David B. Smith

6.0k citations

194 papers · 4.6k · 1 hit paper · h-index 39

Impact in

Pollution top 1%
- Heavy metals in environment
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology top 0.5%
- Radioactivity and Radon Measurements

Papers in

Cell Biology 24
- Hemoglobin structure and function 21
Insect Science 20
- Insect behavior and control techniques 12

Co-authors: Stuart E. Lind (4 shared papers)Paul A. Janmey (4 shared papers)Thomas P. Stossel (3 shared papers)W. H. Cook (3 shared papers)Clemens Reimann (8 shared papers)James Bryant Reeves (1 shared paper)H L Yin (1 shared paper)John H. Hartwig (1 shared paper)
Journals: Journal of Economic Entomology (26 papers)Applied Geochemistry (15 papers)Geochemistry Exploration Environment Analysis (6 papers)Journal of Geochemical Exploration (6 papers)Tetrahedron Letters (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States Australia Canada

In The Last Decade

David B. Smith

181 papers receiving 4.1k citations

David B. Smith's Hit Papers

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Nonmuscle Actin-Binding Proteins 1985 · 550 citations

What are hit papers?

Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

1985 PubMed

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Klaus Mayer Germany

Brian E. Davies United States

Mohammad Belal Hossain Bangladesh

Xiaoyu Wang China

Andrew N. Tyler United Kingdom

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Maolin Wang China

Min Wang China

Zhiyong Zhang China

Michael J. Daly United States

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Citations per field

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×4.5 695/156

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×0.3 277/897

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×1.9 280/147

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×0.7 644/967

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1	Nonmuscle Actin-Binding Proteins PubMed ·Thomas P. Stossel, Christine Chaponnier, Robert M. Ezzell, John H. Hartwig, Paul A. Janmey, D J Kwiatkowski, Stuart E. Lind, David B. Smith Hit paper breakdown →	1985	550
2	Total synthesis of FK506 and an FKBP probe reagent, [C(8),C(9)-13C2]-FK506 Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Masashi Nakatsuka, John A. Ragan, Tarek Sammakia, David B. Smith, David Uehling, Stuart L. Schreiber	1990	211
3	Role of plasma gelsolin and the vitamin D-binding protein in clearing actin from the circulation. Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Stuart E. Lind, David B. Smith, Paul A. Janmey, Thomas P. Stossel	1986	144
4	The potential of mid- and near-infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for determining major- and trace-element concentrations in soils from a geochemical survey of North America Applied Geochemistry ·James Bryant Reeves, David B. Smith	2009	121
5	The interacting roles of climate, soils, and plant production on soil microbial communities at a continental scale Ecology ·Mark P. Waldrop, JoAnn M. Holloway, David B. Smith, Martin B. Goldhaber, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Kate M. Scow, Richard P. Dick, Daniel M. Howard	2017	108
6	Environmental geochemistry at the global scale Applied Geochemistry ·Jane A. Plant, David B. Smith, Barry Smith, Lorraine A. Williams	2001	104
7	Early detection of adverse drug events within population‐based health networks: application of sequential testing methods Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety ·Jeffrey Scott Brown, Martin Kulldorff, K. Arnold Chan, Robert Lowell Davis, David J. Graham, Parker T. Pettus, Susan E. Andrade, Marsha A. Raebel	2007	102
8	Fractionation of carrageenin Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics ·David B. Smith, W. H. Cook	1953	94
9	Depression of Gelsolin Levels and Detection of Gelsolin-Actin Complexes in Plasma of Patients with Acute Lung Injury American Review of Respiratory Disease ·Stuart E. Lind, David B. Smith, Paul A. Janmey, Thomas P. Stossel	1988	92
10	Resistance to chemotherapeutic antimetabolites: a function of salvage pathway involvement and cellular response to DNA damage British Journal of Cancer ·AR Kinsella, David B. Smith, Michael A. Pickard	1997	91
11	From geochemical prospecting to international geochemical mapping: a historical overview Geochemistry Exploration Environment Analysis ·R G Garrett, Clemens Reimann, David B. Smith, Xiaoning Xie	2008	87
12	CRIME, LOCALITIES AND THE MULTI-AGENCY APPROACH The British Journal of Criminology ·Alice Sampson, Paul Stubbs, David B. Smith, Geoffrey Pearson, Harry Blagg	1988	84
13	Quantitative Trait Loci for Germination and Malting Quality Characters in a Spring Barley Cross Crop Science ·William T. B. Thomas, Wayne Powell, John Stuart Swanston, Roger Pearson Ellis, K. J. Chalmers, U. M. Barua, PETER L. JACK, V. Lea	1996	78
14	Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, and Mercury in surface soils, Pueblo, Colorado: implications for population health risk Environmental Geochemistry and Health ·Moussa M. Diawara, Jill Litt, Dave Unis, Nicholas A. Alfonso, LeeAnne Martinez, James G. Crock, David B. Smith, James S. Carsella	2006	73
15	DROPLET SIZE AND LEAF MORPHOLOGY EFFECTS ON PESTICIDE SPRAY DEPOSITION Transactions of the ASAE ·David B. Smith, Shawn Dale Askew, William Morris, David R. Shaw, Michael Doyle Boyette	2000	72
16	Atmospheric implications of studies of Central American volcanic eruption clouds Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Richard D. Cadle, Allan L. Lazrus, Barry J. Huebert, L. E. Heidt, William I. Rose, David C. Woods, Raymond L. Chuan, Richard Edwin Stoiber	1979	71
17	SEPARATION OF THE VALYL-LEUCYL- AND VALYL-GLUTAMYL-POLYPEPTIDE CHAINS OF HORSE GLOBIN BY FRACTIONAL PRECIPITATION AND COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY Canadian Journal of Biochemistry and Physiology ·S.A. Wilson, David B. Smith	1959	69
18	Pilot studies for the North American Soil Geochemical Landscapes Project – Site selection, sampling protocols, analytical methods, and quality control protocols Applied Geochemistry ·David B. Smith, Laurel G. Woodruff, Richard M. O'Leary, William F. Cannon, R G Garrett, James E. Kilburn, Martin B. Goldhaber	2009	68
19	Physical studies on carrageenin and carrageenin fractions Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics ·David B. Smith, W. H. Cook, J. L. Neal	1954	67
20	Continental-scale patterns in soil geochemistry and mineralogy: Results from two transects across the United States and Canada Applied Geochemistry ·Laurel G. Woodruff, William F. Cannon, Dennis D. Eberl, David B. Smith, James E. Kilburn, John D. Horton, R G Garrett, Rodney A. Klassen	2009	58

About David B. Smith

David B. Smith is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Insect Science, Artificial Intelligence, Pollution and Plant Science, having authored 194 papers that have together received 4.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (35 papers), Hemoglobin structure and function (21 papers), Plant Surface Properties and Treatments (16 papers), Heavy metals in environment (16 papers), Insect behavior and control techniques (12 papers), Insect Resistance and Genetics (11 papers), Radioactivity and Radon Measurements (10 papers) and Soil Geostatistics and Mapping (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pollution (695 citations), Radiological and Ultrasound Technology (277 citations), Geochemistry and Petrology (280 citations), Cell Biology (644 citations) and Artificial Intelligence (770 citations). David B. Smith has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Stuart E. Lind, Paul A. Janmey, Thomas P. Stossel, W. H. Cook, Clemens Reimann, James Bryant Reeves, H L Yin, John H. Hartwig, Ken Scott Zaner and Christine Chaponnier. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Economic Entomology, Applied Geochemistry, Geochemistry Exploration Environment Analysis, Journal of Geochemical Exploration and Tetrahedron Letters.

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