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Kenneth L. Smith publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

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

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 133 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Kenneth L. Smith D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kenneth L. Smith is affiliated with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a specialization in global and planetary change. The main topics addressed in their work include atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics.

Smith's recent publications are centered around decadal time-series analysis of dissolved oxygen depletion at abyssal depths in the Northeast Pacific. Two papers published in 2022 are titled:

  • Data from: Decadal Time-Series Depletion of Dissolved Oxygen at Abyssal Depths in the Northeast Pacific (2022, Zenodo, CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Data from: Decadal Time-Series Depletion of Dissolved Oxygen at Abyssal Depths in the Northeast Pacific (2022, Zenodo, CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

The repetition of titles suggests a data-centric focus for these works published through Zenodo.

Frequent collaborators with whom Smith has worked include:

  • Monique Messié
  • T. Connolly
  • Christine L. Huffard

Smith's publications are mainly found in the venue Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), reflecting a consistent engagement with data publication platforms.

Best Publications

  • Shifts in Deep-Sea Community Structure Linked to Climate and Food Supply

    Henry A. Ruhl;Kenneth L. Smith

  • Free-drifting icebergs : Hot spots of chemical and biological enrichment in the weddell sea

    Kenneth L. Smith;Bruce H. Robison;John J. Helly;Ronald S. Kaufmann

  • Climate, carbon cycling, and deep-ocean ecosystems.

    K. L. Smith;H. A. Ruhl;B. J. Bett;D. S. M. Billett

  • Food energy supply and demand: A discrepancy between particulate organic carbon flux and sediment community oxygen consumption in the deep ocean1

    K. L. Smith

  • Oxygen microprofiles measured in situ in deep ocean sediments

    Clare E. Reimers;Kathleen M. Fischer;Ray Merewether;K. L. Smith

  • Scavenging deep-sea amphipods: Effects of food odor on oxygen consumption and a proposed metabolic strategy

    K. L. Smith;R. J. Baldwin

  • Coupling of near-bottom pelagic and benthic processes at abyssal depths in the eastern North Pacific Ocean

    K. L. Smith;R. S. Kaufmann;R. J. Baldwin

  • Connections between climate, food limitation, and carbon cycling in abyssal sediment communities

    Henry A. Ruhl;Jacob A. Ellena;Kenneth L. Smith

  • Seasonal fluctuations in deep-sea sediment community oxygen consumption: central and eastern North Pacific

    K. L. Smith;R. J. Baldwin

  • Long-term discrepancy between food supply and demand in the deep eastern north pacific

    Kenneth L. Smith;Ronald S. Kaufmann

  • Metabolism of the abyssopelagic rattail Coryphaenoides armatus measured in situ

    K. L. Smith

  • Foraging behavior of abyssal grenadier fish: inferences from acoustic tagging and tracking in the North Pacific Ocean

    Imants George Priede;Kenneth L. Smith;John D. Armstrong

  • Sediment community response to a temporally varying food supply at an abyssal station in the NE pacific

    Jeffrey C. Drazen;Roberta J. Baldwin;Kenneth L. Smith

  • Reconciling particulate organic carbon flux and sediment community oxygen consumption in the deep North Pacific

    K. L. Smith;R. J. Baldwin;P. M. Williams

  • Deep ocean communities impacted by changing climate over 24 y in the abyssal northeast Pacific Ocean

    Kenneth L. Smith;Henry A. Ruhl;Mati Kahru;Christine L. Huffard

  • Reconciling measured and predicted fluxes of oxygen across the deep sea sediment-water interface1

    Clare E. Reimers;K. L. Smith

  • Long time-series monitoring of an abyssal site in the NE Pacific: an introduction

    K.L Smith;E.R.M Druffel

  • Particulate matter fluxes into the benthic boundary layer at a long time-series station in the abyssal NE Pacific: composition and fluxes

    R.J. Baldwin;R.C. Glatts;K.L. Smith

  • Pelagic-benthic coupling in the abyssal eastern North Pacific: An 8-year time-series study of food supply and demand

    Kenneth Jr. L. Smith;Ronald S. Kaufmann;Roberta J. Baldwin;A. F. Carlucci

  • Bypassing the abyssal benthic food web: Macrourid diet in the eastern North Pacific inferred from stomach content and stable isotopes analyses

    Jeffrey C. Drazen;Brian N. Popp;C. Anela Choy;Tara Clemente

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry A. Ruhl
Henry A. Ruhl Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Imants G. Priede
Imants G. Priede University of Aberdeen
Brian J. Bett
Brian J. Bett National Oceanography Centre
Gilbert T. Rowe
Gilbert T. Rowe Texas A&M University
Ellen R. M. Druffel
Ellen R. M. Druffel University of California, Irvine
Mati Kahru
Mati Kahru University of California, San Diego
Maria Vernet
Maria Vernet University of California, San Diego
David S.M. Billett
David S.M. Billett National Oceanography Centre
Richard S. Lampitt
Richard S. Lampitt National Oceanography Centre
Peter M. Williams
Peter M. Williams University of California, San Diego

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