Toby Johnson

66.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
128 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

About

Toby Johnson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Toby Johnson has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Genetics and 16 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Toby Johnson's work include RNA regulation and disease (13 papers), Aortic aneurysm repair treatments (12 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (10 papers). Toby Johnson is often cited by papers focused on RNA regulation and disease (13 papers), Aortic aneurysm repair treatments (12 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (10 papers). Toby Johnson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Toby Johnson's co-authors include Nick Barton, Michael Brenner, Albee Messing, Paul A. Marks, James E. Goldman, Philip J. Gerrish, Diana Rodriguez, Matthew R. Nelson, Aaron C. Shaver and Paul Sniegowski and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Toby Johnson

128 papers receiving 8.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Mitochondrial Abnormalities in Alzheimer's Disease

2001 1.1k citations Gjumrakch Aliev, Akihiko Nunomura et al. profile →
Genes mirror geography within Europe

2008 887 citations Toby Johnson, Karen S. King et al. profile →
Peroxisomal and Mitochondrial Defects in the Cerebro-Hepato-Renal Syndrome

1973 604 citations Toby Johnson, Lawrence M. Gartner et al. profile →
Mutations in GFAP, encoding glial fibrillary acidic protein, are associated with Alexander disease

2001 515 citations Michael Brenner, Toby Johnson et al. Nature Genetics profile →
Genome-wide meta-analysis, fine-mapping and integrative prioritization implicate new Alzheimer’s disease risk genes

2021 280 citations Jeremy Schwartzentruber, Sarah Cooper et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Toby Johnson United States	46	4.4k	2.3k	1.9k	784	693	128	9.2k
Lawrence I. Grossman United States	71	11.4k 2.6×	2.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	800 1.0×	703 1.0×	302	15.9k
Yong‐Gang Yao China	54	5.3k 1.2×	3.6k 1.5×	1.1k 0.6×	492 0.6×	833 1.2×	305	10.6k
Robert P. Erickson United States	49	4.7k 1.1×	3.2k 1.4×	2.6k 1.4×	465 0.6×	219 0.3×	350	10.7k
David Valle United States	60	10.0k 2.3×	2.7k 1.2×	1.4k 0.7×	704 0.9×	2.1k 3.0×	226	14.4k
Andrew D. Paterson Canada	59	5.2k 1.2×	3.9k 1.7×	851 0.4×	967 1.2×	314 0.5×	329	12.9k
James L. Weber United States	51	5.6k 1.3×	5.8k 2.5×	1.6k 0.9×	674 0.9×	155 0.2×	131	13.2k
Grant R. MacGregor United States	33	7.5k 1.7×	1.3k 0.6×	671 0.4×	670 0.9×	851 1.2×	65	10.5k
Jan Vijg United States	67	10.6k 2.4×	2.2k 0.9×	3.6k 1.9×	397 0.5×	386 0.6×	294	16.3k
Reuben Matalon United States	50	3.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	1.9k 1.0×	446 0.6×	2.3k 3.3×	251	7.6k
Charles J. Epstein United States	42	4.0k 0.9×	1.0k 0.4×	1.0k 0.5×	589 0.8×	309 0.4×	73	6.5k

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Schwartzentruber, Jeremy, Sarah Cooper, Jimmy Z. Liu, et al.. (2021). Genome-wide meta-analysis, fine-mapping and integrative prioritization implicate new Alzheimer’s disease risk genes. Nature Genetics. 53(3). 392–402. 280 indexed citations breakdown →

Xu, Chun‐Fang, Toby Johnson, Xiaojing Wang, et al.. (2015). HLA-B *57:01 Confers Susceptibility to Pazopanib-Associated Liver Injury in Patients with Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 22(6). 1371–1377. 70 indexed citations

Macrae, Fraser L., et al.. (2014). Common FXIII and Fibrinogen Polymorphisms in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. PLoS ONE. 9(11). e112407–e112407. 3 indexed citations

Bailey, Marc A., Kathryn J Griffin, Soroush Sohrabi, et al.. (2013). Plasma thrombin-antithrombin complex, prothrombin fragments 1 and 2, and D-dimer levels are elevated after endovascular but not open repair of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 57(6). 1512–1518. 15 indexed citations

Bailey, Marc A., Paul D. Baxter, Kathryn J Griffin, et al.. (2013). Modeling the Growth of Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. Aorta. 1(6). 268–273. 10 indexed citations

Jamshidi, Yalda, Ilja M. Nolte, Chrysoula Dalageorgou, et al.. (2012). Common Variation in the NOS1AP Gene Is Associated With Drug-Induced QT Prolongation and Ventricular Arrhythmia. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 60(9). 841–850. 76 indexed citations

Bailey, Marc A., Soroush Sohrabi, Karen Flood, et al.. (2012). Calcium channel blockers enhance sac shrinkage after endovascular aneurysm repair. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 55(6). 1593–1599. 15 indexed citations

Harst, Pim van der, Stephan J. L. Bakker, Rudolf A. de Boer, et al.. (2009). Replication of the five novel loci for uric acid concentrations and potential mediating mechanisms. Human Molecular Genetics. 19(2). 387–395. 78 indexed citations

Bochud, Murielle, Chin B. Eap, Marc Maillard, et al.. (2008). Association of ABCB1genetic variants with renal function in Africans and in Caucasians. BMC Medical Genomics. 1(1). 21–21. 15 indexed citations

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Johnson, Toby. (2006). Bayesian method for gene detection and mapping, using a case and control design and DNA pooling. Biostatistics. 8(3). 546–565. 14 indexed citations

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Li, Rong, Toby Johnson, Gajja S. Salomons, et al.. (2005). Propensity for paternal inheritance of de novo mutations in Alexander disease. Human Genetics. 119(1-2). 137–144. 33 indexed citations

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Johnson, Toby. (2004). Alexander Disease: A Leukodystrophy Caused by a Mutation in GFAP. Neurochemical Research. 29(5). 961–964. 13 indexed citations

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Cash, Ayla, Gjumrakch Aliev, Sandra L. Siedlak, et al.. (2003). Microtubule Reduction in Alzheimer's Disease and Aging Is Independent of τ Filament Formation. American Journal Of Pathology. 162(5). 1623–1627. 241 indexed citations

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Johnson, Toby. (2002). Alexander disease: a review and the gene. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience. 20(3-5). 391–394. 37 indexed citations

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Wong, K., Regina C. Armstrong, Kymberly A. Gyure, et al.. (2000). Foamy cells with oligodendroglial phenotype in childhood ataxia with diffuse central nervous system hypomyelination syndrome. Acta Neuropathologica. 100(6). 635–646. 78 indexed citations

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Melzer, David, Bennie McWilliams, Carol Brayne, Toby Johnson, & J Bond. (1999). Profile of disability in elderly people: estimates from a longitudinal population study. BMJ. 318(7191). 1108–1111. 109 indexed citations

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Johnson, Toby, et al.. (1989). On‐grid immunogold labeling of glial intermediate filaments in epoxy‐embedded tissue. American Journal of Anatomy. 185(2-3). 335–341. 43 indexed citations

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Canto, M. C. Dal, et al.. (1975). Immunofluorescence horseradish peroxidase combined staining technique for demonstrating both immunoglobulin class and antigen binding specificity of cellular antibody. Studies on experimental allergic neuritis and encephalomyelitis. Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry. 23(6). 452–457. 8 indexed citations

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Kandall, Stephen R., Toby Johnson, & Lawrence M. Gartner. (1974). Solitary neonatal hepatic abscess. The Journal of Pediatrics. 85(4). 567–569. 14 indexed citations

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Svien, Hendrik J. & Toby Johnson. (1951). FLUORESCEIN IN THE LOCALIZATION OF BRAIN TUMORS. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 26(8). 142–150. 3 indexed citations

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