Kirk R. Johnson

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Kirk R. Johnson is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Social Psychology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kirk R. Johnson has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 14 papers in Social Psychology and 13 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Kirk R. Johnson's work include Primate Behavior and Ecology (12 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (11 papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (11 papers). Kirk R. Johnson is often cited by papers focused on Primate Behavior and Ecology (12 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (11 papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (11 papers). Kirk R. Johnson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Argentina. Kirk R. Johnson's co-authors include William L. Hylander, Peter Wilf, A. W. Crompton, N. Rubén Cúneo, Matthew J. Ravosa, Christine E. Wall, Beth Ellis, Claudia Nelson, Jason F. Hicks and Scott L. Wing and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Kirk R. Johnson

59 papers receiving 2.7k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kirk R. Johnson United States	30	911	792	719	424	399	61	2.8k
Gregg F. Gunnell United States	29	1.2k 1.3×	1.8k 2.3×	920 1.3×	514 1.2×	781 2.0×	101	3.3k
Jonathan I. Bloch United States	34	1.1k 1.2×	2.2k 2.8×	1.2k 1.6×	184 0.4×	692 1.7×	99	3.5k
Erik R. Seiffert United States	31	969 1.1×	2.1k 2.6×	1.2k 1.7×	230 0.5×	688 1.7×	90	2.8k
Russell L. Ciochon United States	30	488 0.5×	1.6k 2.1×	1.3k 1.8×	160 0.4×	478 1.2×	77	2.9k
Wighart von Koenigswald Germany	24	512 0.6×	1.6k 2.1×	373 0.5×	152 0.4×	792 2.0×	101	2.3k
Frederick S. Szalay United States	26	947 1.0×	1.7k 2.2×	1.1k 1.5×	171 0.4×	611 1.5×	75	2.5k
Robert D. Martín United States	35	1.1k 1.2×	851 1.1×	1.8k 2.6×	445 1.0×	576 1.4×	96	3.5k
Sunil Bajpai India	34	805 0.9×	2.0k 2.5×	192 0.3×	372 0.9×	1.1k 2.7×	120	3.6k
Xijun Ni China	28	520 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	376 0.5×	132 0.3×	444 1.1×	122	2.5k
Douglas Boyer United States	37	1.1k 1.2×	2.3k 2.9×	2.0k 2.7×	235 0.6×	1.1k 2.8×	115	4.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hall, Zach W., Puneet Singla, & Kirk R. Johnson. (2023). Reachability-Based Search for Tracking of Noncooperative Maneuvering Satellites in Data Sparse Environment. The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences. 70(2). 5 indexed citations

Johnson, Kirk R., et al.. (2012). Primary mapping and stratigraphic data and field methods for the Snowmastodon Project. CTIT technical reports series. 2 indexed citations

Johnson, Kirk R., et al.. (2011). Motivation and the self access center. 107–121. 1 indexed citations

Hylander, William L., Christopher J. Vinyard, Christine E. Wall, Susan H. Williams, & Kirk R. Johnson. (2011). Functional and Evolutionary significance of the recruitment and firing patterns of the jaw adductors during chewing in verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi). American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 145(4). 531–547. 13 indexed citations

Gandolfo, María A., Elizabeth J. Hermsen, María C. Zamaloa, et al.. (2011). Oldest Known Eucalyptus Macrofossils Are from South America. PLoS ONE. 6(6). e21084–e21084. 116 indexed citations

Sarzetti, Laura C., Conrad C. Labandeira, Javier Muzón, et al.. (2009). Odonatan endophytic oviposition from the Eocene of Patagonia: The ichnogenusPaleoovoidusand implications for behavioral stasis. Journal of Paleontology. 83(3). 431–447. 44 indexed citations

Wilf, Peter, Stefan A. Little, Ari Iglesias, et al.. (2009). Papuacedrus (Cupressaceae) in Eocene Patagonia: A new fossil link to Australasian rainforests. American Journal of Botany. 96(11). 2031–2047. 92 indexed citations

Stockey, Ruth A., Gar W. Rothwell, & Kirk R. Johnson. (2007). Cobbania corrugata gen. et comb. nov. (Araceae): a floating aquatic monocot from the Upper Cretaceous of western North America. American Journal of Botany. 94(4). 609–624. 41 indexed citations

Hylander, William L., Christine E. Wall, Christopher J. Vinyard, et al.. (2005). Temporalis function in anthropoids and strepsirrhines: An EMG study. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 128(1). 35–56. 71 indexed citations

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Wall, Christine E., Christopher J. Vinyard, Kirk R. Johnson, Susan H. Williams, & William L. Hylander. (2005). Phase II jaw movements and masseter muscle activity during chewing in Papio anubis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 129(2). 215–224. 50 indexed citations

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Johnson, Kirk R.. (2004). By accident, Utah is proving an ideal genetic laboratory.. PubMed. A1, A13–A1, A13. 2 indexed citations

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Vinyard, Christopher J., Susan H. Williams, Christine E. Wall, Kirk R. Johnson, & William L. Hylander. (2004). Jaw-muscle electromyography during chewing in Belanger's treeshrews (Tupaia belangeri). American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 127(1). 26–45. 34 indexed citations

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Gallagher, Kerry, Kirk R. Johnson, & Andrew G. Whitham. (2003). Estimating Mesozoic heat flow in northeast Greenland. EAEJA. 3731. 1 indexed citations

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Ravosa, Matthew J., Kirk R. Johnson, & William L. Hylander. (2000). Strain in the Galago facial skull. Journal of Morphology. 245(1). 51–66. 76 indexed citations

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Ravosa, Matthew J., et al.. (2000). Masticatory stress, orbital orientation and the evolution of the primate postorbital bar. Journal of Human Evolution. 38(5). 667–693. 99 indexed citations

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Hylander, William L., Matthew J. Ravosa, Callum F. Ross, Christine E. Wall, & Kirk R. Johnson. (2000). Symphyseal fusion and jaw-adductor muscle force: An EMG study. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 112(4). 469–492. 147 indexed citations

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Hylander, William L. & Kirk R. Johnson. (1993). Modelling relative masseter force from surface electromyograms during mastication in non-human primates. Archives of Oral Biology. 38(3). 233–240. 44 indexed citations

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Johnson, Kirk R.. (1993). Time resolution and the study of Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary megafloras. 6. 210–227. 5 indexed citations

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Hylander, William L., Kirk R. Johnson, & A. W. Crompton. (1992). Muscle force recruitment and biomechanical modeling: An analysis of masseter muscle function during mastication in Macaca fascicularis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 88(3). 365–387. 85 indexed citations

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Hylander, William L., et al.. (1991). Function of the supraorbital region of primates. Archives of Oral Biology. 36(4). 273–281. 46 indexed citations

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