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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1970 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Ronald C. Johnson is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Health Professions, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Psychology. They focus on a variety of subfields such as Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Atmospheric Science, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Speech and Hearing, and Transportation.

Their recent publications cover topics related to balance, gait, and falls prevention; sleep and related disorders; noise effects and management; urban transport and accessibility; children's physical and motor development; geology and paleoclimatology research; and tree-ring climate responses. Key research venues include Sleep Science, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, and The Holocene.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Ronald C. Johnson include:

  • Association between Self-reported Sleep Quality and Single-task Gait in Young Adults: A Study Using Machine Learning (2023, Sleep Science)
  • Association Between Self-Reported Sleep Quality And Gait In Young Adults: A Study Using Machine Learning (2022, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise)
  • Development of a landscape in NE Minnesota, from the Early Holocene to Forest-harvesting, Agriculture and Industry (2024, The Holocene)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Haikun Huang, Lap-Fai Yu, Erica C. Jansen, Rebecca Martin, and Ali Boolani. These co-authors have partnered on projects contributing to the diverse range of Johnson's interdisciplinary studies.

Ronald C. Johnson's work addresses several scientific topics:

  • Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Children's Physical and Motor Development
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Tree-ring climate responses

Publication venues where their work has appeared multiple times are:

  • Sleep Science
  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • The Holocene

Among awards, Ronald C. Johnson was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1970.

Best Publications

  • Cognitive Abilities: Use of Family Data as a Control to Assess Sex and Age Differences in Two Ethnic Groups:

    J. R. Wilson;J. C. De Fries;G. E. Mc Clearn;S. G. Vandenberg

  • Familial resemblance for specific cognitive abilities

    J. C. DeFries;R. C. Johnson;A. R. Kuse;G. E. McClearn

  • Prediction of major depression and dysthymia from CES-D scores among ethnic minority adolescents.

    Carol A. Prescott;John J. McARDLE;Earl S. Hishinuma;Ronald C. Johnson

  • Parent–offspring resemblance for specific cognitive abilities in two ethnic groups

    J. C. Defries;J. C. Defries;G. C. Ashton;G. C. Ashton;R. C. Johnson;R. C. Johnson;A. R. Kuse;A. R. Kuse

  • Cross-cultural assessment of altruism and its correlates

    Ronald C. Johnson;George P. Danko;Thomas J. Darvill;Stephen Bochner

  • Family resemblances in personality

    Frank M. Ahern;Ronald C. Johnson;James R. Wilson;Gerald E. McClearn

  • Near Identity of Cognitive Structure in Two Ethnic Groups

    J. C. DeFries;S. G. Vandenberg;G. E. McClearn;A. R. Kuse

  • Effects of ethanol: II. Behavioral sensitivity and acute behavioral tolerance.

    James R. Wilson;V. Gene Erwin;Gerald E. McClea;Robert Plomin

  • Guilt, shame, and adjustment in three cultures

    Ronald C. Johnson;George P. Danko;Yau Huang Huang;Jong Young Park

  • Galton's data a century later.

    Ronald C. Johnson;Gerald E. McClearn;Sylvia Yuen;Craig T. Nagoshi

  • Intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity as related to conscience, adjustment, and altruism

    Lai Ling Chau;Ronald C. Johnson;John K. Bowers;Thomas J. Darvill

  • Secular change in degree of assortative mating for ability

    Ronald C. Johnson;Frank Martin Ahern;Robert E. Cole

  • Family background, cognitive ability, and personality as predictors of educational and occupational attainment

    R. C. Johnson;C. T. Nagoshi;F. M. Ahern;J. R. Wilson

  • Psychometric properties of the state-trait anxiety inventory for Asian/Pacific-islander adolescents.

    Earl S. Hishinuma;Robin H. Miyamoto;Stephanie T. Nishimura;Linda B. Nahulu

  • A study of children's moral judgments.

    Ronald C. Johnson

  • Optimism and Perceived Control of Life Events as Related to Personality

    Thomas J. Darvill;Ronald C. Johnson

  • Ethnic variation in use and effects of alcohol

    J.R. Wilson;G.E. McClearn;R.C. Johnson

  • Generational differences in spouse similarity in educational attainment

    Frank M. Ahern;Ronald C. Johnson;Robert E. Cole

  • Sex-by-generation and ethnic group-by-generation interactions in the Hawaii family study of cognition.

    J C DeFries;R P Corley;R C Johnson;S G Vandenberg

  • Alcohol use and the flushing response in different racial-ethnic groups.

    S Y Schwitters;R C Johnson;G E McClearn;J R Wilson

  • A reply to Heath et al. On assortative mating for educational level.

    Ronald C. Johnson;Craig T. Nagoshi;Frank M. Ahern

Frequent Co-Authors

Craig T. Nagoshi
Craig T. Nagoshi The University of Texas at Arlington
Steven G. Vandenberg
Steven G. Vandenberg University of Colorado Boulder
John C. DeFries
John C. DeFries University of Colorado Boulder
John J. McArdle
John J. McArdle University of Southern California
Gerald E. McClearn
Gerald E. McClearn Pennsylvania State University
Carol A. Prescott
Carol A. Prescott University of Southern California
Robert Plomin
Robert Plomin King's College London
Robin P. Corley
Robin P. Corley University of Colorado Boulder

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