Christopher A. Smith

3.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
26 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Christopher A. Smith is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher A. Smith has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Immunology, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Christopher A. Smith's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (7 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (6 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (6 papers). Christopher A. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (7 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (6 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (6 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, Eric J. Jenkinson, John J. T. Owen, Rosetta Kingston, I. C. M. Maclennan, D. Joshua, John Gordon, Christopher M. Thomas, Nel C. Moore and Graham Anderson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Christopher A. Smith

23 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Antibodies to CD3/T-cell receptor complex induce death by apoptosis in immature T cells in thymic cultures

1989 1.0k citations Christopher A. Smith, Gwyn T. Williams et al. Nature profile →
Mechanism of antigen-driven selection in germinal centres

1989 911 citations D. Joshua, Gwyn T. Williams et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher A. Smith United Kingdom	18	1.6k	982	390	302	241	26	2.9k
John Guardiola Italy	31	1.3k 0.8×	1.0k 1.1×	311 0.8×	345 1.1×	312 1.3×	116	3.0k
François Hirsch France	25	914 0.6×	1.3k 1.3×	254 0.7×	261 0.9×	126 0.5×	67	2.6k
Jean Imbert France	31	1.5k 0.9×	1.5k 1.5×	624 1.6×	294 1.0×	93 0.4×	118	3.5k
Andras K. Szakal United States	31	2.3k 1.5×	777 0.8×	354 0.9×	185 0.6×	345 1.4×	61	4.0k
Giuseppe Tridente Italy	29	926 0.6×	622 0.6×	413 1.1×	153 0.5×	210 0.9×	129	2.6k
Antonio Nieto Spain	34	780 0.5×	770 0.8×	557 1.4×	332 1.1×	169 0.7×	141	3.0k
Kenneth Jacobs United States	20	902 0.6×	992 1.0×	548 1.4×	292 1.0×	97 0.4×	37	3.0k
James D. Watson United States	28	2.7k 1.7×	1.2k 1.2×	561 1.4×	286 0.9×	373 1.5×	93	4.4k
J. F. Borel Switzerland	22	889 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	412 1.1×	172 0.6×	158 0.7×	63	3.2k
J L Pace United States	26	1.9k 1.2×	797 0.8×	557 1.4×	221 0.7×	175 0.7×	55	3.2k

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Alcaino, Constanza, Emily L. Miedzybrodzka, Marta Santos-Hernández, et al.. (2024). Molecular mechanisms underlying glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide secretion in human duodenal organoids. Diabetologia. 68(1). 217–230. 3 indexed citations

Behrendorff, James B. Y. H., Dae‐Hwan Kim, Christopher A. Smith, et al.. (2012). Directed Evolution Reveals Requisite Sequence Elements in the Functional Expression of P450 2F1 inEscherichia coli. Chemical Research in Toxicology. 25(9). 1964–1974. 13 indexed citations

McDonald, R. A. & Christopher A. Smith. (2003). Detection of HIV-1 Nucleic Acids by Northern Blotting. Humana Press eBooks. 17. 71–82. 1 indexed citations

Brownson, Ross C., Christopher A. Smith, Michael Pratt, et al.. (1996). Preventing cardiovascular disease through community-based risk reduction: the Bootheel Heart Health Project.. American Journal of Public Health. 86(2). 206–213. 149 indexed citations

Smith, Christopher A., et al.. (1994). Community-Based Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. 17(3). 285–7. 1 indexed citations

Jenkinson, Eric J., Graham Anderson, Nel C. Moore, Christopher A. Smith, & John J. T. Owen. (1993). Positive Selection by Purified MHC Class II / Thymic Epithelial Cells In Vitro: Costimulatory Signals Mediated by B7 Are Not Involved. Journal of Immunology Research. 3(4). 265–271. 21 indexed citations

Moore, Nel C., Graham Anderson, Christopher A. Smith, John J. T. Owen, & Eric J. Jenkinson. (1993). Analysis of cytokine gene expression in subpopulations of freshly isolated thymocytes and thymic stromal cells using semiquantitative polymerase chain reaction. European Journal of Immunology. 23(4). 922–927. 117 indexed citations

McCarthy, Nicola, Christopher A. Smith, & Gwyn T. Williams. (1992). Apoptosis in the development of the immune system: Growth factors, clonal selection and bcl-2. Cancer and Metastasis Reviews. 11(2). 157–178. 42 indexed citations

Owen, J., Eric J. Jenkinson, Rosetta Kingston, Gwyn T. Williams, & Christopher A. Smith. (1990). Cell growth and gene rearrangement signals during the development of T lymphocytes within the thymus. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 327(1239). 111–116. 3 indexed citations

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Louis, John M., et al.. (1989). Chemical synthesis and expression of the HIV-1 protease gene in E.coli. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 159(1). 87–94. 45 indexed citations

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Jenkinson, Eric J., Rosetta Kingston, Christopher A. Smith, Gwyn T. Williams, & John J. T. Owen. (1989). Antigen-induced apoptosis in developing t cells: a mechanism for negative selection of the t cell receptor repertoire*. European Journal of Immunology. 19(11). 2175–2177. 166 indexed citations

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Louis, John M., Christopher A. Smith, Ewald M. Wondrak, Peter T. Mora, & Stephen Oroszlan. (1989). Substitution mutations of the highly conserved arginine 87 of HIV-1 protease result in loss of proteolytic activity. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 164(1). 30–38. 31 indexed citations

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Joshua, D., et al.. (1989). Mechanism of antigen-driven selection in germinal centres. Nature. 342(6252). 929–931. 911 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smith, Christopher A., Gwyn T. Williams, Rosetta Kingston, Eric J. Jenkinson, & John J. T. Owen. (1989). Antibodies to CD3/T-cell receptor complex induce death by apoptosis in immature T cells in thymic cultures. Nature. 337(6203). 181–184. 1041 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thomas, Christopher M., et al.. (1988). Gene regulation on broad host range plasmid RK2: identification of three novel operons whose transcription is repressed by both KorA and KorC. Nucleic Acids Research. 16(12). 5345–5359. 38 indexed citations

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Smith, Christopher A., Victoria Shingler, & Christopher M. Thomas. (1984). ThetrfA andtrfB promoter regions of broad host range plasmid RK2 share common potential regulatory sequences. Nucleic Acids Research. 12(8). 3619–3630. 63 indexed citations

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Smith, Christopher A., Brian Wigdahl, & Fred Rapp. (1983). Synergistic antiviral activity of acyclovir and interferon on human cytomegalovirus. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 24(3). 325–332. 17 indexed citations

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Smith, Christopher A. & Christopher M. Thomas. (1983). Deletion mapping of kil and kor functions in the trfA and trfB regions of broad host range plasmid RK2. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 190(2). 245–254. 73 indexed citations

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Thomas, Christopher M., et al.. (1982). Maintenance of broad host range plasmid RK2 replicons in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Nature. 298(5875). 674–676. 34 indexed citations

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Smith, Christopher A.. (1974). A Morphological Analysis of Late Prehistoric and Romano-British Settlements in North West Wales. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 40. 157–169. 1 indexed citations

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