James P. Smith

18.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
218 papers, 11.1k citations indexed

About

James P. Smith is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Health and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, James P. Smith has authored 218 papers receiving a total of 11.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in General Health Professions, 51 papers in Health and 51 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in James P. Smith's work include Health disparities and outcomes (51 papers), Global Health Care Issues (40 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (24 papers). James P. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (51 papers), Global Health Care Issues (40 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (24 papers). James P. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. James P. Smith's co-authors include Yaohui Zhao, John S. Strauss, Yisong Hu, G Yang, Barry Edmonston, John Isbister, Arie Kapteyn, Arthur van Soest, Raynard Kington and Xiaoyan Lei and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

James P. Smith

209 papers receiving 10.3k 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.

Cohort Profile: The China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)

2012 2.9k citations Yaohui Zhao, Yisong Hu et al. International Journal of Epidemiology profile →
Healthy Bodies and Thick Wallets: The Dual Relation Between Health and Economic Status

1999 1.2k citations James P. Smith The Journal of Economic Perspectives profile →
Macroeconomic implications of population ageing and selected policy responses

2014 462 citations James P. Smith et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James P. Smith United States	44	3.5k	3.2k	2.6k	1.6k	1.5k	218	11.1k
Samuel H. Preston United States	58	6.0k 1.7×	4.5k 1.4×	3.6k 1.4×	4.2k 2.6×	2.0k 1.3×	227	15.6k
James Banks United Kingdom	36	2.1k 0.6×	2.0k 0.6×	1.0k 0.4×	1.2k 0.7×	2.3k 1.5×	155	7.4k
Magnus Johannesson Sweden	79	3.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.4×	2.6k 1.0×	996 0.6×	7.6k 5.0×	301	19.2k
Lois M. Verbrugge United States	47	4.5k 1.3×	4.0k 1.3×	1.9k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	942 0.6×	94	11.6k
A. Regula Herzog United States	49	2.9k 0.8×	3.0k 0.9×	1.8k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	528 0.3×	97	12.0k
Frank A. Sloan United States	61	4.4k 1.2×	866 0.3×	931 0.4×	780 0.5×	4.7k 3.1×	387	12.0k
Emily Grundy United Kingdom	48	2.9k 0.8×	3.5k 1.1×	2.9k 1.1×	2.7k 1.7×	389 0.3×	207	7.9k
Catherine E. Ross United States	59	5.6k 1.6×	6.0k 1.9×	5.7k 2.2×	1.6k 1.0×	439 0.3×	102	14.6k
Sara Arber United Kingdom	51	3.6k 1.0×	1.9k 0.6×	2.5k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	472 0.3×	168	8.2k
Catherine E. Ross United States	39	4.7k 1.3×	4.2k 1.3×	4.3k 1.6×	895 0.6×	487 0.3×	83	12.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Contreras‐Montoya, Rafael, James P. Smith, Stephen C. Boothroyd, et al.. (2023). Pathway complexity in fibre assembly: from liquid crystals to hyper-helical gelmorphs. Chemical Science. 14(41). 11389–11401. 11 indexed citations

Walker, William Q., Kenneth L. Johnson, Ryan P. Brown, et al.. (2022). Evaluation of Large-Format Lithium-Ion Cell Thermal Runaway Response Triggered by Nail Penetration using Novel Fractional Thermal Runaway Calorimetry and Gas Collection Methodology. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 169(6). 60535–60535. 12 indexed citations

Walsh, Stephen M., et al.. (2018). Embedded Microjets for Thermal Management of High Power-Density Electronic Devices. IEEE Transactions on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology. 9(2). 269–278. 25 indexed citations

Smith, James P. & Malay Majmundar. (2012). Aging in Asia : findings from new and emerging data initiatives : Panel on Policy Research and Data Needs to Meet the Challenge of Aging in Asia. National Academies Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations

Kirby, Brian J., Matthew S. Loftus, Gunjan Gakhar, et al.. (2012). Correction: Functional Characterization of Circulating Tumor Cells with a Prostate-Cancer-Specific Microfluidic Device. PLoS ONE. 7(7). 36 indexed citations

Zhao, Yaohui, Yisong Hu, James P. Smith, John S. Strauss, & G Yang. (2012). Cohort Profile: The China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). International Journal of Epidemiology. 43(1). 61–68. 2912 indexed citations breakdown →

Banks, James, et al.. (2010). House Price Volatility and the Housing Ladder. SSRN Electronic Journal. 87–119. 1 indexed citations

Smith, James P., John J. McArdle, & Robert J. Willis. (2010). Financial Decision Making and Cognition in a Family Context. The Economic Journal. 120(548). F363–F380. 147 indexed citations

Soest, Arthur van, Liam Delaney, Colm Harmon, Arie Kapteyn, & James P. Smith. (2007). Validating the Use of Vignettes for Subjective Threshold Scales. Econstor (Econstor). 16 indexed citations

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Jasso, Guillermina, Douglas S. Massey, Mark R. Rosenzweig, & James P. Smith. (2005). Immigration, Health, and New York City: Early Results Based on the U.S. New- Immigrant Cohort of 2003. Federal Reserve Bank of New York Economic policy review. 11(2). 127–151. 45 indexed citations

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Smith, James P.. (2005). Unraveling the SES-Health Connection. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 206 indexed citations

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Goldman, Dana P. & James P. Smith. (2001). Methodological biases in estimating the burden of out-of-pocket expenses.. PubMed. 35(6). 1357–65; discussion 1365. 39 indexed citations

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Smith, James P.. (1999). Healthy Bodies and Thick Wallets: The Dual Relation Between Health and Economic Status. The Journal of Economic Perspectives. 13(2). 145–166. 1163 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lee, Paul P., James P. Smith, & Raynard Kington. (1999). The relationship of self-rated vision and hearing to functional status and well-being among seniors 70 years and older - a multivariate analysis. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 4(127). 447–452. 1 indexed citations

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Juster, F. Thomas & James P. Smith. (1997). Applications and Case Studies Improving the Quality of Economic Data: Lessons from the HRS and AHEAD. 92(440). 1268–1278. 2 indexed citations

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Smith, James P. & Raynard Kington. (1997). Demographic and economic correlates of health in old age. Demography. 34(1). 159–170. 246 indexed citations

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Waye, John S., et al.. (1993). Carrier detection and prenatal diagnosis of hemoglobinopathies in Ontario.. PubMed. 16(5). 358–71. 20 indexed citations

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Smith, James P.. (1992). Tenth annual conference of the International Academy of Nursing Editors (INANE). Journal of Advanced Nursing. 17(2). 263–265. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, James P.. (1984). Race and Human Capital. American Economic Review. 74(4). 685–698. 95 indexed citations

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Smith, James P.. (1979). The functions of the nurse in an integrated National Health Service*. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 4(4). 439–452.

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