Michael J. Smith

23.1k citations

279 papers · 20.3k · 5 hit papers · h-index 72

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
- RNA Research and Splicing
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Fungal and yeast genetics research
Genetics top 0.5%
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

Papers in

Molecular Biology 149
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry 40
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 38
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques 22
- Fungal and yeast genetics research 16
Ecology 53
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation 16

Co-authors: Mark J. Zoller (8 shared papers)Michel Goedert (15 shared papers)Masato Hasegawa (6 shared papers)Shirley Su Gillam (16 shared papers)R. Anthony Crowther (9 shared papers)Ross Jakes (8 shared papers)Clyde A. Hutchison (4 shared papers)Gordon L. E. Koch (5 shared papers)
Journals: Nucleic Acids Research (19 papers)Molecular and Cellular Biology (12 papers)Cell (11 papers)Nature (9 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (8 papers)
Partner nations: Canada United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Michael J. Smith

276 papers receiving 18.7k citations

Michael J. Smith's Hit Papers

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Assembly of microtubule-associated protein tau into Alzheimer-like filaments induced by sulphated glycosaminoglycans 1996 · 884 citations

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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.

1996 Nature
1984 DNA
1983 Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology
1982 Nucleic Acids Research
1977 Nature

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1	Nucleotide sequence of bacteriophage φX174 DNA Nature ·Frederick Sanger, Gillian M. Air, BARCLAY G. BARRELL, Nathan Brown, Alan R. Coulson, John C. Fiddes, Clyde A. Hutchison, Patrick M. Slocombe Hit paper breakdown →	1977	1284
2	[32] Oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis of DNA fragments cloned into M13 vectors Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Mark J. Zoller, Michael J. Smith Hit paper breakdown →	1983	1038
3	Assembly of microtubule-associated protein tau into Alzheimer-like filaments induced by sulphated glycosaminoglycans Nature ·Michel Goedert, Ross Jakes, M. G. Spillantini, Masato Hasegawa, Michael J. Smith, R. Anthony Crowther Hit paper breakdown →	1996	884
4	Oligonucleotide-Directed Mutagenesis: A Simple Method Using Two Oligonucleotide Primers and a Single-Stranded DNA Template DNA ·Mark J. Zoller, Michael J. Smith Hit paper breakdown →	1984	857
5	Oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis using M13-derived vectors: an efficient and general procedure for the production of point mutations in any fragment of DNA Nucleic Acids Research ·Mark J. Zoller, Michael J. Smith Hit paper breakdown →	1982	712
6	Abundant Tau Filaments and Nonapoptotic Neurodegeneration in Transgenic Mice Expressing Human P301S Tau Protein Journal of Neuroscience ·Bridget Allen, Esther Ingram, Takao Masaki, Michael J. Smith, Ross Jakes, Kanwar Virdee, Hirotaka Yoshida, Max Holzer	2002	614
7	Tau proteins with FTDP‐17 mutations have a reduced ability to promote microtubule assembly FEBS Letters ·Masato Hasegawa, Michael J. Smith, Michel Goedert	1998	416
8	High-quality male field crickets invest heavily in sexual display but die young Nature ·John Hunt, Robert C. Brooks, Michael D. Jennions, Michael J. Smith, Caroline L. Bentsen, Luc F. Bussière	2004	409
9	Mutagenesis at a specific position in a DNA sequence. Journal of Biological Chemistry ·CLYDE A. JUN. HUTCHISON, Sierra G. Phillips, Marshall H. Edgell, S Gillam, Patricia Jahnke, Michael J. Smith	1978	403
10	Sequence of the gene for iso-l-cytochrome c in saccharomyces cerevisiae Cell ·Michael J. Smith, David W. M. Leung, Shirley Su Gillam, Caroline R. Astell, Donna L. Montgomery, Benjamin D. Hall	1979	332
11	Redesigning enzyme structure by site-directed mutagenesis: tyrosyl tRNA synthetase and ATP binding Nature ·Greg P. Winter, Alan Roy Fersht, Anthony J. Wilkinson, Mark J. Zoller, Michael J. Smith	1982	298
12	Constitutive expression of a c-myb cDNA blocks Friend murine erythroleukemia cell differentiation. Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Michael F. Clarke, Jolanta F. Kukowska‐Latallo, Eric H. Westin, Michael J. Smith, Edward V. Prochownik	1988	275
13	The distal transcription signals of the herpesvirus tk gene share a common hexanucleotide control sequence Cell ·Steven Lanier McKnight, Robert C. Kingsbury, Andrew M. Spence, Michael J. Smith	1984	259
14	Multiple zones in the sequence of calreticulin (CRP55, calregulin, HACBP), a major calcium binding ER/SR protein. The EMBO Journal ·Michael J. Smith, G.L.E. Koch	1989	257
15	Length heteroplasmy of sturgeon mitochondrial DNA: an illegitimate elongation model. Genetics ·Norman E. Buroker, James R. Brown, T.A. GILBERT, Patrick J. O’Hara, Andrew T. Beckenbach, W. Kelley Thomas, Michael J. Smith	1990	252
16	AusRivAS: using macroinvertebrates to assess ecological condition of rivers in Western Australia Freshwater Biology ·Michael J. Smith, Robert W. Kay, D. H. D. Edward, P. Papas, Karen Richardson, Jill Simpson, ADRIAN M. PINDER, D. J. Cale	1999	248
17	Structure of tau exon 10 splicing regulatory element RNA and destabilization by mutations of frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Luca Varani, Masato Hasegawa, Maria Grazia Spillantini, Michael J. Smith, Jill R. Murrell, Bernardino Francesco Ghetti, Aaron Klug, Michel Goedert	1999	213
18	An association between actin and the major histocompatibility antigen H–2 Nature ·Gordon L. E. Koch, Michael J. Smith	1978	212
19	Endoplasmic reticulum contains a common, abundant calcium-binding glycoprotein, endoplasmin Journal of Cell Science ·G. E. Koch, Michael J. Smith, Darryl R J Macer, Paul Christopher Webster, Renato A. Mortara	1986	208
20	Nucleotide sequence of the yeast alcohol dehydrogenase II gene. Journal of Biological Chemistry ·David W. Russell, Michael J. Smith, Valerie Moroz Williamson, E T Young	1983	198

About Michael J. Smith

Michael J. Smith is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology, Aquatic Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Genetics, having authored 279 papers that have together received 20.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (40 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (38 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (22 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (19 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (17 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (16 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (16 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (11.9k citations), Genetics (3.6k citations), Physiology (2.7k citations), Ecology (2.8k citations) and Aquatic Science (735 citations). Michael J. Smith has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Mark J. Zoller, Michel Goedert, Masato Hasegawa, Shirley Su Gillam, R. Anthony Crowther, Ross Jakes, Clyde A. Hutchison, Gordon L. E. Koch, James R. Brown and Andrew T. Beckenbach. Their work appears in journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Cell, Nature and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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