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Brian J. Staskawicz publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brian J. Staskawicz sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 207 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Brian J. Staskawicz D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brian J. Staskawicz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 100 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United States Leader Award
  • 2019 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society
  • 1998 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Brian J. Staskawicz is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these broader fields, they have concentrated extensively on Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Biotechnology, alongside work in Insect Science and Immunology.

The scientist's publications address a range of topics related to plant biology and genetics, including Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, Plant Virus Research Studies, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, and Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement.

Brian J. Staskawicz has published research in several key scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), UNC Libraries, Cell, Frontiers in Plant Science, and Science.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by them include:

  • Structure of the activated ROQ1 resistosome directly recognizing the pathogen effector XopQ, 2020, Science
  • The plant immune system: From discovery to deployment, 2024, Cell
  • Loss of function of a DMR6 ortholog in tomato confers broad-spectrum disease resistance, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Diverse virus-encoded CRISPR-Cas systems include streamlined genome editors, 2022, Cell
  • Evolution of NLR resistance genes with noncanonical N-terminal domains in wild tomato species, 2020, New Phytologist

Collaborations have played a role in their body of work, with frequent co-authors including Myeong-Je Cho, Jaclyn Tanaka, Kyungyong Seong, Snigdha Poddar, and Raoul Martin.

Brian J. Staskawicz's scientific recognition is reflected in several fellowships and memberships. They were named a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom in 2019, recognized as a Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society in 1998, and became a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1998.

Best Publications

  • Host-microbe interactions: Shaping the evolution of the plant immune response

    Stephen T. Chisholm;Gitta Coaker;Brad Day;Brian J. Staskawicz

  • Signaling in Plant-Microbe Interactions

    Barbara Baker;Patricia Zambryski;Brian Staskawicz;S. P. Dinesh-Kumar

  • Molecular genetics of plant disease resistance

    Brian J. Staskawicz;Frederick M. Ausubel;Barbara J. Baker;Jeffrey G. Ellis

  • Pivoting the Plant Immune System from Dissection to Deployment

    Jeffery L. Dangl;Diana M. Horvath;Brian J. Staskawicz

  • RPS2 of Arabidopsis thaliana: a leucine-rich repeat class of plant disease resistance genes

    Andrew F. Bent;Barbara N. Kunkel;Douglas Dahlbeck;Kit L. Brown

  • Targeted mutagenesis in the model plant Nicotiana benthamiana using Cas9 RNA-guided endonuclease

    Vladimir Nekrasov;Brian Staskawicz;Detlef Weigel;Jonathan D G Jones

  • Molecular characterization of cloned avirulence genes from race 0 and race 1 of Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea.

    B Staskawicz;D Dahlbeck;N Keen;C Napoli

  • Initiation of RPS2-Specified Disease Resistance in Arabidopsis Is Coupled to the AvrRpt2-Directed Elimination of RIN4

    Michael J. Axtell;Brian J. Staskawicz

  • Different Requirements for EDS1 and NDR1 by Disease Resistance Genes Define at Least Two R Gene-Mediated Signaling Pathways in Arabidopsis

    Nicole Aarts;Matthew Metz;Eric Holub;Brian J. Staskawicz

  • Identification of Pseudomonas syringae pathogens of Arabidopsis and a bacterial locus determining avirulence on both Arabidopsis and soybean.

    Maureen C. Whalen;Roger W. Innes;Andrew F. Bent;Brian J. Staskawicz

  • Tomato Prf Is a Member of the Leucine-Rich Repeat Class of Plant Disease Resistance Genes and Lies Embedded within the Pto Kinase Gene Cluster

    John M. Salmeron;John M. Salmeron;Giles E.D. Oldroyd;Caius M.T. Rommens;Steven R. Scofield

  • Molecular basis of gene-for-gene specificity in bacterial speck disease of tomato

    Steven R. Scofield;Christian M. Tobias;John P. Rathjen;Jeff H. Chang

  • Disruption of signaling by Yersinia effector YopJ, a ubiquitin-like protein protease.

    Kim Orth;Zhaohui Xu;Mary Beth Mudgett;Zhao Qin Bao

  • A pathogen-inducible endogenous siRNA in plant immunity

    Surekha Katiyar-Agarwal;Rebekah Morgan;Douglas Dahlbeck;Omar Borsani

  • Interfamily transfer of a plant pattern-recognition receptor confers broad-spectrum bacterial resistance

    Séverine Lacombe;Séverine Lacombe;Alejandra Rougon-Cardoso;Alejandra Rougon-Cardoso;Emma Sherwood;Emma Sherwood;Nemo Peeters

  • Expression of the Bs2 pepper gene confers resistance to bacterial spot disease in tomato.

    Thomas H. Tai;Douglas Dahlbeck;Eszter T. Clark;Paresh Gajiwala

  • Genetic and structural characterization of the avirulence gene avrBs3 from Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria

    Ulla Bonas;Robert E. Stall;Brian Staskawicz

  • High aspect ratio nanomaterials enable delivery of functional genetic material without DNA integration in mature plants.

    Gozde S. Demirer;Huan Zhang;Juliana L. Matos;Natalie S. Goh

  • Cloned avirulence gene of Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea determines race-specific incompatibility on Glycine max (L.) Merr.

    Brian J. Staskawicz;Douglas Dahlbeck;Noel T. Keen

  • NDR1, a locus of Arabidopsis thaliana that is required for disease resistance to both a bacterial and a fungal pathogen.

    Karen S. Century;Eric B. Holub;Brian J. Staskawicz

  • Common and Contrasting Themes of Plant and Animal Diseases

    Brian J. Staskawicz;Mary Beth Mudgett;Jeffrey L. Dangl;Jorge E. Galan

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas Dahlbeck
Douglas Dahlbeck University of California, Berkeley
Andrew F. Bent
Andrew F. Bent University of Wisconsin–Madison
Nickolas J. Panopoulos
Nickolas J. Panopoulos University of Crete
Frederick M. Ausubel
Frederick M. Ausubel Harvard University
Jeffrey B. Jones
Jeffrey B. Jones University of Florida
Peter N. Dodds
Peter N. Dodds Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Bostjan Kobe
Bostjan Kobe University of Queensland
John P. Rathjen
John P. Rathjen Australian National University
Fumiaki Katagiri
Fumiaki Katagiri University of Minnesota
Michael N. Mindrinos
Michael N. Mindrinos Stanford University

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