William D. Johnson

22.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
464 papers, 16.5k citations indexed

About

William D. Johnson is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, William D. Johnson has authored 464 papers receiving a total of 16.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 112 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 112 papers in Physiology and 53 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in William D. Johnson's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (72 papers), Physical Activity and Health (51 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (25 papers). William D. Johnson is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (72 papers), Physical Activity and Health (51 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (25 papers). William D. Johnson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and United Kingdom. William D. Johnson's co-authors include Peter T. Katzmarzyk, Catrine Tudor‐Locke, Roberto Badaró, Frank L. Greenway, Catrine Tudor‐Locke, William T. Cefalu, Edgar M. Carvalho, Rodolfo S. Teixeira, Thomas C. Jones and Timothy S. Church and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

William D. Johnson

454 papers receiving 15.6k 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.

Effects of Aerobic and Resistance Training on Hemoglobin A _1c Levels in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William D. Johnson United States	66	4.9k	3.7k	3.3k	1.9k	1.5k	464	16.5k
Stephen J. Sharp United Kingdom	73	4.8k 1.0×	4.4k 1.2×	2.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	2.1k 1.4×	300	18.1k
Valerie Beral United Kingdom	84	5.7k 1.2×	3.6k 1.0×	5.3k 1.6×	2.6k 1.4×	3.7k 2.4×	343	33.2k
Gary Cutter United States	96	3.4k 0.7×	2.5k 0.7×	3.2k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	847 0.6×	770	35.1k
Nicholas Day United Kingdom	90	5.1k 1.0×	3.6k 1.0×	3.2k 1.0×	3.1k 1.6×	2.3k 1.5×	270	26.8k
Kim F. Michaelsen Denmark	78	6.9k 1.4×	4.7k 1.3×	4.6k 1.4×	1.7k 0.9×	2.0k 1.3×	536	26.9k
Naomi E. Allen United Kingdom	50	4.2k 0.9×	3.8k 1.0×	2.5k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	1.9k 1.3×	134	23.0k
Toshihiko Satoh Japan	25	3.0k 0.6×	1.7k 0.4×	2.6k 0.8×	3.2k 1.7×	791 0.5×	102	20.4k
Nicholas de Klerk Australia	76	4.1k 0.9×	2.9k 0.8×	3.5k 1.1×	980 0.5×	512 0.3×	508	21.7k
Donna F. Stroup United States	35	3.8k 0.8×	1.9k 0.5×	4.6k 1.4×	5.6k 2.9×	1.4k 0.9×	94	27.0k
Richard M. Martin United Kingdom	67	4.5k 0.9×	2.9k 0.8×	3.7k 1.1×	2.1k 1.1×	1.6k 1.0×	473	22.3k

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Dahal, Achyut, Xin Gu, William D. Johnson, et al.. (2023). Lyophilized liposomal formulation of a peptidomimetic-Dox conjugate for HER2 positive breast and lung cancer. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 639. 122950–122950. 7 indexed citations

Katzmarzyk, Peter T., Emily F. Mire, Corby K. Martin, et al.. (2023). Physical activity and weight loss in a pragmatic weight loss trial. International Journal of Obesity. 47(3). 244–248. 3 indexed citations

Höchsmann, Christoph, Corby K. Martin, John W. Apolzan, et al.. (2023). Initial weight loss and early intervention adherence predict long‐term weight loss during the Promoting Successful Weight Loss in Primary Care in Louisiana lifestyle intervention. Obesity. 31(9). 2272–2282. 4 indexed citations

Newton, Robert L., Dachuan Zhang, William D. Johnson, et al.. (2023). Predictors of racial differences in weight loss: the PROPEL trial. Obesity. 32(3). 476–485. 2 indexed citations

Höchsmann, Christoph, James L. Dorling, Corby K. Martin, et al.. (2021). Effects of a 2-Year Primary Care Lifestyle Intervention on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors. Circulation. 143(12). 1202–1214. 27 indexed citations

Fearnbach, S. Nicole, Neil M. Johannsen, Candice A. Myers, et al.. (2020). Adaptations to exercise in compensators and noncompensators in the E-MECHANIC Trial. Journal of Applied Physiology. 129(2). 317–324. 4 indexed citations

Newton, Robert L., et al.. (2018). A Church-Based Weight Loss Intervention in African American Adults using Text Messages (LEAN Study): Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 20(8). e256–e256. 32 indexed citations

Kennedy, Betty M., et al.. (2017). Healthcare providers versus patients. Patient Experience Journal. 1 indexed citations

Tudor‐Locke, Catrine, John M. Schuna, Ho Han, et al.. (2016). Step-Based Physical Activity Metrics and Cardiometabolic Risk. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 49(2). 283–291. 64 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lei, Jixiang Wu, & William D. Johnson. (2010). Empirical Study of Six Tests for Equality of Populations with Zero-Inflated Continuous Distributions. Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation. 39(6). 1196–1211. 8 indexed citations

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Desvarieux, Moı̈se, et al.. (2001). A novel approach to directly observed therapy for tuberculosis in an HIV-endemic area. American Journal of Public Health. 91(1). 138–141. 13 indexed citations

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Shahane, Aditi, Varghese George, & William D. Johnson. (1995). Effect of bivariate regression toward the mean in uncontrolled clinical trials. Communication in Statistics- Theory and Methods. 24(8). 2165–2181.

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Friedman, Cindy R., Mark Y. Stoeckle, Barry N. Kreiswirth, et al.. (1995). Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in a Large Urban Setting. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 152(1). 355–359. 55 indexed citations

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George, Varghese & William D. Johnson. (1992). Effect of regression to the mean in multivariate distributions. Communication in Statistics- Theory and Methods. 21(2). 333–350. 3 indexed citations

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Boncy, Madeleine, et al.. (1990). Prevalence of HIV infection and high-risk activities in Haiti.. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 3(10). 995–1001. 20 indexed citations

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Voors, Antonie W., William D. Johnson, & Mark S. Shuman. (1982). Additive Statistical Effects of Cadmium and Lead on Heart Related Disease in a North Carolina Autopsy Series. Archives of Environmental Health An International Journal. 37(2). 98–102. 59 indexed citations

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Johnson, William D., et al.. (1982). Pregnancy with fatal aortic dissection in a patient with Marfan's syndrome.. PubMed. 54(11). 617–20. 4 indexed citations

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Pintar, K, et al.. (1978). Atherosclerotic aneurysm in aortocoronary vein graft.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 102(6). 287–8. 37 indexed citations

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Imrey, Peter B., William D. Johnson, & Gary G. Koch. (1976). An Incomplete Contingency Table Approach to Paired-Comparison Experiments. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 71(355). 614–623. 25 indexed citations

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Johnson, William D., et al.. (1973). Promoting Effective Pupil Thinking Through Nonverbal Communication.. College student journal. 2 indexed citations

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