James L. Smith

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

James L. Smith is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, James L. Smith has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 18 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 15 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in James L. Smith's work include Global Energy and Sustainability Research (18 papers), Market Dynamics and Volatility (16 papers) and Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods (12 papers). James L. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Global Energy and Sustainability Research (18 papers), Market Dynamics and Volatility (16 papers) and Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods (12 papers). James L. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Australia. James L. Smith's co-authors include James L. Paddock, Daniel R. Siegel, R.G. Haire, Gary D. Libecap, M. J. Trlica, W. L. Hults, G. H. Kwei, Axel Pierru, A. C. Larson and John D. Stednick and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Quarterly Journal of Economics and Energy Policy.

In The Last Decade

James L. Smith

49 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Option Valuation of Claims on Real Assets: The Case of Offshore Petroleum Leases

1988 553 citations James L. Paddock, Daniel R. Siegel et al. The Quarterly Journal of Economics profile →

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Hiroshi Yamada Japan

Zhiwei Zhang China

Mauro Costantini Italy

Fang Tong China

Bruce Morley United Kingdom

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Guochang Xu China

Hugues Chenet United Kingdom

Wolf Heinrich Reuter Austria

Jing Cynthia Wu United States

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Countries citing papers authored by James L. Smith

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Fields of papers citing papers by James L. Smith

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James L. Smith

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of James L. Smith. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of James L. Smith based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with James L. Smith. James L. Smith is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Baek, Seung Jae, et al.. (2024). Locally probing the hidden order in URu2Si2 by impurity doping. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information).

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Antonio, Daniel, Joel T. Weiss, Katherine S. Shanks, et al.. (2021). Piezomagnetic switching and complex phase equilibria in uranium dioxide. Communications Materials. 2(1). 9 indexed citations

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Cairns, Robert D. & James L. Smith. (2019). The Green Paradox, A Hotelling Cul de Sac. Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy. 8(2). 6 indexed citations

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Davis, Graham A. & James L. Smith. (2019). The Relative Inefficiency of Petroleum Fiscal Regimes in Latin America and the Caribbean. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, James L.. (2015). Valuing Barrels of Oil Equivalent. The Energy Journal. 36(1_suppl). 179–194. 4 indexed citations

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Smith, James L., et al.. (2015). The informational role of spot prices and inventories. 8(3). 95–121. 4 indexed citations

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Smith, James L.. (2012). On the portents of peak oil (and other indicators of resource scarcity). Energy Policy. 44. 68–78. 15 indexed citations

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Smith, James L. & Rex Thompson. (2008). Rational plunging and the option value of sequential investment: The case of petroleum exploration. The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. 49(3). 1009–1033. 6 indexed citations

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Lashley, J. C., Hassel Ledbetter, T. W. Darling, et al.. (2006). Free-Energy Density of the Shape-Memory Alloy AuZn. MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS. 47(3). 587–593. 3 indexed citations

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Smith, James L.. (2005). Petroleum Prospect Valuation: The Option to Drill Again. The Energy Journal. 26(4). 53–68. 11 indexed citations

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Libecap, Gary D. & James L. Smith. (2001). Political Constraints on Government Cartelization: The Case of Oil Production Regulation in Texas and Saudi Arabia. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Pearce, Robert A., Gary Frasier, M. J. Trlica, et al.. (1998). Sediment Filtration in a Montane Riparian Zone under Simulated Rainfall. Journal of Range Management. 51(3). 309–309. 31 indexed citations

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Smith, James L., et al.. (1993). Petroleum Property Valuation: A Binomial Lattice Implementation of Option Pricing Theory. The Energy Journal. 14(2). 1–26. 43 indexed citations

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Trlica, M. J., et al.. (1993). Soil Loss as Affected by Different Combinations of Surface Litter and Rock. Journal of Environmental Quality. 22(4). 657–661. 52 indexed citations

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Paddock, James L., Daniel R. Siegel, & James L. Smith. (1988). Option Valuation of Claims on Real Assets: The Case of Offshore Petroleum Leases. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 103(3). 479–479. 553 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smith, James L.. (1987). THE COMMON POOL, BARGAINING, AND THE RULE OF CAPTURE. Economic Inquiry. 25(4). 631–644. 19 indexed citations

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Paddock, James L., Daniel R. Siegel, & James L. Smith. (1986). Option Valuation of Claims on Real Assets: The Case of Offhsore Petroleum Leases. 1 indexed citations

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Jacoby, Henry D. & James L. Smith. (1985). Effects of Taxes and Price Regulation on Offshore Gas. The Energy Journal. 6(1_suppl). 279–289. 10 indexed citations

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Smith, James L.. (1980). Hill plots and americium. Physica B+C. 102(1-3). 22–24. 5 indexed citations

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Smith, James L., et al.. (1970). PROFILING RADIOACTIVE SNOW GAGE.. Highway Research Board Special Report.

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