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Elizabeth Vierling

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
83
Citations
29444
World Ranking
3454
National Ranking
1740

Elizabeth Vierling publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 158 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Elizabeth Vierling D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Elizabeth Vierling sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 83 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

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

  • Complexity of the heat stress response in plants.

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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Molecular chaperones and protein folding in plants.

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

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

    Garrett J. Lee;Elizabeth Vierling

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

    Martin Haslbeck;Elizabeth Vierling

  • Comprehensive Expression Profile Analysis of the Arabidopsis Hsp70 Gene Family

    Dong Yul Sung;Elizabeth Vierling;Charles L. Guy

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

    Eman Basha;Heather O’Neill;Elizabeth Vierling

  • Core Genome Responses Involved in Acclimation to High Temperature

    Jane Larkindale;Elizabeth Vierling

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Small heat-shock proteins regulate membrane lipid polymorphism

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

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

    Garrett J. Lee;Navin Pokala;Elizabeth Vierling

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

    Jane Larkindale;Elizabeth Vierling

Frequent Co-Authors

Justin L. P. Benesch
Justin L. P. Benesch University of Oxford
Katherine W. Osteryoung
Katherine W. Osteryoung Michigan State University
Joe L. Key
Joe L. Key University of Georgia
Christine Queitsch
Christine Queitsch University of Washington
László Vígh
László Vígh Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Andrew J. Baldwin
Andrew J. Baldwin University of Oxford
Carol V. Robinson
Carol V. Robinson University of Oxford
Randall S. Alberte
Randall S. Alberte University of Chicago
Susan Lindquist
Susan Lindquist MIT
Qixin Sun
Qixin Sun China Agricultural University

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