S. Johnston

27.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
310 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

About

S. Johnston is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, S. Johnston has authored 310 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 257 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 92 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 64 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in S. Johnston's work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (232 papers), Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology (80 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (79 papers). S. Johnston is often cited by papers focused on Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (232 papers), Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology (80 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (79 papers). S. Johnston collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. S. Johnston's co-authors include R. N. Manchester, M. Bailes, A. Karastergiou, M. Krämer, P. Weltevrede, A. G. Lyne, R. M. Shannon, N. D’Amico, Roger W. Romani and W. van Straten and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

S. Johnston

297 papers receiving 8.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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 Population of Fast Radio Bursts at Cosmological Distances

2013 577 citations M. Bailes, N. D. R. Bhat et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
S. Johnston	7.8k	2.6k	1.3k	1.2k	617	310	9.2k
P. Stubbe	4.5k 0.6×	668 0.3×	254 0.2×	2.4k 2.1×	489 0.8×	192	5.7k
A. G. Lyne	3.6k 0.5×	998 0.4×	779 0.6×	577 0.5×	349 0.6×	124	4.2k
A. G. Lyne	12.5k 1.6×	3.4k 1.3×	2.9k 2.2×	2.3k 2.0×	1.3k 2.1×	318	14.4k
C. W. Smith	12.5k 1.6×	1.1k 0.4×	379 0.3×	1.1k 1.0×	307 0.5×	382	13.8k
J. E. Reynolds	3.6k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	536 0.4×	427 0.4×	239 0.4×	161	4.7k
A. K. Harding	4.7k 0.6×	2.6k 1.0×	358 0.3×	1.3k 1.1×	797 1.3×	223	5.7k
Pisin Chen	2.3k 0.3×	3.1k 1.2×	76 0.1×	162 0.1×	1.2k 1.9×	362	8.3k
N. E. White	3.8k 0.5×	908 0.3×	43 0.0×	791 0.7×	217 0.4×	192	4.7k
R. W. Noyes	7.6k 1.0×	244 0.1×	243 0.2×	106 0.1×	412 0.7×	186	9.8k
Sean M. Carroll	10.3k 1.3×	8.8k 3.3×	678 0.5×	29 0.0×	1.2k 1.9×	162	13.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Johnston, S., Dipanjan Mitra, M. J. Keith, L S Oswald, & A. Karastergiou. (2024). The Thousand-Pulsar-Array programme on MeerKAT – XIV. On the high linearly polarized pulsar signals. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 530(4). 4839–4849. 10 indexed citations

Basu, Avishek, P. Weltevrede, M. J. Keith, et al.. (2024). The Thousand-Pulsar-Array programme on MeerKAT – XII. Discovery of long-term pulse profile evolution in seven young pulsars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 528(4). 7458–7476. 4 indexed citations

Oswald, L S, A. Karastergiou, & S. Johnston. (2023). Pulsar polarization: a partial-coherence model. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 525(1). 840–853. 10 indexed citations

Main, Robert, A. Parthasarathy, S. Johnston, et al.. (2022). The Thousand Pulsar Array programme on MeerKAT – X. Scintillation arcs of 107 pulsars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 518(1). 1086–1097. 13 indexed citations

Johnston, S., M. Krämer, A. Karastergiou, et al.. (2022). The Thousand-Pulsar-Array programme on MeerKAT – XI. Application of the rotating vector model. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 520(4). 4801–4814. 32 indexed citations

Posselt, B., A. Karastergiou, S. Johnston, et al.. (2022). The Thousand Pulsar Array program on MeerKAT – IX. The time-averaged properties of the observed pulsar population. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 520(3). 4582–4600. 28 indexed citations

Posselt, B., A. Karastergiou, S. Johnston, et al.. (2021). The Thousand-Pulsar-Array programme on MeerKAT – VI. Pulse widths of a large and diverse sample of radio pulsars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 508(3). 4249–4268. 29 indexed citations

Oswald, L S, A. Karastergiou, B. Posselt, et al.. (2021). The Thousand-Pulsar-Array programme on MeerKAT – V. Scattering analysis of single-component pulsars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 504(1). 1115–1128. 23 indexed citations

Hare, Jeremy, et al.. (2021). Precise Timing and Phase-resolved Spectroscopy of the Young Pulsar J1617–5055 with NuSTAR. The Astrophysical Journal. 923(2). 249–249. 6 indexed citations

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Geyer, M., M. Serylak, Federico Abbate, et al.. (2021). The Thousand-Pulsar-Array programme on MeerKAT – III. Giant pulse characteristics of PSR J0540−6919. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 505(3). 4468–4482. 25 indexed citations

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Johnston, S., A. Parthasarathy, Robert Main, et al.. (2021). The thousand-pulsar-array programme on MeerKAT VII: polarisation properties of pulsars in the Magellanic Clouds. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 509(4). 5209–5217. 5 indexed citations

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Pol, Nihan S., Sarah Burke-Spolaor, N. Hurley‐Walker, et al.. (2021). The Location of Young Pulsar PSR J0837–2454: Galactic Halo or Local Supernova Remnant?. The Astrophysical Journal. 911(2). 121–121. 4 indexed citations

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Song, X, P. Weltevrede, M. J. Keith, et al.. (2020). The Thousand-Pulsar-Array programme on MeerKAT – II. Observing strategy for pulsar monitoring with subarrays. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 505(3). 4456–4467. 9 indexed citations

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Spiewak, R., Chris Flynn, S. Johnston, et al.. (2020). The SUrvey for pulsars and extragalactic radio bursts V: recent discoveries and full timing solutions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 496(4). 4836–4848. 6 indexed citations

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Serylak, M., S. Johnston, M. Krämer, et al.. (2020). The thousand-pulsar-array programme on MeerKAT IV: Polarization properties of young, energetic pulsars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 505(3). 4483–4495. 21 indexed citations

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Zhang, Songbo, G. Hobbs, Craig Russell, et al.. (2020). Parkes Transient Events. I. Database of Single Pulses, Initial Results, and Missing Fast Radio Bursts. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 249(1). 14–14. 9 indexed citations

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Chernyakova, M., A. A. Abdo, A. Neronov, et al.. (2014). Multi-wavelength observations of the binary system PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 around the 2010-2011 periastron passage. arXiv (Cornell University). 43 indexed citations

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Reynoso, E. M., G. Dubner, E. Giacani, S. Johnston, & A. J. Green. (2006). The interior of the SNR RX J0852.0-4622 (Vela Jr) at radio wavelengths. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 9 indexed citations

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Nicastro, L., et al.. (2001). Scintillation measurements of the millisecond pulsar PSR J0030+0451\n and pulsar space velocities. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 9 indexed citations

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Johnston, S., Carl A. Osborne, & J. B. Stevens. (1975). Canine Polypoid Cystitis. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 166(12). 1155–1160. 20 indexed citations

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