Evan M. Smith

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 764 citations indexed

About

Evan M. Smith is a scholar working on Geophysics, Materials Chemistry and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Evan M. Smith has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 764 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Geophysics, 8 papers in Materials Chemistry and 2 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Evan M. Smith's work include High-pressure geophysics and materials (24 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (22 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (12 papers). Evan M. Smith is often cited by papers focused on High-pressure geophysics and materials (24 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (22 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (12 papers). Evan M. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Italy. Evan M. Smith's co-authors include Wuyi Wang, Steven B. Shirey, Stephen H. Richardson, Fabrizio Nestola, Jianhua Wang, E. S. Bullock, Maya Kopylova, Maria Luce Frezzotti, V. P. Afanasiev and Michael J. Walter and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Evan M. Smith

27 papers receiving 730 citations

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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.

Large gem diamonds from metallic liquid in Earth’s deep mantle

2016 260 citations Evan M. Smith, Steven B. Shirey et al. Science profile →

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D. Howell Australia

Mark T. Hutchison United Kingdom

Marcus Schrauder Austria

A.L. Ragozin Russia

P. Del Gaudio Italy

K. De Corte France

V. K. Bulatov Germany

J. McNeill United Kingdom

M. J. Walter United Kingdom

V. N. Reutsky Russia

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Smith, Evan M., et al.. (2025). Large irregular Type IIa and Type IIb diamonds: valuable sublithospheric gems that elude conventional indicators. Mineralogy and Petrology. 119(3). 305–325. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, Evan M.. (2024). The deep mantle genesis of CLIPPIR and Type Iib diamonds. 1 indexed citations

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Nestola, Fabrizio, et al.. (2023). Elastic geobarometry yielding a faithful sublithospheric depth for a ferropericlase inclusion in diamond. Lithos. 454-455. 107265–107265. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, Evan M., Karen V. Smit, & Steven B. Shirey. (2022). Methods and Challenges of Establishing the Geographic Origin of Diamonds. Gems & Gemology. 58(3). 1 indexed citations

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Walter, Michael J., Andrew R. Thomson, & Evan M. Smith. (2022). Geochemistry of Silicate and Oxide Inclusions in Sublithospheric Diamonds. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry. 88(1). 393–450. 33 indexed citations

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Smith, Evan M., Peng Ni, Steven B. Shirey, et al.. (2021). Heavy iron in large gem diamonds traces deep subduction of serpentinized ocean floor. Science Advances. 7(14). 28 indexed citations

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Smith, Evan M., et al.. (2020). The new mineral crowningshieldite: A high-temperature NiS polymorph found in a type IIa diamond from the Letseng mine, Lesotho. American Mineralogist. 106(2). 301–308. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, Evan M. & Wuyi Wang. (2019). Type IIb diamonds originate from the sublithospheric mantle. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, Evan M., S. W. Richardson, Steven B. Shirey, & Wuyi Wang. (2019). Old unradiogenic Os in deep mantle metallic liquid from large gem IIa diamonds. 3 indexed citations

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Smith, Evan M., Steven B. Shirey, Stephen H. Richardson, et al.. (2018). Blue boron-bearing diamonds from Earth’s lower mantle. Nature. 560(7716). 84–87. 129 indexed citations

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Smith, Evan M., Steven B. Shirey, & Wuyi Wang. (2018). The Very Deep Origin of the World's Biggest Diamonds. Gems & Gemology. 53(4). 388–403. 34 indexed citations

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D’Haenens-Johansson, Ulrika F. S., Evan M. Smith, Karen V. Smit, & Thomas Moses. (2017). THE 812-CARAT PURE TYPE IAB CONSTELLATION DIAMOND FROM KAROWE – PART OF AN EVEN LARGER ROUGH?. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, Evan M., Steven B. Shirey, Fabrizio Nestola, et al.. (2016). Large gem diamonds from metallic liquid in Earth’s deep mantle. Science. 354(6318). 1403–1405. 260 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smith, Evan M., Steven B. Shirey, Fabrizio Nestola, et al.. (2016). geochemistry: Large gem diamonds from metallic liquid in Earth's deep mantle. 354(6318). 1403–1405. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, Evan M. & Wuyi Wang. (2016). Fluid CH4 and H2 trapped around metallic inclusions in HPHT synthetic diamond. Diamond and Related Materials. 68. 10–12. 17 indexed citations

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Smith, Evan M., Maya Kopylova, Maria Luce Frezzotti, & V. P. Afanasiev. (2014). Fluid inclusions in Ebelyakh diamonds: Evidence of CO2 liberation in eclogite and the effect of H2O on diamond habit. Lithos. 216-217. 106–117. 38 indexed citations

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Smith, Evan M., et al.. (2012). Archean mantle fluids preserved in fibrous diamonds from Wawa, Superior craton. Geology. 40(12). 1071–1074. 42 indexed citations

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Smith, Evan M., et al.. (2011). Transmission X-ray diffraction as a new tool for diamond fluid inclusion studies. Mineralogical Magazine. 75(5). 2657–2675. 16 indexed citations

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Smith, Evan M., Herwart Helmstaedt, & R. L. Flemming. (2010). Survival of Brown Colour in Diamond During Storage in the Subcontinental Lithospheric Mantle. QSpace (Queen's University Library). 8238.

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Smith, Evan M., et al.. (1951). X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES IN RELATION TO CREEP. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 2 indexed citations

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