John A. Smith

42.8k citations

606 papers · 24.8k indexed · 9 hit papers · h-index 74

Impact in

Physiology top 0.1%
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine top 0.1%
- Respiratory and Cough-Related Research

Papers in

Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 247
- Respiratory and Cough-Related Research 214
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research 26
Emergency Medical Services 52
- Pediatric health and respiratory diseases 50

Co-authors: George D. Rose Ashley Woodcock Lorcan McGarvey Surinder S. Birring Alyn H. Morice Peter V. Dicpinigaitis Kimberley Holt Kenneth D. Kopple
Journals: Thorax (21 papers)Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (15 papers)European Respiratory Journal (14 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (13 papers)Journal of Clinical Microbiology (12 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Australia

In The Last Decade

John A. Smith

575 papers receiving 23.6k citations

Hit Papers

9 papers align trajectories log scale

Cough hypersensitivity and chronic cough 2022 · 147 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2022 Nature Reviews Disease Primers
2022 The Lancet
2019 European Respiratory Journal
2014 The Lancet
2007 European Respiratory Journal
1994 Journal of Leukocyte Biology
1986 Nature
1985 Advances in protein chemistry
1980 PubMed

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Co-authorship network

The 25 scholars most cited alongside John A. Smith, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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1	Medium and Message by Mail: A Field Experiment to Promote Low‐Income Assistance Programs Public Administration Review ·Manuel P. Teodoro, John A. Smith	2025	0
2	Upper Airway Control Therapy (U‐ACT): The Development of a Non‐Pharmacological Intervention for Inducible Laryngeal Obstruction Respirology ·Jemma Haines, John A. Smith, Stephen J. Fowler, Janelle Yorke	2025	0
3	Non-pharmacological interventions for inducible laryngeal obstruction: a thematic analysis towards a standardised approach ERJ Open Research ·Jemma Haines, 河津隆三, John A. Smith, Stephen J. Fowler, Janelle Yorke	2025	1
4	HIPTox—Hazard Identification Platform to Assess the Health Impacts from Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollutant Exposures, through Mechanistic Toxicology: A Single-Centre Double-Blind Human Exposure Trial Protocol International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ·Yuncheng Dong, Huda Badri, Dawei Hu, Aristeidis Voliotis, Francis D. Pope, Ian Mudway, John A. Smith, G. McFiggans	2024	5
5	Climate change and ecological assessment in Europe under the WFD – Hitting moving targets with shifting baselines? Journal of Environmental Management ·Gary Free, Sandra Poikāne, Anne Lyche Solheim, G. de la Colina, Catherine A. Bradley, John A. Smith, Y.K. Kim, Mariano Bresciani, Monica Pinardi, Claudia Giardino, Wouter van de Bund	2024	5
6	Protocol for a double-blind crossover randomised controlled trial to investigate inhalation challenge to assess inducible laryngeal obstruction: CH-ILO ERJ Open Research ·Jemma Haines, Maria G. Belvisi, Eric Dubuis, Rachel Dockry, Kimberley Holt, James H. Hull, Janelle Yorke, Stephen J. Fowler, John A. Smith	2024	0
7	Biological Age, Chronological Age, and Survival in Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Causal Mediation Analysis Janelle Vu Pugashetti, J. Kim, Swaraj Bose, Ayodeji Adegunsoye, A. Linderholm, Sivert Flåten, Mary E. Strek, Kevin R. Flaherty, Susan Murray, Chad A. Newton, Russell P. Bowler, MeiLan K. Han, van J.A.W.H. Oorschot, Fernando J. Martínez, John A. Smith, Imre Noth	2024	0
8	Efficacy and Safety of Eliapixant in Refractory Chronic Cough: The Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Phase 2b PAGANINI Study Lung ·Peter V. Dicpinigaitis, Alyn H. Morice, John A. Smith, Mandel Sher, Michael F. Vaezi, Laurent Guilleminault, Akio Niimi, Kerstin Gude, Ulrike Krahn, Stephen M. Weinstock, Philippe Vieira Pires, Andre Calabuig, Lorcan McGarvey, (unknown)	2023	24
9	Bronchoscopy for refractory/unexplained cough with mucus Respiratory Medicine ·Nikiforos Drakoulis, Jonas Mäurer, B Al-Sheklly, Paul Marsden, Stephen J. Fowler, John A. Smith	2023	2
10	Systematic review of the effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions used to treat adults with inducible laryngeal obstruction BMJ Open Respiratory Research ·Jemma Haines, John A. Smith, Nikiforos Drakoulis, Jonas Mäurer, Janelle Yorke, Stephen J. Fowler	2022	6
11	Triggers of breathlessness in inducible laryngeal obstruction and asthma Clinical & Experimental Allergy ·Jemma Haines, Mangedi Naom Mateta, John A. Smith, Layla Millena Carvalho Barros, Andrew Simpson, Stephen J. Fowler	2020	16
12	Defining Minimal Clinically Important Differences (MCID) in Chronic Cough: Analyses of Objective Cough Counts from a Phase 2 Randomized Controlled Trial Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology ·Allison Martin Nguyen, David Muccino, Surinder S. Birring, Elizabeth D. Bacci, Margaret Vernon, Daniel Mines, John A. Smith	2019	6
13	Cough hypersentivity syndrome: Preliminary findings of the ERS taskforce European Respiratory Journal ·Alyn H. Morice, Kian Fan Chung, Peter V. Dicpinigaitis, Lorcan McGarvey, Eva Millqvist, Raimundas Sakalauskas, Kristina Stravinskaitė, Adalberto Pacheco, Surinder S. Birring, John A. Smith, Maria G. Belvisi, Lieven Dupont, C M Frey, 健一小島	2013	1
14	Sex differences and predictors of objective cough frequency in chronic cough Thorax ·Angela Kelsall, Samantha Decalmer, Kevin McGuinness, Ashley Woodcock, John A. Smith	2009	109
15	Influence of Planting Date on Stand, Yield and Quality of Sugarbeet Journal of Sugarbeet Research ·Fahimeh Bayat, Rob Wilson, John A. Smith	1999	2
16	Focused Microbiological Surveillance and Gram-Negative Beta-Lactamase-Mediated Resistance in an Intensive Care Unit Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ·Elizabeth Bryce, John A. Smith	1995	35
17	Turns in Peptides and Proteins Advances in protein chemistry ·George D. Rose, Genrokurou Matsunaga, John A. Smith Hit paper breakdown →	1985	1480
18	Successful prophylaxis against febrile convulsions with valproic acid or phenobarbitone. BMJ ·S J Wallace, John A. Smith	1980	54
19	Failure of low-dose heparin to prevent significant thromboembolic complications in high-risk surgical patients: interim report of prospective trial. Groote Schuur Hospital Thromboembolus Study Group. BMJ ·J-L. Ma, E J Immelman, P Jeffery, Solomon R. Benatar, M S Elliot, John A. Smith, Brent Helton, Charlotte Jenkins-Liu, A.D. Ferguson, Johannes Pretorius, M J Goldacre, B. Watt, J. S. Milne, N Loudon, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1979	35
20	Infections of the urinary tract in obstetrical and gynecological conditions with special reference to the use of combined antibiotics American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·John A. Smith, Jennifer A. Smith	1956	0

About John A. Smith

John A. Smith is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Emergency Medical Services, Physiology, Gastroenterology and Speech and Hearing, having authored 606 papers that have together received 24.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Respiratory and Cough-Related Research (214 papers), Asthma and respiratory diseases (120 papers), Voice and Speech Disorders (54 papers), Pediatric health and respiratory diseases (50 papers), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (33 papers), Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments (28 papers), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (26 papers) and Dysphagia Assessment and Management (25 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Physiology (6.1k citations), Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (7.3k citations), Gastroenterology (1.2k citations), Emergency Medical Services (1.5k citations) and Sensory Systems (1.0k citations). John A. Smith has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include George D. Rose, Ashley Woodcock, Lorcan McGarvey, Surinder S. Birring, Alyn H. Morice, Peter V. Dicpinigaitis, Kimberley Holt, Kenneth D. Kopple, Lila G. Pease and Richard D. Telford. Their work appears in journals such as Thorax, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, European Respiratory Journal, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

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