Sebastian L. Johnston

51.5k total citations · 11 hit papers
408 papers, 29.9k citations indexed

About

Sebastian L. Johnston is a scholar working on Physiology, Epidemiology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Sebastian L. Johnston has authored 408 papers receiving a total of 29.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 231 papers in Physiology, 180 papers in Epidemiology and 164 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Sebastian L. Johnston's work include Asthma and respiratory diseases (230 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (171 papers) and Pediatric health and respiratory diseases (107 papers). Sebastian L. Johnston is often cited by papers focused on Asthma and respiratory diseases (230 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (171 papers) and Pediatric health and respiratory diseases (107 papers). Sebastian L. Johnston collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. Sebastian L. Johnston's co-authors include Stephen T. Holgate, Michael R. Edwards, Patrick Mallia, Alberto Papi, Tatiana Kebadze, Simon Message, Vasile Laza‐Stanca, L Stanciu, Philip Pattemore and G Sanderson and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Sebastian L. Johnston

397 papers receiving 29.2k citations

Hit Papers

Community study of role of viral infections in exacerbati... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 2005 2006 2006 2001 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Community study of role of viral infections in exacerbations of asthma in 9-11 year old children
    1995 1.5k citations Sebastian L. Johnston, G Sanderson et al. profile →
  2. Asthmatic bronchial epithelial cells have a deficient innate immune response to infection with rhinovirus
    2005 916 citations Sebastian L. Johnston, Vasile Laza‐Stanca et al. profile →
  3. Infections and Airway Inflammation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Severe Exacerbations
    2006 781 citations Alberto Papi, Gaetano Caramori et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
  4. Role of deficient type III interferon-λ production in asthma exacerbations
    2006 777 citations Marco Contoli, Simon Message et al. profile →
  5. Respiratory Viruses, Symptoms, and Inflammatory Markers in Acute Exacerbations and Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
    2001 764 citations Terence Seemungal, Angshu Bhowmik et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
  6. The Infant Nasopharyngeal Microbiome Impacts Severity of Lower Respiratory Infection and Risk of Asthma Development
    2015 662 citations Shu Mei Teo, D. Mok et al. profile →
  7. Early-life respiratory viral infections, atopic sensitization, and risk of subsequent development of persistent asthma
    2007 555 citations Merci Kusel, Tatiana Kebadze et al. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology profile →
  8. The Relationship Between Upper Respiratory Infections and Hospital Admissions for Asthma: A Time-Trend Analysis
    1996 455 citations Sebastian L. Johnston, G Sanderson et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
  9. Blood Eosinophils to Direct Corticosteroid Treatment of Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial
    2012 422 citations Sebastian L. Johnston et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
  10. The Role of Bacteria in the Pathogenesis and Progression of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
    2014 372 citations Philip L. Molyneaux, Michael J. Cox et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
  11. Lung microbiome dynamics in COPD exacerbations
    2016 280 citations Sebastian L. Johnston et al. European Respiratory Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sebastian L. Johnston United Kingdom 88 14.8k 12.8k 11.1k 8.3k 5.5k 408 29.9k
Patrick G. Holt Australia 89 12.6k 0.9× 6.4k 0.5× 5.3k 0.5× 13.0k 1.6× 3.7k 0.7× 518 31.1k
Fernando D. Martínez United States 82 20.7k 1.4× 16.0k 1.2× 4.9k 0.4× 4.2k 0.5× 4.8k 0.9× 269 31.4k
Alberto Papi Italy 79 12.5k 0.8× 14.1k 1.1× 3.4k 0.3× 4.2k 0.5× 2.5k 0.5× 501 22.7k
Robert F. Lemanske United States 71 14.8k 1.0× 10.8k 0.8× 3.8k 0.3× 3.7k 0.4× 2.6k 0.5× 209 20.6k
Nicholas W. Lukacs United States 88 5.7k 0.4× 4.6k 0.4× 5.7k 0.5× 12.7k 1.5× 1.3k 0.2× 406 26.0k
William W. Busse United States 102 26.3k 1.8× 16.8k 1.3× 3.1k 0.3× 8.2k 1.0× 2.8k 0.5× 559 34.6k
Hans Bisgaard Denmark 76 11.9k 0.8× 9.9k 0.8× 2.9k 0.3× 1.4k 0.2× 2.7k 0.5× 404 20.6k
Jay K. Kolls United States 101 5.1k 0.3× 4.4k 0.3× 8.5k 0.8× 21.6k 2.6× 2.0k 0.4× 477 40.9k
Christopher E. Brightling United Kingdom 86 21.1k 1.4× 17.3k 1.4× 1.2k 0.1× 7.0k 0.8× 3.1k 0.6× 496 29.1k
Guy Brusselle Belgium 79 12.1k 0.8× 12.5k 1.0× 1.5k 0.1× 4.3k 0.5× 1.8k 0.3× 445 22.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Suh, Dong In & Sebastian L. Johnston. (2024). The Wiser Strategy of Using Beta-Agonists in Asthma: Mechanisms and Rationales. Allergy Asthma and Immunology Research. 16(3). 217–217. 4 indexed citations
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Fontanella, Sara, John A. Curtin, Angela Pinot de Moira, et al.. (2024). Association between polymorphisms on chromosome 17q12-q21 and rhinovirus-induced interferon responses. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 154(2). 308–315. 2 indexed citations
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Makrinioti, Heidi, Kohei Hasegawa, John Lakoumentas, et al.. (2022). The role of respiratory syncytial virus‐ and rhinovirus‐induced bronchiolitis in recurrent wheeze and asthma—A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. 33(3). e13741–e13741. 75 indexed citations
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Mousnier, Aurélie, Andrew Bell, Dawid Swieboda, et al.. (2018). Fragment-derived inhibitors of human N-myristoyltransferase block capsid assembly and replication of the common cold virus. Nature Chemistry. 10(6). 599–606. 90 indexed citations
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Guedán, Anabel, Dawid Swieboda, Mark Charles, et al.. (2017). Investigation of the Role of Protein Kinase D in Human Rhinovirus Replication. Journal of Virology. 91(9). 24 indexed citations
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Ritchie, Andrew I., David J. Jackson, Michael R. Edwards, & Sebastian L. Johnston. (2016). Airway Epithelial Orchestration of Innate Immune Function in Response to Virus Infection. A Focus on Asthma. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 13(Supplement_1). S55–S63. 45 indexed citations
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Holt, Patrick G., Shu Mei Teo, D. Mok, et al.. (2015). Cohort-wide characterization of the nasopharyngeal microbiome across year 1 in "high risk" infants by PCR and 16S rRNA gene deep sequencing: elucidation of viral-bacterial-host interactions driving early atopic asthma pathogenesis. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 1 indexed citations
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Contoli, Marco, Kazuhiro Ito, Anna Padovani, et al.. (2015). Th2 cytokines impair innate immune responses to rhinovirus in respiratory epithelial cells. Allergy. 70(8). 910–920. 129 indexed citations
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Schögler, Aline, Carmen Casaulta, Nicolas Regamey, et al.. (2015). Interferon response of the cystic fibrosis bronchial epithelium to major and minor group rhinovirus infection. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 15(3). 332–339. 25 indexed citations
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Majoor, Christof J., Marianne A. van de Pol, Pieter W. Kamphuisen, et al.. (2014). Evaluation of coagulation activation after Rhinovirus infection in patients with asthma and healthy control subjects: an observational study. Respiratory Research. 15(1). 14–14. 18 indexed citations
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Molyneaux, Philip L., Michael J. Cox, Saffron A.G. Willis‐Owen, et al.. (2014). The Role of Bacteria in the Pathogenesis and Progression of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 190(8). 906–913. 372 indexed citations breakdown →
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Singanayagam, Aran, et al.. (2012). Viruses exacerbating chronic pulmonary disease: the role of immune modulation. BMC Medicine. 10(1). 27–27. 65 indexed citations
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Mallia, Patrick, Joseph Footitt, Maria‐Belen Trujillo‐Torralbo, et al.. (2011). Induction of cathelicidin (LL-37) in rhinovirus-induced COPD exacerbations. European Respiratory Journal. 38(Suppl 55). p3015–p3015. 1 indexed citations
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Message, Simon, Vasile Laza‐Stanca, Patrick Mallia, et al.. (2008). Rhinovirus-induced lower respiratory illness is increased in asthma and related to virus load and Th1/2 cytokine and IL-10 production. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(36). 13562–13567. 373 indexed citations
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Johnston, Sebastian L.. (2005). Overview of Virus-induced Airway Disease. Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society. 2(2). 150–156. 79 indexed citations
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O’Sullivan, Siobhán, Liam Cormican, John L. Faul, et al.. (2001). Activated, Cytotoxic CD8+ T Lymphocytes Contribute to the Pathology of Asthma Death. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 164(4). 560–564. 125 indexed citations
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Corne, Jonathan, et al.. (2001). The Relationship between Atopic Status and IL-10 Nasal Lavage Levels in the Acute and Persistent Inflammatory Response to Upper Respiratory Tract Infection. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 163(5). 1101–1107. 45 indexed citations
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Seemungal, Terence, Angshu Bhowmik, Ivana Morić, et al.. (2001). Respiratory Viruses, Symptoms, and Inflammatory Markers in Acute Exacerbations and Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 164(9). 1618–1623. 764 indexed citations breakdown →
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Johnston, Sebastian L.. (2001). Is Chlamydia pneumoniae Important in Asthma?. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 164(4). 513–514. 19 indexed citations
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Pizzichini, Márcia Margaret Menezes, Emílio Pizzichini, Ann Efthimiadis, et al.. (1998). Asthma and Natural Colds: Inflammatory Indices in Induced Sputum: A Feasibility Study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 158(4). 1178–1184. 159 indexed citations

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