William R. Smith

16.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
348 papers, 13.1k citations indexed

About

William R. Smith is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, William R. Smith has authored 348 papers receiving a total of 13.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 163 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 114 papers in Materials Chemistry and 85 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in William R. Smith's work include Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (123 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (79 papers) and Thermodynamic properties of mixtures (75 papers). William R. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (123 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (79 papers) and Thermodynamic properties of mixtures (75 papers). William R. Smith collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. William R. Smith's co-authors include Timothy R. Forester, Ivó Nezbeda, Ilian T. Todorov, Douglas Henderson, Martin T. Dove, Martin Lı́sal, Kostya Trachenko, P. Mark Rodger, Chin W. Yong and H.M. Gerard and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, JAMA and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

William R. Smith

342 papers receiving 12.6k citations

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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.

DL_POLY_2.0: A general-purpose parallel molecular dynamics simulation package

1996 2.0k citations William R. Smith, Timothy R. Forester Journal of Molecular Graphics profile →
DL_POLY_3: new dimensions in molecular dynamics simulations via massive parallelism

2006 956 citations Ilian T. Todorov, William R. Smith et al. Journal of Materials Chemistry profile →
DL_POLY: Application to molecular simulation

2002 531 citations William R. Smith, Chin W. Yong et al. profile →
Analysis of Interdigital Surface Wave Transducers by Use of an Equivalent Circuit Model

1969 518 citations William R. Smith et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Stoichiometric and non-stoichiometric methods for modeling gasification and other reaction equilibria: A review of their foundations and their interconvertibility 2023 ·Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews ·William R. Smith, (unknown), Allan M. M. Leal	6
2	An overview of computational methods for chemical equilibrium and kinetic calculations for geochemical and reactive transport modeling 2017 ·Pure and Applied Chemistry ·Allan M. M. Leal, Dmitrii A. Kulik, William R. Smith, Martin O. Saar	59
3	Application of molecular simulations: Insight into liquid bridging and jetting phenomena 2015 ·Condensed Matter Physics ·(unknown), Jan Jirsák, Filip Moučka, William R. Smith	6
4	Structural Behaviour of 2-Hydroxypropyl-β-Cyclodextrin in Water: Molecular Dynamics Simulation Studies 2007 ·Pharmaceutical Research ·Chin W. Yong, C. Washington, William R. Smith	57
5	The DL POLY 2 user manual 2006 ·William R. Smith, (unknown), (unknown)	0
6	A DAFT DL_POLY distributed memory adaptation of the Smoothed Particle Mesh Ewald method 2006 ·Computer Physics Communications ·Ian J. Bush, Ilian T. Todorov, William R. Smith	43
7	Surface diffusion and surface growth in nanofilms of mixed rocksalt oxides 2005 ·Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·David Harris, (unknown), John H. Harding, M. Yu. Lavrentiev, Neil L. Allan, William R. Smith, John A. Purton	12
8	New accurate binary hard sphere mixture radial distribution functions at contact and a new equation of state 2002 ·Molecular Physics ·(unknown), William R. Smith	14
9	Binary hard-sphere solute-solvent radial distribution function in the colloidal limit: exact calculation from an equation of state 2002 ·Molecular Physics ·(unknown), William R. Smith	6
10	Direct Monte Carlo simulation methods for nonreacting and reacting systems at fixed total internal energy or enthalpy 2002 ·Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics ·William R. Smith, Martin Lı́sal	12
11	The behaviour of liquid alkanes near interfaces 2000 ·Molecular Physics ·Paul E. Smith, R. M. Lynden‐Bell, William R. Smith	28
12	SHAKE, rattle, and roll: Efficient constraint algorithms for linked rigid bodies 2000 ·Journal of Computational Chemistry ·Timothy R. Forester, William R. Smith	58
13	Yield, Selectivity, and All That 2000 ·Chemical Engineering Education ·R. W. Missen, William R. Smith	3
14	Molecular dynamics study of the high temperature fusion of TiO2 nanoclusters 1997 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry ·David R. Collins, William R. Smith, N. M. Harrison, Timothy R. Forester	17
15	DL_POLY_2.0: A general-purpose parallel molecular dynamics simulation package breakdown → 1996 ·Journal of Molecular Graphics ·William R. Smith, Timothy R. Forester	1990
16	Molecular dynamics simulations of valinomycin and its potassium complex in homogeneous solvents 1996 ·Biophysical Journal ·Timothy R. Forester, William R. Smith, J. H. R. Clarke	6
17	What Is Chemical Stoichiometry 1979 ·Chemical Engineering Education ·William R. Smith, R. W. Missen	6
18	Hypothalamic regulation of pituitary secretion of luteinizing hormone 1976 ·Bulletin of Mathematical Biology ·(unknown), I.W. Richardson, A.A. Simpson, William R. Smith	8
19	Signal Processing Element Functional Description. Part 2 (Preliminary). Signal Processing Arithmetic Unit 1972 ·Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) ·William R. Smith, (unknown)	2
20	Transition potentials for (d, p) reactions 1969 ·Nuclear Physics A ·William R. Smith	16

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