Alison Smith

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Alison Smith is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Alison Smith has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Surgery, 6 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 3 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Alison Smith's work include Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (6 papers), Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (5 papers) and Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (4 papers). Alison Smith is often cited by papers focused on Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (6 papers), Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (5 papers) and Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (4 papers). Alison Smith collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Alison Smith's co-authors include Ashley Blom, Paul Dieppe, Kelly Vernon, Martyn Porter, Peter Howard, Michael Parry, Glynn Harrison, Stefan K. Arndt, Stephen J. Livesley and Vikki Wylde and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Alison Smith

25 papers receiving 982 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.

Failure rates of stemmed metal-on-metal hip replacements: analysis of data from the National Joint Registry of England and Wales

2012 409 citations Alison Smith, Paul Dieppe et al. The Lancet profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alison Smith United Kingdom	11	665	103	78	63	63	28	1.0k
David Warburton United States	20	285 0.4×	67 0.7×	19 0.2×	46 0.7×	33 0.5×	68	1.1k
Valerio Manno Italy	13	314 0.5×	93 0.9×	7 0.1×	59 0.9×	70 1.1×	42	817
Majid Valizadeh Iran	19	402 0.6×	117 1.1×	148 1.9×	125 2.0×	25 0.4×	124	1.1k
R. Meijer Netherlands	16	188 0.3×	121 1.2×	62 0.8×	246 3.9×	31 0.5×	40	1.0k
Matthew Hicks Canada	15	148 0.2×	84 0.8×	12 0.2×	10 0.2×	19 0.3×	58	803
Desheng Zhao China	19	110 0.2×	34 0.3×	8 0.1×	97 1.5×	34 0.5×	40	966
George P. Pappas United States	15	303 0.5×	113 1.1×	8 0.1×	54 0.9×	20 0.3×	31	881
Edith Guilley Switzerland	11	278 0.4×	44 0.4×	31 0.4×	31 0.5×	40 0.6×	33	688
Louise B. Weschler China	22	97 0.1×	40 0.4×	19 0.2×	51 0.8×	14 0.2×	41	1.7k
Jinyi Wu China	19	39 0.1×	81 0.8×	18 0.2×	34 0.5×	17 0.3×	70	875

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alison Smith

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Ragy, Omar, Durga Kanigicherla, Bethany Shinkins, et al.. (2025). PLA2R autoantibodies, a multifaceted biomarker in nephrotic syndrome and membranous nephropathy. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 40(8). 1458–1469. 1 indexed citations

Tang, Bin, Shengzhi Du, & Alison Smith. (2025). A Review on AI Miniaturization: Trends and Challenges. Applied Sciences. 15(20). 10958–10958.

Skelton, Emily, Daniel Cromb, Alison Smith, et al.. (2024). The influence of antenatal imaging on prenatal bonding in uncomplicated pregnancies: a mixed methods analysis. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 24(1). 265–265. 1 indexed citations

Ragy, Omar, et al.. (2023). Can use of the serum anti-PLA2R antibody negate the need for a renal biopsy in primary membranous nephropathy?. PLoS ONE. 18(2). e0281726–e0281726. 8 indexed citations

Skelton, Emily, Daniel Cromb, Alison Smith, et al.. (2023). “It's not just the medical aspects that are important”: A qualitative exploration of first-time parents' experiences of antenatal imaging and their influence on parent-fetal bonding. Radiography. 30(1). 288–295.

Skelton, Emily, Alison Smith, Gill Harrison, et al.. (2023). “It has been the most difficult time in my career”: A qualitative exploration of UK obstetric sonographers’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Radiography. 29(3). 582–589. 6 indexed citations

Skelton, Emily, Alison Smith, Gill Harrison, et al.. (2023). The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on UK parent experiences of pregnancy ultrasound scans and parent-fetal bonding: A mixed methods analysis. PLoS ONE. 18(6). e0286578–e0286578. 4 indexed citations

Palmer, Christina G.S., Elisabeth M. Bik, Juan Pablo Cárdenas, et al.. (2018). Self-Sampling for Human Papillomavirus Testing: Increased Cervical Cancer Screening Participation and Incorporation in International Screening Programs. Frontiers in Public Health. 6. 77–77. 102 indexed citations

Smith, Alison, Rachel Phillips, Paul Walters, et al.. (2014). UPBEAT study patients’ perceptions of the effect of coronary heart disease on their lives: A cross-sectional sub-study. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 51(11). 1500–1506. 6 indexed citations

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Smith, Alison, Paul Dieppe, Peter Howard, & Ashley Blom. (2012). Failure rates of metal-on-metal hip resurfacings: analysis of data from the National Joint Registry for England and Wales. The Lancet. 380(9855). 1759–1766. 205 indexed citations

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Smith, Alison, Paul Dieppe, Kelly Vernon, Martyn Porter, & Ashley Blom. (2012). Failure rates of stemmed metal-on-metal hip replacements: analysis of data from the National Joint Registry of England and Wales. The Lancet. 379(9822). 1199–1204. 409 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thompson, Alice, et al.. (2011). Anti-embolism stockings and proximal indentation. British Journal of Nursing. 20(22). 1426–1430. 3 indexed citations

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Gould, Virginia C., Vikki Wylde, Alison Smith, & Ashley Blom. (2011). Patient-reported history of leg ulceration 12–16 years after total primary knee or hip replacement. Acta Orthopaedica. 82(4). 471–474. 2 indexed citations

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Tylee, André, Mark Ashworth, Elizabeth Barley, et al.. (2011). Up-Beat UK: A programme of research into the relationship between coronary heart disease and depression in primary care patients. BMC Family Practice. 12(1). 38–38. 23 indexed citations

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Wylde, Vikki, Rachael Gooberman‐Hill, Jeremy Horwood, et al.. (2011). The effect of local anaesthetic wound infiltration on chronic pain after lower limb joint replacement: A protocol for a double-blind randomised controlled trial. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 12(1). 53–53. 23 indexed citations

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Parry, Michael, Alison Smith, & Ashley Blom. (2011). Early Death Following Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 93(10). 948–953. 46 indexed citations

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Smith, Alison, et al.. (2003). A randomized, double-blind trial of pre-emptive local anesthesia in day-case knee arthroscopy. Arthroscopy The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery. 19(1). 50–53. 14 indexed citations

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Smith, Alison, et al.. (2001). Blood pressure measurement in volunteers with and without padding between the cuff and the skin. Anaesthesia. 56(9). 847–849. 4 indexed citations

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Smith, Alison, et al.. (2001). Performance of standard and reservoir-type Hudson masks in pregnant and non-pregnant subjects. International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia. 10(4). 284–288. 6 indexed citations

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Smith, Alison. (1986). Knowledge engineering and computer modelling in CAD : proceedings of CAD86, the seventh International Conference on the Computer as a Design Tool, London, 2 - 5 September 1986, organized by the journal Computer-Aided Design. Butterworths eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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