Johnny Akers

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Johnny Akers is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Johnny Akers has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Cancer Research and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Johnny Akers's work include Extracellular vesicles in disease (14 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (14 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (7 papers). Johnny Akers is often cited by papers focused on Extracellular vesicles in disease (14 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (14 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (7 papers). Johnny Akers collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Johnny Akers's co-authors include Bob S. Carter, Clark C. Chen, Ryan Kim, David Gonda, Valya Ramakrishnan, Ying Mao, Wei Hua, Douglas Galasko, Charisse N. Winston and Robert A. Rissman and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ACS Nano and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Johnny Akers

28 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Biogenesis of extracellular vesicles (EV): exosomes, microvesicles, retrovirus-like vesicles, and apoptotic bodies

2013 1.1k citations Johnny Akers, David Gonda et al. Journal of Neuro-Oncology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Johnny Akers United States	18	2.5k	1.4k	407	290	264	30	3.1k
Mária Pásztói Hungary	15	2.2k 0.9×	965 0.7×	266 0.7×	148 0.5×	537 2.0×	32	2.8k
Samira Lakhal United Kingdom	8	4.5k 1.8×	2.5k 1.7×	567 1.4×	289 1.0×	397 1.5×	9	5.1k
Sybren L. N. Maas Netherlands	18	2.1k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	413 1.0×	425 1.5×	518 2.0×	41	2.8k
Dimphna H. Meijer Netherlands	14	4.1k 1.7×	2.7k 1.9×	371 0.9×	281 1.0×	442 1.7×	21	4.7k
Charles Pin‐Kuang Lai United States	24	4.1k 1.6×	2.0k 1.4×	753 1.9×	194 0.7×	588 2.2×	41	4.8k
Grégory Lavieu France	14	3.5k 1.4×	1.7k 1.2×	451 1.1×	117 0.4×	547 2.1×	21	3.9k
Susan Magdaleno United States	22	3.2k 1.3×	1.3k 0.9×	201 0.5×	585 2.0×	280 1.1×	36	4.2k
Helena C. Christianson Sweden	12	2.7k 1.1×	1.7k 1.2×	287 0.7×	124 0.4×	389 1.5×	13	3.2k
Khalid Al‐Nedawi Canada	15	3.2k 1.3×	2.0k 1.4×	320 0.8×	157 0.5×	498 1.9×	24	3.7k

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Singh, Gatikrushna, Shilpi Singh, Mayur Sharma, et al.. (2025). Feedforward miR-181d degradation modulates population variance of methyl-guanine methyl transferase and temozolomide resistance. Cell Reports. 44(11). 116516–116516.

Akers, Johnny, et al.. (2023). Detection of iron oxide nanoparticle (IONP)-labeled stem cells using quantitative ultrashort echo time imaging: a feasibility study. Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. 13(2). 585–597. 4 indexed citations

Lewis, Jean M., Sanjay Dhawan, Augustine Obirieze, et al.. (2020). Plasma Biomarker for Post-concussive Syndrome: A Pilot Study Using an Alternating Current Electro-Kinetic Platform. Frontiers in Neurology. 11. 685–685. 14 indexed citations

Ramakrishnan, Valya, Beibei Xu, Johnny Akers, et al.. (2020). Radiation-induced extracellular vesicle (EV) release of miR-603 promotes IGF1-mediated stem cell state in glioblastomas. EBioMedicine. 55. 102736–102736. 50 indexed citations

Lewis, Jean M., Ali Alattar, Johnny Akers, et al.. (2019). A Pilot Proof-Of-Principle Analysis Demonstrating Dielectrophoresis (DEP) as a Glioblastoma Biomarker Platform. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 10279–10279. 31 indexed citations

Reilly, Patrick T., Charisse N. Winston, Margarita Trejo, et al.. (2017). Novel human neuronal tau model exhibiting neurofibrillary tangles and transcellular propagation. Neurobiology of Disease. 106. 222–234. 47 indexed citations

Hirshman, Brian R., et al.. (2016). Extracellular Vesicles in Molecular Diagnostics. Advances in clinical chemistry. 76. 37–53. 11 indexed citations

Akers, Johnny, Valya Ramakrishnan, John P. Nolan, et al.. (2016). Comparative Analysis of Technologies for Quantifying Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) in Clinical Cerebrospinal Fluids (CSF). PLoS ONE. 11(2). e0149866–e0149866. 107 indexed citations

Akers, Johnny, Valya Ramakrishnan, Ryan Kim, et al.. (2015). miRNA contents of cerebrospinal fluid extracellular vesicles in glioblastoma patients. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 123(2). 205–216. 126 indexed citations

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Li, Jie, Shan Zhu, David Kozono, et al.. (2014). Genome-wide shRNA screen revealed integrated mitogenic signaling between dopamine receptor D2 (DRD2) and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in glioblastoma. Oncotarget. 5(4). 882–893. 107 indexed citations

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Kushwaha, Deepa, Valya Ramakrishnan, Kimberly Ng, et al.. (2014). A genome-wide miRNA screen revealed miR-603 as a MGMT-regulating miRNA in glioblastomas. Oncotarget. 5(12). 4026–4039. 62 indexed citations

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Li, Jie, David Gonda, Johnny Akers, et al.. (2014). Epigenetic suppression of EGFR signaling in G-CIMP+ glioblastomas. Oncotarget. 5(17). 7342–7356. 14 indexed citations

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Akers, Johnny, Valya Ramakrishnan, Ryan Kim, et al.. (2013). miR-21 in the Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) of Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF): A Platform for Glioblastoma Biomarker Development. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e78115–e78115. 282 indexed citations

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Akers, Johnny, David Gonda, Ryan Kim, Bob S. Carter, & Clark C. Chen. (2013). Biogenesis of extracellular vesicles (EV): exosomes, microvesicles, retrovirus-like vesicles, and apoptotic bodies. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 113(1). 1–11. 1139 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shimizu, Chisato, Jihoon Kim, Hubert Lau, et al.. (2013). Differential Expression of miR-145 in Children with Kawasaki Disease. PLoS ONE. 8(3). e58159–e58159. 61 indexed citations

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Almanza, Gonzalo, Jeffrey J. Rodvold, Kevin Chiu, et al.. (2013). Synthesis and delivery of short, noncoding RNA by B lymphocytes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(50). 20182–20187. 27 indexed citations

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Gonda, David, Johnny Akers, Ryan Kim, et al.. (2012). Neuro-oncologic Applications of Exosomes, Microvesicles, and Other Nano-Sized Extracellular Particles. Neurosurgery. 72(4). 501–510. 33 indexed citations

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Sanchez, Carlos E., Diahnn Futalan, David Gonda, et al.. (2012). CT322, a VEGFR-2 antagonist, demonstrates anti-glioma efficacy in orthotopic brain tumor model as a single agent or in combination with temozolomide and radiation therapy. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 110(1). 37–48. 7 indexed citations

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Yamanaka, K, Pete Chandrangsu, Johnny Akers, et al.. (2008). The cell-penetrating peptide, Pep-1, has activity against intracellular chlamydial growth but not extracellular forms of Chlamydia trachomatis. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 63(1). 115–123. 23 indexed citations

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Akers, Johnny & Ming Tan. (2006). Molecular Mechanism of Tryptophan-Dependent Transcriptional Regulation inChlamydia trachomatis. Journal of Bacteriology. 188(12). 4236–4243. 53 indexed citations

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