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John Asher Johnson

John Asher Johnson

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
121
Citations
61545
World Ranking
777
National Ranking
420

John Asher Johnson publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John Asher Johnson sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 447 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

John Asher Johnson D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John Asher Johnson sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 121 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1971 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

John Asher Johnson is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, with a focus primarily on medicine and physics and astronomy. The scientist's work intersects fields including astronomy and astrophysics, instrumentation, genetics, oncology, and hematology.

Their research topics cover a range of areas, such as stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, astronomy and astrophysical research, cancer cells and metastasis, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, mesenchymal stem cell research, astrophysics and star formation studies, and spectroscopy and laser applications.

Frequent publication venues for their work include UNC Libraries, the Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Cancer, and The Astronomical Journal.

  • Bone marrow NG2+/Nestin+ mesenchymal stem cells drive DTC dormancy via TGF-β2 (2021, Nature Cancer)
  • A Pair of TESS Planets Spanning the Radius Valley around the Nearby Mid-M Dwarf LTT 3780 (2020, The Astronomical Journal)
  • Transforming Growth Factor Beta3 is Required for Cardiovascular Development (2020, Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease)
  • Increased TGFβ1 and SMAD3 Contribute to Age-Related Aortic Valve Calcification (2022, Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine)
  • KEPLER-18b, c, AND d: A SYSTEM OF THREE PLANETS CONFIRMED BY TRANSIT TIMING VARIATIONS, LIGHT CURVE VALIDATION, WARM-SPITZER PHOTOMETRY, AND RADIAL VELOCITY MEASUREMENTS (2022, University of Southern Queensland ePrints)

The scientist regularly collaborates with several coauthors, including Mohamad Azhar, Nicholas M. Law, Reed Riddle, Christoph Baranec, and David W. Latham.

John Asher Johnson's varied research agenda reflects a focus on both fundamental and applied questions across medicine and astronomy. Their work on mesenchymal stem cells, cancer metastasis, and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation addresses key topics in biomedical research, while studies of exoplanets and astrophysical phenomena contribute to the broader understanding of the universe.

They were recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1971.

Best Publications

  • Kepler Planet-Detection Mission: Introduction and First Results

    William J. Borucki;David Koch;Gibor Basri;Natalie Batalha

  • The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

    George R. Ricker;Joshua N. Winn;Roland Vanderspek;David W. Latham

  • Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

    George R. Ricker;Joshua N. Winn;Roland Vanderspek;David Winslow Latham

  • Planet Occurrence within 0.25 AU of Solar-type Stars from Kepler

    Andrew W. Howard;Geoffrey W. Marcy;Stephen T. Bryson;Jon M. Jenkins

  • A soluble and air-stable organic semiconductor with high electron mobility

    H. E. Katz;A. J. Lovinger;J. Johnson;C. Kloc

  • Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)

    George R. Ricker;Joshua N. Winn;Roland Vanderspek;David W. Latham

  • The California-Kepler Survey. III. A Gap in the Radius Distribution of Small Planets*

    Benjamin J. Fulton;Erik A. Petigura;Andrew W. Howard;Howard Isaacson

  • Catalog of nearby exoplanets

    R. P. Butler;J. T. Wright;G. W. Marcy;G. W. Marcy;D. A. Fischer;D. A. Fischer

  • Planet Occurrence within 0.25 AU of Solar-Type Stars from Kepler

    Andrew W. Howard;Geoffrey W. Marcy;Stephen T. Bryson;Jon M. Jenkins

  • Giant Planet Occurrence in the Stellar Mass-Metallicity Plane

    John Asher Johnson;Kimberly M. Aller;Andrew W. Howard;Justin R. Crepp

  • Masses, Radii, and Orbits of Small Kepler Planets: The Transition from Gaseous to Rocky Planets

    Geoffrey W. Marcy;Howard Isaacson;Andrew W. Howard;Jason F. Rowe

  • HOT STARS WITH HOT JUPITERS HAVE HIGH OBLIQUITIES

    Joshua Nathan Winn;Daniel C. Fabrycky;Simon H. Albrecht;John Asher Johnson

  • Obliquities of Hot Jupiter host stars: Evidence for tidal interactions and primordial misalignments

    Simon H. Albrecht;Joshua Nathan Winn;John Asher Johnson;John Asher Johnson;Andrew W. Howard

  • The occurrence and mass distribution of close-in super-Earths, Neptunes, and Jupiters.

    Andrew W. Howard;Geoffrey W. Marcy;John Asher Johnson;Debra A. Fischer

  • The Exoplanet Orbit Database

    J. T. Wright;O. Fakhouri;G. W. Marcy;E. Han

  • Masses, Radii, and Orbits of Small Kepler Planets: The Transition From Gaseous to Rocky Planets

    Geoffrey W. Marcy;Howard Isaacson;Andrew W. Howard;Jason F. Rowe

  • Kepler 's First Rocky Planet: Kepler-10b

    Natalie M. Batalha;William J. Borucki;Stephen T. Bryson;Lars A. Buchhave

  • A Technique for Extracting Highly Precise Photometry for the Two-Wheeled Kepler Mission

    Andrew Vanderburg;John Asher Johnson

  • The N2K Consortium. II. A Transiting Hot Saturn Around HD 149026 With a Large Dense Core

    B. Sato;D. A. Fischer;G. W. Henry;G. Laughlin

  • Planet occurrence within 0.25AU of solar-type stars from Kepler

    Andrew W. Howard;Geoffrey W. Marcy;Stephen T. Bryson;Jon M. Jenkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Debra A. Fischer
Debra A. Fischer Yale University
Andrew W. Howard
Andrew W. Howard California Institute of Technology
Geoffrey W. Marcy
Geoffrey W. Marcy University of California, Berkeley
Lars A. Buchhave
Lars A. Buchhave Technical University of Denmark
Jason T. Wright
Jason T. Wright Pennsylvania State University
David W. Latham
David W. Latham Harvard University
Howard Isaacson
Howard Isaacson University of California, Berkeley
Guillermo Torres
Guillermo Torres Harvard University
Gáspár Á. Bakos
Gáspár Á. Bakos Princeton University
Joshua N. Winn
Joshua N. Winn Princeton University

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