Benjamin M. Smith

5.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
87 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Benjamin M. Smith is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Physiology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin M. Smith has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 18 papers in Physiology and 11 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Benjamin M. Smith's work include Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (57 papers), Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (21 papers) and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (10 papers). Benjamin M. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (57 papers), Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (21 papers) and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (10 papers). Benjamin M. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Benjamin M. Smith's co-authors include Stephanie A. Christenson, Nirupama Putcha, Mona Bafadhel, R. Graham Barr, Eric A. Hoffman, Jean Bourbeau, Dennis Jensen, Elizabeth C. Oelsner, John H. M. Austin and Martin R. Prince and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin M. Smith

79 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

2022 639 citations Benjamin M. Smith et al. profile →
Association Between Long-term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Change in Quantitatively Assessed Emphysema and Lung Function

2019 245 citations Eric A. Hoffman, Elsa D. Angelini et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin M. Smith United States	24	1.7k	554	300	291	239	87	2.7k
Ravi Kalhan United States	32	2.0k 1.2×	785 1.4×	141 0.5×	148 0.5×	431 1.8×	124	3.1k
Surya P. Bhatt United States	37	3.1k 1.8×	1.4k 2.6×	156 0.5×	211 0.7×	586 2.5×	220	4.5k
Miguel Divo United States	27	2.8k 1.6×	1.1k 2.0×	174 0.6×	202 0.7×	350 1.5×	79	3.8k
Jian Kang China	25	1.6k 0.9×	821 1.5×	203 0.7×	298 1.0×	88 0.4×	128	2.5k
Lies Lahousse Belgium	33	2.0k 1.1×	1.3k 2.4×	151 0.5×	402 1.4×	743 3.1×	176	3.9k
Anoop Chauhan United Kingdom	28	948 0.5×	928 1.7×	253 0.8×	134 0.5×	664 2.8×	116	2.7k
Eun Joo Lee South Korea	20	780 0.4×	397 0.7×	109 0.4×	298 1.0×	391 1.6×	75	3.0k
Erica P.A. Rutten Netherlands	35	2.2k 1.3×	1.4k 2.5×	79 0.3×	327 1.1×	291 1.2×	72	3.5k
S. F. Paul Man Canada	30	3.0k 1.7×	1.3k 2.3×	296 1.0×	397 1.4×	717 3.0×	65	4.3k
Christophe Leroyer France	34	1.1k 0.7×	672 1.2×	191 0.6×	124 0.4×	851 3.6×	156	3.5k

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Choi, Yuni, Pallavi Balte, David R. Jacobs, et al.. (2025). Associations of metabolic syndrome with lung function decline and clinical respiratory outcomes: the NHLBI Pooled Cohort Study. ERJ Open Research. 11(4). 1337–2024.

Angelini, Elsa D., R. Graham Barr, Norrina B. Allen, et al.. (2024). Unsupervised Airway Tree Clustering with Deep Learning: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (Mesa) Lung Study. PubMed. 2024. 1–5.

Smith, Benjamin M., et al.. (2024). False Positive Rate from Prospective Studies of PET-CT in Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Cancer Treatment Reviews. 131. 102849–102849. 1 indexed citations

Hanley, Adam W., et al.. (2024). Mindfulness in the Clinic Waiting Room May Decrease Pain: Results from Three Pilot Randomized Controlled Trials. Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine. 30(11). 1082–1091. 2 indexed citations

Kirby, Miranda & Benjamin M. Smith. (2023). Quantitative CT Scan Imaging of the Airways for Diagnosis and Management of Lung Disease. CHEST Journal. 164(5). 1150–1158. 12 indexed citations

Hatton, Ian, et al.. (2023). The human cell count and size distribution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(39). e2303077120–e2303077120. 68 indexed citations

Hoffman, Eric A., Norrina B. Allen, Alain G. Bertoni, et al.. (2022). Pulmonary Blood Volume Among Older Adults in the Community: The MESA Lung Study. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 15(8). e014380–e014380. 9 indexed citations

Phillips, Devin B., Amany F. Elbehairy, Matthew D. James, et al.. (2022). Impaired Ventilatory Efficiency, Dyspnea, and Exercise Intolerance in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Results from the CanCOLD Study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 205(12). 1391–1402. 23 indexed citations

Kirby, Miranda, Benjamin M. Smith, Naoya Tanabe, et al.. (2021). Computed tomography total airway count predicts progression to COPD in at-risk smokers. ERJ Open Research. 7(4). 307–2021. 19 indexed citations

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Yang, Jie, Elsa D. Angelini, Pallavi Balte, et al.. (2021). Novel Subtypes of Pulmonary Emphysema Based on Spatially-Informed Lung Texture Learning: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) COPD Study. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 40(12). 3652–3662. 7 indexed citations

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Elmaleh-Sachs, Arielle, Pallavi Balte, Elizabeth C. Oelsner, et al.. (2021). Race/Ethnicity, Spirometry Reference Equations, and Prediction of Incident Clinical Events: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Lung Study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 205(6). 700–710. 54 indexed citations

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Jensen, Dennis, Ronald J. Dandurand, Nathalie Saad, et al.. (2020). Description of Participation in Daily and Social Activities for Individuals with COPD. COPD Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. 17(5). 543–556. 17 indexed citations

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Carroll, Matthew B., et al.. (2017). Comparing Corticosteroid Preparation and Dose in the Improvement of Shoulder Function and Pain. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 97(6). 450–455. 5 indexed citations

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Abdallah, Sara J., et al.. (2017). Abdominal Binding Improves Neuromuscular Efficiency of the Human Diaphragm during Exercise. Frontiers in Physiology. 8. 345–345. 13 indexed citations

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Oelsner, Elizabeth C., J. Jeffrey Carr, Paul Enright, et al.. (2016). Per cent emphysema is associated with respiratory and lung cancer mortality in the general population: a cohort study. Thorax. 71(7). 624–632. 50 indexed citations

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Smith, Benjamin M., Eric A. Hoffman, Robert C. Basner, et al.. (2014). Not All Measures of Hyperinflation Are Created Equal. CHEST Journal. 145(6). 1305–1315. 22 indexed citations

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Kawut, Steven M., Hooman Poor, Megha A. Parikh, et al.. (2014). Cor Pulmonale Parvus in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Emphysema. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 64(19). 2000–2009. 61 indexed citations

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Smith, Benjamin M., Eric A. Hoffman, Kathleen Donohue, Dan Rabinowitz, & R. Graham Barr. (2013). Airway wall thinness and COPD: Analysis of spatially comparable airways. The MESA COPD study. European Respiratory Journal. 42(Suppl 57). 210–210. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, Benjamin M., John H. M. Austin, John D. Newell, et al.. (2013). Pulmonary Emphysema Subtypes on Computed Tomography: The MESA COPD Study. The American Journal of Medicine. 127(1). 94.e7–94.e23. 123 indexed citations

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Smith, Benjamin M., et al.. (2010). Which Types of Lung Cancer Are Associated With Emphysema?. CHEST Journal. 138(4). 248A–248A. 1 indexed citations

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