Michael D. Smith

11.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
157 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Michael D. Smith is a scholar working on Marketing, Strategy and Management and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael D. Smith has authored 157 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Marketing, 56 papers in Strategy and Management and 39 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Michael D. Smith's work include Digital Platforms and Economics (55 papers), Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing (53 papers) and Copyright and Intellectual Property (33 papers). Michael D. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Digital Platforms and Economics (55 papers), Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing (53 papers) and Copyright and Intellectual Property (33 papers). Michael D. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and South Korea. Michael D. Smith's co-authors include Erik Brynjolfsson, Yu Jeffrey Hu, Rahul Telang, Brett Danaher, Stuart Schechter, Joseph P. Bailey, Cliff Young, Anindya Ghose, Zhulei Tang and Mark Horowitz and has published in prestigious journals such as Molecular and Cellular Biology, Child Development and Management Science.

In The Last Decade

Michael D. Smith

150 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

Frictionless Commerce? A Comparison of Internet and Conve... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 2003 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. Frictionless Commerce? A Comparison of Internet and Conventional Retailers
    2000 1.8k citations Erik Brynjolfsson, Michael D. Smith Management Science profile →
  2. Consumer Surplus in the Digital Economy: Estimating the Value of Increased Product Variety at Online Booksellers
    2003 864 citations Erik Brynjolfsson, Yu Jeffrey Hu et al. Management Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael D. Smith United States 42 4.5k 2.6k 2.1k 1.3k 978 157 7.9k
Chrysanthos Dellarocas United States 34 2.2k 0.5× 748 0.3× 4.1k 2.0× 1.2k 0.9× 409 0.4× 87 7.6k
Andrew B. Whinston United States 56 2.9k 0.6× 2.2k 0.9× 4.6k 2.2× 1.8k 1.4× 1.2k 1.2× 371 12.7k
Siva Viswanathan United States 49 1.6k 0.3× 1.5k 0.6× 814 0.4× 1.1k 0.9× 4.7k 4.9× 152 10.4k
Michael A. Cusumano United States 41 1.7k 0.4× 4.3k 1.7× 1.0k 0.5× 992 0.8× 936 1.0× 150 7.9k
Brian S. Silverman United States 38 395 0.1× 6.1k 2.4× 884 0.4× 762 0.6× 3.0k 3.0× 74 13.4k
Paul P. Maglio United States 38 5.6k 1.2× 1.7k 0.7× 2.3k 1.1× 446 0.3× 199 0.2× 122 10.3k
David C. Yen United States 55 2.4k 0.5× 1.9k 0.7× 3.8k 1.8× 969 0.7× 526 0.5× 308 13.1k
Andrew B. Whinston United States 35 999 0.2× 903 0.4× 997 0.5× 1.2k 0.9× 359 0.4× 172 4.5k
Jim Spohrer United States 34 3.9k 0.9× 1.2k 0.5× 1.4k 0.7× 363 0.3× 157 0.2× 128 7.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sen, Ananya, et al.. (2025). Book Bans in American Libraries: Impact of Politics on Inclusive Content Consumption. Marketing Science. 44(4). 933–953.
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Sen, Ananya, et al.. (2023). Book Bans in American Libraries: Impact of Politics on Inclusive Content Consumption. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Danaher, Brett, et al.. (2022). Internet Governance Through Site Shutdowns: The Impact of Shutting Down Two Major Commercial Sex Advertising Sites. Management Science. 68(11). 8234–8248. 5 indexed citations
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Krishnan, Ramayya, Michael D. Smith, & Rahul Telang. (2018). The Economics of Peer-To-Peer Networks. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 5(3). 6. 11 indexed citations
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Brynjolfsson, Erik, Michael D. Smith, & Yu Jeffrey Hu. (2018). Consumer Surplus in the Digital Economy: Estimating the Value of Increased Product Variety. Research Showcase @ Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Mellon University). 5 indexed citations
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Clay, Karen & Michael D. Smith. (2018). Static and Dynamic Pricing in Online Markets: Evidence from Books. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Danaher, Brett, Michael D. Smith, Rahul Telang, & Siwen Chen. (2014). The Effect of Graduated Response Anti‐Piracy Laws on Music Sales: Evidence from an Event Study in France. Journal of Industrial Economics. 62(3). 541–553. 92 indexed citations
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Smith, Michael D., et al.. (2014). Do Search Engines Influence Media Piracy? Evidence from a Randomized Field Study. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Brynjolfsson, Erik, Yu Jeffrey Hu, & Michael D. Smith. (2010). Long Tails Versus Superstars: The Effect of IT on Product Variety and Sales Concentration Patterns. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Smith, Michael D. & Rahul Telang. (2008). Research Note: Internet Exchanges for Used Digital Goods: Empirical Analysis and Managerial Implications. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Malan, David J. & Michael D. Smith. (2006). Exploiting temporal consistency to reduce false positives in host-based, collaborative detection of worms. 25–32. 7 indexed citations
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Greenstadt, Rachel & Michael D. Smith. (2006). Collaborative Scheduling: Threats and Promises.. 6 indexed citations
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Tang, Zhulei, Yu Jeffrey Hu, & Michael D. Smith. (2005). Protecting Online Privacy: Self-Regulation, Mandatory Standards, or Caveat Emptor.. 9 indexed citations
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Ghose, Anindya, Michael D. Smith, & Rahul Telang. (2005). Internet Exchanges for Used Books: An Empirical Analysis of Welfare Implications. The Faculty Digital Archive (New York University). 5 indexed citations
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Ghose, Anindya, Michael D. Smith, & Rahul Telang. (2004). PRICE ELASTICITIES AND SOCIAL WELFARE IN SECONDARY ELECTRONIC MARKETS. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 611–614. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Michael D., et al.. (2002). Predicting UNIX Commands Using Decision Tables And Decision Trees. WIT transactions on information and communication technologies. 28. 1 indexed citations
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Schechter, Stuart, et al.. (2000). Ephemeral Instrumentation for Lightweight Program Profiling. 43 indexed citations
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Smith, Michael D., et al.. (1998). Path-based compilation. Journal of Medical Genetics. 29(2). 141–141. 23 indexed citations
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Smith, Michael D.. (1996). Extending SUIF for Machine-dependent Optimizations. 13 indexed citations
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Young, Cliff, et al.. (1995). A comparative analysis of schemes for correlated branch prediction. ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News. 23(2). 276–286. 8 indexed citations

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