Andrew B. Smith

10.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
179 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Andrew B. Smith is a scholar working on Paleontology, Oceanography and Aquatic Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew B. Smith has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Paleontology, 56 papers in Oceanography and 43 papers in Aquatic Science. Recurrent topics in Andrew B. Smith's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (77 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (47 papers) and Echinoderm biology and ecology (43 papers). Andrew B. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (77 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (47 papers) and Echinoderm biology and ecology (43 papers). Andrew B. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, South Africa and United States. Andrew B. Smith's co-authors include Alistair J. McGowan, C. R. C. Paul, Andreas Kroh, Stanley H. Ambrose, Marie Balasse, Samuel Zamora, Andrew S. Gale, T. P. Crimes, Billie J. Swalla and Kevin J. Peterson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Andrew B. Smith

178 papers receiving 7.1k citations

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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.

The Seasonal Mobility Model for Prehistoric Herders in the South-western Cape of South Africa Assessed by Isotopic Analysis of Sheep Tooth Enamel

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andrew B. Smith United Kingdom	47	4.8k	2.2k	1.3k	1.3k	1.2k	179	7.7k
Jon M. Erlandson United States	49	4.3k 0.9×	3.0k 1.3×	452 0.4×	2.9k 2.3×	2.3k 1.9×	237	13.9k
Susan M. Kidwell United States	48	3.8k 0.8×	4.8k 2.2×	479 0.4×	947 0.8×	3.3k 2.8×	92	14.7k
Paul G. Blackwell United Kingdom	28	1.2k 0.3×	671 0.3×	67 0.1×	1.1k 0.8×	1.7k 1.4×	65	5.7k
Bruno David Australia	31	1.9k 0.4×	312 0.1×	157 0.1×	1.8k 1.5×	833 0.7×	213	3.5k
Michał Kowalewski United States	45	3.4k 0.7×	2.9k 1.3×	97 0.1×	411 0.3×	2.5k 2.1×	170	6.7k
H. Hooghiemstra Netherlands	51	2.5k 0.5×	353 0.2×	96 0.1×	1.7k 1.3×	5.1k 4.2×	185	9.9k
Karl W. Butzer United States	47	3.0k 0.6×	373 0.2×	35 0.0×	2.5k 2.0×	2.6k 2.2×	178	7.8k
Peter B deMenocal United States	51	4.0k 0.8×	1.9k 0.9×	42 0.0×	3.3k 2.6×	10.6k 8.7×	95	14.0k
Frank P. Wesselingh Netherlands	29	1.7k 0.3×	859 0.4×	229 0.2×	239 0.2×	956 0.8×	114	5.0k
Wim Van Neer Belgium	32	1.9k 0.4×	76 0.0×	270 0.2×	991 0.8×	344 0.3×	334	3.9k

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Roig‐Juñent, Sergio, Gustavo E. Flores, Federico C. Ocampo, & Andrew B. Smith. (2017). New records of Coleoptera for Argentina (Carabidae, Lucanidae, Scarabeidae and Tenebrionidae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina. 63. 1 indexed citations

Jerjen, Iwan, et al.. (2011). The test architecture of Clypeaster (Echinoidea, Clypeasteroida) and its phylogenetic significance. Zootaxa. 21–38. 9 indexed citations

Smith, Andrew B.. (2008). Pastoral origins at the Cape, South Africa: influences and arguments. Southern African humanities. 20(1). 49–60. 40 indexed citations

McGowan, Alistair J. & Andrew B. Smith. (2008). Are global Phanerozoic marine diversity curves truly global? A study of the relationship between regional rock records and global Phanerozoic marine diversity. Paleobiology. 34(1). 80–103. 87 indexed citations

Smith, Andrew B.. (2007). Intrinsic versus extrinsic biases in the fossil record: contrasting the fossil record of echinoids in the Triassic and early Jurassic using sampling data, phylogenetic analysis, and molecular clocks. Paleobiology. 33(2). 310–323. 41 indexed citations

Smith, Andrew B.. (2007). Karl-Johan Lindholm, Wells of Experience: a Pastoral Land-use History of Omaheke, Namibia , Uppsala University, Studies in Global Archaeology 9, 2006. Journal of Namibian Studies History Politics Culture. 2. 141–146. 4 indexed citations

Smith, Andrew B., Davide Pisani, Jacqueline Mackenzie‐Dodds, et al.. (2006). Testing the Molecular Clock: Molecular and Paleontological Estimates of Divergence Times in the Echinoidea (Echinodermata). Molecular Biology and Evolution. 23(10). 1832–1851. 143 indexed citations

Kroh, Andreas & Andrew B. Smith. (2006). Schizechinus Pomel, 1869 (Echinodermata, Echinoidea): proposed conservation of usage by suppression of Echinus serresii Des Moulins, 1837 and designation of Psammechinus serresii Desor, 1856 as the type species. The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. 63(4). 259–266. 1 indexed citations

Smith, Andrew B.. (2005). The concepts of ‘Neolithic’ and ‘Neolithisation’ for Africa?. 2005(1). 1–6. 11 indexed citations

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Smith, Andrew B. & Alistair J. McGowan. (2005). Cyclicity in the fossil record mirrors rock outcrop area. Biology Letters. 1(4). 443–445. 49 indexed citations

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Smith, Andrew B.. (2003). Getting the measure of diversity. Paleobiology. 29(1). 34–36. 18 indexed citations

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Smith, Andrew B.. (2001). Ethnohistory and Archaeology of the Ju/'hoansi Bushmen. Kyoto University Research Information Repository (Kyoto University). 26(26). 15–25. 3 indexed citations

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Smith, Andrew B., Andrew S. Gale, & Neale Monks. (2001). Sea-level change and rock-record bias in the Cretaceous: a problem for extinction and biodiversity studies. Paleobiology. 27(2). 241–253. 201 indexed citations

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Smith, Andrew B.. (2001). Probing the cassiduloid origins of clypeasteroid echinoids using stratigraphically restricted parsimony analysis. Paleobiology. 27(2). 392–404. 27 indexed citations

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Smith, Andrew B.. (2001). Ideas on the later cultural history of the central Sahara. 12(12). 101–106. 5 indexed citations

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Smith, Andrew B., et al.. (1998). Palaeobiology of the primitive Ordovician pelmatozoan echinoderm Cardiocystites. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 8 indexed citations

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Smith, Andrew B.. (1998). What Does Palaeontology Contribute to Systematics in a Molecular World?. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 9(3). 437–447. 44 indexed citations

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Smith, Andrew B., D. Timothy J. Littlewood, & Gregory A. Wray. (1995). Comparing patterns of evolution: larval and adult life history stages and ribosomal RNA of post-Palaeozoic echinoids. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 349(1327). 11–18. 44 indexed citations

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Smith, Andrew B. & D. Timothy J. Littlewood. (1994). Paleontological data and molecular phylogenetic analysis. Paleobiology. 20(3). 259–273. 37 indexed citations

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Smith, Andrew B., et al.. (1982). Roles for holes in sand dollars (Echinoidea): a review of lunule function and evolution. Paleobiology. 8(3). 242–253. 14 indexed citations

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