David Roy Smith

7.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
173 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

David Roy Smith is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Roy Smith has authored 173 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Molecular Biology, 47 papers in Ecology and 25 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in David Roy Smith's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (50 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (38 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (33 papers). David Roy Smith is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (50 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (38 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (33 papers). David Roy Smith collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Japan. David Roy Smith's co-authors include Patrick J. Keeling, W. Robert Lee, Charles F. Delwiche, Hervé Moreau, Olivier De Clerck, Frédérik Leliaert, Heroen Verbruggen, Matthew D. Herron, Robert W. Lee and Kate Crosby and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Genes & Development and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

David Roy Smith

155 papers receiving 3.4k citations

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Phylogeny and Molecular Evolution of the Green Algae

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Photostasis and photosynthetic adaptation to polar life 2024 ·Photosynthesis Research ·Norman P. A. Hüner, Alexander G. Ivanov, (unknown), Leonid V. Savitch, David Roy Smith, (unknown)	1
2	The plastomes of Hyalomonas oviformis and Hyalogonium fusiforme evolved dissimilar architectures after the loss of photosynthesis 2022 ·Plant Direct ·(unknown), Francisco Figueroa‐Martinez, Thomas Pröschold, Maike Lorenz, Aurora M. Nedelcu, David Roy Smith, Adrián Reyes‐Prieto	3
3	An overview of online resources for intra-species detection of gene duplications 2022 ·Frontiers in Genetics ·Xi Zhang, David Roy Smith	2
4	The mutational hazard hypothesis of organelle genome evolution: 10 years on 2016 ·Molecular Ecology ·David Roy Smith	40
5	The Plastid Genome of Polytoma uvella Is the Largest Known among Colorless Algae and Plants and Reflects Contrasting Evolutionary Paths to Nonphotosynthetic Lifestyles 2016 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Francisco Figueroa‐Martinez, Aurora M. Nedelcu, David Roy Smith, Adrián Reyes‐Prieto	21
6	Broadening the definition of a bioinformatician 2015 ·Frontiers in Genetics ·David Roy Smith	7
7	Nucleotide substitution analyses of the glaucophyte Cyanophora suggest an ancestrally lower mutation rate in plastid vs mitochondrial DNA for the Archaeplastida 2014 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·David Roy Smith, Christopher J. Jackson, Adrián Reyes‐Prieto	9
8	Microbial Eukaryote Globins 2013 ·Advances in microbial physiology ·Serge N. Vinogradov, Xavier Bailly, David Roy Smith, Mariana Tinajero‐Trejo, Robert K. Poole, David Hoogewijs	36
9	Death of the genome paper 2013 ·Frontiers in Genetics ·David Roy Smith	10
10	Parody and festivity in early modern art : essays on comedy as social vision 2012 ·Ashgate eBooks ·David Roy Smith	2
11	Cash Cow-exposing northern breeder herd productivity 2011 ·Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland) ·(unknown), Michael McGowan, Peter O’Rourke, David Roy Smith, Geoffry Fordyce, B. M. Burns, (unknown), Nancy J. Phillips, (unknown), (unknown), NR Perkins, John Morton, (unknown)	1
12	Natural mortality factors of the neotropical Symphyta Haplostegus nigricrus (Hymenoptera: Pergidae). 2010 ·Bioscience Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), David Roy Smith, (unknown), Teresinha Vinha Zanuncio, José Cola Zanúncio	1
13	Evolution of linear mitochondrial DNA in three known lineages of Polytomella 2010 ·Current Genetics ·David Roy Smith, Jimeng Hua, W. Robert Lee	35
14	Joseph Conrad's Under Western eyes : beginnings, revisions, final forms : five essays 1991 ·David Roy Smith	2
15	A new Xyela (Hymenoptera: Xyelidae) from western United States. 1990 ·Entomological News ·David Roy Smith	2
16	A New Janus (Hymenoptera, Cephidae) From Quercus, And Key To North american Species 1989 ·Entomological News ·David Roy Smith, Jon Solomon	7
17	Two new species, larval descriptions, and life history notes of some Panamanian sawflies (Hymenoptera: Argidae, Tenthredinidae) 1985 ·Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) ·(unknown), David Roy Smith	6
18	Two new species of Gilpinia (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae) feeding on Pinus kesiya in Thailand. 1983 ·Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. ·David Roy Smith	2
19	Sawflies of the subfamily Heterarthrinae in South America (Hymenoptera:Tenthredinidae). 1973 ·Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington ·David Roy Smith	4
20	A new Nearctic Xyela causing galls on Pinus spp. (Hymen-optera : Xyelidae). 1970 ·David Roy Smith	5

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