Robert P. Smith

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Robert P. Smith is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert P. Smith has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Genetics, 17 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Robert P. Smith's work include Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (12 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (7 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (6 papers). Robert P. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (12 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (7 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (6 papers). Robert P. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Singapore. Robert P. Smith's co-authors include Lingchong You, Jaydeep K. Srimani, Allison J. Lopatkin, Jose V. Lopez, Sharon Bewick, Tatyana A. Sysoeva, Shuqiang Huang, David Karig, Sarah M. Lyle and Jaime L. Tartar and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Robert P. Smith

46 papers receiving 988 citations

Hit Papers

The role of bacterial metabolism in antimicrobial resistance 2025 2026 2025 5 10 15 20 25
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.

  1. The role of bacterial metabolism in antimicrobial resistance
    2025 28 citations Robert P. Smith, Allison J. Lopatkin et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert P. Smith United States 14 453 209 196 154 126 54 1.0k
Milind Watve India 19 569 1.3× 42 0.2× 210 1.1× 51 0.3× 331 2.6× 68 1.6k
Lisa Schneper United States 20 1.9k 4.2× 494 2.4× 285 1.5× 76 0.5× 131 1.0× 54 2.7k
Elizabeth A. Lobos United States 17 530 1.2× 113 0.5× 236 1.2× 33 0.2× 154 1.2× 28 1.7k
Marina Caldara Italy 16 939 2.1× 86 0.4× 309 1.6× 31 0.2× 89 0.7× 27 1.5k
Anna E. Sheppard United Kingdom 30 1.0k 2.2× 1.2k 5.7× 255 1.3× 238 1.5× 310 2.5× 50 2.6k
Jih‐Tay Hsu Taiwan 20 313 0.7× 67 0.3× 198 1.0× 131 0.9× 76 0.6× 71 1.2k
Ludwig Stenz Switzerland 17 626 1.4× 37 0.2× 224 1.1× 22 0.1× 56 0.4× 31 1.3k
David A. Fitzpatrick Ireland 30 1.5k 3.3× 84 0.4× 208 1.1× 90 0.6× 297 2.4× 97 2.8k
Martin Zizi Belgium 24 1.3k 2.9× 475 2.3× 213 1.1× 56 0.4× 1.0k 8.3× 57 2.7k
Daria Augustyniak Poland 18 366 0.8× 113 0.5× 60 0.3× 25 0.2× 396 3.1× 48 959

Countries citing papers authored by Robert P. Smith

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert P. Smith

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert P. Smith

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Khan, Atif J., et al.. (2025). The effect of gamma irradiation on the stability of vitamin D in select finfish species. PLoS ONE. 20(9). e0332867–e0332867.
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Smith, Robert P., et al.. (2025). The role of bacterial metabolism in antimicrobial resistance. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 23(7). 439–454. 28 indexed citations breakdown →
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Krausfeldt, Lauren E., Hyo Won Lee, Keith A. Loftin, et al.. (2024). Microbial diversity, genomics, and phage–host interactions of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms. mSystems. 9(7). e0070923–e0070923. 6 indexed citations
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Krausfeldt, Lauren E., Robert P. Smith, Hidetoshi Urakawa, et al.. (2024). Transcriptional profiles of Microcystis reveal gene expression shifts that promote bloom persistence in in situ mesocosms. Microbiology Spectrum. 13(1). e0136924–e0136924.
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Craddock, Travis J. A., et al.. (2023). Periodically disturbing biofilms reduces expression of quorum sensing-regulated virulence factors in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. iScience. 26(6). 106843–106843. 6 indexed citations
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Castro, Víctor M., et al.. (2023). Disturbing the Spatial Organization of Biofilm Communities Affects Expression of agr -Regulated Virulence Factors in Staphylococcus aureus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 89(2). e0193222–e0193222. 3 indexed citations
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Krausfeldt, Lauren E., et al.. (2021). Periodically Disturbing the Spatial Structure of Biofilms Can Affect the Production of an Essential Virulence Factor in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. mSystems. 6(5). e0096121–e0096121. 11 indexed citations
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Smith, Robert P., et al.. (2020). The mechanisms and cell signaling pathways of programmed cell death in the bacterial world. International review of cell and molecular biology. 352. 1–53. 8 indexed citations
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Lopatkin, Allison J., Travis J. A. Craddock, William W. Driscoll, et al.. (2017). Cooperation and competition shape ecological resistance during periodic spatial disturbance of engineered bacteria. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 440–440. 14 indexed citations
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Lopatkin, Allison J., Shuqiang Huang, Robert P. Smith, et al.. (2016). Antibiotics as a selective driver for conjugation dynamics. Nature Microbiology. 1(6). 16044–16044. 231 indexed citations
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Blanar, Christopher A., et al.. (2015). Circumvention of Learning Increases Intoxication Efficacy of Nematicidal Engineered Bacteria. ACS Synthetic Biology. 5(3). 241–249. 5 indexed citations
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Smith, Robert P., Cheemeng Tan, Jaydeep K. Srimani, et al.. (2014). Programmed Allee effect in bacteria causes a tradeoff between population spread and survival. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(5). 1969–1974. 57 indexed citations
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Smith, Robert P., et al.. (2013). Trans-species activity of a nonself recognition domain. BMC Microbiology. 13(1). 63–63. 53 indexed citations
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Tanouchi, Yu, Robert P. Smith, & Lingchong You. (2012). Engineering microbial systems to explore ecological and evolutionary dynamics. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 23(5). 791–797. 42 indexed citations
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Riccione, Katherine A., Robert P. Smith, Anna J. Lee, & Lingchong You. (2012). A Synthetic Biology Approach to Understanding Cellular Information Processing. ACS Synthetic Biology. 1(9). 389–402. 21 indexed citations
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Payne, Stephen, Robert P. Smith, & Lingchong You. (2011). Quantitative Analysis of the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of a Synthetic Predator–Prey Ecosystem. Methods in molecular biology. 813. 315–330. 2 indexed citations
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Smith, Robert P., et al.. (1987). Numerical solutions of Navier-Stokes equations for a Butler wing. 25th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting. 1 indexed citations

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