Britton Smith

5.8k citations

56 papers · 3.2k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 25

Impact in

Instrumentation top 1%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.5%
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories

Papers in ⓘ

Instrumentation 18
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 18
Astronomy and Astrophysics 50
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 42
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 28
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 14
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 8
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories 7
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 4

Co-authors: Robert P. C. Wiersma (1 shared paper)Joop Schaye (1 shared paper)J. Michael Shull (8 shared papers)Brian W. O’Shea (24 shared papers)John Wise (10 shared papers)Charles Danforth (2 shared papers)Matthew Turk (12 shared papers)Michael L. Norman (10 shared papers)
Journals: The Astrophysical Journal (25 papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (19 papers)Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment (1 paper)The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (1 paper)The Astrophysical Journal Letters (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom France

In The Last Decade

Britton Smith

51 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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The birth of a galaxy – III. Propelling reionization with the faintest galaxies 2014 · 276 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2014 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2012 The Astrophysical Journal
2009 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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1	The effect of photoionization on the cooling rates of enriched, astrophysical plasmas Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Robert P. C. Wiersma, Joop Schaye, Britton Smith Hit paper breakdown →	2009	713
2	THE BARYON CENSUS IN A MULTIPHASE INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM: 30% OF THE BARYONS MAY STILL BE MISSING The Astrophysical Journal ·J. Michael Shull, Britton Smith, Charles Danforth Hit paper breakdown →	2012	295
3	The birth of a galaxy – III. Propelling reionization with the faintest galaxies Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·John Wise, Vasiliy Demchenko, Martin Halicek, Michael L. Norman, Matthew Turk, Tom Abel, Britton Smith Hit paper breakdown →	2014	276
4	grackle: a chemistry and cooling library for astrophysics Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Britton Smith, Greg L. Bryan, Simon C. O. Glover, Nathan Goldbaum, Matthew Turk, John A. Regan, John Wise, Hsi-Yu Schive, Tom Abel, Andrew Emerick, Brian W. O’Shea, Peter Anninos, Cameron Hummels, Sadegh Khochfar	2016	234
5	Figuring Out Gas & Galaxies in Enzo (FOGGIE). I. Resolving Simulated Circumgalactic Absorption at 2 ≤ z ≤ 2.5 The Astrophysical Journal ·Molly S. Peeples, Lauren Corlies, Jason Tumlinson, Brian W. O’Shea, Nicolas Lehner, John M. O’Meara, J. Christopher Howk, N. Earl, Britton Smith, John Wise, Cameron Hummels	2019	171
6	The Impact of Enhanced Halo Resolution on the Simulated Circumgalactic Medium The Astrophysical Journal ·Cameron Hummels, Britton Smith, Philip F. Hopkins, Brian W. O’Shea, Devin W. Silvia, Jessica K. Werk, Nicolas Lehner, John Wise, David C. Collins, Iryna S. Butsky	2019	152
7	CRITICAL STAR FORMATION RATES FOR REIONIZATION: FULL REIONIZATION OCCURS AT REDSHIFTz≈ 7 The Astrophysical Journal ·J. Michael Shull, Anthony Harness, Michele Trenti, Britton Smith	2012	108
8	The first Population II stars formed in externally enriched mini-haloes Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Britton Smith, John Wise, Brian W. O’Shea, Michael L. Norman, Sadegh Khochfar	2015	107
9	Constraints on hydrodynamical subgrid models from quasar absorption line studies of the simulated circumgalactic medium Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Cameron Hummels, Greg L. Bryan, Britton Smith, Matthew Turk	2013	91
10	THE NATURE OF THE WARM/HOT INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM. I. NUMERICAL METHODS, CONVERGENCE, AND O VI ABSORPTION The Astrophysical Journal ·Britton Smith, Eric Hallman, J. Michael Shull, Brian W. O’Shea	2011	89
11	THREE MODES OF METAL-ENRICHED STAR FORMATION IN THE EARLY UNIVERSE The Astrophysical Journal ·Britton Smith, Matthew Turk, Steinn Sigurðsson, Brian W. O’Shea, Michael L. Norman	2009	88
12	The growth of black holes from Population III remnants in the Renaissance simulations Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Britton Smith, John A. Regan, T. P. Downes, Michael L. Norman, Brian W. O’Shea, John Wise	2018	81
13	NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF SUPERNOVA DUST DESTRUCTION. I. CLOUD-CRUSHING AND POST-PROCESSED GRAIN SPUTTERING The Astrophysical Journal ·Devin W. Silvia, Britton Smith, J. Michael Shull	2010	77
14	HST/COS OBSERVATIONS OF THE QUASAR HE 2347–4342: PROBING THE EPOCH OF He II PATCHY REIONIZATION AT REDSHIFTSz= 2.4-2.9 The Astrophysical Journal ·J. Michael Shull, Kevin France, Charles Danforth, Britton Smith, Jason Tumlinson	2010	67
15	Trident: A Universal Tool for Generating Synthetic Absorption Spectra from Astrophysical Simulations The Astrophysical Journal ·Cameron Hummels, Britton Smith, Devin W. Silvia	2017	63
16	The effect of feedback and reionization on star formation in low-mass dwarf galaxy haloes Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Christine M. Simpson, Greg L. Bryan, Kathryn V. Johnston, Britton Smith, Mordecai‐Mark Mac Low, Sanjib Sharma, Jason Tumlinson	2013	62
17	New constraints on direct collapse black hole formation in the early Universe Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Bhaskar Agarwal, Britton Smith, Simon C. O. Glover, Priyamvada Natarajan, Sadegh Khochfar	2016	58
18	GALAXY CLUSTER RADIO RELICS IN ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT COSMOLOGICAL SIMULATIONS: RELIC PROPERTIES AND SCALING RELATIONSHIPS The Astrophysical Journal ·Samuel W. Skillman, Eric Hallman, Brian W. O’Shea, Jack O. Burns, Britton Smith, Matthew Turk	2011	48
19	Is authorship sufficient for today’s collaborative research? A call for contributor roles Accountability in Research ·Nicole Vasilevsky, Mohammad Hosseini, Samantha Teplitzky, Violeta Ilik, Ehsan Mohammadi, Juliane Schneider, Barbara Kern, Julien Colomb, Scott Edmunds, Karen E Gutzman, Daniel Himmelstein, Marijane White, Britton Smith, Lisa Lea O'Keefe, Melissa Haendel, Kristi Holmes	2020	45
20	Modeling of Emission Signatures of Massive Black Hole Binaries. I. Methods The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·Tamara Bogdanović, Britton Smith, Steinn Sigurðsson, Michael Eracleous	2008	45

About Britton Smith

Britton Smith is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and Numerical Analysis, having authored 56 papers that have together received 3.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (42 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (28 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (18 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (14 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (9 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (8 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (7 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (867 citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (3.1k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (808 citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (98 citations) and Global and Planetary Change (85 citations). Britton Smith has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Frequent co-authors include Robert P. C. Wiersma, Joop Schaye, J. Michael Shull, Brian W. O’Shea, John Wise, Charles Danforth, Matthew Turk, Michael L. Norman, Cameron Hummels and Devin W. Silvia. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series and The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

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