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D-Index
123
Citations
50169
World Ranking
444
National Ranking
190

Keith P. Johnston publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Keith P. Johnston sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 544 publications — 91st percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Keith P. Johnston D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Keith P. Johnston sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 123 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • 2011 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For advances in science and technology of particles and colloids used in drug delivery, biomedical imaging/therapy, microelectronics, and energy applications.

Overview

Keith P. Johnston is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Engineering, with particular focus on several subfields including Ocean Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Molecular Biology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's body of work covers multiple main topics, notably:

  • Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
  • Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization
  • Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
  • Surfactants and Colloidal Systems
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Protein purification and stability
  • Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems

Publications by Keith P. Johnston have appeared frequently in a range of scientific journals and venues. These include:

  • Langmuir
  • Molecular Pharmaceutics
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Recent selected papers include:

  • Polyzwitterionic Hydrogels for Highly Efficient High Salinity Solar Desalination, 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Highly Elastic Interconnected Porous Hydrogels through Self-Assembled Templating for Solar Water Purification, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Molecular Engineering of Hydrogels for Rapid Water Disinfection and Sustainable Solar Vapor Generation, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • Biomimetically Assembled Sponge-Like Hydrogels for Efficient Solar Water Purification, 2023, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulations for Understanding the Impact of Short-Range Anisotropic Attractions on Structure and Viscosity of Concentrated Monoclonal Antibody Solutions, 2020, Molecular Pharmaceutics

Keith P. Johnston has collaborated with several frequent coauthors, including Guihua Yu, Chang Da, Neha Manohar, Thomas M. Truskett, and Shehab Alzobaidi.

Recognition in the field includes being named a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering in 2013. Additionally, they became a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2011 for contributions to science and technology related to particles and colloids used in various applications such as drug delivery, biomedical imaging and therapy, microelectronics, and energy.

Best Publications

  • Control of Thickness and Orientation of Solution-Grown Silicon Nanowires

    Justin D. Holmes;Keith P. Johnston;R. Christopher Doty;Brian A. Korgel

  • Water electrolysis on La(1-x)Sr(x)CoO(3-δ) perovskite electrocatalysts.

    J. Tyler Mefford;Xi Rong;Artem M. Abakumov;Artem M. Abakumov;William G. Hardin

  • Anion charge storage through oxygen intercalation in LaMnO3 perovskite pseudocapacitor electrodes

    J. Tyler Mefford;William G. Hardin;Sheng Dai;Keith P. Johnston

  • Water-in-carbon dioxide microemulsions : an environment for hydrophiles including proteins

    Keith P Johnston;K. L. Harrison;M. J. Clarke;S. M. Howdle

  • Modelling the solubility of solids in supercritical fluids with density as the independent variable

    Sanat K. Kumar;Keith P. Johnston

  • Nanoparticle engineering processes for enhancing the dissolution rates of poorly water soluble drugs.

    Jiahui Hu;Keith P. Johnston;Robert O. Williams

  • Polymeric materials formed by precipitation with a compressed fluid antisolvent

    David J. Dixon;Keith P. Johnston;Roland A. Bodmeier

  • Modification of supercritical fluid phase behavior using polar cosolvents

    J. M. Dobbs;J. M. Wong;R. J. Lahiere;Keith P Johnston

  • Solubility of homopolymers and copolymers in carbon dioxide

    M. L. O'Neill;Q. Cao;M. Fang;Keith P Johnston

  • Drug nanoparticles by antisolvent precipitation: mixing energy versus surfactant stabilization.

    Michal E. Matteucci;Margaret A. Hotze;Keith P. Johnston;Robert O. Williams

  • Supercritical Fluid Science and Technology

    Keith P. Johnston;Johannes M. L. Penninger

  • Solute partial molal volumes in supercritical fluids

    C. A. Eckert;D. H. Ziger;D. H. Ziger;K. P. Johnston;S. Kim

  • Photoacoustic imaging and temperature measurement for photothermal cancer therapy

    Jignesh Shah;Suhyun Park;Salavat R. Aglyamov;Timothy Larson

  • Light-emitting nanoparticles and method of making same

    Brian A. Korgel;Keith P. Johnston

  • Highly Active, Nonprecious Metal Perovskite Electrocatalysts for Bifunctional Metal-Air Battery Electrodes.

    William G. Hardin;Daniel A. Slanac;Xiqing Wang;Sheng Dai

  • Clustering in supercritical fluid mixtures

    Sunwook Kim;K. P. Johnston

  • Water-in-Carbon Dioxide Microemulsions with a Fluorocarbon-Hydrocarbon Hybrid Surfactant

    Kristi Harrison;Jacqueline Goveas;Keith P. Johnston;Edgar A. O'Rear

  • Molecular interactions in dilute supercritical fluid solutions

    Sunwook Kim;Keith P Johnston

  • Solubilities of hydrocarbon solids in supercritical fluids. The augmented van der Waals treatment

    Keith P. Johnston;David H. Ziger;Charles A. Eckert

  • Effect of Surfactants on the Interfacial Tension and Emulsion Formation between Water and Carbon Dioxide

    Sandro R. P. da Rocha;and Kristi L. Harrison;Keith P. Johnston

Frequent Co-Authors

Chun Huh
Chun Huh The University of Texas at Austin
Keith J. Stevenson
Keith J. Stevenson The University of Texas at Austin
Thomas M. Truskett
Thomas M. Truskett The University of Texas at Austin
Thomas E. Milner
Thomas E. Milner University of California, Irvine
Steven L. Bryant
Steven L. Bryant University of Calgary
Konstantin V Sokolov
Konstantin V Sokolov The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Brian A. Korgel
Brian A. Korgel The University of Texas at Austin
Peter J. Rossky
Peter J. Rossky Rice University
Stanislav Emelianov
Stanislav Emelianov Georgia Institute of Technology
George J. Hirasaki
George J. Hirasaki Rice University

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