2026 Kenneth D. Irvine: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	77	1118	997	578	504	112	19494

Kenneth D. Irvine publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kenneth D. Irvine sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 564+

This scientist: 112 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Kenneth D. Irvine D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Kenneth D. Irvine is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily spans the areas of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on cell biology and molecular biology subfields. Additional interests include cellular and molecular neuroscience, statistical and nonlinear physics, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's research topics include the following:

Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
Cellular mechanics and interactions
Protein kinase regulation and GTPase signaling
Developmental biology and gene regulation
Advanced thermodynamics and statistical mechanics
Neurobiology and insect physiology research

Their recent publications comprise:

"Integration of Hippo-YAP Signaling with Metabolism," 2020, Developmental Cell
"The wing imaginal disc," 2022, Genetics
"TRIP6 is required for tension at adherens junctions," 2021, Journal of Cell Science
"Analysis of the Drosophila Ajuba LIM protein defines functions for distinct LIM domains," 2022, PLoS ONE
"E2 and gamma distributions in polygonal networks," 2021, Physical Review Research

Kenneth D. Irvine frequently collaborates with several coauthors including Consuelo Ibar, Cordelia Rauskolb, Bipin Kumar Tripathi, Elmira Kirichenko, and Srividya Venkatramanan.

The scientist has published extensively in venues such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
eLife
PubMed
Developmental Cell
Genetics

Kenneth D. Irvine was recognized in 2020 as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

Fringe is a glycosyltransferase that modifies Notch

Daniel J. Moloney;Vladislav M. Panin;Stuart H. Johnston;Stuart H. Johnston;Jihua Chen

1102
Citations
Fringe Modulates Notch-ligand Interactions

Vladislav M. Panin;Venizelos Papayannopoulos;Richa Wilson;Kenneth D. Irvine

770
Citations
Glycosylation regulates Notch signalling

Nicola Haines;Kenneth D. Irvine

597
Citations
Cell intercalation during Drosophila germband extension and its regulation by pair-rule segmentation genes

K. D. Irvine;Eric Francis Wieschaus

509
Citations
Delineation of a Fat tumor suppressor pathway

Eunjoo Cho;Yongqiang Feng;Cordelia Rauskolb;Sushmita Maitra

489
Citations
Regulation of Notch Signaling by O-Linked Fucose

Tetsuya Okajima;Kenneth D. Irvine

469
Citations
In vivo regulation of Yorkie phosphorylation and localization.

Hyangyee Oh;Kenneth D. Irvine

437
Citations
fringe, a boundary-specific signaling molecule, mediates interactions between dorsal and ventral cells during Drosophila wing development

Kenneth D. Irvine;Eric Wieschaus

421
Citations
The Hippo signaling network and its biological functions

Jyoti R. Misra;Kenneth D. Irvine

387
Citations
Cytoskeletal tension inhibits Hippo signaling through an Ajuba-Warts complex.

Cordelia Rauskolb;Shuguo Sun;Gongping Sun;Yuanwang Pan

370
Citations
A family of mammalian Fringe genes implicated in boundary determination and the Notch pathway

Stuart H. Johnston;Cordelia Rauskolb;Richa Wilson;Bindu Prabhakaran

368
Citations
Contributions of chaperone and glycosyltransferase activities of O-fucosyltransferase 1 to Notch signaling.

Tetsuya Okajima;Bvvg Reddy;Tsukasa Matsuda;Kenneth D Irvine

366
Citations
Hippo signaling in Drosophila: recent advances and insights.

Binnaz Kucuk Staley;Kenneth D. Irvine

328
Citations
Cell recognition, signal induction, and symmetrical gene activation at the dorsal-ventral boundary of the developing Drosophila wing.

Jaeseob Kim;Kenneth D Irvine;Sean B Carroll

328
Citations
Dachs: an unconventional myosin that functions downstream of Fat to regulate growth, affinity and gene expression in Drosophila

Yaopan Mao;Cordelia Rauskolb;Eunjoo Cho;Wei-Li Hu

311
Citations
Chaperone Activity of Protein O-Fucosyltransferase 1 Promotes Notch Receptor Folding

Tetsuya Okajima;Aiguo Xu;Liang Lei;Kenneth D. Irvine

301
Citations
Four-jointed is a Golgi kinase that phosphorylates a subset of cadherin domains.

Hiroyuki O. Ishikawa;Hideyuki Takeuchi;Robert S. Haltiwanger;Kenneth D. Irvine

299
Citations
Morphogen control of wing growth through the Fat signaling pathway.

Dragana Rogulja;Cordelia Rauskolb;Kenneth D. Irvine

287
Citations
Warts and Yorkie Mediate Intestinal Regeneration by Influencing Stem Cell Proliferation

Binnaz Kucuk Staley;Kenneth D. Irvine

282
Citations
Dorsal-ventral signaling in the Drosophila eye.

Venizelos Papayannopoulos;Andrew Tomlinson;Vladislav M. Panin;Cordelia Rauskolb

267
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Xavier Jeunemaitre Université Paris Cité

Robert S. Haltiwanger University of Georgia

Robert A. Levine Harvard University

Hao Lin University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Harrison Brand Harvard University

Stephan Ossowski University of Tübingen

Michael E. Talkowski Harvard University

Richard S. Mann Columbia University

Kevin P. White National University of Singapore

Xavier Estivill qGenomics

External Links

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