Kory Johnson

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Kory Johnson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kory Johnson has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Immunology and 13 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Kory Johnson's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (13 papers), Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (8 papers) and T-cell and Retrovirus Studies (7 papers). Kory Johnson is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (13 papers), Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (8 papers) and T-cell and Retrovirus Studies (7 papers). Kory Johnson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Taiwan. Kory Johnson's co-authors include Dragan Maric, Dorian B. McGavern, Avindra Nath, Abdel G. Elkahloun, Peter A. Calabresi, Bibiana Bielekova, Mark Greenwood, Ann Marie Weideman, Steven Jacobson and Yong‐Soo Choi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Kory Johnson

61 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

A lymphocyte–microglia–astrocyte axis in chronic active multiple sclerosis

2021 445 citations Martina Absinta, Dragan Maric et al. Nature profile →
Human endogenous retrovirus-K contributes to motor neuron disease

2015 340 citations Myoung-Hwa Lee, Richa Tyagi et al. Science Translational Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kory Johnson United States	28	1.0k	846	827	546	364	64	3.3k
Norio Yamamoto Japan	33	1.8k 1.8×	380 0.4×	887 1.1×	360 0.7×	257 0.7×	155	5.0k
Axel Pagenstecher Germany	38	1.3k 1.3×	481 0.6×	776 0.9×	279 0.5×	592 1.6×	105	4.2k
Marcus Müller Germany	26	484 0.5×	1.0k 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	228 0.4×	253 0.7×	74	3.0k
Gregory A. Dekaban Canada	37	837 0.8×	581 0.7×	1.2k 1.4×	1.7k 3.2×	423 1.2×	144	4.6k
Jeffrey J. Bajramović Netherlands	27	737 0.7×	551 0.7×	950 1.1×	454 0.8×	146 0.4×	58	2.3k
Zsuzsanna Fábry United States	34	747 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	1.3k 1.6×	309 0.6×	271 0.7×	80	3.2k
Felix Mor Israel	34	1.2k 1.2×	980 1.2×	1.6k 2.0×	622 1.1×	314 0.9×	75	4.0k
William R. Tyor United States	37	844 0.8×	1.4k 1.6×	990 1.2×	496 0.9×	388 1.1×	90	4.2k
Diethilde Theil Germany	27	398 0.4×	791 0.9×	993 1.2×	829 1.5×	433 1.2×	48	2.7k
Jane E. Libbey United States	26	546 0.5×	488 0.6×	748 0.9×	451 0.8×	249 0.7×	73	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Kory Johnson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kory Johnson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kory Johnson

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zanluqui, Nágela Ghabdan, Yijun Su, Kory Johnson, et al.. (2026). Highly dynamic dural sinuses support meningeal immunity. Nature.

Latour, Yvonne L., Christopher T. Boughter, Kory Johnson, et al.. (2025). Granzyme K+ CD8 T cells slow tauopathy progression by targeting microglia. Nature Immunology. 26(7). 1152–1167. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Zhuoran, Qiang Li, Brad J. Kolls, et al.. (2023). Sustained overexpression of spliced X-box-binding protein-1 in neurons leads to spontaneous seizures and sudden death in mice. Communications Biology. 6(1). 252–252. 7 indexed citations

Choi, Bo‐Ran, Kory Johnson, Dragan Maric, & Dorian B. McGavern. (2023). Monocyte-derived IL-6 programs microglia to rebuild damaged brain vasculature. Nature Immunology. 24(7). 1110–1123. 50 indexed citations

Enose‐Akahata, Yoshimi, Limin Wang, Kory Johnson, et al.. (2023). The repertoire of CSF antiviral antibodies in patients with neuroinflammatory diseases. Science Advances. 9(1). eabq6978–eabq6978. 3 indexed citations

Spagnolo, Primavera A., Kory Johnson, Colin A. Hodgkinson, David Goldman, & Mark Hallett. (2023). Methylome changes associated with functional movement/conversion disorder: Influence of biological sex and childhood abuse exposure. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 125. 110756–110756. 6 indexed citations

Absinta, Martina, Dragan Maric, Marjan Gharagozloo, et al.. (2021). A lymphocyte–microglia–astrocyte axis in chronic active multiple sclerosis. Nature. 597(7878). 709–714. 445 indexed citations breakdown →

Mastorakos, Panagiotis, Matthew V. Russo, Tianzan Zhou, Kory Johnson, & Dorian B. McGavern. (2021). Antimicrobial immunity impedes CNS vascular repair following brain injury. Nature Immunology. 22(10). 1280–1293. 32 indexed citations

Almeida, Sérgio Monteiro de, Indianara Rotta, Luine Rosele Vidal, et al.. (2021). HIV-1C and HIV-1B Tat protein polymorphism in Southern Brazil. Journal of NeuroVirology. 27(1). 126–136. 13 indexed citations

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Ohayon, Joan, Irene Cortese, Tianxia Wu, et al.. (2021). Cervical and thoracic cord atrophy in multiple sclerosis phenotypes: Quantification and correlation with clinical disability. NeuroImage Clinical. 30. 102680–102680. 18 indexed citations

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Kanfer, Gil, Shireen A. Sarraf, Yaakov Maman, et al.. (2020). Image-based pooled whole-genome CRISPRi screening for subcellular phenotypes. The Journal of Cell Biology. 220(2). 49 indexed citations

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Nickolls, Alec R., Marcin Szczot, Ruby M. Lam, et al.. (2020). Transcriptional Programming of Human Mechanosensory Neuron Subtypes from Pluripotent Stem Cells. Cell Reports. 30(3). 932–946.e7. 47 indexed citations

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Johnson, Kory, David A. Bennett, Sarah M. Connor, et al.. (2020). Human Herpesvirus 6 Detection in Alzheimer’s Disease Cases and Controls across Multiple Cohorts. Neuron. 105(6). 1027–1035.e2. 88 indexed citations

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Manglani, Monica, Dragan Maric, Kory Johnson, et al.. (2019). CD8+ T cells target cerebrovasculature in children with cerebral malaria. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 130(3). 1128–1138. 83 indexed citations

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Rua, Réjane, Alexander B. Silva, Isabella Swafford, et al.. (2019). Infection drives meningeal engraftment by inflammatory monocytes that impairs CNS immunity. Nature Immunology. 20(4). 407–419. 76 indexed citations

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Johnson, Tory P., Richa Tyagi, Paul R. Lee, et al.. (2017). Nodding syndrome may be an autoimmune reaction to the parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus. Science Translational Medicine. 9(377). 98 indexed citations

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Ferenczy, Michael W., Kory Johnson, Leslie J. Marshall, Maria Chiara Monaco, & Eugene O. Major. (2013). Differentiation of Human Fetal Multipotential Neural Progenitor Cells to Astrocytes Reveals Susceptibility Factors for JC Virus. Journal of Virology. 87(11). 6221–6231. 15 indexed citations

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Wang, Tongguang, Elliot H. Choi, Maria Chiara Monaco, et al.. (2013). Derivation of Neural Stem Cells from Human Adult Peripheral CD34+ Cells for an Autologous Model of Neuroinflammation. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e81720–e81720. 24 indexed citations

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Enose‐Akahata, Yoshimi, Raya Massoud, Izabela Bialuk, et al.. (2013). Humoral immune response to HTLV-1 basic leucine zipper factor (HBZ) in HTLV-1-infected individuals. Retrovirology. 10(1). 19–19. 35 indexed citations

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Johnson, Kory, et al.. (2007). Expression of Interleukin-13 Receptor α2 in Glioblastoma Multiforme: Implications for Targeted Therapies. Cancer Research. 67(17). 7983–7986. 105 indexed citations

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