Peter L. Smart

8.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
133 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Peter L. Smart is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter L. Smart has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Atmospheric Science, 45 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 20 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Peter L. Smart's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (53 papers), Karst Systems and Hydrogeology (31 papers) and Geological formations and processes (16 papers). Peter L. Smart is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (53 papers), Karst Systems and Hydrogeology (31 papers) and Geological formations and processes (16 papers). Peter L. Smart collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Brazil. Peter L. Smart's co-authors include Andy Baker, Fiona Whitaker, David A. Richards, Augusto S. Auler, R. Lawrence Edwards, Hai Cheng, Xianfeng Wang, Chuan‐Chou Shen, Dirk L. Hoffmann and Gareth Jones and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Peter L. Smart

131 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

Wet periods in northeastern Brazil over the past 210 kyr linked to distant climate anomalies

2004 648 citations Xianfeng Wang, Augusto S. Auler et al. Nature profile →
An evaluation of some fluorescent dyes for water tracing

1977 474 citations Peter L. Smart et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Peter L. Smart	3.3k	2.2k	1.4k	937	844	133	5.9k
William Balsam	3.8k 1.1×	1.7k 0.8×	679 0.5×	808 0.9×	825 1.0×	91	5.2k
Silvia Frisia	4.7k 1.4×	3.2k 1.4×	1.2k 0.9×	650 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	118	5.8k
Dominique Genty	3.7k 1.1×	2.4k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	707 0.8×	872 1.0×	101	4.9k
Russell N. Drysdale	5.1k 1.5×	2.4k 1.1×	1.8k 1.3×	1.2k 1.3×	670 0.8×	196	6.6k
Roy Thompson	6.4k 1.9×	2.3k 1.0×	868 0.6×	1.3k 1.4×	719 0.9×	125	8.4k
Jay L. Banner	3.4k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	1.8k 1.3×	947 1.0×	2.4k 2.9×	97	6.6k
Jan Bloemendal	5.8k 1.7×	2.8k 1.2×	1.0k 0.8×	828 0.9×	665 0.8×	94	6.7k
Paul A. Baker	3.9k 1.2×	1.2k 0.5×	2.2k 1.6×	2.0k 2.2×	693 0.8×	105	6.7k
Daniel R. Muhs	6.2k 1.9×	3.4k 1.5×	749 0.5×	1.2k 1.3×	791 0.9×	141	7.6k
Andreas Lücke	3.4k 1.0×	1.0k 0.5×	848 0.6×	1.5k 1.6×	824 1.0×	147	5.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Peter L. Smart

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter L. Smart

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20 of 20 papers shown

Smart, Peter L., et al.. (2011). Human resource management in the public sector. 11 indexed citations

Maurice, Louise, John A. Barker, T. C. Atkinson, A.T. Williams, & Peter L. Smart. (2010). A Tracer Methodology for Identifying Ambient Flows in Boreholes. Ground Water. 49(2). 227–238. 34 indexed citations

Hoffmann, Dirk L., J Beck, David A. Richards, et al.. (2009). Towards radiocarbon calibration beyond 28ka using speleothems from the Bahamas. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 289(1-2). 1–10. 81 indexed citations

Auler, Augusto S., Peter L. Smart, Xianfeng Wang, et al.. (2008). Cyclic sedimentation in Brazilian caves: Mechanisms and palaeoenvironmental significance. Geomorphology. 106(1-2). 142–153. 47 indexed citations

Smart, Peter L., et al.. (2007). Geotechnical Properties of Makurdi Shale and Effects on Foundations. Nigerian Journal of Technology. 26(2). 63–73. 2 indexed citations

Whitaker, Fiona & Peter L. Smart. (2007). Geochemistry of meteoric diagenesis in carbonate islands of the northern Bahamas: 1. Evidence from field studies. Hydrological Processes. 21(7). 949–966. 36 indexed citations

Whitaker, Fiona & Peter L. Smart. (2007). Geochemistry of meteoric diagenesis in carbonate islands of the northern Bahamas: 2. Geochemical modelling and budgeting of diagenesis. Hydrological Processes. 21(7). 967–982. 25 indexed citations

Auler, Augusto S., Luís B. Piló, Peter L. Smart, et al.. (2006). U-series dating and taphonomy of Quaternary vertebrates from Brazilian caves. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 240(3-4). 508–522. 141 indexed citations

Wang, Xianfeng, Augusto S. Auler, R. Lawrence Edwards, et al.. (2004). Wet periods in northeastern Brazil over the past 210 kyr linked to distant climate anomalies. Nature. 432(7018). 740–743. 648 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smart, Peter L.. (2000). Support to the front line. The RUSI Journal. 145(1). 67–70. 2 indexed citations

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Smart, Peter L. & Fiona Whitaker. (1996). Development of karren landform assemblages: a case study from Son Marc, Mallorca. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 111–122. 1 indexed citations

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Farrant, Andrew, Peter L. Smart, Fiona Whitaker, & D. H. Tarling. (1995). Long-term Quaternary uplift rates inferred from limestone caves in Sarawak, Malaysia. Geology. 23(4). 357–357. 44 indexed citations

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Richards, David A., Peter L. Smart, & R. Lawrence Edwards. (1994). Maximum sea levels for the last glacial period from U-series ages of submerged speleothems. Nature. 367(6461). 357–360. 92 indexed citations

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Ginés, Àngel, et al.. (1989). Noves dades sobre el jaciment paleontològic de la Cova de na Barxa (Capdepera, Mallorca). Endins: publicació d'espeleologia. 17–26. 5 indexed citations

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Smart, Peter L. & A. C. Waltham. (1987). Cave dams of the Guanyan System, Guangxi, China. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology. 20(3). 239–243. 1 indexed citations

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Smart, Peter L.. (1987). Origin and development of glacio-karst closed depressions in the Picos de Europa, Spain. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie. 30(4). 423–443. 49 indexed citations

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Tovey, N. Keith & Peter L. Smart. (1986). Intensity gradient techniques for orientation analysis of electron micrographs. Scanning. 8(2). 75–90. 8 indexed citations

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Ford, Derek, et al.. (1983). The Physiography and Speleogenesis of Castleguard Cave, Columbia Icefields, Alberta, Canada. Arctic and Alpine Research. 15(4). 437–450. 23 indexed citations

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Smart, Peter L.. (1975). SOIL MICROSTRUCTURE. Soil Science. 119(5). 385–393. 13 indexed citations

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Smart, Peter L.. (1970). Residual Shear Strength. Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division. 96(6). 2181–2183. 3 indexed citations

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