Bryan A. Johnson

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 737 citations indexed

About

Bryan A. Johnson is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bryan A. Johnson has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 737 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Infectious Diseases, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Bryan A. Johnson's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (10 papers), SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing (5 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (3 papers). Bryan A. Johnson is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (10 papers), SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing (5 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (3 papers). Bryan A. Johnson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Pakistan and Denmark. Bryan A. Johnson's co-authors include Vineet D. Menachery, Cary A. Moody, Craig Schindewolf, Scott C. Weaver, Pei‐Yong Shi, Xuping Xie, Daniel C. Anacker, Hongjie Xia, Yang Liu and Zhiqiang An and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Virology and PLoS Biology.

In The Last Decade

Bryan A. Johnson

19 papers receiving 720 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.

Delta spike P681R mutation enhances SARS-CoV-2 fitness over Alpha variant

2022 223 citations Yang Liu, Jianying Liu et al. Cell Reports profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bryan A. Johnson United States	13	397	244	163	95	82	20	737
Rhys Pryce United Kingdom	8	514 1.3×	134 0.5×	147 0.9×	51 0.5×	44 0.5×	11	695
Victoria A. Avanzato United States	12	1.1k 2.8×	156 0.6×	209 1.3×	78 0.8×	123 1.5×	20	1.3k
Katharina S. Schmitz Netherlands	8	714 1.8×	272 1.1×	201 1.2×	48 0.5×	42 0.5×	21	1.0k
Sandra Lester United States	6	289 0.7×	238 1.0×	176 1.1×	59 0.6×	37 0.5×	9	810
William E. Dowling United States	13	480 1.2×	154 0.6×	149 0.9×	26 0.3×	82 1.0×	18	736
Longding Liu China	17	398 1.0×	259 1.1×	198 1.2×	37 0.4×	63 0.8×	60	821
Anna-Sophie Moldenhauer Germany	12	873 2.2×	221 0.9×	125 0.8×	43 0.5×	112 1.4×	14	1.0k
Clinton R. Paden United States	14	376 0.9×	68 0.3×	247 1.5×	153 1.6×	100 1.2×	23	646
Kefang Liu China	17	811 2.0×	280 1.1×	113 0.7×	153 1.6×	194 2.4×	43	1.1k
Muhammad Abbas Abid Pakistan	15	156 0.4×	69 0.3×	112 0.7×	91 1.0×	19 0.2×	47	577

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Vu, Michelle N., Yiyang Zhou, Kumari G. Lokugamage, et al.. (2025). The furin cleavage site is required for pathogenesis, but not transmission, of SARS-CoV-2. Journal of Virology. 99(7). e0046725–e0046725. 1 indexed citations

Lokugamage, Kumari G., Yiyang Zhou, Jessica A. Plante, et al.. (2025). Convergent evolution in nucleocapsid facilitated SARS-CoV-2 adaptation for human infection. Journal of Virology. 99(7). e0209124–e0209124. 1 indexed citations

Schindewolf, Craig, Kumari G. Lokugamage, Michelle N. Vu, et al.. (2023). SARS-CoV-2 Uses Nonstructural Protein 16 To Evade Restriction by IFIT1 and IFIT3. Journal of Virology. 97(2). e0153222–e0153222. 23 indexed citations

Liu, Yang, Jianying Liu, Bryan A. Johnson, et al.. (2022). Delta spike P681R mutation enhances SARS-CoV-2 fitness over Alpha variant. Cell Reports. 39(7). 110829–110829. 223 indexed citations breakdown →

Johnson, Bryan A., Yiyang Zhou, Kumari G. Lokugamage, et al.. (2022). Nucleocapsid mutations in SARS-CoV-2 augment replication and pathogenesis. PLoS Pathogens. 18(6). e1010627–e1010627. 86 indexed citations

Plante, Jessica A., Rafael Rahal Guaragna Machado, Brooke Mitchell, et al.. (2022). Vaccination Decreases the Infectious Viral Load of Delta Variant SARS-CoV-2 in Asymptomatic Patients. Viruses. 14(9). 2071–2071. 6 indexed citations

Vu, Michelle N., Kumari G. Lokugamage, Jessica A. Plante, et al.. (2022). QTQTN motif upstream of the furin-cleavage site plays a key role in SARS-CoV-2 infection and pathogenesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(32). e2205690119–e2205690119. 16 indexed citations

Johnson, Bryan A. & Jane Yuet Ching Hui. (2021). ASO Author Reflections: The Patient Perspective of Telemedicine in Breast Cancer Care. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 29(6). 3859–3860. 2 indexed citations

Muruato, Antonio E., Michelle N. Vu, Bryan A. Johnson, et al.. (2021). Mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2 protects animals from lethal SARS-CoV challenge. PLoS Biology. 19(11). e3001284–e3001284. 44 indexed citations

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Johnson, Bryan A., Bruce R. Lindgren, Anne Blaes, et al.. (2021). The New Normal? Patient Satisfaction and Usability of Telemedicine in Breast Cancer Care. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 28(10). 5668–5676. 46 indexed citations

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Freeman, James A., Victoria Shalhoub, Bryan A. Johnson, et al.. (2021). Analytical characterization of the SARS-CoV-2 EURM-017 reference material. Clinical Biochemistry. 101. 19–25. 4 indexed citations

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Johnson, Bryan A., et al.. (2021). Post-Identification Approaches to Addressing Health-Related Social Needs in Primary Care: A Qualitative Study. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 37(4). 802–808. 2 indexed citations

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Johnson, Bryan A., Adam Hage, Birte Kalveram, et al.. (2019). Peptidoglycan-Associated Cyclic Lipopeptide Disrupts Viral Infectivity. Journal of Virology. 93(22). 51 indexed citations

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Johnson, Bryan A., et al.. (2018). SETD2-dependent H3K36me3 plays a critical role in epigenetic regulation of the HPV31 life cycle. PLoS Pathogens. 14(10). e1007367–e1007367. 21 indexed citations

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Johnson, Bryan A., Rachel L. Graham, & Vineet D. Menachery. (2017). Viral metagenomics, protein structure, and reverse genetics: Key strategies for investigating coronaviruses. Virology. 517. 30–37. 14 indexed citations

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Johnson, Bryan A., et al.. (2016). The Rb binding domain of HPV31 E7 is required to maintain high levels of DNA repair factors in infected cells. Virology. 500. 22–34. 27 indexed citations

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Anacker, Daniel C., Caitlin Shepard, Gina M. Lenzi, et al.. (2016). HPV31 utilizes the ATR-Chk1 pathway to maintain elevated RRM2 levels and a replication-competent environment in differentiating Keratinocytes. Virology. 499. 383–396. 46 indexed citations

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Chappell, William H., et al.. (2015). Homologous Recombination Repair Factors Rad51 and BRCA1 Are Necessary for Productive Replication of Human Papillomavirus 31. Journal of Virology. 90(5). 2639–2652. 73 indexed citations

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Yawn, Barbara P., Margary Kurland, L. C. Butterfield, & Bryan A. Johnson. (1998). Barriers to Seeking Care Following School Vision Screening in Rochester, Minnesota. Journal of School Health. 68(8). 319–324. 51 indexed citations

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Johnson, Bryan A.. (1972). Horizons in medical evaluation.. PubMed. 14(4). 112–4.

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