Sarah E. Johnstone

12.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
24 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Sarah E. Johnstone is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah E. Johnstone has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Sarah E. Johnstone's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (7 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (6 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (3 papers). Sarah E. Johnstone is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (7 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (6 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (3 papers). Sarah E. Johnstone collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Belgium. Sarah E. Johnstone's co-authors include Richard A. Young, Tong Ihn Lee, Megan F. Cole, Stuart S. Levine, Rudolf Jaenisch, Matthew G. Guenther, David K. Gifford, Heather L. Murray, Jacob Zucker and Laurie A. Boyer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Sarah E. Johnstone

22 papers receiving 6.2k 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.

Core Transcriptional Regulatory Circuitry in Human Embryonic Stem Cells

2005 3.4k citations Laurie A. Boyer, Tong Ihn Lee et al. Cell profile →
Connecting microRNA Genes to the Core Transcriptional Regulatory Circuitry of Embryonic Stem Cells

2008 1.1k citations Alexander Marson, Stuart S. Levine et al. Cell profile →
Chromatin immunoprecipitation and microarray-based analysis of protein location

2006 585 citations Tong Ihn Lee, Sarah E. Johnstone et al. Nature Protocols profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sarah E. Johnstone United States	12	5.7k	1.1k	565	539	437	24	6.3k
Roshan Kumar United States	17	4.8k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	486 0.9×	460 0.9×	386 0.9×	32	5.5k
G. Grant Welstead United States	15	4.6k 0.8×	512 0.5×	458 0.8×	905 1.7×	346 0.8×	22	5.6k
Heather L. Murray United States	11	4.3k 0.8×	573 0.5×	570 1.0×	623 1.2×	684 1.6×	11	5.2k
Shaorong Gao China	48	6.6k 1.2×	578 0.5×	212 0.4×	1.1k 2.1×	421 1.0×	221	7.7k
Hao Zhu United States	37	4.4k 0.8×	1.6k 1.4×	471 0.8×	628 1.2×	615 1.4×	116	6.2k
Paul S. Knoepfler United States	43	4.5k 0.8×	516 0.5×	677 1.2×	726 1.3×	483 1.1×	88	5.8k
Miguel Ramalho‐Santos United States	35	6.2k 1.1×	480 0.4×	454 0.8×	1.1k 2.0×	756 1.7×	57	7.4k
Robert Ivánek Switzerland	28	3.1k 0.6×	623 0.6×	694 1.2×	691 1.3×	195 0.4×	52	4.7k
Ryo Matoba Japan	30	2.8k 0.5×	622 0.6×	461 0.8×	446 0.8×	300 0.7×	69	3.8k
José M. Polo Australia	41	6.2k 1.1×	605 0.5×	1.1k 1.9×	717 1.3×	717 1.6×	110	8.6k

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Tak, Y. Esther, Viraat Y. Goel, Mital S. Bhakta, et al.. (2025). High-resolution CTCF footprinting reveals impact of chromatin state on cohesin extrusion. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4506–4506. 2 indexed citations

Eyler, Christine E., et al.. (2025). Rewiring cancer: 3D genome determinants of cancer hallmarks. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 91. 102307–102307. 1 indexed citations

Johnstone, Sarah E., et al.. (2023). S139 Experience of using a novel digital drainage system via an indwelling pleural catheter (IPC): a case series. A101–A102. 1 indexed citations

Rahme, Gilbert J., et al.. (2023). Modeling epigenetic lesions that cause gliomas. Cell. 186(17). 3674–3685.e14. 44 indexed citations

Johnstone, Sarah E., et al.. (2023). The Role of Multilevel Intercostal Nerve Block in Local Anesthetic Thoracoscopy. Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology. 31(2). 183–187. 4 indexed citations

Bevill, Samantha M., Chadi A. El Farran, E. M. Hegazi, et al.. (2023). Impact of supraphysiologic MDM2 expression on chromatin networks and therapeutic responses in sarcoma. Cell Genomics. 3(7). 100321–100321. 5 indexed citations

Roh, Heejin, Corin Wagen, Eric S. Zhou, et al.. (2022). Polycomb-lamina antagonism partitions heterochromatin at the nuclear periphery. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4199–4199. 17 indexed citations

Johnstone, Sarah E., et al.. (2022). Subcutaneous Emphysema Risk Following Indwelling Pleural Catheter Insertion During Rigid Local Anesthetic Thoracoscopy. Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology. 30(4). 368–372.

Qi, Yifeng, Alejandro Reyes, Sarah E. Johnstone, et al.. (2020). Data-Driven Polymer Model for Mechanistic Exploration of Diploid Genome Organization. Biophysical Journal. 119(9). 1905–1916. 43 indexed citations

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Kurzawa, Paweł, John T. Mullen, Yen‐Lin Chen, et al.. (2020). Prognostic Value of Myogenic Differentiation in Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 44(6). 799–804. 11 indexed citations

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Flavahan, William, Yotam Drier, Sarah E. Johnstone, et al.. (2019). Altered chromosomal topology drives oncogenic programs in SDH-deficient GISTs. Nature. 575(7781). 229–233. 169 indexed citations

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Johnstone, Sarah E., et al.. (2015). Port-Site Metastasis after Laparoscopic Surgery with Rapid Second Recurrence in Early Stage Endometrial Carcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 5(6). 324–332.

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Johnstone, Sarah E., Clara Penas, Vasileios Stathias, et al.. (2014). EG-04 * DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHLY POTENT, SELECTIVE BET BROMODOMAIN INHIBITORS THAT ARE CNS PENETRANT AND EFFECTIVE IN RODENT MODELS OF BRAIN CANCER. Neuro-Oncology. 16(suppl 5). v75–v75. 1 indexed citations

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Easwaran, Hariharan, Sarah E. Johnstone, Leander Van Neste, et al.. (2012). A DNA hypermethylation module for the stem/progenitor cell signature of cancer. Genome Research. 22(5). 837–849. 191 indexed citations

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Johnstone, Sarah E. & Stephen B. Baylin. (2010). Stress and the epigenetic landscape: a link to the pathobiology of human diseases?. Nature Reviews Genetics. 11(11). 806–812. 94 indexed citations

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Marson, Alexander, Stuart S. Levine, Megan F. Cole, et al.. (2008). Connecting microRNA Genes to the Core Transcriptional Regulatory Circuitry of Embryonic Stem Cells. Cell. 134(3). 521–533. 1104 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cole, Megan F., Sarah E. Johnstone, Jamie J. Newman, Michael H. Kagey, & Richard A. Young. (2008). Tcf3 is an integral component of the core regulatory circuitry of embryonic stem cells. Genes & Development. 22(6). 746–755. 397 indexed citations

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Lee, Tong Ihn, Sarah E. Johnstone, & Richard A. Young. (2006). Chromatin immunoprecipitation and microarray-based analysis of protein location. Nature Protocols. 1(2). 729–748. 585 indexed citations breakdown →

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Boyer, Laurie A., Tong Ihn Lee, Megan F. Cole, et al.. (2005). Core Transcriptional Regulatory Circuitry in Human Embryonic Stem Cells. Cell. 122(6). 947–956. 3407 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mayfield, Jacob A., Aretha Fiebig, Sarah E. Johnstone, & Daphne Preuss. (2001). Gene Families from the Arabidopsis thaliana Pollen Coat Proteome. Science. 292(5526). 2482–2485. 182 indexed citations

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