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D-Index
64
Citations
13433
World Ranking
2946
National Ranking
1387

Karl M. Johnson publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

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

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 167 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Karl M. Johnson D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1945 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Karl M. Johnson was affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Their research activity covered several key areas within medical and biological sciences, including public health, environmental and occupational health, agronomy and crop science, and infectious diseases.

The scientist's main fields of study were Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on the subfields of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Infectious Diseases. Their research topics centered primarily on zoonotic diseases and public health, animal disease management and epidemiology, and viral infections and outbreaks.

Johnson authored research on pathogen discovery and emerging infectious diseases, notably contributing to the paper titled "Integrating Biodiversity Infrastructure into Pathogen Discovery and Mitigation of Emerging Infectious Diseases", published in 2020 in the journal BioScience. This work received 81 citations.

Frequent collaborators included Joseph A. Cook, Satoru Arai, Blas Armién, John M. Bates, and Carlos Carrión Bonilla. Johnson's publications appeared notably in BioScience, reflecting an interest in interdisciplinary biological topics relevant to infectious disease research.

  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research

  • Medicine
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Infectious Diseases

  • Integrating Biodiversity Infrastructure into Pathogen Discovery and Mitigation of Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020, BioScience

  • Joseph A. Cook
  • Satoru Arai
  • Blas Armién
  • John M. Bates
  • Carlos Carrión Bonilla

  • BioScience

Karl M. Johnson was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1945. The date indicates a longstanding career contributing to the scientific community in their research fields.

Best Publications

  • Isolation of the Etiologic Agent of Korean Hemorrhagic Fever

    Ho Wang Lee;Pyund Woo Lee;Karl M. Johnson

  • Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses as Biological Weapons: Medical and Public Health Management

    Luciana Borio;Thomas Inglesby;C. J. Peters;Alan L. Schmaljohn

  • Proposal for a revised taxonomy of the family Filoviridae: classification, names of taxa and viruses, and virus abbreviations.

    Jens H. Kuhn;Stephan Becker;Hideki Ebihara;Thomas W. Geisbert

  • Isolation of Hantaan Virus, the Etiologic Agent of Korean Hemorrhagic Fever, from Wild Urban Rats

    Ho Wang Lee;Luck Ju Baek;Karl M. Johnson

  • Respiratory syncytial virus. I. Virus recovery and other observations during 1960 outbreak of bronchiolitis, pneumonia, and minor respiratory diseases in children.

    R M Chanock;H W Kim;A J Vargosko;A Deleva

  • Isolation of an arenavirus closely related to Lassa virus from Mastomys natalensis in south-east Africa.

    Herta Wulff;Bruce M. McIntosh;Dale B. Hamner;Karl M. Johnson

  • Laboratory-Acquired Infections with Hantaan Virus, the Etiologic Agent of Korean Hemorrhagic Fever

    Ho Wang Lee;Karl M. Johnson

  • GEOGRAPHIC POTENTIAL FOR OUTBREAKS OF MARBURG HEMORRHAGIC FEVER

    A. Townsend Peterson;R. Ryan Lash;Darin S. Carroll;Karl M. Johnson

  • Case-control study of Mastomys natalensis and humans in Lassa virus-infected households in Sierra Leone.

    Richard A. Keenlyside;Joseph B. McCormick;Patricia A. Webb;Ethleen Smith

  • Natural reinfection of adults by respiratory syncytial virus. Possible relation to mild upper respiratory disease.

    Karl M. Johnson;Henry H. Bloom;Maurice A. Mufson;Robert M. Chanock

  • Virus nomenclature below the species level: a standardized nomenclature for natural variants of viruses assigned to the family Filoviridae.

    Jens H. Kuhn;Yiming Bao;Sina Bavari;Stephan Becker

  • Arenoviruses: Proposed Name for a Newly Defined Virus Group

    Wallace P. Rowe;Frederick A. Murphy;Gernot H. Bergold;Jordi Casals

  • Experimental Infection of Horses with Enzootic and Epizootic Strains of Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus

    Thomas E. Walton;Otto Alvarez;Ross M. Buckwalter;Karl M. Johnson

  • Potential Mammalian Filovirus Reservoirs

    A. Townsend Peterson;Darin S. Carroll;James N. Mills;Karl M. Johnson

  • A Search for Ebola Virus in Animals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon: Ecologic, Virologic, and Serologic Surveys, 1979–1980

    J G Breman;K M Johnson;G van der Groen;C B Robbins

  • Arenoviruses in Vero Cells: Ultrastructural Studies

    F. A. Murphy;P. A. Webb;K. M. Johnson;S. G. Whitfield

  • VIRUS ISOLATIONS FROM HUMAN CASES OF HEMORRHAGIC FEVER IN BOLIVIA.

    K. M. Johnson;N. H. Wiebenga;R. B. Mackenzie;M. L. Kuns

  • Respiratory disease in volunteers infected with Eaton agent: a preliminary report.

    R. M. Chanock;D. Rifkind;H. M. Kravetz;V. Knight

  • Ecologic studies of vesicular stomatitis virus. I. Prevalence of infection among animals and humans living in an area of endemic VSV activity.

    Robert B Tesh;Pauline H Peralta;Karl M. Johnson

  • Respiratory syncytial virus. IV. Correlation of virus shedding, serologic response, and illness in adult volunteers.

    K M Johnson;R M Chanock;D Rifkind;H M Kravetz

  • Respiratory syncytial virus. III. Production of illness and clinical observations in adult volunteers.

    Kravetz Hm;Knight;Chanock Rm;Morris Ja

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert M. Chanock
Robert M. Chanock National Institutes of Health
Joseph B. McCormick
Joseph B. McCormick The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Robert B. Tesh
Robert B. Tesh Yale University
Peter B. Jahrling
Peter B. Jahrling National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Clarence J. Peters
Clarence J. Peters The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Jens H. Kuhn
Jens H. Kuhn National Institutes of Health
Robert B. Couch
Robert B. Couch Baylor College of Medicine
Stuart T. Nichol
Stuart T. Nichol Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Gustavo Palacios
Gustavo Palacios Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Russell L. Regnery
Russell L. Regnery Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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