J. A. Smith

47.8k citations
127 papers · 3.3k · 1 hit paper · h-index 25

Impact in

  • Instrumentation top 1%
    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics top 2%
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
    • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
    • Astro and Planetary Science

Papers in

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 42
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 33
    • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 13
    • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 10
    • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 10
  • Instrumentation 22
    • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 22
Co-authors
David B. Morton (3 shared papers)J. Brinkmann (5 shared papers)T. D. Oswalt (10 shared papers)M. A. Wood (4 shared papers)Donald P. Schneider (4 shared papers)D. L. Tucker (13 shared papers)Chris Stoughton (3 shared papers)B. Yanny (2 shared papers)
Journals
The Astrophysical Journal (12 papers)The Astronomical Journal (10 papers)Modern Law Review (3 papers)Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England (3 papers)Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (3 papers)
Partner nations
United StatesUnited KingdomChile

In The Last Decade

J. A. Smith

103 papers receiving 3.1k citations

J. A. Smith's Hit Papers

Lymphoma incidence, survival and prevalence 2004–2014: sub-type analyses from the UK’s Haematological Malignancy Research Network 2015 · 289 citations
2890+3+7Years since publication50100150200250
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.
  1. 2015 British Journal of Cancer

Peers

J. A. Smith
Comparison fields: 5 of 159
  • Instrumentation 615
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 1.5k
  • Atmospheric Science 586
  • Global and Planetary Change 564
  • Behavioral Neuroscience 55
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R. C. Smith United States
R. P. Norris Australia
Kei May Lau Hong Kong
Marvin R. Querry United States
James B. Abshire United States
D. K. Lynch United States
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All Works

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The Sloan Digital Sky Survey View of the Palomar-Green Bright Quasar Survey
The Astronomical Journal ·Sebastian Jester, Donald P. Schneider, Gordon T. Richards, Richard F. Green, Maarten Schmidt, Patrick B. Hall, Michael A. Strauss, D. E. vanden Berk, Chris Stoughton, James E. Gunn, J. Brinkmann, S. Kent, J. A. Smith, D. L. Tucker, B. Yanny
2005383
2
Lymphoma incidence, survival and prevalence 2004–2014: sub-type analyses from the UK’s Haematological Malignancy Research Network
British Journal of Cancer ·J. A. Smith, Simon Crouch, S. Lax, J Li, Dan Painter, Debra Howell, Russell Patmore, Andrew Jack, Eve Roman
Hit paper breakdown →		2015289
3
The Lambertian assumption and Landsat data.
Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing ·J. A. Smith, Tianfu Lin, K. L. Ranson
1980271
4
Stellar Population Studies with the SDSS. I. The Vertical Distribution of Stars in the Milky Way
The Astrophysical Journal ·Bing Chen, Chris Stoughton, J. A. Smith, Alan Uomoto, Jeffrey R. Pier, B. Yanny, Željko Ivezić, Donald G. York, John E. Anderson, J. Annis, J. Brinkmann, István Csabai, M. Fukugita, Robert B. Hindsley, Robert H. Lupton, Jeffrey A. Munn
2001231
5
The assimilation of AIRS radiance data at ECMWF
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society ·A. P. McNally, P. D. Watts, J. A. Smith, Richard Engelen, Graeme Kelly, Jean‐Noël Thépaut, Marco Matricardi
2006204
6
Infrared Photometry of Late‐M, L, and T Dwarfs
The Astrophysical Journal ·S. K. Leggett, D. A. Golimowski, Xiaohui Fan, T. R. Geballe, G. R. Knapp, J. Brinkmann, István Csabai, James E. Gunn, Suzanne L. Hawley, Todd J. Henry, Robert B. Hindsley, Željko Ivezić, Robert H. Lupton, Jeffrey R. Pier, Donald P. Schneider, J. A. Smith, Michael A. Strauss, Alan Uomoto, Donald G. York
2002193
7
A lower limit of 9.5 Gyr on the age of the Galactic disk from the oldest white dwarf stars
Nature ·T. D. Oswalt, J. A. Smith, M. A. Wood, P. Hintzen
1996139
8
Atomic Layer Deposition of SiO2 and TiO2 in Alumina Tubular Membranes:  Pore Reduction and Effect of Surface Species on Gas Transport
Langmuir ·M. A. Cameron, I. P. Gartland, J. A. Smith, S.F. Diaz, Steven M. George
2000138
9
Stress measurements in mice after transportation
Laboratory Animals ·J. S. Tuli, J. A. Smith, David B. Morton
1995130
10
The White Dwarf Luminosity Function from Sloan Digital Sky Survey Imaging Data
The Astronomical Journal ·Hugh C. Harris, Jeffrey A. Munn, Mukremin Kilic, James Liebert, Kurtis A. Williams, Ted von Hippel, S. E. Levine, D. G. Monet, Daniel J. Eisenstein, S. J. Kleinman, Τ. S. Metcalfe, A. Nitta, D. E. Winget, J. Brinkmann, M. Fukugita, G. R. Knapp, Robert H. Lupton, J. A. Smith, Donald P. Schneider
2006112
11
Linear spectral random mixture analysis for hyperspectral imagery
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·Chein‐I Chang, Shao-Shan Chiang, J. A. Smith, I.W. Ginsberg
200278
12
Temperature and salinity dependence of sea surface emissivity in the thermal infrared
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society ·Stuart M. Newman, J. A. Smith, Martin D. Glew, Stuart Rogers, Jonathan P. Taylor
200573
13
Where Are the Magnetic White Dwarfs with Detached, Nondegenerate Companions?
The Astronomical Journal ·James Liebert, Dayal T. Wickramsinghe, Gary D. Schmidt, Nicole M. Silvestri, Suzanne L. Hawley, Paula Szkody, Lilia Ferrario, R. F. Webbink, T. D. Oswalt, J. A. Smith, Mara P. Lemagie
200564
14
Formation of large (≃100 μm) ice crystals near the tropical tropopause
Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·E. J. Jensen, L. Pfister, T. P. Bui, R. Paul Lawson, Barry Baker, Q. Mo, Darrel Baumgardner, E. M. Weinstock, J. B. Smith, E. J. Moyer, T. F. Hanisco, D. S. Sayres, Jason M. St. Clair, M. Joan Alexander, O. B. Toon, J. A. Smith
200852
15
White Dwarfs in Common Proper Motion Binary Systems: Mass Distribution and Kinematics
The Astronomical Journal ·Nicole M. Silvestri, T. D. Oswalt, M. A. Wood, J. A. Smith, I. Neill Reid, E. M. Sion
200152
16
Corticosterone, adrenal and spleen weight in mice after tail bleeding, and its effect on nearby animals
Laboratory Animals ·J. S. Tuli, J. A. Smith, David B. Morton
199550
17
A Second Stellar Color Locus: a Bridge from White Dwarfs to M stars
The Astrophysical Journal ·V. Smolčić, Željko Ivezić, G. R. Knapp, Robert H. Lupton, K. Pavlovski, Saša Ilijić, David J. Schlegel, J. A. Smith, P. McGehee, Nicole M. Silvestri, Suzanne L. Hawley, Constance M. Rockosi, James E. Gunn, Michael A. Strauss, Xiaohui Fan, Daniel J. Eisenstein, Hugh C. Harris
200443
18
The Development of an Airborne Infrared Interferometer for Meteorological Sounding Studies
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology ·Steven H. S. Wilson, Nigel Atkinson, J. A. Smith
199942
19
Guidelines for the excision of cutaneous squamous cell cancers in the United Kingdom: The best cut is the deepest
Journal of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery ·Aadil Khan, M. Potter, Jonathan Cubitt, Ben Khoda, J. A. Smith, E.H. Wright, G.V. Scerri, A. Crick, Oliver Cassell, P.G. Budny
201337
20
A cloud‐detection scheme for use with satellite sounding radiances in the context of data assimilation for numerical weather prediction
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society ·Stephen English, J. R. Eyre, J. A. Smith
199936

About J. A. Smith

J. A. Smith is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Aerospace Engineering, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change, having authored 127 papers that have together received 3.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (33 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (22 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (13 papers), Calibration and Measurement Techniques (11 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (10 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (10 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (10 papers) and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (615 citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (1.5k citations), Atmospheric Science (586 citations), Global and Planetary Change (564 citations) and Behavioral Neuroscience (55 citations). J. A. Smith has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Chile. Frequent co-authors include David B. Morton, J. Brinkmann, T. D. Oswalt, M. A. Wood, Donald P. Schneider, D. L. Tucker, Chris Stoughton, B. Yanny, Michael A. Strauss and James E. Gunn. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, The Astronomical Journal, Modern Law Review, Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England and Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society.

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