Barbara A. Smith

10.2k citations

175 papers · 7.0k · 2 hit papers · h-index 41

Impact in

Gender Studies top 1%
Emergency Medicine top 1%
- HIV-related health complications and treatments

Papers in

Molecular Biology 27
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 19
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet 7
- Research on Leishmaniasis Studies 7

Co-authors: Patricia Bell Scott (1 shared paper)Gloria T. Hull (1 shared paper)Howard J. Cooke (2 shared papers)Elliott M. Blass (6 shared papers)Jennifer Southgate (7 shared papers)Leslie I. Katzel (5 shared papers)John D. Sorkin (5 shared papers)John J. Wasmuth (9 shared papers)
Journals: Developmental Psychology (7 papers)Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (4 papers)American Journal of Infection Control (4 papers)Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (4 papers)Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Germany

In The Last Decade

Barbara A. Smith

168 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Barbara A. Smith's Hit Papers

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Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology. 1984 · 876 citations

What are hit papers?

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.

1984 Black American Literature Forum
1982 The Journal of Negro Education

Peers

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Richard P. Hastings United Kingdom

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1	Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology. Black American Literature Forum ·C. Lynn Munro, Barbara A. Smith Hit paper breakdown →	1984	876
2	All the Women are White, All the Blacks are Men, but Some of Us are Brave-- Black Women's Studies. The Journal of Negro Education ·Dolores P. Dickerson, Gloria T. Hull, Patricia Bell Scott, Barbara A. Smith Hit paper breakdown →	1982	684
3	Randomized Clinical Trial of 3 Types of Physical Exercise for Patients With Parkinson Disease JAMA Neurology ·Lisa M. Shulman, Leslie I. Katzel, Frederick M. Ivey, John D. Sorkin, K. Favors, Karen E. Anderson, Barbara A. Smith, Stephen G. Reich, William J. Weiner, Richard F. Macko	2012	274
4	An estimate of unique DNA sequence heterozygosity in the human genome Human Genetics ·D.N. Cooper, Barbara A. Smith, Howard J. Cooke, Susanne Niemann, (unknown)	1985	251
5	Deletion of genes on chromosome 1 in endocrine neoplasia Nature ·Christopher G. Mathew, Barbara A. Smith, Karen L. Thorpe, Zeng Hao Wong, Nicola J. Royle, A. J. Jeffreys, Bruce A.J. Ponder	1987	235
6	Variability at the Telomeres of the Human X/Y Pseudoautosomal Region Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology ·Howard J. Cooke, Barbara A. Smith	1986	195
7	Methylated and unmethylated DNA compartments in the sea urchin genome Cell ·Adrian Bird, Mary Taggart, Barbara A. Smith	1979	175
8	Molecular and phenotypic analysis of patients with deletions within the deletion-rich region of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene. PubMed ·Elizabeth F. Gillard, Jeffrey S. Chamberlain, E. Gordon Murphy, Catherine Duff, Barbara A. Smith, Arthur H.M. Burghes, Margaret Thompson, Jayne S. Sutherland, I. Oss, Sharon Bodrug	1989	168
9	A highly polymorphic locus very tightly linked to the Huntington's disease gene Nature ·John J. Wasmuth, J. Hewitt, Barbara A. Smith, Denis Allard, Jonathan L. Haines, Douglas Skarecky, Eric Partlow, Michael R. Hayden	1988	131
10	Aerobic exercise: effects on parameters related to fatigue, dyspnea, weight and body composition in HIV-infected adults AIDS ·Barbara A. Smith, Judith L. Neidig, Jennie T. Nickel, G. Lynn Mitchell, Michael F. Para, Robert J. Fass	2001	125
11	Quantitative aspects of the repair of alkylated DNA in cultured mammalian cells Chemico-Biological Interactions ·J. J. Roberts, Janet M. Pascoe, Barbara A. Smith, A.R. Crathorn	1971	121
12	Genomic Confirmation of Hybridisation and Recent Inbreeding in a Vector-Isolated Leishmania Population PLoS Genetics ·Matthew B. Rogers, Tim Downing, Barbara A. Smith, Hideo Imamura, Mandy Sanders, Milena Svobodová, Petr Volf, Matthew Berriman, James A. Cotton, Deborah F. Smith	2014	118
13	Uroplakin Gene Expression by Normal and Neoplastic Human Urothelium American Journal Of Pathology ·E. Dawn Lobban, Barbara A. Smith, Geoffrey Hall, Patricia Harnden, Paul Roberts, Peter J. Selby, Ludwik K. Trejdosiewicz, Jennifer Southgate	1998	113
14	Uroplakin gene expression in normal human tissues and locally advanced bladder cancer The Journal of Pathology ·Jonathon Olsburgh, Patricia Harnden, Robert J. Weeks, Barbara A. Smith, Adrian Joyce, Geoffrey Hall, Richard Poulsom, Peter J. Selby, Jennifer Southgate	2002	110
15	Orally mediated sources of calming in 1- to 3-day-old human infants. Developmental Psychology ·Barbara A. Smith, Thomas J. Fillion, Elliott M. Blass	1990	102
16	Aerobic Exercise Training for Depressive Symptom Management in Adults Living With HIV Infection Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care ·Judith L. Neidig, Barbara A. Smith, Dale E. Brashers	2003	93
17	Activation of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ Reverses Squamous Metaplasia and Induces Transitional Differentiation in Normal Human Urothelial Cells American Journal Of Pathology ·Claire L. Varley, Jens Stahlschmidt, Barbara A. Smith, Michael J. Stower, Jennifer Southgate	2004	89
18	The stage-regulated HASPB and SHERP proteins are essential for differentiation of the protozoan parasite Leishmania major in its sand fly vector, Phlebotomus papatasi Cellular Microbiology ·Jovana Sádlová, Helen P. Price, Barbara A. Smith, Jan Votýpka, Petr Volf, Deborah F. Smith	2010	89
19	Reduced Aerobic Capacity and Physical Functioning in Older HIV-Infected Men AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses ·Krisann K. Oursler, John D. Sorkin, Barbara A. Smith, Leslie I. Katzel	2006	88
20	Cardiopulmonary Responses and Adherence to Exercise in Women Newly Diagnosed With Breast Cancer Undergoing Adjuvant Therapy Cancer Nursing ·Chun‐Ja Kim, Duck-Hee Kang, Barbara A. Smith, Kathy A. Landers	2006	87

About Barbara A. Smith

Barbara A. Smith is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Physiology, having authored 175 papers that have together received 7.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Infant Health and Development (9 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (9 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (8 papers), HIV-related health complications and treatments (8 papers), Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (7 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (7 papers), Retirement, Disability, and Employment (7 papers) and Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Gender Studies (596 citations), Emergency Medicine (341 citations), Pharmacy (170 citations), Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (158 citations) and Aging (47 citations). Barbara A. Smith has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Patricia Bell Scott, Gloria T. Hull, Howard J. Cooke, Elliott M. Blass, Jennifer Southgate, Leslie I. Katzel, John D. Sorkin, John J. Wasmuth, J. S. Brinks and G. V. Richardson. Their work appears in journals such as Developmental Psychology, Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, American Journal of Infection Control, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise and Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health.

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