Donald Smith

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Donald Smith is a scholar working on Philosophy, Surgery and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald Smith has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Philosophy, 4 papers in Surgery and 4 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Donald Smith's work include Philosophy and Theoretical Science (4 papers), Drug Solubulity and Delivery Systems (3 papers) and Diabetes Management and Research (3 papers). Donald Smith is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and Theoretical Science (4 papers), Drug Solubulity and Delivery Systems (3 papers) and Diabetes Management and Research (3 papers). Donald Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Germany. Donald Smith's co-authors include Lauretta Quinn, Ali Çınar, Everett Hiestand, G. Binnig, John H. Maddocks, Theodor W. Hänsch, Wolfgang M. Heckl, Christoph Gerber, J. D. Swalen and C. F. Quate and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Donald Smith

31 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

KNOWLEDGE AND LOTTERIES 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 200 400 600
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.

  1. KNOWLEDGE AND LOTTERIES
    2005 624 citations Donald Smith Philosophical Books profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Donald Smith United States 15 630 412 216 215 157 34 1.4k
David Saunders United States 26 22 0.0× 40 0.1× 78 0.4× 88 0.4× 217 1.4× 115 2.1k
Masato Ito Japan 36 10 0.0× 19 0.0× 182 0.8× 89 0.4× 249 1.6× 208 4.0k
D. Zimmermann Germany 17 8 0.0× 168 0.4× 24 0.1× 35 0.2× 40 0.3× 41 1.2k
H. Wendt United States 22 3 0.0× 56 0.1× 60 0.3× 152 0.7× 14 0.1× 61 1.2k
Scott Hagan United States 9 7 0.0× 18 0.0× 118 0.5× 19 0.1× 174 1.1× 29 578
Martin Gardner Canada 12 9 0.0× 23 0.1× 42 0.2× 13 0.1× 19 0.1× 36 893
Haihong Liu China 22 8 0.0× 47 0.1× 405 1.9× 10 0.0× 6 0.0× 86 1.6k
Florian Huber Germany 26 131 0.3× 63 0.3× 30 0.1× 634 4.0× 52 3.1k
Liang Li China 21 1 0.0× 165 0.4× 455 2.1× 25 0.1× 82 0.5× 114 1.5k
Mark T. Nelson United Kingdom 7 53 0.1× 14 0.0× 26 0.1× 7 0.0× 71 0.5× 27 542

Countries citing papers authored by Donald Smith

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Fields of papers citing papers by Donald Smith

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Donald Smith

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Donald Smith. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Donald Smith based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Donald Smith. Donald Smith is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Smith, Donald, et al.. (2018). Relationships Between Glycemic Control and Cardiovascular Fitness. Biological Research For Nursing. 20(4). 422–428. 8 indexed citations
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Phillpot, Clive, et al.. (2013). All This Stuff : Archiving the Artist. 8 indexed citations
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Çınar, Ali, et al.. (2009). Estimation of Future Glucose Concentrations with Subject-Specific Recursive Linear Models. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. 11(4). 243–253. 113 indexed citations
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Smith, Donald. (2007). Hamish Henderson: A Biography, Volume I: The Making of the Poet (1919-1953). Folk Life. 46(1). 156–157. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Donald. (2006). THE VAGUENESS ARGUMENT FOR MEREOLOGICAL UNIVERSALISM*. Pacific philosophical quarterly. 87(3). 357–368. 6 indexed citations
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Smith, Donald. (2005). KNOWLEDGE AND LOTTERIES. Philosophical Books. 46(2). 123–131. 624 indexed citations breakdown →
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Crisp, Thomas M. & Donald Smith. (2005). ?Wholly Present? Defined. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 71(2). 318–344. 25 indexed citations
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Humphrey, William R., et al.. (2003). Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy of Linezolid in a Gerbil Model of Streptococcus pneumoniae -Induced Acute Otitis Media. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 47(4). 1355–1363. 2 indexed citations
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Hilgers, Allen R., Donald Smith, Jeffrey S. Day, et al.. (2003). Predicting oral absorption of drugs: a case study with a novel class of antimicrobial agents.. Pharmaceutical Research. 20(8). 1149–1155. 23 indexed citations
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Otani, Haruhisa, Masatoshi Mune, Susumu Yukawa, et al.. (1999). Vitamin E treatment of experimental glomerular disease in rats. Kidney International. 56. S66–S69. 9 indexed citations
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Smith, Donald. (1997). ATTCO PIPELINE TANK FIRE: RESPONDING TO THE VOLCANIC INFERNO. International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings. 1997(1). 926–927. 2 indexed citations
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Smith, Donald. (1997). ASSESSING FACILITY-SPECIFIC RISK: A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE. International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings. 1997(1). 535–538.
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Smith, Donald, et al.. (1994). Dietary Fat Saturation Affects Apolipoprotein Gene Expression and High Density Lipoprotein Size Distribution in Golden Syrian Hamsters. Journal of Nutrition. 124(11). 2147–2155. 21 indexed citations
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Smith, Donald. (1992). Spherical Diffusion Model of Interspecies Hydrogen Transfer in Steady-State Methanogenic Reactors. Water Science & Technology. 26(9-11). 2389–2392. 3 indexed citations
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Heckl, Wolfgang M., et al.. (1991). Two-dimensional ordering of the DNA base guanine observed by scanning tunneling microscopy.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 88(18). 8003–8005. 117 indexed citations
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FLETCHER, D.L., Donald Smith, & N.A. Cox. (1990). A Comparison of Seven Microbiological Sampling Procedures for Hard-Cooked Eggs. Poultry Science. 69(8). 1428–1432. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Donald, et al.. (1987). Images of a lipid bilayer at molecular resolution by scanning tunneling microscopy.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 84(4). 969–972. 113 indexed citations
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Smith, Donald, et al.. (1984). Indices of tableting performance. Powder Technology. 38(2). 145–159. 124 indexed citations
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Smith, Donald. (1983). Jacques Ferron et les écrivains. Voix et Images. 8(3). 437–437. 3 indexed citations
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Smith, Donald. (1951). The Widened Lattice Interval and its Essential Role in the Behavior of Crystalline Metal. Science. 113(2935). 348–352. 2 indexed citations

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