Heath E. Johnson

1.3k total citations
18 papers, 844 citations indexed

About

Heath E. Johnson is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Heath E. Johnson has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 844 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Cell Biology, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Heath E. Johnson's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (10 papers), Light effects on plants (5 papers) and Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (4 papers). Heath E. Johnson is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (10 papers), Light effects on plants (5 papers) and Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (4 papers). Heath E. Johnson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hong Kong and United Kingdom. Heath E. Johnson's co-authors include Jared E. Toettcher, Jason M. Haugh, James E. Bear, Jeremy D. Rotty, Elizabeth M. Haynes, Sreeja B. Asokan, Stanislav Y. Shvartsman, Erik S. Welf, Yogesh Goyal and Cristian Suarez and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Cell Biology, Development and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Heath E. Johnson

16 papers receiving 843 citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Heath E. Johnson 428 424 190 132 109 18 844
Brian Burkel 403 0.9× 488 1.2× 72 0.4× 150 1.1× 100 0.9× 26 956
Eric A. Vitriol 580 1.4× 583 1.4× 271 1.4× 138 1.0× 38 0.3× 26 1.2k
Anan Ragab 682 1.6× 428 1.0× 110 0.6× 109 0.8× 40 0.4× 15 1.3k
Fabian Oceguera-Yañez 626 1.5× 533 1.3× 76 0.4× 106 0.8× 41 0.4× 16 1.1k
Mohit Prasad 457 1.1× 642 1.5× 186 1.0× 151 1.1× 70 0.6× 21 957
Søren Prag 594 1.4× 434 1.0× 118 0.6× 79 0.6× 32 0.3× 17 1.1k
Ekta Seth Chhabra 483 1.1× 567 1.3× 122 0.6× 88 0.7× 22 0.2× 19 1.3k
Jessica K. Sawyer 500 1.2× 703 1.7× 131 0.7× 126 1.0× 44 0.4× 16 965
Romain Levayer 646 1.5× 1.0k 2.5× 134 0.7× 178 1.3× 34 0.3× 27 1.4k
Patricia Kunda 842 2.0× 1.2k 2.8× 311 1.6× 118 0.9× 63 0.6× 20 1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heath E. Johnson

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Liu, Ping, Qiuyu Wang, Xin Dai, et al.. (2025). Elastic properties of force-transmitting linkages determine multistable mechanosensitive behaviour of cell adhesion. Nature Physics. 21(9). 1431–1443.
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Johnson, Heath E.. (2023). Application of Optogenetics to Probe the Signaling Dynamics of Cell Fate Decision-Making. Methods in molecular biology. 2634. 315–326.
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Goyal, Yogesh, et al.. (2022). Preformation and epigenesis converge to specify primordial germ cell fate in the early Drosophila embryo. PLoS Genetics. 18(1). e1010002–e1010002. 7 indexed citations
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Johnson, Heath E., et al.. (2020). Optogenetic Rescue of a Patterning Mutant. Current Biology. 30(17). 3414–3424.e3. 28 indexed citations
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Johnson, Heath E. & Jared E. Toettcher. (2019). Signaling Dynamics Control Cell Fate in the Early Drosophila Embryo. Developmental Cell. 48(3). 361–370.e3. 93 indexed citations
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Johnson, Heath E. & Jared E. Toettcher. (2018). Illuminating developmental biology with cellular optogenetics. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 52. 42–48. 53 indexed citations
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Johnson, Heath E., Yogesh Goyal, Nicole L. Pannucci, et al.. (2017). The Spatiotemporal Limits of Developmental Erk Signaling. Developmental Cell. 40(2). 185–192. 129 indexed citations
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Johnson, Heath E., Yogesh Goyal, Nicole L. Pannucci, et al.. (2017). The Spatiotemporal Limits of Developmental Erk Signaling. Mechanisms of Development. 145. S61–S62. 1 indexed citations
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King, Samantha J., Sreeja B. Asokan, Elizabeth M. Haynes, et al.. (2016). Lamellipodia are crucial for haptotactic sensing and response. Journal of Cell Science. 129(12). 2329–2342. 58 indexed citations
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Johnson, Heath E. & Jason M. Haugh. (2016). Are Filopodia Privileged Signaling Structures in Migrating Cells?. Biophysical Journal. 111(9). 1827–1830. 4 indexed citations
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Haynes, Elizabeth M., Sreeja B. Asokan, Samantha J. King, et al.. (2015). GMFβ controls branched actin content and lamellipodial retraction in fibroblasts. The Journal of Cell Biology. 209(6). 803–812. 29 indexed citations
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Johnson, Heath E., Samantha J. King, Sreeja B. Asokan, et al.. (2015). F-actin bundles direct the initiation and orientation of lamellipodia through adhesion-based signaling. The Journal of Cell Biology. 208(4). 443–455. 75 indexed citations
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Rotty, Jeremy D., Congying Wu, Elizabeth M. Haynes, et al.. (2014). Profilin-1 Serves as a Gatekeeper for Actin Assembly by Arp2/3-Dependent and -Independent Pathways. Developmental Cell. 32(1). 54–67. 198 indexed citations
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Asokan, Sreeja B., Heath E. Johnson, Samantha King, et al.. (2014). Mesenchymal Chemotaxis Requires Selective Inactivation of Myosin II at the Leading Edge via a Noncanonical PLCγ/PKCα Pathway. Developmental Cell. 31(6). 747–760. 61 indexed citations
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Welf, Erik S., Heath E. Johnson, & Jason M. Haugh. (2013). Bidirectional coupling between integrin-mediated signaling and actomyosin mechanics explains matrix-dependent intermittency of leading-edge motility. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 24(24). 3945–3955. 20 indexed citations
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Johnson, Heath E. & Jason M. Haugh. (2013). Quantitative Analysis of Phosphoinositide 3‐Kinase (PI3K) Signaling Using Live‐Cell Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence (TIRF) Microscopy. Current Protocols in Cell Biology. 61(1). 14.14.1–14.14.24. 5 indexed citations
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Welf, Erik S., Shoeb Ahmed, Heath E. Johnson, Adam T. Melvin, & Jason M. Haugh. (2012). Migrating fibroblasts reorient directionality by a metastable, PI3K-dependent mechanism. The Journal of Cell Biology. 197(1). 105–114. 80 indexed citations

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