David J. Smith

36.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
1.3k papers, 28.7k citations indexed

About

David J. Smith is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, David J. Smith has authored 1.3k papers receiving a total of 28.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 448 papers in Materials Chemistry, 426 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 388 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in David J. Smith's work include Semiconductor materials and devices (179 papers), GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials (164 papers) and Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (121 papers). David J. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Semiconductor materials and devices (179 papers), GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials (164 papers) and Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (121 papers). David J. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Romania. David J. Smith's co-authors include M.J. Pavier, Martha R. McCartney, Laurence D. Marks, M.R. Ayatollahi, S. Parkin, A. E. Berkowitz, L. A. Bursill, Lin Zhou, David A. Cullen and Humberto Terrones and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

David J. Smith

1.2k papers receiving 27.5k 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.

The role of T‐stress in brittle fracture for linear elastic materials under mixed‐mode loading

2001 541 citations David J. Smith et al. profile →
Giant magnetoresistance in antiferromagnetic Co/Cu multilayers

1991 488 citations David J. Smith et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
David J. Smith	12.3k	8.3k	8.3k	5.0k	4.8k	1.3k	28.7k
C. J. Humphreys	13.7k 1.1×	8.8k 1.1×	6.1k 0.7×	7.3k 1.4×	1.3k 0.3×	586	25.9k
David A. Muller	35.4k 2.9×	20.8k 2.5×	7.2k 0.9×	11.4k 2.3×	2.3k 0.5×	640	53.3k
David G. Cahill	24.4k 2.0×	8.0k 1.0×	4.9k 0.6×	2.5k 0.5×	4.2k 0.9×	384	34.2k
Stephen J. Pennycook	30.1k 2.5×	22.3k 2.7×	5.3k 0.6×	11.8k 2.3×	2.3k 0.5×	691	50.3k
Miquel Salmerón	16.0k 1.3×	8.9k 1.1×	11.7k 1.4×	1.6k 0.3×	2.0k 0.4×	427	29.6k
Flemming Besenbacher	29.5k 2.4×	15.5k 1.9×	13.0k 1.6×	3.6k 0.7×	3.8k 0.8×	726	58.5k
Steven J. Plimpton	33.0k 2.7×	7.5k 0.9×	7.0k 0.9×	2.2k 0.4×	11.7k 2.4×	150	56.0k
Sergei V. Kalinin	26.6k 2.2×	11.9k 1.4×	8.8k 1.1×	12.2k 2.4×	911 0.2×	858	37.4k
Isao Tanaka	27.0k 2.2×	11.2k 1.3×	4.4k 0.5×	7.0k 1.4×	3.2k 0.7×	537	35.2k
Ute Kaiser	15.8k 1.3×	10.5k 1.3×	2.5k 0.3×	3.7k 0.7×	1.1k 0.2×	547	25.5k

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Smith, David J., et al.. (2024). An aperiodic monotile. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 4(1). 20 indexed citations

Zhao, Wenwen, Jimy Encomendero, Kazuki Nomoto, et al.. (2024). Performance Limiting Factors of 15-GHz Ku-Band FBARs. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 71(8). 4968–4976. 3 indexed citations

Qi, Xin, Stephen M. Schaefer, Martha R. McCartney, et al.. (2024). CdSe With Mixed Zincblende and Wurtzite Phases Grown on Lattice-Matched InAs Substrates Using Molecular Beam Epitaxy. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. 14(5). 752–757. 2 indexed citations

Kennedy, B. W., et al.. (2024). Analysis of Total Ionizing Dose Effects Using Electron Holography. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 71(4). 585–590. 1 indexed citations

Wright, Dylan, et al.. (2023). Optical and acoustic phonons in turbostratic and cubic boron nitride thin films on diamond substrates. Diamond and Related Materials. 140. 110452–110452. 10 indexed citations

Sujan, Vivek A., Fei Xie, & David J. Smith. (2022). Achieving Diesel Powertrain Ownership Parity in Battery Electric Heavy Duty Commercial Vehicles Using a Rapid Recurrent Recharging Architecture. SAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in Mobility. 4(4). 1166–1180. 8 indexed citations

Ikoma, Yoshifumi, Takahiro Masuda, Yoshinori Tange, et al.. (2021). Synchrotron X-ray diffraction observation of phase transformation during annealing of Si processed by high-pressure torsion. Philosophical Magazine Letters. 101(6). 223–231. 9 indexed citations

Zhang, Qingling, Sandrine Vendeville, V. N. Serebryany, et al.. (2020). ALG-000184, a prodrug of capsid assembly modulator ALG-001075, demonstrates best-in-class preclinical characteristics for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B. Journal of Hepatology. 73. S880–S881. 4 indexed citations

Storm, David F., Tyler A. Growden, Jeffrey W. Daulton, et al.. (2020). Dependence of growth temperature on the electrical properties and microstructure of MBE-grown AlN/GaN resonant tunneling diodes on sapphire. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Nanotechnology and Microelectronics Materials Processing Measurement and Phenomena. 38(3). 6 indexed citations

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Growden, Tyler A., David F. Storm, E. R. Brown, et al.. (2020). Effects of growth temperature on electrical properties of GaN/AlN based resonant tunneling diodes with peak current density up to 1.01 MA/cm2. AIP Advances. 10(5). 7 indexed citations

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Polyakov, A. Y., In‐Hwan Lee, N. B. Smirnov, et al.. (2019). Defects at the surface of β-Ga2O3 produced by Ar plasma exposure. APL Materials. 7(6). 50 indexed citations

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Luna, E., Mingjian Wu, Toshihiro Aoki, et al.. (2019). Impact of Bi incorporation on the evolution of microstructure during growth of low-temperature GaAs:Bi/Ga(As,Bi) layers. Journal of Applied Physics. 126(8). 6 indexed citations

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Yang, Jiancheng, Chaker Fares, F. Ren, et al.. (2019). ⁶⁰Co Gamma Ray Damage in Homoepitaxial β-Ga₂O₃Schottky Rectifiers. ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology. 8(7). Q3041–Q3045. 23 indexed citations

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Smith, David J., et al.. (2013). Atomic-scale characterization of (mostly zincblende) compound semiconductor heterostructures. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 471. 12005–12005. 2 indexed citations

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Blanchin, M. G., L. A. Bursill, & David J. Smith. (1984). Precipitation phenomena in non-stoichiometric oxides I. Pairs of crystallographic shear planes in reduced rutiles. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 391(1801). 351–372. 31 indexed citations

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Nikbin, Kamran, David J. Smith, & G. A. Webster. (1984). Prediction of creep crack growth from uniaxial creep data. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 396(1810). 183–197. 130 indexed citations

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Bursill, L. A., M. G. Blanchin, & David J. Smith. (1984). Precipitation phenomena in non-stoichiometric oxides II. {100} Platelet defects in reduced rutiles. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 391(1801). 373–391. 24 indexed citations

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Fryer, J. R. & David J. Smith. (1982). High resolution electron microscopy of molecular crystals I. Quaterrylene, C40H20. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 381(1780). 225–240. 22 indexed citations

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Bursill, L. A., M. G. Blanchin, & David J. Smith. (1982). The nature and extent of disorder within rapidly cooled TiO1.9985. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 384(1786). 135–155. 21 indexed citations

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Hood, William W., et al.. (1970). Abstracts of Papers Presented at the Southern Divisional Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association Memphis, Tennessee February 2–4, 1970. Journal of Dairy Science. 53(3). 372–385. 1 indexed citations

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