Alison Smith

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Alison Smith is a scholar working on Plant Science, Genetics and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alison Smith has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Plant Science, 38 papers in Genetics and 21 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Alison Smith's work include Genetics and Plant Breeding (41 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (26 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (20 papers). Alison Smith is often cited by papers focused on Genetics and Plant Breeding (41 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (26 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (20 papers). Alison Smith collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and New Zealand. Alison Smith's co-authors include B. R. Cullis, R. Thompson, Neil Coombes, A. Gilmour, Wallace A. Cowling, S.K. Walker, R.F. Seamark, Haydn Kuchel, Beverley J. Gogel and Alison Kelly and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Biochemical Journal and Biometrics.

In The Last Decade

Alison Smith

77 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

On the design of early generation variety trials with correlated data

2006 641 citations B. R. Cullis, Alison Smith et al. Journal of Agricultural Biological and Environmental Statistics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alison Smith Australia	31	3.1k	1.8k	909	282	228	79	3.9k
Alessandro Dal’Cól Lúcio Brazil	22	2.3k 0.7×	346 0.2×	477 0.5×	101 0.4×	211 0.9×	210	2.7k
Juan Burgueño Mexico	39	6.4k 2.1×	4.8k 2.7×	748 0.8×	47 0.2×	42 0.2×	142	7.3k
Rong‐Cai Yang Canada	29	2.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	512 0.6×	27 0.1×	17 0.1×	123	2.7k
Roland Vencovsky Brazil	27	2.1k 0.7×	936 0.5×	306 0.3×	15 0.1×	123 0.5×	157	2.9k
Jens Möhring Germany	27	2.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	582 0.6×	119 0.4×	27 0.1×	65	3.1k
E. A. Hunter United Kingdom	22	341 0.1×	413 0.2×	438 0.5×	81 0.3×	77 0.3×	70	1.6k
P. Stephen Baenziger United States	45	6.2k 2.0×	1.6k 0.9×	1.5k 1.7×	28 0.1×	36 0.2×	219	6.9k
Stéphan Weise Germany	30	2.2k 0.7×	224 0.1×	1.2k 1.3×	8 0.0×	202 0.9×	106	3.2k
Manjit S. Kang United States	34	5.0k 1.6×	1.7k 1.0×	1.2k 1.3×	30 0.1×	25 0.1×	131	5.4k
Paolo Annicchiarico Italy	38	3.9k 1.3×	1.0k 0.6×	1.6k 1.8×	16 0.1×	334 1.5×	166	4.8k

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Smith, Alison, et al.. (2021). Plant Variety Selection Using Interaction Classes Derived From Factor Analytic Linear Mixed Models: Models With Independent Variety Effects. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 737462–737462. 26 indexed citations

Ferrante, Ariel, B. R. Cullis, Alison Smith, & Jason A. Able. (2021). A Multi-Environment Trial Analysis of Frost Susceptibility in Wheat and Barley Under Australian Frost-Prone Field Conditions. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 722637–722637. 12 indexed citations

Edwards, James, et al.. (2021). Genetic analysis of wheat (Triticum aestivum) adaptation to heat stress. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 134(5). 1387–1407. 12 indexed citations

Kadkol, Gururaj, Alison Smith, B. R. Cullis, & Karine Chenu. (2020). Variation in Australian durum wheat germplasm for productivity traits under irrigated and rainfed conditions: genotype performance for agronomic traits and benchmarking. The Journal of Agricultural Science. 158(6). 479–495. 5 indexed citations

Cullis, B. R., et al.. (2020). The Design of Early-Stage Plant Breeding Trials Using Genetic Relatedness. Journal of Agricultural Biological and Environmental Statistics. 25(4). 553–578. 29 indexed citations

Mathews, Ky L., et al.. (2019). Genomic selection in multi‐environment plant breeding trials using a factor analytic linear mixed model. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics. 136(4). 279–300. 32 indexed citations

Cullis, B. R., et al.. (2014). Factor analytic and reduced animal models for the investigation of additive genotype-by-environment interaction in outcrossing plant species with application to a Pinus radiata breeding programme. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 127(10). 2193–2210. 70 indexed citations

Smith, Alison, et al.. (2014). Factor analytic mixed models for the provision of grower information from national crop variety testing programs. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 128(1). 55–72. 128 indexed citations

Nelson, Matthew N., R. Ravikesavan, Alison Smith, et al.. (2014). Quantitative Trait Loci for Thermal Time to Flowering and Photoperiod Responsiveness Discovered in Summer Annual-Type Brassica napus L. PLoS ONE. 9(7). e102611–e102611. 50 indexed citations

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Diffey, Simon, A. H. Welsh, Alison Smith, & B. R. Cullis. (2013). A faster and computationally more efficient REML (PX)EM algorithm for linear mixed models. Research Online (University of Wollongong). 2 indexed citations

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Kelly, Alison, Alison Smith, J. A. Eccleston, & B. R. Cullis. (2007). The Accuracy of Varietal Selection Using Factor Analytic Models for Multi‐Environment Plant Breeding Trials. Crop Science. 47(3). 1063–1070. 151 indexed citations

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Cullis, B. R., Alison Smith, & Neil Coombes. (2006). On the design of early generation variety trials with correlated data. Journal of Agricultural Biological and Environmental Statistics. 11(4). 381–393. 641 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sanford, Paul, R. D. B. Whalley, D. L. Garden, et al.. (2005). Identification of superior native and introduced grasses for low-input pastures in temperate Australia. The Rangeland Journal. 27(1). 55–71. 18 indexed citations

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Raman, Rosy, et al.. (2005). Genetic and in silico comparative mapping of the polyphenol oxidase gene in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Functional & Integrative Genomics. 5(4). 185–200. 64 indexed citations

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Smith, Marie F. & Alison Smith. (1992). The success of the AMMI model in predicting lucerne yields for cultivars with differing dormancy characteristics. South African Journal of Plant and Soil. 9(4). 180–185. 7 indexed citations

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Walker, S.K., Alison Smith, B. Godfrey, & R.F. Seamark. (1989). Time of ovulation in the South Australian Merino ewe following synchronization of estrus. 1. Variation within and between flocks. Theriogenology. 31(3). 545–553. 37 indexed citations

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Kleemann, David O., et al.. (1989). Uterine presensitization and embryo survival and growth in Booroola Merino × South Australian Merino ewes. Theriogenology. 31(6). 1183–1190. 1 indexed citations

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Walker, S.K., et al.. (1989). The use of synthetic gonadotropin releasing hormone treatment in the collection of sheep embryos. Theriogenology. 31(4). 741–752. 42 indexed citations

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Walker, S.K., Alison Smith, R.F. Seamark, & B. Godfrey. (1987). Variation in the timing of multiple ovulations following gonadotropin releasing hormone treatment and its relevance to collecting pronuclear embryos of sheep. Theriogenology. 28(2). 129–137. 3 indexed citations

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Walker, S.K., Alison Smith, & R.F. Seamark. (1986). Timing of multiple ovulations in the ewe after treatment with FSH or PMSG with and without GnRH. Reproduction. 77(1). 135–142. 51 indexed citations

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