Colin Smith

30.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
210 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

Colin Smith is a scholar working on Neurology, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Smith has authored 210 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Neurology, 72 papers in Molecular Biology and 43 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Colin Smith's work include Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (29 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (25 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury Research (24 papers). Colin Smith is often cited by papers focused on Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (29 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (25 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury Research (24 papers). Colin Smith collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Colin Smith's co-authors include Joanna M. Wardlaw, Martin Dichgans, Daniah Trabzuni, Mina Ryten, John Hardy, Ian R. Whittle, Robert Walker, David I. Graham, Michael E. Weale and James A. R. Nicoll and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nucleic Acids Research and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Colin Smith

198 papers receiving 10.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Mechanisms of sporadic cerebral small vessel disease: insights from neuroimaging

2013 1.2k citations Joanna M. Wardlaw, Colin Smith et al. profile →
Small vessel disease: mechanisms and clinical implications

2019 1.0k citations Joanna M. Wardlaw, Colin Smith et al. profile →
Genetic variability in the regulation of gene expression in ten regions of the human brain

2014 410 citations Adaikalavan Ramasamy, Daniah Trabzuni et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Colin Smith United Kingdom	53	3.7k	3.3k	2.7k	2.3k	1.6k	210	11.0k
Keun‐Hwa Jung South Korea	56	3.5k 0.9×	3.6k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	935 0.6×	438	12.5k
Christian Mawrin Germany	50	2.7k 0.7×	3.2k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	603 0.4×	276	10.8k
William Stewart United States	56	5.4k 1.4×	2.5k 0.8×	4.8k 1.8×	1.1k 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	226	12.3k
Jan Bauer Austria	68	2.5k 0.7×	3.4k 1.0×	1.3k 0.5×	3.7k 1.6×	1.5k 0.9×	221	14.5k
Joseph E. Parisi United States	62	6.6k 1.8×	2.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.4×	2.5k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	180	16.0k
Jens Kühle Switzerland	66	6.4k 1.7×	4.4k 1.3×	1.4k 0.5×	2.0k 0.8×	1.9k 1.2×	406	17.8k
Sven G. Meuth Germany	59	2.2k 0.6×	4.1k 1.2×	1.0k 0.4×	2.6k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	561	14.0k
Jun‐ichi Kira Japan	57	4.9k 1.3×	3.1k 0.9×	870 0.3×	1.5k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	568	13.8k
Hannu Kalimo Finland	70	3.2k 0.9×	5.5k 1.7×	989 0.4×	1.7k 0.7×	2.4k 1.5×	312	15.4k
Klas Blomgren Sweden	64	1.3k 0.3×	4.8k 1.5×	1.6k 0.6×	2.2k 1.0×	989 0.6×	219	14.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Colin Smith

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin Smith

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20 of 20 papers shown

Smith, Colin, et al.. (2024). The effect of plantar calcaneal spur excision on plantar fascia surgery outcomes. The Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery. 64(3). 296–301. 1 indexed citations

Levard, Damien, Antoine Fournier, Eloïse Lemarchand, et al.. (2024). Central nervous system-associated macrophages modulate the immune response following stroke in aged mice. Nature Neuroscience. 27(9). 1721–1733. 22 indexed citations

Ritchie, Diane & Colin Smith. (2024). Pathological spectrum of sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. Pathology. 57(2). 196–206.

Banerjee, Poulomi, Arpan R. Mehta, Raja Sekhar Nirujogi, et al.. (2023). Cell-autonomous immune dysfunction driven by disrupted autophagy in C9orf72 -ALS iPSC-derived microglia contributes to neurodegeneration. Science Advances. 9(16). eabq0651–eabq0651. 27 indexed citations

Blennow, Kaj, Hlin Kvartsberg, Henrik Zetterberg, et al.. (2023). Neurogranin in Alzheimer's disease and ageing: A human post-mortem study. Neurobiology of Disease. 177. 105991–105991. 28 indexed citations

Watson, Neil, Jean‐Philippe Brandel, Alison Green, et al.. (2021). The importance of ongoing international surveillance for Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. Nature Reviews Neurology. 17(6). 362–379. 76 indexed citations

Humphreys, Catherine, Colin Smith, & Joanna M. Wardlaw. (2021). Correlations in post‐mortem imaging‐histopathology studies of sporadic human cerebral small vessel disease: A systematic review. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 47(7). 910–930. 19 indexed citations

Curran, Olimpia E., et al.. (2021). MYD88 L265P mutation in primary central nervous system lymphoma is associated with better survival: A single-center experience. Neuro-Oncology Advances. 3(1). vdab090–vdab090. 8 indexed citations

Leitner, Dominique, Declan McGuone, Christopher William, et al.. (2021). Blinded review of hippocampal neuropathology in sudden unexplained death in childhood reveals inconsistent observations and similarities to explained paediatric deaths. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 48(1). e12746–e12746. 11 indexed citations

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Poon, Michael T. C., et al.. (2021). Extent of MGMT promoter methylation modifies the effect of temozolomide on overall survival in patients with glioblastoma: a regional cohort study. Neuro-Oncology Advances. 3(1). vdab171–vdab171. 10 indexed citations

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Ratelade, Julien, Nicholas R. Klug, Damiano Lombardi, et al.. (2020). Reducing Hypermuscularization of the Transitional Segment Between Arterioles and Capillaries Protects Against Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Circulation. 141(25). 2078–2094. 43 indexed citations

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Curran, Olimpia E., Zhen Qiu, Colin Smith, & Seth G. N. Grant. (2020). A single‐synapse resolution survey of PSD95‐positive synapses in twenty human brain regions. European Journal of Neuroscience. 54(8). 6864–6881. 23 indexed citations

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Holloway, R., Claire L. Davies, Matthew Swire, et al.. (2018). Activin receptors regulate the oligodendrocyte lineage in health and disease. Acta Neuropathologica. 135(6). 887–906. 51 indexed citations

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Friess, Stuart H., Benjamin Bruins, Todd J. Kilbaugh, Colin Smith, & Susan S. Margulies. (2014). Differing Effects when Using Phenylephrine and Norepinephrine To Augment Cerebral Blood Flow after Traumatic Brain Injury in the Immature Brain. Journal of Neurotrauma. 32(4). 237–243. 17 indexed citations

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Sullivan, Sarah, Stuart H. Friess, Jill Ralston, et al.. (2013). Improved Behavior, Motor, and Cognition Assessments in Neonatal Piglets. Journal of Neurotrauma. 30(20). 1770–1779. 22 indexed citations

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Ramasamy, Adaikalavan, Daniah Trabzuni, J. Raphael Gibbs, et al.. (2013). Resolving the polymorphism-in-probe problem is critical for correct interpretation of expression QTL studies. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(7). e88–e88. 66 indexed citations

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Bar‐Anan, Yoav, Mahzarin R. Banaji, Brian A. Nosek, et al.. (2013). Project Implicit Demo Website Datasets. OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints). 14 indexed citations

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Patani, Rickie, Patrick A. Lewis, Daniah Trabzuni, et al.. (2012). Investigating the utility of human embryonic stem cell‐derived neurons to model ageing and neurodegenerative disease using whole‐genome gene expression and splicing analysis. Journal of Neurochemistry. 122(4). 738–751. 45 indexed citations

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Dolinak, David, et al.. (2000). Hypoglycaemia is a cause of axonal injury. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 26(5). 448–453. 30 indexed citations

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Smith, Colin, J. J. Pindborg, & William H. Binnie. (1990). Oral cancer : epidemiology, etiology, and pathology. 12 indexed citations

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