David A. Smith

8.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
192 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

David A. Smith is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, David A. Smith has authored 192 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Molecular Biology, 34 papers in Plant Science and 32 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in David A. Smith's work include Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (29 papers), Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research (19 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (13 papers). David A. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (29 papers), Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research (19 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (13 papers). David A. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. David A. Smith's co-authors include Frances M. Platt, Leland H. Hartwell, Robert Simmons, Michael A. Geeves, John Sleep, James A. Spudich, Amit Mehta, Matthias Rief, Emyr Lloyd‐Evans and Bruce S. Baker and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

David A. Smith

186 papers receiving 6.1k citations

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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.

Niemann-Pick disease type C1 is a sphingosine storage disease that causes deregulation of lysosomal calcium

2008 669 citations David A. Smith, Frances M. Platt et al. profile →
Single-Molecule Biomechanics with Optical Methods

1999 511 citations David A. Smith et al. profile →
ALTERED FIDELITY OF MITOTIC CHROMOSOME TRANSMISSION IN CELL CYCLE MUTANTS OF S. CEREVISIAE

1985 348 citations David A. Smith et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David A. Smith United States	42	2.5k	1.2k	1.1k	849	807	192	6.3k
Wolfgang Kummer Germany	59	4.9k 1.9×	3.4k 2.8×	520 0.5×	273 0.3×	1.3k 1.6×	432	14.3k
Paul A. Smith United Kingdom	43	2.1k 0.8×	602 0.5×	292 0.3×	363 0.4×	569 0.7×	232	6.4k
Richard A. Henderson United Kingdom	67	14.6k 5.8×	566 0.5×	962 0.9×	1.9k 2.2×	423 0.5×	320	24.5k
Poul Nissen Denmark	72	16.1k 6.4×	519 0.4×	1.3k 1.2×	255 0.3×	965 1.2×	215	19.8k
M Montal United States	57	9.6k 3.8×	1.5k 1.2×	994 0.9×	704 0.8×	494 0.6×	150	13.6k
M. Kœnig France	46	7.1k 2.8×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	1.7k 2.0×	1.2k 1.5×	301	12.4k
Vladislav S. Markin United States	36	2.4k 1.0×	485 0.4×	588 0.6×	566 0.7×	269 0.3×	171	4.9k
Albert Goldbeter Belgium	57	8.0k 3.2×	564 0.5×	1.5k 1.4×	392 0.5×	224 0.3×	180	12.6k
Geoffrey L. Greene United States	73	10.8k 4.3×	501 0.4×	498 0.5×	627 0.7×	131 0.2×	279	25.5k
Marco Durante Germany	63	3.7k 1.5×	1.3k 1.1×	160 0.1×	281 0.3×	169 0.2×	475	15.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Smith, David A., et al.. (2025). Calibration and Evaluation of Blackbeard Time Tagging Capability. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University).

Ma, Xiaoshen, Samantha A. Burgess, Justin A. Newman, et al.. (2024). General Synthesis of Conformationally Constrained Noncanonical Amino Acids with C( sp ³ )-Rich Benzene Bioisosteres. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 89(7). 5010–5018.

Smith, David A., Claire Smith, Lauren Morris, et al.. (2020). Acetyl-leucine slows disease progression in lysosomal storage disorders. Brain Communications. 3(1). fcaa148–fcaa148. 40 indexed citations

Torres, Júlia Baguña, Zilin Yu, Jayanta Bordoloi, et al.. (2019). Imaging of changes in copper trafficking and redistribution in a mouse model of Niemann-Pick C disease using positron emission tomography. BioMetals. 32(2). 293–306. 9 indexed citations

Smith, David A.. (2011). The interaction energy of charged filaments in an electrolyte: Results for all filament spacings. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 276(1). 8–15. 3 indexed citations

Sleep, John, Alexandre Lewalle, & David A. Smith. (2006). Reconciling the working strokes of a single head of skeletal muscle myosin estimated from laser-trap experiments and crystal structures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(5). 1278–1282. 13 indexed citations

Leonard, Niamh, David A. Smith, & Paul McNamara. (2003). Low-Grade Malignant Eccrine Spiradenoma With Systemic Metastases. American Journal of Dermatopathology. 25(3). 253–255. 31 indexed citations

Smith, David A., et al.. (2003). Compatibility of the candidate bioherbicide Microsphaeropsis amaranthi with chemical herbicides and adjuvants in tank mixture.. 615–618. 3 indexed citations

Smith, David A.. (2001). Path-integral theory of an axially confined worm-like chain. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 34(21). 4507–4523. 24 indexed citations

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Massey, R. S., et al.. (1999). Operation of an array of field-change detectors to provide ground truth for FORTE data. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 41(4). 239–42. 1 indexed citations

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Danielsen, Erik Hvid, David A. Smith, Leif Østergaard, et al.. (1998). Positron emission tomography of living brain in minipigs and domestic pigs. Research Portal (King's College London). 25. 127–135. 16 indexed citations

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Smith, David A. & D. George Stephenson. (1994). Theory and observation of spontaneous oscillatory contractions in skeletal myofibrils. Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility. 15(4). 369–389. 15 indexed citations

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Smith, David A., et al.. (1992). An extracellular enzyme fromFusarium solanif. sp.phaseoliwhich catalyses hydration of the isoflavonoid phytoalexin, phaseollidin. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 94(1-2). 187–190. 16 indexed citations

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Smith, David A.. (1990). The theory of sliding filament models for muscle contraction. II. Biochemically-based models of the contraction cycle. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 146(2). 157–175. 3 indexed citations

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Yamano, Mariko, et al.. (1984). Arcuatefugal neuropeptide Y(NPY)-containing neuron system in the rat. ACTA HISTOCHEMICA ET CYTOCHEMICA. 17(6). 699. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, David A.. (1979). Simulation of Tunneling States in Random-Network Glasses. Physical Review Letters. 42(11). 729–732. 33 indexed citations

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Smith, David A., et al.. (1977). Computer simulation of spin glasses and mictomagnets. Physica B+C. 86-88. 861–862. 3 indexed citations

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Kraemer, Paul M. & David A. Smith. (1974). High molecular-weight heparan sulfate from the cell surface. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 56(2). 423–430. 67 indexed citations

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Smith, David A., et al.. (1966). Unprimed Synthesis of Polyadenylate and Polyuridylate Catalyzed by Ribonucleic Acid Polymerase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 241(8). 1915–1916. 7 indexed citations

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Smith, David A. & Donald W. Visser. (1965). Studies on 5-Hydroxyuridine. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 240(1). 446–453. 18 indexed citations

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