Christopher A. Smith

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
48 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Christopher A. Smith is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher A. Smith has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Christopher A. Smith's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (6 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (5 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (4 papers). Christopher A. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (6 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (5 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (4 papers). Christopher A. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Christopher A. Smith's co-authors include Gwyn T. Williams, T. M. Dexter, Dale R. Taylor, Elaine Spooncer, Christopher M. Thomas, Vivien J. Bubb, George Fink, Anthony J. Harmar, G M Goodwin and S. Battersby and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Christopher A. Smith

48 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Haemopoietic colony stimulating factors promote cell survival by suppressing apoptosis

1990 826 citations Gwyn T. Williams, Christopher A. Smith et al. Nature profile →
Molecular regulation of apoptosis: Genetic controls on cell death

1993 817 citations Gwyn T. Williams, Christopher A. Smith profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher A. Smith United Kingdom	24	1.9k	606	576	526	317	48	3.5k
Michael J. Donovan United States	24	2.1k 1.1×	419 0.7×	318 0.6×	452 0.9×	560 1.8×	52	5.5k
Rory A. Fisher United States	39	2.5k 1.3×	569 0.9×	401 0.7×	265 0.5×	592 1.9×	119	4.5k
Eric D. Wieben United States	40	2.9k 1.6×	780 1.3×	741 1.3×	286 0.5×	382 1.2×	109	5.4k
Fumiaki Ito Japan	29	2.5k 1.3×	763 1.3×	498 0.9×	841 1.6×	175 0.6×	162	5.2k
Nick Pullen United States	31	2.6k 1.4×	300 0.5×	546 0.9×	741 1.4×	195 0.6×	96	4.6k
SA Khan United States	37	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 2.2×	557 1.0×	491 0.9×	138 0.4×	136	4.3k
D. Joseph United States	40	2.7k 1.5×	1.7k 2.8×	401 0.7×	394 0.7×	288 0.9×	146	5.6k
Mahmoud Huleihel Israel	39	1.8k 1.0×	583 1.0×	423 0.7×	982 1.9×	128 0.4×	192	5.1k
David B. Friedman United States	36	2.3k 1.2×	376 0.6×	338 0.6×	449 0.9×	124 0.4×	68	4.1k
Bénédicte Gérard France	23	1.7k 0.9×	764 1.3×	211 0.4×	298 0.6×	177 0.6×	59	3.2k

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Smith, Christopher A., Tamana Darwish, Jo E. Lewis, et al.. (2024). Single-cell transcriptomic atlas of enteroendocrine cells along the murine gastrointestinal tract. PLoS ONE. 19(10). e0308942–e0308942. 8 indexed citations

Dollive, Serena, Sarah Laughlin, Michael R. MacArthur, et al.. (2024). Analytical characterization of full, intermediate, and empty AAV capsids. Gene Therapy. 31(5-6). 285–294. 32 indexed citations

Kimhofer, Torben, Samantha Lodge, Luke Whiley, et al.. (2020). Integrative Modeling of Quantitative Plasma Lipoprotein, Metabolic, and Amino Acid Data Reveals a Multiorgan Pathological Signature of SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Journal of Proteome Research. 19(11). 4442–4454. 125 indexed citations

Roscioli, Emanuele, et al.. (2020). Ensemble-Level Organization of Human Kinetochores and Evidence for Distinct Tension and Attachment Sensors. Cell Reports. 31(4). 107535–107535. 31 indexed citations

Smith, Christopher A., et al.. (2018). Mitotic live-cell imaging at different timescales. Methods in cell biology. 145. 1–27. 5 indexed citations

Monteiro, Pedro, Christopher A. Smith, Malti Vaghela, et al.. (2017). Loss of E-cadherin provides tolerance to centrosome amplification in epithelial cancer cells. The Journal of Cell Biology. 217(1). 195–209. 53 indexed citations

Smith, Christopher A., Andrew D. McAinsh, & Nigel J. Burroughs. (2016). Human kinetochores are swivel joints that mediate microtubule attachments. eLife. 5. 21 indexed citations

Prokop, Jeremy W., Adam Underwood, Monte E. Turner, et al.. (2013). Analysis of Sry duplications on the Rattus norvegicus Y-chromosome. BMC Genomics. 14(1). 792–792. 12 indexed citations

Rowland, Susan, Christopher A. Smith, Elizabeth M. J. Gillam, & Tony Wright. (2011). The concept lens diagram: A new mechanism for presenting biochemistry content in terms of “big ideas”. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. 39(4). 267–279. 28 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jing, et al.. (2006). Comparison of protective effects of aspirin, d-penicillamine and vitamin E against high glucose-mediated toxicity in cultured endothelial cells. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1762(5). 551–557. 13 indexed citations

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Miller, Fiona A., et al.. (2005). Understanding the new human genetics: A review of scientific editorials. Social Science & Medicine. 62(10). 2373–2385. 12 indexed citations

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Slevin, Mark, Nicholas Smith, J. E. Bailey, et al.. (2001). Effect of glycation on basic fibroblast growth factor induced angiogenesis and activation of associated signal transduction pathways in vascular endothelial cells: Possible relevance to wound healing in diabetes. Angiogenesis. 4(4). 277–288. 69 indexed citations

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Lear, John T., Adrian Heagerty, Andrew G. Smith, et al.. (1996). Multiple cutaneous basal cell carcinomas: glutathione S-transferase(GSTM1, GSTT1) and cytochrome P450 (CYP2D6, CYP1A1) polymorphisms influencetumour numbers and accrual. Carcinogenesis. 17(9). 1891–1896. 91 indexed citations

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Thomas, Christopher M., et al.. (1995). Evolution of the korA-oriV segment of promiscuous IncP plasmids. Microbiology. 141(5). 1201–1210. 12 indexed citations

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Jagura‐Burdzy, Grażyna, Farhat L. Khanim, Christopher A. Smith, & Christopher M. Thomas. (1992). Crosstalk between plasmid vegetative replication and conjugative transfer: repression of thetrfAoperon bytrbAof broad host range plasmid RK2. Nucleic Acids Research. 20(15). 3939–3944. 48 indexed citations

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Wolf, C. Roland, Christopher A. Smith, Alan C. Gough, et al.. (1992). Relationship between the debrisoquine hydroxylase polymorphism and cancer susceptibility. Carcinogenesis. 13(6). 1035–1038. 94 indexed citations

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Williams, Gwyn T., Christopher A. Smith, Elaine Spooncer, T. M. Dexter, & Dale R. Taylor. (1990). Haemopoietic colony stimulating factors promote cell survival by suppressing apoptosis. Nature. 343(6253). 76–79. 826 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smith, Christopher A., David J. Winterbourne, Vivian W. McFarland, & P T Mora. (1988). Changes in heparan sulfate pattern but not in oncogene expression correlate with tumor growth in spontaneous transformation of cells.. PubMed. 1(4). 325–41. 5 indexed citations

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Chandrasekaran, Krish, John C. Hoffman, Vivian W. McFarland, et al.. (1986). The transformation-related protein p53 is not bound to the SV40 T antigen in BALB 3T12 cells expressing T antigen. Virology. 155(1). 132–147. 2 indexed citations

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Theophilus, Bimal D. M., Michael Cross, Christopher A. Smith, & Christopher M. Thomas. (1985). Regulation of thetrfAandtrfBpromoters of broad host range plasmid RK2: identification of sequences essential for regulation bytrfB/korA/korD. Nucleic Acids Research. 13(22). 8129–8142. 66 indexed citations

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