K. J. Smith

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

K. J. Smith is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Materials Chemistry and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, K. J. Smith has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 10 papers in Materials Chemistry and 9 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in K. J. Smith's work include Polymer crystallization and properties (16 papers), Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties (9 papers) and Polymer composites and self-healing (5 papers). K. J. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Polymer crystallization and properties (16 papers), Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties (9 papers) and Polymer composites and self-healing (5 papers). K. J. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Austria. K. J. Smith's co-authors include George D. Yancopoulos, Chitra Suri, Joyce McClain, Gavin Thurston, Thomas T. Sato, Donald M. McDonald, A. Ciferri, Ryong‐Joon Roe, W. R. Krigbaum and Galen D. Reed and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

K. J. Smith

44 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
K. J. Smith United States	15	850	369	273	223	175	45	1.8k
Hitoshi Yamazaki Japan	31	1.2k 1.4×	129 0.3×	421 1.5×	53 0.2×	791 4.5×	201	3.4k
John S. Brooks United States	31	832 1.0×	69 0.2×	330 1.2×	460 2.1×	1.2k 6.7×	159	4.2k
Naoyuki Ueda Japan	25	319 0.4×	166 0.4×	84 0.3×	53 0.2×	207 1.2×	87	3.1k
Kenneth B. Lewis United States	22	193 0.2×	134 0.4×	77 0.3×	717 3.2×	28 0.2×	43	1.8k
Yusuke Satoh Japan	29	886 1.0×	157 0.4×	170 0.6×	36 0.2×	244 1.4×	74	2.2k
Naoki Hayashi Japan	27	418 0.5×	118 0.3×	265 1.0×	27 0.1×	459 2.6×	175	2.3k
Honggu Chun South Korea	20	423 0.5×	79 0.2×	50 0.2×	289 1.3×	129 0.7×	75	1.9k
Koichi Hirata Japan	32	609 0.7×	195 0.5×	169 0.6×	12 0.1×	191 1.1×	149	2.8k
Takayoshi Ishimori Japan	33	681 0.8×	353 1.0×	348 1.3×	158 0.7×	561 3.2×	99	3.7k
Huan‐You Wang United States	24	1.2k 1.4×	36 0.1×	326 1.2×	185 0.8×	761 4.3×	138	2.9k

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Bell, Sarah, et al.. (2024). Hysterectomy with sentinel lymph node dissection in the setting of preoperative endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia and an endometrial stripe ≥20 mm: a cost-effectiveness analysis . International Journal of Gynecological Cancer. 34(12). 1898–1905. 1 indexed citations

Smith, K. J., et al.. (2017). Synchrotron Photoionization Study of Furan and 2-Methylfuran Reactions with Methylidyne Radical (CH) at 298 K. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 122(1). 280–291. 7 indexed citations

Khayal, Inas S., Scott R. VandenBerg, K. J. Smith, et al.. (2011). MRI apparent diffusion coefficient reflects histopathologic subtype, axonal disruption, and tumor fraction in diffuse-type grade II gliomas. Neuro-Oncology. 13(11). 1192–1201. 28 indexed citations

McKnight, Tracy R., K. J. Smith, Philip Chu, et al.. (2011). Choline metabolism, proliferation, and angiogenesis in nonenhancing grades 2 and 3 astrocytoma. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 33(4). 808–816. 25 indexed citations

Smith, K. J.. (2002). A random distribution (spectrum) of mechanical relaxation/retardation rate constants and its influence on tensile strength of imperfect (real, visco-elastic) polymer fibers in constant strain-rate extension. Polymer. 43(2). 583–590. 2 indexed citations

Smith, K. J., et al.. (1999). The breaking strength of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibers. Polymer. 40(26). 7261–7274. 24 indexed citations

Smith, K. J., et al.. (1994). The effect of annealing on stretched trans‐1,4‐polyisoprene networks. Polymer Engineering and Science. 34(4). 290–300. 1 indexed citations

Smith, K. J.. (1984). Thermal expansion of oriented glassy polymers. Polymer Engineering and Science. 24(3). 205–210. 4 indexed citations

Smith, K. J.. (1983). Inclusion of mobile crosslinks and lateral crystallite growth in the theory of stress‐induced crystallization. Journal of Polymer Science Polymer Physics Edition. 21(1). 45–53. 7 indexed citations

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Smith, K. J.. (1983). Crystallization under stress: A theory of fibrillar crystallization. Journal of Polymer Science Polymer Physics Edition. 21(1). 55–63. 11 indexed citations

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Sullivan, J. L. & K. J. Smith. (1980). Thermoelastic behavior of poly(vinyl alcohol) networks in swelling equilibrium with dilute salt solutions. Journal of Polymer Science Polymer Physics Edition. 18(1). 177–179. 3 indexed citations

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Smith, K. J.. (1974). Thermoelasticity of weak polyelectrolyte networks. Journal of Polymer Science Polymer Physics Edition. 12(1). 7–21. 2 indexed citations

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Conneely, Michael, Lester Lipsky, K. J. Smith, P G Burke, & Ronald J. W. Henry. (1970). A computer program for the calculation of electron scattering and photoionization cross sections of atomic systems with configuration (np)q. Computer Physics Communications. 1(5). 306–324. 16 indexed citations

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Smith, K. J.. (1968). Birefringence of semicrystalline polymeric networks. Journal of Polymer Science Part A-2 Polymer Physics. 6(10). 1723–1732. 8 indexed citations

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Smith, K. J., et al.. (1966). Crystallization under Stress and Non-Gaussian Behavior of Macromolecular Networks. Rubber Chemistry and Technology. 39(3). 685–711. 2 indexed citations

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Puett, David, K. J. Smith, & A. Ciferri. (1965). Elasticity of Semicrystalline Polymers¹. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 69(1). 141–150. 14 indexed citations

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Krigbaum, W. R., Ryong‐Joon Roe, & K. J. Smith. (1964). A theoretical treatment of the modulus of semi-crystalline polymers. Polymer. 5. 533–542. 73 indexed citations

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Puett, David, et al.. (1964). Elasticity of Block Copolymers. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 40(1). 253–254. 6 indexed citations

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Roe, Ryong‐Joon, K. J. Smith, & W. R. Krigbaum. (1961). Equilibrium Degrees of Crystallization Predicted for ``Single Pass'' and Folded Chain Crystallite Models. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 35(4). 1306–1311. 56 indexed citations

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Smith, K. J., et al.. (1955). Design and test of mixed-flow impellers VI : performance and parabolic-bladed impeller with shroud redesigned by rapid approximate method. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 1 indexed citations

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