Randall K. Smith

11.0k citations

201 papers · 4.2k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 32

Impact in

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 1%
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 1%
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
- Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 130
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 76
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 40
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 33
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 31
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics 24
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 23
Nuclear and High Energy Physics 50
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena 39

Co-authors: Adam Foster N. S. Brickhouse Peter Cheeseman Matthew W. Self Maxim Markevitch Esra Bülbül L. Ji Scott W. Randall
Journals: The Astrophysical Journal (53 papers)IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (5 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (3 papers)Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan (3 papers)Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany Netherlands

In The Last Decade

Randall K. Smith

178 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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DETECTION OF AN UNIDENTIFIED EMISSION LINE IN THE STACKED X-RAY SPECTRUM OF GALAXY CLUSTERS 2014 · 469 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2014 The Astrophysical Journal
2012 The Astrophysical Journal

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1	Charge-exchange processes in EBIT: implications for spectral analysis of few-electronFe ions Journal of Instrumentation ·Jacobo Oñate Martínez, Dipti Dipti, Tatjana M. Zirojević, N. S. Brickhouse, Ronde Pim de, G. C. O’Neil, Paul Szypryt, Adam Foster, David Schultz, 匡晓琴, А. В. Роговий, Daniel S. Swetz, M. Fogle, Randall K. Smith, Yuri Ralchenko, Endre Takács	2025	0
2	The structure of the relativistic Fe line in GX 340+0 as viewed with XRISM/Resolve, NICER, and NuSTAR Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan ·R. M. Ludlam, Ralf Ballhausen, Priyanka Chakraborty, E. Costantini, Lía Corrales, Edward. A. Chemey, Caroline A. Kilbourne, Pat Demetrio, Takao Nakagawa, F. S. Porter, María-Victoria Soto, Goodine La, Randall K. Smith, H. Takahashi, Chris Done, Javier A. García	2025	0
3	XRISM insights for interstellar sulfur Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan ·Lía Corrales, E. Costantini, Carlos F. Isaza, Liyi Gu, H. Takahashi, Pat Demetrio, M. Shidatsu, J. M. Mïller, Misaki Mizumoto, Randall K. Smith, Ralf Ballhausen, Priyanka Chakraborty, María Díaz Trigo, R. M. Ludlam, Takao Nakagawa, María-Victoria Soto, S. Yamada, Caroline A. Kilbourne	2025	0
4	Gas Morphology of Milky Way–like Galaxies in the TNG50 Simulation: Signals of Twisting and Stretching The Astrophysical Journal ·A. El Saied, 祝哲诚, Razieh Emami, Xuejian Shen, Lars Hernquist, Randall K. Smith, Mark Vogelsberger, Charles Alcock, G. Tremblay, Matthew Liska, John C. Forbes, Jorge Moreno	2024	0
5	Determination of Electron Beam Energy in Measuring the Electron-Impact Ionization Cross Section of He-like Fe24+ Atoms ·Jacobo Oñate Martínez, Dipti Dipti, Tatjana M. Zirojević, G. C. O’Neil, Paul Szypryt, L Zhang, Adam Foster, 匡晓琴, Joseph N. Tan, David Schultz, Randall K. Smith, N. S. Brickhouse, Yuri Ralchenko, Endre Takács	2023	1
6	X-Ray Performance of Critical-angle Transmission Grating Prototypes for the Arcus Mission The Astrophysical Journal ·Ralf K. Heilmann, Alexander R. Bruccoleri, V. Burwitz, (unknown), Nicole J. Kelly, Hans Moritz Günther, (unknown), Gisela Hartner, 服部信明, (unknown), (unknown), 董定龙, (unknown), Randall K. Smith, Mark L. Schattenburg	2022	1
7	Deep XMM-Newton Observations Reveal the Origin of Recombining Plasma in the Supernova Remnant W44 The Astrophysical Journal ·Hugo Samelak, Takaaki Tanaka, Hiroyuki Uchida, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Takeshi Go Tsuru, Masumichi Seta, Randall K. Smith, S. Yoshiike, S. Orlando, F. Bocchino, M. Miceli	2020	20
8	Nonequilibrium Ionization in Mixed-morphology Supernova Remnants The Astrophysical Journal ·Ding‐Ren Peng, Jonathan D. Slavin, Adam Foster, Randall K. Smith, John ZuHone, Ping Zhou, Yang Chen	2019	21
9	Evidence for Rapid Adiabatic Cooling as an Origin of the Recombining Plasma in the Supernova Remnant W49B Revealed by NuSTAR Observations The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Hiroya Yamaguchi, Takaaki Tanaka, Daniel R. Wik, Jeonghee Rho, Aya Bamba, Daniel Castro, Randall K. Smith, Adam Foster, Hiroyuki Uchida, Robert Petre, Brian J. Williams	2018	18
10	Laboratory Measurements of X-Ray Emission from Highly Charged Argon Ions The Astrophysical Journal ·Esra Bülbül, Adam Foster, G. V. Brown, Mark W. Bautz, P. Beiersdörfer, Natalie Hell, Caroline A. Kilbourne, Ralph Kraft, Richard L. Kelley, Maurice A. Leutenegger, Eric D. Miller, F. S. Porter, Randall K. Smith	2018	5
11	NuSTAR Detection of Nonthermal Bremsstrahlung from the Supernova Remnant W49B The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Takaaki Tanaka, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Daniel R. Wik, F. Aharonian, Aya Bamba, Daniel Castro, Adam Foster, Robert Petre, Jeonghee Rho, Randall K. Smith, Hiroyuki Uchida, Y. Uchiyama, Brian J. Williams	2018	12
12	Uniform Contribution of Supernova Explosions to the Chemical Enrichment of Abell 3112 out to R[subscript 200] DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) ·Kow Entsuah-Mensah, Esra Bülbül, 馨横倉, Randall K. Smith, M. Loewenstein, (unknown), Eric D. Miller, (unknown)	2017	15
13	A JOINT CHANDRA AND SWIFT VIEW OF THE 2015 X-RAY DUST-SCATTERING ECHO OF V404 CYGNI The Astrophysical Journal ·Sebastian Heinz, Lía Corrales, Randall K. Smith, W. N. Brandt, P. G. Jonker, Richard M. Plotkin, Joey Neilsen	2016	25
14	Raytracing with MARX: x-ray observatory design, calibration, and support Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·John E. Davis, Marshall W. Bautz, Daniel Dewey, Ralf K. Heilmann, J. C. Houck, David P. Huenemoerder, Herman L. Marshall, Michael A. Nowak, Mark L. Schattenburg, Norbert S. Schulz, Randall K. Smith	2012	92
15	X-ray Diagnostics of Astrophysical Plasmas AAS ·Randall K. Smith	2012	0
16	SWCX Emission from the Helium Focusing Cone—Preliminary Results AIP conference proceedings ·S. L. Snowden, K. D. Küntz, M. R. Collier, Randall K. Smith, S. L. Snowden	2009	0
17	CHANDRA SUPERNOVA REMNANT CATALOG Jae‐Joon Lee, Bon‐Chul Koo, F. Seward, Patrick Slane, Randall K. Smith, T. J. Gaetz	2002	3
18	CHANDRA Observations of the Synchrotron Nebula in MSH15-56 APS ·Paul P. Plucinsky, John R. Dickel, Patrick Slane, R. J. Edgar, T. J. Gaetz, Randall K. Smith	2002	1
19	Standard Formats for Atomic Data: the APED Bioresource Technology ·Randall K. Smith, N. S. Brickhouse, D. A. Liedahl, J. C. Raymond	2001	2
20	Spectroscopic Data for Modeling Highly Ionized Astrophysical Plasmas N. S. Brickhouse, Randall K. Smith, J. C. Houck	1999	0

About Randall K. Smith

Randall K. Smith is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 201 papers that have together received 4.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (76 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (40 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (39 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (33 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (31 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (30 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (24 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (23 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (2.7k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.5k citations), Instrumentation (137 citations), Radiation (212 citations) and Numerical Analysis (110 citations). Randall K. Smith has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Adam Foster, N. S. Brickhouse, Peter Cheeseman, Matthew W. Self, Maxim Markevitch, Esra Bülbül, L. Ji, Scott W. Randall, Michael Loewenstein and W.M. Coughran. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan and Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics.

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