Brian Smith-White

8.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 578 citations indexed

About

Brian Smith-White is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Smith-White has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 578 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 4 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Brian Smith-White's work include Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (3 papers), Food composition and properties (3 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (3 papers). Brian Smith-White is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (3 papers), Food composition and properties (3 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (3 papers). Brian Smith-White collaborates with scholars based in United States. Brian Smith-White's co-authors include J. Preiss, Richard P. Cunningham, Kathryn L. Ball, Thomas W. Okita, Jack Preiss, Joseph M. Anderson, Paul A. Nakata, Thomas W. Greene, Alberto Á. Iglesias and Genichi Kakefuda and has published in prestigious journals such as PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, Journal of Virology and Journal of Bacteriology.

In The Last Decade

Brian Smith-White

11 papers receiving 564 citations

Hit Papers

Rapid and sensitive detection of genome contamination at ... 2024 2026 2025 2024 25 50 75 100
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Rapid and sensitive detection of genome contamination at scale with FCS-GX
    2024 104 citations Eric S. Tvedte, Deacon Sweeney et al. Genome biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brian Smith-White United States 10 315 270 165 155 74 11 578
Véronique Gruber France 15 435 1.4× 689 2.6× 164 1.0× 66 0.4× 59 0.8× 22 1.1k
Michiko MONMA Japan 10 234 0.7× 124 0.5× 71 0.4× 54 0.3× 113 1.5× 23 443
Manuel B. Manzanal Spain 14 315 1.0× 182 0.7× 107 0.6× 15 0.1× 69 0.9× 22 552
J. Forde United Kingdom 13 397 1.3× 780 2.9× 149 0.9× 213 1.4× 57 0.8× 21 1.1k
Keiji Endo Japan 17 561 1.8× 227 0.8× 388 2.4× 74 0.5× 202 2.7× 25 861
James C. Litts United States 14 418 1.3× 766 2.8× 236 1.4× 106 0.7× 37 0.5× 16 906
G. Jung France 9 402 1.3× 145 0.5× 114 0.7× 26 0.2× 78 1.1× 10 603
Ya. E. Dunaevsky Russia 13 401 1.3× 222 0.8× 196 1.2× 28 0.2× 34 0.5× 31 582
Shu‐Yun Tung Taiwan 10 272 0.9× 258 1.0× 54 0.3× 69 0.4× 45 0.6× 20 503
Cynthia A. Haseltine United States 12 343 1.1× 62 0.2× 143 0.9× 43 0.3× 145 2.0× 17 447

Countries citing papers authored by Brian Smith-White

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Brian Smith-White's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Brian Smith-White with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Brian Smith-White more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Smith-White

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Brian Smith-White. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Brian Smith-White. The network helps show where Brian Smith-White may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Smith-White

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Brian Smith-White. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Brian Smith-White based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Brian Smith-White. Brian Smith-White is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
1.
Tvedte, Eric S., Deacon Sweeney, Victor Sapojnikov, et al.. (2024). Rapid and sensitive detection of genome contamination at scale with FCS-GX. Genome biology. 25(1). 60–60. 104 indexed citations breakdown →
2.
Tatusova, Tatiana, Brian Smith-White, & James Ostell. (2007). A Collection of Plant-Specific Genomic Data and Resources at NCBI. Humana Press eBooks. 406. 61–87. 12 indexed citations
3.
Wheeler, David, Brian Smith-White, Vyacheslav Chetvernin, et al.. (2005). Plant Genome Resources at the National Center for Biotechnology Information. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 138(3). 1280–1288. 12 indexed citations
4.
Giroux, Michael J., et al.. (1995). The Large Subunit of the Embryo Isoform of ADP Glucose Pyrophosphorylase from Maize. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 108(3). 1333–1334. 24 indexed citations
5.
Smith-White, Brian & Jack Preiss. (1994). Suggested mnemonics for cloned DNA corresponding to enzymes involved in starch metabolism. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter. 12(2). S67–S71. 8 indexed citations
6.
Smith-White, Brian & J. Preiss. (1992). Comparison of proteins of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase from diverse sources. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 34(5). 449–464. 163 indexed citations
7.
Nakata, Paul A., Thomas W. Greene, Joseph M. Anderson, et al.. (1991). Comparison of the primary sequences of two potato tuber ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase subunits. Plant Molecular Biology. 17(5). 1089–1093. 73 indexed citations
8.
Preiss, Jack, Kathryn L. Ball, Brian Smith-White, et al.. (1991). Starch biosynthesis and its regulation. Biochemical Society Transactions. 19(3). 539–547. 68 indexed citations
9.
Preiss, J., et al.. (1991). Regulatory mechanisms involved in the biosynthesis of starch. Pure and Applied Chemistry. 63(4). 535–544. 25 indexed citations
10.
Ihle, James N., Brian Smith-White, Diana S. Parker, et al.. (1989). Activation of the c-H-ras proto-oncogene by retrovirus insertion and chromosomal rearrangement in a Moloney leukemia virus-induced T-cell leukemia. Journal of Virology. 63(7). 2959–2966. 22 indexed citations
11.
Smith-White, Brian, et al.. (1988). Nucleotide sequence of the xth gene of Escherichia coli K-12. Journal of Bacteriology. 170(10). 4542–4547. 67 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Véronique Gruber Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Michiko MONMA Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Manuel B. Manzanal Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by J. Forde Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Keiji Endo Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by James C. Litts Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by G. Jung Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Ya. E. Dunaevsky Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Shu‐Yun Tung Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Cynthia A. Haseltine
Rankless by CCL
2026