Brendan J. McConkey

6.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
75 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Brendan J. McConkey is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brendan J. McConkey has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Plant Science and 9 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Brendan J. McConkey's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (12 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (11 papers) and Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (9 papers). Brendan J. McConkey is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (12 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (11 papers) and Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (9 papers). Brendan J. McConkey collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Brendan J. McConkey's co-authors include Bernard R. Glick, Zhenyu Cheng, Bruce M. Greenberg, D. George Dixon, Andrew C. Doxey, Jin Duan, Biljana Todorović, Guy A. Rouleau, Patrick A. Dion and Dan Spiegelman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Brendan J. McConkey

74 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

TARDBP mutations in individuals with sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

2008 1.2k citations Brendan J. McConkey et al. profile →
Promotion of Plant Growth by Bacterial ACC Deaminase

2007 555 citations Bernard R. Glick, Zhenyu Cheng et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brendan J. McConkey Canada	33	2.0k	1.5k	1.1k	668	470	75	4.8k
Carlos Frederico Martins Menck Brazil	44	4.4k 2.2×	893 0.6×	90 0.1×	357 0.5×	276 0.6×	220	7.1k
Wang‐Xia Wang United States	34	5.4k 2.8×	4.3k 2.8×	437 0.4×	106 0.2×	121 0.3×	62	10.1k
Yun‐Ru Chen Taiwan	40	2.7k 1.4×	518 0.3×	574 0.5×	207 0.3×	65 0.1×	158	5.2k
Emmanuel Lesuisse France	39	2.8k 1.4×	822 0.5×	133 0.1×	73 0.1×	209 0.4×	79	4.4k
Paul A. Haynes Australia	48	4.6k 2.3×	1.8k 1.2×	65 0.1×	133 0.2×	159 0.3×	183	8.2k
Jean‐Michel Camadro France	40	2.9k 1.5×	614 0.4×	129 0.1×	45 0.1×	109 0.2×	125	4.3k
David Eide United States	62	4.1k 2.1×	7.0k 4.5×	78 0.1×	171 0.3×	3.0k 6.4×	106	13.8k
Ignacio Marı́n Spain	30	1.7k 0.9×	492 0.3×	362 0.3×	26 0.0×	80 0.2×	96	3.5k
Mark Fiers Belgium	32	3.2k 1.6×	1.3k 0.8×	118 0.1×	80 0.1×	61 0.1×	57	7.0k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

McConkey, Brendan J., et al.. (2025). Kastor: a reference-based comparative approach for assessment and correction of gene-fragmenting errors in long-read assemblies of small genomes. BMC Genomics. 26(1). 388–388.

Cheng, Jiujun, Briallen Lobb, Suhelen Egan, et al.. (2020). Slr4, a newly identified S‐layer protein from marine Gammaproteobacteria, is a major biofilm matrix component. Molecular Microbiology. 114(6). 979–990. 8 indexed citations

Huff, Ryan D., Jennifer A. Aguiar, Wayne Tse, et al.. (2020). Effect of long-acting β-agonists/glucocorticoids on human airway epithelial cell cytokine, transcriptomic and oxidative stress responses to cannabis smoke. ERJ Open Research. 6(1). 265–2019. 8 indexed citations

Aguiar, Jennifer A., Ryan D. Huff, Wayne Tse, et al.. (2019). Transcriptomic and barrier responses of human airway epithelial cells exposed to cannabis smoke. Physiological Reports. 7(20). e14249–e14249. 16 indexed citations

Blondeel, Eric J. M., Raymond H. Ho, Steffen Schulze, et al.. (2016). An omics approach to rational feed. Journal of Biotechnology. 234. 127–138. 20 indexed citations

Cheng, Zhenyu, Jianfeng Li, Yajie Niu, et al.. (2015). Pathogen-secreted proteases activate a novel plant immune pathway. Nature. 521(7551). 213–216. 179 indexed citations

Rodríguez‐Gil, José Luis, et al.. (2014). Optimization of culturing conditions for toxicity testing with the alga Oophila sp. (Chlorophyceae), an amphibian endosymbiont. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 33(11). 2566–2575. 7 indexed citations

Nascimento, Francisco X., Márcio José Rossi, Cláudio Roberto Fonsêca Sousa Soares, Brendan J. McConkey, & Bernard R. Glick. (2014). New Insights into 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylate (ACC) Deaminase Phylogeny, Evolution and Ecological Significance. PLoS ONE. 9(6). e99168–e99168. 163 indexed citations

Donahue, Seth W., et al.. (2013). Serum Immune-Related Proteins are Differentially Expressed during Hibernation in the American Black Bear. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e66119–e66119. 33 indexed citations

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Böttger, Angelika, Andrew C. Doxey, Michael W. Hess, et al.. (2012). Horizontal Gene Transfer Contributed to the Evolution of Extracellular Surface Structures: The Freshwater Polyp Hydra Is Covered by a Complex Fibrous Cuticle Containing Glycosaminoglycans and Proteins of the PPOD and SWT (Sweet Tooth) Families. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e52278–e52278. 23 indexed citations

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Frank, Richard, et al.. (2012). Toxic effects of oil sand naphthenic acids on the biomass accumulation of 21 potential phytoplankton remediation candidates. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 86. 156–161. 19 indexed citations

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Jiang, Wei, Zhenyu Cheng, Brendan J. McConkey, & Bernard R. Glick. (2012). Investigating the Role of Protein UnkG from the Pseudomonas putida UW4 in the Ability of the Bacterium to Facilitate Plant Growth. Current Microbiology. 66(4). 331–336. 2 indexed citations

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McConkey, Brendan J., et al.. (2011). Population‐based modeling of the progression of apoptosis in mammalian cell culture. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 109(5). 1193–1204. 9 indexed citations

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Broom, Aron, Andrew C. Doxey, Yuri D. Lobsanov, et al.. (2011). Modular Evolution and the Origins of Symmetry: Reconstruction of a Three-Fold Symmetric Globular Protein. Structure. 20(1). 161–171. 84 indexed citations

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Doxey, Andrew C., Zhenyu Cheng, Barbara A. Moffatt, & Brendan J. McConkey. (2010). Structural motif screening reveals a novel, conserved carbohydrate-binding surface in the pathogenesis-related protein PR-5d. BMC Structural Biology. 10(1). 23–23. 16 indexed citations

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Cheng, Zhenyu, Owen Z. Woody, Bernard R. Glick, & Brendan J. McConkey. (2010). Characterization of Plant-Bacterial Interactions Using Proteomic Approaches. Current Proteomics. 7(4). 244–257. 4 indexed citations

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Cheng, Zhenyu, Jin Duan, Youai Hao, Brendan J. McConkey, & Bernard R. Glick. (2009). Identification of Bacterial Proteins Mediating the Interactions Between Pseudomonas putida UW4 and Brassica napus (Canola). Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 22(6). 686–694. 25 indexed citations

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Eyal, Eran, Rafaël Najmanovich, Brendan J. McConkey, Marvin Edelman, & V. M. Sobolev. (2004). Importance of solvent accessibility and contact surfaces in modeling side‐chain conformations in proteins. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 25(5). 712–724. 109 indexed citations

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El-Alawi, Yousef, Brendan J. McConkey, D. George Dixon, & Bruce M. Greenberg. (2002). Measurement of Short- and Long-Term Toxicity of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Using Luminescent Bacteria. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 51(1). 12–21. 80 indexed citations

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McConkey, Brendan J., C.L. Duxbury, D. George Dixon, & Bruce M. Greenberg. (1997). Toxicity of a pah photooxidation product to the bacteria Photobacterium phosphoreum and the duckweed Lemna gibba: Effects of phenanthrene and its primary photoproduct, phenanthrenequinone. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 16(5). 892–899. 145 indexed citations

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