Irene E. Whitney

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
21 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Irene E. Whitney is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Irene E. Whitney has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 6 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Irene E. Whitney's work include Retinal Development and Disorders (20 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers) and Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (5 papers). Irene E. Whitney is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Development and Disorders (20 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers) and Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (5 papers). Irene E. Whitney collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Russia. Irene E. Whitney's co-authors include Joshua R. Sanes, Nicholas M. Tran, Karthik Shekhar, Xian Adiconis, Joshua Z. Levin, Benjamin E. Reese, Wenjun Yan, Inbal Benhar, Aviv Regev and Monika S. Kowalczyk and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Irene E. Whitney

21 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Comprehensive Classification of Retinal Bipolar Neurons by Single-Cell Transcriptomics

2016 722 citations Karthik Shekhar, Sylvain W. Lapan et al. Cell profile →
Single-Cell Profiles of Retinal Ganglion Cells Differing in Resilience to Injury Reveal Neuroprotective Genes

2019 380 citations Nicholas M. Tran, Karthik Shekhar et al. Neuron profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Irene E. Whitney United States	14	1.4k	609	225	211	172	21	1.7k
Nicholas M. Tran United States	16	1.7k 1.2×	713 1.2×	285 1.3×	254 1.2×	152 0.9×	26	2.1k
Takeshi Yoshimatsu United States	20	1.4k 1.0×	624 1.0×	133 0.6×	124 0.6×	368 2.1×	46	1.8k
Petra G. Hirrlinger Germany	16	716 0.5×	462 0.8×	137 0.6×	424 2.0×	97 0.6×	20	1.4k
Jeremy N. Kay United States	23	1.8k 1.3×	1.0k 1.7×	403 1.8×	444 2.1×	609 3.5×	39	2.6k
Jennie Close United States	15	1.2k 0.8×	328 0.5×	83 0.4×	156 0.7×	190 1.1×	18	1.6k
Liang Feng United States	19	956 0.7×	393 0.6×	397 1.8×	125 0.6×	126 0.7×	27	1.4k
Joseph A. Brzezinski United States	17	1.4k 1.0×	534 0.9×	257 1.1×	64 0.3×	288 1.7×	27	1.5k
Yi‐Rong Peng United States	11	719 0.5×	386 0.6×	221 1.0×	143 0.7×	108 0.6×	15	1.0k
Marius Ader Germany	30	2.5k 1.7×	1.1k 1.9×	428 1.9×	144 0.7×	173 1.0×	67	3.0k
Naoyuki Tanimoto Germany	31	2.4k 1.7×	935 1.5×	1.1k 4.8×	203 1.0×	329 1.9×	92	3.1k

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Benhar, Inbal, Jiarui Ding, Wenjun Yan, et al.. (2023). Temporal single-cell atlas of non-neuronal retinal cells reveals dynamic, coordinated multicellular responses to central nervous system injury. Nature Immunology. 24(4). 700–713. 28 indexed citations

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Whitney, Irene E., Salwan Butrus, Michael A. Dyer, et al.. (2022). Vision-Dependent and -Independent Molecular Maturation of Mouse Retinal Ganglion Cells. Neuroscience. 508. 153–173. 11 indexed citations

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Yan, Wenjun, Mallory A. Laboulaye, Nicholas M. Tran, et al.. (2020). Mouse Retinal Cell Atlas: Molecular Identification of over Sixty Amacrine Cell Types. Journal of Neuroscience. 40(27). 5177–5195. 193 indexed citations

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Tran, Nicholas M., Karthik Shekhar, Irene E. Whitney, et al.. (2019). Single-Cell Profiles of Retinal Ganglion Cells Differing in Resilience to Injury Reveal Neuroprotective Genes. Neuron. 104(6). 1039–1055.e12. 380 indexed citations breakdown →

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Laboulaye, Mallory A., Xin Duan, Mu Qiao, Irene E. Whitney, & Joshua R. Sanes. (2018). Mapping Transgene Insertion Sites Reveals Complex Interactions Between Mouse Transgenes and Neighboring Endogenous Genes. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 11. 385–385. 34 indexed citations

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Kautzman, Amanda G., et al.. (2018). Xkr8 Modulates Bipolar Cell Number in the Mouse Retina. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 12. 876–876. 4 indexed citations

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Shekhar, Karthik, Sylvain W. Lapan, Irene E. Whitney, et al.. (2016). Comprehensive Classification of Retinal Bipolar Neurons by Single-Cell Transcriptomics. Cell. 166(5). 1308–1323.e30. 722 indexed citations breakdown →

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Keeley, Patrick W., Irene E. Whitney, & Benjamin E. Reese. (2016). Genomic Control of Retinal Cell Number: Challenges, Protocol, and Results. Methods in molecular biology. 1488. 365–390. 10 indexed citations

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Whitney, Irene E., Amanda G. Kautzman, & Benjamin E. Reese. (2015). Alternative splicing of the LIM-homeodomain transcription factor Isl1 in the mouse retina. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 65. 102–113. 7 indexed citations

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Keeley, Patrick W., et al.. (2014). Independent Genomic Control of Neuronal Number across Retinal Cell Types. Developmental Cell. 30(1). 103–109. 34 indexed citations

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Whitney, Irene E., et al.. (2014). Sox2 Regulates Cholinergic Amacrine Cell Positioning and Dendritic Stratification in the Retina. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(30). 10109–10121. 34 indexed citations

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Reese, Benjamin E., Patrick W. Keeley, Sammy Lee, & Irene E. Whitney. (2011). Developmental plasticity of dendritic morphology and the establishment of coverage and connectivity in the outer retina. Developmental Neurobiology. 71(12). 1273–1285. 13 indexed citations

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Whitney, Irene E., Mary A. Raven, Lu Lu, Robert W. Williams, & Benjamin E. Reese. (2011). A QTL on Chromosome 10 Modulates Cone Photoreceptor Number in the Mouse Retina. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 52(6). 3228–3228. 24 indexed citations

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Whitney, Irene E., Mary A. Raven, D. C. Ciobanu, Robert W. Williams, & Benjamin E. Reese. (2009). Multiple Genes on Chromosome 7 Regulate Dopaminergic Amacrine Cell Number in the Mouse Retina. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 50(5). 1996–1996. 36 indexed citations

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Reese, Benjamin E., Mary A. Raven, Irene E. Whitney, et al.. (2008). A QTL on Chromosome 13 Contributes to the Two-fold Variation in Horizontal Cell Number in the Mouse Retina. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 49(13). 3738–3738. 1 indexed citations

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Whitney, Irene E., Patrick W. Keeley, Mary A. Raven, & Benjamin E. Reese. (2008). Spatial patterning of cholinergic amacrine cells in the mouse retina. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 508(1). 1–12. 45 indexed citations

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Whitney, Irene E., Mary A. Raven, Steven Nusinowitz, et al.. (2008). Involvement of OA1, an Intracellular GPCR, and Gαi3, Its Binding Protein, in Melanosomal Biogenesis and Optic Pathway Formation. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 49(7). 3245–3245. 25 indexed citations

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Whitney, Irene E., Patrick W. Keeley, Mary A. Raven, & Benjamin E. Reese. (2008). Spatial patterning of cholinergic amacrine cells in the mouse retina. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 508(1). 2 indexed citations

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Raven, Mary A., Irene E. Whitney, Robert W. Williams, & Benjamin E. Reese. (2007). Regulation of Dopaminergic Amacrine Cell Number in the Mouse Retina. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 48(13). 5688–5688. 2 indexed citations

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Keeley, Patrick W., Irene E. Whitney, Mary A. Raven, & Benjamin E. Reese. (2007). Dendritic spread and functional coverage of starburst amacrine cells. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 505(5). 539–546. 42 indexed citations

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