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Vivian F. Irish

Vivian F. Irish

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
57
Citations
11990
World Ranking
3414
National Ranking
1476

Vivian F. Irish 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 Vivian F. Irish sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 115 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Vivian F. Irish 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 Vivian F. Irish sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Vivian F. Irish is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and has conducted extensive research in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work predominantly focuses on the subfields of Molecular Biology and Plant Science, with additional contributions to Biomaterials, Horticulture, and Cell Biology.

Their main research topics include Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Reproductive Biology, Plant Gene Expression Analysis, Plant tissue culture and regeneration, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, and Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies.

Irish's recent publications showcase research on development and regulation mechanisms in plants. These include:

  • TCP5 controls leaf margin development by regulating KNOX and BEL-like transcription factors in Arabidopsis (2020, Journal of Experimental Botany)
  • Reprogramming of Stem Cell Activity to Convert Thorns into Branches (2020, Current Biology)
  • CENTRORADIALIS maintains shoot meristem indeterminacy by antagonizing THORN IDENTITY1 in Citrus (2021, Current Biology)
  • Do Epigenetic Timers Control Petal Development? (2021, Frontiers in Plant Science)
  • An epigenetic timer regulates the transition from cell division to cell expansion during Arabidopsis petal organogenesis (2024, PLoS Genetics)

Frequent collaborators of Irish include Fei Zhang, Tengbo Huang, Cíntia Helena Duarte Sagawa, Yewei Wang, and Benoît Mermaz.

Their work has been published most often in the following venues:

  • Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Current Biology
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • The Plant Journal
  • PLoS Genetics

Best Publications

  • Function of the apetala-1 gene during Arabidopsis floral development.

    Vivian F. Irish;Ian M. Sussex

  • Molecular Evolution of Genes Controlling Petal and Stamen Development: Duplication and Divergence Within the APETALA3 and PISTILLATA MADS-Box Gene Lineages

    Elena M. Kramer;Robert L. Dorit;Vivian F. Irish

  • Fleshy fruit expansion and ripening are regulated by the Tomato SHATTERPROOF gene TAGL1.

    Julia Vrebalov;Irvin L. Pan;Antonio Javier Matas Arroyo;Ryan McQuinn;Ryan McQuinn

  • Duplication and diversification in the APETALA1/FRUITFULL floral homeotic gene lineage: implications for the evolution of floral development.

    Amy Litt;Vivian F Irish

  • The decapentaplegic gene is required for dorsal-ventral patterning of the Drosophila embryo.

    Vivian F. Irish;William M. Gelbart

  • The Drosophila posterior-group gene nanos functions by repressing hunchback activity.

    Vivian Irish;Ruth Lehmann;Michael Akam

  • Evolution of genetic mechanisms controlling petal development

    Elena M. Kramer;Vivian F. Irish

  • The flowering of Arabidopsis flower development

    Vivian F. Irish

  • Functional divergence within the APETALA3/PISTILLATA floral homeotic gene lineages.

    Rebecca S. Lamb;Vivian F. Irish

  • Increased efficiency of targeted mutagenesis by CRISPR/Cas9 in plants using heat stress.

    Chantal LeBlanc;Fei Zhang;Josefina Mendez;Yamile Lozano

  • An Arabidopsis F-box protein acts as a transcriptional co-factor to regulate floral development

    Eunyoung Chae;Queenie K.-G. Tan;Theresa A. Hill;Vivian F. Irish

  • Virus-induced gene silencing is an effective tool for assaying gene function in the basal eudicot species Papaver somniferum (opium poppy)

    Lena C. Hileman;Sinéad Drea;Gemma de Martino;Amy Litt

  • A fate map of the Arabidopsis embryonic shoot apical meristem

    Vivian F. Irish;Ian M. Sussex

  • Discrete spatial and temporal cis-acting elements regulate transcription of the Arabidopsis floral homeotic gene APETALA3

    Theresa A. Hill;Christopher D. Day;Susan C. Zondlo;Andrea G. Thackeray

  • Functional Analyses of Two Tomato APETALA3 Genes Demonstrate Diversification in Their Roles in Regulating Floral Development

    Gemma de Martino;Irvin Pan;Eyal Emmanuel;Avraham Levy

  • Nuclear localization of the Arabidopsis APETALA3 and PISTILLATA homeotic gene products depends on their simultaneous expression.

    Brian McGonigle;Karim Bouhidel;Vivian F. Irish

  • Evolution of the petal and stamen developmental programs: evidence from comparative studies of the lower eudicots and basal angiosperms.

    Elena M. Kramer;Vivian F. Irish

  • Regulation of APETALA3 floral homeotic gene expression by meristem identity genes.

    Rebecca S. Lamb;Theresa A. Hill;Queenie K.-G. Tan;Vivian F. Irish;Vivian F. Irish

  • Molecular and Phylogenetic Analyses of the MADS-Box Gene Family in Tomato

    Lena C. Hileman;Jens F. Sundstrom;Amy Litt;Meiqin Chen

  • Flower development and evolution: gene duplication, diversification and redeployment.

    Vivian F Irish;Amy Litt

Frequent Co-Authors

Xing Wang Deng
Xing Wang Deng Peking University
Ning Wei
Ning Wei Yale University
James J. Giovannoni
James J. Giovannoni Boyce Thompson Institute
Erik Smets
Erik Smets Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Philip N. Benfey
Philip N. Benfey Duke University
Robert A. Martienssen
Robert A. Martienssen Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Michael Akam
Michael Akam University of Cambridge
John Doebley
John Doebley University of Wisconsin–Madison
Peter Shaw
Peter Shaw Norwich Research Park
Avraham A. Levy
Avraham A. Levy Weizmann Institute of Science

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