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Mohamed Ebrahim
Ain Shams University
99
2
Yonghua Zhu
Hunan University
96
3
Prashant Swapnil
Central University of Punjab
84
4
Shah Fahad
Lebanese American University
84
5
Suomeng Dong
Nanjing Agricultural University
82
6
Lena Müller
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
80
7
Jiejie Li
Beijing Normal University
75
8
Amita Kaundal
Utah State University
75
9
Ignacio Rubio‐Somoza
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
73
10
J. Kalita
Global University
72

Rising Stars Papers

1
ER-PM tether Syt1 limits cell-to-cell connectivity via plasmodesmata during innate immune responses in Arabidopsis
Cell Reports|2025
8 cit.
2
MDP25‐VDAC3 Complex Orchestrates Actin Remodeling and Mitochondrial Dynamics to Modulate Innate Immunity in <i>Arabidopsis</i>
Advanced Science|2026
2 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Abhishek Sahoo
Mohanlal Sukhadia University
99
2
Dipayan Das
Global University
96
3
Tatsuya Nobori
University of East Anglia
85
4
Adam Frew
University of Southern Queensland
80
5
Shuo Liu
South China Agricultural University
66
6
David Chinonso Anih
Unknown
63
7
Mark Owusu Adjei
Nanjing Forestry University
60
8
Daniela Paula de Toledo Thomazella
Universidade de São Paulo
57
9
Saika Bashir
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir
55
10
Mehrdad Alizadeh
Tarbiat Modares University
55

Emerging Leaders Papers

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All-Time Leaders

The canon

All-Time Leaders Researchers

1
Jeffery L. Dangl
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
99
2
Roeland L. Berendsen
Utrecht University
86
3
Marc T. J. Johnson
University of Toronto
80
4
Justin L. Sonnenburg
Stanford University
79
5
Corné M. J. Pieterse
Utrecht University
73
6
Martín Schuster
Oregon State University
73
7
Eric Kemen
University of Tübingen
66
8
Michael Hackenberg
Parque Tecnológico de la Salud
60
9
Subhadeep Chatterjee
Unknown
60
10
Prasun K. Mukherjee
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
57

All-Time Leaders Papers

1
Reactive Oxygen Species Signaling in Response to Pathogens
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY|2006
1.7k cit.
2
Microbial Hub Taxa Link Host and Abiotic Factors to Plant Microbiome Variation
PLoS Biology|2016
1.4k cit.
3
Assembly and ecological function of the root microbiome across angiosperm plant species
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2018
1.1k cit.
4
Disease-induced assemblage of a plant-beneficial bacterial consortium
The ISME Journal|2018
1k cit.
5
Root microbiota drive direct integration of phosphate stress and immunity
Nature|2017
972 cit.
6
The rhizosphere revisited: root microbiomics
Frontiers in Plant Science|2013
492 cit.
7
The Plant Microbiome: From Ecology to Reductionism and Beyond
Annual Review of Microbiology|2020
458 cit.
8
Shaping the leaf microbiota: plant–microbe–microbe interactions
Journal of Experimental Botany|2020
246 cit.
9
The effects of soil phosphorus content on plant microbiota are driven by the plant phosphate starvation response
PLoS Biology|2019
207 cit.
10
Why Quorum Sensing Controls Private Goods
Frontiers in Microbiology|2017
45 cit.

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