Jean B. Ristaino

11.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
105 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Jean B. Ristaino is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jean B. Ristaino has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Plant Science, 59 papers in Cell Biology and 23 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Jean B. Ristaino's work include Plant Pathogens and Resistance (77 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (59 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (47 papers). Jean B. Ristaino is often cited by papers focused on Plant Pathogens and Resistance (77 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (59 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (47 papers). Jean B. Ristaino collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Ireland. Jean B. Ristaino's co-authors include Shuijin Hu, Marcia L. Gumpertz, Amanda C. Saville, Gregory K. Evanylo, Cong Tu, Qingshan Wei, Stephen Albert Johnston, Rajesh Paul, William Thomas and Michael D. Madritch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Jean B. Ristaino

104 papers receiving 6.2k citations

Hit Papers

Organic and synthetic fertility amendments influence soil... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 2011 2021 2023 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Organic and synthetic fertility amendments influence soil microbial, physical and chemical properties on organic and conventional farms
    2002 508 citations Jean B. Ristaino et al. Applied Soil Ecology profile →
  2. DNA barcoding of oomycetes with cytochrome c oxidase subunit I and internal transcribed spacer
    2011 481 citations Jean B. Ristaino et al. profile →
  3. The persistent threat of emerging plant disease pandemics to global food security
    2021 446 citations Jean B. Ristaino, Pamela K. Anderson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  4. Abaxial leaf surface-mounted multimodal wearable sensor for continuous plant physiology monitoring
    2023 110 citations Giwon Lee, Oindrila Hossain et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jean B. Ristaino United States 41 5.0k 2.3k 1.3k 772 526 105 6.5k
Christian Steinberg France 47 5.7k 1.2× 2.6k 1.1× 998 0.8× 876 1.1× 248 0.5× 171 7.7k
Linda S. Thomashow United States 57 8.4k 1.7× 1.7k 0.7× 4.1k 3.2× 530 0.7× 278 0.5× 138 12.1k
Yangchun Xu China 45 4.2k 0.8× 669 0.3× 1.2k 1.0× 1.3k 1.7× 462 0.9× 116 6.5k
Petr Karlovský Germany 51 5.7k 1.1× 1.9k 0.8× 1.7k 1.3× 251 0.3× 223 0.4× 162 7.7k
Ching‐Hong Yang United States 37 2.9k 0.6× 444 0.2× 1.1k 0.9× 521 0.7× 259 0.5× 100 4.9k
Choong‐Min Ryu South Korea 61 11.9k 2.4× 1.5k 0.7× 4.1k 3.2× 401 0.5× 727 1.4× 227 14.9k
John M. Whipps United Kingdom 47 7.6k 1.5× 2.4k 1.0× 1.6k 1.2× 1.1k 1.4× 220 0.4× 174 9.3k
Jan E. Leach United States 61 11.6k 2.3× 1.8k 0.8× 3.5k 2.8× 399 0.5× 388 0.7× 183 13.6k
Stijn Spaepen Belgium 30 6.4k 1.3× 741 0.3× 2.1k 1.7× 525 0.7× 223 0.4× 52 8.0k
Erich-Christian Oerke Germany 33 6.9k 1.4× 1.0k 0.5× 1.2k 0.9× 273 0.4× 275 0.5× 100 9.2k

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All Works

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Saville, Amanda C., et al.. (2025). A pangenome analysis reveals the center of origin and evolutionary history of Phytophthora infestans and 1c clade species. PLoS ONE. 20(1). e0314509–e0314509. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Mingzhuo, Qirui Cui, Tsung‐Cheng Hsieh, et al.. (2025). Non‐destructive seed genotyping via microneedle‐based DNA extraction. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 23(6). 2317–2329. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Yan, et al.. (2025). Smartphone-Based Colorimetric VOC Sensor for Early Detection of Phytophthora Ramorum in Rhododendrons. ACS Sensors. 11(1). 257–269. 1 indexed citations
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Shymanovich, Tatsiana, Amanda C. Saville, Rajesh Paul, Qingshan Wei, & Jean B. Ristaino. (2024). Rapid Detection of Viral, Bacterial, Fungal, and Oomycete Pathogens on Tomatoes with Microneedles, LAMP on a Microfluidic Chip, and Smartphone Device. Phytopathology. 114(8). 1975–1983. 5 indexed citations
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Shymanovich, Tatsiana, Amanda C. Saville, Noor Mohammad, et al.. (2024). Disease Progress and Detection of a California Resistance-Breaking Strain of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus in Tomato with LAMP and CRISPR-Cas12a Assays. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 50–60. 6 indexed citations
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Lee, Giwon, Oindrila Hossain, Yuxuan Liu, et al.. (2023). Abaxial leaf surface-mounted multimodal wearable sensor for continuous plant physiology monitoring. Science Advances. 9(15). eade2232–eade2232. 110 indexed citations breakdown →
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Saville, Amanda C., et al.. (2023). Evaluation of a Formulation of Bacillus subtilis for Control of Phytophthora Blight of Bell Pepper. Plant Disease. 108(4). 1014–1024. 4 indexed citations
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Saville, Amanda C., Federico La Spada, Roberto Faedda, et al.. (2021). Population structure of Phytophthora infestans collected on potato and tomato in Italy. Plant Pathology. 70(9). 2165–2178. 9 indexed citations
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Paul, Rajesh, Yuting Chen, Amanda C. Saville, et al.. (2021). Integrated microneedle-smartphone nucleic acid amplification platform for in-field diagnosis of plant diseases. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 187. 113312–113312. 65 indexed citations
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Ristaino, Jean B., Pamela K. Anderson, Daniel P. Bebber, et al.. (2021). The persistent threat of emerging plant disease pandemics to global food security. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(23). 446 indexed citations breakdown →
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Paul, Rajesh, Amanda C. Saville, Yanqi Ye, et al.. (2019). Extraction of Plant DNA by Microneedle Patch for Rapid Detection of Plant Diseases. ACS Nano. 13(6). 6540–6549. 138 indexed citations
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Li, Zheng, Rajesh Paul, Amanda C. Saville, et al.. (2019). Non-invasive plant disease diagnostics enabled by smartphone-based fingerprinting of leaf volatiles. Nature Plants. 5(8). 856–866. 227 indexed citations
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Martin, Michael D., Enrico Cappellini, José Alfredo Samaniego Castruita, et al.. (2013). Reconstructing genome evolution in historic samples of the Irish potato famine pathogen. Nature Communications. 4(1). 2172–2172. 92 indexed citations
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Liu, Bo, Cong Tu, Shuijin Hu, Marcia L. Gumpertz, & Jean B. Ristaino. (2007). Effect of organic, sustainable, and conventional management strategies in grower fields on soil physical, chemical, and biological factors and the incidence of Southern blight. Applied Soil Ecology. 37(3). 202–214. 115 indexed citations
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Ristaino, Jean B., et al.. (2001). PCR amplification of the Irish potato famine pathogen from historic specimens. Nature. 411(6838). 695–697. 166 indexed citations
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Ristaino, Jean B., et al.. (1997). Rapid Detection of Phytophthora infestans in Late Blight-Infected Potato and Tomato Using PCR. Plant Disease. 81(9). 1042–1048. 97 indexed citations

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