Connor R. Fitzpatrick

3.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
23 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Connor R. Fitzpatrick is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Connor R. Fitzpatrick has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Plant Science, 8 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Connor R. Fitzpatrick's work include Plant and animal studies (8 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (7 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (6 papers). Connor R. Fitzpatrick is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (8 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (7 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (6 papers). Connor R. Fitzpatrick collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Brazil. Connor R. Fitzpatrick's co-authors include Marc T. J. Johnson, Jeffery L. Dangl, Peter M. Kotanen, Paulo José Pereira Lima Teixeira, Pauline W. Wang, David S. Guttman, Julia K. Copeland, Isai Salas-González, Omri M. Finkel and Jonathan M. Conway and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Connor R. Fitzpatrick

23 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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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.

Assembly and ecological function of the root microbiome across angiosperm plant species

2018 708 citations Connor R. Fitzpatrick, Julia K. Copeland et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
A single bacterial genus maintains root growth in a complex microbiome

2020 307 citations Omri M. Finkel, Isai Salas-González et al. Nature profile →
The Plant Microbiome: From Ecology to Reductionism and Beyond

2020 286 citations Connor R. Fitzpatrick, Isai Salas-González et al. Annual Review of Microbiology profile →

Peers

Connor R. Fitzpatrick

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Maggie R. Wagner United States

M. Kruijt Netherlands

Paloma Durán Germany

Jonathan M. Plett Australia

J.H.M. Schneider Netherlands

Amandine Lê Van France

Sally Hilton United Kingdom

Iratxe Zarraonaindia Spain

Marcel Meyer United Kingdom

Cyrus A. Mallon Netherlands

Maggie R. Wagner United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Connor R. Fitzpatrick

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20 of 20 papers shown

Fitzpatrick, Connor R., Chinmay Saha, Theresa F. Law, et al.. (2025). An effluent pump family distributed across plant commensal bacteria conditions host- and organ-specific glucosinolate detoxification. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5699–5699. 2 indexed citations

Russ, Dor, Connor R. Fitzpatrick, Paulo José Pereira Lima Teixeira, & Jeffery L. Dangl. (2023). Deep discovery informs difficult deployment in plant microbiome science. Cell. 186(21). 4496–4513. 63 indexed citations

Jacob, Pierre, Lijiang Song, Adam M. Bayless, et al.. (2023). Broader functions of TIR domains in Arabidopsis immunity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(11). e2220921120–e2220921120. 24 indexed citations

Conway, Jonathan M., William G. Walton, Isai Salas-González, et al.. (2022). Diverse MarR bacterial regulators of auxin catabolism in the plant microbiome. Nature Microbiology. 7(11). 1817–1833. 23 indexed citations

Leary, Steven, Qiang An, Natalie Glass, et al.. (2022). Food Insecurity Is Common in the Orthopedic Trauma Population: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study. Current Developments in Nutrition. 6. 128–128. 1 indexed citations

Fitzpatrick, Connor R., et al.. (2022). Colony but not social phenotype or status structures the gut bacteria of a eusocial mammal. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 76(8). 4 indexed citations

Fitzpatrick, Connor R., Julia K. Copeland, Pauline W. Wang, et al.. (2022). Habitats Within the Plant Root Differ in Bacterial Network Topology and Taxonomic Assortativity. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 36(3). 165–175. 1 indexed citations

Fitzpatrick, Connor R. & Adam C. Schneider. (2020). Unique bacterial assembly, composition, and interactions in a parasitic plant and its host. Journal of Experimental Botany. 71(6). 2198–2209. 21 indexed citations

Finkel, Omri M., Isai Salas-González, Gabriel Castrillo, et al.. (2020). A single bacterial genus maintains root growth in a complex microbiome. Nature. 587(7832). 103–108. 307 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fitzpatrick, Connor R., Isai Salas-González, Jonathan M. Conway, et al.. (2020). The Plant Microbiome: From Ecology to Reductionism and Beyond. Annual Review of Microbiology. 74(1). 81–100. 286 indexed citations breakdown →

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Finkel, Omri M., Isai Salas-González, Connor R. Fitzpatrick, et al.. (2020). Root Microbiome Modulates Plant Growth Promotion Induced by Low Doses of Glyphosate. mSphere. 5(4). 20 indexed citations

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Fitzpatrick, Connor R., et al.. (2020). Effects of Inferred Gender on Patterns of Co‐Authorship in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Publications. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 101(3). 17 indexed citations

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Teixeira, Paulo José Pereira Lima, et al.. (2019). Beyond pathogens: microbiota interactions with the plant immune system. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 49. 7–17. 196 indexed citations

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Fitzpatrick, Connor R., et al.. (2019). Soil biota composition and the performance of a noxious weed across its invaded range. Ecography. 42(10). 1671–1681. 7 indexed citations

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Fitzpatrick, Connor R., et al.. (2019). Soil microbes alter plant fitness under competition and drought. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 32(5). 438–450. 65 indexed citations

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Fitzpatrick, Connor R., Julia K. Copeland, Pauline W. Wang, et al.. (2018). Assembly and ecological function of the root microbiome across angiosperm plant species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(6). E1157–E1165. 708 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fitzpatrick, Connor R., Patricia Lu‐Irving, Julia K. Copeland, et al.. (2018). Chloroplast sequence variation and the efficacy of peptide nucleic acids for blocking host amplification in plant microbiome studies. Microbiome. 6(1). 144–144. 70 indexed citations

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Fitzpatrick, Connor R., Anurag A. Agrawal, Nathan Basiliko, et al.. (2015). The importance of plant genotype and contemporary evolution for terrestrial ecosystem processes. Ecology. 96(10). 2632–2642. 18 indexed citations

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Liepe, Katharina J., Andreas Hamann, Pia Smets, Connor R. Fitzpatrick, & Sally N. Aitken. (2015). Adaptation of lodgepole pine and interior spruce to climate: implications for reforestation in a warming world. Evolutionary Applications. 9(2). 409–419. 47 indexed citations

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Carmona, Diego, Connor R. Fitzpatrick, & Marc T. J. Johnson. (2015). Fifty years of co‐evolution and beyond: integrating co‐evolution from molecules to species. Molecular Ecology. 24(21). 5315–5329. 30 indexed citations

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