Christopher D. Smyser

11.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
136 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Christopher D. Smyser is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Cognitive Neuroscience and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher D. Smyser has authored 136 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 43 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 32 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Christopher D. Smyser's work include Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (80 papers), Infant Development and Preterm Care (38 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (36 papers). Christopher D. Smyser is often cited by papers focused on Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (80 papers), Infant Development and Preterm Care (38 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (36 papers). Christopher D. Smyser collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Christopher D. Smyser's co-authors include Joshua S. Shimony, Jeffrey J. Neil, Terrie E. Inder, Cynthia Rogers, Abraham Z. Snyder, Jason E. Hill, Tara A. Smyser, Andrew J. Degnan, Rachel E. Lean and Roberta Pineda and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Christopher D. Smyser

130 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

Resting-State fMRI: A Review of Methods and Clinical Applications

2012 772 citations Christopher D. Smyser, Joshua S. Shimony et al. profile →
Longitudinal Analysis of Neural Network Development in Preterm Infants

2010 556 citations Christopher D. Smyser, Terrie E. Inder et al. Cerebral Cortex profile →
Neonatal intensive care unit stress is associated with brain development in preterm infants

2011 412 citations Christopher D. Smyser, Roberta Pineda et al. profile →

Peers

Christopher D. Smyser

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Ulrika Ådén Sweden

James P. Boardman United Kingdom

Chiara Nosarti United Kingdom

Deanne K. Thompson Australia

Tomoki Arichi United Kingdom

Jon Skranes Norway

Mats Blennow Sweden

Manon J.N.L. Benders Netherlands

Vann Chau Canada

Lena Hellström‐Westas Sweden

Ulrika Ådén Sweden

Christopher D. Smyser

2.3k ×0.8

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1.2k ×0.6

672 ×0.5

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1.1k ×1.2

PRM

243 ×0.7

EPIDE

Citations per year, relative to Christopher D. Smyser Christopher D. Smyser (= 1×) peers Ulrika Ådén

Countries citing papers authored by Christopher D. Smyser

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher D. Smyser

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Tooley, Ursula A., Jeanette K. Kenley, M. Catalina Camacho, et al.. (2025). Structure–function coupling in the first month of life: Associations with age and attention. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(23). e2412729122–e2412729122. 1 indexed citations

Yahanda, Alexander T., Albert M. Isaacs, S. Hassan A. Akbari, et al.. (2024). Pro-inflammatory cerebrospinal fluid profile of neonates with intraventricular hemorrhage: clinical relevance and contrast with CNS infection. Fluids and Barriers of the CNS. 21(1). 17–17. 2 indexed citations

Tooley, Ursula A., Rachel E. Lean, Rebecca Tillman, et al.. (2024). Associations between Parenting and Cognitive and Language Abilities at 2 Years of Age Depend on Prenatal Exposure to Disadvantage. The Journal of Pediatrics. 276. 114289–114289. 5 indexed citations

Rafferty, Sean M., Muriah D. Wheelock, Ana María Arbeláez, et al.. (2024). Mapping brain function in adults and young children during naturalistic viewing with high‐density diffuse optical tomography. Human Brain Mapping. 45(7). e26684–e26684. 5 indexed citations

Lean, Rachel E., Jeanette K. Kenley, Sydney Kaplan, et al.. (2024). Functional Connectivity Relationships to Longitudinal Motor Outcomes Differ in Very Preterm Children With and Without Brain Injury. Neurology Clinical Practice. 15(1). e200397–e200397. 1 indexed citations

Baranger, David A. A., Alex P. Miller, Sarah E. Paul, et al.. (2024). Prenatal cannabis exposure, the brain, and psychopathology during early adolescence. Nature Mental Health. 2(8). 975–986. 7 indexed citations

Hoyniak, Caroline P., Meghan Rose Donohue, Joan L. Luby, et al.. (2024). The association between maternal sleep and circadian rhythms during pregnancy and infant sleep and socioemotional outcomes. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 34(4). 1365–1377. 1 indexed citations

Bogdan, Ryan, David B. Liss, Emma C. Johnson, et al.. (2024). Characteristics of women concordant and discordant for urine drug screens for cannabis exposure and self-reported cannabis use during pregnancy. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 103. 107351–107351. 2 indexed citations

Smyser, Tara A., Emily D. Gerstein, Barbara Warner, et al.. (2023). Neighborhood Crime and Externalizing Behavior in Toddlers: A Longitudinal Study With Neonatal fMRI and Parenting. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 63(7). 733–744. 5 indexed citations

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Warner, Barbara, Bruce A. Rosa, I. Malick Ndao, et al.. (2023). Social and psychological adversity are associated with distinct mother and infant gut microbiome variations. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5824–5824. 5 indexed citations

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Vesoulis, Zachary A., et al.. (2023). Gabapentin as Adjunctive Therapy in Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome: A Case Series. The Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 28(4). 368–373. 1 indexed citations

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Shah, Seema, Suena H. Massey, Ashish Premkumar, et al.. (2023). How penalizing substance use in pregnancy affects treatment and research: a qualitative examination of researchers’ perspectives. Journal of Law and the Biosciences. 10(2). lsad019–lsad019. 4 indexed citations

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Rogers, Cynthia, Sydney Kaplan, Rachel E. Lean, et al.. (2022). The Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Neighborhood Crime on Neonatal Functional Connectivity. Biological Psychiatry. 92(2). 139–148. 33 indexed citations

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Lean, Rachel E., Christopher D. Smyser, Regina L. Triplett, et al.. (2022). Prenatal exposure to maternal social disadvantage and psychosocial stress and neonatal white matter connectivity at birth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(42). e2204135119–e2204135119. 25 indexed citations

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Garcia, Kara, Emma C. Robinson, Dimitrios Alexopoulos, et al.. (2018). Dynamic patterns of cortical expansion during folding of the preterm human brain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(12). 3156–3161. 86 indexed citations

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Neil, Jeffrey J. & Christopher D. Smyser. (2018). Recent advances in the use of MRI to assess early human cortical development. Journal of Magnetic Resonance. 293. 56–69. 15 indexed citations

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Al‐Kateb, Hussam, Geetika Khanna, Isabel Filges, et al.. (2014). Scoliosis and vertebral anomalies: Additional abnormal phenotypes associated with chromosome 16p11.2 rearrangement. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 164(5). 1118–1126. 29 indexed citations

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Pineda, Roberta, Jeff Neil, Donna Dierker, et al.. (2013). Alterations in Brain Structure and Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Preterm Infants Hospitalized in Different Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Environments. The Journal of Pediatrics. 164(1). 52–60.e2. 261 indexed citations

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Smyser, Christopher D., Abraham Z. Snyder, Joshua S. Shimony, et al.. (2013). Effects of White Matter Injury on Resting State fMRI Measures in Prematurely Born Infants. PLoS ONE. 8(7). e68098–e68098. 92 indexed citations

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Smyser, Christopher D., Terrie E. Inder, Joshua S. Shimony, et al.. (2010). Longitudinal Analysis of Neural Network Development in Preterm Infants. Cerebral Cortex. 20(12). 2852–2862. 556 indexed citations breakdown →

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