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80
Citations
25235
World Ranking
4044
National Ranking
304

Alison G. Smith publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alison G. Smith sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 236 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Alison G. Smith D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alison G. Smith sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 80 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alison G. Smith is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Energy. Within these domains, Smith's work focuses on subfields including Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Ecology, Biomedical Engineering, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics of Smith's research encompass:

  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Smith has a prolific record with recent publications including:

  • A heterogeneous microbial consortium producing short-chain fatty acids from lignocellulose, 2020, Science
  • Bionic 3D printed corals, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Remote sensing reveals Antarctic green snow algae as important terrestrial carbon sink, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Development of Novel Riboswitches for Synthetic Biology in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas, 2020, ACS Synthetic Biology
  • Synthetic algal-bacteria consortia for space-efficient microalgal growth in a simple hydrogel system, 2021, Journal of Applied Phycology

Their research has appeared frequently in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Algal Research

Smith collaborates extensively with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Payam Mehrshahi
  • Matthew P. Davey
  • Andre Holzer
  • Katrin Geisler
  • Silvia Vignolini

Best Publications

  • Algae as nutritional and functional food sources: revisiting our understanding

    Mark L. Wells;Philippe Potin;James S. Craigie;John A. Raven

  • Algae acquire vitamin B12 through a symbiotic relationship with bacteria.

    Martin T. Croft;Andrew D. Lawrence;Evelyne Raux-Deery;Martin J. Warren

  • Biodiesel from algae: challenges and prospects

    Stuart A Scott;Matthew P Davey;John S Dennis;Irmtraud Horst

  • Functional Genomic Analysis of the AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR Gene Family Members in Arabidopsis thaliana : Unique and Overlapping Functions of ARF7 and ARF19

    Yoko Okushima;Paul J. Overvoorde;Kazunari Arima;Jose M. Alonso

  • Life-Cycle Assessment of Potential Algal Biodiesel Production in the United Kingdom: A Comparison of Raceways and Air-Lift Tubular Bioreactors

    Anna L. Stephenson;Elena Kazamia;John S. Dennis;Christopher J. Howe

  • Algae Need Their Vitamins

    Martin T. Croft;Martin J. Warren;Alison G. Smith

  • Functional genomic analysis of the AUXIN/INDOLE-3-ACETIC ACID gene family members in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Paul J. Overvoorde;Yoko Okushima;José M. Alonso;April Chan

  • Mutualistic interactions between vitamin B12 -dependent algae and heterotrophic bacteria exhibit regulation

    Elena Kazamia;Hjördis Czesnick;Thi Thanh Van Nguyen;Martin Tom Croft

  • The cell biology of tetrapyrroles: a life and death struggle.

    Nobuyoshi Mochizuki;Ryouichi Tanaka;Bernhard Grimm;Tatsuru Masuda

  • Standards for plant synthetic biology: a common syntax for exchange of DNA parts.

    Nicola J. Patron;Nicola J. Patron;Diego Orzaez;Sylvestre Marillonnet;Heribert Warzecha

  • Photosynthetic biofilms in pure culture harness solar energy in a mediatorless bio-photovoltaic cell (BPV) system

    Alistair J. McCormick;Paolo Bombelli;Amanda M. Scott;Alexander J. Philips

  • Tetrapyrrole profiling in Arabidopsis seedlings reveals that retrograde plastid nuclear signaling is not due to Mg-protoporphyrin IX accumulation

    Michael Moulin;Alex C. McCormac;Matthew J. Terry;Alison G. Smith

  • Thiamine biosynthesis in algae is regulated by riboswitches.

    Martin T. Croft;Michael Moulin;Michael E. Webb;Alison G. Smith

  • Insights into the red algae and eukaryotic evolution from the genome of Porphyra umbilicalis (Bangiophyceae, Rhodophyta)

    Susan H. Brawley;Nicolas A. Blouin;Nicolas A. Blouin;Elizabeth Ficko-Blean;Glen L. Wheeler

  • Insights into the Evolution of Vitamin B12 Auxotrophy from Sequenced Algal Genomes

    Katherine E. Helliwell;Glen L. Wheeler;Kyriacos C. Leptos;Raymond E. Goldstein

  • Cyanobacteria and Eukaryotic Algae Use Different Chemical Variants of Vitamin B12

    Katherine Emma Helliwell;Andrew David Lawrence;Andre Holzer;Andre Holzer;Ulrich Johan Kudahl

  • Birth of a Photosynthetic Chassis: A MoClo Toolkit Enabling Synthetic Biology in the Microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Pierre Crozet;Francisco J Navarro;Felix Willmund;Payam Mehrshahi

  • Green or red: what stops the traffic in the tetrapyrrole pathway?

    Johanna E Cornah;Matthew J Terry;Alison G Smith

  • Exploring mutualistic interactions between microalgae and bacteria in the omics age.

    Matthew B Cooper;Alison G Smith

  • Establishing Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as an industrial biotechnology host

    Mark A. Scaife;Ginnie T.D.T. Nguyen;Juan Rico;Devinn Lambert

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris Abell
Chris Abell University of Cambridge
Christopher J. Howe
Christopher J. Howe University of Cambridge
Martin J. Warren
Martin J. Warren University of Kent
Tom L. Blundell
Tom L. Blundell University of Cambridge
Stuart A. Scott
Stuart A. Scott University of Cambridge
Matthew J. Terry
Matthew J. Terry University of Southampton
Alessio Ciulli
Alessio Ciulli University of Dundee
Fabrice Rébeillé
Fabrice Rébeillé Grenoble Alpes University
Andy Lawrence
Andy Lawrence University of Edinburgh
John C. Gray
John C. Gray University of Cambridge

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