WL Smith

808 total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 600 citations indexed

About

WL Smith is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, WL Smith has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 600 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Surgery, 8 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 3 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in WL Smith's work include Tracheal and airway disorders (4 papers), Esophageal and GI Pathology (3 papers) and Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments (2 papers). WL Smith is often cited by papers focused on Tracheal and airway disorders (4 papers), Esophageal and GI Pathology (3 papers) and Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments (2 papers). WL Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. WL Smith's co-authors include W. T. Cooke, EA Franken, Yutaka Satō, Nathan Becker, Charles Oxnard, Sarah Quirk, Donald A. Girod, Roger A. Hurwitz, W T Yuh and Simon C. Kao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Brain and American Journal of Roentgenology.

In The Last Decade

WL Smith

20 papers receiving 555 citations

Hit Papers

NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH ADULT CELIAC DISEASE 1966 2026 1986 2006 1966 50 100 150 200 250
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. NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH ADULT CELIAC DISEASE
    1966 274 citations W. T. Cooke, WL Smith Brain profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
WL Smith United States 11 219 204 147 136 67 20 600
Cynthia Trevenen Canada 15 648 3.0× 126 0.6× 294 2.0× 168 1.2× 95 1.4× 47 1.1k
Aslam R. Siddiqui United States 17 365 1.7× 136 0.7× 141 1.0× 87 0.6× 19 0.3× 48 860
Samuel Sostre United States 14 862 3.9× 380 1.9× 444 3.0× 118 0.9× 40 0.6× 44 1.4k
Ajay Sharma India 17 223 1.0× 59 0.3× 82 0.6× 81 0.6× 29 0.4× 60 699
Isabella Moore United Kingdom 16 196 0.9× 30 0.1× 164 1.1× 101 0.7× 111 1.7× 39 674
Bokyung Kim Han United States 16 300 1.4× 32 0.2× 232 1.6× 54 0.4× 44 0.7× 33 732
T. Owman Sweden 15 357 1.6× 56 0.3× 146 1.0× 209 1.5× 8 0.1× 44 726
Shunsuke Minami Japan 11 189 0.9× 23 0.1× 125 0.9× 111 0.8× 58 0.9× 15 679
Amit Sachdev United States 13 393 1.8× 164 0.8× 131 0.9× 103 0.8× 17 0.3× 31 692
Guy Wilms Belgium 12 113 0.5× 22 0.1× 98 0.7× 112 0.8× 43 0.6× 44 536

Countries citing papers authored by WL Smith

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Fields of papers citing papers by WL Smith

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of WL Smith

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Quirk, Sarah, Leigh Conroy, & WL Smith. (2014). Sci—Thur PM: Planning & Delivery — 04: Respiratory margin derivation and verification in partial breast irradiation. Medical Physics. 41(8Part2). 6–6. 1 indexed citations
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Quirk, Sarah, Nathan Becker, & WL Smith. (2013). External respiratory motion analysis and statistics for patients and volunteers. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 14(2). 90–101. 39 indexed citations
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Kao, Simon C., M Waziri, WL Smith, et al.. (1989). MR imaging of the craniovertebral junction, cranium, and brain in children with achondroplasia. American Journal of Roentgenology. 153(3). 565–569. 54 indexed citations
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Satō, Yutaka, et al.. (1988). Balloon dilatation of esophageal stenosis in children. American Journal of Roentgenology. 150(3). 639–642. 29 indexed citations
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Smith, WL, et al.. (1987). Chronic airway obstruction in children: evaluation with cine-CT. American Journal of Roentgenology. 148(2). 347–352. 24 indexed citations
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Smith, WL, et al.. (1985). Splenic flexure volvulus: a complication of pseudoobstruction in infancy. American Journal of Roentgenology. 145(6). 1303–1304. 10 indexed citations
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Snow, Jennifer, et al.. (1985). Localized pulmonary lymphangiectasia. American Journal of Roentgenology. 145(2). 269–270. 8 indexed citations
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Franken, EA, et al.. (1983). The visiting lectureship in radiology: an evaluation. American Journal of Roentgenology. 140(4). 803–805. 3 indexed citations
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Franken, EA, et al.. (1982). Nephroblastomatosis: clinicopathologic significance and imaging characteristics. American Journal of Roentgenology. 138(5). 950–952. 16 indexed citations
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Franken, EA, et al.. (1982). Femoral artery spasm in children: catheter size is the principal cause. American Journal of Roentgenology. 138(2). 295–298. 57 indexed citations
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Smith, WL, et al.. (1982). Percutaneous aspiration of retropharyngeal space in neonates. American Journal of Roentgenology. 139(5). 1005–1006. 5 indexed citations
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Smith, WL, et al.. (1981). Budd-Chiari syndrome caused by hepatic torsion. American Journal of Roentgenology. 137(2). 393–394. 18 indexed citations
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Franken, EA, et al.. (1978). Percutaneous cholangiography in infants. American Journal of Roentgenology. 130(6). 1057–1058. 8 indexed citations
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Franken, EA, et al.. (1978). Acute gastric dilatation in neglected children. American Journal of Roentgenology. 130(2). 297–299. 10 indexed citations
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Smith, WL, et al.. (1978). Chest film diagnosis of patent ductus arteriosus in infants with hyaline membrane disease. American Journal of Roentgenology. 130(6). 1149–1151. 4 indexed citations
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Smith, WL, et al.. (1977). Radiodense liver in transfusion hemochromatosis. American Journal of Roentgenology. 128(2). 316–317. 2 indexed citations
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Smith, WL, et al.. (1977). Fluid-filled cystic adenomatoid malformation. American Journal of Roentgenology. 129(2). 323–325. 8 indexed citations
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Cooke, W. T. & WL Smith. (1966). NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH ADULT CELIAC DISEASE. Brain. 89(4). 683–722. 274 indexed citations breakdown →
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Oxnard, Charles & WL Smith. (1966). Neurological Degeneration and Reduced Serum Vitamin B12-Levels in Captive Monkeys. Nature. 210(5035). 507–509. 25 indexed citations
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