Christine K. Johnson

6.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
98 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Christine K. Johnson is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Ecology and Parasitology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christine K. Johnson has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Infectious Diseases, 26 papers in Ecology and 22 papers in Parasitology. Recurrent topics in Christine K. Johnson's work include Viral Infections and Vectors (29 papers), Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (21 papers) and Zoonotic diseases and public health (16 papers). Christine K. Johnson is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Vectors (29 papers), Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (21 papers) and Zoonotic diseases and public health (16 papers). Christine K. Johnson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Christine K. Johnson's co-authors include Jonna A. K. Mazet, Tierra Smiley Evans, Peta L. Hitchens, Cristin C. W. Young, Pranav Pandit, Megan Doyle, T. Ross Kelly, Julie Rushmore, William B. Karesh and Peter Daszak and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Christine K. Johnson

97 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

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.

Global shifts in mammalian population trends reveal key predictors of virus spillover risk

2020 310 citations Christine K. Johnson, Peta L. Hitchens et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →
Highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) in marine mammals and seabirds in Peru

2023 187 citations Mariana Leguía, Alejandra Garcia-Glaessner et al. Nature Communications profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christine K. Johnson United States	30	983	801	754	502	494	98	3.0k
Scott Carver Australia	31	1.3k 1.3×	871 1.1×	838 1.1×	411 0.8×	409 0.8×	184	3.4k
Parviez R. Hosseini United States	24	1.2k 1.2×	750 0.9×	1.2k 1.6×	376 0.7×	540 1.1×	35	3.4k
Emmanuel Serrano Spain	31	890 0.9×	1.1k 1.4×	305 0.4×	268 0.5×	455 0.9×	191	2.9k
Tiffany L. Bogich United States	15	1.2k 1.2×	484 0.6×	1.3k 1.7×	256 0.5×	650 1.3×	25	2.9k
Jonathan M. Sleeman United States	25	528 0.5×	547 0.7×	393 0.5×	441 0.9×	448 0.9×	89	2.0k
Sharon L. Deem United States	32	815 0.8×	1.0k 1.3×	633 0.8×	575 1.1×	392 0.8×	150	3.9k
Meggan E. Craft United States	31	791 0.8×	991 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	502 1.0×	984 2.0×	102	3.5k
Anna E. Jolles United States	29	1.4k 1.4×	1.2k 1.5×	1.3k 1.7×	364 0.7×	821 1.7×	86	4.1k
Santiago Lavı́n Spain	35	1.1k 1.1×	1.0k 1.3×	350 0.5×	595 1.2×	917 1.9×	221	4.3k
Benoı̂t de Thoisy French Guiana	36	845 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	1.1k 1.4×	423 0.8×	210 0.4×	168	3.7k

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Byrne, Barbara A., Melissa A. Miller, Woutrina Smith, et al.. (2025). Antimicrobial resistance of Vibrio spp. from the coastal California system: discordance between genotypic and phenotypic patterns. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 91(3). e0180824–e0180824. 3 indexed citations

Gilbert, Martin, Amanda E. Fine, Enkhtuvshin Shiilegdamba, et al.. (2023). Ecological characterization of 175 low‐pathogenicity avian influenza viruses isolated from wild birds in Mongolia, 2009–2013 and 2016–2018. Veterinary Medicine and Science. 9(6). 2676–2685. 4 indexed citations

Leguía, Mariana, Alejandra Garcia-Glaessner, Carlos Calvo-Mac, et al.. (2023). Highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) in marine mammals and seabirds in Peru. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5489–5489. 187 indexed citations breakdown →

Gonzales, Ben J., et al.. (2022). Pathogen surveillance and epidemiology in endangered peninsular bighorn sheep ( Ovis canadensis nelsoni ). Conservation Science and Practice. 4(11). 3 indexed citations

Tinker, M. Tim, Melissa A. Miller, Joseph A. Tomoleoni, et al.. (2021). Exposure to domoic acid is an ecological driver of cardiac disease in southern sea otters✰. Harmful Algae. 101. 101973–101973. 19 indexed citations

Tinker, M. Tim, Joseph A. Tomoleoni, Brian B. Hatfield, et al.. (2021). An integrated population model for southern sea otters. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 4 indexed citations

Delaune, Déborah, Vibol Hul, Erik A. Karlsson, et al.. (2021). A novel SARS-CoV-2 related coronavirus in bats from Cambodia. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6563–6563. 126 indexed citations

Johnson, Christine K., Peta L. Hitchens, Pranav Pandit, et al.. (2020). Global shifts in mammalian population trends reveal key predictors of virus spillover risk. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 287(1924). 20192736–20192736. 310 indexed citations breakdown →

Tinker, M. Tim, Melissa A. Miller, Woutrina Smith, et al.. (2020). Spatial epidemiological patterns suggest mechanisms of land-sea transmission for Sarcocystis neurona in a coastal marine mammal. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 3683–3683. 8 indexed citations

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Pandit, Pranav, et al.. (2018). Predicting wildlife reservoirs and global vulnerability to zoonotic Flaviviruses. Nature Communications. 9(1). 5425–5425. 65 indexed citations

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Joly, Damien O., Christine K. Johnson, Tracey Goldstein, et al.. (2016). The first phase of PREDICT: Surveillance for emerging infectious zoonotic diseases of wildlife origin (2009-2014). International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 53. 31–32. 7 indexed citations

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Johnson, Christine K., Dyanna M. Lambourn, Amanda K. Gibson, et al.. (2015). A novel Sarcocystis neurona genotype XIII is associated with severe encephalitis in an unexpectedly broad range of marine mammals from the northeastern Pacific Ocean. International Journal for Parasitology. 45(9-10). 595–603. 40 indexed citations

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Vickers, T. Winston, Christine K. Johnson, Scott A. Morrison, et al.. (2015). Survival and Mortality of Pumas (Puma concolor) in a Fragmented, Urbanizing Landscape. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0131490–e0131490. 77 indexed citations

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Bunn, David, Peter B. Moyle, & Christine K. Johnson. (2014). Maximizing the ecological contribution of conservation banks. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 38(2). 377–385. 11 indexed citations

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Girard, Yvette A., Pamela K. Swift, Bruno B. Chomel, et al.. (2012). Zoonotic Vector-Borne Bacterial Pathogens in California Mountain Lions ( Puma concolor ), 1987–2010. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 12(11). 913–921. 14 indexed citations

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Girard, Yvette A., Kirsten Gilardi, Robert H. Poppenga, et al.. (2012). Pathogen and Rodenticide Exposure in American Badgers (Taxidea taxus) in California. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 48(2). 467–472. 16 indexed citations

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Anderson, Nancy, et al.. (2011). Clinical signs and histopathologic findings associated with a newly recognized protozoal disease (Trichomonas gallinae) in free-ranging house finches (Carpodacus mexicanus). 31(2). 7–12. 1 indexed citations

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Johnson, Christine K., et al.. (2010). Influenza A Viruses in Wild Birds of the Pacific Flyway, 2005–2008. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 10(8). 793–800. 32 indexed citations

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Anderson, Nancy, et al.. (2010). Clinical Signs and Histopathologic Findings Associated with a Newly Recognized Protozoal Disease (Trichomonas gallinae) in Free-Ranging House Finches (Carpodacus mexicanus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 41(2). 249–254. 7 indexed citations

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Johnson, Christine K., M. Tim Tinker, James A. Estes, et al.. (2009). Prey choice and habitat use drive sea otter pathogen exposure in a resource-limited coastal system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(7). 2242–2247. 113 indexed citations

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