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Nicholas J. Talbot

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
91
Citations
51076
World Ranking
2268
National Ranking
152

Nicholas J. Talbot publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 282 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Nicholas J. Talbot D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nicholas J. Talbot sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 91 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2014 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Nicholas J. Talbot is affiliated with the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. The primary areas of their research focus on Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, demonstrated by a significant number of publications in these fields.

The scientist's work encompasses various subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Pharmacology. Their main topics of investigation address Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Fungal and Yeast Genetics Research, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food, Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology, and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies.

Several recent papers illustrate the focus and scope of their research:

  • "The transcriptional landscape of plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae reveals distinct families of temporally co-regulated and structurally conserved effectors" (2023, The Plant Cell)
  • "Appressorium-mediated plant infection by Magnaporthe oryzae is regulated by a Pmk1-dependent hierarchical transcriptional network" (2021, Nature Microbiology)
  • "Investigating the cell and developmental biology of plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae" (2021, Fungal Genetics and Biology)
  • "The appressorium at a glance" (2022, Journal of Cell Science)
  • "Discovery of broad-spectrum fungicides that block septin-dependent infection processes of pathogenic fungi" (2020, Nature Microbiology)

Nicholas J. Talbot frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Plant Cell, Nature Microbiology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and New Phytologist. These journals represent key outlets for research in biological sciences, particularly in plant pathology and molecular biology.

The scientist has collaborated extensively with a number of coauthors, including Vincent Were, Yan Xia, Lauren S. Ryder, Thorsten Langner, and Sophien Kamoun. These collaborations highlight a diverse network of researchers contributing to fungal genomics, plant pathology, and molecular genetics.

Nicholas J. Talbot has received recognition through awards such as the Fellowship of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom (2014) and membership in the Academia Europaea (2014).

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy in higher eukaryotes

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Hagai Abeliovich;Patrizia Agostinis;Devendra K. Agrawal

  • The genome sequence of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea

    Ralph A. Dean;Nicholas J. Talbot;Daniel J. Ebbole;Mark L. Farman

  • Genomic Analysis of the Necrotrophic Fungal Pathogens Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Botrytis cinerea

    Joelle Amselem;Christina A. Cuomo;Jan A. L. van Kan;Muriel Viaud

  • On the Trail of a Cereal Killer: Exploring the Biology of Magnaporthe grisea

    Nicholas J Talbot

  • Identification and characterization of MPG1, a gene involved in pathogenicity from the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea.

    Nicholas J. Talbot;Daniel J. Ebbole;John E. Hamer

  • Under pressure: Investigating the biology of plant infection by Magnaporthe oryzae

    Richard A. Wilson;Nicholas J. Talbot

  • Genome expansion and gene loss in powdery mildew fungi reveal tradeoffs in extreme parasitism

    Pietro D. Spanu;James C. Abbott;Joelle Amselem;Timothy A. Burgis

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Glycerol generates turgor in rice blast

    J.C. de Jong;B.J. McCormack;N. Smirnoff;N.J. Talbot

  • Effector-Mediated Suppression of Chitin-Triggered Immunity by Magnaporthe oryzae Is Necessary for Rice Blast Disease

    Thomas A. Mentlak;Anja Kombrink;Tomonori Shinya;Lauren S. Ryder

  • Surface attachment and pre-penetration stage development by plant pathogenic fungi.

    Sara L. Tucker;Nicholas J. Talbot

  • Autophagic Fungal Cell Death Is Necessary for Infection by the Rice Blast Fungus

    Claire Veneault-Fourrey;Madhumita Barooah;Martin Egan;Gavin Wakley

  • MAP kinase and protein kinase A-dependent mobilization of triacylglycerol and glycogen during appressorium turgor generation by Magnaporthe grisea.

    Eckhard Thines;Roland W. S. Weber;Nicholas J. Talbot

  • Emergence of wheat blast in Bangladesh was caused by a South American lineage of Magnaporthe oryzae.

    M. Tofazzal Islam;Daniel Croll;Pierre Gladieux;Darren M. Soanes

  • MPG1 Encodes a Fungal Hydrophobin Involved in Surface Interactions during Infection-Related Development of Magnaporthe grisea.

    Nicholas J. Talbot;Michael J. Kershaw;Gavin E. Wakley;Onno M. H. de Vries

  • Two distinct secretion systems facilitate tissue invasion by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae

    Martha C. Giraldo;Yasin F. Dagdas;Yogesh K. Gupta;Thomas A. Mentlak;Thomas A. Mentlak

  • Generation of reactive oxygen species by fungal NADPH oxidases is required for rice blast disease

    Martin J. Egan;Zheng-Yi Wang;Mark A. Jones;Nicholas Smirnoff

  • MPG1 encodes a fungal hydrophobin involved in surface interactions during infection-related development of Magnaporthe grisea

    N.J Talbot;M.J Kershaw;O.M H de Vries;J.G H Wessels

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc-Henri Lebrun
Marc-Henri Lebrun University of Paris-Saclay
Thomas A. Richards
Thomas A. Richards University of Oxford
Didier Tharreau
Didier Tharreau Montpellier SupAgro
Thomas K. Mitchell
Thomas K. Mitchell The Ohio State University
Barbara Valent
Barbara Valent Kansas State University
James C. Correll
James C. Correll University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
David J. Studholme
David J. Studholme University of Exeter
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Jin-Rong Xu
Jin-Rong Xu Purdue University West Lafayette
Guo-Liang Wang
Guo-Liang Wang The Ohio State University

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