W.F. Smyth

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 987 citations indexed

About

W.F. Smyth is a scholar working on Plant Science, Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, W.F. Smyth has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 987 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Plant Science, 4 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 3 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in W.F. Smyth's work include Enzyme-mediated dye degradation (4 papers), Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (4 papers) and Microbial Metabolism and Applications (3 papers). W.F. Smyth is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme-mediated dye degradation (4 papers), Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (4 papers) and Microbial Metabolism and Applications (3 papers). W.F. Smyth collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and Czechia. W.F. Smyth's co-authors include Geoff McMullan, A. Conneely, Roger Marchant, Tim Robinson, Poonam Singh Nee Nigam, İbrahim M. Banat, M. Marigo, Stefania Turrina, Franco Tagliaro and Stephen McClean and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tetrahedron and Analytica Chimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

W.F. Smyth

9 papers receiving 903 citations

Hit Papers

Microbial decolourisation and degradation of textile dyes 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 200 400 600
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. Microbial decolourisation and degradation of textile dyes
    2001 701 citations Geoff McMullan, A. Conneely et al. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W.F. Smyth United Kingdom 7 487 287 281 186 185 9 987
Norberto Manjarrez Mexico 10 346 0.7× 160 0.6× 224 0.8× 135 0.7× 129 0.7× 35 881
Herminia I. Pérez Mexico 10 338 0.7× 159 0.6× 223 0.8× 133 0.7× 131 0.7× 29 844
Aida Solı́s Mexico 10 342 0.7× 169 0.6× 227 0.8× 140 0.8× 133 0.7× 50 903
D. Brown United Kingdom 10 399 0.8× 153 0.5× 458 1.6× 144 0.8× 263 1.4× 12 1.1k
K. Swaminathan India 14 423 0.9× 96 0.3× 495 1.8× 137 0.7× 131 0.7× 22 1.2k
Sivanesan Saravana Devi India 16 255 0.5× 127 0.4× 156 0.6× 133 0.7× 164 0.9× 18 1.1k
Osman Gülnaz Türkiye 13 198 0.4× 251 0.9× 648 2.3× 177 1.0× 82 0.4× 26 1.2k
Elżbieta Grabińska-Sota Poland 13 275 0.6× 138 0.5× 111 0.4× 75 0.4× 169 0.9× 29 679
Eiichi Toorisaka Japan 20 192 0.4× 90 0.3× 267 1.0× 260 1.4× 127 0.7× 39 1.1k
Maria Aparecida Rosa Brazil 12 588 1.2× 243 0.8× 91 0.3× 95 0.5× 95 0.5× 20 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by W.F. Smyth

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Fields of papers citing papers by W.F. Smyth

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by W.F. Smyth. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by W.F. Smyth. The network helps show where W.F. Smyth may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of W.F. Smyth

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W.F. Smyth. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W.F. Smyth 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 W.F. Smyth. W.F. Smyth is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

9 of 9 papers shown
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Conneely, A., W.F. Smyth, & Geoff McMullan. (2002). Study of the white-rot fungal degradation of selected phthalocyanine dyes by capillary electrophoresis and liquid chromatography. Analytica Chimica Acta. 451(2). 259–270. 39 indexed citations
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McMullan, Geoff, A. Conneely, Tim Robinson, et al.. (2001). Microbial decolourisation and degradation of textile dyes. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 56(1-2). 81–87. 701 indexed citations breakdown →
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Smyth, W.F.. (2000). Capillary Electrophoresis in Chiral Analysis. Analytica Chimica Acta. 419(1). 118–118. 2 indexed citations
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Conneely, A., W.F. Smyth, & Geoff McMullan. (1999). Metabolism of the phthalocyanine textile dye remazol turquoise blue byPhanerochaete chrysosporium. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 179(2). 333–337. 63 indexed citations
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Smyth, W.F., et al.. (1996). Large-volume sample stacking of selected drugs of forensic significance by capillary electrophoresis. Journal of Chromatography B Biomedical Sciences and Applications. 681(1). 125–131. 71 indexed citations
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McMullan, Geoff, et al.. (1996). Decolourisation and metabolism of the reactive textile dye, Remazol Black B, by an immobilized microbial consortium. Biotechnology Letters. 18(5). 527–530. 61 indexed citations
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Tagliaro, Franco, et al.. (1995). Capillary electrophoresis: a new tool in forensic toxicology. Applications and prospects in hair analysis for illicit drugs. Forensic Science International. 70(1-3). 93–104. 28 indexed citations
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Ames, D. E., et al.. (1983). Reaction of 2-acylphenylselenocyanates with hydroxylamine and phenylhydrazine. Tetrahedron. 39(5). 831–833. 6 indexed citations

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