Paul Smith

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Paul Smith is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Smith has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Oncology and 5 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Paul Smith's work include Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (5 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (2 papers). Paul Smith is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (5 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (2 papers). Paul Smith collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Paul Smith's co-authors include Tim Crook, Nelofer Syed, Milena Gasco, Simon Wilkinson, Paul R. Harrison, Ornella Garrone, Kevin M. Ryan, Jim O’Prey, Diane Crighton and M. Rufus Crompton and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Paul Smith

28 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

DRAM, a p53-Induced Modulator of Autophagy, Is Critical for Apoptosis

2006 1.1k citations Diane Crighton, Simon Wilkinson et al. Cell profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul Smith United Kingdom	16	1.1k	758	458	351	192	31	1.9k
Nichola Cruickshanks United States	22	1.0k 1.0×	420 0.6×	309 0.7×	236 0.7×	60 0.3×	34	1.6k
Kimberley Evason United States	22	1.0k 0.9×	416 0.5×	886 1.9×	570 1.6×	148 0.8×	42	2.9k
Bruno D. Fonseca Canada	15	1.6k 1.5×	282 0.4×	208 0.5×	235 0.7×	90 0.5×	16	2.1k
Dinesh Thotala United States	27	1.0k 0.9×	184 0.2×	440 1.0×	210 0.6×	116 0.6×	61	1.9k
Tomoaki Kahyo Japan	22	1.4k 1.3×	175 0.2×	567 1.2×	294 0.8×	217 1.1×	90	2.2k
Manju Swaroop United States	27	1.5k 1.4×	290 0.4×	320 0.7×	127 0.4×	245 1.3×	42	2.6k
Zhigang Yuan United States	18	1.3k 1.2×	315 0.4×	540 1.2×	178 0.5×	84 0.4×	34	2.0k
Jingbo Qiao United States	19	956 0.9×	128 0.2×	247 0.5×	295 0.8×	87 0.5×	56	1.4k
Karen McColl United States	19	1.2k 1.1×	419 0.6×	370 0.8×	217 0.6×	71 0.4×	41	1.8k
Bin Song China	25	950 0.9×	134 0.2×	353 0.8×	474 1.4×	92 0.5×	79	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Paul Smith

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Smith

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Smith

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

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Bulluss, Kristian, et al.. (2025). Wax on, wax off: a case report discussing a potential pitfall of dissolvable bone wax substitutes such as Ostene® in neurosurgery. Acta Neurochirurgica. 167(1). 65–65. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Hongbin, Paul Smith, Francesca M. Buffa, et al.. (2024). Cyclin F–EXO1 axis controls cell cycle–dependent execution of double-strand break repair. Science Advances. 10(32). eado0636–eado0636. 2 indexed citations

Kok, Hong Kuan, Christen Barras, Lee‐Anne Slater, et al.. (2024). Can artificial intelligence improve patient educational material readability? A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Internal Medicine Journal. 55(1). 20–34. 15 indexed citations

Smith, Paul, et al.. (2021). The role of E3 ubiquitin ligases in the development and progression of glioblastoma. Cell Death and Differentiation. 28(2). 522–537. 50 indexed citations

Kas, Sjors M., Julian R. de Ruiter, Koen Schipper, et al.. (2018). Transcriptomics and Transposon Mutagenesis Identify Multiple Mechanisms of Resistance to the FGFR Inhibitor AZD4547. Cancer Research. 78(19). 5668–5679. 30 indexed citations

Dhillon, Rana & Paul Smith. (2017). Diskogenic Reactivation of Herpes Zoster. World Neurosurgery. 109. 138–139. 2 indexed citations

Pommier, Aurélien, Matthew R. Farren, Bhavika Patel, et al.. (2015). Leptin, BMI, and a Metabolic Gene Expression Signature Associated with Clinical Outcome to VEGF Inhibition in Colorectal Cancer. Cell Metabolism. 23(1). 77–93. 15 indexed citations

Murphy, Michael A., Paul Smith, Stephen C. Bowden, et al.. (2010). Surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy associated with mesial temporal sclerosis in the older patient: A long‐term follow‐up. Epilepsia. 51(6). 1024–1029. 44 indexed citations

Wang, Yi Yuen, Paul Smith, Michael A. Murphy, & Mark Cook. (2009). Global Expression Profiling in Epileptogenesis: Does It Add to the Confusion?. Brain Pathology. 20(1). 1–16. 35 indexed citations

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Smith, Paul, et al.. (2009). Clear cell meningioma presenting as rapidly deteriorating visual field and acuity during pregnancy. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 16(11). 1502–1504. 16 indexed citations

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Smith, Paul, Colin A. Purdie, Philip Quinlan, et al.. (2009). The prolyl 3-hydroxylases P3H2 and P3H3 are novel targets for epigenetic silencing in breast cancer. British Journal of Cancer. 100(10). 1687–1696. 46 indexed citations

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Smith, Paul, Michael Murphy, & Mark Cook. (2006). Recurrent intramedullary sarcoidosis. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 13(4). 501–503.

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Smith, Paul, Karen J. McLean, Michael A. Murphy, Ann M. Turnley, & Mark Cook. (2006). Functional dentate gyrus neurogenesis in a rapid kindling seizure model. European Journal of Neuroscience. 24(11). 3195–3203. 20 indexed citations

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Crighton, Diane, Simon Wilkinson, Jim O’Prey, et al.. (2006). DRAM, a p53-Induced Modulator of Autophagy, Is Critical for Apoptosis. Cell. 126(1). 121–134. 1093 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smith, Paul, Karen J. McLean, Michael A. Murphy, et al.. (2005). A brightness-area-product-based protocol for the quantitative assessment of antigen abundance in fluorescent immunohistochemistry. Brain Research Protocols. 15(1). 21–29. 14 indexed citations

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Smith, Paul, Karen J. McLean, Michael A. Murphy, Ann M. Turnley, & Mark Cook. (2005). Seizures, not hippocampal neuronal death, provoke neurogenesis in a mouse rapid electrical amygdala kindling model of seizures. Neuroscience. 136(2). 405–415. 36 indexed citations

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Smith, Paul, Gillian A. Parker, Peter Osin, et al.. (1999). Novel p53 mutants selected in BRCA-associated tumours which dissociate transformation suppression from other wild-type p53 functions. Oncogene. 18(15). 2451–2459. 84 indexed citations

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Crook, Tim, Louise Brooks, Pinchas Osin, et al.. (1998). p53 mutation with frequent novel codons but not a mutator phenotype in BRCA1- and BRCA2-associated breast tumours. Oncogene. 17(13). 1681–1689. 137 indexed citations

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Smith, Paul, Karen Barker, Jue Wang, et al.. (1996). ICAAR, a Novel Member of a New Family of Transmembrane, Tyrosine Phosphatase-like Proteins. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 229(2). 402–411. 22 indexed citations

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Rose, Douglas F., Susumu Satô, Paul Smith, et al.. (1987). Localization of magnetic interictal discharges in temporal lobe epilepsy. Annals of Neurology. 22(3). 348–354. 61 indexed citations

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