Boris Szurek

7.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
86 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Boris Szurek is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Boris Szurek has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Plant Science, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Boris Szurek's work include Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (79 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (60 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (36 papers). Boris Szurek is often cited by papers focused on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (79 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (60 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (36 papers). Boris Szurek collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Colombia. Boris Szurek's co-authors include Ralf Koebnik, Mathilde Hutin, Álvaro L. Pérez‐Quintero, Jens Boch, Ulla Bonas, Claire Lurin, Ian Small, Beate Hoffmann, Jana Streubel and Valérie Verdier and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Boris Szurek

80 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Genome-Wide Analysis of Arabidopsis Pentatricopeptide Repeat Proteins Reveals Their Essential Role in Organelle Biogenesis[W]

2004 1.1k citations Claire Lurin, Mohammed Bellaoui et al. The Plant Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Boris Szurek France	30	3.3k	1.8k	203	119	92	86	4.2k
Ben F. Holt United States	23	3.8k 1.1×	1.9k 1.1×	182 0.9×	148 1.2×	120 1.3×	30	4.1k
Nadim W. Alkharouf United States	29	2.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	207 1.0×	74 0.6×	121 1.3×	65	2.6k
Mawsheng Chern United States	28	2.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	217 1.1×	193 1.6×	126 1.4×	41	3.0k
Matthew R. Willmann United States	22	4.5k 1.4×	2.8k 1.6×	210 1.0×	86 0.7×	152 1.7×	40	5.2k
Susana Rivas France	25	2.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	303 1.5×	71 0.6×	94 1.0×	30	2.6k
Marcel Wiermer Germany	23	2.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	217 1.1×	38 0.3×	110 1.2×	34	3.3k
Jing Fan China	28	2.3k 0.7×	940 0.5×	210 1.0×	109 0.9×	172 1.9×	89	2.6k
Armin Djamei Germany	24	2.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	504 2.5×	58 0.5×	104 1.1×	51	2.8k
Paul Derbyshire United Kingdom	25	3.2k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	173 0.9×	55 0.5×	53 0.6×	33	3.5k
Liangying Dai China	23	2.0k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	233 1.1×	358 3.0×	177 1.9×	76	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Boris Szurek

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All Works

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Ba, Malick N., et al.. (2025). Confirmation Report of Bacterial Leaf Streak Disease of Rice Caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola in Tanzania. Plant Disease. 109(4). 931–931.

Minsavage, Gerald V., Joachim Kilian, Nan Wang, et al.. (2025). Xanthomonas coordinates type III–type II effector synergy by activating fruit-ripening pathway. Science. 390(6779). 1292–1298.

Hutin, Mathilde, Simon Carpenter, Paulo R. A. Campos, et al.. (2024). Evolutionary and Epidemiological Insights from Historical and Modern Genomes of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola, the Causal Agent of Bacterial Leaf Streak of Rice. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 37(12). 814–818.

Roux, Brice, Sébastien Cunnac, Sébastien Carrère, et al.. (2024). Comparative transcriptomics reveals a highly polymorphic Xanthomonas HrpG virulence regulon. BMC Genomics. 25(1). 777–777. 3 indexed citations

Koebnik, Ralf, Sophie Cesbron, Nicolas W. G. Chen, et al.. (2024). Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first Xanthomonas genome sequences – how genomics revolutionized taxonomy, provided insight into the emergence of pathogenic bacteria, enabled new fundamental discoveries and helped developing novel control measures – a perspective from the French network on Xanthomonads. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 1 indexed citations

Koebnik, Ralf, Sophie Cesbron, Nicolas W. G. Chen, et al.. (2023). Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the First Xanthomonas Genome Sequences – How Genomics Revolutionized Taxonomy, Provided Insight into the Emergence of Pathogenic Bacteria, Enabled New Fundamental Discoveries and Helped Developing Novel Control Measures – A Perspective from the French Network on Xanthomonads. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations

Audran, Corinne, Cesar Augusto Medina, Lionel Gagnevin, et al.. (2023). CRISPRi in Xanthomonas demonstrates functional convergence of transcription activator‐like effectors in two divergent pathogens. New Phytologist. 238(4). 1593–1604. 4 indexed citations

Blondin, Laurence, Issa Wonni, Boris Szurek, et al.. (2023). A minisatellite-based MLVA for deciphering the global epidemiology of the bacterial cassava pathogen Xanthomonas phaseoli pv. manihotis. PLoS ONE. 18(5). e0285491–e0285491. 1 indexed citations

Wonni, Issa, Anne Sicard, Laurence Blondin, et al.. (2023). Genetic Structure and TALome Analysis Highlight a High Level of Diversity in Burkinabe Xanthomonas Oryzae pv. oryzae Populations. Rice. 16(1). 33–33. 1 indexed citations

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Szurek, Boris, et al.. (2023). First Report of Bacterial Leaf Blight Disease of Rice Caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in Madagascar. Plant Disease. 107(8). 2510–2510. 3 indexed citations

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Duputié, Anne, et al.. (2022). Biocultural Drivers Responsible for the Occurrence of a Cassava Bacterial Pathogen in Small-Scale Farms of Colombian Caribbean. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10.

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Sciallano, Coline, et al.. (2022). The Complete Genome Resource of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae CIX2779 Includes the First Sequence of a Plasmid for an African Representative of This Rice Pathogen. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 36(1). 73–77. 1 indexed citations

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Boyer, Karine, Myriam Gaudeul, Cláudia Baider, et al.. (2021). First historical genome of a crop bacterial pathogen from herbarium specimen: Insights into citrus canker emergence. PLoS Pathogens. 17(7). e1009714–e1009714. 12 indexed citations

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Wonni, Issa, Mathilde Hutin, Lionel Gagnevin, et al.. (2020). First Report of Xanthomonas phaseoli pv. manihotis, the Causal Agent of Cassava Bacterial Blight, in Mali. Plant Disease. 104(6). 1852–1852. 2 indexed citations

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Wu, Ting‐Ying, Takayuki Tohge, Alisdair R. Fernie, et al.. (2019). Enhancement of vitamin B₆ levels in rice expressing Arabidopsis vitamin B₆ biosynthesis de novo genes. The Plant Journal. 99(6). 1047–1065. 34 indexed citations

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Wonni, Issa, Sara C. D. Carpenter, Yanhua Yu, et al.. (2018). Functional analysis of African Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae TALomes reveals a new susceptibility gene in bacterial leaf blight of rice. PLoS Pathogens. 14(6). e1007092–e1007092. 66 indexed citations

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Zhao, Shuai, Lucie Poulin, Luis M. Rodriguez‐R, et al.. (2012). Development of a Variable Number of Tandem Repeats Typing Scheme for the Bacterial Rice Pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola. Phytopathology. 102(10). 948–956. 26 indexed citations

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González, Carolina, et al.. (2007). Molecular and pathotypic characterization of new Xanthomonas oryzae strains from West Africa.. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 9 indexed citations

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Lurin, Claire, Mohammed Bellaoui, Michel Caboche, et al.. (2004). Genome-Wide Analysis of Arabidopsis Pentatricopeptide Repeat Proteins Reveals Their Essential Role in Organelle Biogenesis[W]. The Plant Cell. 16(8). 2089–2103. 1051 indexed citations breakdown →

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Szurek, Boris, Éric Marois, Ulla Bonas, & Guido Van den Ackerveken. (2001). Eukaryotic features of the Xanthomonas type III effector AvrBs3: protein domains involved in transcriptional activation and the interaction with nuclear import receptors from pepper. The Plant Journal. 26(5). 523–534. 141 indexed citations

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