Kenneth Smith

19.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
222 papers, 13.4k citations indexed

About

Kenneth Smith is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Physiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth Smith has authored 222 papers receiving a total of 13.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 146 papers in Cell Biology, 92 papers in Physiology and 87 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Kenneth Smith's work include Muscle metabolism and nutrition (146 papers), Muscle Physiology and Disorders (66 papers) and Sports Performance and Training (43 papers). Kenneth Smith is often cited by papers focused on Muscle metabolism and nutrition (146 papers), Muscle Physiology and Disorders (66 papers) and Sports Performance and Training (43 papers). Kenneth Smith collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Kenneth Smith's co-authors include Philip J. Atherton, Michael J. Rennie, Daniel J. Wilkinson, Anna Selby, Bethan E. Phillips, John Babraj, Debbie Rankin, Henning Wackerhage, Paul L. Greenhaff and Michael J. Rennie and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nucleic Acids Research and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth Smith

216 papers receiving 13.1k 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.

Anabolic signaling deficits underlie amino acid resistance of wasting, aging muscle

2004 939 citations Kenneth Smith, Philip J. Atherton et al. profile →
Age‐related differences in the dose–response relationship of muscle protein synthesis to resistance exercise in young and old men

2008 581 citations Debbie Rankin, Philip J. Atherton et al. The Journal of Physiology profile →
Myofibrillar muscle protein synthesis rates subsequent to a meal in response to increasing doses of whey protein at rest and after resistance exercise

2013 388 citations Leigh Breen, Kenneth Smith et al. profile →
Effects of leucine and its metabolite β‐hydroxy‐β‐methylbutyrate on human skeletal muscle protein metabolism

2013 367 citations Daniel J. Wilkinson, Bethan E. Phillips et al. The Journal of Physiology profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Kenneth Smith	8.1k	6.6k	5.0k	2.9k	2.3k	222	13.4k
Blake B. Rasmussen	7.2k 0.9×	6.6k 1.0×	5.5k 1.1×	2.3k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	165	13.7k
Michael J. Rennie	8.9k 1.1×	6.9k 1.0×	5.4k 1.1×	3.9k 1.3×	2.6k 1.1×	184	15.7k
Elena Volpi	8.6k 1.1×	10.3k 1.6×	5.5k 1.1×	2.2k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	184	17.0k
Kevin D. Tipton	9.3k 1.2×	6.2k 0.9×	2.5k 0.5×	4.2k 1.5×	3.1k 1.3×	105	12.5k
Paul L. Greenhaff	8.2k 1.0×	6.1k 0.9×	3.7k 0.7×	3.9k 1.3×	2.5k 1.1×	252	14.2k
Lawrence L. Spriet	7.2k 0.9×	6.9k 1.1×	3.0k 0.6×	2.8k 1.0×	2.3k 1.0×	251	14.4k
Bente Kiens	6.7k 0.8×	9.8k 1.5×	6.5k 1.3×	2.4k 0.8×	2.3k 1.0×	259	18.2k
Daniel R. Moore	6.5k 0.8×	4.1k 0.6×	2.1k 0.4×	3.2k 1.1×	2.0k 0.9×	124	8.9k
David Cameron‐Smith	3.1k 0.4×	5.2k 0.8×	4.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.4×	1.9k 0.8×	318	12.3k
Peter Schjerling	3.1k 0.4×	6.1k 0.9×	5.8k 1.2×	2.1k 0.7×	3.9k 1.7×	212	14.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gordon, Adam, Kenneth Smith, Jemima Collins, et al.. (2025). Effects of supplemental protein in older people: an overview of meta-analyses.. PubMed. 54(12).

Mafrici, Bruno, Daniela Viramontes Hörner, David S. Gardner, et al.. (2025). Amino Acid and Protein Losses in Adult Patients Receiving Maintenance Dialysis: A Literature Review. Journal of Renal Nutrition. 36(1). 30–48.

Brook, Matthew S., Lívia Santos, Ian Varley, et al.. (2024). The effects of endurance trainability phenotype, sex, and interval running training on bone collagen synthesis in adult rats. Bone. 189. 117257–117257. 1 indexed citations

Holwerda, Andrew M., Philip J. Atherton, Kenneth Smith, et al.. (2024). Assessing Muscle Protein Synthesis Rates In Vivo in Humans: The Deuterated Water (2H2O) Method. Journal of Nutrition. 154(11). 3177–3189. 3 indexed citations

Phillips, Bethan E., et al.. (2024). Metabolic effects of very-low calorie diet, Semaglutide, or combination of the two, in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Clinical Nutrition. 43(8). 1907–1913. 14 indexed citations

Smeuninx, Benoit, Yasir Elhassan, Elizabeth Sapey, et al.. (2023). A single bout of prior resistance exercise attenuates muscle atrophy and declines in myofibrillar protein synthesis during bed‐rest in older men. The Journal of Physiology. 603(1). 87–105. 16 indexed citations

Phillips, Bethan E., Kenneth Smith, Daniel J. Wilkinson, et al.. (2023). A focus on leucine in the nutritional regulation of human skeletal muscle metabolism in ageing, exercise and unloading states. Clinical Nutrition. 42(10). 1849–1865. 26 indexed citations

Parker, Victoria, Darren Robertson, Bas Havekes, et al.. (2023). Cotadutide promotes glycogenolysis in people with overweight or obesity diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Nature Metabolism. 5(12). 2086–2093. 35 indexed citations

Crossland, Hannah, Matthew S. Brook, Jonathan I. Quinlan, et al.. (2022). Metabolic and molecular responses of human patellar tendon to concentric- and eccentric-type exercise in youth and older age. GeroScience. 45(1). 331–344. 8 indexed citations

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Davies, Robert W., et al.. (2022). The Effect of Fava Bean (Vicia faba L.) Protein Ingestion on Myofibrillar Protein Synthesis at Rest and after Resistance Exercise in Healthy, Young Men and Women: A Randomised Control Trial. Nutrients. 14(18). 3688–3688. 12 indexed citations

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Brook, Matthew S., Tanner Stokes, Stefan H. M. Gorissen, et al.. (2022). Declines in muscle protein synthesis account for short‐term muscle disuse atrophy in humans in the absence of increased muscle protein breakdown. Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle. 13(4). 2005–2016. 36 indexed citations

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Genders, Amanda J., Joseph J. Bass, Jujiao Kuang, et al.. (2021). Ammonium chloride administration prior to exercise has muscle‐specific effects on mitochondrial and myofibrillar protein synthesis in rats. Physiological Reports. 9(6). e14797–e14797. 1 indexed citations

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Brook, Matthew S., Kirsty J. Elliott‐Sale, Lívia Santos, et al.. (2021). A collagen extraction and deuterium oxide stable isotope tracer method for the quantification of bone collagen synthesis rates in vivo. Physiological Reports. 9(10). e14799–e14799. 3 indexed citations

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Blackwell, James, Nima Gharahdaghi, Matthew S. Brook, et al.. (2021). The physiological impact of high‐intensity interval training in octogenarians with comorbidities. Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle. 12(4). 866–879. 19 indexed citations

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Sian, T, Colleen S. Deane, Kenneth Smith, et al.. (2021). Green Tea Extract Concurrent with an Oral Nutritional Supplement Acutely Enhances Muscle Microvascular Blood Flow without Altering Leg Glucose Uptake in Healthy Older Adults. Nutrients. 13(11). 3895–3895. 6 indexed citations

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Brook, Matthew S., Daniel J. Wilkinson, Kenneth Smith, & Philip J. Atherton. (2019). It's not just about protein turnover: the role of ribosomal biogenesis and satellite cells in the regulation of skeletal muscle hypertrophy. European Journal of Sport Science. 19(7). 952–963. 35 indexed citations

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Davies, Robert W., Joseph J. Bass, Brian P. Carson, et al.. (2019). Differential Stimulation of Post-Exercise Myofibrillar Protein Synthesis in Humans Following Isonitrogenous, Isocaloric Pre-Exercise Feeding. Nutrients. 11(7). 1657–1657. 17 indexed citations

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Brook, Matthew S., Daniel J. Wilkinson, William K. Mitchell, et al.. (2017). A novel D ₂ O tracer method to quantify RNA turnover as a biomarker of de novo ribosomal biogenesis, in vitro, in animal models, and in human skeletal muscle. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 313(6). E681–E689. 30 indexed citations

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Brook, Matthew S., Daniel J. Wilkinson, Bethan E. Phillips, et al.. (2015). Skeletal muscle homeostasis and plasticity in youth and ageing: impact of nutrition and exercise. Acta Physiologica. 216(1). 15–41. 124 indexed citations

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Phillips, Bethan E., John P. Williams, Philip J. Atherton, et al.. (2011). Resistance exercise training improves age-related declines in leg vascular conductance and rejuvenates acute leg blood flow responses to feeding and exercise. Journal of Applied Physiology. 112(3). 347–353. 48 indexed citations

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