Neil A. Smith

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Neil A. Smith is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Endocrinology. According to data from OpenAlex, Neil A. Smith has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Plant Science, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Endocrinology. Recurrent topics in Neil A. Smith's work include Plant Virus Research Studies (28 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (21 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (18 papers). Neil A. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Plant Virus Research Studies (28 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (21 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (18 papers). Neil A. Smith collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and United Kingdom. Neil A. Smith's co-authors include Ming‐Bo Wang, Peter M. Waterhouse, Andrew L. Eamens, Surinder Singh, Peter A. Stoutjesdijk, Allan Green, D. P. Kelly, Shaun J. Curtin, Chikara Masuta and Hanako Shimura and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Neil A. Smith

49 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

  1. Total silencing by intron-spliced hairpin RNAs
    2000 723 citations Neil A. Smith, Surinder Singh et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Neil A. Smith Australia 19 2.1k 1.3k 379 184 173 50 2.7k
Seiya Tsushima Japan 25 1.6k 0.7× 373 0.3× 72 0.2× 65 0.4× 90 0.5× 88 2.0k
Tatsuo Kanno Austria 26 2.8k 1.3× 2.0k 1.6× 105 0.3× 90 0.5× 33 0.2× 48 3.8k
Laigeng Li China 40 3.5k 1.6× 3.5k 2.7× 27 0.1× 515 2.8× 67 0.4× 104 5.3k
Chen Wang China 33 2.6k 1.2× 1.6k 1.2× 58 0.2× 62 0.3× 81 0.5× 115 3.1k
Yuanda Lv China 24 1.5k 0.7× 792 0.6× 141 0.4× 28 0.2× 103 0.6× 67 1.9k
Shih‐Yi Sheu Taiwan 23 825 0.4× 1.2k 1.0× 58 0.2× 236 1.3× 45 0.3× 150 2.2k
Hiroyuki Kanamori Japan 36 4.3k 2.0× 1.8k 1.4× 57 0.2× 96 0.5× 155 0.9× 98 5.1k
Weining Song China 31 1.9k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 88 0.2× 44 0.2× 37 0.2× 80 2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Neil A. Smith

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Smith, Neil A., Canwei Shu, Karam B. Singh, et al.. (2025). Enhanced exogenous RNAi by loop-ended double-stranded RNA in plants. Journal of Biotechnology. 406. 198–210. 1 indexed citations
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Jue, Dengwei, Neil A. Smith, E. Jean Finnegan, et al.. (2024). Asymmetric bulges within hairpin RNA transgenes influence small RNA size, secondary siRNA production and viral defence. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(16). 9904–9916. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Neil A., Robert de Feyter, Ian K. Greaves, et al.. (2022). Nucleotide mismatches prevent intrinsic self-silencing of hpRNA transgenes to enhance RNAi stability in plants. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3926–3926. 8 indexed citations
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Smith, Neil A., et al.. (2019). Full-Length Hairpin RNA Accumulates at High Levels in Yeast but Not in Bacteria and Plants. Genes. 10(6). 458–458. 16 indexed citations
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Shen, Wanxia, Phil Chi Khang Au, Bu‐Jun Shi, et al.. (2015). Satellite RNAs interfere with the function of viral RNA silencing suppressors. Frontiers in Plant Science. 6. 281–281. 28 indexed citations
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Schümann, Ulrike, Neil A. Smith, Kemal Kazan, Michael Ayliffe, & Ming‐Bo Wang. (2013). Analysis of hairpin RNA transgene-induced gene silencing in Fusarium oxysporum. PubMed. 4(1). 3–3. 15 indexed citations
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Smith, Neil A. & Andrew L. Eamens. (2012). Isolation and Detection of Small RNAs from Plant Tissues. Methods in molecular biology. 894. 155–172. 11 indexed citations
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Smith, Neil A., Andrew L. Eamens, & Ming‐Bo Wang. (2010). The presence of high-molecular-weight viral RNAs interferes with the detection of viral small RNAs. RNA. 16(5). 1062–1067. 17 indexed citations
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Wang, Lei, Neil A. Smith, Rosemary G. White, et al.. (2010). Transgene Expression and Transgene-Induced Silencing in Diploid and Autotetraploid Arabidopsis. Genetics. 187(2). 409–423. 26 indexed citations
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Eamens, Andrew L., et al.. (2010). Efficient Silencing of Endogenous MicroRNAs Using Artificial MicroRNAs in Arabidopsis thaliana. Molecular Plant. 4(1). 157–170. 59 indexed citations
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Eamens, Andrew L., et al.. (2009). The Arabidopsis thaliana double-stranded RNA binding protein DRB1 directs guide strand selection from microRNA duplexes. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 8 indexed citations
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Eamens, Andrew L., Neil A. Smith, Shaun J. Curtin, Ming‐Bo Wang, & Peter M. Waterhouse. (2009). The Arabidopsis thaliana double-stranded RNA binding protein DRB1 directs guide strand selection from microRNA duplexes. RNA. 15(12). 2219–2235. 172 indexed citations
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Curtin, Shaun J., John Watson, Neil A. Smith, et al.. (2008). The roles of plant dsRNA‐binding proteins in RNAi‐like pathways. FEBS Letters. 582(18). 2753–2760. 1 indexed citations
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Brosnan, Christopher A., Neena Mitter, Michael Christie, et al.. (2007). Nuclear gene silencing directs reception of long-distance mRNA silencing in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(37). 14741–14746. 182 indexed citations
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Margis, Rogério, Adriana F. Fusaro, Neil A. Smith, et al.. (2006). The evolution and diversification of Dicers in plants. FEBS Letters. 580(10). 2442–2450. 247 indexed citations
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Liu, Qing, et al.. (2003). Custom Knock-Outs with Hairpin RNA-Mediated Gene Silencing. Humana Press eBooks. 236. 273–286. 18 indexed citations
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Wesley, S. V., et al.. (2001). Replicating satellite RNA induces sequence-specific DNA methylation and truncated transcripts in plants. RNA. 7(1). 16–28. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Neil A., et al.. (2000). Total silencing by intronspliced hairpin RNAs. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 4 indexed citations
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Smith, Neil A., Surinder Singh, Ming‐Bo Wang, et al.. (2000). Total silencing by intron-spliced hairpin RNAs. Nature. 407(6802). 319–320. 723 indexed citations breakdown →

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