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Nina V. Fedoroff publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nina V. Fedoroff sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 162 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Nina V. Fedoroff D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nina V. Fedoroff sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2006 - US President's National Medal of Science "For her pioneering work on plant molecular biology, and for her being the first to clone and characterize maize transposons. She has contributed to education and public policy pertaining to recombinant DNA and genetic modification of plants.", Awarded by President George W. Bush in a White House ceremony on July 27, 2007.
  • 1990 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Nina V. Fedoroff is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within agricultural and biological sciences, with a focus on plant science, molecular biology, and genetics. Their work intersects key areas including plant stress responses and tolerance, plant-microbe interactions and immunity, plant virus research studies, plant pathogens and resistance, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, and fish ecology and management studies.

Fedoroff has published several papers across prominent scientific venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • The persistent threat of emerging plant disease pandemics to global food security, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • SOS1 tonoplast neo-localization and the RGG protein SALTY are important in the extreme salinity tolerance of Salicornia bigelovii, 2024, Nature Communications
  • Let's not abandon Russian scientists, 2022, Science
  • Biotechnology can help us save the genetic heritage of salmon and other aquatic species, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Learning from the expert: studying Salicornia to understand salinity tolerance, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent collaborators include Octavio R. Salazar, Ke Chen, Vanessa Melino, Muppala P. Reddy, and Eva Hřibová.

The scientist's publications are often featured in the following venues:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Communications
  • Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Digital Commons - RU (Rockefeller University)

Throughout their career, Nina V. Fedoroff has received several awards recognizing their contributions to science. These honors include becoming a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2010, receiving the US President's National Medal of Science in 2006, membership in the National Academy of Sciences since 1990, and being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1989. The National Medal of Science was awarded for pioneering work in plant molecular biology, including cloning and characterization of maize transposons, and contributions to education and public policy related to recombinant DNA and genetic modification of plants.

Best Publications

  • Molecular identification and isolation of the Waxy locus in maize.

    M. Shure;S. Wessler;N. Fedoroff

  • Radically rethinking agriculture for the 21st century.

    N. V. Fedoroff;D. S. Battisti;R. N. Beachy;P. J. M. Cooper

  • Transposable Elements, Epigenetics, and Genome Evolution

    Nina V. Fedoroff

  • The persistent threat of emerging plant disease pandemics to global food security

    Jean B. Ristaino;Pamela K. Anderson;Pamela K. Anderson;Daniel P. Bebber;Kate A. Brauman

  • A Mutation in the Arabidopsis HYL1 Gene Encoding a dsRNA Binding Protein Affects Responses to Abscisic Acid, Auxin, and Cytokinin

    Cheng Lu;Nina Fedoroff

  • Fundamental patterns underlying gene expression profiles: Simplicity from complexity

    Neal S. Holter;Madhusmita Mitra;Amos Maritan;Marek Cieplak

  • Isolation of the transposable maize controlling elements Ac and Ds

    N. Fedoroff;S. Wessler;M. Shure

  • The Arabidopsis double-stranded RNA-binding protein HYL1 plays a role in microRNA-mediated gene regulation

    Meng-Hsuan Han;Saiprasad Goud;Liang Song;Nina Fedoroff

  • Cloning of the bronze locus in maize by a simple and generalizable procedure using the transposable controlling element Activator (Ac).

    Nina V. Fedoroff;Douglas B. Furtek;Oliver E. Nelson

  • The RNA-binding proteins HYL1 and SE promote accurate in vitro processing of pri-miRNA by DCL1

    Zhicheng Dong;Meng-Hsuan Han;Nina Fedoroff

  • Different Signaling and Cell Death Roles of Heterotrimeric G Protein α and β Subunits in the Arabidopsis Oxidative Stress Response to Ozone

    Junghee H. Joo;Shiyu Wang;J. G. Chen;Alan M Jones

  • Dynamic modeling of gene expression data

    Neal S. Holter;Amos Maritan;Marek Cieplak;Nina V. Fedoroff

  • Transposition of the maize controlling element “Activator” in tobacco

    Barbara Baker;Jeff Schell;Horst Lörz;Nina Fedoroff

  • Arabidopsis bZIP60 Is a Proteolysis-Activated Transcription Factor Involved in the Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Response

    Yuji Iwata;Nina V. Fedoroff;Nozomu Koizumi

  • The nucleotide sequence of the maize controlling element Activator

    Robert F. Pohlman;Nina V. Fedoroff;Joachim Messing

  • Maize Transposable Elements

    Nina V. Fedoroff

  • Arabidopsis primary microRNA processing proteins HYL1 and DCL1 define a nuclear body distinct from the Cajal body

    Liang Song;Meng-Hsuan Han;Joanna Lesicka;Nina Fedoroff

  • Using the principle of entropy maximization to infer genetic interaction networks from gene expression patterns

    Timothy R. Lezon;Jayanth R. Banavar;Marek Cieplak;Amos Maritan

  • Studies on the introduction and mobility of the maize Activator element in Arabidopsis thaliana and Daucus carota.

    M. A. Van Sluys;J. Tempé;N. Fedoroff

  • Characterizing the stress/defense transcriptome of Arabidopsis

    Ramamurthy Mahalingam;AnaMaria Gomez-Buitrago;Nancy Eckardt;Nigam Shah

Frequent Co-Authors

Nigam H. Shah
Nigam H. Shah Stanford University
Peter Starlinger
Peter Starlinger University of Cologne
TorOve Leiknes
TorOve Leiknes King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Norton D. Zinder
Norton D. Zinder Rockefeller University
Suzana Pereira Nunes
Suzana Pereira Nunes King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Barbara Baker
Barbara Baker University of California, Berkeley
Donald D. Brown
Donald D. Brown Carnegie Institution for Science
Roger N. Beachy
Roger N. Beachy Washington University in St. Louis
Jeff Schell
Jeff Schell Max Planck Society
Jian-Kang Zhu
Jian-Kang Zhu Southern University of Science and Technology

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