Samuel A. Smith

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 868 citations indexed

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Samuel A. Smith is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomaterials and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Samuel A. Smith has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 868 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Biomaterials and 6 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Samuel A. Smith's work include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (9 papers), Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (5 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (4 papers). Samuel A. Smith is often cited by papers focused on RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (9 papers), Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (5 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (4 papers). Samuel A. Smith collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Canada. Samuel A. Smith's co-authors include Georgina K. Such, Angus P. R. Johnston, Laura I. Selby, Elizabeth R. Gillies, Kenneth E. Foote, Changhe Zhang, Joshua D. Simpson, Kristofer J. Thurecht, Shenglin Yang and Moore Z. Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Biomacromolecules and Bioconjugate Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Samuel A. Smith

19 papers receiving 844 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.

The Endosomal Escape of Nanoparticles: Toward More Efficient Cellular Delivery

2018 487 citations Samuel A. Smith, Laura I. Selby et al. Bioconjugate Chemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Samuel A. Smith Australia	12	474	260	204	120	118	20	868
Kunal V. Gujraty United States	11	334 0.7×	233 0.9×	154 0.8×	144 1.2×	50 0.4×	11	662
Arkadi Zintchenko Germany	13	677 1.4×	238 0.9×	202 1.0×	142 1.2×	109 0.9×	17	994
Xuyu Tan United States	19	889 1.9×	273 1.1×	269 1.3×	210 1.8×	151 1.3×	26	1.3k
Masataka Nakanishi Japan	9	444 0.9×	213 0.8×	311 1.5×	118 1.0×	57 0.5×	12	847
Anuradha Biswas United States	7	591 1.2×	425 1.6×	300 1.5×	91 0.8×	56 0.5×	9	926
Malavosklish Bikram United States	13	380 0.8×	283 1.1×	312 1.5×	80 0.7×	68 0.6×	15	886
Bart Lucas Belgium	15	444 0.9×	270 1.0×	311 1.5×	53 0.4×	57 0.5×	23	900
Nadav Ben-Haim Switzerland	9	588 1.2×	148 0.6×	127 0.6×	198 1.6×	51 0.4×	9	912
Jizhe Deng China	9	485 1.0×	250 1.0×	237 1.2×	52 0.4×	50 0.4×	9	734
Kingshuk Dutta United States	16	376 0.8×	288 1.1×	177 0.9×	103 0.9×	58 0.5×	20	815

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Zhang, Changhe, Samuel A. Smith, Daniel Yuen, et al.. (2025). Gene Delivery with Dual pH- and GSH-Responsive Lipoamide Polymers from Controlled Polymerization of Protected Lipoic Acid. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(23). 33756–33769. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Fan, Changhe Zhang, Yufu Wang, et al.. (2025). Unravelling the endosomal escape of pH-responsive nanoparticles using the split luciferase endosomal escape quantification assay. Biomaterials Science. 13(5). 1335–1346. 7 indexed citations

Ansari, Niloufar, Changhe Zhang, Samuel A. Smith, et al.. (2023). Impact of the Core Architecture of Dual pH-Responsive Polymer Nanoparticles on Intracellular Delivery of Doxorubicin. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 6(12). 10015–10022. 11 indexed citations

Smith, Samuel A., et al.. (2023). Self-Immolative Polymer Nanoparticles with Precise and Controllable pH-Dependent Degradation. Biomacromolecules. 24(11). 4958–4969. 17 indexed citations

Kermaniyan, Sarah S., Changhe Zhang, Samuel A. Smith, et al.. (2022). Understanding the Biological Interactions of pH‐Swellable Nanoparticles. Macromolecular Bioscience. 22(5). e2100445–e2100445. 16 indexed citations

Chen, Moore Z., et al.. (2021). Quantifying the Endosomal Escape of pH-Responsive Nanoparticles Using the Split Luciferase Endosomal Escape Quantification Assay. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(3). 3653–3661. 39 indexed citations

Zhang, Changhe, Sarah S. Kermaniyan, Samuel A. Smith, Elizabeth R. Gillies, & Georgina K. Such. (2021). Acid-Responsive Poly(glyoxylate) Self-Immolative Star Polymers. Biomacromolecules. 22(9). 3892–3900. 14 indexed citations

Simpson, Joshua D., Samuel A. Smith, Kristofer J. Thurecht, & Georgina K. Such. (2019). Engineered Polymeric Materials for Biological Applications: Overcoming Challenges of the Bio–Nano Interface. Polymers. 11(9). 1441–1441. 28 indexed citations

Smith, Samuel A.. (2018). Space, Place and Story: Museum Geographies and Narratives of the American West. CU Scholar (University of Colorado Boulder). 2 indexed citations

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Smith, Samuel A., Laura I. Selby, Angus P. R. Johnston, & Georgina K. Such. (2018). The Endosomal Escape of Nanoparticles: Toward More Efficient Cellular Delivery. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 30(2). 263–272. 487 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smith, Samuel A.. (2018). Heritage tourism and New Western history: a narrative analysis of six Colorado museums. Journal of Heritage Tourism. 14(1). 1–18. 9 indexed citations

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Smith, Samuel A., et al.. (2018). Controlling Endosomal Escape Using pH-Responsive Nanoparticles with Tunable Disassembly. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 1(7). 3164–3173. 48 indexed citations

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Smith, Samuel A. & Kenneth E. Foote. (2016). Museum/space/discourse: analyzing discourse in three dimensions in Denver’s History Colorado Center. Cultural Geographies. 24(1). 131–148. 20 indexed citations

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Smith, Samuel A.. (2015). The Cities of Zion? Mormon and non-Mormon town plans in the U.S. Mountain West, 1847–1930. Journal of Historical Geography. 50. 1–13. 2 indexed citations

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Smith, Samuel A.. (2015). The history of the colony of Nova-Caesaria, or New-Jersey. Medical Entomology and Zoology.

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Smith, Samuel A.. (2013). A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling over the Memory of Sand Creek. Journal of Historical Geography. 43. 177–178. 11 indexed citations

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Smith, Samuel A., et al.. (1973). The Preparation and Chemistry of Dicationically Active Polymers of Tetrahydrofuran. Journal of Macromolecular Science Part A - Chemistry. 7(7). 1399–1413. 82 indexed citations

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Heikens, D., P. H. Hermans, & Samuel A. Smith. (1959). On the rate of formation of ε‐caprolactam upon equilibration of extracted poly‐ε‐aminocaproic acid polymers. Journal of Polymer Science. 38(133). 265–268. 10 indexed citations

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Smith, Samuel A.. (1959). The preparation of crystalline polystyrene using an alkali metal ketyl as polymerization initiator. Journal of Polymer Science. 38(133). 259–261. 18 indexed citations

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Smith, Samuel A.. (1958). The re‐equilibration of polycaproamide. Journal of Polymer Science. 30(121). 459–478. 46 indexed citations

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