L. Steven Johnson

33.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

L. Steven Johnson is a scholar working on Oncology, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, L. Steven Johnson has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Oncology, 6 papers in Epidemiology and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in L. Steven Johnson's work include Viral-associated cancers and disorders (6 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (6 papers) and Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (4 papers). L. Steven Johnson is often cited by papers focused on Viral-associated cancers and disorders (6 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (6 papers) and Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (4 papers). L. Steven Johnson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Israel. L. Steven Johnson's co-authors include Sean R. Eddy, Elon Portugaly, Herbert W. Virgin, Tiffany A. Reese, Weixiong Zhang, Jing Xia, Xiang Zhou, Erin K. Willert, Rebecca M. Terns and Michael P. Terns and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Virology and Cell Host & Microbe.

In The Last Decade

L. Steven Johnson

8 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Hidden Markov model speed heuristic and iterative HMM search procedure

2010 860 citations L. Steven Johnson, Sean R. Eddy et al. BMC Bioinformatics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
L. Steven Johnson United States	8	710	226	158	110	101	8	1.1k
Kamil Steczkiewicz Poland	14	566 0.8×	240 1.1×	108 0.7×	67 0.6×	106 1.0×	28	876
Matt Pearce United Kingdom	4	878 1.2×	251 1.1×	145 0.9×	104 0.9×	211 2.1×	8	1.5k
Joanne E. Hughes United States	17	1.0k 1.5×	160 0.7×	101 0.6×	48 0.4×	155 1.5×	34	1.4k
Beatrice Cuche Switzerland	2	844 1.2×	245 1.1×	118 0.7×	52 0.5×	121 1.2×	2	1.2k
Anna Muszewska Poland	18	634 0.9×	450 2.0×	117 0.7×	102 0.9×	108 1.1×	39	1.2k
Magnús Halldór Gíslason Denmark	4	853 1.2×	352 1.6×	211 1.3×	73 0.7×	165 1.6×	4	1.6k
Yunkun Dang China	14	1.1k 1.5×	257 1.1×	129 0.8×	42 0.4×	176 1.7×	25	1.3k
Magno Junqueira Brazil	25	990 1.4×	249 1.1×	53 0.3×	56 0.5×	220 2.2×	50	1.5k
Ľubomír Tomáška Slovakia	26	1.5k 2.1×	391 1.7×	120 0.8×	177 1.6×	94 0.9×	99	1.9k
Felix Teufel Denmark	7	861 1.2×	373 1.7×	218 1.4×	62 0.6×	165 1.6×	8	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by L. Steven Johnson

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Fields of papers citing papers by L. Steven Johnson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of L. Steven Johnson

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

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Canny, Susan, Tiffany A. Reese, L. Steven Johnson, et al.. (2014). Pervasive Transcription of a Herpesvirus Genome Generates Functionally Important RNAs. mBio. 5(2). e01033–13. 11 indexed citations

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Wakeman, Brian S., L. Steven Johnson, Clinton R. Paden, et al.. (2014). Identification of Alternative Transcripts Encoding the Essential Murine Gammaherpesvirus Lytic Transactivator RTA. Journal of Virology. 88(10). 5474–5490. 10 indexed citations

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Chapa, Travis J., L. Steven Johnson, Mark C. Valentine, et al.. (2013). Murine Cytomegalovirus Protein pM79 Is a Key Regulator for Viral Late Transcription. Journal of Virology. 87(16). 9135–9147. 17 indexed citations

4.

Loh, Joy, Guoyan Zhao, Christopher A. Nelson, et al.. (2011). Identification and Sequencing of a Novel Rodent Gammaherpesvirus That Establishes Acute and Latent Infection in Laboratory Mice. Journal of Virology. 85(6). 2642–2656. 22 indexed citations

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Johnson, L. Steven, Erin K. Willert, & Herbert W. Virgin. (2010). Redefining the Genetics of Murine Gammaherpesvirus 68 via Transcriptome-Based Annotation. Cell Host & Microbe. 7(6). 516–526. 26 indexed citations

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Johnson, L. Steven, Sean R. Eddy, & Elon Portugaly. (2010). Hidden Markov model speed heuristic and iterative HMM search procedure. BMC Bioinformatics. 11(1). 431–431. 860 indexed citations breakdown →

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Reese, Tiffany A., Jing Xia, L. Steven Johnson, et al.. (2010). Identification of Novel MicroRNA-Like Molecules Generated from Herpesvirus and Host tRNA Transcripts. Journal of Virology. 84(19). 10344–10353. 67 indexed citations

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Starostina, Natalia G., et al.. (2004). Circular box C/D RNAs in Pyrococcus furiosus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(39). 14097–14101. 40 indexed citations

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