Kurt O. Johnson

7.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
5 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Kurt O. Johnson is a scholar working on Physiology, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kurt O. Johnson has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Physiology, 3 papers in Immunology and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Kurt O. Johnson's work include Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (3 papers), IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (2 papers) and Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms (2 papers). Kurt O. Johnson is often cited by papers focused on Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (3 papers), IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (2 papers) and Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms (2 papers). Kurt O. Johnson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Kurt O. Johnson's co-authors include James L. Kirkland, Tamar Tchkonia, Tamar Pirtskhalava, Michael B. Stout, Nino Giorgadze, Ming Xu, Michael D. Jensen, Thomas A. White, Husheng Ding and Nathan K. LeBrasseur and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Journals of Gerontology Series A and eLife.

In The Last Decade

Kurt O. Johnson

5 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Identification of a novel senolytic agent, navitoclax, ta... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2015 2015 250 500 750
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.

  1. Identification of a novel senolytic agent, navitoclax, targeting the Bcl‐2 family of anti‐apoptotic factors
    2015 803 citations Yi Zhu, Tamar Tchkonia et al. Aging Cell profile →
  2. JAK inhibition alleviates the cellular senescence-associated secretory phenotype and frailty in old age
    2015 631 citations Ming Xu, Tamar Tchkonia et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. Targeting senescent cells enhances adipogenesis and metabolic function in old age
    2015 460 citations Ming Xu, Allyson K. Palmer et al. eLife profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kurt O. Johnson United States 5 1.4k 817 513 346 298 5 2.2k
Grace Verzosa United States 5 1.4k 1.0× 951 1.2× 532 1.0× 393 1.1× 288 1.0× 14 2.5k
Abdulmohammad Pezeshki United States 5 1.2k 0.9× 929 1.1× 538 1.0× 351 1.0× 217 0.7× 6 2.1k
Cynthia J. Sieben United States 11 1.4k 1.0× 1.3k 1.6× 588 1.1× 380 1.1× 279 0.9× 11 2.7k
Yossi Ovadya Israel 14 1.3k 0.9× 1.0k 1.3× 665 1.3× 263 0.8× 207 0.7× 16 2.4k
Reut Yosef Israel 5 1.4k 1.0× 1.0k 1.2× 588 1.1× 278 0.8× 213 0.7× 6 2.2k
Heike Fuhrmann‐Stroissnigg United States 7 1.3k 0.9× 826 1.0× 422 0.8× 337 1.0× 167 0.6× 8 2.0k
Jian Zhong China 16 1.3k 0.9× 1.4k 1.7× 542 1.1× 355 1.0× 244 0.8× 42 2.9k
Anat Biran Israel 10 1.1k 0.8× 892 1.1× 605 1.2× 224 0.6× 186 0.6× 11 2.1k
Jamil Nehme Netherlands 6 895 0.6× 892 1.1× 397 0.8× 190 0.5× 216 0.7× 7 1.9k
Chisaka Kuehnemann United States 9 798 0.6× 689 0.8× 321 0.6× 186 0.5× 132 0.4× 10 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kurt O. Johnson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kurt O. Johnson

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

All Works

5 of 5 papers shown
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Xu, Ming, Elizabeth W. Bradley, Megan Weivoda, et al.. (2016). Transplanted Senescent Cells Induce an Osteoarthritis-Like Condition in Mice. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 72(6). glw154–glw154. 287 indexed citations
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Xu, Ming, Tamar Tchkonia, Husheng Ding, et al.. (2015). JAK inhibition alleviates the cellular senescence-associated secretory phenotype and frailty in old age. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(46). E6301–10. 631 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhu, Yi, Tamar Tchkonia, Heike Fuhrmann‐Stroissnigg, et al.. (2015). Identification of a novel senolytic agent, navitoclax, targeting the Bcl‐2 family of anti‐apoptotic factors. Aging Cell. 15(3). 428–435. 803 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xu, Ming, Allyson K. Palmer, Husheng Ding, et al.. (2015). Targeting senescent cells enhances adipogenesis and metabolic function in old age. eLife. 4. e12997–e12997. 460 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kovtun, Irina V., Kurt O. Johnson, & Cynthia T. McMurray. (2011). Cockayne Syndrome B protein antagonizes OGG1 in modulating CAG repeat length in vivo. Aging. 3(5). 509–514. 42 indexed citations

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