2026 Kevin P. Johnson: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	61	2236	2145	801	756	258	10518

Overview

Kevin P. Johnson is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within the biological sciences, with a particular focus on parasitology, insect science, and genetics. The scientist has contributed extensively to the fields of agricultural and biological sciences, immunology and microbiology, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their work often centers on topics such as bird parasitology and diseases, vector-borne infectious diseases, genetic diversity and population structure, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, parasite biology and host interactions, plant and animal studies, and genomics and phylogenetic studies.

Kevin P. Johnson has frequently published in a variety of scientific venues. Some of the most prominent include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Systematic Entomology
Insect Systematics and Diversity
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Recent significant publications by Kevin P. Johnson include:

"Phylogenomics of the North American Plecoptera," 2020, Systematic Entomology
"A New Family of Stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera), Kathroperlidae, fam. n., with a Phylogenomic Analysis of the Paraperlinae (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae)," 2021, Insect Systematics and Diversity
"Mitochondrial genomes of Columbicola feather lice are highly fragmented, indicating repeated evolution of minicircle-type genomes in parasitic lice," 2020, PeerJ
"The assembled and annotated genome of the pigeon louse Columbicola columbae, a model ectoparasite," 2021, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
"Structure, gene order, and nucleotide composition of mitochondrial genomes in parasitic lice from Amblycera," 2020, Gene

Kevin P. Johnson collaborates regularly with a group of frequent coauthors. These collaborators include Jorge Doña, Andrew D. Sweet, Stephany Virrueta Herrera, Julie M. Allen, and Sarah E. Bush. Their joint contributions have supported research in parasitology and insect systematics among other fields.

Best Publications

The chewing lice: world checklist and biological overview.

Roger D. Price;Ronald A. Hellenthal;Ricardo L. Palma;Kevin P. Johnson

590
Citations
Phylogenomics and the evolution of hemipteroid insects.

Kevin P. Johnson;Christopher H. Dietrich;Frank Friedrich;Rolf G. Beutel

390
Citations
Comparing Molecular Evolution in Two Mitochondrial Protein Coding Genes (Cytochromeband ND2) in the Dabbling Ducks (Tribe: Anatini)☆

Kevin P Johnson;Michael D Sorenson

298
Citations
Phylogeny and biogeography of dabbling ducks (genus: Anas): a comparison of molecular and morphological evidence

Kevin P. Johnson;Michael D. Sorenson

269
Citations
When do parasites fail to speciate in response to host speciation

Kevin P. Johnson;Richard J. Adams;Roderic D. M. Page;Dale H. Clayton

208
Citations
Multiple origins of parasitism in lice

Kevin P. Johnson;Kazunori Yoshizawa;Kazunori Yoshizawa;Vincent Stuart Smith

201
Citations
The population genetics of host specificity: genetic differentiation in dove lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera).

Kevin Paul Johnson;Barry L. Williams;Devin M. Drown;Richard J. Adams

196
Citations
Nuclear and mitochondrial genes contain similar phylogenetic signal for pigeons and doves (Aves: Columbiformes).

Kevin P. Johnson;Dale H. Clayton

193
Citations
Mitochondrial and Nuclear DNA Sequences Support a Cretaceous Origin of Columbiformes and a Dispersal-Driven Radiation in the Paleogene

Sergio L. Pereira;Kevin P. Johnson;Dale H. Clayton;Allan J. Baker;Allan J. Baker

172
Citations
The mitochondrial genome of the screamer louse Bothriometopus (phthiraptera: ischnocera): effects of extensive gene rearrangements on the evolution of the genome.

Stephen L. Cameron;Stephen L. Cameron;Kevin P. Johnson;Michael F. Whiting

171
Citations
Genetic and phylogenetic consequences of island biogeography.

Kevin P. Johnson;Frederick R. Adler;Joshua L. Cherry

167
Citations
NEW WORLD NINE-PRIMARIED OSCINE RELATIONSHIPS: CONSTRUCTING A MITOCHONDRIAL DNA FRAMEWORK

John Klicka;Kevin P. Johnson;Scott M. Lanyon

166
Citations
Phylogenetic Analysis of Partial Sequences of Elongation Factor 1α Identifies Major Groups of Lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera)

Robert H. Cruickshank;Kevin P. Johnson;Vincent Stuart Smith;Richard J. Adams

160
Citations
Host defense reinforces host-parasite cospeciation

Dale H. Clayton;Sarah E. Bush;Brad M. Goates;Kevin P. Johnson

154
Citations
Anchored Hybrid Enrichment-Based Phylogenomics of Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Membracoidea)

Christopher H Dietrich;Julie M Allen;Alan R Lemmon;Emily Moriarty Lemmon

153
Citations
Linking coevolutionary history to ecological process: doves and lice.

Dale H. Clayton;Kevin Paul Johnson

144
Citations
Ecology of congruence: past meets present.

Dale H. Clayton;Sarah E. Bush;Kevin P. Johnson

142
Citations
Mitochondrial genome deletions and minicircles are common in lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera).

Stephen L. Cameron;Stephen L. Cameron;Kazunori Yoshizawa;Atsushi Mizukoshi;Michael F. Whiting

140
Citations
Phylogenetic position of Phthiraptera (Insecta: Paraneoptera) and elevated rate of evolution in mitochondrial 12S and 16S rDNA

Kazunori Yoshizawa;Kevin P Johnson

124
Citations
The biology, ecology, and evolution of chewing lice

Roger D. Price;Ronald A. Hellenthal;Ricardo L. Palma;Kevin P. Johnson

123
Citations
Molecular systematics of the grackles and allies, and the effect of additional sequence (CYT B and ND2)

Kevin P. Johnson;Kevin P. Johnson;Scott M. Lanyon

120
Citations
The phylogeny of the louse genus Brueelia does not reflect host phylogeny

Kevin P. Johnson;Richard J. Adams;Dale H. Clayton

120
Citations
Multiple cophylogenetic analyses reveal frequent cospeciation between pelecaniform birds and Pectinopygus lice

Joseph Hughes;Martyn Kennedy;Kevin P. Johnson;Ricardo L. Palma

120
Citations
Coevolution of Life on Hosts: Integrating Ecology and History

Dale H. Clayton;Sarah Elizabeth Bush;Kevin P. Johnson

119
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Dale H. Clayton University of Utah

Jason D. Weckstein Drexel University

Sarah E. Bush University of Utah

Kazunori Yoshizawa Hokkaido University

Stephen L. Cameron Purdue University West Lafayette

Roderic D. M. Page University of Glasgow

Michael D. Sorenson Boston University

Scott M. Lanyon University of Minnesota

Tandy Warnow University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Mark Yandell University of Utah

External Links

Personal website of Kevin P. Johnson

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