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Kenneth R. 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 Kenneth R. Johnson sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 126 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kenneth R. 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 Kenneth R. Johnson sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 59 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Kenneth R. Johnson was affiliated with The Jackson Laboratory in the United States. Their research spanned several interdisciplinary fields, primarily focusing on neuroscience, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work addressed both broad and specialized areas within these disciplines, such as sensory systems, molecular biology, and the endocrine and autonomic systems.

Johnson's scholarly contributions included studies on the regulation and function of ion channels as well as investigations into the neuroscience of respiration and sleep. Another key focus of their research was on auditory processes, specifically related to hearing, cochlea function, tinnitus, and genetics.

Their recent published work includes a paper titled "CACHD1-deficient mice exhibit hearing and balance deficits associated with a disruption of calcium homeostasis in the inner ear", published in 2021 in the journal Hearing Research. This paper explores the physiological consequences of calcium imbalance in the inner ear and its effects on hearing and balance mechanisms.

Frequent collaborators of Kenneth R. Johnson included Cong Tian, Jaclynn M. Lett, Robert Voss, Alec N. Salt, and Jared J. Hartsock. These co-authors contributed alongside Johnson to research outputs that often intersected with the fields mentioned above.

Their research was disseminated primarily through venues such as Hearing Research, which was the principal publication venue identified for their work. This focus aligns with their interest in the molecular and physiological underpinnings of sensory systems.

  • Main fields of study: Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Subfields of study: Sensory Systems, Molecular Biology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
  • Main topics of work: Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics; Ion channel regulation and function; Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Recent paper: CACHD1-deficient mice exhibit hearing and balance deficits associated with a disruption of calcium homeostasis in the inner ear (2021, Hearing Research)
  • Frequent co-authors: Cong Tian, Jaclynn M. Lett, Robert Voss, Alec N. Salt, Jared J. Hartsock
  • Frequent publication venues: Hearing Research

Best Publications

  • Pigmentation phenotypes of variant extension locus alleles result from point mutations that alter MSH receptor function

    Linda S. Robbins;Joseph H. Nadeau;Kenneth R. Johnson;Michele A. Kelly

  • Association of cadherin 23 with polygenic inheritance and genetic modification of sensorineural hearing loss

    Konrad Noben-Trauth;Qing Yin Zheng;Kenneth R Johnson

  • A major gene affecting age-related hearing loss in C57BL/6J mice.

    Kenneth R. Johnson;Lawrence C. Erway;Susan A. Cook;James F. Willott

  • Alternative processing of mRNAs encoding mammalian chromosomal high-mobility-group proteins HMG-I and HMG-Y.

    K R Johnson;D A Lehn;R Reeves

  • A Major Gene Affecting Age-Related Hearing Loss Is Common to at Least Ten Inbred Strains of Mice

    Kenneth R. Johnson;Qing Yin Zheng;Lawrence C. Erway

  • TMHS Is an Integral Component of the Mechanotransduction Machinery of Cochlear Hair Cells

    Wei Xiong;Nicolas Grillet;Heather M. Elledge;Thomas F.J. Wagner

  • Genetic background effects on age-related hearing loss associated with Cdh23 variants in mice

    Kelly L. Kane;Chantal M. Longo-Guess;Leona H. Gagnon;Dalian Ding

  • Scrambler, a new neurological mutation of the mouse with abnormalities of neuronal migration

    H. O. Sweet;R. T. Bronson;K. R. Johnson;S. A. Cook

  • Cloning and Functional Characterization of a Family of Receptors for the Melanotropic Peptides

    Roger D. Cone;Kathleen G. Mountjoy;Linda S. Robbins;Joseph H. Nadeau

  • Age-related hearing loss and the ahl locus in mice.

    Elizabeth M. Keithley;Cecilia Canto;Qing Yin Zheng;Nathan Fischel-Ghodsian

  • Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (nclf), a new disorder of the mouse linked to chromosome 9.

    Roderick T. Bronson;Leah Rae Donahue;Kenneth R. Johnson;Allison Tanner

  • Mapping and Characterization of a Novel Cochlear Gene in Human and in Mouse: A Positional Candidate Gene for a Deafness Disorder, DFNA9

    Nahid G. Robertson;Anne B. Skvorak;Anne B. Skvorak;Yi Yin;Yi Yin;Stanislawa Weremowicz;Stanislawa Weremowicz

  • Strain background effects and genetic modifiers of hearing in mice.

    Kenneth R. Johnson;Qing Yin Zheng;Konrad Noben-Trauth

  • A nuclear-mitochondrial DNA interaction affecting hearing impairment in mice.

    Kenneth R. Johnson;Qing Yin Zheng;Yelena Bykhovskaya;Olga Spirina

  • Digenic inheritance of deafness caused by mutations in genes encoding cadherin 23 and protocadherin 15 in mice and humans

    Qing Yin Zheng;Denise Yan;Xiao Mei Ouyang;Li Lin Du

  • Cu/Zn Superoxide Dismutase and Age-Related Hearing Loss

    Elizabeth M. Keithley;Elizabeth M. Keithley;Cecilia Canto;Cecilia Canto;Qing Yin Zheng;Xiaobo Wang;Xiaobo Wang

  • Mouse models of USH1C and DFNB18: phenotypic and molecular analyses of two new spontaneous mutations of the Ush1c gene

    Kenneth R. Johnson;Leona H. Gagnon;Lisa S. Webb;Luanne L. Peters

  • mdfw:A Deafness Susceptibility Locus That Interacts with Deaf Waddler (dfw)

    Konrad Noben-Trauth;Qing Yin Zheng;Kenneth R. Johnson;Patsy M. Nishina

  • Mutation of the novel gene Tmie results in sensory cell defects in the inner ear of spinner, a mouse model of human hearing loss DFNB6

    Kristina L. Mitchem;Ellen Hibbard;Lisa A. Beyer;Ken Bosom

  • The R109H variant of fascin-2, a developmentally regulated actin crosslinker in hair-cell stereocilia, underlies early-onset hearing loss of DBA/2J mice.

    Jung Bum Shin;Chantal M. Longo-Guess;Leona H. Gagnon;Katherine W. Saylor

Frequent Co-Authors

Muriel T. Davisson
Muriel T. Davisson University of California, Los Angeles
Roderick T. Bronson
Roderick T. Bronson Harvard University
Leah Rae Donahue
Leah Rae Donahue The Jackson Laboratory
Leonard D. Shultz
Leonard D. Shultz Jackson Laboratory
Bo Chang
Bo Chang University of California, Los Angeles
Richard Salvi
Richard Salvi University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Sherri M. Jones
Sherri M. Jones University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Larry L. David
Larry L. David Oregon Health & Science University
Yehoash Raphael
Yehoash Raphael University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Sally A. Camper
Sally A. Camper University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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