John Asher Johnson

32.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
130 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

John Asher Johnson is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, John Asher Johnson has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 50 papers in Instrumentation and 7 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in John Asher Johnson's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (113 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (75 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (64 papers). John Asher Johnson is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (113 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (75 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (64 papers). John Asher Johnson collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. John Asher Johnson's co-authors include Geoffrey W. Marcy, Andrew W. Howard, Debra A. Fischer, Jason T. Wright, Joshua N. Winn, Timothy D. Morton, Howard Isaacson, Rebekah I. Dawson, R. Paul Butler and Andrew Vanderburg and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

In The Last Decade

John Asher Johnson

127 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 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.

The California-Kepler Survey. III. A Gap in the Radius Distribution of Small Planets*

2017 650 citations Benjamin J. Fulton, Erik A. Petigura et al. The Astronomical Journal profile →
Catalog of Nearby Exoplanets

2006 480 citations R. Paul Butler, Jason T. Wright et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
OBLIQUITIES OF HOT JUPITER HOST STARS: EVIDENCE FOR TIDAL INTERACTIONS AND PRIMORDIAL MISALIGNMENTS

2012 296 citations Simon Albrecht, Joshua N. Winn et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
A disintegrating minor planet transiting a white dwarf

2015 289 citations Andrew Vanderburg, John Asher Johnson et al. Nature profile →
Origins of Hot Jupiters

2018 267 citations Rebekah I. Dawson, John Asher Johnson profile →
A Technique for Extracting Highly Precise Photometry for the Two-WheeledKeplerMission

2014 251 citations Andrew Vanderburg, John Asher Johnson profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Asher Johnson United States	46	7.1k	2.4k	229	222	195	130	7.6k
Jason T. Wright United States	38	5.1k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	189 0.8×	332 1.5×	125 0.6×	169	5.9k
Eric B. Ford United States	39	5.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	223 1.0×	149 0.7×	89 0.5×	149	5.6k
Christopher A. Tout United Kingdom	46	9.3k 1.3×	2.5k 1.0×	684 3.0×	154 0.7×	192 1.0×	211	9.5k
C. Mordasini Switzerland	48	6.5k 0.9×	1.2k 0.5×	184 0.8×	183 0.8×	64 0.3×	150	6.8k
Guillermo Torres United States	45	6.5k 0.9×	3.0k 1.2×	181 0.8×	249 1.1×	352 1.8×	235	6.8k
Philip Massey United States	48	6.7k 0.9×	2.6k 1.1×	352 1.5×	182 0.8×	406 2.1×	184	7.0k
R. A. García France	38	4.6k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	200 0.9×	230 1.0×	268 1.4×	229	5.2k
B. Nordström United States	38	6.8k 1.0×	2.8k 1.1×	751 3.3×	189 0.9×	191 1.0×	117	7.3k
Ian S. McLean United States	36	5.7k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	463 2.0×	519 2.3×	224 1.1×	257	6.3k
A. K. Dupree United States	38	3.9k 0.5×	856 0.4×	233 1.0×	354 1.6×	165 0.8×	190	4.2k

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Albert, Loïc, René Doyon, Jonathan Gagné, et al.. (2024). Revisiting Physical Parameters of the Benchmark Brown Dwarf LHS 6343 C through a Hubble Space Telescope/WFC3 Secondary-eclipse Observation. The Astrophysical Journal. 972(2). 199–199.

Chakrabarti, Mrinmay, et al.. (2022). Increased TGFβ1 and SMAD3 Contribute to Age-Related Aortic Valve Calcification. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 9. 770065–770065. 8 indexed citations

Johnson, John Asher, et al.. (2020). Investigation on the Mitigation of Suicidal Thoughts in the Elderly Depending on Mobile Media Technology and Living Arrangement. The Journal of the Korea Contents Association. 20(11). 534–545. 1 indexed citations

Chakrabarti, Mrinmay, Sunita Chopra, John Asher Johnson, et al.. (2020). Transforming Growth Factor Beta3 is Required for Cardiovascular Development. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. 7(2). 19–19. 20 indexed citations

Line, Michael R., Heather A. Knutson, Björn Benneke, et al.. (2018). Ground- and Space-based Detection of the Thermal Emission Spectrum of the Transiting Hot Jupiter KELT-2Ab. The Astronomical Journal. 156(3). 133–133. 27 indexed citations

Petigura, Erik A., Andrew W. Howard, Geoffrey W. Marcy, et al.. (2017). The California-Kepler Survey. I. High-resolution Spectroscopy of 1305 Stars Hosting Kepler Transiting Planets^*. The Astronomical Journal. 154(3). 107–107. 149 indexed citations

Johnson, John Asher, Erik A. Petigura, Benjamin J. Fulton, et al.. (2017). The California-Kepler Survey. II. Precise Physical Properties of 2025 Kepler Planets and Their Host Stars^*. The Astronomical Journal. 154(3). 108–108. 95 indexed citations

Swift, Jonathan, et al.. (2016). On the recovery of stellar parameters from eclipsing binary data. OpenBU/Boston University Institutional Repository (Boston University). 227. 1 indexed citations

Swift, Jonathan, Benjamin T. Montet, Andrew Vanderburg, et al.. (2015). CHARACTERIZING THE COOL KOIs. VIII. PARAMETERS OF THE PLANETS ORBITINGKEPLER’S COOLEST DWARFS. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 218(2). 26–26. 10 indexed citations

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Johnson, John Asher. (2015). How Do You Find an Exoplanet?. Princeton University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Vanderburg, Andrew, John Asher Johnson, S. Rappaport, et al.. (2015). A disintegrating minor planet transiting a white dwarf. Nature. 526(7574). 546–549. 289 indexed citations breakdown →

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Désert, Jean-Michel, et al.. (2014). Study of the Impact of Stellar Multiplicity on Planet Occurrence and Properties. 223. 1 indexed citations

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Albert, Loïc, Ray Jayawardhana, Michael C. Cushing, et al.. (2014). NEAR-INFRARED THERMAL EMISSION DETECTIONS OF A NUMBER OF HOT JUPITERS AND THE SYSTEMATICS OF GROUND-BASED NEAR-INFRARED PHOTOMETRY. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 37 indexed citations

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Marcy, Geoffrey W., Andrew W. Howard, Howard Isaacson, et al.. (2013). KEPLER-63b: A GIANT PLANET IN A POLAR ORBIT AROUND A YOUNG SUN-LIKE STAR. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 38 indexed citations

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Wang, Ying, et al.. (2012). Adhesive strength of atherosclerotic plaque in a mouse model depends on local collagen content and elastin fragmentation. Journal of Biomechanics. 46(4). 716–722. 19 indexed citations

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Johnson, John Asher. (2011). The Stars that Host Planets. Sky and Telescope. 121(4). 22. 1 indexed citations

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Masseron, T., John Asher Johnson, B. Plez, et al.. (2010). A holistic approach to carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 111 indexed citations

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Johnson, John Asher, et al.. (2009). Submillimag Photometry of Transiting Exoplanets with an Orthogonal Transfer Array. AAS. 213. 1 indexed citations

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Marcy, Geoffrey W., R. Paul Butler, Steven S. Vogt, et al.. (2008). Exoplanet properties from Lick, Keck and AAT. Physica Scripta. 2008(T130). 14001–14001. 31 indexed citations

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McCluskey, G. E., John Asher Johnson, Gary G. DeLeo, et al.. (2002). Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Analysis of Mass Flow in the Interacting Binary U Cephei. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. 201.

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