Leah Smith

1.4k total citations
33 papers, 916 citations indexed

About

Leah Smith is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Leah Smith has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 916 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Ecology and 10 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Leah Smith's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (10 papers), Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (8 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (8 papers). Leah Smith is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (10 papers), Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (8 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (8 papers). Leah Smith collaborates with scholars based in Canada, New Zealand and United States. Leah Smith's co-authors include Linda E. Lévesque, Darren R. Brenner, Erin Strumpf, Jay S. Kaufman, Ryan Woods, Amanda Shaw, Alain Demers, Donna Turner, Peter C. Fineran and Larry F. Ellison and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Molecular Cell and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Leah Smith

32 papers receiving 897 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leah Smith Canada 15 302 259 205 132 102 33 916
Neta S. Zuckerman Israel 20 182 0.6× 136 0.5× 389 1.9× 56 0.4× 19 0.2× 73 2.0k
Jason P. Lott United States 15 153 0.5× 202 0.8× 106 0.5× 83 0.6× 64 0.6× 43 781
María Cristina Rangel United States 23 348 1.2× 298 1.2× 734 3.6× 48 0.4× 23 0.2× 37 1.5k
Sara Huston United States 13 607 2.0× 131 0.5× 278 1.4× 164 1.2× 26 0.3× 36 1.7k
Rama Jayaraj Australia 20 128 0.4× 302 1.2× 398 1.9× 114 0.9× 77 0.8× 94 1.2k
Patrick Lacor Belgium 20 219 0.7× 189 0.7× 203 1.0× 86 0.7× 9 0.1× 67 1.3k
Matthew Brown United States 13 110 0.4× 187 0.7× 75 0.4× 39 0.3× 49 0.5× 22 546
Michael Barnes United States 21 260 0.9× 86 0.3× 498 2.4× 128 1.0× 17 0.2× 34 1.7k
Jennifer A. Lewis United States 15 224 0.7× 206 0.8× 95 0.5× 39 0.3× 64 0.6× 45 987
Filippo Trentini Italy 17 246 0.8× 232 0.9× 94 0.5× 53 0.4× 9 0.1× 37 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Leah Smith

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Leah Smith's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Leah Smith with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Leah Smith more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Leah Smith

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Leah Smith. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Leah Smith. The network helps show where Leah Smith may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leah Smith

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Leah Smith. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Leah Smith based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Leah Smith. Leah Smith is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Liang, Cui, Leah Smith, Oliver Dietrich, et al.. (2025). Phage arabinosyl-hydroxy-cytosine DNA modifications result in distinct evasion and sensitivity responses to phage defense systems. Cell Host & Microbe. 33(7). 1173–1190.e9. 2 indexed citations
2.
Smith, Leah & Peter C. Fineran. (2025). Type I CRISPR-Cas immunity primes type III spacer acquisition. Cell Host & Microbe. 33(9). 1561–1576.e6.
3.
Harding, Kate, et al.. (2024). Genome-wide identification of bacterial genes contributing to nucleus-forming jumbo phage infection. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(3). 2 indexed citations
4.
Smith, Leah & Peter C. Fineran. (2023). Phage capsid recognition triggers activation of a bacterial toxin-antitoxin defense system. Molecular Cell. 83(2). 165–166. 4 indexed citations
5.
Mayo-Muñoz, David, Leah Smith, Carmela Garcia‐Doval, et al.. (2022). Type III CRISPR-Cas provides resistance against nucleus-forming jumbo phages via abortive infection. Molecular Cell. 82(23). 4471–4486.e9. 35 indexed citations
6.
Diaz, Keith M., Erin Huggins, Marsha Michie, et al.. (2022). Recommendations to improve the patient experience and avoid bias when prenatal screening/testing. Disability and health journal. 16(2). 101401–101401. 13 indexed citations
7.
Ruan, Yibing, Abbey E. Poirier, Joy Pader, et al.. (2021). Estimating the future cancer management costs attributable to modifiable risk factors in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 112(6). 1083–1092. 8 indexed citations
8.
Pader, Joy, Yibing Ruan, Abbey E. Poirier, et al.. (2021). Estimates of future cancer mortality attributable to modifiable risk factors in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 112(6). 1069–1082. 8 indexed citations
9.
Brenner, Darren R., Hannah K. Weir, Alain Demers, et al.. (2020). Projected estimates of cancer in Canada in 2020. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 192(9). E199–E205. 263 indexed citations
10.
Hampton, Hannah G., et al.. (2020). Functional genomics reveals the toxin–antitoxin repertoire and AbiE activity in Serratia. Microbial Genomics. 6(11). 12 indexed citations
11.
12.
Brenner, Darren R., Yibing Ruan, Eileen Shaw, et al.. (2019). Age-standardized cancer-incidence trends in Canada, 1971–2015. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 191(46). E1262–E1273. 32 indexed citations
13.
De, Prithwish, Leah Smith, Elizabeth Holmes, et al.. (2019). Maximizing research impacts on cancer prevention: An integrated knowledge translation approach used by the Canadian Population Attributable Risk of Cancer (ComPARe) study. Preventive Medicine. 122. 148–154. 5 indexed citations
14.
Smith, Leah, Anne K. Ellis, Heather Whitaker, et al.. (2018). Quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccination in girls and the risk of autoimmune disorders: the Ontario Grade 8 HPV Vaccine Cohort Study. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 190(21). E648–E655. 28 indexed citations
15.
Malagón, Talía, Shalini Kulasingam, Marie‐Hélène Mayrand, et al.. (2018). Age at last screening and remaining lifetime risk of cervical cancer in older, unvaccinated women: a modelling study. The Lancet Oncology. 19(12). 1569–1578. 39 indexed citations
16.
Smith, Leah, Linda E. Lévesque, Jay S. Kaufman, & Erin Strumpf. (2016). Strategies for evaluating the assumptions of the regression discontinuity design: a case study using a human papillomavirus vaccination programme. International Journal of Epidemiology. 46(3). dyw195–dyw195. 16 indexed citations
17.
Remes, Olivia, Leah Smith, Beatriz Alvarado, Lindsey Colley, & Linda E. Lévesque. (2014). Individual- and Regional-level determinants of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine refusal: the Ontario Grade 8 HPV vaccine cohort study. BMC Public Health. 14(1). 1047–1047. 31 indexed citations
18.
Smith, Leah, Jay S. Kaufman, Erin Strumpf, & Linda E. Lévesque. (2014). Effect of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination on clinical indicators of sexual behaviour among adolescent girls: the Ontario Grade 8 HPV Vaccine Cohort Study. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 187(2). E74–E81. 80 indexed citations
19.
20.
Smith, Leah, Paul Brassard, Jeffrey C. Kwong, et al.. (2011). Factors associated with initiation and completion of the quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine series in an ontario cohort of grade 8 girls. BMC Public Health. 11(1). 645–645. 46 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Neta S. Zuckerman Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jason P. Lott Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by María Cristina Rangel Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Sara Huston Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Rama Jayaraj Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Patrick Lacor Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Matthew Brown Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Michael Barnes Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jennifer A. Lewis Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Filippo Trentini
Rankless by CCL
2026