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70
Citations
25920
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National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1992 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • 1988 - Tilden Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1974 - Corday–Morgan Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Brian F. G. Johnson is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with 21 publications spanning multiple subfields. Their research focuses notably on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Education, and Epidemiology.

Their scholarly output includes investigations into topics such as Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Shoulder injury and treatment, Migraine and headache studies, Sympathectomy and hyperhidrosis treatments, Trigeminal neuralgia and treatments, and Aortic aneurysm repair treatments.

Among their recent publications are:

  • New Approaches to Shifting the Migraine Treatment Paradigm, 2022, Frontiers in Pain Research
  • Perioperative, Postoperative, and Long-Term Outcomes Following Open Surgical Repair of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, 2020, Angiology
  • A2B: A Toolkit for Computing Circulation Metrics in Buildings, 2020, Building Simulation Conference proceedings
  • Rubin Observatory Commissioning Camera: summit integration, 2022, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX
  • Augmentation of Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair With Cannulated Dermal Allograft Implant, 2022, Arthroscopy Techniques

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Brian F. G. Johnson include:

  • Ian Chetter
  • Brian M. Grawe
  • Nina M. Goodey
  • Matthew Murray
  • Yasemin Besen-Cassino

They have published multiple papers in the following venues:

  • Annals of Vascular Surgery (2 papers)
  • Frontiers in Pain Research (1 paper)
  • Angiology (1 paper)
  • Building Simulation Conference proceedings (1 paper)
  • Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX (1 paper)

Their contributions have been recognized through several awards, including the Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1992, the Tilden Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 1988, and the Corday-Morgan Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 1974.

Best Publications

  • Selective oxidation with dioxygen by gold nanoparticle catalysts derived from 55-atom clusters

    Mark Turner;Vladimir B. Golovko;Vladimir B. Golovko;Owain P. H. Vaughan;Pavel Abdulkin

  • High-Performance Nanocatalysts for Single-Step Hydrogenations

    John Meurig Thomas;Brian F. G. Johnson;Robert Raja;Gopinathan Sankar

  • Single electron transistor using a molecularly linked gold colloidal particle chain

    Toshihiko Sato;Haroon Ahmed;David Brown;Brian F. G. Johnson

  • Z-Contrast tomography: a technique inthree-dimensional nanostructural analysis based on Rutherfordscattering

    Paul A. Midgley;Matthew Weyland;John Meurig Thomas;John Meurig Thomas;Brian F. G. Johnson

  • Nanoparticles in Catalysis

    Brian F.G. Johnson

  • Ordering of Ruthenium Cluster Carbonyls in Mesoporous Silica

    Wuzong Zhou;John Meurig Thomas;Douglas S. Shephard;Brian F. G. Johnson

  • Structural studies of trigonal lamellar particles of gold and silver

    A. I. Kirkland;D. A. Jefferson;D. G. Duff;Peter Philip Edwards

  • Superior performance of a chiral catalyst confined within mesoporous silica

    Brian F. G. Johnson;Stuart A. Raynor;Douglas S. Shephard;Thomas Mashmeyer

  • Site‐Directed Surface Derivatization of MCM‐41: Use of High‐Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy and Molecular Recognition for Determining the Position of Functionality within Mesoporous Materials

    Douglas S. Shephard;Wuzong Zhou;Thomas Maschmeyer;Justin M. Matters

  • Solvent-free, low-temperature, selective hydrogenation of polyenes using a bimetallic nanoparticle Ru-Sn catalyst

    Sophie Hermans;Robert Raja;John M. Thomas;Brian F. G. Johnson

  • Enhancing the enantioselectivity of novel homogeneous organometallic hydrogenation catalysts

    Matthew D. Jones;Robert Raja;John Meurig Thomas;Brian F. G. Johnson

  • Formation of a Polymer-Protected Platinum Sol: A New Understanding of the Parameters Controlling Morphology

    Daniel G. Duff;Peter P. Edwards;Brian F. G. Johnson

  • Constraining asymmetric organometallic catalysts within mesoporous supports boosts their enantioselectivity.

    Robert Raja;John Meurig Thomas;Matthew D. Jones;Brian F.G. Johnson

  • The preparation, characterisation, and some reactions of [Os3(CO)11-(NCMe)]

    Brian F. G. Johnson;Jack Lewis;David A. Pippard

  • Hydrogen or synthesis gas production via the partial oxidation of methane over supported nickel–cobalt catalysts

    Alaric C.W. Koh;Luwei Chen;Weng Kee Leong;Brian F.G. Johnson

  • Single-step, highly active, and highly selective nanoparticle catalysts for the hydrogenation of key organic compounds

    Robert Raja;Tetyana Khimyak;John Meurig Thomas;Sophie Hermans

  • Synthesis and reactions of tetracarbonyl- and tricarbonyliron complexes of α,β-unsaturated ketones

    J.A.S. Howell;B.F.G. Johnson;P.L. Josty;J. Lewis

  • Single‐Step Conversion of Dimethyl Terephthalate into Cyclohexanedimethanol with Ru5PtSn, a Trimetallic Nanoparticle Catalyst

    Ana B. Hungria;Robert Raja;Richard D. Adams;Burjor Captain

  • Di-, tri-, pseudo-di- and pseudo-tetra-acetylenic polymers of platinum: Synthesis, characterization and optical spectra

    Jack Lewis;Muhammad S. Khan;Ashok K. Kakkar;Brian F.G. Johnson

  • From clusters to nanoparticles and catalysis

    Brian F.G. Johnson

  • Constrained chiral catalysts

    J.M. Thomas;T. Maschmeyer;T. Maschmeyer;B.F.G. Johnson;D.S. Shephard

Frequent Co-Authors

Jack Lewis
Jack Lewis University of Cambridge
Paul R. Raithby
Paul R. Raithby University of Bath
Dario Braga
Dario Braga University of Bologna
Mary McPartlin
Mary McPartlin University of Cambridge
Paul J. Dyson
Paul J. Dyson École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Fabrizia Grepioni
Fabrizia Grepioni University of Bologna
Alexander J. Blake
Alexander J. Blake University of Nottingham
Simon Parsons
Simon Parsons University of Edinburgh
Robert Raja
Robert Raja University of Southampton
George M. Sheldrick
George M. Sheldrick University of Göttingen

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