Sara C. Johnston

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Sara C. Johnston is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara C. Johnston has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Epidemiology, 12 papers in Infectious Diseases and 8 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Sara C. Johnston's work include Viral Infections and Vectors (10 papers), Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (8 papers) and Poxvirus research and outbreaks (7 papers). Sara C. Johnston is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Vectors (10 papers), Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (8 papers) and Poxvirus research and outbreaks (7 papers). Sara C. Johnston collaborates with scholars based in United States, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Switzerland. Sara C. Johnston's co-authors include Lisa E. Hensley, Neville K. Kisalu, Anne W. Rimoin, Prime Mulembakani, Nathan Wolfe, Linda L. Wright, Joseph N. Fair, James O. Lloyd‐Smith, Barney S. Graham and Helmut E. Meyer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Journal of Virology.

In The Last Decade

Sara C. Johnston

21 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Major increase in human monkeypox incidence 30 years after smallpox vaccination campaigns cease in the Democratic Republic of Congo

2010 564 citations Anne W. Rimoin, Prime Mulembakani et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Kimberly Wilkins United States

Ginny L. Emerson United States

В. В. Гуторов Russia

Heinz Weidenthaler United States

Florian Lienert Switzerland

E. Ashley Thompson United States

Stomy Karhemere Democratic Republic of the Congo

Pavel F. Safronov Russia

S. S. Marennikova Russia

James H. Nakano United States

Kimberly Wilkins United States

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara C. Johnston

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Johnston, Sara C., Ju Qiu, Sarah L. Norris, et al.. (2025). Dose response comparison of Nipah virus strains Malaysia and Bangladesh in hamsters exposed by the intranasal or intraperitoneal route. PLoS ONE. 20(5). e0318912–e0318912. 1 indexed citations

Bell, Todd M., Paul R. Facemire, Xiankun Zeng, et al.. (2022). Detailed analysis of the pathologic hallmarks of Nipah virus (Malaysia) disease in the African green monkey infected by the intratracheal route. PLoS ONE. 17(2). e0263834–e0263834. 4 indexed citations

Downs, Isaac, Joshua C. Johnson, Franco Rossi, et al.. (2021). Natural History of Aerosol-Induced Ebola Virus Disease in Rhesus Macaques. Viruses. 13(11). 2297–2297. 5 indexed citations

Davis, Shakti K., Lauren Milechin, Siddharth Samsi, et al.. (2021). Detecting Pathogen Exposure During the Non-symptomatic Incubation Period Using Physiological Data: Proof of Concept in Non-human Primates. Frontiers in Physiology. 12. 691074–691074. 3 indexed citations

Johnston, Sara C., Catherine L. Wilhelmsen, Joshua D. Shamblin, et al.. (2021). Delayed Disease in Cynomolgus Macaques Exposed to Ebola Virus by an Intranasal Route. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 709772–709772. 6 indexed citations

Liu, Jun, Sara C. Johnston, April M. Babka, et al.. (2019). Nipah virus persists in the brains of nonhuman primate survivors. JCI Insight. 4(14). 29 indexed citations

Smith, Darci R., Sara C. Johnston, Ashley E. Piper, et al.. (2018). Attenuation and efficacy of live-attenuated Rift Valley fever virus vaccine candidates in non-human primates. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 12(5). e0006474–e0006474. 27 indexed citations

Blair, Paul W., Maryam Keshtkar‐Jahromi, Kevin J. Psoter, et al.. (2018). Virulence of Marburg Virus Angola Compared to Mt. Elgon (Musoke) in Macaques: A Pooled Survival Analysis. Viruses. 10(11). 658–658. 10 indexed citations

Hoff, Nicole A., Neville K. Kisalu, Sara C. Johnston, et al.. (2017). Varicella Coinfection in Patients with Active Monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. EcoHealth. 14(3). 564–574. 43 indexed citations

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Harbourt, David E., et al.. (2016). Detection of Ebola Virus RNA through Aerosol Sampling of Animal Biosafety Level 4 Rooms Housing Challenged Nonhuman Primates. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 215(4). jiw610–jiw610. 2 indexed citations

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Pittman, Phillip R., et al.. (2015). Smallpox vaccine, ACAM2000: Sites and duration of viral shedding and effect of povidone iodine on scarification site shedding and immune response. Vaccine. 33(26). 2990–2996. 10 indexed citations

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Johnston, Sara C., Kenny Lin, Nancy Twenhafel, et al.. (2015). Dose Response of MARV/Angola Infection in Cynomolgus Macaques following IM or Aerosol Exposure. PLoS ONE. 10(9). e0138843–e0138843. 15 indexed citations

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Johnston, Sara C., Thomas Briese, Todd M. Bell, et al.. (2015). Detailed Analysis of the African Green Monkey Model of Nipah Virus Disease. PLoS ONE. 10(2). e0117817–e0117817. 30 indexed citations

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Johnston, Sara C., Joshua C. Johnson, Spencer W. Stonier, et al.. (2014). Cytokine modulation correlates with severity of monkeypox disease in humans. Journal of Clinical Virology. 63. 42–45. 72 indexed citations

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Kugelman, Jeffrey R., Sara C. Johnston, Prime Mulembakani, et al.. (2014). Genomic Variability of Monkeypox Virus among Humans, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Emerging infectious diseases. 20(2). 232–9. 243 indexed citations

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Twenhafel, Nancy, Carl Shaia, Tracie E. Bunton, et al.. (2014). Experimental Aerosolized Guinea Pig–Adapted Zaire Ebolavirus (Variant. Veterinary Pathology. 52(1). 21–25. 15 indexed citations

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Johnston, Sara C., Kenny Lin, John H. Connor, et al.. (2012). In vitro inhibition of monkeypox virus production and spread by Interferon-β. Virology Journal. 9(1). 5–5. 42 indexed citations

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Rimoin, Anne W., Prime Mulembakani, Sara C. Johnston, et al.. (2010). Major increase in human monkeypox incidence 30 years after smallpox vaccination campaigns cease in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(37). 16262–16267. 564 indexed citations breakdown →

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Daniel, Kurt R., Alain G. Bertoni, Jingzhong Ding, et al.. (2008). Comparison of Methods to Measure Heart Size Using Noncontrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography. 32(6). 934–941. 5 indexed citations

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Johnston, Sara C. & Brian M. Ward. (2008). Vaccinia Virus Protein F12 Associates with Intracellular Enveloped Virions through an Interaction with A36. Journal of Virology. 83(4). 1708–1717. 25 indexed citations

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