J. D. Smith

14.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
126 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

J. D. Smith is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, J. D. Smith has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 30 papers in Instrumentation and 7 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in J. D. Smith's work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (70 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (68 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (61 papers). J. D. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (70 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (68 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (61 papers). J. D. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. J. D. Smith's co-authors include Karl D. Gordon, Daniel A. Dale, B. T. Draine, L. Armus, John Moustakas, Robert C. Kennicutt, C. W. Engelbracht, Daniela Calzetti, G. H. Rieke and G. Hélou and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Journal of Molecular Biology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

J. D. Smith

114 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

The Mid‐Infrared Spectrum of Star‐forming Galaxies: Global Properties of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission

2007 557 citations J. D. Smith, B. T. Draine et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
Dust Masses, PAH Abundances, and Starlight Intensities in the SINGS Galaxy Sample

2007 548 citations B. T. Draine, Daniel A. Dale et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. D. Smith United States	36	4.2k	914	403	272	207	126	4.6k
Stefan Noll Germany	29	2.8k 0.7×	1.3k 1.4×	207 0.5×	232 0.9×	156 0.8×	75	3.1k
S. Lacour France	28	2.1k 0.5×	558 0.6×	55 0.1×	208 0.8×	421 2.0×	122	2.5k
Johan Holmberg Sweden	22	4.4k 1.1×	1.8k 1.9×	351 0.9×	33 0.1×	158 0.8×	48	4.7k
Alyssa Goodman United States	41	4.4k 1.0×	209 0.2×	228 0.6×	1.1k 4.0×	275 1.3×	141	4.7k
Rogier A. Windhorst United States	35	3.9k 0.9×	1.7k 1.8×	998 2.5×	26 0.1×	173 0.8×	193	4.0k
Bruce Macintosh United States	35	4.8k 1.1×	1.4k 1.6×	92 0.2×	217 0.8×	1.7k 8.1×	248	5.7k
Jon M. Jenkins United States	33	3.6k 0.9×	1.4k 1.6×	85 0.2×	30 0.1×	145 0.7×	145	3.7k
Alice C. Quillen United States	39	4.0k 1.0×	987 1.1×	330 0.8×	176 0.6×	62 0.3×	146	4.3k
Hiroyasu Ando Japan	33	2.6k 0.6×	974 1.1×	298 0.7×	53 0.2×	129 0.6×	133	3.1k
Daniel Rouan France	28	3.4k 0.8×	863 0.9×	310 0.8×	136 0.5×	1.1k 5.4×	147	3.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. D. Smith

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Cluver, M. E., T. H. Jarrett, Daniel A. Dale, et al.. (2025). The S⁴G-WISE View of Global Star Formation in the Nearby Universe. The Astrophysical Journal. 979(1). 18–18.

Lai, Thomas S. -Y., J. D. Smith, L. Armus, et al.. (2025). Resolving Emission from Small Dust Grains in the Blue Compact Dwarf II Zw 40 with JWST. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 991(2). L56–L56. 1 indexed citations

Smith, J. D., B. T. Draine, Aditya Togi, et al.. (2024). The Impact of an Active Galactic Nucleus on Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission in Galaxies: The Case of Ring Galaxy NGC 4138. The Astrophysical Journal. 965(1). 75–75. 2 indexed citations

Smith, J. D., Karin Sandström, B. T. Draine, et al.. (2024). The Metallicity Dependence of PAH Emission in Galaxies. I. Insights from Deep Radial Spitzer Spectroscopy. The Astrophysical Journal. 974(1). 20–20. 12 indexed citations

Ogle, Patrick, Aditya Togi, R. Michael Rich, et al.. (2024). Radio Jet Feedback on the Inner Disk of Virgo Spiral Galaxy Messier 58. The Astrophysical Journal. 962(2). 196–196. 6 indexed citations

Lai, Thomas S. -Y., J. D. Smith, E. Peeters, et al.. (2024). Spectroscopic Constraints on the Mid-infrared Attenuation Curve. I. Attenuation Model Using Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission. The Astrophysical Journal. 967(2). 83–83. 2 indexed citations

Bisigello, Laura, C. Gruppioni, Alberto D. Bolatto, et al.. (2024). Disentangling the co-evolution of galaxies and supermassive black holes with PRIMA. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 689. A125–A125. 2 indexed citations

Teng, Yu-Hsuan, Karin Sandström, Jiayi Sun, et al.. (2022). Molecular Gas Properties and CO-to-H₂ Conversion Factors in the Central Kiloparsec of NGC 3351. The Astrophysical Journal. 925(1). 72–72. 19 indexed citations

Smercina, Adam, J. D. Smith, K. Decker French, et al.. (2022). After The Fall: Resolving the Molecular Gas in Post-starburst Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 929(2). 154–154. 24 indexed citations

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Draine, B. T., Aigen Li, Brandon S. Hensley, et al.. (2021). Excitation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission: Dependence on Size Distribution, Ionization, and Starlight Spectrum and Intensity. The Astrophysical Journal. 917(1). 3–3. 59 indexed citations

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Smith, J. D., L. Armus, Romeel Davé, et al.. (2019). The Chemical Enrichment History of the Universe. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 51(3). 400. 1 indexed citations

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Pineda, J. L., José V. Siles, Jonathan H. Kawamura, et al.. (2019). The Far-Infrared Astronomy Stratospheric Balloon Facility. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society.

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Brown, M. J. I., John Moustakas, Robert C. Kennicutt, et al.. (2017). Calibration of Ultraviolet, Mid-infrared, and Radio Star Formation Rate Indicators. The Astrophysical Journal. 847(2). 136–136. 44 indexed citations

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Cluver, M. E., et al.. (2017). Calibrating Star Formation in WISE Using Total Infrared Luminosity. The Astrophysical Journal. 850(1). 68–68. 93 indexed citations

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Smith, J. D., K. V. Croxall, B. T. Draine, et al.. (2016). THE SPATIALLY RESOLVED COOLING LINE DEFICIT IN GALAXIES. The Astrophysical Journal. 834(1). 5–5. 58 indexed citations

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Armus, L., P. Beirão, Karin Sandström, et al.. (2015). Heating and cooling of the neutral ISM in the NGC 4736 circumnuclear ring. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 11 indexed citations

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Stacey, G. J., V. Charmandaris, F. Boulanger, et al.. (2010). THE ENERGETICS OF MOLECULAR GAS IN NGC 891 FROM H₂AND FAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY. The Astrophysical Journal. 721(1). 59–73. 7 indexed citations

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Berné, O., C. Joblin, Yannick Deville, et al.. (2007). Analysis of the emission of very small dust particles from Spitzer spectro-imagery data using blind signal separation methods. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 107 indexed citations

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Verbiscer, A., et al.. (2007). SIMULTANEOUS SPATIALLY-RESOLVED NEAR-INFRARED SPECTRA OF PLUTO AND CHARON.. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2318. 8 indexed citations

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Verbiscer, A., Dawn E. Peterson, M. F. Skrutskie, et al.. (2007). Solid Nitrogen and Simple Hydrocarbons on Charon. LPICo. 1357. 144. 1 indexed citations

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