Stephen L. Johnson

11.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
121 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Stephen L. Johnson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen L. Johnson has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Molecular Biology, 59 papers in Cell Biology and 18 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Stephen L. Johnson's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (32 papers), Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (29 papers) and melanin and skin pigmentation (29 papers). Stephen L. Johnson is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (32 papers), Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (29 papers) and melanin and skin pigmentation (29 papers). Stephen L. Johnson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Stephen L. Johnson's co-authors include John F. Rawls, David M. Parichy, James Lister, Thierry Lepage, David W. Raible, Christie P. Robertson, Eve M. Mellgren, John H. Postlethwait, Leonard I. Zon and James A. Weston and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Stephen L. Johnson

120 papers receiving 8.6k citations

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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.

nacre encodes a zebrafish microphthalmia-related protein that regulates neural-crest-derived pigment cell fate

1999 673 citations James Lister, Stephen L. Johnson et al. Development profile →
The Syntenic Relationship of the Zebrafish and Human Genomes

2000 511 citations Stephen L. Johnson et al. Genome Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen L. Johnson United States	51	5.4k	3.7k	1.4k	1.0k	882	121	8.7k
Robert N. Kelsh United Kingdom	53	8.0k 1.5×	5.6k 1.5×	1.9k 1.3×	841 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	115	11.8k
Randall T. Peterson United States	58	11.0k 2.0×	5.6k 1.5×	1.7k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	728 0.8×	155	17.2k
Makoto Furutani‐Seiki Japan	42	6.4k 1.2×	4.0k 1.1×	1.8k 1.2×	555 0.5×	482 0.5×	97	8.9k
Yi Zhou United States	46	4.7k 0.9×	2.0k 0.5×	805 0.6×	822 0.8×	663 0.8×	133	8.1k
Yun‐Jin Jiang Taiwan	41	8.1k 1.5×	4.7k 1.3×	1.5k 1.1×	515 0.5×	567 0.6×	81	10.3k
Robert Geisler Germany	42	5.0k 0.9×	2.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	741 0.7×	487 0.6×	63	7.2k
Bonnie Ullmann United States	11	6.0k 1.1×	4.1k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	699 0.7×	849 1.0×	12	10.4k
David M. Parichy United States	47	3.1k 0.6×	3.1k 0.8×	877 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	361 0.4×	89	7.2k
Judith S Eisen United States	56	6.0k 1.1×	3.8k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	547 0.5×	602 0.7×	122	9.6k
David W. Raible United States	60	5.5k 1.0×	3.5k 0.9×	836 0.6×	939 0.9×	941 1.1×	136	10.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Johnson, Stephen L., et al.. (2025). Proton Pachinko: Probing Excited‐State Intramolecular Proton Transfer of St. John's Wort‐Derived Fluorescent Photosensitizer Hypericin with Ultrafast Spectroscopy**. Chemistry - A European Journal. 31(22). e202500639–e202500639.

Jang, H. Josh, Yujie Chen, Yiran Hou, et al.. (2021). Epigenetic dynamics shaping melanophore and iridophore cell fate in zebrafish. Genome biology. 22(1). 282–282. 14 indexed citations

Hou, Yiran, Hyung Joo Lee, Yujie Chen, et al.. (2020). Cellular diversity of the regenerating caudal fin. Science Advances. 6(33). eaba2084–eaba2084. 36 indexed citations

Lee, Hyung Joo, Yiran Hou, Yujie Chen, et al.. (2020). Regenerating zebrafish fin epigenome is characterized by stable lineage-specific DNA methylation and dynamic chromatin accessibility. Genome biology. 21(1). 52–52. 38 indexed citations

Johnson, Stephen L., et al.. (2020). Absolute Measurement of Fluorescent Quantum Yield using Photothermal Deflection Spectroscopy. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2018. 1 indexed citations

Perathoner, Simon, Jacob M. Daane, Ulrike Henrion, et al.. (2014). Bioelectric Signaling Regulates Size in Zebrafish Fins. PLoS Genetics. 10(1). e1004080–e1004080. 140 indexed citations

Cox, Jane A., et al.. (2011). Diverse mechanisms for assembly of branchiomeric nerves. Developmental Biology. 357(2). 305–317. 9 indexed citations

Torres, Ricardo, Stephen L. Johnson, Richard F. Haglund, et al.. (2011). Mechanisms of Resonant Infrared Matrix-Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation. Critical reviews in solid state and materials sciences. 36(1). 16–45. 29 indexed citations

Johnson, Stephen L., et al.. (2010). mitfa is required at multiple stages of melanocyte differentiation but not to establish the melanocyte stem cell. Developmental Biology. 350(2). 405–413. 60 indexed citations

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Talbot, Jared C., Stephen L. Johnson, & Charles B. Kimmel. (2010). hand2and Dlx genes specify dorsal, intermediate and ventral domains within zebrafish pharyngeal arches. Development. 137(15). 2507–2517. 124 indexed citations

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Hultman, Keith A. & Stephen L. Johnson. (2009). Differential contribution of direct-developing and stem cell-derived melanocytes to the zebrafish larval pigment pattern. Developmental Biology. 337(2). 425–431. 47 indexed citations

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Hultman, Keith A., Alexander W. Scott, & Stephen L. Johnson. (2008). Small Molecule Modifier Screen for kit -Dependent Functions in Zebrafish Embryonic Melanocytes. Zebrafish. 5(4). 279–287. 13 indexed citations

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O’Reilly-Pol, Thomas & Stephen L. Johnson. (2008). Neocuproine Ablates Melanocytes in Adult Zebrafish. Zebrafish. 5(4). 257–264. 21 indexed citations

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O’Reilly-Pol, Thomas & Stephen L. Johnson. (2008). Melanocyte regeneration reveals mechanisms of adult stem cell regulation. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 20(1). 117–124. 23 indexed citations

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Yang, Chao-Tsung & Stephen L. Johnson. (2006). Small molecule-induced ablation and subsequent regeneration of larval zebrafish melanocytes. Development. 133(18). 3563–3573. 77 indexed citations

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Goldsmith, Matthew, M. Kathryn Iovine, Thomas O’Reilly-Pol, & Stephen L. Johnson. (2006). A developmental transition in growth control during zebrafish caudal fin development. Developmental Biology. 296(2). 450–457. 38 indexed citations

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Guryev, Victor, Marco J. Koudijs, Eugène Berezikov, et al.. (2006). Genetic variation in the zebrafish. Genome Research. 16(4). 491–497. 163 indexed citations

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Iovine, M. Kathryn, et al.. (2004). Mutations in connexin43 (GJA1) perturb bone growth in zebrafish fins. Developmental Biology. 278(1). 208–219. 101 indexed citations

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Halford, Stephanie, James Bellingham, Louise Ocaka, et al.. (2001). Assignment<footref rid="foot01"><sup>1</sup></footref> of panopsin (OPN3) to human chromosome band 1q43 by in situ hybridization and somatic cell hybrids. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 95(3-4). 234–235. 9 indexed citations

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Clark, Matthew D., Steffen Hennig, Ralf Herwig, et al.. (2001). An Oligonucleotide Fingerprint Normalized and Expressed Sequence Tag Characterized Zebrafish cDNA Library. Genome Research. 11(9). 1594–1602. 53 indexed citations

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