Alister Smith

1.4k total citations
42 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Alister Smith is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Civil and Structural Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Alister Smith has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 23 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 21 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Alister Smith's work include Landslides and related hazards (25 papers), Rock Mechanics and Modeling (18 papers) and Geophysical Methods and Applications (14 papers). Alister Smith is often cited by papers focused on Landslides and related hazards (25 papers), Rock Mechanics and Modeling (18 papers) and Geophysical Methods and Applications (14 papers). Alister Smith collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Alister Smith's co-authors include Neil Dixon, Jonathan Chambers, E. Haslam, Philip Meldrum, Sebastian Uhlemann, Gary Fowmes, P.I. Meldrum, Tom Dijkstra, Andrew Merritt and Paul Wilkinson and has published in prestigious journals such as Geophysical Research Letters, Géotechnique and Geomorphology.

In The Last Decade

Alister Smith

41 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alister Smith United Kingdom 17 692 402 346 314 277 42 1.0k
Elisabeth T. Bowman United Kingdom 20 761 1.1× 799 2.0× 222 0.6× 99 0.3× 118 0.4× 58 1.4k
G. Tsiambaos Greece 18 595 0.9× 662 1.6× 841 2.4× 154 0.5× 351 1.3× 43 1.5k
Kripamoy Sarkar India 19 638 0.9× 435 1.1× 586 1.7× 100 0.3× 268 1.0× 47 1.1k
Vassilis Marinos Greece 17 598 0.9× 585 1.5× 814 2.4× 117 0.4× 245 0.9× 56 1.4k
Jianhui Deng China 26 774 1.1× 603 1.5× 1.3k 3.7× 168 0.5× 555 2.0× 85 1.7k
Shengyuan Song China 20 607 0.9× 291 0.7× 417 1.2× 64 0.2× 120 0.4× 64 1.1k
Bjørn Nilsen Norway 23 417 0.6× 750 1.9× 537 1.6× 98 0.3× 286 1.0× 56 1.2k
Guangcheng Zhang China 19 807 1.2× 555 1.4× 491 1.4× 86 0.3× 75 0.3× 59 1.1k
Ömer Aydan Japan 23 744 1.1× 930 2.3× 987 2.9× 269 0.9× 324 1.2× 153 1.8k
Yanyan Li China 15 309 0.4× 220 0.5× 412 1.2× 91 0.3× 172 0.6× 47 763

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alister Smith

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alister Smith

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All Works

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Chmutina, Ksenia, et al.. (2025). Investigating disater risk management and climate change adaptation effectiveness in freetown, Sierra Leone. Jàmbá Journal of Disaster Risk Studies. 17(1). 1904–1904.
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Smith, Alister, et al.. (2024). Pipeline–Soil Interaction Behavior: Acoustic Emission and Energy Dissipation. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 151(2). 2 indexed citations
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Morsy, Amr M., P. Helm, Ashraf El‐Hamalawi, Alister Smith, & Ross Stirling. (2024). Simulation of Weather-Driven Deterioration of Clay Embankments. Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity). 162. 85–94. 1 indexed citations
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Morsy, Amr M., P. Helm, Ashraf El‐Hamalawi, et al.. (2023). Development of a Multiphase Numerical Modeling Approach for Hydromechanical Behavior of Clay Embankments Subject to Weather-Driven Deterioration. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 149(8). 8 indexed citations
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Smith, Alister, et al.. (2023). Acoustic emission and energy dissipation in soils during triaxial shearing. Computers and Geotechnics. 162. 105639–105639. 6 indexed citations
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Helm, P., Amr M. Morsy, M. Rouainia, et al.. (2023). Emulating long-term weather-driven transportation earthworks deterioration models to support asset management. Transportation Geotechnics. 44. 101155–101155. 3 indexed citations
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Smith, Alister, et al.. (2022). Relationship between acoustic emission and energy dissipation: a DEM study of soil–structure interaction. Acta Geotechnica. 18(6). 2971–2990. 13 indexed citations
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Dixon, Neil, et al.. (2022). A community-operated landslide early warning approach: Myanmar case study. Geoenvironmental Disasters. 9(1). 3 indexed citations
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Smith, Alister, et al.. (2021). Automatic classification of landslide kinematics using acoustic emission measurements and machine learning. Landslides. 18(8). 2959–2974. 15 indexed citations
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Smith, Alister & Neil Dixon. (2019). Acoustic emission behaviour of dense sands. Géotechnique. 69(12). 1107–1122. 30 indexed citations
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Smith, Alister, Ian D. Moore, & Neil Dixon. (2019). Acoustic Emission Sensing of Pipe–Soil Interaction: Full-Scale Pipelines Subjected to Differential Ground Movements. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 145(12). 24 indexed citations
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Smith, Alister, et al.. (2019). Acoustic emission generated by granular soil−steel structure interaction. Géotechnique Letters. 10(2). 119–127. 9 indexed citations
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Smith, Alister & Neil Dixon. (2018). Listening for deterioration and failure: towards smart geotechnical infrastructure. 171(4). 131–143. 5 indexed citations
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Smith, Alister, et al.. (2018). Monitoring buried infrastructure deformation using acoustic emissions. Loughborough University Institutional Repository (Loughborough University). 3 indexed citations
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Uhlemann, Sebastian, Jonathan Chambers, Paul Wilkinson, et al.. (2016). Four‐dimensional imaging of moisture dynamics during landslide reactivation. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 122(1). 398–418. 114 indexed citations
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Dixon, Neil, et al.. (2015). An acoustic emission slope displacement rate sensor — case studies. 743–756. 2 indexed citations
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Dixon, Neil, et al.. (2015). Stability monitoring of a rail slope using acoustic emission. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical Engineering. 168(5). 373–384. 33 indexed citations
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Smith, Alister, et al.. (2014). Inclinometer casings retrofitted with acoustic real-time monitoring systems. Loughborough University Institutional Repository (Loughborough University). 11 indexed citations
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Smith, Alister & Neil Dixon. (2014). Acoustic emission monitoring of active waveguides to quantify slope stability. Loughborough University Institutional Repository (Loughborough University). 1 indexed citations
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Clark, Robert G., et al.. (2004). Rock-slope failures in the Lake District: a preliminary report. 7. 13–36. 17 indexed citations

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