Stéphane Compant

16.8k total citations · 12 hit papers
81 papers, 11.1k citations indexed

About

Stéphane Compant is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cell Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stéphane Compant has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 11.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Plant Science, 46 papers in Cell Biology and 12 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Stéphane Compant's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (54 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (46 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (26 papers). Stéphane Compant is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (54 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (46 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (26 papers). Stéphane Compant collaborates with scholars based in Austria, France and Italy. Stéphane Compant's co-authors include Angela Sessitsch, Christophe Clément, Essaïd Ait Barka, Jerzy Nowak, Christophe Clément, Brion Duffy, Birgit Mitter, Abdul Samad, Andrea Campisano and Hanna Faist and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Nature Reviews Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Stéphane Compant

79 papers receiving 10.8k citations

Hit Papers

Use of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria for Biocontrol of ... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2015 2009 2019 2005 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Use of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria for Biocontrol of Plant Diseases: Principles, Mechanisms of Action, and Future Prospects
    2005 1.7k citations Stéphane Compant, Jerzy Nowak et al. profile →
  2. The Hidden World within Plants: Ecological and Evolutionary Considerations for Defining Functioning of Microbial Endophytes
    2015 1.6k citations Stéphane Compant, Andrea Campisano et al. profile →
  3. Plant growth-promoting bacteria in the rhizo- and endosphere of plants: Their role, colonization, mechanisms involved and prospects for utilization
    2009 1.5k citations Stéphane Compant, Christophe Clément et al. profile →
  4. A review on the plant microbiome: Ecology, functions, and emerging trends in microbial application
    2019 896 citations Stéphane Compant, Abdul Samad et al. profile →
  5. Endophytic Colonization of Vitis vinifera L. by Plant Growth-Promoting Bacterium Burkholderia sp. Strain PsJN
    2005 551 citations Stéphane Compant, Angela Sessitsch et al. profile →
  6. Climate change effects on beneficial plant-microorganism interactions
    2010 424 citations Stéphane Compant, Angela Sessitsch et al. profile →
  7. Metabolic potential of endophytic bacteria
    2013 419 citations Günter Brader, Stéphane Compant et al. Current Opinion in Biotechnology profile →
  8. The Phyllosphere: Microbial Jungle at the Plant–Climate Interface
    2016 309 citations Corinne Vacher, Arndt Hampe et al. profile →
  9. Ecology and Genomic Insights into Plant-Pathogenic and Plant-Nonpathogenic Endophytes
    2017 308 citations Günter Brader, Stéphane Compant et al. profile →
  10. A New Approach to Modify Plant Microbiomes and Traits by Introducing Beneficial Bacteria at Flowering into Progeny Seeds
    2017 270 citations Birgit Mitter, Stéphane Compant et al. Frontiers in Microbiology profile →
  11. The plant endosphere world – bacterial life within plants
    2020 217 citations Stéphane Compant, Marine C. Cambon et al. Environmental Microbiology profile →
  12. Harnessing the plant microbiome for sustainable crop production
    2024 117 citations Stéphane Compant, Fabricio Cassán et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stéphane Compant Austria 36 9.4k 2.8k 2.3k 1.3k 871 81 11.1k
Essaïd Ait Barka France 39 8.0k 0.8× 2.0k 0.7× 2.6k 1.1× 761 0.6× 434 0.5× 158 10.4k
David M. Weller United States 55 12.8k 1.4× 2.9k 1.0× 2.9k 1.2× 1.1k 0.9× 412 0.5× 139 14.7k
Christophe Clément France 57 9.1k 1.0× 2.4k 0.9× 4.6k 2.0× 1.2k 1.0× 696 0.8× 175 12.8k
Choong‐Min Ryu South Korea 61 11.9k 1.3× 1.5k 0.6× 4.1k 1.7× 919 0.7× 602 0.7× 227 14.9k
Jan E. Leach United States 61 11.6k 1.2× 1.8k 0.6× 3.5k 1.5× 935 0.7× 607 0.7× 183 13.6k
Roeland L. Berendsen Netherlands 25 8.0k 0.8× 1.3k 0.5× 1.8k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 459 0.5× 40 9.3k
John M. Whipps United Kingdom 47 7.6k 0.8× 2.4k 0.8× 1.6k 0.7× 846 0.7× 568 0.7× 174 9.3k
Timothy C. Paulitz United States 49 7.8k 0.8× 2.8k 1.0× 1.4k 0.6× 789 0.6× 504 0.6× 223 9.0k
Yigal Elad Israel 63 10.8k 1.1× 4.2k 1.5× 2.1k 0.9× 656 0.5× 1.8k 2.1× 237 13.1k
Petr Karlovský Germany 51 5.7k 0.6× 1.9k 0.7× 1.7k 0.7× 411 0.3× 819 0.9× 162 7.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stéphane Compant

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Deveau, Aurélie, et al.. (2025). Endofungal bacteria: Emerging paradigms and future directions. Microbiological Research. 303. 128361–128361.
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Antonielli, Livio, et al.. (2025). Lettuce fortification through vitamin B12‐producing bacteria – proof of concept study. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 105(6). 3343–3354. 2 indexed citations
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Compant, Stéphane, Livio Antonielli, Ryszard Łobiński, et al.. (2025). Genomic and metabolomic insights into the modes-of-action of bacterial strains to control the grapevine wood pathogen, Fomitiporia mediterranea. Microbiological Research. 293. 128085–128085.
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Haidar, Rana, Stéphane Compant, Livio Antonielli, et al.. (2024). Two Paenibacillus spp. strains promote grapevine wood degradation by the fungus Fomitiporia mediterranea: from degradation experiments to genome analyses. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 15779–15779. 6 indexed citations
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Compant, Stéphane, Fabricio Cassán, Tanja Kostić, et al.. (2024). Harnessing the plant microbiome for sustainable crop production. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 23(1). 9–23. 117 indexed citations breakdown →
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Guarnaccia, Vladimiro, Emmanouil A. Markakis, Artur Alves, et al.. (2023). Fungal trunk diseases of fruit trees in Europe: pathogens, spread and future directions. Phytopathologia Mediterranea. 61(3). 563–599. 33 indexed citations
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Liu, Jie, Lorenzo Fimognari, Stéphane Compant, et al.. (2023). Effect of Bacillus paralicheniformis on soybean (Glycine max) roots colonization, nutrient uptake and water use efficiency under drought stress. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science. 209(4). 547–565. 14 indexed citations
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Compant, Stéphane, et al.. (2022). In-depth genome analysis of Bacillus sp. BH32, a salt stress-tolerant endophyte obtained from a halophyte in a semiarid region. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 106(8). 3113–3137. 14 indexed citations
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Fort, Tania, Charlie Pauvert, Amy E. Zanne, et al.. (2020). Maternal effects shape the seed mycobiome in Quercus petraea. New Phytologist. 230(4). 1594–1608. 49 indexed citations
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Compant, Stéphane, Marine C. Cambon, Corinne Vacher, et al.. (2020). The plant endosphere world – bacterial life within plants. Environmental Microbiology. 23(4). 1812–1829. 217 indexed citations breakdown →
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Passera, Alessandro, Stéphane Compant, P. Casati, et al.. (2019). Not Just a Pathogen? Description of a Plant-Beneficial Pseudomonas syringae Strain. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 1409–1409. 53 indexed citations
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Sessitsch, Angela, Birgit Mitter, Stéphane Compant, Friederike Trognitz, & Günter Brader. (2018). The plant microbiome: ecology and functioning of bacterial endophytes and how plants can benefit. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2201. 1 indexed citations
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Darrasse, Armelle, Matthieu Barret, Sophie Cesbron, Stéphane Compant, & Marie‐Agnès Jacques. (2017). Niches and routes of transmission of Xanthomonas citri pv. fuscans to bean seeds. Plant and Soil. 422(1-2). 115–128. 25 indexed citations
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Gorfer, Markus, Harald Berger, Alban Jacques, et al.. (2015). Deciphering the Niches of Colonisation of Vitis vinifera L. by the Esca-Associated Fungus Phaeoacremonium aleophilum Using a gfp Marked Strain and Cutting Systems. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0126851–e0126851. 16 indexed citations
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Compant, Stéphane, et al.. (2015). Grapevine colonization by endophytic bacteria shifts secondary metabolism and suggests activation of defense pathways. Plant and Soil. 405(1-2). 155–175. 44 indexed citations
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Campisano, Andrea, Lino Ometto, Stéphane Compant, et al.. (2014). Interkingdom Transfer of the Acne-Causing Agent, Propionibacterium acnes, from Human to Grapevine. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 31(5). 1059–1065. 49 indexed citations
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Brader, Günter, Stéphane Compant, Birgit Mitter, Friederike Trognitz, & Angela Sessitsch. (2013). Metabolic potential of endophytic bacteria. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 27. 30–37. 419 indexed citations breakdown →
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Compant, Stéphane, Florence Mathieu, & Ahmed Lebrihi. (2011). Biocontrol de Botrytis cinerea par des batéries bénéfiques de la rhizosphère ou de l'endosphère. 38(141). 15–16. 1 indexed citations
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Compant, Stéphane. (2011). Lutte biologique des agents pathogènes de la vigne avec des bactéries symbiotiques: Une avancée pour nos vignobles?. 38(140). 7–8. 1 indexed citations
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Compant, Stéphane, Jerzy Nowak, Tom Coenye, Christophe Clément, & Essaïd Ait Barka. (2008). Diversity and occurrence ofBurkholderiaspp. in the natural environment. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 32(4). 607–626. 351 indexed citations

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