Issar Smith

13.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
178 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Issar Smith is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Issar Smith has authored 178 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Molecular Biology, 57 papers in Infectious Diseases and 53 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Issar Smith's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (49 papers), Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (42 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (41 papers). Issar Smith is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (49 papers), Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (42 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (41 papers). Issar Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Mexico. Issar Smith's co-authors include Riccardo Manganelli, G. Marcela Rodríguez, Eugenie Dubnau, David Dubnau, Martin I. Voskuil, Gary K. Schoolnik, E Dubnau, Benjamin D. Gold, Julius Marmur and Mima Predich and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Issar Smith

173 papers receiving 9.6k 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.

Mycobacterium tuberculosisPathogenesis and Molecular Determinants of Virulence

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Issar Smith United States	54	5.3k	4.4k	3.5k	3.1k	2.1k	178	10.2k
Dana Boyd United States	41	5.6k 1.1×	1.8k 0.4×	1.4k 0.4×	2.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	78	8.3k
Neil G. Stoker United Kingdom	46	2.7k 0.5×	3.7k 0.8×	3.0k 0.9×	1.1k 0.4×	741 0.3×	101	6.4k
John D. McKinney United States	47	4.2k 0.8×	4.7k 1.1×	3.7k 1.1×	1.2k 0.4×	543 0.3×	118	9.2k
Philippe Glaser France	60	5.5k 1.0×	1.6k 0.4×	1.8k 0.5×	2.9k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	180	12.6k
Mamadou Daffé France	63	5.3k 1.0×	7.6k 1.7×	7.5k 2.1×	995 0.3×	998 0.5×	191	12.6k
Werner Goebel Germany	76	7.4k 1.4×	1.9k 0.4×	1.1k 0.3×	4.3k 1.4×	3.2k 1.5×	362	21.1k
Abraham L. Sonenshein United States	67	8.8k 1.7×	3.8k 0.9×	921 0.3×	6.6k 2.1×	3.7k 1.7×	176	14.0k
Duncan J. Maskell United Kingdom	62	3.7k 0.7×	3.0k 0.7×	1.8k 0.5×	1.8k 0.6×	2.5k 1.1×	241	12.5k
Ulrich Dobrindt Germany	55	4.7k 0.9×	1.9k 0.4×	1.6k 0.5×	2.1k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	217	11.1k
Dominique Missiakas United States	62	7.8k 1.5×	4.6k 1.0×	945 0.3×	3.0k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	179	12.3k

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Smith, Issar, et al.. (2025). Increasing the spiciness of a lunch meal influences oral processing behaviors and decreases food and energy intake. Food Quality and Preference. 131. 105566–105566.

Maciąg, Anna, Elisa Dainese, G. Marcela Rodríguez, et al.. (2006). Global Analysis of theMycobacterium tuberculosisZur (FurB) Regulon. Journal of Bacteriology. 189(3). 730–740. 208 indexed citations

Smith, Issar, Carl Nathan, & Hannah Peavy. (2005). Progress and New Directions in Genetics of Tuberculosis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 172(12). 1491–1496. 10 indexed citations

Mendelson, Marc, Shaun B. Walters, Issar Smith, & Gilla Kaplan. (2005). Strain-specific mycobacterial lipids and the stimulation of protective immunity to tuberculosis. Tuberculosis. 85(5-6). 407–413. 15 indexed citations

Manganelli, Riccardo, et al.. (2004). σ Factors and Global Gene Regulation inMycobacterium tuberculosis. Journal of Bacteriology. 186(4). 895–902. 172 indexed citations

Dubnau, Eugenie & Issar Smith. (2003). Mycobacterium tuberculosis gene expression in macrophages. Microbes and Infection. 5(7). 629–637. 24 indexed citations

Dubnau, Eugenie, John Chan, Catherine Raynaud, et al.. (2000). Oxygenated mycolic acids are necessary for virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in mice. Molecular Microbiology. 36(3). 630–637. 239 indexed citations

Rodríguez, G. Marcela, B. D. Gold, Manuel J. Gómez, Olivier Dussurget, & Issar Smith. (1999). Identification and characterization of two divergently transcribed iron regulated genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tubercle and Lung Disease. 79(5). 287–298. 42 indexed citations

Dussurget, Olivier, et al.. (1998). Protective role of the Mycobacterium smegmatis IdeR against reactive oxygen species and isoniazid toxicity. Tubercle and Lung Disease. 79(2). 99–106. 25 indexed citations

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Predich, Mima, et al.. (1995). Characterization of RNA polymerse and two sigma‐factor genes from Mycobacterium smegmatis. Molecular Microbiology. 15(2). 355–366. 57 indexed citations

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Smith, Issar, E Dubnau, Mima Predich, Uma Bai, & Rivka Rudner. (1992). Early spo gene expression in Bacillus subtilis: the role of interrelated signal transduction systems. Biochimie. 74(7-8). 669–678. 10 indexed citations

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Smith, Issar, Andrew S. Mackie, & J. Lida. (1991). Effect of giving enrofloxacin in the diet to pigs experimentally infected with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae. Veterinary Record. 129(2). 25–29. 15 indexed citations

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Lida, J., Issar Smith, & J. Nicolet. (1990). Use of monoclonal antibodies for classifying Actinobacillus (Haemophilus) pleuropneumoniae. Research in Veterinary Science. 49(1). 8–13. 13 indexed citations

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Foweraker, J., Michael Millar, & Issar Smith. (1989). Meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b infection after epiglottitis.. BMJ. 298(6679). 1003–1004. 1 indexed citations

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Dubnau, E, et al.. (1988). Bacillus sporulation gene spo0H codes for sigma 30 (sigma H). Journal of Bacteriology. 170(3). 1054–1062. 130 indexed citations

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Smith, Issar, et al.. (1982). The Role of Platelet Surface Proteins Reacting with Heterologous Antibodies. Pathophysiology of Haemostasis and Thrombosis. 11(2). 109–118. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, Issar, et al.. (1979). A selective medium facilitating the isolation and recognition of Bordetella bronchiseptica in pigs.. PubMed. 27(2). 187–92. 20 indexed citations

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Smith, Issar, Hamidreza Mohammadi, S.T. Licence, & R. Hill. (1978). Prolongation of survival in experimental avian tuberculosis from repeated injections of iron dextran. Avian Pathology. 7(2). 225–236. 4 indexed citations

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Smith, Issar & R. Hill. (1970). Further observations on the influence of meat and fish meals on the survival of chicks inoculated with Salmonella gallinarum.. Proceedings of The Nutrition Society. 29(2).

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Smith, Issar, David Dubnau, Pierre Morell, & Julius Marmur. (1968). Chromosomal location of DNA base sequences complementary to transfer RNA and to 5 s, 16 s and 23 s ribosomal RNA in Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Molecular Biology. 33(1). 123–140. 121 indexed citations

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