Stephen M. Smith

4.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
61 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Stephen M. Smith is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen M. Smith has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Ecology, 18 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 16 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Stephen M. Smith's work include Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (19 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (16 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (11 papers). Stephen M. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (19 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (16 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (11 papers). Stephen M. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Stephen M. Smith's co-authors include Myles Allen, Thomas Hale, Samuel Fankhauser, Jason Lowe, Javier Lezaun, Richard Smart, Chris Huntingford, Niel Bowerman, Michael Obersteiner and Thom Wetzer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Experimental Botany and Nature Climate Change.

In The Last Decade

Stephen M. Smith

59 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

The meaning of net zero and how to get it right 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 2024 100 200 300 400 500
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 meaning of net zero and how to get it right
    2021 530 citations Samuel Fankhauser, Stephen M. Smith et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  2. The carbon dioxide removal gap
    2024 47 citations William F. Lamb, Thomas Gasser et al. Nature Climate Change profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stephen M. Smith United States 24 583 542 480 305 265 61 2.1k
Xiang Yu China 27 594 1.0× 528 1.0× 434 0.9× 619 2.0× 138 0.5× 86 2.4k
José Luis Vicente‐Vicente Germany 15 756 1.3× 627 1.2× 384 0.8× 615 2.0× 314 1.2× 28 2.6k
Lenny Bernstein United States 5 537 0.9× 156 0.3× 208 0.4× 295 1.0× 253 1.0× 8 1.6k
Ramón Pichs-Madruga Austria 7 645 1.1× 513 0.9× 225 0.5× 522 1.7× 368 1.4× 10 2.2k
Xiaoming Wang China 28 362 0.6× 131 0.2× 358 0.7× 166 0.5× 121 0.5× 124 2.6k
Rutu Dave India 4 553 0.9× 588 1.1× 226 0.5× 616 2.0× 451 1.7× 7 2.6k
Thomas K. Maycock United States 5 541 0.9× 228 0.4× 181 0.4× 228 0.7× 190 0.7× 5 1.6k
Adriana Bruggeman Cyprus 30 1.0k 1.8× 528 1.0× 313 0.7× 620 2.0× 76 0.3× 95 3.5k
Taoyuan Wei Norway 27 393 0.7× 843 1.6× 386 0.8× 551 1.8× 603 2.3× 102 2.4k
Patrice Dumas France 21 848 1.5× 615 1.1× 660 1.4× 415 1.4× 289 1.1× 60 4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Stephen M. Smith

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen M. Smith

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen M. Smith

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stephen M. Smith. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stephen M. 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 Stephen M. Smith. Stephen M. 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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Lamb, William F., Thomas Gasser, Rosa María Román-Cuesta, et al.. (2024). The carbon dioxide removal gap. Nature Climate Change. 14(6). 644–651. 47 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lamb, William F., Thomas Gasser, Rosa María Román-Cuesta, et al.. (2024). Author Correction: Current national proposals are off track to meet carbon dioxide removal needs. Nature Climate Change. 14(12). 1323–1323.
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Lamb, William F., Thomas Gasser, Rosa María Román-Cuesta, et al.. (2024). Author Correction: Current national proposals are off track to meet carbon dioxide removal needs. Nature Climate Change. 14(8). 883–883. 1 indexed citations
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Lamb, William F., Thomas Gasser, Rosa María Román-Cuesta, et al.. (2024). Current national proposals are off track to meet carbon dioxide removal needs. Nature Climate Change. 14(6). 555–556. 3 indexed citations
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Lamb, William F., Carl‐Friedrich Schleussner, Giacomo Grassi, et al.. (2024). Countries need to provide clarity on the role of carbon dioxide removal in their climate pledges. Environmental Research Letters. 19(12). 121001–121001. 4 indexed citations
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Powis, Carter M., Stephen M. Smith, Jan C. Minx, & Thomas Gasser. (2023). Quantifying global carbon dioxide removal deployment. Environmental Research Letters. 18(2). 24022–24022. 31 indexed citations
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Nemet, Gregory F., Matthew Gidden, Cameron Roberts, et al.. (2023). Near-term deployment of novel carbon removal to facilitate longer-term deployment. Joule. 7(12). 2653–2659. 29 indexed citations
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Hickey, Conor, Samuel Fankhauser, Stephen M. Smith, & Myles Allen. (2023). A review of commercialisation mechanisms for carbon dioxide removal. Frontiers in Climate. 4. 28 indexed citations
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Cohen, François, et al.. (2022). Plant conversions and abatement technologies cannot prevent stranding of power plant assets in 2 °C scenarios. Nature Communications. 13(1). 806–806. 25 indexed citations
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Schenuit, Felix, Rebecca Colvin, Mathias Fridahl, et al.. (2021). Carbon Dioxide Removal Policy in the Making: Assessing Developments in 9 OECD Cases. Frontiers in Climate. 3. 108 indexed citations
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Huntingford, Chris, Hui Yang, Anna Harper, et al.. (2017). Flexible parameter-sparse global temperature time profiles that stabilise at 1.5 and 2.0  °C. Earth System Dynamics. 8(3). 617–626. 12 indexed citations
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Spilde, M., et al.. (2016). MICROBIAL MAT COMMUNITIES IN HAWAIIAN LAVA CAVES. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 8 indexed citations
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Schörghofer, Norbert, et al.. (2016). Massive Ice Loss from the Mauna Loa Icecave, Hawaii. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 48(1). 33–43. 13 indexed citations
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Smith, Stephen M., et al.. (2003). Assessing drought-related ecological risk in the Florida Everglades. Journal of Environmental Management. 68(4). 355–366. 19 indexed citations
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Smith, Stephen M. & Samuel C. Snedaker. (2000). Hypocotyl Function in Seedling Development of the Red Mangrove, Rhizophora mangle L.1. Biotropica. 32(4). 677–677. 14 indexed citations
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Smith, Stephen M. & David W. Lee. (1999). Effects of light quantity and quality on early seedling development in the red mangrove, Rhizophora mangle L.. Bulletin of Marine Science. 65(3). 795–806. 9 indexed citations
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Smith, Stephen M.. (1994). Who pays for climate change policies? Distributional side-effects and policy responses. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Knee, Michael, Norman E. Looney, STEPHEN G. S. HATFIELD, & Stephen M. Smith. (1983). Initiation of Rapid Ethylene Synthesis by Apple and Pear Fruits in Relation to Storage Temperature. Journal of Experimental Botany. 34(9). 1207–1212. 42 indexed citations

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