Rebecca G. Smith

7.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
61 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Rebecca G. Smith is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rebecca G. Smith has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Genetics and 8 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Rebecca G. Smith's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (27 papers), Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (10 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (8 papers). Rebecca G. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (27 papers), Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (10 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (8 papers). Rebecca G. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Rebecca G. Smith's co-authors include Jonathan Mill, Candace Currie, Chris Roberts, Leonard C. Schalkwyk, Oddrun Samdal, Wolfgang Settertobulte, Anthony Morgan, Kathryn H. Schmitz, Katie Lunnon and Cathy Bryan and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Rebecca G. Smith

58 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Young people's health in context. Health Behaviour in School-aged Childre (HBSC) study: international report from the 2001/2002 study.

2004 675 citations Rebecca G. Smith et al. profile →
Inequalities in young people's health: HBSC international report from the 2005/2006 Survey

2008 381 citations Rebecca G. Smith et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rebecca G. Smith United Kingdom	27	1.2k	788	732	605	526	61	4.0k
Markku Koskenvuo Finland	42	578 0.5×	696 0.9×	332 0.5×	722 1.2×	607 1.2×	107	6.4k
Judith Carroll United States	37	612 0.5×	624 0.8×	279 0.4×	998 1.6×	162 0.3×	110	4.8k
Tom L. Smith United States	53	758 0.6×	417 0.5×	349 0.5×	582 1.0×	427 0.8×	185	8.8k
Birgitta Floderus Sweden	36	386 0.3×	453 0.6×	436 0.6×	404 0.7×	620 1.2×	61	4.6k
Cecilia Magnusson Sweden	52	648 0.5×	1.4k 1.8×	1.3k 1.8×	619 1.0×	1.9k 3.5×	164	8.1k
Gary A. Chase United States	43	759 0.6×	602 0.8×	262 0.4×	335 0.6×	1.0k 1.9×	130	5.6k
Susan Harlap United States	42	564 0.5×	1.3k 1.6×	521 0.7×	348 0.6×	673 1.3×	151	5.7k
Angelica Lindén Hirschberg Sweden	49	1.4k 1.2×	1.8k 2.3×	198 0.3×	728 1.2×	1.1k 2.0×	234	7.5k
Roberta McKean‐Cowdin United States	39	721 0.6×	580 0.7×	521 0.7×	167 0.3×	508 1.0×	122	5.7k
Bernard F. Fuemmeler United States	38	651 0.5×	1.7k 2.2×	289 0.4×	1.3k 2.1×	280 0.5×	168	5.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rebecca G. Smith

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Smith, Adam R., Rebecca G. Smith, Isabel Castanho, et al.. (2025). Epigenetic insights into neuropsychiatric and cognitive symptoms in Parkinson’s disease: A DNA co-methylation network analysis. npj Parkinson s Disease. 11(1). 39–39. 1 indexed citations

Tan, Wei Shen, Amar Ahmad, Yin Zhou, et al.. (2024). Hematuria Cancer Risk Score with Ultrasound Informs Cystoscopy Use in Patients with Hematuria. European Urology Oncology. 8(1). 87–93. 1 indexed citations

Shireby, Gemma, Emma Dempster, Rebecca G. Smith, et al.. (2022). DNA methylation signatures of Alzheimer’s disease neuropathology in the cortex are primarily driven by variation in non-neuronal cell-types. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5620–5620. 60 indexed citations

Shireby, Gemma, Jonathan Davies, Paul T. Francis, et al.. (2020). Recalibrating the epigenetic clock: implications for assessing biological age in the human cortex. Brain. 143(12). 3763–3775. 110 indexed citations

Campbell, Tracy, Tony Bélicard, Adam R. Smith, et al.. (2020). Altered DNA methylation profiles in blood from patients with sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. Acta Neuropathologica. 140(6). 863–879. 16 indexed citations

Wong, Chloe C. Y., Rebecca G. Smith, Eilís Hannon, et al.. (2019). Genome-wide DNA methylation profiling identifies convergent molecular signatures associated with idiopathic and syndromic autism in post-mortem human brain tissue. Human Molecular Genetics. 28(13). 2201–2211. 59 indexed citations

Smith, Adam R., Rebecca G. Smith, Joe Burrage, et al.. (2018). A cross-brain regions study of ANK1 DNA methylation in different neurodegenerative diseases. Neurobiology of Aging. 74. 70–76. 50 indexed citations

Thigpen, Sally, et al.. (2018). Special Education in Juvenile Residential Facilities: Can Animals Help?. 14(1). 20.

Cecil, Charlotte A. M., Esther Walton, Sara R. Jaffee, et al.. (2017). Neonatal DNA methylation and early-onset conduct problems: A genome-wide, prospective study. Development and Psychopathology. 30(2). 383–397. 30 indexed citations

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Smith, Adam R., Rebecca G. Smith, Eilís Hannon, et al.. (2016). Increased DNA methylation near TREM2 is consistently seen in the superior temporal gyrus in Alzheimer's disease brain. Neurobiology of Aging. 47. 35–40. 67 indexed citations

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Marzi, Sarah J., Emma L. Meaburn, Emma Dempster, et al.. (2016). Tissue-specific patterns of allelically-skewed DNA methylation. Epigenetics. 11(1). 24–35. 24 indexed citations

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Cecil, Charlotte A. M., Rebecca G. Smith, Esther Walton, et al.. (2016). Epigenetic signatures of childhood abuse and neglect: Implications for psychiatric vulnerability. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 83. 184–194. 81 indexed citations

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Spiers, Helen, Eilís Hannon, Leonard C. Schalkwyk, et al.. (2015). Methylomic trajectories across human fetal brain development. Genome Research. 25(3). 338–352. 195 indexed citations

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Lunnon, Katie, Rebecca G. Smith, Itzik Cooper, et al.. (2014). Blood methylomic signatures of presymptomatic dementia in elderly subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Neurobiology of Aging. 36(3). 1600.e1–1600.e4. 16 indexed citations

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Powell, Timothy R., Rebecca G. Smith, Sophie Hackinger, et al.. (2013). DNA methylation in interleukin-11 predicts clinical response to antidepressants in GENDEP. Translational Psychiatry. 3(9). e300–e300. 60 indexed citations

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Drago, Antonio, Alessandro Serretti, Rebecca G. Smith, et al.. (2010). No association between genetic markers inBDNFgene and lithium prophylaxis in a Greek sample. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice. 14(2). 154–157. 7 indexed citations

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Cohn, Joy C., et al.. (2010). Weight Lifting in Patients With Lower-Extremity Lymphedema Secondary to Cancer: A Pilot and Feasibility Study. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 91(7). 1070–1076. 49 indexed citations

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Schalkwyk, Leonard C., Emma L. Meaburn, Rebecca G. Smith, et al.. (2010). Allelic Skewing of DNA Methylation Is Widespread across the Genome. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 86(2). 196–212. 185 indexed citations

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Smith, Rebecca G., Rachel L. Kember, Jonathan Mill, et al.. (2009). Advancing Paternal Age Is Associated with Deficits in Social and Exploratory Behaviors in the Offspring: A Mouse Model. PLoS ONE. 4(12). e8456–e8456. 62 indexed citations

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Smith, Rebecca G., Arvin Damodaran, Sanjay Swaminathan, Rachel Campbell, & Les Barnsley. (2005). Hypermobility and sports injuries in junior netball players. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 39(9). 628–631. 83 indexed citations

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