Craig Smith

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Craig Smith is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Craig Smith has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Infectious Diseases, 22 papers in Epidemiology and 13 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Craig Smith's work include Virology and Viral Diseases (22 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (22 papers) and Rabies epidemiology and control (13 papers). Craig Smith is often cited by papers focused on Virology and Viral Diseases (22 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (22 papers) and Rabies epidemiology and control (13 papers). Craig Smith collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and New Zealand. Craig Smith's co-authors include Hume Field, Peter Daszak, Lin‐Fa Wang, Gary Crameri, Meng Yu, Jonathan H. Epstein, Jennifer A. McEachern, Hanzhong Wang, Jianhong Zhang and Huajun Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Limnology and Oceanography.

In The Last Decade

Craig Smith

38 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Bats Are Natural Reservoi... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. Bats Are Natural Reservoirs of SARS-Like Coronaviruses
    2005 1.8k citations Wendong Li, Zheng‐Li Shi et al. Science profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Craig Smith 2.7k 1.1k 682 623 585 38 3.8k
Kevin J. Olival 3.0k 1.1× 499 0.5× 1.9k 2.8× 449 0.7× 798 1.4× 67 4.6k
Tracey Goldstein 1.0k 0.4× 370 0.3× 508 0.7× 328 0.5× 164 0.3× 79 2.5k
Ian K. Barker 2.4k 0.9× 441 0.4× 1.2k 1.7× 457 0.7× 817 1.4× 138 4.6k
Carlos Zambrana‐Torrelio 1.8k 0.7× 305 0.3× 1.9k 2.8× 223 0.4× 557 1.0× 45 3.9k
Christine K. Johnson 983 0.4× 502 0.5× 754 1.1× 233 0.4× 178 0.3× 98 3.0k
Walter M. Boyce 1.2k 0.4× 892 0.8× 388 0.6× 232 0.4× 594 1.0× 177 5.2k
Sharon L. Deem 815 0.3× 575 0.5× 633 0.9× 231 0.4× 569 1.0× 150 3.9k
Scott Carver 1.3k 0.5× 411 0.4× 838 1.2× 96 0.2× 417 0.7× 184 3.4k
Patricia A. Conrad 1.7k 0.6× 1.6k 1.5× 1.0k 1.5× 591 0.9× 1.0k 1.7× 188 8.8k
James N. Mills 5.6k 2.1× 640 0.6× 2.5k 3.7× 158 0.3× 1.4k 2.3× 125 7.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Craig Smith

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Fields of papers citing papers by Craig Smith

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Craig Smith. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Craig Smith. The network helps show where Craig Smith may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Craig Smith

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Craig Smith. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Craig Smith based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Craig Smith. Craig Smith is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Qureshi, Waqas, Colleen Harrington, Leora B. Balsam, et al.. (2020). Post-Myocardial Infarction Complications During the COVID-19 Pandemic – A Case Series. Cardiovascular revascularization medicine. 28. 253–258. 5 indexed citations
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Field, Hume, et al.. (2017). “Why won’t they just vaccinate?” Horse owner risk perception and uptake of the Hendra virus vaccine. BMC Veterinary Research. 13(1). 103–103. 44 indexed citations
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Smith, Craig, Alison J. Peel, Raina K. Plowright, et al.. (2017). Persistent infections support maintenance of a coronavirus in a population of Australian bats (Myotis macropus). Epidemiology and Infection. 145(10). 2053–2061. 24 indexed citations
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Smith, Craig, Amanda McLaughlin, Hume Field, et al.. (2016). Twenty years of Hendra virus: laboratory submission trends and risk factors for infection in horses. Epidemiology and Infection. 144(15). 3176–3183. 11 indexed citations
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Edson, Daniel, Hume Field, Lee McMichael, et al.. (2015). Routes of Hendra Virus Excretion in Naturally-Infected Flying-Foxes: Implications for Viral Transmission and Spillover Risk. PLoS ONE. 10(10). e0140670–e0140670. 83 indexed citations
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Field, Hume, Craig Smith, Alice Broos, et al.. (2015). Landscape Utilisation, Animal Behaviour and Hendra Virus Risk. EcoHealth. 13(1). 26–38. 28 indexed citations
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Edson, Daniel, et al.. (2015). Natural Hendra Virus Infection in Flying-Foxes - Tissue Tropism and Risk Factors. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0128835–e0128835. 44 indexed citations
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Vidgen, Miranda E., Craig Smith, Karrie Rose, et al.. (2015). Novel paramyxoviruses in Australian flying-fox populations support host–virus co-evolution. Journal of General Virology. 96(7). 1619–1625. 10 indexed citations
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Smith, Craig, et al.. (2014). Flying-Fox Species Density - A Spatial Risk Factor for Hendra Virus Infection in Horses in Eastern Australia. PLoS ONE. 9(6). e99965–e99965. 57 indexed citations
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Hall, Jane, Karrie Rose, Craig Smith, et al.. (2014). HEALTH ASSESSMENT OF THE CHRISTMAS ISLAND FLYING FOX (PTEROPUS MELANOTUS NATALIS). Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 50(3). 447–458. 20 indexed citations
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Marsh, Glenn A., Carol de Jong, Jennifer Barr, et al.. (2012). Cedar Virus: A Novel Henipavirus Isolated from Australian Bats. PLoS Pathogens. 8(8). e1002836–e1002836. 242 indexed citations
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Field, Hume, Carol de Jong, Craig Smith, et al.. (2011). Hendra Virus Infection Dynamics in Australian Fruit Bats. PLoS ONE. 6(12). e28678–e28678. 101 indexed citations
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Smith, Ina, Alice Broos, Carol de Jong, et al.. (2011). Identifying Hendra Virus Diversity in Pteropid Bats. PLoS ONE. 6(9). e25275–e25275. 73 indexed citations
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Breed, Andrew C., et al.. (2010). Bats Without Borders: Long-Distance Movements and Implications for Disease Risk Management. EcoHealth. 7(2). 204–212. 88 indexed citations
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Crameri, Gary, Shawn Todd, Samantha L. Grimley, et al.. (2009). Establishment, Immortalisation and Characterisation of Pteropid Bat Cell Lines. PLoS ONE. 4(12). e8266–e8266. 131 indexed citations
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Pfeffer, Peter, et al.. (2007). Isolation of genes associated with developmental competency of bovine oocytes. Theriogenology. 68. S84–S90. 19 indexed citations
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McLaughlin, Amanda, Jonathan H. Epstein, Vibhu Prakash, et al.. (2007). PLASMA BIOCHEMISTRY AND HEMATOLOGIC VALUES FOR WILD-CAUGHT FLYING FOXES (PTEROPUS GIGANTEUS) IN INDIA. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 38(3). 446–452. 23 indexed citations
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Somers, Joanna, Craig Smith, Martyn Donnison, et al.. (2006). Gene expression profiling of individual bovine nuclear transfer blastocysts. Reproduction. 131(6). 1073–1084. 68 indexed citations
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Li, Wendong, Zheng‐Li Shi, Meng Yu, et al.. (2005). Bats Are Natural Reservoirs of SARS-Like Coronaviruses. Science. 310(5748). 676–679. 1780 indexed citations breakdown →
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Smythe, Lee D., Hume Field, Leonie J. Barnett, et al.. (2002). Leptospiral Antibodies in Flying Foxes in Australia. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 38(1). 182–186. 45 indexed citations

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