Gerald R. Smith

16.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
257 papers, 13.3k citations indexed

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Gerald R. Smith is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerald R. Smith has authored 257 papers receiving a total of 13.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 164 papers in Molecular Biology, 71 papers in Genetics and 37 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Gerald R. Smith's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (127 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (66 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (54 papers). Gerald R. Smith is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (127 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (66 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (54 papers). Gerald R. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and United Kingdom. Gerald R. Smith's co-authors include Andrew F. Taylor, Susan K. Amundsen, Abdul M. Chaudhury, Alfred S. Ponticelli, Randy W. Hyppa, Dennis W. Schultz, Philippe Szankasi, Gareth A. Cromie, R. L. Elder and Luther Davis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Gerald R. Smith

250 papers receiving 12.5k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gerald R. Smith United States	71	9.6k	4.6k	1.8k	1.6k	1.5k	257	13.3k
Norihiro Okada Japan	66	8.2k 0.9×	3.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	2.3k 1.4×	4.1k 2.7×	272	13.0k
Julian Catchen United States	32	4.1k 0.4×	6.6k 1.4×	1.6k 0.9×	2.6k 1.6×	2.3k 1.5×	66	10.9k
Jeffrey L. Boore United States	64	13.5k 1.4×	5.0k 1.1×	872 0.5×	3.9k 2.4×	3.6k 2.4×	120	19.1k
Nicolas Galtier France	49	6.6k 0.7×	5.7k 1.3×	879 0.5×	2.6k 1.6×	2.2k 1.4×	114	11.9k
Xavier Messeguer Spain	14	3.4k 0.4×	3.0k 0.6×	599 0.3×	1.5k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	46	7.7k
Brant C. Faircloth United States	45	6.8k 0.7×	6.3k 1.4×	2.2k 1.2×	3.1k 1.9×	3.1k 2.0×	112	16.1k
Kjetill S. Jakobsen Norway	60	4.8k 0.5×	2.3k 0.5×	894 0.5×	3.5k 2.2×	1.3k 0.9×	192	9.5k
Rafael Zardoya Spain	58	6.4k 0.7×	3.6k 0.8×	2.1k 1.2×	2.9k 1.8×	1.5k 1.0×	147	12.5k
Travis C. Glenn United States	45	4.0k 0.4×	4.5k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	2.4k 1.5×	1.2k 0.8×	234	10.1k
Henner Brinkmann Germany	53	8.2k 0.9×	2.7k 0.6×	641 0.4×	2.8k 1.7×	2.0k 1.3×	99	12.0k

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Cuénod, Aline, Ashraful Islam Khan, Fahima Chowdhury, et al.. (2025). Prevalent chromosome fusion in Vibrio cholerae O1. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5830–5830.

Li, Mengyun, Ching‐Hui Tsai, Michael Binder, et al.. (2025). Mug20–Rec25–Rec27 binds DNA and enhances meiotic DNA break formation via phase-separated condensates. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(5). 1 indexed citations

Monica, Gabriele La, Yihua Zhu, A. Sefton, et al.. (2024). Development of an inhibitor of the mutagenic SOS response that suppresses the evolution of quinolone antibiotic resistance. Chemical Science. 15(25). 9620–9629. 2 indexed citations

Smith, Gerald R., et al.. (2022). Dynamic configurations of meiotic DNA-break hotspot determinant proteins. Journal of Cell Science. 135(3). 3 indexed citations

Kuznedelov, Konstantin, et al.. (2022). Host nucleases generate prespacers for primed adaptation in the E. coli type I-E CRISPR-Cas system. Science Advances. 8(47). eabn8650–eabn8650. 9 indexed citations

Smith, Gerald R., et al.. (2021). Activation of meiotic recombination by nuclear import of the DNA break hotspot-determining complex in fission yeast. Journal of Cell Science. 134(4). 4 indexed citations

Cirz, Ryan T., et al.. (2020). Small-molecule sensitization of RecBCD helicase–nuclease to a Chi hotspot-activated state. Nucleic Acids Research. 48(14). 7973–7980. 6 indexed citations

Nuckolls, Nicole L., María Angélica Bravo Núñez, Michael T. Eickbush, et al.. (2017). wtf genes are prolific dual poison-antidote meiotic drivers. eLife. 6. 76 indexed citations

Ma, Lijuan, Neta Milman, Mridula Nambiar, & Gerald R. Smith. (2015). Two separable functions of Ctp1 in the early steps of meiotic DNA double-strand break repair. Nucleic Acids Research. 43(15). 7349–7359. 11 indexed citations

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Smith, Gerald R.. (2011). Of Malice and Men: The Law of Defamation. Valparaiso University law review. 27(1). 39–93.

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Smith, Gerald R.. (2008). Meeting DNA palindromes head-to-head. Genes & Development. 22(19). 2612–2620. 40 indexed citations

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Amundsen, Susan K., Jutta Fero, Lori M. Hansen, et al.. (2008). Helicobacter pylori AddAB helicase‐nuclease and RecA promote recombination‐related DNA repair and survival during stomach colonization. Molecular Microbiology. 69(4). 994–1007. 80 indexed citations

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Farah, Joseph A, Gareth A. Cromie, Walter W. Steiner, & Gerald R. Smith. (2005). A Novel Recombination Pathway Initiated by the Mre11/Rad50/Nbs1 Complex Eliminates Palindromes During Meiosis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Genetics. 169(3). 1261–1274. 48 indexed citations

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Steiner, Walter W. & Gerald R. Smith. (2005). Natural Meiotic Recombination Hot Spots in the Schizosaccharomyces pombe Genome Successfully Predicted from the Simple Sequence Motif M26. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 25(20). 9054–9062. 42 indexed citations

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Bailey, Reeve M., et al.. (2004). An atlas of Michigan fishes with keys and illustrations for their identification.. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 28 indexed citations

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McIntyre, C. Lynne, Karen S. Aitken, N. Berding, et al.. (2001). Identification of DNA markers linked to agronomic traits in sugarcane in Australia.. 560–562. 7 indexed citations

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Smith, Gerald R., et al.. (1995). The initiation and control of homologous recombination in escherichia coli. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 347(1319). 13–20. 26 indexed citations

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Williams, P.E., Gerald R. Smith, H.A. Leaver, et al.. (1989). Endotoxin binding, and changes in monocyte sub-populations subsequent to binding, detected by flow cytometry. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 47(5). 295–297. 2 indexed citations

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Howie, A. Forbes, H.A. Leaver, Gerald R. Smith, et al.. (1989). Interaction of human monocytes and endothelial cells potentiates the oxidative response to phorbol myristoyl acetate (PMA) and endotoxin in vitro. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 47(5). 299–300. 5 indexed citations

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Smith, Gerald R., et al.. (1975). Fishes of the Pliocene Glenns Ferry Formation, Southwest Idaho; Fishes of the Miocene - Pliocene Deer Butte Formation, Southeast Oregon Claude W. Hibbard Memorial Volume V. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 3 indexed citations

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