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60921
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7181
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Blair H. Smith publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Blair H. Smith sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 382 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Blair H. Smith D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 103 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Blair H. Smith is affiliated with the University of Dundee in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with notable contributions in Physiology, Pharmacology, Genetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to pain and its management, including musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, pain mechanisms and treatments, pain management and opioid use, genetic associations and epidemiology, botulinum toxin and related neurological disorders, opioid use disorder treatment, and pediatric pain management techniques.

Smith has published several papers in high-impact journals, addressing various aspects of genetics, pain, and respiratory medicine. Among the recent significant publications are:

  • The genetic basis of endometriosis and comorbidity with other pain and inflammatory conditions (2023, Nature Genetics)
  • Genome-wide association meta-analyses combining multiple risk phenotypes provide insights into the genetic architecture of cutaneous melanoma susceptibility (2020, Nature Genetics)
  • Multi-ancestry genome-wide association analyses improve resolution of genes and pathways influencing lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease risk (2023, Nature Genetics)
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and related phenotypes: polygenic risk scores in population-based and case-control cohorts (2020, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine)
  • Trends in gabapentinoid prescribing, co-prescribing of opioids and benzodiazepines, and associated deaths in Scotland (2020, British Journal of Anaesthesia)

Smith frequently collaborates with other researchers, with the most common co-authors including Lesley Colvin, Harry L. Hébert, Weihua Meng, David Bennett, and Caroline Hayward.

Their work has appeared repeatedly in several publication venues, such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Pain
  • British Journal of Anaesthesia
  • Nature Genetics
  • PAIN Reports

Best Publications

  • Pharmacotherapy for neuropathic pain in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Nanna B Finnerup;Nadine Attal;Simon Haroutounian;Ewan McNicol

  • A classification of chronic pain for ICD-11.

    Rolf Detlef Treede;Winfried Rief;Antonia Barke;Qasim Aziz

  • Chronic pain as a symptom or a disease: the IASP Classification of Chronic Pain for the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11).

    Rolf Detlef Treede;Winfried Rief;Antonia Barke;Qasim Aziz

  • Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

    James J. Lee;Robbee Wedow;Aysu Okbay;Edward Kong

  • The epidemiology of chronic pain in the community

    Alison M Elliott;Blair H Smith;Kay I Penny;W Cairns Smith

  • Neuropathic pain in the general population: A systematic review of epidemiological studies

    O van Hecke;Sophie K Austin;Rafi A Khan;B H Smith

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Early Treatment with Prednisolone or Acyclovir in Bell's Palsy

    Frank M. Sullivan;Peter T. Donnan;Jillian M. Morrison;Blair H. Smith

  • NeuPSIG guidelines on neuropathic pain assessment

    Maija Haanpää;Nadine Attal;Miroslav Backonja;Ralf Baron

  • Chronic pain: a review of its epidemiology and associated factors in population-based studies

    Sarah E.E. Mills;Karen P. Nicolson;Blair H. Smith

  • Neuropathic pain: An updated grading system for research and clinical practice

    Nanna B. Finnerup;Simon Haroutounian;Peter Kamerman;Ralf Baron

  • The Epidemiology of Chronic Pain of Predominantly Neuropathic Origin. Results From a General Population Survey

    Nicola Torrance;Blair Hamilton Smith;M I Bennett;Amanda Jane Lee

  • Physical activity and exercise for chronic pain in adults: an overview of Cochrane Reviews.

    Louise J Geneen;R Andrew Moore;Clare Clarke;Denis Martin

  • The IASP classification of chronic pain for ICD-11: chronic neuropathic pain.

    Joachim Scholz;Nanna B. Finnerup;Nadine Attal;Qasim Aziz

  • Timing, rates and spectra of human germline mutation

    Raheleh Rahbari;Arthur Wuster;Sarah J Lindsay;Robert J Hardwick

  • The S-LANSS score for identifying pain of predominantly neuropathic origin: validation for use in clinical and postal research

    Michael I. Bennett;Blair H. Smith;Nicola Torrance;Jean Potter

  • Chronic pain epidemiology and its clinical relevance

    O van Hecke;N Torrance;B.H. Smith

  • The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease

    Klaudia Walter;Josine L. Min;Jie Huang;Lucy Crooks

  • Pharmacotherapy for Neuropathic Pain in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    N.B. Finnerup;N. Attal;S. Haroutounian

  • Insulin resistance: Genetic associations with depression and cognition in population based cohorts

    Sophia Frangou;Masoud Shirali;Mark J. Adams;David M. Howard

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Porteous
David J. Porteous University of Edinburgh
Caroline Hayward
Caroline Hayward University of Edinburgh
Ian J. Deary
Ian J. Deary University of Edinburgh
Sandosh Padmanabhan
Sandosh Padmanabhan University of Glasgow
Ozren Polasek
Ozren Polasek University of Split
Andrew M. McIntosh
Andrew M. McIntosh University of Edinburgh
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Archie Campbell
Archie Campbell University of Edinburgh
Igor Rudan
Igor Rudan University of Edinburgh
Albert V. Smith
Albert V. Smith University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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