2026 Kenneth A. Johnson: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	87	2831	2607	1454	1311	347	27124

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Biology and Biochemistry

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2607

1454

1311

347

27124

Biology and Biochemistry

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Citations

27124

World Ranking

2831

National Ranking

1454

Research.com Recognitions

2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1974 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)
1971 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Kenneth A. Johnson is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also in Medicine.

Their main subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Genetics, Ecology, and Materials Chemistry. The scientist's work focuses on key topics such as:

RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
DNA Repair Mechanisms
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Recent publications by Kenneth A. Johnson highlight research in structural biology, enzyme mechanisms, and viral replication:

Structural basis for mismatch surveillance by CRISPR-Cas9, 2022, Nature
Remdesivir is a delayed translocation inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 replication, 2021, Molecular Cell
Engineered CRISPR/Cas9 enzymes improve discrimination by slowing DNA cleavage to allow release of off-target DNA, 2020, Nature Communications
Remdesivir Is Effective in Combating COVID-19 because It Is a Better Substrate than ATP for the Viral RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase, 2020, iScience
Visible Light Mediated Bidirectional Control over Carbonic Anhydrase Activity in Cells and in Vivo Using Azobenzenesulfonamides, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Kenneth A. Johnson has frequently published in several scientific journals, including:

Journal of Biological Chemistry
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Communications
Nucleic Acids Research
Nature

Collaborations are an important part of their career, with frequent coauthors including Tyler L. Dangerfield, David W. Taylor, Jack P. K. Bravo, Nathan Huang, and Serdal Kırmızıaltın.

Throughout their career, Kenneth A. Johnson has received multiple fellowships, such as:

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2006
Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 1974
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1971

Best Publications

The Original Michaelis Constant: Translation of the 1913 Michaelis–Menten Paper

Kenneth A. Johnson;Roger S. Goody

1671
Citations
Conformational Coupling in DNA Polymerase Fidelity

Kenneth A. Johnson

739
Citations
Mechanism and fidelity of HIV reverse transcriptase.

W. M. Kati;Kenneth Johnson;L. F. Jerva;K. S. Anderson

733
Citations
Pre-steady-state kinetic analysis of processive DNA replication including complete characterization of an exonuclease-deficient mutant.

Smita S. Patel;Isaac Wong;Kenneth A. Johnson

726
Citations
Mechanism of inhibition of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase by nonnucleoside inhibitors

Rebecca A. Spence;Warren M. Kati;Karen S. Anderson;Kenneth A. Johnson

697
Citations
Construction and evaluation of the kinetic scheme associated with dihydrofolate reductase from Escherichia coli.

Carol A. Fierke;Kenneth A. Johnson;Stephen J. Benkovic

642
Citations
Global Kinetic Explorer: A new computer program for dynamic simulation and fitting of kinetic data

Kenneth A. Johnson;Zachary B. Simpson;Thomas Blom

631
Citations
An induced-fit kinetic mechanism for DNA replication fidelity: direct measurement by single-turnover kinetics.

Isaac Wong;Smita S. Patel;Kenneth A. Johnson

549
Citations
PURIFICATION OF TUBULIN AND ASSOCIATED HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT PROTEINS FROM PORCINE BRAIN AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY IN VITRO

G. G. Borisy;J. M. Marcum;J. B. Olmsted;D. B. Murphy

497
Citations
Kinetic Mechanism of DNA Polymerase I (Klenow)

R. D. Kuchta;V. Mizrahi;P. A. Benkovic;K. A. Johnson

496
Citations
1 Transient-State Kinetic Analysis of Enzyme Reaction Pathways

Kenneth A. Johnson

475
Citations
Toxicity of Antiviral Nucleoside Analogs and the Human Mitochondrial DNA Polymerase

Allison A. Johnson;Adrian S. Ray;Jeremiah W. Hanes;Zucai Suo

471
Citations
FitSpace explorer: an algorithm to evaluate multidimensional parameter space in fitting kinetic data.

Kenneth A. Johnson;Zachary B. Simpson;Thomas Blom

370
Citations
Pathway of processive ATP hydrolysis by kinesin

Susan P. Gilbert;Martin R. Webb;Martin Brune;Kenneth A. Johnson

349
Citations
Kinetic analysis of microtubule self-assembly in vitro

Kenneth A. Johnson;Gary G. Borisy

319
Citations
Structure of the DNA repair helicase XPD.

Huanting Liu;Jana Rudolf;Kenneth A. Johnson;Stephen A. McMahon

306
Citations
A New Paradigm for DNA Polymerase Specificity

Yu-Chih Tsai;Kenneth A. Johnson

300
Citations
The crystal structure of polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein (PGIP), a leucine-rich repeat protein involved in plant defense.

A. Di Matteo;L. Federici;B. Mattei;G. Salvi

294
Citations
Rapid quench kinetic analysis of polymerases, adenosinetriphosphatases, and enzyme intermediates

Kenneth A. Johnson

275
Citations
Role of tubulin-associated proteins in microtubule nucleation and elongation.

Douglas B. Murphy;Kenneth A. Johnson;Gary G. Borisy

275
Citations