Peter Johnston

7.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
171 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Peter Johnston is a scholar working on Radiation, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Johnston has authored 171 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Radiation, 50 papers in Materials Chemistry and 38 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Peter Johnston's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (29 papers), Nuclear Physics and Applications (26 papers) and Ion-surface interactions and analysis (24 papers). Peter Johnston is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (29 papers), Nuclear Physics and Applications (26 papers) and Ion-surface interactions and analysis (24 papers). Peter Johnston collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Peter Johnston's co-authors include Graham J. Hutchings, Ken Griffin, Paul McMorn, Christopher J. Kiely, Silvio Carrettin, Gary A. Attard, Nicholas Carthey, Albert F. Carley, David Morgan and Marco Conte and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Peter Johnston

169 papers receiving 5.9k 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.

Tunable gold catalysts for selective hydrocarbon oxidation under mild conditions

2005 897 citations Paul McMorn, Gary A. Attard et al. profile →
Identification of single-site gold catalysis in acetylene hydrochlorination

2017 429 citations Grazia Malta, Simon A. Kondrat et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Johnston Australia	33	3.6k	1.8k	1.5k	1.5k	1.0k	171	6.0k
J. H. Sinfelt United States	49	4.8k 1.3×	896 0.5×	2.6k 1.7×	1.4k 0.9×	954 0.9×	132	7.6k
Michael Graß Germany	40	4.3k 1.2×	997 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	2.0k 1.9×	127	6.8k
Mark A. Newton France	43	4.9k 1.4×	847 0.5×	3.0k 2.0×	565 0.4×	1.4k 1.4×	220	6.6k
V. I. Bukhtiyarov Russia	54	6.9k 1.9×	1.3k 0.7×	3.4k 2.2×	1.1k 0.7×	1.6k 1.6×	352	9.4k
R.T.K. Baker United States	49	4.6k 1.3×	3.3k 1.8×	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	868 0.8×	149	8.8k
A. Miotello Italy	57	8.0k 2.2×	838 0.5×	1.9k 1.2×	1.7k 1.1×	4.1k 3.9×	402	13.1k
Kiyotaka Asakura Japan	52	9.4k 2.6×	1.9k 1.0×	3.5k 2.3×	1.4k 0.9×	4.8k 4.6×	395	12.9k
Gary L. Haller United States	52	6.5k 1.8×	961 0.5×	3.0k 1.9×	1.6k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	214	9.1k
Bjerne S. Clausen Denmark	46	7.9k 2.2×	1.8k 1.0×	2.9k 1.9×	1.4k 0.9×	2.4k 2.3×	71	10.2k
Оlga V. Safonova Switzerland	55	6.8k 1.9×	1.3k 0.7×	4.4k 2.9×	1.1k 0.7×	2.7k 2.6×	194	9.5k

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Pattisson, Samuel, Simon R. Dawson, Grazia Malta, et al.. (2022). Lowering the Operating Temperature of Gold Acetylene Hydrochlorination Catalysts Using Oxidized Carbon Supports. ACS Catalysis. 12(22). 14086–14095. 13 indexed citations

Malta, Grazia, Simon A. Kondrat, Simon J. Freakley, et al.. (2020). In situ K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy of the ligand environment of single-site Au/C catalysts during acetylene hydrochlorination. Chemical Science. 11(27). 7040–7052. 26 indexed citations

Malta, Grazia, Simon A. Kondrat, Simon J. Freakley, et al.. (2017). Identification of single-site gold catalysis in acetylene hydrochlorination. Science. 355(6332). 1399–1403. 429 indexed citations breakdown →

Alves, Andrew, Jessica Lye, John Kenny, et al.. (2014). Long term OSLD reader stability in the ACDS level one audit. Australasian Physical & Engineering Sciences in Medicine. 38(1). 151–156. 6 indexed citations

Lye, Jessica, et al.. (2014). Absolute x-ray dosimetry on a synchrotron medical beam line with a graphite calorimeter. Medical Physics. 41(5). 52101–52101. 14 indexed citations

Marks, Paul, et al.. (2013). Australian diagnostic reference levels for multi detector computed tomography. Australasian Physical & Engineering Sciences in Medicine. 36(1). 19–26. 33 indexed citations

Brady, Zoe, Tim Cain, & Peter Johnston. (2012). Comparison of organ dosimetry methods and effective dose calculation methods for paediatric CT. Australasian Physical & Engineering Sciences in Medicine. 35(2). 117–134. 25 indexed citations

Taylor, Michael, L. McDermott, Peter Johnston, et al.. (2010). Stereotactic fields shaped with a micro-multileaf collimator: systematic characterization of peripheral dose. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 55(3). 873–881. 18 indexed citations

Johnston, Peter, et al.. (2009). The accuracy of the pencil beam convolution and anisotropic analytical algorithms in predicting the dose effects due to attenuation from immobilization devices and large air gaps. Medical Physics. 36(7). 3181–3191. 41 indexed citations

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Hult, M., et al.. (2008). On the use of mercury as a means of locating background sources in ultra low-background HPGe-detector systems. Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 66(6-7). 829–834. 4 indexed citations

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Franich, Rick, et al.. (2008). In vitro dissolution studies of uranium bearing material in simulated lung fluid. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 99(3). 527–538. 16 indexed citations

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Taylor, Michael, et al.. (2007). Systematic variations in polymer gel dosimeter calibration due to container influence and deviations from water equivalence. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 52(13). 3991–4005. 24 indexed citations

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Johnston, Peter, et al.. (2006). Cascade summing effects in close geometry gamma-ray spectrometry. Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 64(10-11). 1323–1328. 21 indexed citations

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Gasparro, Joël, M. Hult, K. Komura, et al.. (2003). Measurements of 60Co in spoons activated by neutrons during the JCO criticality accident at Tokai-mura in 1999. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 73(3). 307–321. 4 indexed citations

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Attard, Gary A., Ahmad Ahmadi, David J. Jenkins, et al.. (2003). The Characterisation of Supported Platinum Nanoparticles on Carbon Used for Enantioselective Hydrogenation: A Combined Electrochemical–STM Approach. ChemPhysChem. 4(2). 123–130. 26 indexed citations

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Carrettin, Silvio, Paul McMorn, Peter Johnston, Ken Griffin, & Graham J. Hutchings. (2002). Selective oxidation of glycerol to glyceric acid using a gold catalyst in aqueous sodium hydroxide. Chemical Communications. 696–697. 467 indexed citations

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Johnston, Peter, et al.. (2002). A temporal method of avoiding the Cerenkov radiation generated in organic scintillator dosimeters by pulsed mega-voltage electron and photon beams. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 47(8). 1421–1433. 110 indexed citations

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Hult, M., et al.. (2001). Ultra Low-level Gamma Ray Spectrometry of Thorium in Human Bone Samples. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 97(2). 169–172. 2 indexed citations

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Wong, Tony, et al.. (2000). Transit dose of an Ir-192 high dose rate brachytherapy stepping source. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 46(2). 323–331. 32 indexed citations

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Johnston, Peter, et al.. (1995). Absolute L X-ray intensities in the decays of 230Th, 234U, 238Pu and 244Cm. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 361(1-2). 229–239. 12 indexed citations

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