Sophien Kamoun

54.7k total citations · 12 hit papers
298 papers, 30.4k citations indexed

About

Sophien Kamoun is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sophien Kamoun has authored 298 papers receiving a total of 30.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 261 papers in Plant Science, 80 papers in Molecular Biology and 44 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Sophien Kamoun's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (195 papers), Plant Pathogens and Resistance (98 papers) and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (62 papers). Sophien Kamoun is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (195 papers), Plant Pathogens and Resistance (98 papers) and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (62 papers). Sophien Kamoun collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Japan. Sophien Kamoun's co-authors include Joe Win, Ryohei Terauchi, Renier A. L. van der Hoorn, Sylvain Raffaele, Liliana M. Cano, Vivianne G. A. A. Vleeshouwers, Angela Chaparro‐Garcia, Edgar Huitema, Tolga O. Bozkurt and Khaoula Belhaj and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sophien Kamoun

294 papers receiving 29.9k citations

Hit Papers

Sequence-Based Species Delimitation for the DNA Taxonomy ... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 2013 2012 2006 2008 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. Sequence-Based Species Delimitation for the DNA Taxonomy of Undescribed Insects
    2006 2.2k citations Sophien Kamoun et al. profile →
  2. QTL‐seq: rapid mapping of quantitative trait loci in rice by whole genome resequencing of DNA from two bulked populations
    2013 989 citations Hiroki Takagi, Akira Abe et al. The Plant Journal profile →
  3. Genome sequencing reveals agronomically important loci in rice using MutMap
    2012 939 citations Akira Abe, Shunichi Kosugi et al. profile →
  4. A Catalogue of the Effector Secretome of Plant Pathogenic Oomycetes
    2006 576 citations Sophien Kamoun profile →
  5. From Guard to Decoy: A New Model for Perception of Plant Pathogen Effectors
    2008 544 citations Renier A. L. van der Hoorn, Sophien Kamoun The Plant Cell profile →
  6. Emerging Concepts in Effector Biology of Plant-Associated Organisms
    2009 541 citations Saskia A. Hogenhout, Renier A. L. van der Hoorn et al. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions profile →
  7. Genome evolution in filamentous plant pathogens: why bigger can be better
    2012 486 citations Sylvain Raffaele, Sophien Kamoun profile →
  8. Rapid generation of a transgene-free powdery mildew resistant tomato by genome deletion
    2017 437 citations Joe Win, Sophien Kamoun et al. profile →
  9. Plant genome editing made easy: targeted mutagenesis in model and crop plants using the CRISPR/Cas system
    2013 407 citations Khaoula Belhaj, Sophien Kamoun et al. profile →
  10. The two-speed genomes of filamentous pathogens: waltz with plants
    2015 349 citations Suomeng Dong, Sylvain Raffaele et al. profile →
  11. NLR network mediates immunity to diverse plant pathogens
    2017 296 citations Chih‐Hang Wu, Ahmed Abd‐El‐Haliem et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  12. NLR immune receptor–nanobody fusions confer plant disease resistance
    2023 95 citations Jiorgos Kourelis, Adeline Harant et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sophien Kamoun United Kingdom 98 25.4k 8.8k 5.4k 2.4k 1.7k 298 30.4k
Jeffery L. Dangl United States 108 48.1k 1.9× 17.2k 2.0× 5.1k 0.9× 1.5k 0.7× 2.2k 1.3× 228 55.9k
Jos M. Raaijmakers Netherlands 72 19.2k 0.8× 6.2k 0.7× 3.8k 0.7× 609 0.3× 1.1k 0.6× 211 25.7k
Regine Kahmann Germany 71 11.4k 0.4× 10.2k 1.2× 4.7k 0.9× 1.8k 0.7× 625 0.4× 175 17.2k
Richard W. Michelmore United States 66 17.3k 0.7× 6.8k 0.8× 1.9k 0.3× 3.3k 1.4× 606 0.4× 224 20.4k
Sheng Yang He United States 79 23.5k 0.9× 6.9k 0.8× 2.0k 0.4× 580 0.2× 4.0k 2.4× 170 26.5k
Bart P. H. J. Thomma Netherlands 78 20.8k 0.8× 6.9k 0.8× 6.0k 1.1× 321 0.1× 2.2k 1.3× 209 23.6k
Igor V. Grigoriev United States 61 8.2k 0.3× 7.4k 0.8× 3.2k 0.6× 584 0.2× 1.1k 0.6× 334 15.9k
Sarah J. Gurr United Kingdom 47 8.0k 0.3× 4.1k 0.5× 3.2k 0.6× 743 0.3× 969 0.6× 112 13.4k
Marc Zabeau Belgium 35 10.0k 0.4× 7.2k 0.8× 1.4k 0.3× 4.9k 2.1× 1.0k 0.6× 52 16.8k
Mario Stanke Germany 36 5.2k 0.2× 7.4k 0.9× 1.5k 0.3× 2.3k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 63 12.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Sophien Kamoun

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Sophien Kamoun's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Sophien Kamoun with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Sophien Kamoun more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Sophien Kamoun

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sophien Kamoun. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Sophien Kamoun. The network helps show where Sophien Kamoun may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sophien Kamoun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sophien Kamoun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sophien Kamoun based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sophien Kamoun. Sophien Kamoun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Yuen, Enoch Lok Him, Yasin Tümtaş, Édouard Evangelisti, et al.. (2024). A pathogen effector co-opts a host RabGAP protein to remodel pathogen interface and subvert defense-related secretion. Science Advances. 10(40). eado9516–eado9516. 1 indexed citations
2.
Zdrzałek, Rafał, Thorsten Langner, Adam R. Bentham, et al.. (2024). Bioengineering a plant NLR immune receptor with a robust binding interface toward a conserved fungal pathogen effector. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(28). e2402872121–e2402872121. 19 indexed citations
3.
Madhuprakash, Jogi, AmirAli Toghani, Mauricio P. Contreras, et al.. (2024). A disease resistance protein triggers oligomerization of its NLR helper into a hexameric resistosome to mediate innate immunity. Science Advances. 10(45). eadr2594–eadr2594. 18 indexed citations
4.
Kourelis, Jiorgos, Mariana Schuster, Fatih Demir, et al.. (2024). Bioengineering secreted proteases converts divergent Rcr3 orthologs and paralogs into extracellular immune co-receptors. The Plant Cell. 36(9). 3260–3276. 6 indexed citations
5.
Schornack, Sebastián & Sophien Kamoun. (2023). EVO-MPMI: From fundamental science to practical applications. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 76. 102469–102469. 6 indexed citations
6.
Maqbool, Abbas, Clare E. M. Stevenson, David M. Lawson, et al.. (2023). Bimodular architecture of bacterial effector SAP05 that drives ubiquitin-independent targeted protein degradation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(49). e2310664120–e2310664120. 12 indexed citations
7.
Zess, Erin K., Yasin Dagdas, Abbas Maqbool, et al.. (2022). Regressive evolution of an effector following a host jump in the Irish potato famine pathogen lineage. PLoS Pathogens. 18(10). e1010918–e1010918. 7 indexed citations
8.
Duggan, Cian, Eleonora Moratto, Zachary Savage, et al.. (2021). Dynamic localization of a helper NLR at the plant–pathogen interface underpins pathogen recognition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(34). 50 indexed citations
9.
10.
Gupta, Dipali Rani, Joe Win, Darren M. Soanes, et al.. (2018). Cautionary Notes on Use of the MoT3 Diagnostic Assay for Magnaporthe oryzae Wheat and Rice Blast Isolates. Phytopathology. 109(4). 504–508. 22 indexed citations
11.
Wu, Chih‐Hang, Ahmed Abd‐El‐Haliem, Tolga O. Bozkurt, et al.. (2017). NLR network mediates immunity to diverse plant pathogens. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(30). 8113–8118. 296 indexed citations breakdown →
12.
Białas, Aleksandra, Erin K. Zess, Juan Carlos De la Concepción, et al.. (2017). Lessons in Effector and NLR Biology of Plant-Microbe Systems. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 31(1). 34–45. 89 indexed citations
13.
Belhaj, Khaoula, Liliana M. Cano, David Prince, et al.. (2016). Arabidopsis late blight: infection of a nonhost plant by Albugo laibachii enables full colonization by Phytophthora infestans. Cellular Microbiology. 19(1). e12628–e12628. 36 indexed citations
14.
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
15.
Dong, Suomeng, Remco Stam, Liliana M. Cano, et al.. (2014). Effector Specialization in a Lineage of the Irish Potato Famine Pathogen. Science. 343(6170). 552–555. 160 indexed citations
16.
Takagi, Hiroki, Akira Abe, Kentaro Yoshida, et al.. (2013). QTL‐seq: rapid mapping of quantitative trait loci in rice by whole genome resequencing of DNA from two bulked populations. The Plant Journal. 74(1). 174–183. 989 indexed citations breakdown →
17.
Raffaele, Sylvain, Rhys A. Farrer, Liliana M. Cano, et al.. (2010). Genome Evolution Following Host Jumps in the Irish Potato Famine Pathogen Lineage. Science. 330(6010). 1540–1543. 303 indexed citations
18.
Win, Joe, Thirumala‐Devi Kanneganti, Trudy Torto-Alalibo, & Sophien Kamoun. (2005). Computational and comparative analyses of 150 full-length cDNA sequences from the oomycete plant pathogen Phytophthora infestans. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 43(1). 20–33. 52 indexed citations
19.
Kamoun, Sophien. (2001). Functional genomics of Phytophtlora-plant interactions. 23(2). 199. 3 indexed citations
20.
Klooster, J.W. van t, Vivianne G. A. A. Vleeshouwers, Sophien Kamoun, & Francine Govers. (1999). Characterization of a cDNA encoding a pathogenesis-related protein PR-1 from potato (Solanum tuberosum) (Accession No. AJ250136). PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 121(4). 1384–1384. 5 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jeffery L. Dangl Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jos M. Raaijmakers Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Regine Kahmann Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Richard W. Michelmore Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Sheng Yang He Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Bart P. H. J. Thomma Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Igor V. Grigoriev Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Sarah J. Gurr Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Marc Zabeau Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Mario Stanke
Rankless by CCL
2026