Robert R. Smith

10.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
209 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Robert R. Smith is a scholar working on Surgery, Neurology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert R. Smith has authored 209 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Surgery, 66 papers in Neurology and 52 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Robert R. Smith's work include Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications (48 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (32 papers) and Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (28 papers). Robert R. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications (48 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (32 papers) and Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (28 papers). Robert R. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Robert R. Smith's co-authors include Ossama Al‐Mefty, Stanley R. Hamilton, John L. Fox, Alfred S. Ketcham, John M. Van Buren, Ben R. Clower, Louis B. Thomas, Robert H. Wilkins, Robert C. Hoye and John E. Halver and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Robert R. Smith

204 papers receiving 7.1k 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.

Petrosal Approach for Petroclival Meningiomas

1988 433 citations Ossama Al‐Mefty, John L. Fox et al. Neurosurgery profile →
A combined intracranial facial approach to the paranasal sinuses

1963 379 citations Robert R. Smith et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Robert R. Smith	3.2k	1.9k	1.9k	1.4k	847	209	7.8k
Sture Falkmer	1.6k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	608 0.3×	992 0.7×	263 0.3×	244	6.4k
Ulrich Welsch	1.1k 0.4×	790 0.4×	428 0.2×	604 0.4×	173 0.2×	232	7.6k
Richard C. Graham	693 0.2×	502 0.3×	495 0.3×	576 0.4×	118 0.1×	80	8.8k
Hsueh‐Wen Chang	1.4k 0.4×	959 0.5×	350 0.2×	1.0k 0.7×	80 0.1×	217	6.7k
Li J	1.1k 0.4×	651 0.3×	1.2k 0.6×	779 0.6×	42 0.0×	962	8.3k
Hiroshi Nakamura	2.5k 0.8×	539 0.3×	377 0.2×	629 0.4×	48 0.1×	541	11.3k
David A. Johnston	4.1k 1.3×	654 0.3×	332 0.2×	1.5k 1.1×	40 0.0×	201	9.6k
Christoph Schmid	2.3k 0.7×	907 0.5×	376 0.2×	820 0.6×	37 0.0×	266	10.3k
Paul A. Price	1.3k 0.4×	648 0.3×	420 0.2×	893 0.6×	83 0.1×	205	16.8k
Yuichiro Tanaka	665 0.2×	818 0.4×	1.5k 0.8×	631 0.4×	35 0.0×	290	4.9k

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Israel, Maya, et al.. (2025). Engaging K-12 Students with Flow-Based Music Programming: An Experience Report on Its Impact on Teaching and Learning. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 708–714.

Garlo, Katherine, et al.. (2016). Phot Quiz 360. New Rash and Fever in a Woman With Inflammatory Bowel Disease.. 56(9). 823. 1 indexed citations

Smith, Robert R., Umang V. Shah, Jose V. Parambil, et al.. (2016). The Effect of Polymorphism on Surface Energetics of D-Mannitol Polymorphs. The AAPS Journal. 19(1). 103–109. 22 indexed citations

Smith, Robert R., et al.. (2013). Guidelines for Airport Sound Insulation Programs. Transportation Research Board eBooks.

Roth, Mark J., et al.. (1995). Basal cell carcinoma of the sole. Journal of Cutaneous Pathology. 22(4). 349–353. 18 indexed citations

Haffty, Bruce G., Lynn D. Wilson, Robert R. Smith, et al.. (1995). Subareolar breast cancer: Long-term results with conservative surgery and radiation therapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 33(1). 53–57. 28 indexed citations

Stern, Jere B., Helen M. Haupt, & Robert R. Smith. (1994). Fibroepithelioma of Pinkus. American Journal of Dermatopathology. 16(6). 585–587. 15 indexed citations

Smith, Robert R., et al.. (1994). Hiccups and Brainstem Compression. Journal of Neuroimaging. 4(3). 164–165. 12 indexed citations

Miller, J. D., et al.. (1992). Carbon Dioxide Reactivity in the Evaluation of Cerebral Ischemia. Neurosurgery. 30(4). 518–521. 17 indexed citations

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Al‐Mefty, Ossama, Samer Ayoubi, & Robert R. Smith. (1991). The Petrosal Approach: Indications, Technique, and Results. Acta neurochirurgica. Supplementum. 53. 166–170. 78 indexed citations

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Smith, Robert R., et al.. (1990). Hyperperfusion Syndrome after Carotid Endarterectomy: A Transcranial Doppler Evaluation. Neurosurgery. 26(1). 56–60. 61 indexed citations

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Smith, Robert R., et al.. (1990). Cerebrospinal fluid factors following subarachnoid haemorrhage accelerate collagen lattice contraction by fibroblasts. Neurological Research. 12(1). 41–44. 12 indexed citations

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Pattisapu, Jogi V., et al.. (1990). Spinal cord thromboplastin-induced coagulopathy in a rabbit model. Neurosurgery. 27(4). 549–549. 4 indexed citations

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Al‐Mefty, Ossama, John L. Fox, & Robert R. Smith. (1988). Petrosal Approach for Petroclival Meningiomas. Neurosurgery. 22(3). 510–517. 433 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hamilton, Stanley R., Robert R. Smith, & John L. Cameron. (1988). Prevalence and characteristics of Barrett esophagus in patients with adenocarcinoma of the esophagus or esophagogastric junction. Human Pathology. 19(8). 942–948. 205 indexed citations

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Al‐Mefty, Ossama, et al.. (1988). Myelopathic cervical spondylotic lesions demonstrated by magnetic resonance imaging. Journal of neurosurgery. 68(2). 217–222. 157 indexed citations

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Klein, Richard L., et al.. (1988). Subarachnoid haemorrhage produces differential effects on transmitter kinetics at cerebral periarterial noradrenergic terminals. Neurological Research. 10(1). 49–56. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, Robert R., Ben R. Clower, Julius M. Cruse, Yutaka Honma, & Joseph L. Haining. (1987). Constrictive structural elements in human cerebral arteries following aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage. Neurological Research. 9(3). 188–192. 10 indexed citations

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Al‐Mefty, Ossama, John L. Fox, Ayman Rifai, & Robert R. Smith. (1987). A combined infratemporal and posterior fossa approach for the removal of giant glomus tumors and chondrosarcomas. Surgical Neurology. 28(6). 423–431. 67 indexed citations

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Smith, Robert R. & James T. Robertson. (1975). Subarachnoid hemorrhage and cerebrovascular spasm. 6 indexed citations

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