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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 95 538 475 250 206 275 32175
Medicine 95 10088 9466 5194 4797 276 32317

Irvin S. Y. Chen publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Irvin S. Y. Chen between 1980 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Irvin S. Y. Chen published across 46 years, from 1980 to 2025, averaging 6.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 1990. 5 of the 286 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1980 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 14. Peak 14 publications in 1990. 1980: 1 publication 1981: 1 publication 1982: 3 publications 1983: 2 publications 1984: 6 publications 1985: 9 publications 1986: 4 publications 1987: 5 publications 1988: 8 publications 1989: 9 publications 1990: 14 publications 1991: 12 publications 1992: 5 publications 1993: 6 publications 1994: 8 publications 1995: 10 publications 1996: 7 publications 1997: 6 publications 1998: 11 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 10 publications 2001: 12 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 9 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 2 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 3 publications 2013: 2 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 4 publications 2017: 5 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 2 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 1 publication
1980 2025

286 publications in total across all disciplines

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Irvin S. Y. Chen: publications per year, 1980 to 2025
Year Publications
1980 1
1981 1
1982 3
1983 2
1984 6
1985 9
1986 4
1987 5
1988 8
1989 9
1990 14
1991 12
1992 5
1993 6
1994 8
1995 10
1996 7
1997 6
1998 11
1999 5
2000 10
2001 12
2002 2
2003 9
2004 7
2005 8
2006 9
2007 8
2008 2
2009 12
2010 8
2011 4
2012 3
2013 2
2014 9
2015 6
2016 4
2017 5
2018 5
2019 9
2020 5
2021 6
2022 2
2023 2
2024 4
2025 1
Total 286
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Irvin S. Y. Chen publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Irvin S. Y. Chen sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 55–64 to 679+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 135–144 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 275–284 publications, is where this scientist sits. 55–64 publications: 8 scientists 65–74 publications: 29 scientists 75–84 publications: 55 scientists 85–94 publications: 112 scientists 95–104 publications: 137 scientists 105–114 publications: 190 scientists 115–124 publications: 235 scientists 125–134 publications: 234 scientists 135–144 publications: 288 scientists 145–154 publications: 265 scientists 155–164 publications: 264 scientists 165–174 publications: 253 scientists 175–184 publications: 276 scientists 185–194 publications: 190 scientists 195–204 publications: 234 scientists 205–214 publications: 208 scientists 215–224 publications: 198 scientists 225–234 publications: 155 scientists 235–244 publications: 161 scientists 245–254 publications: 160 scientists 255–264 publications: 146 scientists 265–274 publications: 139 scientists 275–284 publications: 148 scientists 285–294 publications: 115 scientists 295–304 publications: 96 scientists 305–314 publications: 88 scientists 315–324 publications: 106 scientists 325–334 publications: 65 scientists 335–344 publications: 76 scientists 345–354 publications: 64 scientists 355–364 publications: 62 scientists 365–374 publications: 65 scientists 375–384 publications: 61 scientists 385–394 publications: 34 scientists 395–404 publications: 44 scientists 405–414 publications: 36 scientists 415–424 publications: 35 scientists 425–434 publications: 29 scientists 435–444 publications: 33 scientists 445–454 publications: 34 scientists 455–464 publications: 25 scientists 465–474 publications: 26 scientists 475–484 publications: 20 scientists 485–494 publications: 19 scientists 495–504 publications: 16 scientists 505–514 publications: 17 scientists 515–524 publications: 23 scientists 525–534 publications: 14 scientists 535–544 publications: 14 scientists 545–554 publications: 18 scientists 555–564 publications: 12 scientists 565–574 publications: 7 scientists 575–584 publications: 9 scientists 585–594 publications: 9 scientists 595–604 publications: 9 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 9 scientists 625–634 publications: 7 scientists 635–644 publications: 4 scientists 645–654 publications: 5 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 7 scientists 675–678 publications: 3 scientists 679+ publications: 99 scientists
55–64 publications 679+

This scientist: 275 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

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Number of Microbiology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
55–64 8
65–74 29
75–84 55
85–94 112
95–104 137
105–114 190
115–124 235
125–134 234
135–144 288
145–154 265
155–164 264
165–174 253
175–184 276
185–194 190
195–204 234
205–214 208
215–224 198
225–234 155
235–244 161
245–254 160
255–264 146
265–274 139
275–284 148 275
285–294 115
295–304 96
305–314 88
315–324 106
325–334 65
335–344 76
345–354 64
355–364 62
365–374 65
375–384 61
385–394 34
395–404 44
405–414 36
415–424 35
425–434 29
435–444 33
445–454 34
455–464 25
465–474 26
475–484 20
485–494 19
495–504 16
505–514 17
515–524 23
525–534 14
535–544 14
545–554 18
555–564 12
565–574 7
575–584 9
585–594 9
595–604 9
605–614 7
615–624 9
625–634 7
635–644 4
645–654 5
655–664 6
665–674 7
675–678 3
679+ 99
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Irvin S. Y. Chen D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Irvin S. Y. Chen sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40 to 127+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 58 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 95 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40 D-Index: 30 scientists 41 D-Index: 86 scientists 42 D-Index: 90 scientists 43 D-Index: 117 scientists 44 D-Index: 122 scientists 45 D-Index: 123 scientists 46 D-Index: 108 scientists 47 D-Index: 110 scientists 48 D-Index: 106 scientists 49 D-Index: 109 scientists 50 D-Index: 129 scientists 51 D-Index: 111 scientists 52 D-Index: 116 scientists 53 D-Index: 127 scientists 54 D-Index: 134 scientists 55 D-Index: 134 scientists 56 D-Index: 112 scientists 57 D-Index: 136 scientists 58 D-Index: 162 scientists 59 D-Index: 151 scientists 60 D-Index: 139 scientists 61 D-Index: 123 scientists 62 D-Index: 126 scientists 63 D-Index: 144 scientists 64 D-Index: 109 scientists 65 D-Index: 103 scientists 66 D-Index: 124 scientists 67 D-Index: 112 scientists 68 D-Index: 103 scientists 69 D-Index: 131 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 93 scientists 72 D-Index: 96 scientists 73 D-Index: 92 scientists 74 D-Index: 80 scientists 75 D-Index: 66 scientists 76 D-Index: 87 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 73 scientists 79 D-Index: 59 scientists 80 D-Index: 57 scientists 81 D-Index: 55 scientists 82 D-Index: 47 scientists 83 D-Index: 77 scientists 84 D-Index: 50 scientists 85 D-Index: 45 scientists 86 D-Index: 42 scientists 87 D-Index: 41 scientists 88 D-Index: 32 scientists 89 D-Index: 38 scientists 90 D-Index: 35 scientists 91 D-Index: 34 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 26 scientists 94 D-Index: 33 scientists 95 D-Index: 22 scientists 96 D-Index: 37 scientists 97 D-Index: 22 scientists 98 D-Index: 21 scientists 99 D-Index: 22 scientists 100 D-Index: 30 scientists 101 D-Index: 16 scientists 102 D-Index: 20 scientists 103 D-Index: 17 scientists 104 D-Index: 19 scientists 105 D-Index: 16 scientists 106 D-Index: 19 scientists 107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108 D-Index: 14 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 9 scientists 111 D-Index: 7 scientists 112 D-Index: 11 scientists 113 D-Index: 6 scientists 114 D-Index: 15 scientists 115 D-Index: 10 scientists 116 D-Index: 12 scientists 117 D-Index: 7 scientists 118 D-Index: 10 scientists 119 D-Index: 10 scientists 120 D-Index: 11 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 7 scientists 123 D-Index: 12 scientists 124 D-Index: 5 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126 D-Index: 6 scientists 127+ D-Index: 95 scientists
40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 95 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

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Number of Microbiology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40 30
41 86
42 90
43 117
44 122
45 123
46 108
47 110
48 106
49 109
50 129
51 111
52 116
53 127
54 134
55 134
56 112
57 136
58 162
59 151
60 139
61 123
62 126
63 144
64 109
65 103
66 124
67 112
68 103
69 131
70 94
71 93
72 96
73 92
74 80
75 66
76 87
77 60
78 73
79 59
80 57
81 55
82 47
83 77
84 50
85 45
86 42
87 41
88 32
89 38
90 35
91 34
92 27
93 26
94 33
95 22 95
96 37
97 22
98 21
99 22
100 30
101 16
102 20
103 17
104 19
105 16
106 19
107 18
108 14
109 10
110 9
111 7
112 11
113 6
114 15
115 10
116 12
117 7
118 10
119 10
120 11
121 2
122 7
123 12
124 5
125 9
126 6
127+ 95
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Overview

Irvin S. Y. Chen is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within the life sciences, including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Immunology and Microbiology, and Medicine. The scientist's work has a particular focus on several interconnected subfields such as Molecular Biology, Immunology, Oncology, Genetics, and Virology.

Their research topics include:

  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism

Irvin S. Y. Chen has contributed to several recent scientific articles. Among these are:

  • "Lactate oxidase nanocapsules boost T cell immunity and efficacy of cancer immunotherapy," 2023, Science Translational Medicine
  • "Stem cell-derived CAR T cells traffic to HIV reservoirs in macaques," 2021, JCI Insight
  • "Robust CAR-T memory formation and function via hematopoietic stem cell delivery," 2021, PLoS Pathogens
  • "Enhanced Delivery of Rituximab Into Brain and Lymph Nodes Using Timed-Release Nanocapsules in Non-Human Primates," 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Cannabidiol modulates expression of type I IFN response genes and HIV infection in macrophages," 2022, Frontiers in Immunology

Frequent coauthors who have worked with Chen include:

  • Jing Wen
  • Gajendra W. Suryawanshi
  • Yunfeng Lu
  • Anjie Zhen
  • Scott G. Kitchen

The venues where Chen has frequently published are:

  • PLoS Pathogens (3 publications)
  • Frontiers in Immunology (3 publications)
  • Science Translational Medicine
  • Cement and Concrete Composites
  • JCI Insight

Best Publications

  • HIV-1 entry into quiescent primary lymphocytes: molecular analysis reveals a labile, latent viral structure.

    Jerome A. Zack;Salvatore J. Arrigo;Stacy R. Weitsman;Alan S. Go

  • Lentivirus-delivered stable gene silencing by RNAi in primary cells.

    Sheila A. Stewart;Derek M. Dykxhoorn;Deborah Palliser;Hana Mizuno

  • Comparison of Multi-Lineage Cells from Human Adipose Tissue and Bone Marrow

    Daniel A. De Ugarte;Kouki Morizono;Amir Elbarbary;Zeni Alfonso

  • Inhibiting HIV-1 infection in human T cells by lentiviral-mediated delivery of small interfering RNA against CCR5

    Xiao-Feng Qin;Dong Sung An;Irvin S. Y. Chen;David Baltimore

  • Dual infection of the central nervous system by AIDS viruses with distinct cellular tropisms.

    Yoshio Koyanagi;Steven Miles;Ronald T. Mitsuyasu;Jean E. Merrill

  • HIV-1 tropism for mononuclear phagocytes can be determined by regions of gp120 outside the CD4-binding domain.

    W. A. O'brien;Y. Koyanagi;Ali Namazie;Jia-Qi Zhao

  • The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 vpr gene arrests infected T cells in the G2 + M phase of the cell cycle

    J. B. M. Jowett;V. Planelles;B. Poon;N. P. Shah

  • Cytokines alter production of HIV-1 from primary mononuclear phagocytes

    Yoshio Koyanagi;William A. O'Brien;William A. O'Brien;Jia Qi Zhao;David W. Golde

  • High Rate of HTLV-II Infection in Seropositive IV Drug Abusers in New Orleans

    Helen Lee;Priscilla Swanson;Vernon S. Shorty;Jerome A. Zack

  • Incompletely reverse-transcribed human immunodeficiency virus type 1 genomes in quiescent cells can function as intermediates in the retroviral life cycle.

    J A Zack;A M Haislip;P Krogstad;I S Chen

  • High levels of unintegrated HIV-1 DNA in brain tissue of AIDS dementia patients

    Shen Pang;Yoshio Koyanagi;Steven Miles;Clayton Wiley

  • Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Vpr induces apoptosis following cell cycle arrest.

    Sheila A. Stewart;Betty Poon;Jeremy B. M. Jowett;Irvin S. Y. Chen

  • HIV-1, macrophages, glial cells, and cytokines in AIDS nervous system disease.

    Jean E. Merrill;Irvin S. Y. Chen

  • Complete nucleotide sequence of an infectious clone of human T-cell leukemia virus type II: an open reading frame for the protease gene

    Kunitada Shimotohno;Yuri Takahashi;Nobuaki Shimizu;Takashi Gojobori

  • Interleukin-1 and tumor necrosis factor alpha can be induced from mononuclear phagocytes by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 binding to the CD4 receptor.

    J. E. Merrill;Y. Koyanagi;I. S. Y. Chen

  • Depressive Symptoms as Predictors of Medical Outcomes in HIV Infection

    Constantine G. Lyketsos;Donald R. Hoover;Marcella Guccione;Walton Senterfitt

  • The SCID-hu mouse as a model for HIV-1 infection

    Grace M. Aldrovandi;Gerold Feuer;Lianying Gao;Beth Jamieson

  • Induction of interleukin-1 and tumor necrosis factor alpha in brain cultures by human immunodeficiency virus type 1.

    J. E. Merrill;Y. Koyanagi;J. Zack;L. Thomas

  • Molecular characterization of genome of a novel human T-cell leukaemia virus.

    Irvin S. Y. Chen;Jami McLaughlin;Judith C. Gasson;Steven C. Clark

  • Identification of the putative transforming protein of the human T-cell leukemia viruses HTLV-I and HTLV-II

    Dennis J. Slamon;Kunitada Shimotohno;Martin J. Cline;David W. Golde

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerome A. Zack
Jerome A. Zack University of California, Los Angeles
Joseph D. Rosenblatt
Joseph D. Rosenblatt University of Miami
Yunfeng Lu
Yunfeng Lu University of California, Los Angeles
Otto O. Yang
Otto O. Yang University of California, Los Angeles
David W. Golde
David W. Golde University of California, Los Angeles
Robert E. Donahue
Robert E. Donahue National Institutes of Health
Yoshio Koyanagi
Yoshio Koyanagi Kyoto University
Neil P. Shah
Neil P. Shah University of California, San Francisco
Vicente Planelles
Vicente Planelles University of Utah
Kunitada Shimotohno
Kunitada Shimotohno National Center For Global Health and Medicine

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