Ian Johnston

6.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
108 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Ian Johnston is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian Johnston has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 16 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 15 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Ian Johnston's work include Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (15 papers), Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (14 papers) and Science Education and Pedagogy (12 papers). Ian Johnston is often cited by papers focused on Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (15 papers), Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (14 papers) and Science Education and Pedagogy (12 papers). Ian Johnston collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Ian Johnston's co-authors include Tetsuo Hamada, M.C. Tracey, Christabel Tan, Daniel McCluskey, Susan McKay, J. M. Haile, A. John Mallinckrodt, Kathryn Crawford, Peter Fletcher and Manjula D. Sharma and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Astrophysical Journal and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

Ian Johnston

98 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

  1. Mechanical characterization of bulk Sylgard 184 for microfluidics and microengineering
    2014 1.2k citations Ian Johnston, Daniel McCluskey et al. profile →
  2. Molecular Dynamics Simulation: Elementary Methods
    1993 1.1k citations Ian Johnston et al. profile →
  3. A potential model representation of two-nucleon data below 315 MeV
    1962 1.0k citations Ian Johnston et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Ian Johnston 1.6k 1.0k 881 665 580 108 4.8k
K. Young 698 0.5× 1.7k 1.7× 508 0.6× 324 0.5× 977 1.7× 140 3.5k
R. A. Lewis 544 0.4× 1.4k 1.4× 198 0.2× 808 1.2× 1.5k 2.5× 317 5.0k
T. B. Jones 2.4k 1.6× 303 0.3× 197 0.2× 421 0.6× 2.4k 4.2× 275 7.8k
Richard Davis 779 0.5× 433 0.4× 66 0.1× 363 0.5× 453 0.8× 124 3.6k
M. G. Brereton 1.3k 0.8× 1.5k 1.5× 653 0.7× 1.2k 1.8× 711 1.2× 66 6.5k
Paul Lee 727 0.5× 1.7k 1.7× 2.9k 3.2× 2.1k 3.1× 2.4k 4.1× 274 7.4k
Eugene Hecht 1.1k 0.7× 1.3k 1.3× 71 0.1× 252 0.4× 939 1.6× 44 3.4k
Robert W. Brown 1.1k 0.7× 650 0.6× 1.4k 1.6× 272 0.4× 333 0.6× 168 6.2k
Dava Newman 1.6k 1.0× 1.3k 1.3× 96 0.1× 1.9k 2.8× 1.9k 3.3× 147 6.7k
Robert C. Richardson 610 0.4× 2.5k 2.5× 280 0.3× 237 0.4× 173 0.3× 205 4.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Ian Johnston

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ian Johnston

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ian Johnston

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lange, Sigrun, Nikolay Dimov, Ian Johnston, et al.. (2025). Urinary Extracellular Vesicle Signatures as Biomarkers in Prostate Cancer Patients. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(14). 6895–6895.
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Zhang, Bin, et al.. (2025). Poly(vinyl alcohol)‐Agar Double Network Hydrogels: Linking Formulation to Mechanical and Rheological Properties. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 226(24). 1 indexed citations
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Tarn, Mark D., Kirsty J. Shaw, Jonathan West, et al.. (2025). Microfluidics for the biological analysis of atmospheric ice-nucleating particles: Perspectives and challenges. Biomicrofluidics. 19(1). 11502–11502. 1 indexed citations
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Ren, Guogang, et al.. (2023). Applied Methods to Assess the Antimicrobial Activity of Metallic-Based Nanoparticles. Bioengineering. 10(11). 1259–1259. 11 indexed citations
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Dimov, Nikolay, et al.. (2020). Electrowetting-based Digital Microfluidics Platform for Automated Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 9 indexed citations
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Dimov, Nikolay, et al.. (2020). Electrowetting-based Digital Microfluidics Platform for Automated Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations
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Galen & Ian Johnston. (2018). Thrasybulus ; On Exercise with a small ball. Harvard University Press eBooks.
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Johnston, Ian, et al.. (2014). Dean flow focusing and separation of small microspheres within a narrow size range. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. 17(3). 509–518. 45 indexed citations
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Descartes, René, et al.. (2013). Meditations on first philosophy : in which the existence of God and the difference between the human soul and body are demonstrated. 1 indexed citations
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Johnston, Ian, et al.. (2013). The book of Master Mo. 1 indexed citations
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Sharma, Manjula D., et al.. (2013). Implementing WebQuest Based Instruction on Newton's Second Law.. Teaching science (Deakin West, A.C.T. : Online)/Teaching science. 59(2). 11–19. 6 indexed citations
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Chitaree, Ratchapak, et al.. (2012). Developing a prototype conceptual survey in fundamental quantum physics. Proceedings of The Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education (formerly UniServe Science Conference).
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Johnston, Ian & Mary Peat. (2012). Scholarly inquiry and flexibility. Proceedings of The Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education (formerly UniServe Science Conference). 8.
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Chitaree, Ratchapak, et al.. (2012). Surveying Thai and Sydney introductory physics students’ understandings of heat and temperature. Proceedings of The Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education (formerly UniServe Science Conference). 6 indexed citations
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Sharma, Manjula D., et al.. (2012). Students’ conceptual knowledge of mechanical waves across different backgrounds and cultures. Proceedings of The Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education (formerly UniServe Science Conference). 4 indexed citations
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Johnston, Ian, et al.. (2012). Is There a Right Way to Teach Physics. International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education. 5(1). 4 indexed citations
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Galen, Ian Johnston, & G. H. R. Horsley. (2011). Method of Medicine. Harvard University Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations

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