L. J. Smith

12.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
211 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

L. J. Smith is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, L. J. Smith has authored 211 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 134 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 57 papers in Instrumentation and 14 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in L. J. Smith's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (119 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (82 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (57 papers). L. J. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (119 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (82 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (57 papers). L. J. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. L. J. Smith's co-authors include J. S. Gallagher, P. A. Crowther, Max Pettini, R. P. Norris, A. Nota, Vanessa P. Dennen, Aubteen Darabi, M. S. Westmoquette, D. J. Lennon and David L. King and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Journal of Power Sources.

In The Last Decade

L. J. Smith

188 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

Groundwater quality and depletion in the Indo-Gangetic Basin mapped from in situ observations

2016 367 citations L. J. Smith et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
L. J. Smith	3.2k	1.0k	249	228	213	211	4.9k
J. P. Anderson	1.8k 0.6×	258 0.3×	264 1.1×	111 0.5×	47 0.2×	193	8.1k
Michael E. Brown	5.5k 1.7×	450 0.4×	45 0.2×	29 0.1×	46 0.2×	331	10.4k
O. Mousis	3.9k 1.2×	112 0.1×	67 0.3×	35 0.2×	25 0.1×	217	5.5k
David Elmore	648 0.2×	30 0.0×	331 1.3×	573 2.5×	87 0.4×	119	5.1k
Richard A. Muller	895 0.3×	62 0.1×	288 1.2×	45 0.2×	35 0.2×	149	4.4k
M. Allen	3.7k 1.2×	295 0.3×	23 0.1×	29 0.1×	26 0.1×	173	6.7k
Michael P. Fitzgerald	1.2k 0.4×	311 0.3×	145 0.6×	3 0.0×	13 0.1×	205	2.9k
P. Brassard	3.2k 1.0×	1.6k 1.6×	30 0.1×	37 0.2×	48 0.2×	149	3.8k
Ken Rice	4.3k 1.3×	197 0.2×	48 0.2×	6 0.0×	16 0.1×	103	5.2k
John Salvatier	300 0.1×	95 0.1×	68 0.3×	9 0.0×	31 0.1×	4	2.1k

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

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Humphries, Chris, Michael Eddleston, Adam Lloyd, et al.. (2025). De-siloing substance misuse and self-harm research through integrated public health and emergency medicine. The Lancet Public Health. 10(8). e716–e721.

Hernández, Svea, L. J. Smith, Aditya Togi, et al.. (2025). JWST/MIRI Detection of [Ne v] and [Ne vi] in M83: Evidence for the Long Sought-after Active Galactic Nucleus?. The Astrophysical Journal. 983(2). 154–154. 3 indexed citations

Hernández, Svea, L. J. Smith, Aditya Togi, et al.. (2025). A JWST/MIRI View of the Interstellar Medium in M83. I. Resolved Molecular Hydrogen Properties, Star Formation, and Feedback. The Astrophysical Journal. 987(2). 142–142.

Sabbi, Elena, Peter Zeidler, Bruce G. Elmegreen, et al.. (2025). GULP. II. Hierarchical Distribution and Evolution of Young Stellar Structures in NGC 4449. The Astrophysical Journal. 987(1). 33–33. 1 indexed citations

Calzetti, Daniela, Angela Adamo, Aida Wofford, et al.. (2025). CLUES. III. Do User Choices Impact the Results of SED Fitting? Tests of “Off-the-shelf” Stellar Population and Dust Extinction Models in the CLUES Sample. The Astrophysical Journal. 989(1). 114–114. 1 indexed citations

Shkoporov, Andrey N., L. J. Smith, Ekaterina V. Khokhlova, et al.. (2023). Dynamic nature of viral and bacterial communities in human faeces. iScience. 27(2). 108778–108778. 4 indexed citations

Hernández, Svea, L. J. Smith, Aditya Togi, et al.. (2023). Dissecting the Mid-infrared Heart of M83 with JWST. The Astrophysical Journal. 948(2). 124–124. 11 indexed citations

Smith, L. J., M. S. Oey, Svea Hernández, et al.. (2023). HST FUV Spectroscopy of Super Star Cluster A in the Green Pea Analog Mrk 71: Revealing the Presence of Very Massive Stars. The Astrophysical Journal. 958(2). 194–194. 13 indexed citations

Hernández, Svea, et al.. (2023). Simultaneous Estimates of Star-cluster Age, Metallicity, Mass, and Extinction (SESAMME). I. Presenting an MCMC Approach to Spectral Stellar Population Fitting. The Astrophysical Journal. 959(1). 20–20. 1 indexed citations

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Oey, M. S., Ashkbiz Danehkar, Sergiy Silich, et al.. (2023). Nebular C iv λ1550 Imaging of the Metal-poor Starburst Mrk 71: Direct Evidence of Catastrophic Cooling. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 958(1). L10–L10. 4 indexed citations

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Calzetti, Daniela, Sean T. Linden, Matteo Messa, et al.. (2023). Dust-buried Compact Sources in the Dwarf Galaxy NGC 4449. The Astrophysical Journal. 946(1). 1–1. 6 indexed citations

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Wofford, Aida, S. Charlot, Gustavo Bruzual, et al.. (2023). Extreme broad He ii emission at high and low redshifts: the dominant role of VMS in NGC 3125-A1 and CDFS131717. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 523(3). 3949–3966. 16 indexed citations

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Adamo, Angela, Matthew Hayes, Arjan Bik, et al.. (2022). Haro 11 – Untying the knots of the nuclear starburst. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 510(4). 4819–4836. 12 indexed citations

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Grasha, Kathryn, Bruce G. Elmegreen, Christoph Federrath, et al.. (2021). The dependence of the hierarchical distribution of star clusters on galactic environment. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 507(4). 5542–5566. 9 indexed citations

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Adamo, Angela, Janice C. Lee, L. J. Smith, et al.. (2021). Studying the ISM at ∼10 pc scale in NGC 7793 with MUSE. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 650. A103–A103. 17 indexed citations

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Wofford, Aida, Alba Vidal-García, Gustavo Bruzual, et al.. (2021). Synthetic photometry of OB star clusters with stochastically sampled IMFs: analysis of models and HST observations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 509(1). 522–549. 10 indexed citations

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Calzetti, Daniela, Andrew Battisti, Irene Shivaei, et al.. (2021). Revisiting Attenuation Curves: The Case of NGC 3351*. The Astrophysical Journal. 913(1). 37–37. 17 indexed citations

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Adamo, Angela, K. Hollyhead, Matteo Messa, et al.. (2020). Star cluster formation in the most extreme environments: insights from the HiPEEC survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 499(3). 3267–3294. 39 indexed citations

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Sacchi, Elena, M. Cignoni, Alessandra Aloisi, et al.. (2019). Star Formation Histories of the LEGUS Spiral Galaxies. I. The Flocculent Spiral NGC 7793^∗. The Astrophysical Journal. 878(1). 1–1. 13 indexed citations

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Prinja, R. K. & L. J. Smith. (1992). MIGRATING OPTICAL DEPTH ENHANCEMENTS IN THE UV WIND LINES OF THE WOLF-RAYET STAR HD-93131. UCL Discovery (University College London). 4 indexed citations

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