Val H. Smith

22.1k total citations · 7 hit papers
111 papers, 16.6k citations indexed

About

Val H. Smith is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Ecology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Val H. Smith has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 16.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 40 papers in Ecology and 39 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Val H. Smith's work include Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (57 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (35 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (24 papers). Val H. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (57 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (35 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (24 papers). Val H. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. Val H. Smith's co-authors include David W. Schindler, David Tilman, Jeffrey C. Nekola, Walter K. Dodds, M. Claire Horner‐Devine, Brendan J. M. Bohannan, Frank deNoyelles, Robert W. Howarth, Samantha B. Joye and Mathew A. Leibold and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Val H. Smith

110 papers receiving 15.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Eutrophication: impacts of excess nutrient inputs on freshwater, marine, and terrestrial ecosystems

1999 2.3k citations Val H. Smith et al. Environmental Pollution profile →
Microbial biogeography: putting microorganisms on the map

2006 2.2k citations Jennifer B. H. Martiny, Brendan J. M. Bohannan et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
Eutrophication of freshwater and coastal marine ecosystems a global problem

2003 1.7k citations Val H. Smith Environmental Science and Pollution Research profile →
Eutrophication science: where do we go from here?

2009 1.6k citations Val H. Smith, David W. Schindler Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →
Low Nitrogen to Phosphorus Ratios Favor Dominance by Blue-Green Algae in Lake Phytoplankton

1983 1.2k citations Val H. Smith profile →
Eutrophication of freshwater and marine ecosystems

2006 514 citations Val H. Smith et al. profile →
Nitrogen, phosphorus, and eutrophication in streams

2016 457 citations Val H. Smith et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Val H. Smith United States	50	8.2k	6.8k	4.7k	3.2k	2.8k	111	16.6k
Robert G. Wetzel United States	63	8.1k 1.0×	8.6k 1.3×	5.7k 1.2×	2.3k 0.7×	3.1k 1.1×	237	17.0k
Ellen van Donk Netherlands	62	8.4k 1.0×	6.7k 1.0×	5.6k 1.2×	1.2k 0.4×	2.6k 0.9×	213	14.0k
David W. Schindler Canada	52	8.3k 1.0×	7.5k 1.1×	4.1k 0.9×	3.0k 0.9×	3.6k 1.3×	124	20.3k
Hans W. Paerl United States	56	8.5k 1.0×	6.3k 0.9×	8.5k 1.8×	1.9k 0.6×	955 0.3×	175	14.9k
Gilles Billen France	74	8.7k 1.1×	6.8k 1.0×	6.0k 1.3×	5.3k 1.6×	1.1k 0.4×	292	20.4k
JoAnn M. Burkholder United States	53	6.5k 0.8×	6.8k 1.0×	8.7k 1.9×	1.4k 0.4×	828 0.3×	143	15.5k
Tom J. Battin Switzerland	48	3.7k 0.5×	6.3k 0.9×	3.3k 0.7×	2.2k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	156	12.4k
Dag O. Hessen Norway	61	7.4k 0.9×	7.4k 1.1×	6.8k 1.4×	1.1k 0.4×	3.3k 1.2×	290	15.9k
Walter K. Dodds United States	65	9.3k 1.1×	7.9k 1.2×	2.4k 0.5×	5.7k 1.8×	5.4k 1.9×	214	16.3k
Patricia M. Glibert United States	69	8.4k 1.0×	8.6k 1.3×	14.7k 3.1×	1.7k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	216	21.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Smith, Val H., et al.. (2015). Microbiology and Ecology Are Vitally Important to Premedical Curricula. Evolution Medicine and Public Health. 2015(1). eov014–eov014. 5 indexed citations

Waal, Dedmer B. Van de, et al.. (2014). Stoichiometric regulation of phytoplankton toxins. Ecology Letters. 17(6). 736–742. 148 indexed citations

Yun, Jin‐Ho, Val H. Smith, Frank deNoyelles, Griffin W. Roberts, & Susan M. Stagg‐Williams. (2014). Freshwater Macroalgae as a Biofuels Feedstock: Mini-Review and Assessment of Their Bioenergy Potential. Industrial Biotechnology. 10(3). 212–220. 23 indexed citations

Smith, Val H.. (2014). Progress in Algae as a Feedstock for Bioproducts. Industrial Biotechnology. 10(3). 159–161. 10 indexed citations

Smith, Val H. & David W. Schindler. (2009). Eutrophication science: where do we go from here?. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 24(4). 201–207. 1616 indexed citations breakdown →

Smith, Val H., Belinda Sturm, Frank deNoyelles, & Sharon Billings. (2009). The ecology of algal biodiesel production. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 25(5). 301–309. 206 indexed citations

Dzialowski, Andrew R., et al.. (2009). Development of predictive models for geosmin-related taste and odor in Kansas, USA, drinking water reservoirs. Water Research. 43(11). 2829–2840. 81 indexed citations

Frost, Paul C., Dieter Ebert, & Val H. Smith. (2008). RESPONSES OF A BACTERIAL PATHOGEN TO PHOSPHORUS LIMITATION OF ITS AQUATIC INVERTEBRATE HOST. Ecology. 89(2). 313–318. 90 indexed citations

Horner‐Devine, M. Claire, Jessica M. Silver, Mathew A. Leibold, et al.. (2007). A COMPARISON OF TAXON CO-OCCURRENCE PATTERNS FOR MACRO- AND MICROORGANISMS. Ecology. 88(6). 1345–1353. 209 indexed citations

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Hall, Spencer R., Mathew A. Leibold, David A. Lytle, & Val H. Smith. (2007). GRAZERS, PRODUCER STOICHIOMETRY, AND THE LIGHT : NUTRIENT HYPOTHESIS REVISITED. Ecology. 88(5). 1142–1152. 39 indexed citations

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Smith, Val H.. (2007). Host resource supplies influence the dynamics and outcome of infectious disease. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 47(2). 310–316. 59 indexed citations

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Hall, Spencer R., Mathew A. Leibold, David A. Lytle, & Val H. Smith. (2006). Inedible Producers in Food Webs: Controls on Stoichiometric Food Quality and Composition of Grazers. The American Naturalist. 167(5). 628–637. 18 indexed citations

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Hessen, Dag O., B. Faafeng, Val H. Smith, Vegar Bakkestuen, & Bjørn Walseng. (2006). EXTRINSIC AND INTRINSIC CONTROLS OF ZOOPLANKTON DIVERSITY IN LAKES. Ecology. 87(2). 433–443. 105 indexed citations

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Martiny, Jennifer B. H., Brendan J. M. Bohannan, James H. Brown, et al.. (2006). Microbial biogeography: putting microorganisms on the map. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 4(2). 102–112. 2185 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smith, Val H.. (2003). Eutrophication of freshwater and coastal marine ecosystems a global problem. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 10(2). 126–139. 1656 indexed citations breakdown →

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Havens, Karl E., R. Thomas James, Therese L. East, & Val H. Smith. (2003). N:P ratios, light limitation, and cyanobacterial dominance in a subtropical lake impacted by non-point source nutrient pollution. Environmental Pollution. 122(3). 379–390. 327 indexed citations

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Foster, Bryan L., et al.. (2002). Invasibility and compositional stability in a grassland community: relationships to diversity and extrinsic factors. Oikos. 99(2). 300–307. 94 indexed citations

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Smith, Val H., et al.. (1998). Implications of resource‐ratio theory for oral microbial ecology. European Journal Of Oral Sciences. 106(2p1). 605–615. 32 indexed citations

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Smith, Val H. & Robert D. Holt. (1996). Resource competition and within-host disease dynamics. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 11(9). 386–389. 83 indexed citations

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Smith, Val H.. (1990). Effects of Nutrients and Non-algal Turbidity on Blue-green Algal Biomass in Four North Carolina Reservoirs. Lake and Reservoir Management. 6(2). 125–131. 23 indexed citations

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