B. E. Smith

10.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
68 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

B. E. Smith is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, B. E. Smith has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Atmospheric Science, 47 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 15 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in B. E. Smith's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (59 papers), Winter Sports Injuries and Performance (47 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (21 papers). B. E. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (59 papers), Winter Sports Injuries and Performance (47 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (21 papers). B. E. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. B. E. Smith's co-authors include Ian Joughin, Ian M. Howat, Brooke Medley, Claire Porter, Paul Morin, Adelaide Negrete, David Shean, H. A. Fricker, G. S. Hamilton and L. A. Stearns and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

B. E. Smith

66 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

Marine Ice Sheet Collapse Potentially Under Way for the Thwaites Glacier Basin, West Antarctica

2014 626 citations Ian Joughin, B. E. Smith et al. Science profile →
An automated, open-source pipeline for mass production of digital elevation models (DEMs) from very-high-resolution commercial stereo satellite imagery

2016 485 citations David Shean, Oleg Alexandrov et al. profile →
The Greenland Ice Mapping Project (GIMP) land classification and surface elevation data sets

2014 444 citations Ian M. Howat, Adelaide Negrete et al. The cryosphere profile →
The Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica

2019 434 citations Ian M. Howat, Claire Porter et al. The cryosphere profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
B. E. Smith United States	30	4.7k	2.3k	1.2k	487	443	68	5.2k
B. Scheuchl United States	30	6.3k 1.3×	3.0k 1.3×	1.5k 1.3×	707 1.5×	485 1.1×	63	6.8k
G. Hilmar Gudmundsson United Kingdom	42	5.6k 1.2×	2.8k 1.2×	1.9k 1.6×	411 0.8×	171 0.4×	162	5.9k
Duncan J. Wingham United Kingdom	34	5.2k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	887 0.7×	731 1.5×	398 0.9×	84	5.9k
Ian M. Howat United States	48	8.9k 1.9×	3.5k 1.5×	1.9k 1.6×	973 2.0×	477 1.1×	133	9.6k
Hamish D. Pritchard United Kingdom	26	3.6k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	807 0.7×	555 1.1×	388 0.9×	52	4.1k
Carleen H. Reijmer Netherlands	45	5.3k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	741 0.6×	1.4k 2.9×	560 1.3×	126	5.6k
Mathieu Morlighem United States	47	8.1k 1.7×	3.5k 1.5×	2.0k 1.6×	852 1.7×	406 0.9×	183	8.6k
Frank Pattyn Belgium	36	4.4k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	459 0.9×	396 0.9×	151	4.7k
Stefan Ligtenberg Netherlands	31	4.0k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	948 0.8×	623 1.3×	203 0.5×	56	4.3k
Hélène Seroussi United States	42	5.1k 1.1×	2.3k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	636 1.3×	172 0.4×	112	5.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Smith, B. E., et al.. (2025). Understanding biases in ICESat-2 data due to subsurface scattering using Airborne Topographic Mapper waveform data. The cryosphere. 19(3). 975–995.

Flanner, M., et al.. (2024). Quantifying Volumetric Scattering Bias in ICESat‐2 and Operation IceBridge Altimetry Over Greenland Firn and Aged Snow. Earth and Space Science. 11(6). 5 indexed citations

Studinger, M., B. E. Smith, N. T. Kurtz, et al.. (2024). Estimating differential penetration of green (532 nm) laser light over sea ice with NASA's Airborne Topographic Mapper: observations and models. The cryosphere. 18(5). 2625–2652. 7 indexed citations

Brunt, Kelly M., B. E. Smith, Tyler Sutterley, N. T. Kurtz, & T. Neumann. (2020). Comparisons of Satellite and Airborne Altimetry With Ground‐Based Data From the Interior of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(2). 43 indexed citations

Shean, David, Ian Joughin, Pierre Dutrieux, B. E. Smith, & Étienne Berthier. (2019). Ice shelf basal melt rates from a high-resolution digital elevation model (DEM) record for Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica. The cryosphere. 13(10). 2633–2656. 61 indexed citations

Lilien, David A., Ian Joughin, B. E. Smith, & Noël Gourmelen. (2019). Melt at grounding line controls observed and future retreat of Smith, Pope, and Kohler glaciers. The cryosphere. 13(11). 2817–2834. 11 indexed citations

Howat, Ian M., et al.. (2019). The Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica. The cryosphere. 13(2). 665–674. 434 indexed citations breakdown →

Barletta, Valentina R., Michael Bevis, B. E. Smith, et al.. (2018). Observed rapid bedrock uplift in Amundsen Sea Embayment promotes ice-sheet stability. Science. 360(6395). 1335–1339. 176 indexed citations

Lilien, David A., Ian Joughin, B. E. Smith, & David Shean. (2018). Elevated melt causes varied response of Crosson and Dotson IceShelves in West Antarctica. 1 indexed citations

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Howat, Ian M., Myoung‐Jong Noh, Claire Porter, B. E. Smith, & Paul Morin. (2017). The Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica (REMA): A High Resolution, Time-Stamped Digital Elevation Model for the Antarctic Ice Sheet. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, B. E., Noël Gourmelen, Alex Huth, & Ian Joughin. (2017). Connected subglacial lake drainage beneath Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica. The cryosphere. 11(1). 451–467. 81 indexed citations

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Howat, Ian M., Claire Porter, Myoung‐Jong Noh, B. E. Smith, & Seongsu Jeong. (2015). Brief Communication: Sudden drainage of a subglacial lake beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet. The cryosphere. 9(1). 103–108. 29 indexed citations

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Moon, Twila, et al.. (2014). Distinct Seasonal Velocity Patterns Based on Ice-Sheet-Wide Analysis of Greenland Outlet Glaciers. AGUFM. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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Siegert, Martín J., Neil Ross, Hugh F. J. Corr, et al.. (2014). Boundary conditions of an active West Antarctic subglacial lake: implications for storage of water beneath the ice sheet. The cryosphere. 8(1). 15–24. 44 indexed citations

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Howat, Ian M., Adelaide Negrete, & B. E. Smith. (2014). The Greenland Ice Mapping Project (GIMP) land classification and surface elevation data sets. The cryosphere. 8(4). 1509–1518. 444 indexed citations breakdown →

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Callens, Denis, Kenichi Matsuoka, Daniel Steinhage, et al.. (2014). Transition of flow regime along a marine-terminating outlet glacier in East Antarctica. The cryosphere. 8(3). 867–875. 24 indexed citations

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Beyer, R. A., Z. M. Moratto, Oleg Alexandrov, et al.. (2013). Processing Earth Observing images with Ames Stereo Pipeline. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 1 indexed citations

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Moon, Twila, Ian Joughin, B. E. Smith, & Ian M. Howat. (2011). 21st century evolution of Greenland outlet glacier velocities. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 2011. 2 indexed citations

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Porter, Claire, et al.. (2011). DEM Extraction from High-Resolution Stereoscopic Worldview 1 & 2 Imagery of Polar Outlet Glaciers. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 2 indexed citations

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Smith, B. E., et al.. (1990). Measurements of maximum pressure at the soil-tyre interface of a rubber-tyred skidder.. Paper - American Society of Agricultural Engineers. 1 indexed citations

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