2026 Elizabeth Vierling: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	83	3454	3178	1740	1563	158	29444

Research.com Recognitions

2012 - Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists
2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2000 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Elizabeth Vierling is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with a total of 38 publications, focusing particularly on Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Cell Biology, Physiology, and Materials Chemistry.

Their work addresses a range of topics, including:

Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects
Heat shock proteins research
Plant Molecular Biology Research
Aldose Reductase and Taurine

Elizabeth Vierling has contributed frequently to several reputable publication venues, notably:

New Phytologist
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
The FASEB Journal
The Plant Journal
The Plant Cell

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Vierling are:

Plant small heat shock proteins - evolutionary and functional diversity, 2020, New Phytologist
Mitochondrial ATP synthase subunit d, a component of the peripheral stalk, is essential for growth and heat stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana, 2021, The Plant Journal
Auxin efflux controls orderly nucellar degeneration and expansion of the female gametophyte in Arabidopsis, 2020, New Phytologist
mTERF18 and ATAD3 are required for mitochondrial nucleoid structure and their disruption confers heat tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana, 2021, New Phytologist
Quantitative Proteome Profiling of a S-Nitrosoglutathione Reductase (GSNOR) Null Mutant Reveals a New Class of Enzymes Involved in Nitric Oxide Homeostasis in Plants, 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science

Their collaborations have frequently involved coauthors such as:

Minsoo Kim
Patrick Treffon
Tianxiang Liu
Junzhe Wang
Xiaolong Guo

Throughout their career, Vierling has been recognized with multiple fellowships, including:

Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists, 2012
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2002
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2000

Best Publications

The Roles of Heat Shock Proteins in Plants

Elizabeth Vierling

2180
Citations
Complexity of the heat stress response in plants.

Sachin Kotak;Jane Larkindale;Ung Lee;Pascal von Koskull-Döring

1507
Citations
Heat stress phenotypes of Arabidopsis mutants implicate multiple signaling pathways in the acquisition of thermotolerance.

Jane Larkindale;Jennifer D. Hall;Marc R. Knight;Elizabeth Vierling

988
Citations
A small heat shock protein stably binds heat-denatured model substrates and can maintain a substrate in a folding-competent state.

Garrett J. Lee;Alan M. Roseman;Helen R. Saibil;Elizabeth Vierling

946
Citations
Evolution, structure and function of the small heat shock proteins in plants

Elizabeth R. Waters;Garrett J. Lee;Elizabeth Vierling

928
Citations
Crystal structure and assembly of a eukaryotic small heat shock protein.

R.L.M Van Montfort;E Basha;K.L Friedrich;C Slingsby

902
Citations
Heat shock protein 101 plays a crucial role in thermotolerance in Arabidopsis.

Christine Queitsch;Suk Whan Hong;Elizabeth Vierling;Susan Lindquist

901
Citations
Molecular chaperones and protein folding in plants.

Rebecca S. Boston;Paul V. Viitanen;Elizabeth Vierling

823
Citations
A Small Heat Shock Protein Cooperates with Heat Shock Protein 70 Systems to Reactivate a Heat-Denatured Protein

Garrett J. Lee;Elizabeth Vierling

618
Citations
A first line of stress defense: small heat shock proteins and their function in protein homeostasis.

Martin Haslbeck;Elizabeth Vierling

612
Citations
Comprehensive Expression Profile Analysis of the Arabidopsis Hsp70 Gene Family

Dong Yul Sung;Elizabeth Vierling;Charles L. Guy

590
Citations
Small heat shock proteins and α-crystallins: dynamic proteins with flexible functions.

Eman Basha;Heather O’Neill;Elizabeth Vierling

584
Citations
Core Genome Responses Involved in Acclimation to High Temperature

Jane Larkindale;Elizabeth Vierling

528
Citations
Small heat shock proteins, ClpB and the DnaK system form a functional triade in reversing protein aggregation.

Axel Mogk;Elke Deuerling;Sonja Vorderwülbecke;Elizabeth Vierling

464
Citations
A cascade of transcription factor DREB2A and heat stress transcription factor HsfA3 regulates the heat stress response of Arabidopsis.

Franziska Schramm;Jane Larkindale;Elke Kiehlmann;Arnab Ganguli

458
Citations
Modulation of Nitrosative Stress by S-Nitrosoglutathione Reductase Is Critical for Thermotolerance and Plant Growth in Arabidopsis

Ung Lee;Chris Wie;Bernadette O. Fernandez;Martin Feelisch

450
Citations
The expanding family of Arabidopsis thaliana small heat stress proteins and a new family of proteins containing alpha-crystallin domains (Acd proteins).

Klaus-Dieter Scharf;Masood Siddique;Elizabeth Vierling

406
Citations
Small heat-shock proteins regulate membrane lipid polymorphism

Nelly M. Tsvetkova;Ibolya Horváth;Zsolt Török;Willem F. Wolkers

402
Citations
Structure and in Vitro Molecular Chaperone Activity of Cytosolic Small Heat Shock Proteins from Pea

Garrett J. Lee;Navin Pokala;Elizabeth Vierling

394
Citations
Core Genome Responses Involved in Acclimation to High Temperature 1(C)(W)(OA)

Jane Larkindale;Elizabeth Vierling

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