Stephen R. Smith

7.1k citations

104 papers · 5.3k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 35

Impact in

Pollution top 0.2%
- Heavy metals in environment
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering top 0.2%
- Municipal Solid Waste Management
- Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- Phosphorus and nutrient management
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques

Papers in

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 34
- Wastewater Treatment and Reuse 12
- Municipal Solid Waste Management 11
- Phosphorus and nutrient management 11
Soil Science 26
- Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques 16
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics 10

Co-authors: Bradley O. Clarke F. A. Nicholson B. J. Chambers B. J. Alloway C. H. Carlton‐Smith Hannah Rigby Costas A. Velis Christopher Cheeseman
Journals: Water and Environment Journal (10 papers)Waste Management & Research The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy (6 papers)The Science of The Total Environment (5 papers)Journal of Water and Health (4 papers)Bioresource Technology (4 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Australia

In The Last Decade

Stephen R. Smith

103 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Challenges and opportunities associated with waste management in India 2017 · 382 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.

2017 Royal Society Open Science
2010 Environment International
2003 The Science of The Total Environment

Peers

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen R. Smith

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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	The significance of lead entering the human food chain via livestock ingestion from the agricultural use of biosolids, with special reference to the UK The Science of The Total Environment ·Stephen R. Smith, Hannah Rigby	2024	4
2	Uncontrolled burning of solid waste by households in Mexico is a significant contributor to climate change in the country Environmental Research ·Bahar Baltalarl, David C. Wilson, Stephen R. Smith	2018	52
3	Challenges and opportunities associated with waste management in India Royal Society Open Science ·Sunil Kumar, Stephen R. Smith, Geoff Fowler, Costas A. Velis, Marie Bastin, Shashi Arya, Rena Rena, Rakesh Kumar, Christopher Cheeseman Hit paper breakdown →	2017	382
4	Co-composting of invasiveAcacia longifoliawith pine bark for horticultural use Environmental Technology ·L. M. Brito, I. Mourão, J. Coutinho, Stephen R. Smith	2015	14
5	Comparison of methodologies for enumerating and detecting the viability of Ascaris eggs in sewage sludge by standard incubation-microscopy, the BacLight Live/Dead viability assay and other vital dyes Water Research ·Dicle Akay, Greg Lloyd, Jacqueline Morris, Tina C. Beck, Duncan A. Rouch, Stephen R. Smith, Margaret Deighton	2014	36
6	Nitrogen availability and indirect measurements of greenhouse gas emissions from aerobic and anaerobic biowaste digestates applied to agricultural soils Waste Management ·Hannah Rigby, Stephen R. Smith	2013	45
7	Pathogen risks in land-applied biosolids - evaluating risks of biosolids produced by conventional treatment RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library) ·Ladislav Dočkal, Duncan A. Rouch, Margaret Deighton, Stephen R. Smith	2012	7
8	Simple technologies for on-farm composting of cattle slurry solid fraction Waste Management ·L. M. Brito, I. Mourão, J. Coutinho, Stephen R. Smith	2012	45
9	Potential Renewable Bioenergy Production from Canadian Agriculture Linköping electronic conference proceedings ·Tingting Liu, B.G. McConkey, Stephen R. Smith, Tomohiro Satoh, Ted Huffman	2011	1
10	Evaluating factors in the fate of pathogens during wastewater treatment RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library) ·(unknown), Duncan A. Rouch, Stephen R. Smith, (unknown), Margaret Deighton	2010	1
11	Influence of soil type, moisture content and biosolids application on the fate of Escherichia coli in agricultural soil under controlled laboratory conditions Journal of Applied Microbiology ·Steven Sloman, Stephen R. Smith	2007	57
12	A risk-based methodology for deriving quality standards for organic contaminants in sewage sludge for use in agriculture—Conceptual Framework Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology ·Diederik Schowanek, Richard Carr, H. K. David, Peter E. T. Douben, Jennifer Hall, Holger Kirchmann, L. Patria, P. Sequi, Stephen R. Smith, Simon Webb	2004	65
13	DECAY OF ESCHERICHIA COLI IN SOIL FOLLOWING THE APPLICATION OF BIOSOLIDS TO AGRICULTURAL LAND Water and Environment Journal ·Steven Sloman, Stephen R. Smith, Vidya Sagar Yellapu, E. B. Pike, Freudenheim Jl	2003	22
14	An inventory of heavy metals inputs to agricultural soils in England and Wales The Science of The Total Environment ·F. A. Nicholson, Stephen R. Smith, B. J. Alloway, C. H. Carlton‐Smith, B. J. Chambers Hit paper breakdown →	2003	981
15	Nitrogen Release and Fertiliser Value of Thermally‐Dried Biosolids Water and Environment Journal ·Stephen R. Smith, Dervilo Selle	2002	42
16	Phosphorus Release and Fertiliser Value of Enhanced‐Treated and Nutrient‐Removal Biosolids Water and Environment Journal ·Stephen R. Smith, XU Haorui, John D. Dodd	2002	19
17	Investigations of nutrient uptake by willow in a soil-less system. Aspects of applied biology ·Ryan E. Oyler, D. Riddell‐Black, Stephen R. Smith	1997	2
18	Cairo Sludge Disposal Study Water and Environment Journal ·Abbé. Auteur de lettres Thibeaud, Stephen R. Smith	1997	8
19	Effect of soil pH on availability to crops of metals in sewage sludge-treated soils. II. Cadmium uptake by crops and implications for human dietary intake Environmental Pollution ·Stephen R. Smith	1994	52
20	Detection methods for highly toxic organophosphonates A literature survey Talanta ·Stephen R. Smith	1983	8

About Stephen R. Smith

Stephen R. Smith is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Soil Science, Pollution, Environmental Chemistry and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, having authored 104 papers that have together received 5.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques (16 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (12 papers), Municipal Solid Waste Management (11 papers), Phosphorus and nutrient management (11 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (10 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (10 papers), Heavy metals in environment (9 papers) and Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pollution (2.2k citations), Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (1.6k citations), Soil Science (869 citations), Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (1.0k citations) and Environmental Chemistry (546 citations). Stephen R. Smith has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Bradley O. Clarke, F. A. Nicholson, B. J. Chambers, B. J. Alloway, C. H. Carlton‐Smith, Hannah Rigby, Costas A. Velis, Christopher Cheeseman, David C. Wilson and Ziyi Liu. Their work appears in journals such as Water and Environment Journal, Waste Management & Research The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy, The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Water and Health and Bioresource Technology.

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