Andrew Johnston

19.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
228 papers, 14.1k citations indexed

About

Andrew Johnston is a scholar working on Plant Science, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew Johnston has authored 228 papers receiving a total of 14.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Plant Science, 51 papers in Immunology and 39 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Andrew Johnston's work include Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (96 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (58 papers) and Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis (43 papers). Andrew Johnston is often cited by papers focused on Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (96 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (58 papers) and Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis (43 papers). Andrew Johnston collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Iceland. Andrew Johnston's co-authors include Jóhann E. Guðjónsson, J. E. Beringer, Jonathan D. Todd, J. Allan Downie, Helgi Valdimarsson, James T. Elder, Andrew R. J. Curson, Jim Beynon, L. Rossen and J. Peter W. Young and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Andrew Johnston

226 papers receiving 13.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Transfer of the drug-resistance transposon Tn5 to Rhizobium

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andrew Johnston United Kingdom	67	5.2k	4.2k	3.0k	2.4k	1.9k	228	14.1k
Hyun Park South Korea	45	1.1k 0.2×	894 0.2×	2.8k 0.9×	359 0.1×	1.2k 0.6×	418	7.5k
Reinhold Mueller United States	16	1.8k 0.3×	1.3k 0.3×	7.3k 2.4×	60 0.0×	1.4k 0.7×	26	14.1k
Michael R. F. Lee United Kingdom	50	717 0.1×	954 0.2×	821 0.3×	255 0.1×	1.2k 0.6×	223	8.2k
Henry Daniell United States	82	5.6k 1.1×	1.1k 0.3×	14.1k 4.7×	153 0.1×	455 0.2×	282	20.3k
Jaap Bakker Netherlands	51	5.0k 1.0×	1.0k 0.2×	2.0k 0.7×	48 0.0×	1.4k 0.7×	241	9.5k
Pappachan E. Kolattukudy United States	69	4.1k 0.8×	2.1k 0.5×	7.2k 2.4×	121 0.0×	385 0.2×	275	16.7k
Akira Yokota Japan	56	2.1k 0.4×	1.0k 0.2×	6.0k 2.0×	75 0.0×	3.9k 2.0×	517	12.9k
Alan Przybyla United States	30	1.3k 0.2×	3.7k 0.9×	14.4k 4.8×	117 0.0×	479 0.2×	43	24.7k
Philippe Gros Canada	75	795 0.2×	4.7k 1.1×	6.3k 2.1×	56 0.0×	692 0.4×	292	18.1k
Rudi Beyaert Belgium	89	874 0.2×	13.0k 3.1×	13.5k 4.5×	504 0.2×	410 0.2×	306	28.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Andrew Johnston

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andrew Johnston

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Eyice, Özge, Arjan Pol, Ornella Carrión, et al.. (2017). Bacterial SBP56 identified as a Cu-dependent methanethiol oxidase widely distributed in the biosphere. The ISME Journal. 12(1). 145–160. 60 indexed citations

Johnston, Andrew, et al.. (2017). The Molecular Revolution in Cutaneous Biology: The Era of Global Transcriptional Analysis. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 137(5). e87–e91. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Ling‐juan, George L. Sen, Nicole L. Ward, et al.. (2016). Antimicrobial Peptide LL37 and MAVS Signaling Drive Interferon-β Production by Epidermal Keratinocytes during Skin Injury. Immunity. 45(1). 119–130. 141 indexed citations

Thorleifsdottir, Ragna H., Sigurveig Sigurdardottir, Bárður Sigurgeirsson, et al.. (2016). Patient-reported Outcomes and Clinical Response in Patients with Moderate-to-severe Plaque Psoriasis Treated with Tonsillectomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Acta Dermato Venereologica. 97(3). 340–345. 30 indexed citations

Thorleifsdottir, Ragna H., Sigrún Sigurðardóttir, Bárður Sigurgeirsson, et al.. (2016). HLA-Cw6 homozygosity in plaque psoriasis is associated with streptococcal throat infections and pronounced improvement after tonsillectomy: A prospective case series. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 75(5). 889–896. 30 indexed citations

Yin, Li, et al.. (2016). Systemic abnormalities of psoriatic patients: a retrospective study. Clinical Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology. Volume 9. 443–449. 9 indexed citations

Swindell, William R., Mrinal K. Sarkar, Xianying Xing, et al.. (2015). Proteogenomic analysis of psoriasis reveals discordant and concordant changes in mRNA and protein abundance. Genome Medicine. 7(1). 86–86. 83 indexed citations

Swindell, William R., Andrew Johnston, Xianying Xing, et al.. (2013). Modulation of Epidermal Transcription Circuits in Psoriasis: New Links between Inflammation and Hyperproliferation. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e79253–e79253. 53 indexed citations

Swindell, William R., Andrew Johnston, Liou Y. Sun, et al.. (2012). Meta-Profiles of Gene Expression during Aging: Limited Similarities between Mouse and Human and an Unexpectedly Decreased Inflammatory Signature. PLoS ONE. 7(3). e33204–e33204. 29 indexed citations

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Blatt, Hanz, Nihal Kaplan, Andrew Johnston, et al.. (2012). Alteration of the EphA2/Ephrin-A Signaling Axis in Psoriatic Epidermis. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 133(3). 712–722. 30 indexed citations

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White, Gaye F., Chloe Singleton, Jonathan D. Todd, et al.. (2011). Heme binding to the second, lower‐affinity site of the global iron regulator Irr from Rhizobium leguminosarum promotes oligomerization. FEBS Journal. 278(12). 2011–2021. 13 indexed citations

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Sigurðardóttir, Sigrún, Ragna H. Thorleifsdottir, Andrew M. Guzman, et al.. (2011). The anti-microbial peptide LL-37 modulates immune responses in the palatine tonsils where it is exclusively expressed by neutrophils and a subset of dendritic cells. Clinical Immunology. 142(2). 139–149. 16 indexed citations

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Wexler, Margaret, Philip L. Bond, David J. Richardson, & Andrew Johnston. (2005). A wide host‐range metagenomic library from a waste water treatment plant yields a novel alcohol/aldehyde dehydrogenase. Environmental Microbiology. 7(12). 1917–1926. 72 indexed citations

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Johnston, Andrew, Jóhann E. Guðjónsson, Hekla Sigmundsdóttir, Björn R. Lúdvíksson, & Helgi Valdimarsson. (2004). The anti-inflammatory action of methotrexate is not mediated by lymphocyte apoptosis, but by the suppression of activation and adhesion molecules. Clinical Immunology. 114(2). 154–163. 173 indexed citations

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Yeoman, Kay, et al.. (2003). The ECF Ï factor RpoI of R. leguminosarum initiates transcription of the vbsGSO and vbsADL siderophore biosynthetic genes in vitro. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 223(2). 239–244. 5 indexed citations

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Guo, Jun, et al.. (1993). The sym plasmid pRP2JI and at least two other loci ofRhizobium leguminosarumbiovarphaseolican confer resistance to infection by the virulent bacteriophage RL38. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 111(2-3). 321–326. 3 indexed citations

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Roberts, D. F., Mark Roberts, & Andrew Johnston. (1991). Genetic epidemiology of Down's syndrome in Shetland. Human Genetics. 87(1). 57–60. 4 indexed citations

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Haites, N E, et al.. (1989). Linkage in a family with X‐linked Charcot‐Marie‐Tooth disease. Clinical Genetics. 35(6). 399–403. 26 indexed citations

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Johnston, Andrew, J. Allan Downie, L. Rossen, et al.. (1987). Molecular analysis of the Rhizobium genes involved in the induction of nitrogen-fixing nodules on legumes. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 317(1184). 193–207. 4 indexed citations

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Lara, Miguel, Julie V. Cullimore, Peter J. Lea, et al.. (1983). Appearance of a novel form of plant glutamine synthetase during nodule development in Phaseolus vulgaris L.. Planta. 157(3). 254–258. 81 indexed citations

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