Richard W. Smith

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Richard W. Smith is a scholar working on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard W. Smith has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Oceanography, 13 papers in Atmospheric Science and 11 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Richard W. Smith's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (12 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (9 papers) and Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods (8 papers). Richard W. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (12 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (9 papers) and Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods (8 papers). Richard W. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Venezuela. Richard W. Smith's co-authors include Thomas S. Bianchi, Candida Savage, Mead A. Allison, Valier Galy, Xingqian Cui, Xinxin Li, K. M. Schreiner, Wei Shyy, Steven F. DiMarco and Hind A. Al‐Abadleh and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Richard W. Smith

38 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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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.

High rates of organic carbon burial in fjord sediments globally

2015 315 citations Richard W. Smith, Thomas S. Bianchi et al. Nature Geoscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard W. Smith United States	17	583	530	454	311	179	40	1.3k
Chun Zhu China	21	660 1.1×	544 1.0×	712 1.6×	683 2.2×	108 0.6×	44	1.4k
Jordon Hemingway United States	19	567 1.0×	304 0.6×	511 1.1×	344 1.1×	189 1.1×	49	1.4k
М. Д. Кравчишина Russia	17	331 0.6×	747 1.4×	225 0.5×	420 1.4×	133 0.7×	169	1.1k
S. Papadimitriou United Kingdom	24	864 1.5×	1.2k 2.3×	704 1.6×	532 1.7×	305 1.7×	45	2.1k
Jean‐François Hélie Canada	22	492 0.8×	226 0.4×	463 1.0×	231 0.7×	381 2.1×	54	1.3k
В. П. Шевченко Russia	20	989 1.7×	524 1.0×	236 0.5×	395 1.3×	419 2.3×	142	1.8k
Terry A. Nelsen United States	17	424 0.7×	398 0.8×	216 0.5×	233 0.7×	176 1.0×	32	1.3k
Anders Tengberg Sweden	26	265 0.5×	1.3k 2.4×	583 1.3×	487 1.6×	260 1.5×	60	2.0k
B. M. Sohst United States	13	330 0.6×	946 1.8×	324 0.7×	177 0.6×	145 0.8×	17	1.3k
Sambuddha Misra India	20	710 1.2×	282 0.5×	442 1.0×	188 0.6×	114 0.6×	69	1.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Smith, Richard W. & John Boardman. (2025). Muddy flooding from soil erosion associated with maize cultivation: A case study from East Devon, UK. Soil Use and Management. 41(1).

Bailey, Vanessa, Xingyuan Chen, Anya M. Hopple, et al.. (2023). A hydrogeophysical framework to assess infiltration during a simulated ecosystem-scale flooding experiment. Journal of Hydrology. 626. 130243–130243. 4 indexed citations

Smith, Richard W., et al.. (2021). Analyses of depositional environments of the Marcellus formation in New York using biomarker and trace metal proxies. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology. 11(8). 3163–3175. 2 indexed citations

Bianchi, Thomas S., Sandra Arndt, William E. N. Austin, et al.. (2020). Fjords as Aquatic Critical Zones (ACZs). Earth-Science Reviews. 203. 103145–103145. 142 indexed citations

Hasman, David, et al.. (2019). Devil’s Club Falcarinol-Type Polyacetylenes Inhibit Pancreatic Cancer Cell Proliferation. Nutrition and Cancer. 71(2). 301–311. 14 indexed citations

Bianucci, Laura, Karthik Balaguru, Richard W. Smith, L. Ruby Leung, & Julia M. Moriarty. (2018). Contribution of hurricane-induced sediment resuspension to coastal oxygen dynamics. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 15740–15740. 42 indexed citations

Sinclair, Peter J., et al.. (2017). Human locomotion analysis: Identifying a dynamic mapping between upper and lower limb joints using the Koopman operator. PubMed. 2017. 1889–1892. 9 indexed citations

Allison, Mead A., Thomas S. Bianchi, Xingqian Cui, et al.. (2016). Modern deposition rates and patterns of organic carbon burial in Fiordland, New Zealand. Geophysical Research Letters. 43(22). 19 indexed citations

Vlahos, Penny, et al.. (2016). Biodegradation and mineralization of isotopically labeled TNT and RDX in anaerobic marine sediments. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 36(5). 1170–1180. 15 indexed citations

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Cui, Xingqian, Thomas S. Bianchi, Candida Savage, & Richard W. Smith. (2016). Organic carbon burial in fjords: Terrestrial versus marine inputs. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 451. 41–50. 75 indexed citations

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Bianchi, Thomas S., K. M. Schreiner, Richard W. Smith, et al.. (2016). Redox Effects on Organic Matter Storage in Coastal Sediments During the Holocene: A Biomarker/Proxy Perspective. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 44(1). 295–319. 54 indexed citations

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Smith, Richard W., Thomas S. Bianchi, Mead A. Allison, Candida Savage, & Valier Galy. (2015). High rates of organic carbon burial in fjord sediments globally. Nature Geoscience. 8(6). 450–453. 315 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smith, Richard W., Thomas S. Bianchi, & Xinxin Li. (2011). A re-evaluation of the use of branched GDGTs as terrestrial biomarkers: Implications for the BIT Index. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 80. 14–29. 79 indexed citations

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Bianchi, Thomas S., Robert L. Cook, E. Michael Perdue, et al.. (2011). Impacts of diverted freshwater on dissolved organic matter and microbial communities in Barataria Bay, Louisiana, U.S.A.. Marine Environmental Research. 72(5). 248–257. 53 indexed citations

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Smith, Richard W., et al.. (2001). Geostatistical Modeling and Simulation of a Compartmentalized Deltaic Sequence, Ceuta Tomoporo Field, Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference. 2 indexed citations

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Smith, Richard W., et al.. (2001). Coordination of the ankle joint complex during walking. Human Movement Science. 20(4-5). 447–460. 14 indexed citations

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Smith, Richard W., et al.. (2000). Geostatistical Modeling of Facies and Fractures of the San Juan Formation and Reservoir Modeling for Delineation of Orocual Field, Venezuela. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 3 indexed citations

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Smith, Richard W., et al.. (1999). Optimized Reservoir Development Using High Angle Wells, El Furrial Field, Venezuela. SPE Hydrocarbon Economics and Evaluation Symposium.

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Shyy, Wei, et al.. (1993). THE ROLE OF MASS CONSERVATION IN PRESSURE-BASED ALGORITHMS. Numerical Heat Transfer Part B Fundamentals. 24(4). 415–429. 48 indexed citations

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Smith, Richard W., et al.. (1966). THE F.D.2 GROUP AVERAGED CROSS SECTION SET FOR FAST REACTOR CALCULATIONS.. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

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