David J. Smith

14.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
216 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

David J. Smith is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Condensed Matter Physics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, David J. Smith has authored 216 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Molecular Biology, 32 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 24 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in David J. Smith's work include Micro and Nano Robotics (32 papers), Microbial metabolism and enzyme function (19 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (19 papers). David J. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Micro and Nano Robotics (32 papers), Microbial metabolism and enzyme function (19 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (19 papers). David J. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. David J. Smith's co-authors include Roy M. Harrison, L. Luhana, Eamonn A. Gaffney, Jackson Kirkman‐Brown, C. W. Bunn, David R. Holmes, J. R. Blake, Casimiro Pio, Luís M. Castro and Sirpa Jalkanen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

David J. Smith

212 papers receiving 9.8k 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.

Source Apportionment of Atmospheric Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Collected from an Urban Location in Birmingham, U.K.

1996 1.2k citations David J. Smith et al. profile →
Carbonaceous aerosol in urban and rural European atmospheres: estimation of secondary organic carbon concentrations

1999 740 citations David J. Smith et al. profile →
The crystal structure of polycaproamide: Nylon 6

1955 693 citations David J. Smith et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David J. Smith

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Fluid dynamics of dinoflagellate feeding and swimming 2025 ·Limnology and Oceanography ·(unknown), Lasse Tor Nielsen, Stuart Humphries, David J. Smith, Thomas Kiørboe	1
2	Development and application of an optimised Bayesian shrinkage prior for spectroscopic biomedical diagnostics 2024 ·Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine ·Hin On Chu, (unknown), David J. Smith, Pola Goldberg Oppenheimer	2
3	Prevention of Adrenal Crisis: Cortisol Responses to Major Stress Compared to Stress Dose Hydrocortisone Delivery 2020 ·The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·Alessandro Prete, Angela E. Taylor, Irina Bancos, David J. Smith, Mark Foster, Sibylle Köhler, (unknown), John Komninos, Donna O’Neil, Dimitra A. Vassiliadi, (unknown), Radu Mihai, Joanne L. Fallowfield, Djillali Annane, Janet M. Lord, Brian Keevil, John Wass, Niki Karavitaki, Wiebke Arlt	58
4	Motile curved bacteria are Pareto-optimal 2019 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), David J. Smith, Stuart Humphries	46
5	2018 ·arXiv (Cornell University) ·Meurig T. Gallagher, Debajyoti Choudhuri, David J. Smith	5
6	Influences of transversely isotropic rheology and translational diffusion on the stability of active suspensions 2018 ·Royal Society Open Science ·(unknown), (unknown), David J. Smith, J. E. F. Green, Richard Clarke, Rosemary Dyson	5
7	Expanded HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) implementation in communities in New South Wales, Australia (EPIC-NSW): design of an open label, single arm implementation trial 2018 ·BMC Public Health ·(unknown), Iryna Zablotska, Christine Selvey, Rebecca Guy, Karen Price, Jo Holden, H Schmidt, Anna McNulty, David J. Smith, Fengyi Jin, Janaki Amin, David A. Cooper, Andrew E. Grulich	53
8	Viscous propulsion in active transversely isotropic media 2017 ·Journal of Fluid Mechanics ·(unknown), Rosemary Dyson, David J. Smith	8
9	Modeling of Hydro-Viscoelastic State of Deformable andSaturated Product During Convective Drying 2014 ·Cmc-computers Materials & Continua ·(unknown), Lamine Hassini, (unknown), (unknown), David J. Smith	1
10	Diurnal normobaric moderate hypoxia raises serum erythropoietin concentration but does not stimulate accelerated erythrocyte production 2006 ·European Journal of Applied Physiology ·(unknown), (unknown), Stephen R. Norris, David J. Smith	2
11	Uniformity issues in the manufacture of large-aperture liquid-crystal wave plates 1993 ·Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics ·Amy L. Rigatti, (unknown), (unknown), L. D. Lund, Kenneth Marshall, S. Papernov, Ansgar W. Schmid, David J. Smith, Stephen D. Jacobs	1
12	The Japanization of America 1990 ·David J. Smith	3
13	Liquid crystal distributed polarization rotator for improved uniformity of focused laser light 1990 ·Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics ·(unknown), (unknown), T. J. Kessler, S. D. Jacobs, David J. Smith, S. Skupsky	2
14	High-power glass laser phase control 1987 ·Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics ·T. Keßler, S. Skupsky, W. Seka, Lee D. Feinberg, S. D. Jacobs, K. L. Marshall, (unknown), David J. Smith, (unknown)	0
15	Active mirror geometry, Nd 3+ :Cr 3+ :GSGG amplifier 1987 ·Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics ·J. H. Kelly, David L. Smith, (unknown), S. D. Jacobs, David J. Smith, John C. Lambropoulos	0
16	Detection of trans-acting factors for hemoglobin switching by cell fusions 1986 ·Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States) ·Robert H. Broyles, (unknown), David J. Smith, (unknown)	1
17	Osteopathic manipulation resulting in damage to the spinal cord 1985 ·BMJ ·David J. Smith	1
18	The flow from notched nozzles in the presence of a free stream 1984 ·The Aeronautical Journal ·David J. Smith, Thomas J.R. Hughes	8
19	Lifeline earthquake engineering : the current state of knowledge, 1981 ; proceedings of the second specialty conference of the Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering, Oakland Hyatt House, Oakland, California, August 20-21, 1981 1981 ·American Society of Civil Engineers eBooks ·David J. Smith	2
20	CHORION EPITHELIOMA 1966 ·BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology ·David A. Felton, David J. Smith	7

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