Jennifer Johnston

7.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
41 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Jennifer Johnston is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jennifer Johnston has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Cell Biology and 6 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Jennifer Johnston's work include Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (7 papers), Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (6 papers) and Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (4 papers). Jennifer Johnston is often cited by papers focused on Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (7 papers), Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (6 papers) and Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (4 papers). Jennifer Johnston collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Jennifer Johnston's co-authors include Ron R. Kopito, Cristina L. Ward, Brigit E. Riley, Atsushi Iwata, Mark E. Gurney, Malcolm Kadodwala, Nikolaj Gadegaard, Adrian J. Lapthorn, E. Hendry and Laurence D. Barron and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Jennifer Johnston

41 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

Aggresomes: A Cellular Response to Misfolded Proteins

1998 1.8k citations Jennifer Johnston, Ron R. Kopito et al. profile →
Ultrasensitive detection and characterization of biomolecules using superchiral fields

2010 1.0k citations Jennifer Johnston, Nikolaj Gadegaard et al. profile →
HDAC6 and Microtubules Are Required for Autophagic Degradation of Aggregated Huntingtin

2005 587 citations Atsushi Iwata, Brigit E. Riley et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jennifer Johnston United States	23	2.7k	1.2k	1.0k	988	840	41	5.8k
Gen Matsumoto Japan	39	2.5k 0.9×	851 0.7×	907 0.9×	545 0.6×	375 0.4×	163	5.7k
Junichi Iwata United States	34	2.9k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	4.3k 4.2×	833 0.8×	1.2k 1.4×	112	8.6k
Masataka Kinjo Japan	41	4.3k 1.6×	1.1k 0.9×	612 0.6×	279 0.3×	538 0.6×	206	6.5k
Hideki Matsui Japan	46	4.1k 1.5×	1000 0.8×	278 0.3×	179 0.2×	530 0.6×	224	8.0k
Takafumi Inoue Japan	50	3.7k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	202 0.2×	185 0.2×	586 0.7×	253	7.7k
Robert G. Nagele United States	41	2.6k 1.0×	582 0.5×	175 0.2×	445 0.5×	2.1k 2.5×	132	6.2k
Russell E. Jacobs United States	45	3.4k 1.2×	266 0.2×	208 0.2×	621 0.6×	1.2k 1.4×	136	8.8k
Silvio O. Rizzoli Germany	45	4.7k 1.7×	2.9k 2.3×	173 0.2×	516 0.5×	645 0.8×	157	8.7k
David W. Piston United States	63	7.9k 2.9×	1.2k 1.0×	585 0.6×	111 0.1×	1.2k 1.4×	223	14.7k
Serkan Erdin United States	23	3.1k 1.1×	949 0.8×	2.6k 2.5×	338 0.3×	836 1.0×	63	5.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Jennifer Johnston

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jennifer Johnston

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20 of 20 papers shown

Rosencrans, William M., et al.. (2025). Putative PINK1/Parkin activators lower the threshold for mitophagy by sensitizing cells to mitochondrial stress. Science Advances. 11(35). eady0240–eady0240. 2 indexed citations

Li, Yan, Adahir Labrador‐Garrido, Dad Abu-Bonsrah, et al.. (2025). Dopamine and cortical neurons with different Parkinsonian mutations show variation in lysosomal and mitochondrial dysfunction. npj Parkinson s Disease. 11(1). 177–177. 1 indexed citations

Fan, Siyan, Elizabeth Lippard, Anjali Sankar, et al.. (2018). Gray and white matter differences in adolescents and young adults with prior suicide attempts across bipolar and major depressive disorders. Journal of Affective Disorders. 245. 1089–1097. 45 indexed citations

Lippard, Elizabeth, Jennifer Johnston, Linda Spencer, et al.. (2018). Preliminary examination of gray and white matter structure and longitudinal structural changes in frontal systems associated with future suicide attempts in adolescents and young adults with mood disorders. Journal of Affective Disorders. 245. 1139–1148. 28 indexed citations

Johnston, Jennifer, Fei Wang, Jie Liu, et al.. (2017). Multimodal Neuroimaging of Frontolimbic Structure and Function Associated With Suicide Attempts in Adolescents and Young Adults With Bipolar Disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry. 174(7). 667–675. 162 indexed citations

Lippard, Elizabeth, Jennifer Johnston, & Hilary P. Blumberg. (2014). Neurobiological Risk Factors for Suicide. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 47(3). S152–S162. 62 indexed citations

Johnston, Jennifer, et al.. (2010). Human stanniocalcin-1 or -2 expressed in mice reduces bone size and severely inhibits cranial intramembranous bone growth. Transgenic Research. 19(6). 1017–1039. 35 indexed citations

MacLaren, Donald A., Jennifer Johnston, David A. Duncan, et al.. (2009). Asymmetric photoelectron transmission through chirally-sculpted, polycrystalline gold. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 11(38). 8413–8413. 5 indexed citations

Cook, Casey, Jennifer Gass, Judith Dunmore, et al.. (2009). Aging Is Not Associated with Proteasome Impairment in UPS Reporter Mice. PLoS ONE. 4(6). e5888–e5888. 20 indexed citations

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Uchiki, Tomoaki, Hyoung Tae Kim, Bo Zhai, et al.. (2009). The Ubiquitin-interacting Motif Protein, S5a, Is Ubiquitinated by All Types of Ubiquitin Ligases by a Mechanism Different from Typical Substrate Recognition. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(19). 12622–12632. 42 indexed citations

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Bennett, Eric J., Mirella Gonzalez‐Zulueta, Howard Schulman, et al.. (2006). [Cellular mechanisms of protein quality control].. PubMed. 46(11). 805–805. 1 indexed citations

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Johnston, Jennifer, et al.. (2006). Sarcopenia in the Caenorhabditis elegans pharynx correlates with muscle contraction rate over lifespan. Experimental Gerontology. 41(3). 252–260. 100 indexed citations

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Iwata, Atsushi, Brigit E. Riley, Jennifer Johnston, & Ron R. Kopito. (2005). HDAC6 and Microtubules Are Required for Autophagic Degradation of Aggregated Huntingtin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(48). 40282–40292. 587 indexed citations breakdown →

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Johnston, Jennifer, et al.. (2004). Aboriginal perspective on middle ear disease in the arid zone of Western Australia. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 40(5-6). 258–264. 27 indexed citations

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Rank, Kenneth B., Adele M. Pauley, Keshab Bhattacharya, et al.. (2002). Direct interaction of soluble human recombinant tau protein with Aβ 1–42 results in tau aggregation and hyperphosphorylation by tau protein kinase II. FEBS Letters. 514(2-3). 263–268. 58 indexed citations

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Johnston, Jennifer, Michelle Illing, & Ron R. Kopito. (2002). Cytoplasmic dynein/dynactin mediates the assembly of aggresomes. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton. 53(1). 26–38. 170 indexed citations

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Johnston, Jennifer, et al.. (2000). Formation of high molecular weight complexes of mutant Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase in a mouse model for familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97(23). 12571–12576. 496 indexed citations

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Lévy, Frédéric, Jennifer Johnston, & A Varshavsky. (1999). Analysis of a conditional degradation signal in yeast and mammalian cells. European Journal of Biochemistry. 259(1-2). 244–252. 41 indexed citations

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Johnston, Jennifer, Erica S. Johnson, P R Waller, & Alexander Varshavsky. (1995). Methotrexate Inhibits Proteolysis of Dihydrofolate Reductase by the N-end Rule Pathway. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(14). 8172–8178. 101 indexed citations

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Johnston, Jennifer, Roger D. Sloboda, & Robert B. Silver. (1994). Phosphoprotein phosphatase 1 (PP1) is a component of the isolated sea urchin mitotic apparatus. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton. 29(3). 280–290. 15 indexed citations

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