M. Paul Smith

2.7k total citations
84 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

M. Paul Smith is a scholar working on Paleontology, Geology and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Paul Smith has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Paleontology, 22 papers in Geology and 20 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in M. Paul Smith's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (37 papers), Geological Studies and Exploration (21 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (20 papers). M. Paul Smith is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (37 papers), Geological Studies and Exploration (21 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (20 papers). M. Paul Smith collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Denmark and United States. M. Paul Smith's co-authors include Ivan J. Sansom, Philip C. J. Donoghue, David A. T. Harper, Richard J. Aldridge, Derek E. G. Briggs, Euan N. K. Clarkson, Moya Meredith Smith, Jan Audun Rasmussen, Mark A. Williams and Paul F. Wilson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

M. Paul Smith

83 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
M. Paul Smith United Kingdom 26 1.3k 398 341 329 311 84 2.0k
Jerzy Dzik Poland 31 2.4k 1.9× 378 0.9× 537 1.6× 228 0.7× 439 1.4× 93 2.9k
Euan N. K. Clarkson United Kingdom 29 1.9k 1.5× 314 0.8× 549 1.6× 184 0.6× 251 0.8× 123 2.7k
Mark A. Purnell United Kingdom 37 2.4k 1.9× 313 0.8× 298 0.9× 104 0.3× 611 2.0× 85 3.2k
Philip R. Wilby United Kingdom 26 1.8k 1.4× 350 0.9× 834 2.4× 129 0.4× 215 0.7× 61 2.4k
Sarah E. Gabbott United Kingdom 31 2.0k 1.5× 236 0.6× 663 1.9× 106 0.3× 338 1.1× 66 2.7k
Alex Farnsworth United Kingdom 18 655 0.5× 369 0.9× 883 2.6× 249 0.8× 152 0.5× 47 1.7k
George R. McGhee United States 21 1.4k 1.1× 201 0.5× 497 1.5× 133 0.4× 129 0.4× 61 2.0k
Roger A. Cooper New Zealand 31 2.2k 1.7× 783 2.0× 1.1k 3.2× 340 1.0× 237 0.8× 87 3.3k
Patrick J. Orr Ireland 29 1.7k 1.3× 220 0.6× 559 1.6× 78 0.2× 306 1.0× 59 2.3k
Norman MacLeod United Kingdom 24 1.3k 1.0× 315 0.8× 642 1.9× 94 0.3× 114 0.4× 80 2.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by M. Paul Smith

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. Paul Smith

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All Works

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Moseley, Gina E., Gabriella Koltai, Jonathan L. Baker, et al.. (2025). Late Miocene Arctic warmth and terrestrial climate recorded by North Greenland speleothems. Nature Geoscience. 18(12). 1252–1258.
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Smith, M. Paul, et al.. (2024). Evaluating museum exhibits: Quantifying visitor experience and museum impact with user experience methodologies. Curator The Museum Journal. 68(1). 163–200. 3 indexed citations
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Smith, M. Paul, Jakob Vinther, Imran A. Rahman, et al.. (2024). A new interpretation of Pikaia reveals the origins of the chordate body plan. Current Biology. 34(13). 2980–2989.e2. 6 indexed citations
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Warnett, Jason M., Mark A. Williams, Paul F. Wilson, & M. Paul Smith. (2020). The Oxford Dodo. Seeing more than ever before: X-ray micro-CT scanning, specimen acquisition and provenance. Historical Biology. 33(10). 2247–2255. 3 indexed citations
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Moseley, Gina E., et al.. (2020). Cave discoveries and speleogenetic features in northeast Greenland. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 2 indexed citations
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Smith, M. Paul & Jan Audun Rasmussen. (2020). The geology of the Centrumsø area of Kronprins Christian Land, northeast Greenland, and lithological constraints on speleogenesis. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 2 indexed citations
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Harper, David A. T., Emma U. Hammarlund, Timothy P. Topper, et al.. (2019). The Sirius Passet Lagerstätte of North Greenland: a remote window on the Cambrian Explosion. Journal of the Geological Society. 176(6). 1023–1037. 44 indexed citations
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Wilson, Paul F., Mark A. Williams, Jason M. Warnett, et al.. (2017). Utilizing X-ray computed tomography for heritage conservation: The case of Megalosaurus bucklandii. Warwick Research Archive Portal (University of Warwick). 1–5. 8 indexed citations
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Smith, M. Paul, Philip C. J. Donoghue, & John E. Repetski. (2005). The apparatus composition and architecture of Cordylodus pander - Concepts of homology in primitive conodonts. University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham). 2005(369). 19–33. 7 indexed citations
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Smith, M. Paul & Philip C. J. Donoghue. (2005). A standing ovation: papers in honor of Gilbert Klapper. 2 indexed citations
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Higgins, A.K, Nathaniel J. Soper, M. Paul Smith, & Jan Audun Rasmussen. (2004). East Greenland Caledonides: stratigraphy, structure and geochronology: The Caledonian thin-skinned thrust belt of Kronprins Christian Land, eastern North Greenland. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations
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Smith, M. Paul, et al.. (2004). East Greenland Caledonides: stratigraphy, structure and geochronology: Lower Palaeozoic stratigraphy of the East Greenland Caledonides. Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin. 6(6). 5–28. 9 indexed citations
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Higgins, A.K, Nathaniel J. Soper, M. Paul Smith, & Jan Audun Rasmussen. (2004). The Caledonian thin-skinned thrust belt of Kronprins Christian Land, eastern North Greenland. Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin. 6. 41–56. 8 indexed citations
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Higgins, A.K, Synnøve Elvevold, J.C Escher, et al.. (2004). The foreland-propagating thrust architecture of the East Greenland Caledonides 72°–75°N. Journal of the Geological Society. 161(6). 1009–1026. 53 indexed citations
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Aldridge, Richard J., Derek E. G. Briggs, M. Paul Smith, Euan N. K. Clarkson, & Neil D. L. Clark. (1993). The anatomy of conodonts. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 340(1294). 405–421. 143 indexed citations
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Smith, M. Paul, et al.. (1992). Presence of the Earliest Vertebrate Hard Tissue in Conodonts. Science. 256(5061). 1308–1311. 136 indexed citations
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Smith, M. Paul. (1991). Early Ordovician conodonts of East and North Greenland. 26. 60 indexed citations
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Smith, M. Paul & J.S Peel. (1986). The age of the Danmarks Fjord Member, eastern North Greenland. Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Rapport. 132. 7–13. 4 indexed citations

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