Luke Smith

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Luke Smith is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Luke Smith has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Ecology, 21 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 10 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Luke Smith's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (17 papers), Marine and fisheries research (17 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (6 papers). Luke Smith is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (17 papers), Marine and fisheries research (17 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (6 papers). Luke Smith collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Luke Smith's co-authors include James Gilmour, Andrew Heyward, Andrew H. Baird, Morgan S. Pratchett, Terry P. Hughes, Andrew P. Negri, Jim N. Underwood, Madeleine J. H. van Oppen, Nicole S. Webster and Linda L. Blackall and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Luke Smith

34 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Recovery of an Isolated Coral Reef System Following Severe Disturbance

2013 437 citations James Gilmour, Luke Smith et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Luke Smith Australia	21	1.7k	1.3k	939	353	183	38	2.1k
Avigdor Abelson Israel	28	1.3k 0.8×	930 0.7×	930 1.0×	227 0.6×	183 1.0×	68	2.1k
Angelo Tursi Italy	30	1.7k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	785 0.8×	453 1.3×	108 0.6×	103	2.6k
Lorenzo Bramanti France	32	2.0k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	1.3k 1.4×	253 0.7×	84 0.5×	88	2.3k
Porzia Maiorano Italy	29	1.6k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	605 0.6×	420 1.2×	77 0.4×	90	2.2k
Fred E. Wells Australia	16	1.4k 0.8×	989 0.8×	988 1.1×	318 0.9×	80 0.4×	94	2.1k
Gianfranco D’Onghia Italy	30	2.1k 1.2×	2.1k 1.6×	916 1.0×	691 2.0×	104 0.6×	147	3.1k
Covadonga Orejas Spain	31	2.2k 1.3×	1.4k 1.1×	1.6k 1.7×	294 0.8×	114 0.6×	98	2.7k
Jason E. Tanner Australia	25	2.7k 1.6×	2.0k 1.5×	2.0k 2.1×	480 1.4×	85 0.5×	79	3.5k
John K. Keesing Australia	27	1.7k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	2.1k 2.3×	243 0.7×	151 0.8×	98	3.6k
Jon D. Witman United States	31	1.9k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	1.7k 1.8×	369 1.0×	100 0.5×	56	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Luke Smith

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Fields of papers citing papers by Luke Smith

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luke Smith

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Luke Smith. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Luke 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 Luke Smith. Luke Smith is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Smith, Luke, et al.. (2025). Implicit neural representation for potential field geophysics. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 9799–9799.

Collins, Luke, Raphaël Trouvé, Patrick J. Baker, et al.. (2023). Fuel reduction burning reduces wildfire severity during extreme fire events in south-eastern Australia. Journal of Environmental Management. 343. 118171–118171. 27 indexed citations

Smith, Luke, et al.. (2022). Magnetic grid resolution enhancement using machine learning: A case study from the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane. Ore Geology Reviews. 150. 105119–105119. 2 indexed citations

Collins, Luke, Greg McCarthy, Andrew Mellor, Graeme Newell, & Luke Smith. (2020). Training data requirements for fire severity mapping using Landsat imagery and random forest. Remote Sensing of Environment. 245. 111839–111839. 98 indexed citations

Bond, Todd, Julian C. Partridge, Michael D. Taylor, et al.. (2018). Fish associated with a subsea pipeline and adjacent seafloor of the North West Shelf of Western Australia. Marine Environmental Research. 141. 53–65. 37 indexed citations

Bond, Todd, et al.. (2018). Diel shifts and habitat associations of fish assemblages on a subsea pipeline. Fisheries Research. 206. 220–234. 45 indexed citations

Gilmour, James, Luke Smith, Andrew Heyward, Andrew H. Baird, & Morgan S. Pratchett. (2013). Recovery of an Isolated Coral Reef System Following Severe Disturbance. Science. 340(6128). 69–71. 437 indexed citations breakdown →

Flores, Florita, Mia O. Hoogenboom, Luke Smith, et al.. (2012). Chronic Exposure of Corals to Fine Sediments: Lethal and Sub-Lethal Impacts. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e37795–e37795. 70 indexed citations

Underwood, Jim N., Luke Smith, Madeleine J. H. van Oppen, & James Gilmour. (2009). Ecologically relevant dispersal of corals on isolated reefs: implications for managing resilience. Ecological Applications. 19(1). 18–29. 123 indexed citations

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Smith, Luke, et al.. (2009). The effects of marine seismic acquisition in a coral reef environment: results from a multi-disciplinary monitoring program at Scott Reef, Western Australia*. The APPEA Journal. 49(2). 567–567. 1 indexed citations

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Gilmour, James, Luke Smith, & Richard Brinkman. (2009). Biannual spawning, rapid larval development and evidence of self-seeding for scleractinian corals at an isolated system of reefs. Marine Biology. 156(6). 1297–1309. 67 indexed citations

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Smith, Luke, et al.. (2008). Toxicity of a glufosinate- and several glyphosate-based herbicides to juvenile amphibians from the Southern High Plains, USA. The Science of The Total Environment. 407(3). 1065–1071. 50 indexed citations

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Smith, Luke, James Gilmour, & Andrew Heyward. (2007). Resilience of coral communities on an isolated system of reefs following catastrophic mass-bleaching. Coral Reefs. 27(1). 197–205. 83 indexed citations

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Underwood, Jim N., Luke Smith, Madeleine J. H. van Oppen, & James Gilmour. (2006). Multiple scales of genetic connectivity in a brooding coral on isolated reefs following catastrophic bleaching. Molecular Ecology. 16(4). 771–784. 188 indexed citations

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Smith, Luke, Michelle Devlin, David Haynes, & James Gilmour. (2004). A demographic approach to monitoring the health of coral reefs. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 51(1-4). 399–407. 49 indexed citations

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Smith, Luke, Michelle Devlin, & David Haynes. (2004). Size structure, recruitment and post-recruitment survival of nearshore corals in the Great Barrier Reef wet tropics. 1 indexed citations

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Heyward, Andrew, et al.. (2004). Ningaloo Marine Park - initial survey of seabed biodiversity in intermediate and deep waters (March 2004). 1 indexed citations

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Negri, Andrew P., Luke Smith, Nicole S. Webster, & Andrew Heyward. (2002). Understanding ship-grounding impacts on a coral reef: potential effects of anti-foulant paint contamination on coral recruitment. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 44(2). 111–117. 91 indexed citations

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Smith, Luke, et al.. (2001). Survey 2000: Beche-de-mer and trochus populations at Ashmore Reef. Report for Environment Australia. 3 indexed citations

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Smith, Luke & Terry P. Hughes. (1999). An experimental assessment of survival, re-attachment and fecundity of coral fragments. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 235(1). 147–164. 174 indexed citations

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