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John E. Johnson publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 440 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John E. Johnson 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 John E. Johnson sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 96 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

John E. Johnson is affiliated with the Scripps Research Institute in the United States. Their research spans several fields, including Environmental Science, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broader areas, subfields of study include Ecology, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Infectious Diseases.

The main topics covered in their work involve bacteriophages and microbial interactions, plant virus research studies, genomics and phylogenetic studies, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, evolution and genetic dynamics, hepatitis C virus research, and photonic and optical devices.

Johnson has contributed to a range of recent publications. Significant papers include:

  • VipERdb v3.0: a structure-based data analytics platform for viral capsids (2020), published in Nucleic Acids Research
  • Icosahedral virus structures and the protein data bank (2021), published in Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • ViReMa: a virus recombination mapper of next-generation sequencing data characterizes diverse recombinant viral nucleic acids (2023), published in GigaScience
  • Performance and Reliability of Advanced CW Lasers for Silicon Photonics Applications (2022), published at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2022
  • Plant-expressed virus-like particles reveal the intricate maturation process of a eukaryotic virus (2021), published in Communications Biology

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers including Roger Castells-Graells, George P. Lomonossoff, Stephanea Sotcheff, Yiyang Zhou, and Bruce E. Torbett.

Johnson's publications have appeared in several venues with multiple contributions in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry, GigaScience, and the Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2022.

Best Publications

  • Structure of a human common cold virus and functional relationship to other picornaviruses

    Michael G. Rossmann;Edward Arnold;John W. Erickson;Elizabeth A. Frankenberger

  • Structures of the native and swollen forms of cowpea chlorotic mottle virus determined by X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy.

    Jeffrey A Speir;Sanjeev Munshi;Guoji Wang;Timothy S Baker

  • Topologically Linked Protein Rings in the Bacteriophage HK97 Capsid

    William R. Wikoff;Lars Liljas;Lars Liljas;Robert L. Duda;Hiro Tsuruta

  • Development of cowpea mosaic virus as a high-yielding system for the presentation of foreign peptides.

    Claudine Porta;Valerie E. Spall;Jane Loveland;John E. Johnson

  • Icosahedral RNA virus structure.

    Michael G. Rossmann;John E. Johnson

  • Structure of southern bean mosaic virus at 2.8 A resolution.

    Celerino Abad-Zapatero;Sherin S. Abdel-Meguid;John E. Johnson;Andrew G. W. Leslie;Andrew G. W. Leslie

  • Icosahedral Virus Particles as Addressable Nanoscale Building Blocks

    Qian Wang;Tianwei Lin;Liang Tang;John E. Johnson

  • VIPERdb2: an enhanced and web API enabled relational database for structural virology.

    Mauricio Carrillo-Tripp;Craig M. Shepherd;Ian A. Borelli;Sangita Venkataraman

  • The Structure of an Infectious P22 Virion Shows the Signal for Headful DNA Packaging

    Gabriel C. Lander;Liang Tang;Sherwood R. Casjens;Eddie B. Gilcrease

  • Quasi-equivalent viruses: a paradigm for protein assemblies

    John E Johnson;Jeffrey A Speir

  • Ordered duplex RNA controls capsid architecture in an icosahedral animal virus.

    Andrew J. Fisher;Andrew J. Fisher;John E. Johnson

  • The refined crystal structure of cowpea mosaic virus at 2.8 A resolution.

    Tianwei Lin;Zhongguo Chen;Ramakrishnan Usha;Cynthia V. Stauffacher

  • Natural supramolecular building blocks. Wild-type cowpea mosaic virus.

    Qian Wang;Eiton Kaltgrad;Tianwei Lin;John E Johnson

  • The structure of a thermophilic archaeal virus shows a double-stranded DNA viral capsid type that spans all domains of life.

    George Rice;Liang Tang;Kenneth Stedman;Francisco Roberto

  • Hybrid virus-polymer materials. 1. Synthesis and properties of PEG-decorated cowpea mosaic virus.

    Krishnaswami S. Raja;Qian Wang;Maria José Gonzalez;Marianne Manchester

  • Protein-RNA interactions in an icosahedral virus at 3.0 A resolution

    Zhongguo Chen;Cynthia Stauffacher;Yunge Li;Tim Schmidt

  • Cowpea Mosaic Virus as a Scaffold for 3-D Patterning of Gold Nanoparticles

    Amy Szuchmacher Blum;Carissa M. Soto;Charmaine D. Wilson;John D. Cole

  • Expression of an animal virus antigenic site on the surface of a plant virus particle

    Ramakrishnan Usha;Jonathan B. Rohll;Valerie E. Spall;Michael Shanks

  • Natural Supramolecular Building Blocks: Cysteine-Added Mutants of Cowpea Mosaic Virus

    Qian Wang;Tianwei Lin;John E Johnson;M.G Finn

  • Virus Particle Explorer (VIPER), a Website for Virus Capsid Structures and Their Computational Analyses

    Vijay S. Reddy;Padmaja Natarajan;Brian Okerberg;Kevin Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger W. Hendrix
Roger W. Hendrix University of Pittsburgh
George P. Lomonossoff
George P. Lomonossoff Norwich Research Park
Michael G. Rossmann
Michael G. Rossmann Purdue University West Lafayette
Timothy S. Baker
Timothy S. Baker University of California, San Diego
David Veesler
David Veesler University of Washington
Mark J. Young
Mark J. Young Montana State University
James F. Conway
James F. Conway University of Pittsburgh
Peter E. Prevelige
Peter E. Prevelige University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mark Yeager
Mark Yeager University of Miami
Charles L. Brooks
Charles L. Brooks University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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