Alan G. Smith

7.4k citations

109 papers · 4.4k · 1 hit paper · h-index 32

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Geophysics top 1%
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- earthquake and tectonic studies
Geology top 0.5%
- Geological and Geophysical Studies

Papers in

Molecular Biology 48
- Plant Reproductive Biology 22
- Plant tissue culture and regeneration 19
- Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies 8
Plant Science 46
- Plant Molecular Biology Research 16
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations 8

Co-authors: James E. Everett (1 shared paper)E. C. Bullard (1 shared paper)A. Hallam (1 shared paper)M. L. Brenner (3 shared papers)Roy Livermore (5 shared papers)Amparo Sanz (1 shared paper)Fei Wang (1 shared paper)F. J. Vine (3 shared papers)
Journals: Geological Society London Special Publications (6 papers)PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (5 papers)Journal of Plant Physiology (4 papers)Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology (4 papers)Physiologia Plantarum (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Canada

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Alan G. Smith

108 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Alan G. Smith's Hit Papers

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The fit of the continents around the Atlantic 1965 · 925 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1965 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences

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1	The fit of the continents around the Atlantic Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·E. C. Bullard, James E. Everett, Alan G. Smith Hit paper breakdown →	1965	925
2	The Fit of the Southern Continents Nature ·Alan G. Smith, A. Hallam	1970	443
3	Alpine Deformation and the Oceanic Areas of the Tethys, Mediterranean, and Atlantic Geological Society of America Bulletin ·Alan G. Smith	1971	295
4	Sucrose Synthase, Starch Accumulation, and Tomato Fruit Sink Strength PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Fei Wang, Amparo Sanz, M. L. Brenner, Alan G. Smith	1993	259
5	Isolation and Sequencing of Tomato Fruit Sucrose Synthase cDNA PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Fei Wang, Alan G. Smith, M. L. Brenner	1993	123
6	Meiosis-specific gene discovery in plants: RNA-Seq applied to isolated Arabidopsis male meiocytes BMC Plant Biology ·Changbin Chen, Andrew Farmer, Raymond J. Langley, Joann Mudge, John Crow, Gregory D. May, James J. A. Huntley, Alan G. Smith, Ernest F. Retzel	2010	114
7	Plate motions and the geomagnetic field -- II. Jurassic to Tertiary Geophysical Journal International ·Roy Livermore, F. J. Vine, Alan G. Smith	1984	93
8	Cloning and characterization of Tag 1, a tobacco anther ?-1,3-glucanase expressed during tetrad dissolution Plant Molecular Biology ·Paul A. Bucciaglia, Alan G. Smith	1994	78
9	Archaeology and the Flora of the British Isles. Journal of Ecology ·Alan G. Smith, Mary Jones	1989	71
10	Plate motions and the geomagnetic field -- I. Quaternary and late Tertiary Geophysical Journal International ·Roy Livermore, F. J. Vine, Alan G. Smith	1983	70
11	Reconstruction of Holocene vegetation history in three dimensions at Waun-Fignen-Felen, an upland site in South Wales Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·Alan G. Smith, E. W. Cloutman	1988	62
12	Temporal and Spatial Expression Pattern of Sucrose Synthase during Tomato Fruit Development PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Fei Wang, Alan G. Smith, M. L. Brenner	1994	59
13	Heat Stress Effects on Protein Accumulation of Maize Endosperm Crop Science ·P. Monjardino, Alan G. Smith, Robert J. Jones	2005	57
14	Identificaton and characterization of stamen- and tapetum-specific genes from tomato Molecular and General Genetics MGG ·Alan G. Smith, Charles S. Gasser, Kim A. Budelier, Robert T. Fraley	1990	52
15	Opening of the Atlantic Ocean Nature ·B. M. Funnell, Alan G. Smith	1968	49
16	Regulation of a stylar transmitting tissue-specific gene in wild-type and transgenic tomato and tobacco Molecular and General Genetics MGG ·Kim A. Budelier, Alan G. Smith, Charles S. Gasser	1990	49
17	Pangea in Permian to Jurassic time Tectonophysics ·Alan G. Smith, Roy Livermore	1991	49
18	Climatically Controlled Sediments, the Geomagnetic Field, and Trade Wind Belts in Phanerozoic Time The Journal of Geology ·G. E. Drewry, A. T. S. Ramsay, Alan G. Smith	1974	45
19	Gondwana: Its shape, size and position from Cambrian toTriassic times Journal of African Earth Sciences ·Alan G. Smith	1999	44
20	What status for the Quaternary? Boreas ·Philip L. Gibbard, Alan G. Smith, Jan Zalasiewicz, Tiffany L. Barry, David J. Cantrill, Angela L. Coe, John C. W. Cope, Andrew S. Gale, F. John Gregory, J. H. Powell, Peter F. Rawson, P. Stone, Colin N. Waters	2005	43

About Alan G. Smith

Alan G. Smith is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Paleontology, Atmospheric Science and Geophysics, having authored 109 papers that have together received 4.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant Reproductive Biology (22 papers), Plant tissue culture and regeneration (19 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (18 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (16 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (12 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (11 papers), Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (8 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geophysics (1.7k citations), Geology (570 citations), Paleontology (661 citations), Earth-Surface Processes (383 citations) and Atmospheric Science (983 citations). Alan G. Smith has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include James E. Everett, E. C. Bullard, A. Hallam, M. L. Brenner, Roy Livermore, Amparo Sanz, Fei Wang, F. J. Vine, Fei Wang and Mary Jones. Their work appears in journals such as Geological Society London Special Publications, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, Journal of Plant Physiology, Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology and Physiologia Plantarum.

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