Susan Breen

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Susan Breen is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Susan Breen has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Plant Science, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Susan Breen's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (11 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (5 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (3 papers). Susan Breen is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (11 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (5 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (3 papers). Susan Breen collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and China. Susan Breen's co-authors include Peter S. Solomon, Boštjan Kobe, Simon J. Williams, Megan A. Outram, Eleanor M. Gilroy, Murray Grant, Nicholas Smirnoff, George R. Littlejohn, Paul R. J. Birch and Britta Winterberg and has published in prestigious journals such as The Plant Cell, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Susan Breen

18 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Emerging Insights into the Functions of Pathogenesis-Related Protein 1

2017 286 citations Susan Breen, Simon J. Williams et al. Trends in Plant Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Susan Breen Australia	14	902	264	164	86	62	19	1.1k
Wen Song China	22	1.2k 1.4×	625 2.4×	73 0.4×	17 0.2×	43 0.7×	49	1.7k
Catherine Rawlinson United Kingdom	19	520 0.6×	217 0.8×	156 1.0×	42 0.5×	19 0.3×	64	786
Alexandra Dinis Portugal	14	270 0.3×	149 0.6×	22 0.1×	111 1.3×	31 0.5×	34	692
Jiayin Li China	17	326 0.4×	378 1.4×	23 0.1×	28 0.3×	11 0.2×	32	813
Uwe K. Simon Austria	10	456 0.5×	374 1.4×	190 1.2×	19 0.2×	3 0.0×	23	830
Melissa Fontes Landell Brazil	17	281 0.3×	367 1.4×	177 1.1×	23 0.3×	3 0.0×	57	783
Donna K. Harris United States	18	506 0.6×	283 1.1×	72 0.4×	76 0.9×	24 0.4×	39	754
Ulrike Groenhagen Germany	8	428 0.5×	174 0.7×	92 0.6×	71 0.8×	2 0.0×	9	674
J. Thomas Mullins United States	16	286 0.3×	296 1.1×	83 0.5×	57 0.7×	7 0.1×	63	778

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19 of 19 papers shown

Breen, Susan, Hazel McLellan, Wei Wang, et al.. (2025). Identification of MARVELous Protein Markers for Phytophthora infestans Extracellular Vesicles. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 14(9). e70101–e70101. 1 indexed citations

Breen, Susan, Hazel McLellan, Paul R. J. Birch, & Eleanor M. Gilroy. (2023). Tuning the Wavelength: Manipulation of Light Signaling to Control Plant Defense. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(4). 3803–3803. 14 indexed citations

Breen, Susan, et al.. (2022). Chloroplasts play a central role in facilitating MAMP‐triggered immunity, pathogen suppression of immunity and crosstalk with abiotic stress. Plant Cell & Environment. 45(10). 3001–3017. 11 indexed citations

Gilroy, Eleanor M. & Susan Breen. (2022). Interplay between phytohormone signalling pathways in plant defence – other than salicylic acid and jasmonic acid. Essays in Biochemistry. 66(5). 657–671. 31 indexed citations

Trusch, Franziska, Dionne Turnbull, Carolina Aguilera-Gálvez, et al.. (2021). Evolutionarily distinct resistance proteins detect a pathogen effector through its association with different host targets. New Phytologist. 232(3). 1368–1381. 10 indexed citations

Muria‐Gonzalez, Mariano Jordi, Susan Breen, Chen Wang, et al.. (2020). Volatile Molecules Secreted by the Wheat Pathogen Parastagonospora nodorum Are Involved in Development and Phytotoxicity. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 466–466. 9 indexed citations

Outram, Megan A., Susan Breen, Chen Wang, et al.. (2020). PR1‐mediated defence via C‐terminal peptide release is targeted by a fungal pathogen effector. New Phytologist. 229(6). 3467–3480. 59 indexed citations

Littlejohn, George R., Susan Breen, Nicholas Smirnoff, & Murray Grant. (2020). Chloroplast immunity illuminated. New Phytologist. 229(6). 3088–3107. 102 indexed citations

Turnbull, Dionne, Haixia Wang, Susan Breen, et al.. (2019). AVR2 Targets BSL Family Members, Which Act as Susceptibility Factors to Suppress Host Immunity. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 180(1). 571–581. 31 indexed citations

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Turnbull, Dionne, Lina Yang, Shaista Naqvi, et al.. (2017). RXLR Effector AVR2 Up-Regulates a Brassinosteroid-Responsive bHLH Transcription Factor to Suppress Immunity. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 174(1). 356–369. 65 indexed citations

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Breen, Susan, Simon J. Williams, Megan A. Outram, Boštjan Kobe, & Peter S. Solomon. (2017). Emerging Insights into the Functions of Pathogenesis-Related Protein 1. Trends in Plant Science. 22(10). 871–879. 286 indexed citations breakdown →

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Breen, Susan, et al.. (2017). MISHCON DE REYA BETTING AND GAMING CYBER BREAKFAST: CYBERATTACKS, DATA PROTECTION, AND FRAUD IN THE BETTING AND GAMING INDUSTRY. 21(9). 684–693. 1 indexed citations

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Phan, Huyen T. T., Kasia Rybak, Susan Breen, et al.. (2016). Differential effector gene expression underpins epistasis in a plant fungal disease. The Plant Journal. 87(4). 343–354. 64 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaoxiao, Susan Breen, Megan A. Outram, et al.. (2016). Production of small cysteine‐rich effector proteins in Escherichia coli for structural and functional studies. Molecular Plant Pathology. 18(1). 141–151. 27 indexed citations

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Breen, Susan, Simon J. Williams, Britta Winterberg, Boštjan Kobe, & Peter S. Solomon. (2016). Wheat PR‐1 proteins are targeted by necrotrophic pathogen effector proteins. The Plant Journal. 88(1). 13–25. 83 indexed citations

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Breen, Susan, Peter S. Solomon, Frank Bedon, & Delphine Vincent. (2015). Surveying the potential of secreted antimicrobial peptides to enhance plant disease resistance. Frontiers in Plant Science. 6. 900–900. 47 indexed citations

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Muria‐Gonzalez, Mariano Jordi, Yit‐Heng Chooi, Susan Breen, & Peter S. Solomon. (2014). The past, present and future of secondary metabolite research in the D othideomycetes. Molecular Plant Pathology. 16(1). 92–107. 47 indexed citations

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Saunders, Diane G. O., Susan Breen, Joe Win, et al.. (2012). Host Protein BSL1 Associates with Phytophthora infestans RXLR Effector AVR2 and the Solanum demissum Immune Receptor R2 to Mediate Disease Resistance. The Plant Cell. 24(8). 3420–3434. 112 indexed citations

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Chomitz, Virginia R., Robert McGowan, Sandra Williams, et al.. (2010). Healthy Living Cambridge Kids: A Community‐based Participatory Effort to Promote Healthy Weight and Fitness. Obesity. 18(S1). S45–53. 108 indexed citations

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