R.S. Smith

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

R.S. Smith is a scholar working on Biological Psychiatry, Behavioral Neuroscience and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, R.S. Smith has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Biological Psychiatry, 7 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience and 4 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in R.S. Smith's work include Tryptophan and brain disorders (9 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (7 papers) and Dermatology and Skin Diseases (3 papers). R.S. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Tryptophan and brain disorders (9 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (7 papers) and Dermatology and Skin Diseases (3 papers). R.S. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Switzerland. R.S. Smith's co-authors include Michaël Maes, Eugène Bosmans, Herbert Y. Meltzer, Günter Kenis, Herbert Y. Meltzer, Joseph R. Calabrese, Paul Cosyns, Roger Desnyder, Armand Christophe and Hugo Neels and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Biological Psychiatry and The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

R.S. Smith

20 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

The macrophage theory of depression 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 1998 200 400 600
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 macrophage theory of depression
    1991 734 citations R.S. Smith Medical Hypotheses profile →
  2. THE EFFECTS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS ON HUMANS: INCREASED PRODUCTION OF PRO-INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES AND Th1-LIKE RESPONSE IN STRESS-INDUCED ANXIETY
    1998 632 citations Michaël Maes, Cai Song et al. Cytokine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R.S. Smith United States 11 1.5k 1.1k 625 379 344 20 2.6k
Eric Vandoolaeghe Belgium 17 1.4k 0.9× 987 0.9× 475 0.8× 249 0.7× 214 0.6× 19 2.5k
Roger Desnyder Belgium 15 973 0.6× 669 0.6× 459 0.7× 182 0.5× 257 0.7× 17 2.0k
E. Suy Belgium 26 1.9k 1.3× 1.7k 1.6× 529 0.8× 259 0.7× 219 0.6× 48 2.8k
Robert Verkerk Belgium 35 2.6k 1.7× 1.6k 1.5× 1.2k 1.9× 488 1.3× 362 1.1× 68 4.5k
Francis E. Lotrich United States 33 1.1k 0.7× 652 0.6× 811 1.3× 242 0.6× 250 0.7× 63 2.7k
Caroline André France 17 1.8k 1.2× 1.4k 1.3× 254 0.4× 787 2.1× 453 1.3× 31 2.9k
Carlo Altamura Italy 25 756 0.5× 346 0.3× 778 1.2× 157 0.4× 377 1.1× 56 2.8k
Giulia Perini Italy 28 749 0.5× 635 0.6× 786 1.3× 242 0.6× 221 0.6× 66 2.9k
Olga J.G. Schiepers Netherlands 13 616 0.4× 509 0.5× 568 0.9× 225 0.6× 307 0.9× 18 2.0k
Marcus A. Lawson United States 24 1.7k 1.1× 1.2k 1.2× 307 0.5× 686 1.8× 403 1.2× 40 2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by R.S. Smith

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Fields of papers citing papers by R.S. Smith

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R.S. Smith

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of R.S. Smith. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of R.S. 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 R.S. Smith. R.S. 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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Maes, Michaël, Cai Song, Aihua Lin, et al.. (1999). Immune and clinical correlates of psychological stress-induced production of interferon-γ and interleukin-10 in humans. 39–50. 4 indexed citations
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Maes, Michaël, Cai Song, Aihua Lin, et al.. (1998). THE EFFECTS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS ON HUMANS: INCREASED PRODUCTION OF PRO-INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES AND Th1-LIKE RESPONSE IN STRESS-INDUCED ANXIETY. Cytokine. 10(4). 313–318. 632 indexed citations breakdown →
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Smith, R.S.. (1998). Profit Centers in Industrial Ecology. Praeger eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Smith, R.S.. (1998). Profit Centers in Industrial Ecology: The Business Executive's Approach to the Environment. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations
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Maes, Michaël, et al.. (1997). In vivo immunomodulatory effects of clozapine in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. 26(2-3). 221–225. 148 indexed citations
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Maes, Michaël, Christina Song, Aihua Lin, et al.. (1997). The effects of psychological stress on the immune system in humans. Biological Psychiatry. 42(1). 5S–5S. 1 indexed citations
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Maes, Michaël, R.S. Smith, Armand Christophe, et al.. (1996). Fatty acid composition in major depression: decreased ω3 fractions in cholesteryl esters and increased C20:4ω6C20:5ω3 ratio in cholesteryl esters and phospholipids. Journal of Affective Disorders. 38(1). 35–46. 318 indexed citations
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Smith, R.S. & Michaël Maes. (1995). The macrophage-T-lymphocyte theory of schizophrenia: Additional evidence. Medical Hypotheses. 45(2). 135–141. 176 indexed citations
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Maes, Michaël, Eugène Bosmans, Joseph R. Calabrese, R.S. Smith, & Herbert Y. Meltzer. (1995). Interleukin-2 and interleukin-6 in schizophrenia and mania: Effects of neuroleptics and mood stabilizers. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 29(2). 141–152. 319 indexed citations
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Smith, R.S.. (1992). A comprehensive macrophage-T-lymphocyte theory of schizophrenia. Medical Hypotheses. 39(3). 248–257. 122 indexed citations
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Smith, R.S.. (1992). The cytokine theory of headache. Medical Hypotheses. 39(2). 168–174. 27 indexed citations
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Smith, R.S.. (1992). The GI T-lymphocyte theory of schizophrenia: Some new observations. Medical Hypotheses. 37(1). 27–30. 10 indexed citations
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Smith, R.S.. (1991). The immune system is a key factor in the etiology of psychosocial disease. Medical Hypotheses. 34(1). 49–57. 38 indexed citations
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Smith, R.S.. (1991). The macrophage theory of depression. Medical Hypotheses. 35(4). 298–306. 734 indexed citations breakdown →
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Smith, R.S.. (1989). Nutrition, Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease. 1 indexed citations
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Penn, John H. & R.S. Smith. (1986). π-Acceptor induced thermal reactions: Bond cleavage reactions. Tetrahedron Letters. 27(30). 3475–3478. 2 indexed citations
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Richardson, William H. & R.S. Smith. (1969). Base-catalyzed fragmentation of a peroxide, 2-tert-butylperoxy-2-methylpropanoic acid. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 91(13). 3610–3616. 1 indexed citations
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Richardson, William H. & R.S. Smith. (1968). Comparison of peroxide and ether groups as proton acceptors in intramolecular hydrogen bonding of alcohols. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 33(10). 3882–3885. 9 indexed citations
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Richardson, William H. & R.S. Smith. (1967). A Peroxide Fragmentation Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 89(9). 2230–2231. 5 indexed citations

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