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Daniel W. Smith

Daniel W. Smith

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
48
Citations
8878
World Ranking
5530
National Ranking
237

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
40
Citations
7650
World Ranking
7236
National Ranking
293

Daniel W. Smith publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Daniel W. Smith sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 245 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Daniel W. Smith D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 1963 - Crop Science Research Award, American Society of Agronomy
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering

Overview

Daniel W. Smith is a scholar affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada, whose research primarily spans the fields of Arts and Humanities with a focus on Religious Studies, Philosophy, History and Philosophy of Science, Museology, and Sociology and Political Science. Their work addresses topics such as Biblical Studies and Interpretation, Media, Religion, Digital Communication, Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism, French Literature and Critical Theory, Psychoanalysis, Philosophy and Politics, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, and Philosophy, Science, and History.

Their recent publications reflect a diverse engagement with philosophical and interdisciplinary themes. Key papers include:

  • Encounters with Deleuze (2020), published in Symposium
  • The Deleuzian Revolution: Ten Innovations in Difference and Repetition (2020), published in Deleuze and Guattari Studies
  • The Concept of Sense in Gilles Deleuze's Logic of Sense (2022), published in Deleuze and Guattari Studies
  • Validation of a Suite of ERP and QEEG Biomarkers in a Pre-Competitive, Industry-Led Study in Subjects with Schizophrenia and Healthy Volunteers (2022), published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Celebrity Translation in British Theatre: Relevance and Reception, Voice and Visibility (2021), published in Translation Review

Daniel W. Smith has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Constantin Boundas
  • Ada S. Jaarsma
  • Marco Cecchi
  • Megumi Adachi
  • Anthony S. Basile

The venues where their research is most frequently published include Deleuze and Guattari Studies, Theological Librarianship, Value in Health, Symposium, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Their research contributions have been recognized with distinctions such as Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada, awarded in 2004 by the Academy of Science. Other noted awards include the Crop Science Research Award by the American Society of Agronomy in 1963 and membership in The Canadian Academy of Engineering, though specific years for the latter are not detailed.

Best Publications

  • Advanced technologies in water and wastewater treatment

    H Zhou;Daniel W Smith

  • Urban stormwater quality: Summary of contaminant data

    David K. Makepeace;Daniel W. Smith;Stephen J. Stanley

  • Photolysis of aqueous free chlorine species (HOCl and OCl) with 254 nm ultraviolet light

    Yangang Feng;Daniel W Smith;James R Bolton

  • Cyanobacteria toxins and the current state of knowledge on water treatment options: a review

    Clark Svrcek;Daniel W Smith

  • Application of advanced oxidation methods for landfill leachate treatment – A review

    F Wang;Daniel W Smith;M Gamal El-Din

  • Ozonation of oil sands process water removes naphthenic acids and toxicity.

    Angela C. Scott;Warren Zubot;Michael D. MacKinnon;Daniel W. Smith

  • Naphthenic acids speciation and removal during petroleum-coke adsorption and ozonation of oil sands process-affected water.

    Mohamed Gamal El-Din;Hongjing Fu;Nan Wang;Pamela Chelme-Ayala

  • Recent developments in the production of extracellular fungal peroxidases and laccases for waste treatment

    Keisuke Ikehata;Ian D Buchanan;Daniel W Smith

  • A neural network model to predict the wastewater inflow incorporating rainfall events.

    Ahmed Gamal El-Din;Daniel W. Smith

  • Petroleum coke adsorption as a water management option for oil sands process-affected water

    Warren Zubot;Michael D. MacKinnon;Pamela Chelme-Ayala;Daniel W. Smith

  • Initial investigation of microbially influenced corrosion (MIC) in a low temperature water distribution system

    K.M.E. Emde;D.W. Smith;R. Facey

  • Degradation of cyanobacteria toxin by advanced oxidation processes.

    Fares Al Momani;Daniel W. Smith;Mohamed Gamal El-Din

  • Color and chlorinated organics removal from pulp mills wastewater using activated petroleum coke.

    Ayman R Shawwa;Daniel W Smith;David C Sego

  • Degradation of bromoxynil and trifluralin in natural water by direct photolysis and UV plus H2O2 advanced oxidation process

    Pamela Chelme-Ayala;Mohamed Gamal El-Din;Daniel W. Smith

  • A review of the impact of chemical pretreatment on low-pressure water treatment membranes

    K Farahbakhsh;C Svrcek;R K Guest;Daniel W Smith

  • Competition Among Cladocera

    Daniel Wilkins Smith;Scott D. Cooper

  • Prey Selection by Freshwater Predators with Different Foraging Strategies

    Scott D. Cooper;Daniel W. Smith;James R. Bence

  • Membrane concentrate management options: a comprehensive critical review

    Pamela Chelme-Ayala;Daniel W. Smith;Mohamed Gamal El-Din

  • Kinetics and mechanism of the degradation of two pesticides in aqueous solutions by ozonation.

    Pamela Chelme-Ayala;Mohamed Gamal El-Din;Daniel W. Smith

  • A potential new role for fungi in a wastewater MBR biological nitrogen reduction system

    R K Guest;Daniel W Smith

  • Studies on the resistance/reactivation of Giardia muris cysts and Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts exposed to medium-pressure ultraviolet radiation

    Miodrag Belosevic;Stephen A Craik;James L Stafford;Norman F Neumann

Frequent Co-Authors

Mohamed Gamal El-Din
Mohamed Gamal El-Din University of Alberta
Ellie E. Prepas
Ellie E. Prepas Lakehead University
Miodrag Belosevic
Miodrag Belosevic University of Alberta
Jonathan W. Martin
Jonathan W. Martin Stockholm University
Michael D. MacKinnon
Michael D. MacKinnon Syncrude (Canada)
Samer Adham
Samer Adham Qatar University
Steve E. Hrudey
Steve E. Hrudey University of Alberta
Michael E. Stiles
Michael E. Stiles CanBiocin (Canada)
Greg G. Goss
Greg G. Goss University of Alberta
James R. Bolton
James R. Bolton University of Alberta

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