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Environmental Sciences
UK
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
74
Citations
27312
World Ranking
1317
National Ranking
107

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Keith Smith is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with a focus on Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry as prominent subfields. Additional areas of study include Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The main topics covered in Keith Smith's work include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Chemical Synthesis and Reactions
  • Synthesis and Biological Evaluation
  • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions
  • Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms

Keith Smith has contributed articles to several scientific journals. Frequent venues of publication include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Luminescence
  • Journal of Sulfur Chemistry
  • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
  • Journal of Oleo Science

Recent papers by Keith Smith are as follows:

  • Synthesis, structure elucidation, and chemiluminescent activity of new 9-substituted 10-(ω-(succinimidyloxycarbonyl)alkyl)acridinium esters, 2023, Luminescence
  • Synthesis and chemiluminescent characteristics of two new acridinium esters, 2023, Luminescence
  • Studies on a catalytic version of the Matteson asymmetric homologation reaction, 2021, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
  • Syntheses of Hindered-Polymethylacridinium Esters with Potential for Biological Probe Nanoarchitectonics, 2023, Journal of Oleo Science
  • Polybromination of naphthalene using bromine over a montmorillonite clay and regioselective synthesis of 2,6-dibromonaphthalene, 2022, ARKIVOC

Collaborations have been a part of Keith Smith's scientific contributions, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Gamal A. El-Hiti
  • Alaa Alkhalaf
  • Kıymet Berkil Akar
  • Benson M. Kariuki
  • Carina J. Fearnley

Best Publications

  • Environmental hazards : assessing risk and reducing disaster

    Keith Smith

  • N 2 O release from agro-biofuel production negates global warming reduction by replacing fossil fuels

    Paul J. Crutzen;Paul J. Crutzen;Paul J. Crutzen;A. R. Mosier;K. A. Smith;W. Winiwarter

  • Exchange of greenhouse gases between soil and atmosphere: interactions of soil physical factors and biological processes

    K. A. Smith;T. Ball;F. Conen;K. E. Dobbie

  • Global agriculture and nitrous oxide emissions

    Dave S. Reay;Eric A. Davidson;Keith A. Smith;Pete Smith

  • Nitrous oxide emissions from intensive agricultural systems: Variations between crops and seasons, key driving variables, and mean emission factors

    K. E. Dobbie;I. P. McTaggart;K. A. Smith

  • Physico-chemical screening of phosphate-removing substrates for use in constructed wetland systems

    A. Drizo;C.A. Frost;J. Grace;K.A. Smith

  • Nitrous oxide emission factors for agricultural soils in Great Britain : the impact of soil water-filled pore space and other controlling variables

    Karen E. Dobbie;Keith A. Smith

  • Oxidation of atmospheric methane in Northern European soils, comparison with other ecosystems, and uncertainties in the global terrestrial sink

    K. A. Smith;K. E. Dobbie;B. C. Ball;L. R. Bakken

  • Nitrous oxide emission from soils after incorporating crop residues

    E.M. Baggs;R.M. Rees;K.A. Smith;A.J.A. Vinten

  • Effects of temperature, water content and nitrogen fertilisation on emissions of nitrous oxide by soils

    K.A Smith;P.E Thomson;H Clayton;I.P Mctaggart

  • Repeated nebulisation of non-viral CFTR gene therapy in patients with cystic fibrosis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2b trial

    Eric W F W Alton;David K Armstrong;Deborah Ashby;Katie J Bayfield

  • The effects of temperature, water-filled pore space and land use on N2O emissions from an imperfectly drained gleysol

    K. E. Dobbie;K. A. Smith

  • Nitrous oxide emissions from fertilised grassland: A 2-year study of the effects of N fertiliser form and environmental conditions

    Clayton H;McTaggart Ip;Parker J;Swan La

  • Emissions of N2O and NO associated with nitrogen fertilization in intensive agriculture, and the potential for mitigation

    K. A. Smith;I. P. McTaggart;H. Tsuruta

  • Nitrification and denitrification as sources of nitric oxide and nitrous oxide in a sandy loam soil

    U. Skiba;K.A. Smith;D. fowler

  • The control of nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural and natural soils

    U Skiba;K.A Smith

  • Impacts of land management on fluxes of trace greenhouse gases

    K. A. Smith;F. Conen

  • Comparison of N2O emissions from soils at three temperate agricultural sites: simulations of year-round measurements by four models

    Steve Frolking;A R Mosier;Dennis S Ojima;Changsheng Li

  • General CH4 oxidation model and comparisons of CH4 oxidation in natural and managed systems.

    S. J. Del Grosso;W. J. Parton;A. R. Mosier;D. S. Ojima

  • Selection of the most suitable sampling time for static chambers for the estimation of daily mean N2O flux from soils

    Bruno J.R. Alves;Keith A. Smith;Rilner A. Flores;Abmael S. Cardoso

  • 6-BROMOTRYPTAMINE DERIVATIVES FROM THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA TUNICATE DIDEMNUM CANDIDUM

    Eoin Fahy;Barbara C. M. Potts;D. John Faulkner;Keith Smith

  • Impact of different forms of N fertilizer on N2O emissions from intensive grassland

    Karen E. Dobbie;Keith A. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Pelter
Andrew Pelter Swansea University
Benson M. Kariuki
Benson M. Kariuki Cardiff University
Javier Escudero
Javier Escudero University of Edinburgh
David R. Chadwick
David R. Chadwick Bangor University
David S. Reay
David S. Reay University of Edinburgh
B. J. Chambers
B. J. Chambers Mansfield University
Ute Skiba
Ute Skiba Natural Environment Research Council
John Grace
John Grace University of Edinburgh
David Fowler
David Fowler University of Saskatchewan
Tom Misselbrook
Tom Misselbrook Rothamsted Research

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