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D-Index
60
Citations
11722
World Ranking
9781
National Ranking
2747

David L. Smith publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

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

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 158 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

David L. Smith D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

David L. Smith is affiliated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with a strong emphasis on the fields of education, political science and international relations, public administration, sociology and political science, as well as safety research.

Their work addresses topics related to education and teacher training, labor movements and unions, Latin American socio-political dynamics, employment, labor, and gender studies, educational innovations and technology, educational and organizational development, and educational research and science teaching.

David L. Smith has published several recent papers, including:

  • The Costa Rican business sector's concepts of the transfer of German dual training, 2021, Actualidades Investigativas en Educación
  • Educación y Formación Técnica Profesional costarricense ante el cambio demográfico y productivo 2020-2030, 2021, Yulök Revista de Innovación Académica
  • Political Participation of Business Organizations in the Construction of the Technical Vocational Education and Training System in Costa Rica between 1980 and 2021, 2024, International journal of vocational education studies

Collaboration with other researchers is a part of their work methodology. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Monserrat Vargas Méndez
  • Johannes Karl Schmees
  • Katie Benjamin
  • George D. Chryssides
  • Peter Gemeinhardt

David L. Smith regularly publishes in several venues, with multiple papers in:

  • Actualidades Investigativas en Educación
  • International journal of vocational education studies
  • Encyclopedia of the Bible Online
  • Innovaciones educativas
  • Yulök Revista de Innovación Académica

Best Publications

  • Determination of amide hydrogen exchange by mass spectrometry: A new tool for protein structure elucidation

    Zhongqi Zhang;David L. Smith

  • Probing the Non‐covalent Structure of Proteins by Amide Hydrogen Exchange and Mass Spectrometry

    David L. Smith;Yuzhong Deng;Zhongqi Zhang

  • The Major in vivo Modifications of the Human Water-insoluble Lens Crystallins are Disulfide Bonds, Deamidation, Methionine Oxidation and Backbone Cleavage

    Stacy R.A Hanson;Azeem Hasan;David L Smith;Jean B Smith

  • Age-related changes in human lens crystallins identified by two- dimensional electrophoresis and mass spectrometry

    Kirsten J. Lampi;Zhixiang Ma;Stacy R.A. Hanson;Misuyoshi Azuma

  • Investigating protein structure and dynamics by hydrogen exchange MS.

    John R. Engen;David L. Smith

  • Hydrogen Exchange-Mass Spectrometry Optimization of Digestion Conditions

    Lintao Wang;Hai Pan;David L. Smith

  • Post-translational modifications of water-soluble human lens crystallins from young adults.

    L.R. Miesbauer;X. Zhou;Z. Yang;Y. Sun

  • Sequence Analysis of βA3, βB3, and βA4 Crystallins Completes the Identification of the Major Proteins in Young Human Lens

    Kirsten J. Lampi;Zhixiang Ma;Marjorie Shih;Thomas R. Shearer

  • Mass spectrometric quantification of acetylation at specific lysines within the amino-terminal tail of histone H4

    Christine M Smith;Philip R Gafken;Zhongli Zhang;Daniel E Gottschling

  • Structure Elucidation of Natural Products by Mass Spectrometry

    David L. Smith;Ya-Mei Liu;Karl V. Wood

  • Age-Related Changes in Human Lens Crystallins Identified by HPLC and Mass Spectrometry

    Zhixiang Ma;Stacy R.A. Hanson;Kirsten J. Lampi;Larry L. David

  • Racial Differences in Bone Turnover and Calcium Metabolism in Adolescent Females

    R. J. Bryant;M. E. Wastney;B. R. Martin;O. Wood

  • ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF PYRIMIDINE, CYTOSINE AND RELATED COMPOUNDS: POLAROGRAPHY AND MACROSCALE ELECTROLYSIS

    David L. Smith;Philip J. Elving

  • Modifications of the Water-insoluble Human Lens α-Crystallins

    Anders L. Lund;Jean B. Smith;David L. Smith

  • Probing noncovalent structural features of proteins by mass spectrometry

    David L. Smith;Zhongqi Zhang

  • Amide Hydrogen Exchange Determined by Mass Spectrometry: Application to Rabbit Muscle Aldolase†

    Zhongqi Zhang;and Carol Beth Post;David. L. Smith

  • Bullatacin and bullatacinone: two highly potent bioactive acetogenins from Annona bullata.

    Y.-H. Hui;J. K. Rupprecht;Y. M. Liu;J. E. Anderson

  • Changes in Calcium Kinetics in Adolescent Girls Induced by High Calcium Intake

    M. E. Wastney;B. R. Martin;Munro Peacock;D. Smith

  • Differences in calcium metabolism between adolescent and adult females

    Connie M. Weaver;Berdine R. Martin;Karen L. Plawecki;Munro Peacock

  • Deamidation and Disulfide Bonding in Human Lens γ-Crystallins

    Stacy R.A. Hanson;David L. Smith;Jean B. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerry L. McLaughlin
Jerry L. McLaughlin Purdue University West Lafayette
Connie M. Weaver
Connie M. Weaver San Diego State University
Munro Peacock
Munro Peacock Indiana University
Larry L. David
Larry L. David Oregon Health & Science University
Philip C. Andrews
Philip C. Andrews University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
John R. Engen
John R. Engen Northeastern University
Jack E. Dixon
Jack E. Dixon University of California, San Diego
Larry Kevan
Larry Kevan University of Houston
Dennis R. Voelker
Dennis R. Voelker National Jewish Health
Robert J. Mason
Robert J. Mason National Jewish Health

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