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David G. Johns

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
74
Citations
17843
World Ranking
5654
National Ranking
2680

David G. Johns publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 208 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

David G. Johns D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David G. Johns sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

David G. Johns is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these broad categories, they focus on subfields such as Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and aspects of Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist's work covers several main research topics including Marine and fisheries research, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Abigail McQuatters-Gollop, Angus Atkinson, Clare Ostle, Sophie Pitois, and Erik Muxagata, reflecting ongoing collaborative research efforts.

David G. Johns has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent venues for their work include ICES Journal of Marine Science, Global Change Biology, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Oceanography, and Ecography.

The following are notable recent papers authored or co-authored by David G. Johns:

  • Monitoring and modelling marine zooplankton in a changing climate, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Ocean Regime Shift is Driving Collapse of the North Atlantic Right Whale Population, 2021, Oceanography
  • Increasing picocyanobacteria success in shelf waters contributes to long-term food web degradation, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Lifeform indicators reveal large-scale shifts in plankton across the North-West European shelf, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Testing Bergmann's rule in marine copepods, 2021, Ecography

Best Publications

  • Trophic level asynchrony in rates of phenological change for marine, freshwater and terrestrial environments

    Stephen J. Thackeray;Timothy H. Sparks;Morten Frederiksen;Sarah Burthe

  • Phenological sensitivity to climate across taxa and trophic levels

    Stephen J. Thackeray;Peter A. Henrys;Deborah Hemming;James R. Bell

  • In vivo activity against HIV and favorable toxicity profile of 2',3'-dideoxyinosine

    Robert Yarchoan;Hiroaki Mitsuya;Rose V. Thomas;James M. Pluda

  • Initial studies on the cellular pharmacology of 2′,3′-dideoxycytidine, an inhibitor of HTLV-III infectivity

    David A. Cooney;Maha Dalal;Hiroaki Mitsuya;James B. McMahon

  • Replication of human immunodeficiency virus in monocytes. Granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) potentiates viral production yet enhances the antiviral effect mediated by 3'-azido-2'3'-dideoxythymidine (AZT) and other dideoxynucleoside congeners of thymidine.

    C.-F. Perno;R. Yarchoan;D. A. Cooney;N. R. Hartman

  • The rise in ocean plastics evidenced from a 60-year time series

    Clare Ostle;Richard C. Thompson;Derek Broughton;Lance Gregory

  • The anti-HTLV-III (anti-HIV) and cytotoxic activity of 2',3'-didehydro-2',3'-dideoxyribonucleosides: a comparison with their parental 2',3'-dideoxyribonucleosides.

    J Balzarini;G J Kang;M Dalal;P Herdewijn

  • 7-Hydroxymethotrexate as a urinary metabolite in human subjects and rhesus monkeys receiving high dose methotrexate.

    S A Jacobs;R G Stoller;B A Chabner;D G Johns

  • Inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1/HTLV-IIIBa-L) replication in fresh and cultured human peripheral blood monocytes/macrophages by azidothymidine and related 2',3'-dideoxynucleosides.

    C F Perno;R Yarchoan;D A Cooney;N R Hartman

  • Acid-stable 2'-fluoro purine dideoxynucleosides as active agents against HIV.

    Victor E. Marquez;Christopher K. H. Tseng;Hiroaki Mitsuya;Shizuko Aoki

  • Differential phosphorylation of azidothymidine, dideoxycytidine, and dideoxyinosine in resting and activated peripheral blood mononuclear cells.

    Wen Yi Gao;Takuma Shirasaka;David G. Johns;Samuel Broder

  • Regional climate change and harmful algal blooms in the northeast Atlantic

    M. Edwards;D. G. Johns;S. C. Leterme;E. Svendsen

  • Marked in vivo antiretrovirus activity of 9-(2-phosphonylmethoxyethyl)adenine, a selective anti-human immunodeficiency virus agent.

    J Balzarini;L Naesens;P Herdewijn;I Rosenberg

  • Long-term inhibition of human T-lymphotropic virus type III/lymphadenopathy-associated virus (human immunodeficiency virus) DNA synthesis and RNA expression in T cells protected by 2',3'-dideoxynucleosides in vitro

    H Mitsuya;R F Jarrett;M Matsukura;F Di Marzo Veronese

  • The in vitro and in vivo anti-retrovirus activity, and intracellular metabolism of 3′-azido-2′,3′-dideoxythymidine and 2′,3′-dideoxycytidine are highly dependent on the cell species

    Jan Balzarini;Rudi Pauwels;Masanori Baba;Piet Herdewijn

  • Antineoplastic and immunosuppressive agents

    Alan C. Sartorelli;David G. Johns

  • The clinical pharmacology of antineoplastic agents (second of two parts).

    Chabner Ba;Myers Ce;Coleman Cn;Johns Dg

  • Potent and selective anti-HTLV-III/LAV activity of 2',3'-dideoxycytidinene, the 2',3'-unsaturated derivative of 2',3'-dideoxycytidine.

    Jan Balzarini;Rudi Pauwels;Piet Herdewijn;Erik De Clercq

  • Factors determining the activity of 2',3'-dideoxynucleosides in suppressing human immunodeficiency virus in vitro.

    Z Hao;D A Cooney;N R Hartman;C F Perno

  • A biological consequence of reducing Arctic ice cover: arrival of the Pacific diatom Neodenticula seminae in the North Atlantic for the first time in 800 000 years

    Philip C. Reid;David G. Johns;Martin Edwards;Michel Starr

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroaki Mitsuya
Hiroaki Mitsuya Kumamoto University
Samuel Broder
Samuel Broder Precision BioSciences
Victor E. Marquez
Victor E. Marquez National Institutes of Health
Abigail McQuatters-Gollop
Abigail McQuatters-Gollop Plymouth University
Bruce A. Chabner
Bruce A. Chabner Harvard University
Carlo Federico Perno
Carlo Federico Perno University of Milan
Martin Edwards
Martin Edwards Plymouth University
Jan Balzarini
Jan Balzarini KU Leuven
Robert Yarchoan
Robert Yarchoan National Institutes of Health
Philip C. Reid
Philip C. Reid Plymouth University

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