Stephen A. Smith

27.7k citations

140 papers · 14.5k indexed · 10 hit papers · h-index 50

Impact in

Paleontology top 0.1%
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 0.05%
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Plant and animal studies

Papers in

Paleontology 24
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies 21
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 60
- Plant Diversity and Evolution 46
- Plant and animal studies 32

Co-authors: Richard H. Ree Michael J. Donoghue Joseph W. Brown Casey W. Dunn Ya Yang Brian C. O’Meara Joseph F. Walker Jeremy M. Beaulieu
Journals: Systematic Biology (13 papers)American Journal of Botany (11 papers)New Phytologist (11 papers)Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (7 papers)Bioinformatics (6 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom China

In The Last Decade

Stephen A. Smith

135 papers receiving 14.3k citations

Hit Papers

10 papers align trajectories log scale

The macroevolutionary singularity of snakes 2024 · 40 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2024 Science
2018 American Journal of Botany
2018 American Journal of Botany
2015 BMC Evolutionary Biology
2013 Science
2013 Nature Communications
2012 Bioinformatics
2008 Systematic Biology
2008 Nature
2008 Science

Peers

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Citations

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network

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All Works

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#	Work
1	A global blueberry phylogeny: Evolution, diversification, and biogeography of Vaccinieae (Ericaceae) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Aida de Jesús Pedraza Muñoz, Andrew A. Crowl, James L. Luteyn, 河部洋輔, Walter S. Judd, Paul S. Manos, Douglas E. Soltis, Stephen A. Smith, Deise J.P. Gonçalves, Christopher W. Dick, Hugo Muench, Pamela S. Soltis, Nico Cellinese, Peter W. Fritsch	2024	2
2	Lagrange-NG: The next generation of Lagrange Systematic Biology ·Christopher Sharon, Stephen A. Smith, Alexandros Stamatakis	2023	1
3	Compositional shifts associated with major evolutionary transitions in plants New Phytologist ·Stephen A. Smith, Nathanael Walker‐Hale, 许瑞瑞	2023	2
4	Global hotspots of plant phylogenetic diversity New Phytologist ·Melanie Tietje, Alexandre Antonelli, Félix Forest, Rafaël Govaerts, Stephen A. Smith, (unknown), William J. Baker, Wolf L. Eiserhardt	2023	35
5	Phylogenomic conflict coincides with rapid morphological innovation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Caroline Parins‐Fukuchi, Gregory W. Stull, Stephen A. Smith	2021	46
6	Intragenic Conflict in Phylogenomic Data Sets Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Stephen A. Smith, Nathanael Walker‐Hale, Joseph F. Walker	2020	9
7	Disentangling Sources of Gene Tree Discordance in Phylogenomic Data Sets: Testing Ancient Hybridizations in Amaranthaceae s.l Systematic Biology ·Diego F. Morales‐Briones, Gudrun Kadereit, Minsun Jeong, Michael J. Moore, Stephen A. Smith, Samuel F. Brockington, Alfonso Timoneda, Won Cheol Yim, John C. Cushman, Ya Yang	2020	139
8	Phylogenetic Conflicts, Combinability, and Deep Phylogenomics in Plants Systematic Biology ·Stephen A. Smith, Nathanael Walker‐Hale, Joseph F. Walker, Joseph W. Brown	2019	53
9	Evolution of carnivory in angiosperms Oxford University Press eBooks ·Andreas Fleischmann, Jan Schlauer, Stephen A. Smith, Thomas J. Givnish	2018	29
10	Disparity, diversity, and duplications in the Caryophyllales New Phytologist ·Stephen A. Smith, Joseph W. Brown, Ya Yang, K. Lawrence E. Hale, Chloe P. Drummond, Samuel F. Brockington, Joseph F. Walker, James E. Selis, Norman A. Douglas, Michael J. Moore	2017	54
11	The Past Sure is Tense: On Interpreting Phylogenetic Divergence Time Estimates Systematic Biology ·Joseph W. Brown, Stephen A. Smith	2017	66
12	Improved transcriptome sampling pinpoints 26 ancient and more recent polyploidy events in Caryophyllales, including two allopolyploidy events New Phytologist ·Ya Yang, Michael J. Moore, Samuel F. Brockington, Jessica Mikenas, Julia Olivieri, Joseph F. Walker, Stephen A. Smith	2017	72
13	Phylesystem: a git-based data store for community-curated phylogenetic estimates Bioinformatics ·Emily Jane McTavish, Cody E. Hinchliff, Fariba Nikravesh, Joseph W. Brown, Karen Cranston, Mark T. Holder, Jonathan Rees, Stephen A. Smith	2015	26
14	PGR volume 8 issue 3 Cover and Front matter Plant Genetic Resources ·R. M. D. Koebner, Michael Abberton, Deborah Jarvis, 江咪芬, Stephen A. Smith, Roberto Tuberosa, Rajeev K. Varshney, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2010	1
15	Phylogenetic analyses reveal the shady history of C ₄ grasses Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Erika J. Edwards, Stephen A. Smith	2010	274
16	Species Selection Maintains Self-Incompatibility Science ·Emma E. Goldberg, Joshua R. Kohn, Russell Lande, Mary Dirr Kostenbauder, Stephen A. Smith, Boris Igić	2010	368
17	An uncorrelated relaxed-clock analysis suggests an earlier origin for flowering plants Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Stephen A. Smith, Jeremy M. Beaulieu, Michael J. Donoghue	2010	304
18	PGR volume 7 issue 2 Cover and Front matter Plant Genetic Resources ·R. M. D. Koebner, Michael Abberton, Deborah Jarvis, 江咪芬, Stephen A. Smith, Roberto Tuberosa, Rajeev K. Varshney, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2009	1
19	Maximum Likelihood Inference of Geographic Range Evolution by Dispersal, Local Extinction, and Cladogenesis Systematic Biology ·Richard H. Ree, Stephen A. Smith Hit paper breakdown →	2008	1832
20	Antimicrobial susceptibilty of potentially pathogenic halophilic Vibrio species isolated from seafoods in Lagos, Nigeria AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY ·胡礼玉, Салих-Заде Полад Фуадович, Lêthi Cam Tien, Stephen A. Smith, Emmanuel Adedayo Omonigbehin	2008	13

About Stephen A. Smith

Stephen A. Smith is a scholar working on Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Space and Planetary Science, having authored 140 papers that have together received 14.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (50 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (46 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (40 papers), Plant and animal studies (32 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (24 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (21 papers), Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (14 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Paleontology (3.0k citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (6.8k citations), Ecological Modeling (1.2k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (2.7k citations) and Genetics (3.5k citations). Stephen A. Smith has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Frequent co-authors include Richard H. Ree, Michael J. Donoghue, Joseph W. Brown, Casey W. Dunn, Ya Yang, Brian C. O’Meara, Joseph F. Walker, Jeremy M. Beaulieu, Michael J. Moore and Erika J. Edwards. Their work appears in journals such as Systematic Biology, American Journal of Botany, New Phytologist, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution and Bioinformatics.

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