Johnston, S. F. (2020) Techno-Fixers: Origins and Implications of Technological Faith. McGill-Queens University Press: Montreal. ISBN 9780228001324

Johnston, S. F. (2018) Vaunting the independent amateur: Scientific American and the representation of lay scientists. Annals of Science, 75(2), pp. 97-119. (doi: 10.1080/00033790.2018.1460691) (PMID:29676218)

Johnston, S. F. (2017) Holograms: the story of a word and its cultural uses. Leonardo: Art Science and Technology, 50(5), pp. 493-499. (doi: 10.1162/LEON_a_01329)

Johnston, S. F. (2015) Capturing Enthusiasms: Scientific American and the Shaping of Amateur Scientists. In: British Society for the History of Science Annual Meeting, 2015, Swansea, UK, 02-05 Jul 2015, (Unpublished)

Johnston, S. F. (2015) Amateur Physics in America: Fostering Technical Enthusiasms, 1920-70. Invited seminar, Université de Paris Diderot (Paris 7), 10 Mar 2015. (Unpublished)

Johnston, S. F. (2014) The cultural landscape of three-dimensional imaging. In: Techniques and Principles in Three-Dimensional Imaging: An Introductory Approach. Series: Advances in multimedia and interactive technologies (AMIT) book series. IGI Global: Hershey, PA, pp. 212-232. ISBN 9781466649323 (doi: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4932-3)