Ronan J. Smith

14.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
18 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Ronan J. Smith is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronan J. Smith has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Materials Chemistry, 11 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 6 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ronan J. Smith's work include Graphene research and applications (11 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (6 papers) and Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (3 papers). Ronan J. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (11 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (6 papers) and Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (3 papers). Ronan J. Smith collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and Germany. Ronan J. Smith's co-authors include Jonathan N. Coleman, Mustafa Lotya, Georg S. Duesberg, Paul J. King, Valeria Nicolosi, Sukanta De, I.T. McGovern, Yenny Hernández, Fiona M. Blighe and Lisa Karlsson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ronan J. Smith

18 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Liquid Phase Production of Graphene by Exfoliation of Graphite in Surfactant/Water Solutions

2009 1.9k citations Mustafa Lotya, Yenny Hernández et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Large‐Scale Exfoliation of Inorganic Layered Compounds in Aqueous Surfactant Solutions

2011 998 citations Ronan J. Smith, Paul J. King et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Edge and confinement effects allow in situ measurement of size and thickness of liquid-exfoliated nanosheets

2014 473 citations Claudia Backes, Ronan J. Smith et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ronan J. Smith Ireland	15	3.9k	1.8k	1.6k	627	542	18	4.6k
Sung Myung South Korea	30	2.4k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	1.9k 1.2×	600 1.0×	419 0.8×	130	3.8k
B. N. Holland Ireland	6	4.4k 1.1×	2.1k 1.2×	2.2k 1.4×	1.0k 1.6×	434 0.8×	8	5.2k
Andrew Harvey Ireland	32	3.3k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	2.1k 1.3×	702 1.1×	821 1.5×	43	4.9k
Alexey Lipatov United States	29	4.7k 1.2×	1.4k 0.8×	2.6k 1.7×	1.0k 1.6×	537 1.0×	84	5.5k
Guòan Tai China	38	3.7k 1.0×	886 0.5×	2.4k 1.5×	742 1.2×	561 1.0×	81	5.1k
Benjamin J. Carey Australia	28	2.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	2.3k 1.4×	670 1.1×	989 1.8×	44	4.3k
Junghyun Lee South Korea	24	2.6k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	2.2k 1.4×	982 1.6×	818 1.5×	48	4.3k
Steve Miller United States	9	2.6k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	1.9k 1.2×	583 0.9×	312 0.6×	12	3.8k
Emanuele Treossi Italy	36	2.6k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	1.7k 1.1×	483 0.8×	184 0.3×	70	4.0k
Priscilla Kailian Ang Singapore	15	2.6k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	542 0.9×	302 0.6×	17	3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Ronan J. Smith

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Ronan J. Smith's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Ronan J. Smith with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Ronan J. Smith more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Ronan J. Smith

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ronan J. Smith. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ronan J. Smith. The network helps show where Ronan J. Smith may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ronan J. Smith

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

18 of 18 papers shown

1.

Keeney, Lynette, Ronan J. Smith, Michael Schmidt, et al.. (2020). Ferroelectric Behavior in Exfoliated 2D Aurivillius Oxide Flakes of Sub‐Unit Cell Thickness. Advanced Electronic Materials. 6(3). 21 indexed citations

2.

Jurewicz, Izabela, Alice A. K. King, Ravi Shanker, et al.. (2020). Mechanochromic and Thermochromic Sensors Based on Graphene Infused Polymer Opals. Advanced Functional Materials. 30(31). 2002473–2002473. 86 indexed citations

3.

Jurewicz, Izabela, Alice A. K. King, Ravi Shanker, et al.. (2020). Mechanochromic Sensors: Mechanochromic and Thermochromic Sensors Based on Graphene Infused Polymer Opals (Adv. Funct. Mater. 31/2020). Advanced Functional Materials. 30(31). 2 indexed citations

4.

Movia, Dania, Ronan J. Smith, Damien Hanlon, et al.. (2017). Industrial grade 2D molybdenum disulphide (MoS ₂ ): an in vitro exploration of the impact on cellular uptake, cytotoxicity, and inflammation. 2D Materials. 4(2). 25065–25065. 56 indexed citations

5.

O’Sullivan, Katriona, et al.. (2017). A college focused mentoring programme for students in socio-economically disadvantaged schools: the impact of mentoring relationship and frequency on college-going confidence, application efficacy and aspirations. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning. 19(2). 113–141. 7 indexed citations

6.

Backes, Claudia, Keith R. Paton, Damien Hanlon, et al.. (2016). Spectroscopic metrics allow in situ measurement of mean size and thickness of liquid-exfoliated few-layer graphene nanosheets. Nanoscale. 8(7). 4311–4323. 215 indexed citations

7.

McIntyre, Jennifer, Navin Kumar Verma, Ronan J. Smith, et al.. (2016). A comparison of catabolic pathways induced in primary macrophages by pristine single walled carbon nanotubes and pristine graphene. RSC Advances. 6(70). 65299–65310. 14 indexed citations

8.

Backes, Claudia, Damien Hanlon, Beata M. Szydłowska, et al.. (2016). Preparation of Liquid-exfoliated Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanosheets with Controlled Size and Thickness: A State of the Art Protocol. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 31 indexed citations

9.

Backes, Claudia, Damien Hanlon, Beata M. Szydłowska, et al.. (2016). Preparation of Liquid-exfoliated Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanosheets with Controlled Size and Thickness: A State of the Art Protocol. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 14 indexed citations

10.

Jurewicz, Izabela, Ronan J. Smith, Matthew J. Large, et al.. (2014). Insulator‐Conductor Type Transitions in Graphene‐Modified Silver Nanowire Networks: A Route to Inexpensive Transparent Conductors. Advanced Functional Materials. 24(48). 7580–7587. 27 indexed citations

11.

Backes, Claudia, Ronan J. Smith, Niall McEvoy, et al.. (2014). Edge and confinement effects allow in situ measurement of size and thickness of liquid-exfoliated nanosheets. Nature Communications. 5(1). 4576–4576. 473 indexed citations breakdown →

12.

Varrla, Eswaraiah, Keith R. Paton, Claudia Backes, et al.. (2014). Turbulence-assisted shear exfoliation of graphene using household detergent and a kitchen blender. Nanoscale. 6(20). 11810–11819. 231 indexed citations

13.

Jurewicz, Izabela, Ronan J. Smith, D.A. Bradley, et al.. (2013). Density controlled conductivity of pristine graphene films. Carbon. 64. 435–443. 23 indexed citations

14.

Finn, David, Mustafa Lotya, G.W. Cunningham, et al.. (2013). Inkjet deposition of liquid-exfoliated graphene and MoS₂nanosheets for printed device applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 2(5). 925–932. 239 indexed citations

15.

Smith, Ronan J., Paul J. King, Christian Wirtz, Georg S. Duesberg, & Jonathan N. Coleman. (2012). Lateral size selection of surfactant-stabilised graphene flakes using size exclusion chromatography. Chemical Physics Letters. 531. 169–172. 18 indexed citations

16.

Smith, Ronan J., Paul J. King, Mustafa Lotya, et al.. (2011). Large‐Scale Exfoliation of Inorganic Layered Compounds in Aqueous Surfactant Solutions. Advanced Materials. 23(34). 3944–3948. 998 indexed citations breakdown →

17.

Smith, Ronan J., Mustafa Lotya, & Jonathan N. Coleman. (2010). The importance of repulsive potential barriers for the dispersion of graphene using surfactants. New Journal of Physics. 12(12). 125008–125008. 253 indexed citations

18.

Lotya, Mustafa, Yenny Hernández, Paul J. King, et al.. (2009). Liquid Phase Production of Graphene by Exfoliation of Graphite in Surfactant/Water Solutions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131(10). 3611–3620. 1886 indexed citations breakdown →

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact