Wendy Smith

8.6k citations
77 papers · 4.3k · 1 hit paper · h-index 28

Impact in

  • Infectious Diseases top 0.5%
    • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
    • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
    • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
    • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • General Dentistry top 2%

Papers in

  • Infectious Diseases 31
    • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing 23
    • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology 8
    • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research 6
  • Molecular Biology 23
    • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques 8
    • Gut microbiota and health 7
Co-authors
Peter G. Isaacson (3 shared papers)Warish Ahmed (30 shared papers)Stuart L. Simpson (28 shared papers)Aaron Bivins (17 shared papers)Jochen F. Mueller (6 shared papers)Kevin V. Thomas (6 shared papers)Masaaki Kitajima (4 shared papers)Kyle Bibby (4 shared papers)
Journals
The Science of The Total Environment (13 papers)Water Research (5 papers)ACS ES&T Water (4 papers)Microbiology (3 papers)Journal of Applied Microbiology (2 papers)
Partner nations
AustraliaUnited StatesChina

In The Last Decade

Wendy Smith

74 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Wendy Smith's Hit Papers

First confirmed detection of SARS-CoV-2 in untreated wastewater in Australia: A proof of concept for the wastewater surveillance of COVID-19 in the community 2020 · 1.3k citations
1.3k0+2+4Years since publication4008001.2k
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. 2020 The Science of The Total Environment

Peers

Wendy Smith
Comparison fields: 5 of 143
  • Infectious Diseases 2.0k
  • General Dentistry 63
  • Agronomy and Crop Science 377
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine 504
  • Modeling and Simulation 124
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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Wendy Smith, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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First confirmed detection of SARS-CoV-2 in untreated wastewater in Australia: A proof of concept for the wastewater surveillance of COVID-19 in the community
The Science of The Total Environment ·Warish Ahmed, Nicola Angel, Janette Edson, Kyle Bibby, Aaron Bivins, Jake O’Brien, Phil M. Choi, Masaaki Kitajima, Stuart L. Simpson, Jiaying Li, Benjamin J. Tscharke, Rory Verhagen, Wendy Smith, Julian Zaugg, Leanne Dierens, Philip Hugenholtz, Kevin V. Thomas, Jochen F. Mueller
Hit paper breakdown →		20201311
2
Comparison of virus concentration methods for the RT-qPCR-based recovery of murine hepatitis virus, a surrogate for SARS-CoV-2 from untreated wastewater
The Science of The Total Environment ·Warish Ahmed, Paul M. Bertsch, Aaron Bivins, Kyle Bibby, Kata Farkas, Amy Gathercole, Eiji Haramoto, Pradip Gyawali, Asja Korajkic, Brian R. McMinn, Jochen F. Mueller, Stuart L. Simpson, Wendy Smith, Erin M. Symonds, Kevin V. Thomas, Rory Verhagen, Masaaki Kitajima
2020393
3
Primary B-cell lymphoma of salivary glands and its relationship to myoepithelial sialadenitis
Human Pathology ·Elisabeth Hyjek, Wendy Smith, Peter G. Isaacson
1988287
4
Characterisation of a gene cluster involved in bacterial degradation of the cyanobacterial toxin microcystin LR
Environmental Toxicology ·David G. Bourne, Peter W. Riddles, Gary J. Jones, Wendy Smith, Robert L. Blakeley
2001240
5
T-Cell-Rich B-Cell Lymphoma
The American Journal of Surgical Pathology ·Alan D. Ramsay, Wendy Smith, Peter G. Isaacson
1988203
6
Complexity of human T-cell antigen receptor β-chain constant- and variable-region genes
Nature ·John E. Sims, Alan Tunnacliffe, Wendy Smith, Terence H. Rabbitts
1984190
7
Isolation of Succinivibrionaceae Implicated in Low Methane Emissions from Tammar Wallabies
Science ·Phillip B. Pope, Wendy Smith, Stuart E. Denman, Susannah G. Tringe, Kerrie Barry, Philip Hugenholtz, Christopher S. McSweeney, Alice C. McHardy, Mark Morrison
2011161
8
Metagenomics of the Svalbard Reindeer Rumen Microbiome Reveals Abundance of Polysaccharide Utilization Loci
PLoS ONE ·Phillip B. Pope, A.K. MacKenzie, Ivan Gregor, Wendy Smith, Monica A. Sundset, Alice C. McHardy, Mark Morrison, Vincent G. H. Eijsink
2012147
9
Comparison of RT-qPCR and RT-dPCR Platforms for the Trace Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Wastewater
ACS ES&T Water ·Warish Ahmed, Wendy Smith, Suzanne Metcalfe, Greg Jackson, Phil M. Choi, Mary Morrison, Daniel J. Field, Pradip Gyawali, Aaron Bivins, Kyle Bibby, Stuart L. Simpson
202290
10
16S rDNA sequencing of Ruminococcus albus and Ruminococcus flavefaciens: design of a signature probe and its application in adult sheep
Microbiology ·Denis O. Krause, Brian P. Dalrymple, Wendy Smith, Roderick I. Mackie, Christopher S. McSweeney
199981
11
Evaluation of process limit of detection and quantification variation of SARS-CoV-2 RT-qPCR and RT-dPCR assays for wastewater surveillance
Water Research ·Warish Ahmed, Aaron Bivins, Suzanne Metcalfe, Wendy Smith, Matthew E. Verbyla, Erin M. Symonds, Stuart L. Simpson
202265
12
Occurrence of multiple respiratory viruses in wastewater in Queensland, Australia: Potential for community disease surveillance
The Science of The Total Environment ·Warish Ahmed, Aaron Bivins, Mikayla Stephens, Suzanne Metcalfe, Wendy Smith, Kwanrawee Sirikanchana, Masaaki Kitajima, Stuart L. Simpson
202264
13
The gut bacterium and pathobiont Bacteroides vulgatus activates NF-κB in a human gut epithelial cell line in a strain and growth phase dependent manner
Anaerobe ·Páraic Ó Cuív, Tomás de Wouters, Rabina Giri, Stanislas Mondot, Wendy Smith, Hervé M. Blottière, Jakob Begun, Mark Morrison
201763
14
Wastewater surveillance demonstrates high predictive value for COVID-19 infection on board repatriation flights to Australia
Environment International ·Warish Ahmed, Aaron Bivins, Stuart L. Simpson, Paul M. Bertsch, John Ehret, Ian Hosegood, Suzanne Metcalfe, Wendy Smith, Kevin V. Thomas, Josh Tynan, Jochen F. Mueller
202146
15
Patient satisfaction and disease specific quality of life after uterine artery embolization
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·Wendy Smith, Elizabeth Upton, Elizabeth J Shuster, Arnold J Klein, Martin L. Schwartz
200443
16
Comparative analysis of rapid concentration methods for the recovery of SARS-CoV-2 and quantification of human enteric viruses and a sewage-associated marker gene in untreated wastewater
The Science of The Total Environment ·Warish Ahmed, Aaron Bivins, Stuart L. Simpson, Wendy Smith, Suzanne Metcalfe, Brian R. McMinn, Erin M. Symonds, Asja Korajkic
202140
17
Monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 in sewersheds with low COVID-19 cases using a passive sampling technique
Water Research ·Jiaying Li, Warish Ahmed, Suzanne Metcalfe, Wendy Smith, Benjamin J. Tscharke, Peter Lynch, P. Sherman, Hoang Nhat Phong Vo, Sarit Kaserzon, Stuart L. Simpson, David McCarthy, Kevin V. Thomas, Jochen F. Mueller, Phong K. Thai
202240
18
Heat Illness: Predictors of Hospital Admissions Among Emergency Department Visits—Georgia, 2002–2008
Journal of Community Health ·Satish K. Pillai, Rebecca S. Noe, Matthew Murphy, A. Vaidyanathan, Randall Young, Stephanie Kieszak, Gordon R. Freymann, Wendy Smith, Cherie Drenzek, Lauren Lewis, Amy Wolkin
201337
19
Use of 16S-rRNA Based Techniques to Investigate the Ecological Succession of Microbial Populations in the Immature Lamb Rumen: Tracking of a Specific Strain of Inoculated Ruminococcus and Interactions with Other Microbial Populations in Vivo
Microbial Ecology ·Denis O. Krause, Wendy Smith, Fiona Ryan, Roderick I. Mackie, Christopher S. McSweeney
199937
20
Tolerance mechanisms of streptococci to hydrolysable and condensed tannins
Animal Feed Science and Technology ·Denis O. Krause, Wendy Smith, J.D. Brooker, Christopher S. McSweeney
200537

About Wendy Smith

Wendy Smith is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Agronomy and Crop Science and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, having authored 77 papers that have together received 4.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing (23 papers), Biosensors and Analytical Detection (15 papers), Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology (8 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (8 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (8 papers), Gut microbiota and health (7 papers), Fecal contamination and water quality (7 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Infectious Diseases (2.0k citations), General Dentistry (63 citations), Agronomy and Crop Science (377 citations), Pathology and Forensic Medicine (504 citations) and Modeling and Simulation (124 citations). Wendy Smith has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and China. Frequent co-authors include Peter G. Isaacson, Warish Ahmed, Stuart L. Simpson, Aaron Bivins, Jochen F. Mueller, Kevin V. Thomas, Masaaki Kitajima, Kyle Bibby, Rory Verhagen and Philip Hugenholtz. Their work appears in journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Water Research, ACS ES&T Water, Microbiology and Journal of Applied Microbiology.

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