Donald B. Smith

19.8k total citations · 9 hit papers
117 papers, 14.6k citations indexed

About

Donald B. Smith is a scholar working on Hepatology, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald B. Smith has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 14.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Hepatology, 36 papers in Epidemiology and 29 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Donald B. Smith's work include Hepatitis B Virus Studies (28 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (28 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (21 papers). Donald B. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Hepatitis B Virus Studies (28 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (28 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (21 papers). Donald B. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Donald B. Smith's co-authors include Kevin S. Johnson, Peter Simmonds, Jens Bukh, Jack T. Stapleton, Michael A. Purdy, Scott Muerhoff, Wim H. M. van der Poel, Hiroaki Okamoto, Shahid Jameel and Charles M. Rice and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Donald B. Smith

111 papers receiving 14.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Single-step purification of polypeptides expressed in Escherichia coli as fusions with glutathione S-transferase

1988 5.6k citations Donald B. Smith, Kevin S. Johnson Gene profile →
Expanded classification of hepatitis C virus into 7 genotypes and 67 subtypes: Updated criteria and genotype assignment web resource

2013 982 citations Donald B. Smith, Jens Bukh et al. Hepatology profile →
Virus taxonomy: the database of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)

2017 808 citations Donald B. Smith et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Flaviviridae

2017 576 citations Peter Simmonds, Jens Bukh et al. Journal of General Virology profile →
Consensus proposals for classification of the family Hepeviridae

2014 565 citations Donald B. Smith, Peter Simmonds et al. Journal of General Virology profile →
Proposed reference sequences for hepatitis E virus subtypes

2016 321 citations Donald B. Smith, Peter Simmonds et al. Journal of General Virology profile →
Proposed revision to the taxonomy of the genus Pestivirus, family Flaviviridae

2017 257 citations Donald B. Smith, Jens Bukh et al. Journal of General Virology profile →
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Hepeviridae 2022

2022 213 citations Michael A. Purdy, Jan Felix Drexler et al. Journal of General Virology profile →
Renaming of the genus Flavivirus to Orthoflavivirus and extension of binomial species names within the family Flaviviridae

2023 124 citations Thomas S. Postler, Martin Beer et al. Archives of Virology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Renaming of the genus Flavivirus to Orthoflavivirus and extension of binomial species names within the family Flaviviridae breakdown → 2023 ·Archives of Virology ·Thomas S. Postler, Martin Beer, Bradley J. Blitvich, Jens Bukh, Xavier de Lamballerie, Jan Felix Drexler, Allison Imrie, Amit Kapoor, Galina G. Karganova, Philippe Lemey, Volker Lohmann, Peter Simmonds, Donald B. Smith, Jack T. Stapleton, Jens H. Kuhn	124
2	No Exchange of Picornaviruses in Vietnam between Humans and Animals in a High-Risk Cohort with Close Contact despite High Prevalence and Diversity 2021 ·Viruses ·Lu Lu, Jordan Ashworth, Dung Nguyen, Kejin Li, Donald B. Smith, Mark Woolhouse	7
3	Classification and Genomic Diversity of Enterically Transmitted Hepatitis Viruses 2018 ·Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine ·Donald B. Smith, Peter Simmonds	75
4	Resistance analysis of genotype 3 HCV indicates subtypes inherently resistant to NS5A inhibitors. 2018 ·Hepatology ·Donald B. Smith, Andrea Magrì, David Bonsall, Camilla L. C. Ip, Amy Trebes, Anthony Brown, (unknown), Rory Bowden, Dung Nguyen, M. Azim Ansari, Peter Simmonds, Eleanor Barnes	3
5	The use of human sewage screening for community surveillance of hepatitis E virus in the UK 2015 ·Journal of Medical Virology ·Donald B. Smith, (unknown), Peter Simmonds	40
6	Hepatitis E virus is the leading cause of acute viral hepatitis in Lothian, Scotland 2015 ·New Microbes and New Infections ·(unknown), Donald B. Smith, Peter Simmonds, Sandeep Ramalingam, (unknown), Lorna Willocks, Ingólfur Johannessen, Heli Harvala	17
7	Consensus proposals for classification of the family Hepeviridae breakdown → 2014 ·Journal of General Virology ·Donald B. Smith, Peter Simmonds, Shahid Jameel, Suzanne U. Emerson, Tim J. Harrison, Xiang‐Jin Meng, Hiroaki Okamoto, Wim H. M. van der Poel, Michael A. Purdy	565
8	Brain viral burden, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in HAART-treated HIV positive injecting drug users 2014 ·Journal of NeuroVirology ·Donald B. Smith, Peter Simmonds, Jeanne E. Bell	42
9	Sacred Feathers 2013 ·University of Toronto Press eBooks ·Donald B. Smith	1
10	Hepatitis E Virus Mixed Infection in Immunocompetent Patient 2013 ·Emerging infectious diseases ·Donald B. Smith, (unknown), (unknown), Ingólfur Johannessen, Sandeep Ramalingam, Peter Simmonds	13
11	Diversity of Hepatitis G Virus within a Single Infected Individual 2000 ·Virus Genes ·Li Shao, Haruhide Shinzawa, (unknown), Donald B. Smith, Hisayoshi Watanabe, Hideki Mitsuhashi, Koji Saito, Takafumi Saito, Hitoshi Togashi, Tsuneo Takahashi	6
12	[17] Generating fusions to glutathione S-transferase for protein studies 2000 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Donald B. Smith	60
13	A Second Outbreak of Hepatitis C Virus Infection from Anti–D Immunoglobulin in Ireland 1999 ·Vox Sanguinis ·Donald B. Smith, Emer Lawlor, J. Power, (unknown), Jane McAllister, C. D. L. Lycett, Fiona Davidson, (unknown), Jeremy A. Garson, Richard S. Tedder, P.L. Yap, Peter Simmonds	22
14	Investigation of the pattern of diversity of hepatitis C virus in relation to times of transmission 1997 ·Journal of Viral Hepatitis ·Peter Simmonds, Donald B. Smith	15
15	Review: Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis C virus 1997 ·Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology ·Donald B. Smith, Peter Simmonds	61
16	Differential antibody recognition of FC27‐like Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein MSP2 antigens which lack 12 amino acid repeats 1996 ·Parasite Immunology ·Lisa Ranford‐Cartwright, Rachel R. Taylor, Nima Asgari‐Jirhandeh, Donald B. Smith, P. Roberts, Valerie J. Robinson, Hamza A. Babiker, Eleanor M. Riley, David Walliker, Jana S. McBride	27
17	Hepatitis C virus variants and the role of genotyping. 1995 ·PubMed ·Donald B. Smith, Fordyce A. Davidson, (unknown)	16
18	Modified glutathione S-transferase fusion proteins for simplified analysis of protein - protein interactions 1993 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Donald B. Smith, Lloyd Berger, Alan G. Wildeman	13
19	Single-step purification of polypeptides expressed in Escherichia coli as fusions with glutathione S-transferase breakdown → 1988 ·Gene ·Donald B. Smith, Kevin S. Johnson	5591
20	Sensitization against the parasite antigen Sj26 is not sufficient for consistent expression of resistance to Schistosoma japonicum in mice 1988 ·Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Wilfred U. Tiu, Donald B. Smith	27

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