William C. Smith

20.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
313 papers, 14.8k citations indexed

About

William C. Smith is a scholar working on Animal Science and Zoology, Molecular Biology and Small Animals. According to data from OpenAlex, William C. Smith has authored 313 papers receiving a total of 14.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Animal Science and Zoology, 62 papers in Molecular Biology and 29 papers in Small Animals. Recurrent topics in William C. Smith's work include Animal Nutrition and Physiology (65 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (45 papers) and Meat and Animal Product Quality (40 papers). William C. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Animal Nutrition and Physiology (65 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (45 papers) and Meat and Animal Product Quality (40 papers). William C. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand. William C. Smith's co-authors include Richard M. Harland, W. A. Chambers, Amudha Poobalan, Blair H. Smith, Lorna Aucott, Richard M. Harland, Paul J. Moughan, Kay Penny, Alison M. Elliott and Hugh Tunstall‐Pedoe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

William C. Smith

306 papers receiving 14.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Expression cloning of noggin, a new dorsalizing factor localized to the Spemann organizer in Xenopus embryos

1992 991 citations William C. Smith et al. profile →
The epidemiology of chronic pain in the community

1999 918 citations William C. Smith et al. profile →
Systematic review of the long-term effects and economic consequences of treatments for obesity and implications for health improvement

2004 766 citations William C. Smith et al. profile →
Incidence and Outcomes in Acute Kidney Injury

2007 638 citations William C. Smith et al. profile →
Injected Xwnt-8 RNA acts early in Xenopus embryos to promote formation of a vegetal dorsalizing center

1991 558 citations William C. Smith et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William C. Smith United Kingdom	58	4.2k	1.8k	1.7k	1.6k	1.6k	313	14.8k
David S. Miller United States	81	5.1k 1.2×	1.9k 1.0×	2.6k 1.6×	724 0.4×	2.3k 1.5×	658	26.3k
David W. Smith United States	72	3.5k 0.8×	2.6k 1.5×	2.7k 1.6×	889 0.5×	2.4k 1.5×	589	22.9k
Robert S. Hoffman United States	71	2.7k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	906 0.6×	684	19.5k
Jean‐Marc Kaufman Belgium	71	4.8k 1.2×	1.8k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	2.4k 1.5×	2.2k 1.3×	312	20.2k
Christina Wang United States	67	4.3k 1.0×	3.8k 2.1×	1.1k 0.6×	1.8k 1.1×	906 0.6×	301	17.9k
David A. Williams United States	82	4.9k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	2.5k 1.5×	7.2k 4.4×	3.5k 2.2×	614	26.6k
Steven H. Zeisel United States	86	7.4k 1.8×	2.9k 1.6×	1.2k 0.7×	470 0.3×	4.1k 2.6×	348	23.7k
Robert A. Gibson Australia	64	2.5k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	272 0.2×	2.4k 1.5×	423	16.9k
Markus J. Seibel Australia	78	3.8k 0.9×	2.5k 1.4×	2.5k 1.5×	662 0.4×	3.0k 1.9×	509	21.6k
Andrea Lenzi Italy	74	5.6k 1.3×	3.8k 2.1×	2.6k 1.6×	1.8k 1.1×	2.4k 1.5×	700	25.4k

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Matthysse, Ann G., Karine Deschet, Melanie Williams, et al.. (2004). A functional cellulose synthase from ascidian epidermis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(4). 986–991. 92 indexed citations

Moughan, Paul J., et al.. (1991). Chromic oxide and acid‐insoluble ash as faecal markers in digestibility studies with young growing pigs. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 34(1). 85–88. 33 indexed citations

Smith, William C., Paul J. Moughan, & K. A. C. James. (1990). Comparative apparent ileal digestibility of amino acids in a mixed meal diet measured with the growing rat and pig. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 33(4). 669–671. 10 indexed citations

Smith, William C. & G. Pearson. (1989). Partial and total replacement of barley by triticale in diets for growing pigs. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 32(3). 447–452.

Smith, William C., et al.. (1989). Effect of inclusion rate of peas ( Pisum sativum var. Pania) in the diet on the performance of growing pigs. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 32(1). 117–120. 2 indexed citations

Smits, C. H. M., Paul J. Moughan, & William C. Smith. (1988). Chemical whole‐body composition of the 20 kg liveweight growing pig. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 31(2). 155–157. 5 indexed citations

Smith, William C. & G. Pearson. (1988). Comparative growth performance, carcass characteristics, and meat quality of pigs sired by Hampshire and Landrace boars. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 31(3). 307–310. 2 indexed citations

Moughan, Paul J. & William C. Smith. (1987). Whole‐body amino acid composition of the growing pig. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 30(3). 301–303. 11 indexed citations

Moughan, Paul J., William C. Smith, & Arie K. Kies. (1987). Endogenous urinary metabolite excretion in the growing pig. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 30(2). 183–187. 8 indexed citations

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James, K. A. C., et al.. (1987). Nutritional evaluation of two New Zealand cultivars of triticale (‘Aranui’ and ‘Karere’) using the rat, pig, and cockerel. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 30(2). 159–168. 3 indexed citations

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Smith, William C., Paul J. Moughan, & G. Pearson. (1986). Effect on pig performance of decreasing amino acid levels in practical grower diets of equal lysine content. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 29(2). 243–248. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, William C. & G. Pearson. (1986). Comparative voluntary feed intakes, growth performance, carcass composition, and meat quality of Large White, Landrace, and Duroc pigs. New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science. 14(1). 43–50. 28 indexed citations

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Smith, William C., et al.. (1985). Determination and assessment of apparent ileal amino acid digestibility coefficients for the growing pig. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 28(3). 365–370. 37 indexed citations

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Pearson, G., et al.. (1985). Influence of dietary zeolite on pig performance over the liveweight range 25–87 kg. New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science. 13(2). 151–154. 12 indexed citations

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Moughan, Paul J. & William C. Smith. (1984). Assessment of a balance of dietary amino acids required to maximise protein utilisation in the growing pig (20–80 kg liveweight). New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 27(3). 341–347. 21 indexed citations

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Moughan, Paul J. & William C. Smith. (1984). Prediction of dietary protein quality based on a model of the digestion and metabolism of nitrogen in the growing pig. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 27(4). 501–507. 29 indexed citations

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Moughan, Paul J., William C. Smith, & K. A. C. James. (1984). Preliminary observations on the use of the rat as a model for the pig in the determination of apparent digestibility of dietary protein. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 27(4). 509–512. 30 indexed citations

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Kirkwood, R. N., William C. Smith, & K. R. Lapwood. (1983). Effect of partial weaning of piglets on lactational oestrus and sow and piglet body weight changes. New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science. 11(3). 231–233. 10 indexed citations

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Holmes, C. W., et al.. (1983). Some comparative aspects of the energy and nitrogen metabolism of Large White and Duroc female pigs during growth. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 26(4). 447–450. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, William C. & Iain L. Campbell. (1960). Sodium metabisulphite as an additive in silage making. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 3(6). 1027–1037. 2 indexed citations

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