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Stephen Albert Johnston

Stephen Albert Johnston

Arizona State University
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
76
Citations
22092
World Ranking
5016
National Ranking
2407

Stephen Albert Johnston 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 Stephen Albert Johnston sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 295 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stephen Albert Johnston 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 Stephen Albert Johnston sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors

Overview

Stephen Albert Johnston is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research intersects key areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions also made in medicine and immunology and microbiology.

The scientist's main fields of study encompass:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology

They have specialized further in subfields including:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Immunology
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Genetics
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

The core research topics covered include a broad and interconnected range of subjects:

  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Vaccines and Immunoinformatics Approaches
  • Advanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications
  • Veterinary Oncology Research
  • Virus-based Gene Therapy Research
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery

Recent publications demonstrate ongoing contributions to diverse biomedical fields. Noteworthy papers include:

  • Implications of new understandings of gliomas in children and adults with NF1: report of a consensus conference (2020), Neuro-Oncology
  • Comparison of personal and shared frameshift neoantigen vaccines in a mouse mammary cancer model (2020), BMC Immunology
  • Predicting response and toxicity to immune checkpoint inhibitors in lung cancer using antibodies to frameshift neoantigens (2023), Journal of Translational Medicine
  • Design of a randomized, placebo-controlled study evaluating efficacy and safety of a cancer preventative vaccine in dogs (2023), Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology
  • Antibody characterization using immunosignatures (2020), PLoS ONE

They frequently publish in venues such as:

  • Research Square
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Neuro-Oncology
  • Journal of Translational Medicine
  • Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Luhui Shen
  • Justin R. Brown
  • Kathryn Sykes
  • John C. Lainson
  • Sierra Nicole Murphy

Stephen Albert Johnston received the distinction of Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2017, reflecting recognition within the innovation community.

Best Publications

  • Genetic immunization is a simple method for eliciting an immune response.

    De Chu Tang;Michael Devit;Stephen A. Johnston

  • Gene transfer in Cryptococcus neoformans by use of biolistic delivery of DNA.

    D L Toffaletti;T H Rude;S A Johnston;D T Durack

  • Introduction of foreign genes into tissues of living mice by DNA-coated microprojectiles.

    R S Williams;S A Johnston;M Riedy;M J DeVit

  • The temporal expression profile of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in mice

    Adel M. Talaat;Rick Lyons;Susan T. Howard;Susan T. Howard;Stephen Albert Johnston

  • Interaction of thyroid-hormone receptor with a conserved transcriptional mediator.

    Jae Woon Lee;Fergus Ryan;Jonathan C. Swaffield;Stephen A. Johnston

  • Toward cell–targeting gene therapy vectors: Selection of cell–binding peptides from random peptide–presenting phage libraries

    Michael A. Barry;William J. Dower;Stephen Albert Johnston

  • Recruitment of a 19S Proteasome Subcomplex to an Activated Promoter

    Fernando Gonzalez;Agnes Delahodde;Thomas Kodadek;Stephen Albert Johnston

  • Mitochondrial transformation in yeast by bombardment with microprojectiles

    Stephen A. Johnston;Paul Q. Anziano;Kathy Shark;John C. Sanford

  • Protection against mycoplasma infection using expression-library immunization

    Michael A. Barry;Wayne C. Lai;Stephen Albert Johnston

  • ORF-FINDER: a vector for high-throughput gene identification.

    Irene T Rombel;Kathryn F Sykes;Simon Rayner;Stephen Albert Johnston

  • Ecologically Based Approaches to Management of Phytophthora Blight on Bell Pepper

    Jean Beagle Ristaino;Stephen A. Johnston

  • The 19S Regulatory Particle of the Proteasome Is Required for Efficient Transcription Elongation by RNA Polymerase II

    Anwarul Ferdous;Fernando Gonzalez;Liping Sun;Thomas Kodadek

  • Biological features of genetic immunization.

    Michael A. Barry;Stephen Albert Johnston

  • GuiTope: an application for mapping random-sequence peptides to protein sequences.

    Rebecca F Halperin;Phillip Stafford;Jack S Emery;Krupa Arun Navalkar

  • Interaction of positive and negative regulatory proteins in the galactose regulon of yeast

    Stephen A. Johnston;John M. Salmeron;Sandra S. Dincher

  • Biolistic nuclear transformation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and other fungi.

    Daniele Armaleo;Guang Ning Ye;Theodore M. Klein;Katherine B. Shark

  • Alterations in a yeast protein resembling HIV Tat-binding protein relieve requirement for an acidic activation domain in GAL4.

    Jonathan C. Swaffield;Jacqueline F. Bromberg;Jacqueline F. Bromberg;Stephen A. Johnston

  • Genome-directed primers for selective labeling of bacterial transcripts for DNA microarray analysis.

    Adel M. Talaat;Preston Hunter;Stephen Albert Johnston

  • The 19S regulatory complex of the proteasome functions independently of proteolysis in nucleotide excision repair.

    Steven Jon Russell;Simon H Reed;Wenya Huang;Errol C Friedberg

  • Efficient gene delivery to pancreatic islets with ultrasonic microbubble destruction technology

    Shuyuan Chen;Jia Huan Ding;Raffi Bekeredjian;Bing Zhi Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Kodadek
Thomas Kodadek Scripps Research Institute
Michael A. Barry
Michael A. Barry Mayo Clinic
Neal W. Woodbury
Neal W. Woodbury Arizona State University
Leemor Joshua-Tor
Leemor Joshua-Tor Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Akira Takashima
Akira Takashima University of Toledo
Karsten Melcher
Karsten Melcher Van Andel Institute
Christopher B. Newgard
Christopher B. Newgard Duke University
George M. Smith
George M. Smith Temple University
John N. Galgiani
John N. Galgiani University of Arizona
Nadia Harbeck
Nadia Harbeck Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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