2026 C. Wayne Smith: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	66	2738	2523	1306	1195	202	18155

Overview

C. Wayne Smith is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States. Their research encompasses several key fields within medicine, with a primary focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, as well as surgery and hematology. Public health, specifically environmental and occupational health, also features among their areas of study.

The scientist's work covers topics such as blood pressure and hypertension studies, cardiovascular syncope and autonomic disorders, heart rate variability and autonomic control, platelet disorders and treatments, heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis, and ocular surface and contact lens research.

Their recent publications include:

Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering in Individuals With Low Diastolic Blood Pressure and Elevated Troponin Levels in SPRINT, 2024, Journal of the American Heart Association
Platelet extravasation across inflamed venules depends on CD18, mast cells and neutrophils, 2020, The FASEB Journal

Collaborators frequently working alongside C. Wayne Smith include Jarett D. Berry, Rebecca Scherzer, James A. de Lemos, Vijay Nambi, and Christie M. Ballantyne. Their collaborative efforts span clinical and translational research in cardiovascular and hematological domains.

The main publication venues where their work appears are the Journal of the American Heart Association and The FASEB Journal. The distribution of publications in these venues reflects the focus areas of cardiovascular research and biomedical sciences.

Best Publications

The inflammatory response in myocardial infarction

Nikolaos G Frangogiannis;C Wayne Smith;Mark L Entman

2761
Citations
ELAM-1 is an adhesion molecule for skin-homing T cells

Louis J. Picker;Louis J. Picker;Louis J. Picker;Takashi K. Kishimoto;Takashi K. Kishimoto;C. Wayne Smith;R. Aaron Warnock;R. Aaron Warnock

1099
Citations
T-cell accumulation and regulated on activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted upregulation in adipose tissue in obesity.

Huaizhu Wu;Sudip Ghosh;Sudip Ghosh;Xiaoyuan Dai Perrard;Lili Feng

789
Citations
Resident Cardiac Mast Cells Degranulate and Release Preformed TNF-α, Initiating the Cytokine Cascade in Experimental Canine Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion

Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis;Merry L. Lindsey;Lloyd H. Michael;Keith A. Youker

692
Citations
Cardiac Myocytes Produce Interleukin-6 in Culture and in Viable Border Zone of Reperfused Infarctions

Marianne Gwechenberger;Leonardo H. Mendoza;Keith A. Youker;Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis

473
Citations
Spontaneous Skin Ulceration and Defective T Cell Function in CD18 Null Mice

Karin Scharffetter-Kochanek;Karin Scharffetter-Kochanek;Huifang Lu;Keith Norman;Nicole van Nood

460
Citations
Functional inactivation of neutrophils with a Mac-1 (CD11b/CD18) monoclonal antibody protects against ischemia-reperfusion injury in rat liver.

Hartmut Jaeschke;Anwar Farhood;Abraham P. Bautista;Zoltan Spolarics

434
Citations
Unique Structural Features That Influence Neutrophil Emigration Into the Lung

Alan R. Burns;C. Wayne Smith;David C. Walker

399
Citations
Leukocyte activation with platelet adhesion after coronary angioplasty : A mechanism for recurrent disease ?

Judith K. Mickelson;Judith K. Mickelson;Nasser M. Lakkis;Gerardo Villarreal-Levy;Bonnie J. Hughes

389
Citations
Motility and Adhesiveness in Human Neutrophils: EFFECTS OF CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS

C. Wayne Smith;James C. Hollers;Richard A. Patrick;Clare Hassett

358
Citations
Soluble Cell Adhesion Molecules in Hypertriglyceridemia and Potential Significance on Monocyte Adhesion

Yasunori Abe;Bassem El-Masri;Kay T. Kimball;Henry Pownall

334
Citations
Neutrophil Tethering on E-Selectin Activates β2 Integrin Binding to ICAM-1 Through a Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Signal Transduction Pathway

Scott I. Simon;Yu Hu;Dietmar Vestweber;C. Wayne Smith

321
Citations
Functional Role of CD11c+ Monocytes in Atherogenesis Associated With Hypercholesterolemia

Huaizhu Wu;R. Michael Gower;Hong Wang;Xiao Yuan Dai Perrard

281
Citations
Complement C5a, TGF-β1, and MCP-1, in Sequence, Induce Migration of Monocytes Into Ischemic Canine Myocardium Within the First One to Five Hours After Reperfusion

Holly H. Birdsall;Holly H. Birdsall;David M. Green;Jo Ann Trial;Keith A. Youker;Keith A. Youker

278
Citations
Cytokines and the Microcirculation in Ischemia and Reperfusion

Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis;Keith A. Youker;Roger D. Rossen;Marianne Gwechenberger

278
Citations
Cytokine-induced upregulation of hepatic intercellular adhesion molecule-1 messenger RNA expression and its role in the pathophysiology of murine endotoxin shock and acute liver failure

Naeem A. Essani;Michael A. Fisher;Anwar Farhood;Anthony M. Manning

271
Citations
Tlr2 is critical for diet-induced metabolic syndrome in a murine model

Ryan W. Himes;C. Wayne Smith

263
Citations
Stem Cell Factor Induction Is Associated With Mast Cell Accumulation After Canine Myocardial Ischemia and Reperfusion

Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis;Jerry L. Perrard;Leonardo H. Mendoza;Alan R. Burns

245
Citations
Activation of Kupffer cells and neutrophils for reactive oxygen formation is responsible for endotoxin-enhanced liver injury after hepatic ischemia.

Peitan Liu;Gerald M. McGuire;Michael A. Fisher;Anwar Farhood

230
Citations
Induction of Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 in the Small Veins of the Ischemic and Reperfused Canine Myocardium

Ajith G. Kumar;Christie M. Ballantyne;Lloyd H. Michael;Gilbert L. Kukielka

230
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan R. Burns University of Houston

Christie M. Ballantyne Baylor College of Medicine

Mark L. Entman Baylor College of Medicine

Donald C. Anderson Baylor College of Medicine

Lloyd H. Michael Baylor College of Medicine

Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Roger D. Rossen Baylor College of Medicine

Scott I. Simon University of California, Davis

Larry V. McIntire Georgia Institute of Technology

Arthur L. Beaudet Baylor College of Medicine

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