Silke Robatzek

21.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
100 papers, 15.5k citations indexed

About

Silke Robatzek is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Silke Robatzek has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 15.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Plant Science, 25 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Silke Robatzek's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (73 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (36 papers) and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (34 papers). Silke Robatzek is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (73 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (36 papers) and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (34 papers). Silke Robatzek collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Switzerland. Silke Robatzek's co-authors include Imre E. Somssich, Thomas Boller, Cyril Zipfel, Paul J. Rushton, Thomas Eulgem, Georg Felix, Jonathan D. G. Jones, Delphine Chinchilla, Lionel Navarro and Vera Göhre 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

Silke Robatzek

99 papers receiving 15.2k citations

Hit Papers

The WRKY superfamily of plant transcription factors 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 2007 2004 2004 2006 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. The WRKY superfamily of plant transcription factors
    2000 2.4k citations Silke Robatzek et al. profile →
  2. A flagellin-induced complex of the receptor FLS2 and BAK1 initiates plant defence
    2007 1.4k citations Cyril Zipfel, Silke Robatzek et al. profile →
  3. Bacterial disease resistance in Arabidopsis through flagellin perception
    2004 1.3k citations Cyril Zipfel, Silke Robatzek et al. profile →
  4. The N Terminus of Bacterial Elongation Factor Tu Elicits Innate Immunity in Arabidopsis Plants
    2004 658 citations Gernot Kunze, Cyril Zipfel et al. The Plant Cell profile →
  5. Ligand-induced endocytosis of the pattern recognition receptor FLS2 in Arabidopsis
    2006 563 citations Silke Robatzek, Thomas Boller et al. profile →
  6. Targets of AtWRKY6 regulation during plant senescence and pathogen defense
    2002 558 citations Silke Robatzek et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Silke Robatzek United Kingdom 59 13.8k 6.3k 1.2k 501 385 100 15.5k
Antonio Molina Spain 57 11.2k 0.8× 5.8k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 851 1.7× 732 1.9× 97 13.8k
Hailing Jin United States 58 10.5k 0.8× 7.2k 1.1× 703 0.6× 330 0.7× 614 1.6× 107 13.6k
Yuelin Zhang Canada 60 11.9k 0.9× 5.2k 0.8× 671 0.5× 352 0.7× 456 1.2× 128 13.2k
Jian‐Min Zhou China 74 19.2k 1.4× 6.9k 1.1× 1.3k 1.0× 650 1.3× 805 2.1× 167 21.9k
Georg Felix Switzerland 55 15.5k 1.1× 4.8k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 666 1.3× 586 1.5× 88 16.6k
Renier A. L. van der Hoorn United Kingdom 54 7.5k 0.5× 3.9k 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 1.0k 2.1× 583 1.5× 165 9.7k
Ping He United States 57 8.7k 0.6× 3.6k 0.6× 623 0.5× 235 0.5× 248 0.6× 165 10.4k
Gregory B. Martin United States 74 18.0k 1.3× 6.4k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 722 1.4× 688 1.8× 199 19.8k
Ralph Panstruga Germany 60 11.2k 0.8× 4.7k 0.8× 2.1k 1.7× 214 0.4× 335 0.9× 145 12.4k
Libo Shan United States 56 9.3k 0.7× 3.3k 0.5× 581 0.5× 220 0.4× 287 0.7× 113 10.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Silke Robatzek

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ludwig, Christina, Andreas Brachmann, Andreas Klingl, et al.. (2025). Extracellular Vesicles From Xylella fastidiosa Carry sRNAs and Genomic Islands, Suggesting Roles in Recipient Cells. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 14(6). e70102–e70102. 1 indexed citations
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Thieron, Hannah, Seomun Kwon, Susanne Fricke, et al.. (2024). Practical advice for extracellular vesicle isolation in plant–microbe interactions: Concerns, considerations, and conclusions. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 13(12). e70022–e70022.
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Goto, Y, Yasuhiro Kadota, Malick Mbengué, et al.. (2024). The leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase QSK1 regulates PRR-RBOHD complexes targeted by the bacterial effector HopF2Pto. The Plant Cell. 36(12). 4932–4951. 2 indexed citations
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Thieron, Hannah, Seomun Kwon, Karina Brinkrolf, et al.. (2024). Broad‐scale phenotyping in Arabidopsis reveals varied involvement of RNA interference across diverse plant‐microbe interactions. Plant Direct. 8(11). e70017–e70017. 2 indexed citations
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Hawkins, Timothy J., Michaela Kopischke, Katarzyna Rybak, et al.. (2023). NET4 and RabG3 link actin to the tonoplast and facilitate cytoskeletal remodelling during stomatal immunity. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5848–5848. 5 indexed citations
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Janda, Martin, Katarzyna Rybak, Chen Meng, et al.. (2023). Biophysical and proteomic analyses of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 extracellular vesicles suggest adaptive functions during plant infection. mBio. 14(4). e0358922–e0358922. 10 indexed citations
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Hurst, Charlotte H., Dionne Turnbull, Michaela Kopischke, et al.. (2023). S-acylation stabilizes ligand-induced receptor kinase complex formation during plant pattern-triggered immune signaling. Current Biology. 33(8). 1588–1596.e6. 18 indexed citations
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Landa, Blanca B., et al.. (2022). Xylella fastidiosa’s relationships: the bacterium, the host plants, and the plant microbiome. New Phytologist. 234(5). 1598–1605. 27 indexed citations
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Teixeira‐Silva, Natália Sousa, et al.. (2021). The Arabidopsis immune receptor EFR increases resistance to the bacterial pathogens Xanthomonas and Xylella in transgenic sweet orange. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 19(7). 1294–1296. 35 indexed citations
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Pêtre, Benjamin, Mauricio P. Contreras, Tolga O. Bozkurt, et al.. (2021). Host-interactor screens of Phytophthora infestans RXLR proteins reveal vesicle trafficking as a major effector-targeted process. The Plant Cell. 33(5). 1447–1471. 61 indexed citations
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Rybak, Katarzyna & Silke Robatzek. (2019). Functions of Extracellular Vesicles in Immunity and Virulence. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 179(4). 1236–1247. 75 indexed citations
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Liu, Yi, Tobias Maierhofer, Katarzyna Rybak, et al.. (2019). Anion channel SLAH3 is a regulatory target of chitin receptor-associated kinase PBL27 in microbial stomatal closure. eLife. 8. 52 indexed citations
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Bourdais, Gildas, Deirdre H. McLachlan, Ji Zhou, et al.. (2018). The use of quantitative imaging to investigate regulators of membrane trafficking in Arabidopsis stomatal closure. Traffic. 20(2). 168–180. 20 indexed citations
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Giannakopoulou, Artemis, John F. C. Steele, María Eugenia Segretin, et al.. (2015). Tomato I2 Immune Receptor Can Be Engineered to Confer Partial Resistance to the Oomycete Phytophthora infestans in Addition to the Fungus Fusarium oxysporum. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 28(12). 1316–1329. 66 indexed citations
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Faulkner, Christine, Elena Petutschnig, Yoselin Benitez‐Alfonso, et al.. (2013). LYM2-dependent chitin perception limits molecular flux via plasmodesmata. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(22). 9166–9170. 209 indexed citations
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Liebrand, Thomas W. H., Grardy C. M. van den Berg, Zhao Zhang, et al.. (2013). Receptor-like kinase SOBIR1/EVR interacts with receptor-like proteins in plant immunity against fungal infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(24). 10010–10015. 256 indexed citations
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Liebrand, Thomas W. H., Anja Kombrink, Zhao Zhang, et al.. (2013). Chaperones of the endoplasmic reticulum are required for Ve1 ‐mediated resistance to V erticillium . Molecular Plant Pathology. 15(1). 109–117. 33 indexed citations
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Saijo, Yusuke, Nico Tintor, Xunli Lu, et al.. (2009). Receptor quality control in the endoplasmic reticulum for plant innate immunity. The EMBO Journal. 28(21). 3439–3449. 217 indexed citations
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Robatzek, Silke & Yusuke Saijo. (2008). Plant immunity from A to Z. Genome Biology. 9(4). 304–304. 7 indexed citations
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Kunze, Gernot, Cyril Zipfel, Silke Robatzek, et al.. (2004). The N Terminus of Bacterial Elongation Factor Tu Elicits Innate Immunity in Arabidopsis Plants. The Plant Cell. 16(12). 3496–3507. 658 indexed citations breakdown →

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