Ben Johnson

559 total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 393 citations indexed

About

Ben Johnson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Johnson has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 393 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 4 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Ben Johnson's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (4 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (4 papers). Ben Johnson is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (4 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (4 papers). Ben Johnson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Ben Johnson's co-authors include Michael M. Tamkun, Ashley N. Leek, Laura Solé, Tim P. Levine, Md. Joynal Abedin, Trevor Douglas, Joseph A. Frank, Shefah Qazi, Lars Liepold and Peter E. Prevelige and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Ben Johnson

9 papers receiving 388 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

The bridge-like lipid transport protein VPS13C/PARK23 mediates ER–lysosome contacts following lysosome damage

2025 16 citations Peng Xu, William Hancock‐Cerutti et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ben Johnson United States	8	247	151	81	51	36	10	393
Josef Lazar Czechia	15	315 1.3×	258 1.7×	25 0.3×	19 0.4×	30 0.8×	30	707
Tatsuhiko Ebihara Japan	12	207 0.8×	172 1.1×	48 0.6×	33 0.6×	9 0.3×	22	432
Margaret M. Stratton United States	14	528 2.1×	275 1.8×	80 1.0×	45 0.9×	8 0.2×	23	692
Torsten Schulz Germany	11	507 2.1×	429 2.8×	104 1.3×	74 1.5×	16 0.4×	23	898
Debbie Guerrero‐Given United States	13	346 1.4×	285 1.9×	97 1.2×	52 1.0×	16 0.4×	24	608
James Féthière Canada	14	451 1.8×	98 0.6×	89 1.1×	41 0.8×	44 1.2×	23	704
Andreas T. Grasskamp Germany	7	242 1.0×	218 1.4×	175 2.2×	26 0.5×	8 0.2×	16	416
Juan M Angueyra United States	12	436 1.8×	258 1.7×	52 0.6×	94 1.8×	8 0.2×	17	607
Stanislav Nagy United States	18	242 1.0×	264 1.7×	131 1.6×	50 1.0×	39 1.1×	26	772
Angela L. Scott Canada	15	216 0.9×	142 0.9×	113 1.4×	43 0.8×	46 1.3×	28	550

Countries citing papers authored by Ben Johnson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ben Johnson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ben Johnson. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ben Johnson. The network helps show where Ben Johnson may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Johnson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ben Johnson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ben Johnson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ben Johnson. Ben Johnson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Xu, Peng, William Hancock‐Cerutti, Shujun Cai, et al.. (2025). The bridge-like lipid transport protein VPS13C/PARK23 mediates ER–lysosome contacts following lysosome damage. Nature Cell Biology. 27(5). 776–789. 16 indexed citations breakdown →

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Johnson, Ben, et al.. (2024). A complex of the lipid transport ER proteins TMEM24 and C2CD2 with band 4.1 at cell–cell contacts. The Journal of Cell Biology. 223(11). 3 indexed citations

3.

Johnson, Ben, et al.. (2022). Activity-dependent endoplasmic reticulum Ca ²⁺ uptake depends on Kv2.1-mediated endoplasmic reticulum/plasma membrane junctions to promote synaptic transmission. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(30). e2117135119–e2117135119. 16 indexed citations

4.

Johnson, Ben, Ashley N. Leek, & Michael M. Tamkun. (2019). Kv2 channels create endoplasmic reticulum / plasma membrane junctions: a brief history of Kv2 channel subcellular localization. Channels. 13(1). 88–101. 31 indexed citations

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Johnson, Ben, et al.. (2018). Kv2 potassium channels form endoplasmic reticulum/plasma membrane junctions via interaction with VAPA and VAPB. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(31). E7331–E7340. 125 indexed citations

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Fisher, Gregory L., et al.. (2018). Observation of endoplasmic reticulum tubules via TOF-SIMS tandem mass spectrometry imaging of transfected cells. Biointerphases. 13(3). 03B409–03B409. 20 indexed citations

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Akin, Elizabeth J., Laura Solé, Ben Johnson, et al.. (2016). Single-Molecule Imaging of Na v 1.6 on the Surface of Hippocampal Neurons Reveals Somatic Nanoclusters. Biophysical Journal. 111(6). 1235–1247. 44 indexed citations

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Qazi, Shefah, Lars Liepold, Md. Joynal Abedin, et al.. (2012). P22 Viral Capsids as Nanocomposite High-Relaxivity MRI Contrast Agents. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 10(1). 11–17. 65 indexed citations

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Warburton, Elizabeth C., Colin P. Glover, Peter V. Massey, et al.. (2005). cAMP Responsive Element-Binding Protein Phosphorylation Is Necessary for Perirhinal Long-Term Potentiation and Recognition Memory. Journal of Neuroscience. 25(27). 6296–6303. 71 indexed citations

10.

Johnson, Ben. (1972). ORIENTAL MOUNTING TECHNIQUES IN THE CONSERVATION OF WESTERN PRINTS AND DRAWINGS. Studies in Conservation. 17(sup1). 517–525. 2 indexed citations

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