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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
78
Citations
20720
World Ranking
4566
National Ranking
343

Paul R. J. Birch publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 200 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Paul R. J. Birch 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 Paul R. J. Birch sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 78 D-Index — 77th percentile

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Overview

Paul R. J. Birch is affiliated with the James Hutton Institute in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work primarily focuses on Plant Science, supported by research in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Cancer Research, and Endocrinology.

Their research covers a variety of topics including:

  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant Pathogens and Resistance
  • Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease

Paul R. J. Birch has published numerous papers across notable venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • New Phytologist
  • Trends in Plant Science
  • Plant Communications
  • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Recent significant papers feature collaborative research with various authors and span topics related to plant-pathogen interactions and disease mechanisms:

  • "Message in a Bubble: Shuttling Small RNAs and Proteins Between Cells and Interacting Organisms Using Extracellular Vesicles" (2021), Annual Review of Plant Biology
  • "All Roads Lead to Susceptibility: The Many Modes of Action of Fungal and Oomycete Intracellular Effectors" (2020), Plant Communications
  • "Devastating intimacy: the cell biology of plant-Phytophthora interactions" (2020), New Phytologist
  • "Plant mRNAs move into a fungal pathogen via extracellular vesicles to reduce infection" (2023), Cell Host & Microbe
  • "High-efficiency green management of potato late blight by a self-assembled multicomponent nano-bioprotectant" (2023), Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors contributing to their research include:

  • Petra C. Boevink
  • Hazel McLellan
  • Stephen C. Whisson
  • Shumei Wang
  • Lydia Welsh

Best Publications

  • Genome sequence and analysis of the Irish potato famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans.

    Brian J Haas;Sophien Kamoun;Sophien Kamoun;Michael C Zody;Michael C Zody;Rays H Y Jiang;Rays H Y Jiang

  • The Top 10 oomycete pathogens in molecular plant pathology

    Sophien Kamoun;Oliver Furzer;Jonathan D. G. Jones;Howard S. Judelson

  • A translocation signal for delivery of oomycete effector proteins into host plant cells

    Stephen C. Whisson;Petra C. Boevink;Lucy Moleleki;Anna O. Avrova

  • An ancestral oomycete locus contains late blight avirulence gene Avr3a, encoding a protein that is recognized in the host cytoplasm

    Miles R. Armstrong;Stephen C. Whisson;Leighton Pritchard;Leighton Pritchard;Jorunn I. B. Bos

  • Soft rot erwiniae: from genes to genomes

    Ian K. Toth;Kenneth S. Bell;Maria C. Holeva;Paul R. J. Birch

  • Phytophthora infestans effector AVR3a is essential for virulence and manipulates plant immunity by stabilizing host E3 ligase CMPG1.

    Jorunn I. B. Bos;Miles R. Armstrong;Eleanor M. Gilroy;Petra C. Boevink

  • Differential Recognition of Highly Divergent Downy Mildew Avirulence Gene Alleles by RPP1 Resistance Genes from Two Arabidopsis Lines

    Anne P. Rehmany;Anna Gordon;Laura E. Rose;Rebecca L. Allen

  • Crops that feed the world 8: Potato: are the trends of increased global production sustainable?

    Paul R. J. Birch;Paul R. J. Birch;Glenn Bryan;Brian Fenton;Eleanor M. Gilroy

  • Genome sequence of the enterobacterial phytopathogen Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica and characterization of virulence factors

    K. S. Bell;M. Sebaihia;L. Pritchard;L. Pritchard;M. T. G. Holden

  • Genome Analyses of an Aggressive and Invasive Lineage of the Irish Potato Famine Pathogen

    David E. L. Cooke;Liliana M. Cano;Sylvain Raffaele;Ruairidh A. Bain

  • The C-terminal half of Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector AVR3a is sufficient to trigger R3a-mediated hypersensitivity and suppress INF1-induced cell death in Nicotiana benthamiana

    Jorunn I. B. Bos;Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti;Carolyn Young;Cahid Cakir

  • Trafficking arms: oomycete effectors enter host plant cells

    Paul R.J. Birch;Anne P. Rehmany;Leighton Pritchard;Sophien Kamoun

  • Five Reasons to Consider Phytophthora infestans a Reemerging Pathogen

    W. E. Fry;P. R. J. Birch;H. S. Judelson;N. J. Grünwald

  • Quorum sensing coordinates brute force and stealth modes of infection in the plant pathogen Pectobacterium atrosepticum

    Hui Liu;Sarah J. Coulthurst;Leighton Pritchard;Peter E. Hedley

  • An RxLR Effector from Phytophthora infestans Prevents Re-localisation of Two Plant NAC Transcription Factors from the Endoplasmic Reticulum to the Nucleus

    Hazel McLellan;Petra C. Boevink;Miles R. Armstrong;Leighton Pritchard;Leighton Pritchard

  • Is the Universe rotating

    P. Birch

  • Exploiting Knowledge of R/Avr Genes to Rapidly Clone a New LZ-NBS-LRR Family of Late Blight Resistance Genes from Potato Linkage Group IV

    Anoma A Lokossou;Tae-ho Park;Gert van Arkel;Marjon Arens

  • Phytophthora infestans RXLR Effector PexRD2 Interacts with Host MAPKKKε to Suppress Plant Immune Signaling

    Stuart R.F. King;Hazel McLellan;Petra C. Boevink;Miles R. Armstrong

  • Oomycete RXLR effectors: delivery, functional redundancy and durable disease resistance

    Paul Rj J. Birch;Petra C. Boevink;Eleanor M. Gilroy;Ingo Hein

  • A potato gene encoding a WRKY-like transcription factor is induced in interactions with Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica and Phytophthora infestans and is coregulated with class I endochitinase expression.

    Alia Dellagi;Jacqueline Heilbronn;Anna O. Avrova;Marcos Montesano

Frequent Co-Authors

Anna O. Avrova
Anna O. Avrova James Hutton Institute
Petra C. Boevink
Petra C. Boevink James Hutton Institute
Ingo Hein
Ingo Hein James Hutton Institute
Stephen C. Whisson
Stephen C. Whisson James Hutton Institute
Sophien Kamoun
Sophien Kamoun University of East Anglia
Ian K. Toth
Ian K. Toth James Hutton Institute
Pieter van West
Pieter van West University of Aberdeen
Francine Govers
Francine Govers Wageningen University & Research
Adrian C. Newton
Adrian C. Newton James Hutton Institute
David E. L. Cooke
David E. L. Cooke James Hutton Institute

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