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Earl L. 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 Earl L. Smith sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

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Earl L. 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 Earl L. Smith sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Earl L. Smith is affiliated with the University of Houston in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their scholarly contributions span multiple subfields, including Epidemiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Ophthalmology, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

Their research topics focus extensively on ophthalmology and visual impairment studies, corneal surgery and disorders, and retinal diseases and treatments. Other areas of interest include visual perception and processing mechanisms, circadian rhythm and melatonin regulation, leaf properties and growth measurement, as well as sleep and wakefulness research.

Recent publications by Earl L. Smith include:

  • "Eccentricity-dependent effects of simultaneous competing defocus on emmetropization in infant rhesus monkeys" (2020), Vision Research
  • "Effects of low intensity ambient lighting on refractive development in infant rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)" (2020), Vision Research
  • "IMI Prevention of Myopia and Its Progression" (2021), Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • "IMI 2021 Yearly Digest" (2021), Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • "IMI 2021 Reports and Digest - Reflections on the Implications for Clinical Practice" (2021), Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Earl L. Smith include Li-Fang Hung, Zhihui She, Krista M. Beach, Baskar Arumugam, and Lisa A. Ostrin.

The main venues for Earl L. Smith's research publications are:

  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • Vision Research
  • Experimental Eye Research
  • Frontiers in Physiology
  • Documenta Ophthalmologica

Best Publications

  • Ganglion cell losses underlying visual field defects from experimental glaucoma

    Ronald S. Harwerth;Louvenia Carter-Dawson;Fran Shen;Earl L. Smith

  • Spectacle lenses alter eye growth and the refractive status of young monkeys.

    Li-Fang Hung;M.L.J. Crawford;Earl L. Smith

  • Peripheral vision can influence eye growth and refractive development in infant monkeys.

    Earl L. Smith;Chea Su Kee;Chea Su Kee;Ramkumar Ramamirtham;Ramkumar Ramamirtham;Ying Qiao-Grider;Ying Qiao-Grider

  • Relative peripheral hyperopic defocus alters central refractive development in infant monkeys.

    Earl L. Smith;Li-Fang Hung;Juan Huang

  • The photopic negative response of the macaque electroretinogram: reduction by experimental glaucoma.

    Suresh Viswanathan;Laura J. Frishman;John G. Robson;Ronald S. Harwerth

  • The role of optical defocus in regulating refractive development in infant monkeys.

    Earl L Smith;Li-Fang Hung

  • Decrease in rate of myopia progression with a contact lens designed to reduce relative peripheral hyperopia: one-year results.

    Padmaja Sankaridurg;Padmaja Sankaridurg;Padmaja Sankaridurg;Brien Holden;Brien Holden;Brien Holden;Earl Smith;Earl Smith;Thomas Naduvilath;Thomas Naduvilath

  • IMI - Report on Experimental Models of Emmetropization and Myopia.

    David Troilo;Earl L. Smith;Debora L. Nickla;Regan Ashby

  • Rapid reorganization of cortical maps in adult cats following restricted deafferentation in retina.

    Y.M. Chino;J.H. Kaas;E.L. Smith;A.L. Langston

  • Effects of Foveal Ablation on Emmetropization and Form-Deprivation Myopia

    Earl L. Smith;Earl L. Smith;Ramkumar Ramamirtham;Ramkumar Ramamirtham;Ying Qiao-Grider;Ying Qiao-Grider;Li-Fang Hung;Li-Fang Hung

  • Protective effects of high ambient lighting on the development of form-deprivation myopia in rhesus monkeys.

    Earl L. Smith;Li-Fang Hung;Juan Huang

  • Spectacle lenses designed to reduce progression of myopia: 12-month results

    Padmaja Sankaridurg;Leslie Donovan;Saulius Varnas;Arthur Ho

  • Vision-dependent changes in the choroidal thickness of macaque monkeys.

    Li-Fang Hung;Josh Wallman;Earl L. Smith

  • Neural losses correlated with visual losses in clinical perimetry.

    Ronald S. Harwerth;Louvenia Carter-Dawson;Earl L. Smith;George Barnes

  • Multiple sensitive periods in the development of the primate visual system.

    Ronald S. Harwerth;Earl L. Smith;Gary C. Duncan;M. L. J. Crawford

  • Myopia, an underrated global challenge to vision: where the current data takes us on myopia control.

    B Holden;P Sankaridurg;P Sankaridurg;E Smith;T Aller

  • Effects of optical defocus on refractive development in monkeys: evidence for local, regionally selective mechanisms.

    Earl L. Smith;Li Fang Hung;Juan Huang;Terry L. Blasdel

  • IMI Prevention of Myopia and Its Progression

    Jost B Jonas;Marcus Ang;Pauline Cho;Jeremy A Guggenheim

  • Prentice Award Lecture 2010: A case for peripheral optical treatment strategies for myopia

    Earl L. Smith

  • Myopia progression rates in urban children wearing single-vision spectacles.

    Leslie Donovan;Padmaja Sankaridurg;Arthur Ho;Thomas Naduvilath

Frequent Co-Authors

Dennis M. Levi
Dennis M. Levi University of California, Berkeley
Serge Resnikoff
Serge Resnikoff University of New South Wales
Izumi Ohzawa
Izumi Ohzawa Osaka University
Mingguang He
Mingguang He Sun Yat-sen University
Jost B. Jonas
Jost B. Jonas Heidelberg University
Jon H. Kaas
Jon H. Kaas Vanderbilt University
William K. Stell
William K. Stell Alberta Children's Hospital
Machelle T. Pardue
Machelle T. Pardue Georgia Institute of Technology
Seang-Mei Saw
Seang-Mei Saw National University of Singapore
David A. Mackey
David A. Mackey University of Western Australia

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