Heather Johnston

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Heather Johnston is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather Johnston has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 7 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Heather Johnston's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (3 papers), Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (3 papers) and Hereditary Neurological Disorders (3 papers). Heather Johnston is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (3 papers), Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (3 papers) and Hereditary Neurological Disorders (3 papers). Heather Johnston collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Heather Johnston's co-authors include Peter J. O’Shaughnessy, P. J. Baker, Xiao‐Jiang Li, Li He, Shihua Li, Peggy Shelbourne, Andrew J. Todd, R.C. Spike, Grant A. Betts and Brian Morris and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Heather Johnston

38 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Student perspectives on the use of generative artificial intelligence technologies in higher education

2024 101 citations Heather Johnston, Bryony N. Parsons et al. International Journal for Educational Integrity profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heather Johnston Australia	17	693	445	222	209	197	39	1.5k
Florence Tang Hong Kong	25	898 1.3×	589 1.3×	81 0.4×	89 0.4×	226 1.1×	83	1.8k
Manuel E. Velasco United States	21	561 0.8×	197 0.4×	220 1.0×	176 0.8×	113 0.6×	43	1.7k
Sharon Key United States	20	511 0.7×	374 0.8×	574 2.6×	256 1.2×	179 0.9×	29	1.8k
Ha Nam Nguyen United States	19	2.0k 2.8×	253 0.6×	118 0.5×	373 1.8×	263 1.3×	43	2.7k
Andrée Gauthier-Fisher Canada	17	892 1.3×	310 0.7×	152 0.7×	80 0.4×	101 0.5×	34	1.5k
Laurence Richard France	25	510 0.7×	625 1.4×	91 0.4×	43 0.2×	151 0.8×	91	1.7k
Yiai Tong Canada	24	1.0k 1.4×	388 0.9×	82 0.4×	121 0.6×	86 0.4×	41	1.7k
Emeka K. Enwere Canada	14	824 1.2×	321 0.7×	56 0.3×	84 0.4×	98 0.5×	22	2.1k
Alexander K. Murashov United States	23	730 1.1×	595 1.3×	159 0.7×	22 0.1×	100 0.5×	50	1.5k
Romeo Carrozzo Italy	20	743 1.1×	313 0.7×	62 0.3×	360 1.7×	70 0.4×	37	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Heather Johnston

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather Johnston

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Heather Johnston. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Heather Johnston 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 Heather Johnston. Heather Johnston is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kearns, Anna M., Heather Johnston, Jéssica Fenker, et al.. (2025). Genomic Footprints of Ancient Multi‐Species Introgression Events Among Allopatric Australo‐Papuan Butcherbird Species. Journal of Biogeography. 52(7). 1 indexed citations

Johnston, Heather, et al.. (2025). Discovering how students use generative artificial intelligence tools for academic writing purposes. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education.

Johnston, Heather, et al.. (2024). Student perspectives on the use of generative artificial intelligence technologies in higher education. International Journal for Educational Integrity. 20(1). 101 indexed citations breakdown →

Lacson, Ronilda, Oleg S. Pianykh, Heather Johnston, et al.. (2024). Factors Associated With Timeliness and Equity of Access to Outpatient MRI Examinations. Journal of the American College of Radiology. 21(7). 1049–1057. 5 indexed citations

Joseph, Leo, et al.. (2023). Do Olive-backed Orioles and Green Orioles hybridize in Australia? A genomic assessment with taxonomic notes. Emu - Austral Ornithology. 123(3). 244–249. 2 indexed citations

Todd, David A, et al.. (2010). Bilateral subdural hygromas and cephalhaematomas in male twins with severe myotubular myopathy caused by a Novel c.431delT (p.Leu144fs) mutation in MTM1 gene. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 47(1-2). 64–65. 5 indexed citations

Taylor, Peter J., Grant A. Betts, Christian Gilissen, et al.. (2010). Dystrophin Gene Mutation Location and the Risk of Cognitive Impairment in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. PLoS ONE. 5(1). e8803–e8803. 151 indexed citations

Byrne, Christopher M., John F. Thompson, Heather Johnston, et al.. (2005). Treatment of metastatic melanoma using electroporation therapy with bleomycin (electrochemotherapy). Melanoma Research. 15(1). 45–51. 88 indexed citations

Gauld, Leanne, et al.. (2005). Spirometry is Affected by Intelligence and Behavior in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Pediatric Pulmonology. 40(5). 408–413. 13 indexed citations

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O’Shaughnessy, Peter J., et al.. (2002). Failure of normal adult Leydig cell development in androgen-receptor-deficient mice. Journal of Cell Science. 115(17). 3491–3496. 114 indexed citations

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He, Li, Shihua Li, Heather Johnston, Peggy Shelbourne, & Xiao‐Jiang Li. (2000). Amino-terminal fragments of mutant huntingtin show selective accumulation in striatal neurons and synaptic toxicity. Nature Genetics. 25(4). 385–389. 239 indexed citations

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Fedorov, A. N., Heather Johnston, Sergei A. Korneev, S. E. Blackshaw, & Jane C. Davies. (1999). Cloning, characterisation and expression of the α-tubulin genes of the leech, Hirudo medicinalis. Gene. 227(1). 11–19. 5 indexed citations

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Nicholson, Garth A., Hiroyuki Ikeda, Akihiro Ishida, et al.. (1998). De novo mutation of the myelin Po gene in Déjérine-Sottas disease (hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type III): Two amino acid insertion after Asp 118. Human Mutation. 11(S1). S103–S105. 5 indexed citations

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Johnston, Heather, et al.. (1996). Immune globulin therapy in children with Guillain-Barr� syndrome. Muscle & Nerve. 19(11). 1490–1492. 5 indexed citations

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Johnston, Heather & Brian Morris. (1995). N-Methyl-d-aspartate and nitric oxide regulate the expression of calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase II in the hippocampal dentate gyrus. Molecular Brain Research. 31(1-2). 141–150. 35 indexed citations

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Simpson, C.S., Heather Johnston, & Brian Morris. (1994). Phenotypic characterisation of rat striatal neurones in primary culture. Tissue and Cell. 26(6). 929–941. 12 indexed citations

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Johnston, Heather & Brian J. Morris. (1994). zif/268 does not mediate increases in proenkephalin mRNA levels after NMDA receptor stimulation. Neuroreport. 5(12). 1498–1500. 4 indexed citations

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Stokes, Gordon S., et al.. (1992). INCREASE IN SERUM TOTAL ANGIOTENSIN‐CONVERTING ENZYME ACTIVITY WITH ENALAPRIL THERAPY IN HUMANS: A CONTROLLED TRIAL. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 19(5). 297–299. 1 indexed citations

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Johnston, Heather, Philip Payne, D. P. Gilmore, & Catherine A. Wilson. (1990). Neonatal serotonin reduction alters the adult feminine sexual behaviour of golden hamsters. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 35(3). 571–575. 12 indexed citations

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Stokes, Gordon S., et al.. (1990). Effect of Dialysis on Circulating Na, K ATPase Inhibitor in Uremic Patients. The Nephron journals/Nephron journals. 54(2). 127–133. 14 indexed citations

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