James E. Smith

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

James E. Smith is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Finance and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, James E. Smith has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 16 papers in Finance and 15 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in James E. Smith's work include Capital Investment and Risk Analysis (13 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (7 papers) and Economic theories and models (7 papers). James E. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Capital Investment and Risk Analysis (13 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (7 papers) and Economic theories and models (7 papers). James E. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Brazil. James E. Smith's co-authors include Eduardo S. Schwartz, Kevin F. McCardle, Robert F. Nau, David B. Brown, Robert L. Winkler, Detlof von Winterfeldt, Canan Ulu, Peng Sun, J. Eric Bickel and Ralph L. Keeney and has published in prestigious journals such as Management Science, Operations Research and SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series.

In The Last Decade

James E. Smith

40 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Short-Term Variations and Long-Term Dynamics in Commodity Prices

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Author						Papers	Cites
James E. Smith	1.5k	1.3k	782	371	288	46	2.9k
Nigel Meade	894 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	2.4k 3.1×	406 1.1×	151 0.5×	80	3.8k
Victor DeMiguel	3.1k 2.1×	1.8k 1.4×	1.9k 2.4×	234 0.6×	178 0.6×	44	4.3k
Peter M. Kort	1.2k 0.8×	1.9k 1.5×	562 0.7×	572 1.5×	336 1.2×	218	3.1k
Xiaolei Sun	488 0.3×	1.4k 1.1×	442 0.6×	153 0.4×	93 0.3×	120	2.8k
Jean‐Marc Eber	3.5k 2.4×	2.4k 1.8×	3.7k 4.7×	107 0.3×	215 0.7×	5	5.9k
Włodzimierz Ogryczak	792 0.5×	653 0.5×	1.9k 2.5×	102 0.3×	235 0.8×	89	3.1k
Philippe Artzner	3.8k 2.6×	2.6k 2.0×	3.9k 5.0×	113 0.3×	207 0.7×	20	6.3k
Renata Mansini	588 0.4×	335 0.3×	1.1k 1.4×	204 0.5×	239 0.8×	88	2.5k
Fenghua Wen	1.6k 1.1×	5.2k 4.0×	881 1.1×	340 0.9×	119 0.4×	166	6.8k
Chi Xie	1.2k 0.8×	2.3k 1.8×	340 0.4×	184 0.5×	220 0.8×	90	3.1k

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Brown, David B. & James E. Smith. (2025). Unit Commitment Without Commitment: A Dynamic Programming Approach for Managing an Integrated Energy System Under Uncertainty. Operations Research. 73(4). 1744–1766. 1 indexed citations

Brown, David B. & James E. Smith. (2023). Unit Commitment without Commitment: A Dynamic Framework for Managing an Integrated Energy System Under Uncertainty. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Brown, David B. & James E. Smith. (2022). Information Relaxations and Duality in Stochastic Dynamic Programs: A Review and Tutorial. 5(3). 246–339. 5 indexed citations

Smith, James E. & James S. Dyer. (2021). On (Measurable) Multiattribute Value Functions: An Expository Argument. Decision Analysis. 18(4). 247–256. 12 indexed citations

Dyer, James S. & James E. Smith. (2020). Innovations in the Science and Practice of Decision Analysis: The Role ofManagement Science. Management Science. 67(9). 5364–5378. 14 indexed citations

Smith, James E., et al.. (2015). The Management of Leadership and Innovation. International Journal of Management Excellence. 4(3). 549–549. 2 indexed citations

Smith, James E., et al.. (2015). MALPRACTICE INSURANCE CONSIDERATIONS FOR EMPLOYED PHYSICIANS.. PubMed. 92(4). 48, 50–48, 50. 1 indexed citations

Smith, James E.. (2015). Stop Doing Stupid: An Essential Requirement For Effective Teaching, Management And Leadership. International Journal of Management Excellence. 5(2). 633–637.

Brown, David B. & James E. Smith. (2014). Information Relaxations, Duality, and Convex Stochastic Dynamic Programs. Operations Research. 62(6). 1394–1415. 39 indexed citations

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Clemen, Robert T. & James E. Smith. (2009). On the Choice of Baselines in Multiattribute Portfolio Analysis: A Cautionary Note. Decision Analysis. 6(4). 256–262. 29 indexed citations

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Ulu, Canan & James E. Smith. (2006). Information Acquisition and Technology Adoption. 1693–1693. 1 indexed citations

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Bickel, J. Eric & James E. Smith. (2006). Optimal Sequential Exploration: A Binary Learning Model. Decision Analysis. 3(1). 16–32. 60 indexed citations

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Wilhelm, Jay, et al.. (2005). Electromagnetic Compliance Issues of Project Oculus. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 1.

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Smith, James E.. (2004). Risk Sharing, Fiduciary Duty, and Corporate Risk Attitudes. Decision Analysis. 1(2). 114–127. 24 indexed citations

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Smith, James E. & Detlof von Winterfeldt. (2004). Decision analysis in Management Science. 50(5). 67 indexed citations

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Smith, James E., et al.. (2001). West's Federal Taxation: An Introduction to Business Entities. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, James E.. (1998). Evaluating Income Streams: A Decision Analysis Approach. Management Science. 44(12-part-1). 1690–1708. 44 indexed citations

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Smith, James E.. (1995). Generalized Chebychev Inequalities: Theory and Applications in Decision Analysis. Operations Research. 43(5). 807–825. 79 indexed citations

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Clarke, Robert W., et al.. (1994). West's Federal taxation : individual income taxes. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations

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Boyd, James, et al.. (1977). West's Federal taxation : corporations, partnerships, estates, and trusts. 4 indexed citations

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