Alison G. Smith

19.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
214 papers, 13.6k citations indexed

About

Alison G. Smith is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alison G. Smith has authored 214 papers receiving a total of 13.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 127 papers in Molecular Biology, 61 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 46 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Alison G. Smith's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (67 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (55 papers) and Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders (42 papers). Alison G. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (67 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (55 papers) and Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders (42 papers). Alison G. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Alison G. Smith's co-authors include Martin J. Warren, Martin T. Croft, Christopher J. Howe, Stuart A. Scott, Elena Kazamia, Katherine E. Helliwell, Chris Abell, Matthew P. Davey, John S. Dennis and Andrew D. Lawrence and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Alison G. Smith

210 papers receiving 13.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Algae acquire vitamin B12 through a symbiotic relationship with bacteria

2005 1.1k citations Martin J. Warren, Alison G. Smith et al. profile →
Algae as nutritional and functional food sources: revisiting our understanding

2016 1.1k citations Katherine E. Helliwell, Alison G. Smith et al. profile →
Biodiesel from algae: challenges and prospects

2010 846 citations Matthew P. Davey, Christopher J. Howe et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alison G. Smith

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Comparison of lipid droplet extraction from cell wall-deficient Chlamydomonas reinhardtii with pulsed electric fields or osmotic shock 2025 ·Bioresource Technology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Fengzheng Gao, (unknown), Fabian Abiusi, Lorraine Archer, (unknown), Alison G. Smith, Michael H. Studer, Alexander Mathys	0
2	A new tool for engineering Phaeodactylum tricornutum : the METE promoter drives both high expression and B ₁₂ ‐tuneable regulation of transgenes 2025 ·The Plant Journal ·(unknown), Katrin Geisler, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Andre Holzer, Payam Mehrshahi, Alison G. Smith	1
3	Presence of vitamin B ₁₂ metabolism in the last common ancestor of land plants 2024 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Richard G. Dorrell, Charlotte Nef, (unknown), Chris Bowler, Alison G. Smith	2
4	Regulation of nucleus‐encoded trans‐acting factors allows orthogonal fine‐tuning of multiple transgenes in the chloroplast of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii 2024 ·Plant Biotechnology Journal ·Paweł M. Mordaka, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Katrin Geisler, Payam Mehrshahi, Alison G. Smith	1
5	Exploring the onset of B ₁₂ ‐based mutualisms using a recently evolved Chlamydomonas auxotroph and B ₁₂ ‐producing bacteria 2022 ·Environmental Microbiology ·(unknown), Evelyne Deery, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Martin J. Warren, Alison G. Smith	24
6	Responses of a Newly Evolved Auxotroph of Chlamydomonas to B ₁₂ Deprivation 2020 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·(unknown), Katherine E. Helliwell, Payam Mehrshahi, Matthew P. Davey, Deborah L. Salmon, Andre Holzer, Nicholas Smirnoff, Alison G. Smith	13
7	Bionic 3D printed corals 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Daniel Wangpraseurt, Shangting You, Farooq Azam, Gianni Jacucci, (unknown), Mark Hildebrand, Michael Kühl, Alison G. Smith, Matthew P. Davey, (unknown), Dimitri D. Deheyn, Shaochen Chen, Silvia Vignolini	106
8	Remote sensing reveals Antarctic green snow algae as important terrestrial carbon sink 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Andrew N. Gray, (unknown), Peter T. Fretwell, Peter Convey, Lloyd S. Peck, Monika Mendelová, Alison G. Smith, Matthew P. Davey	77
9	Genetic transformation of the dinoflagellate chloroplast 2019 ·eLife ·(unknown), Adrian C. Barbrook, Imen Lassadi, Jit Ern Chen, Katrin Geisler, Alison G. Smith, Manuel Aranda, Saul Purton, Ross F. Waller, R. Ellen R. Nisbet, Christopher J. Howe	23
10	Cross-exchange of B-vitamins underpins a mutualistic interaction between Ostreococcus tauri and Dinoroseobacter shibae 2018 ·The ISME Journal ·Matthew Cooper, Elena Kazamia, Katherine E. Helliwell, Ulrich Johan Kudahl, (unknown), Glen L. Wheeler, Alison G. Smith	99
11	Synthetic biology approaches for the production of plant metabolites in unicellular organisms 2017 ·Journal of Experimental Botany ·Tessa Moses, Payam Mehrshahi, Alison G. Smith, Alain Goossens	39
12	Hydrocarbons Are Essential for Optimal Cell Size, Division, and Growth of Cyanobacteria 2016 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·David J. Lea‐Smith, (unknown), Tchern Lenn, Dennis J. Nürnberg, (unknown), Matthew P. Davey, Lucia Parolini, Roland G. Huber, Charles A. R. Cotton, Giulia Mastroianni, Paolo Bombelli, Petra Ungerer, Tim J. Stevens, Alison G. Smith, Peter J. Bond, Conrad W. Mullineaux, Christopher J. Howe	46
13	Electrical output of bryophyte microbial fuel cell systems is sufficient to power a radio or an environmental sensor 2016 ·Royal Society Open Science ·Paolo Bombelli, Ross J. Dennis, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jessica Royles, Susan T.L. Harrison, Alison G. Smith, C. J. O. Harrison, Christopher J. Howe	40
14	NO-Mediated [Ca²⁺]_cyt Increases Depend on ADP-Ribosyl Cyclase Activity in Arabidopsis 2016 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·(unknown), Carlos Takeshi Hotta, Matthew P. Davey, Antony N. Dodd, Alison G. Smith, Alex Webb	28
15	Establishing Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as an industrial biotechnology host 2015 ·The Plant Journal ·Mark A. Scaife, (unknown), Juan José Ruiz Rico, (unknown), Katherine E. Helliwell, Alison G. Smith	151
16	Unraveling Vitamin B₁₂-Responsive Gene Regulation in Algae 2014 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Katherine E. Helliwell, Mark A. Scaife, Severin Sasso, Ana Paula Ulian de Araújo, Saul Purton, Alison G. Smith	51
17	Disruption of Two Defensive Signaling Pathways by a Viral RNA Silencing Suppressor 2010 ·Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions ·Mathew G. Lewsey, Alex M. Murphy, Dan MacLean, Neil Dalchau, Jack H. Westwood, (unknown), Mark H. Bennett, Michaël Moulin, David E. Hanke, Glen Powell, Alison G. Smith, John P. Carr	142
18	Tetrapyrrole profiling in Arabidopsis seedlings reveals that retrograde plastid nuclear signaling is not due to Mg-protoporphyrin IX accumulation 2008 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Michaël Moulin, Alex C. McCormac, Matthew J. Terry, Alison G. Smith	204
19	Re-emergence of Philadelphia chromosome positive clone in a patient with previous spontaneous remission of chronic myeloid leukemia. 1995 ·PubMed ·(unknown), Alison G. Smith	1
20	Porphobilinogen deaminase is encoded by a single gene in Arabidopsis thaliana and is targeted to the chloroplasts 1994 ·Plant Molecular Biology ·Saw Hoon Lim, Michael J. Witty, (unknown), (unknown), Alison G. Smith	21

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