Michael J. Smith

23.0k citations

279 papers · 20.2k · 7 hit papers · h-index 73

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 0.2%
- 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 0.2%
- 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 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

275 papers receiving 18.7k citations

Michael J. Smith's Hit Papers

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Abundant Tau Filaments and Nonapoptotic Neurodegeneration in Transgenic Mice Expressing Human P301S Tau Protein 2002 · 583 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.

2002 Journal of Neuroscience
1996 Nature
1984 DNA
1983 Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology
1982 Nature
1982 Nucleic Acids Research
1977 Nature

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1	Nucleotide sequence of bacteriophage φX174 DNA Nature ·Frederick Sanger, Gillian M. Air, B. G. Barrell, Nathan Brown, Alan Coulson, John C. Fiddes, Clyde A. Hutchison, Patrick M. Slocombe, Michael J. Smith Hit paper breakdown →	1977	1264
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	1052
3	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	874
4	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	873
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	721
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, Molly Craxton, Piers C. Emson, Cristiana Atzori, Antonio Migheli, R. Anthony Crowther, Bernardino Ghetti, Maria Grazia Spillantini, Michel Goedert Hit paper breakdown →	2002	583
7	Mutagenesis at a specific position in a DNA sequence. Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Clyde A. Hutchison, Sierra Phillips, Marshall H. Edgell, S Gillam, Patricia Jahnke, Michael J. Smith	1978	413
8	Tau proteins with FTDP‐17 mutations have a reduced ability to promote microtubule assembly FEBS Letters ·Masato Hasegawa, Michael J. Smith, Michel Goedert	1998	408
9	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	404
10	Sequence of the gene for iso-l-cytochrome c in saccharomyces cerevisiae Cell ·Michael J. Smith, David W. M. Leung, Shirley Gillam, Caroline R. Astell, Donna L. Montgomery, Benjamin D. Hall	1979	335
11	Redesigning enzyme structure by site-directed mutagenesis: tyrosyl tRNA synthetase and ATP binding Nature ·Greg Winter, Alan R. Fersht, Anthony J. Wilkinson, Mark J. Zoller, Michael J. Smith Hit paper breakdown →	1982	304
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	283
13	The distal transcription signals of the herpesvirus tk gene share a common hexanucleotide control sequence Cell ·Steven L. McKnight, Robert C. Kingsbury, Andrew M. Spence, Michael J. Smith	1984	263
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	256
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	251
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 Pinder, D. J. Cale, Pierre Horwitz, J. A. Davis, F. H. Yung, Richard H. Norris, Stuart Halse	1999	245
17	An association between actin and the major histocompatibility antigen H–2 Nature ·Gordon L. E. Koch, Michael J. Smith	1978	212
18	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 Ghetti, Aaron Klug, Michel Goedert, Gabriele Varani	1999	207
19	Endoplasmic reticulum contains a common, abundant calcium-binding glycoprotein, endoplasmin Journal of Cell Science ·G. Koch, Michael J. Smith, Darryl Macer, Paul Webster, Renato A. Mortara	1986	207
20	Nucleotide sequence of the yeast alcohol dehydrogenase II gene. Journal of Biological Chemistry ·David W. Russell, Michael J. Smith, Valerie M. Williamson, E T Young	1983	199

About Michael J. Smith

Michael J. Smith is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology, Genetics, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation, having authored 279 papers that have together received 20.2k 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), Fungal and yeast genetics research (16 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (11.9k citations), Genetics (3.6k citations), Physiology (2.6k citations), Ecology (2.8k citations) and Aquatic Science (737 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 Gillam, R. Anthony Crowther, Ross Jakes, Clyde A. Hutchison, Gordon L. E. Koch, Andrew T. Beckenbach and James R. Brown. 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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