Alan Smith

699 total citations
19 papers, 579 citations indexed

About

Alan Smith is a scholar working on Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Smith has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 579 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Earth-Surface Processes, 7 papers in Atmospheric Science and 6 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Alan Smith's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (7 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (6 papers) and Coastal and Marine Dynamics (5 papers). Alan Smith is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (7 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (6 papers) and Coastal and Marine Dynamics (5 papers). Alan Smith collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and Australia. Alan Smith's co-authors include Thomas R. Mason, Alan R. Katritzky, Peter J. Ramsay, Andrew Cooper, Renzo Perissinotto, A. Marca-Bell, Andrew Green, Julian E. Andrews, Saumitra Misra and Peter Wilson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Structural Geology, Marine Geology and Journal of Sedimentary Research.

In The Last Decade

Alan Smith

18 papers receiving 525 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alan Smith South Africa 9 266 186 147 143 105 19 579
Pavel Kabanov Canada 15 192 0.7× 338 1.8× 94 0.6× 215 1.5× 110 1.0× 36 510
Ulderico Biffi Italy 9 329 1.2× 236 1.3× 122 0.8× 339 2.4× 144 1.4× 10 676
P. S. Giles Canada 17 342 1.3× 197 1.1× 157 1.1× 198 1.4× 79 0.8× 35 586
Nancy Chow Canada 15 152 0.6× 347 1.9× 156 1.1× 154 1.1× 136 1.3× 24 518
Mohamed El Tabakh United States 8 203 0.8× 224 1.2× 157 1.1× 205 1.4× 93 0.9× 8 496
Jacek Matyszkiewicz Poland 17 373 1.4× 351 1.9× 125 0.9× 117 0.8× 98 0.9× 41 564
Jana Hladı́ková Czechia 12 250 0.9× 271 1.5× 92 0.6× 188 1.3× 102 1.0× 29 553
Issa M. Makhlouf Jordan 11 112 0.4× 306 1.6× 179 1.2× 260 1.8× 140 1.3× 22 496
Nagayoshi Katsuta Japan 13 138 0.5× 180 1.0× 98 0.7× 207 1.4× 82 0.8× 44 516
Bernard J. Pierson Malaysia 9 122 0.5× 229 1.2× 140 1.0× 148 1.0× 139 1.3× 27 442

Countries citing papers authored by Alan Smith

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Smith

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Smith

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Cooper, Andrew, et al.. (2025). Marginal marine spring carbonates defining an emergent rocky shoreline at Cape Freycinet, Western Australia. Marine Geology. 481. 107496–107496.
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Cooper, Andrew, et al.. (2024). Reviews and syntheses: Tufa microbialites on rocky coasts – towards an integrated terminology. Biogeosciences. 21(21). 4785–4807. 2 indexed citations
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Cooper, Andrew, Alan Smith, Gavin M. Rishworth, et al.. (2022). Microbialites of modern siliciclastic rock coasts. Journal of Sedimentary Research. 92(7). 619–634. 5 indexed citations
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Smith, Alan, et al.. (2019). Wave influences in contemporary and Mesoarchaean stromatolites. Sedimentary Geology. 396. 105558–105558. 3 indexed citations
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Watkeys, M. K., et al.. (2019). Tectonic significance of the sedimentary and palaeocurrent record at the eastern edge of the Karoo Basin. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 158. 103543–103543. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Alan, et al.. (2018). The extant shore platform stromatolite (SPS) facies association: a glimpse into the Archean?. Biogeosciences. 15(7). 2189–2203. 14 indexed citations
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Wilson, Peter, Ángel Rodés, & Alan Smith. (2018). Valley glaciers persisted in the Lake District, north‐west England, until ∼16–15 ka as revealed by terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide (10Be) dating: a response to Heinrich event 1?. Journal of Quaternary Science. 33(5). 518–526. 9 indexed citations
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Smith, Alan, et al.. (2016). Apparent dynamic stability of the southeast African coast despite sea level rise. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 41(11). 1494–1503. 6 indexed citations
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Smith, Alan, et al.. (2014). Coastal dynamics on a soft coastline from serendipitous webcams: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 150. 76–85. 12 indexed citations
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Smith, Alan, et al.. (2014). Coastal management and mis-management: comparing successes and failures at two lagoon outlets in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Journal of Coastal Research. 70. 513–520. 3 indexed citations
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Smith, Alan, et al.. (2013). KwaZulu-Natal coastal erosion events of 2006/2007 and 2011: A predictive tool?. South African Journal of Science. 109(3/4). 4–4. 12 indexed citations
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Green, Andrew & Alan Smith. (2012). Can ancient shelf sand ridges be mistaken for Gilbert-type deltas? Examples from the Vryheid Formation, Ecca Group, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 76. 27–33. 8 indexed citations
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Smith, Alan, et al.. (2011). Rock pool tufa stromatolites on a modern South African wave‐cut platform: partial analogues for Archaean stromatolites?. Terra Nova. 23(6). 375–381. 31 indexed citations
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Ramsay, Peter J., Alan Smith, & Thomas R. Mason. (1996). Geostrophic sand ridge, dune fields and associated bedforms from the Northern KwaZulu‐Natal shelf, south‐east Africa. Sedimentology. 43(3). 407–419. 26 indexed citations
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Smith, Alan. (1991). Environmental geology, South Africa, and the South African Geological Survey. Environmental Geology. 18(1). 1–2. 2 indexed citations
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Smith, Alan. (1991). The Geology and Tectonics of the Oman Region. Journal of Structural Geology. 13(1). 121–121. 412 indexed citations
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Katritzky, Alan R., et al.. (1974). Carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of polymers. Part III. Determination of tacticity in monomer sequence distribution triads in styrene–methyl methacrylate copolymer. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 1547–1554. 18 indexed citations

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