Richard F. Johnston

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Richard F. Johnston is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard F. Johnston has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Ecology, 18 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 18 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Richard F. Johnston's work include Avian ecology and behavior (30 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (11 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (11 papers). Richard F. Johnston is often cited by papers focused on Avian ecology and behavior (30 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (11 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (11 papers). Richard F. Johnston collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Richard F. Johnston's co-authors include Robert K. Selander, David Barker, Robert C. Fleischer, Marián Janiga, Charles D. Michener, Peter W. Frank, Gerald J. Niemi, Frances C. James, William J. Boecklen and Sievert Rohwer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Richard F. Johnston

87 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

  1. Autoradiography using storage phosphor technology
    1990 447 citations Richard F. Johnston, David Barker et al. Electrophoresis profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard F. Johnston United States 28 1.4k 943 672 548 449 93 2.9k
William H. Bossert United States 29 1.1k 0.8× 1.2k 1.2× 966 1.4× 709 1.3× 702 1.6× 49 4.6k
Jon E. Ahlquist United States 20 1.2k 0.9× 1.0k 1.1× 1.3k 1.9× 536 1.0× 967 2.2× 44 3.6k
Herbert C. Dessauer United States 28 495 0.3× 666 0.7× 905 1.3× 423 0.8× 292 0.7× 81 2.0k
George C. Gorman United States 31 859 0.6× 1.1k 1.1× 1.3k 2.0× 555 1.0× 384 0.9× 77 3.0k
Bryan Clarke United Kingdom 31 1.2k 0.9× 898 1.0× 970 1.4× 226 0.4× 406 0.9× 68 3.0k
Michael H. Smith United States 37 1.7k 1.2× 718 0.8× 1.6k 2.4× 881 1.6× 355 0.8× 138 3.5k
Suh Y. Yang United States 22 703 0.5× 579 0.6× 1.2k 1.8× 218 0.4× 375 0.8× 30 2.1k
David M. Lambert New Zealand 38 1.9k 1.3× 1.1k 1.2× 2.2k 3.3× 561 1.0× 1.0k 2.2× 180 4.5k
Helen F. James United States 31 1.7k 1.2× 1.0k 1.1× 1.1k 1.6× 578 1.1× 442 1.0× 100 3.5k
David J. Anderson United States 35 2.5k 1.8× 1.5k 1.6× 572 0.9× 461 0.8× 185 0.4× 186 3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Richard F. Johnston

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard F. Johnston

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard F. Johnston

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Johnston, Richard F.. (2018). Directory to the Bird-Life of Kansas. Medical Entomology and Zoology.
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Johnston, Richard F.. (2001). PIGEONS AND DOVES: A GUIDE TO PIGEONS AND DOVES OF THE WORLD. The Wilson Bulletin. 113(2). 257–258. 10 indexed citations
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Johnston, Richard F.. (2000). Preface: A Millennial View of Ecology and Systematics, andARESat Age 30. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics. 31(1). 1–7. 5 indexed citations
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Trounstine, Mary, et al.. (2000). Development of a Toxicological Gene Array and Quantitative Assessment of This Technology. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 376(1). 66–73. 95 indexed citations
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Hanzel, David K., John Q. Trojanowski, Richard F. Johnston, & Jeanne F. Loring. (1999). High-throughput quantitative histological analysis of Alzheimer's disease pathology using a confocal digital microscanner. Nature Biotechnology. 17(1). 53–57. 33 indexed citations
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Johnston, Richard F., et al.. (1990). Autoradiography using storage phosphor technology. Electrophoresis. 11(5). 355–360. 447 indexed citations breakdown →
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Johnson, Steven G. & Richard F. Johnston. (1989). A multifactorial study of variation in interclutch interval and annual reproductive success in the feral pigeon,Columba livia. Oecologia. 80(1). 87–92. 13 indexed citations
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Johnston, Richard F.. (1985). Current Ornithology.
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Fleischer, Robert C., Richard F. Johnston, & William Klitz. (1983). Allozymic heterozygosity and morphological variation in house sparrows. Nature. 304(5927). 628–630. 53 indexed citations
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Johnston, Richard F.. (1979). Woodland Breeding Bird Communities in Eastern Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 82(4). 246–246. 1 indexed citations
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Johnston, Richard F.. (1973). Intralocality Character Dimorphism in House Sparrows. Ornithological Monographs. 24–31. 1 indexed citations
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Johnston, Richard F.. (1972). Color Variation and Natural Selection in Italian Sparrows. Bolletino di zoologia. 39(3). 351–362. 2 indexed citations
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Johnston, Richard F., et al.. (1972). Experimental Variation in Vascular Response Studies. Experimental Biology and Medicine. 141(3). 1041–1043. 2 indexed citations
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Johnston, Richard F.. (1969). Taxonomy of House Sparrows and Their Allies in the Mediterranean Basin. Ornithological Applications. 71(2). 129–139. 33 indexed citations
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Johnston, Richard F.. (1969). Aggressive foraging behavior in House Sparrows. The Auk. 86(3). 558–559. 5 indexed citations
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Selander, Robert K. & Richard F. Johnston. (1967). Evolution in the House Sparrow. I. Intrapopulation Variation in North America. Ornithological Applications. 69(3). 217–258. 73 indexed citations
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Johnston, Richard F.. (1967). SEASONAL VARIATION IN THE FOOD OF THE PURPLE MARTIN PROGNE SUBIS IN KANSAS. Ibis. 109(1). 8–13. 26 indexed citations
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Dickerman, Robert W., et al.. (1963). From Field and Study. Ornithological Applications. 65(1). 66–71. 3 indexed citations
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Johnston, Richard F., Alexander Wetmore, Raymond A. Paynter, et al.. (1957). From Field and Study. Ornithological Applications. 59(4). 266–271. 1 indexed citations
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Johnston, Richard F. & Robert L. Rudd. (1957). Breeding of the Salt Marsh Shrew. Journal of Mammalogy. 38(2). 157–157. 25 indexed citations

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