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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
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9622
World Ranking
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National Ranking
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Laurie G. Smith publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 80 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Laurie G. Smith D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Laurie G. Smith sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 48 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Laurie G. Smith is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Plant Science. Their work encompasses several subfields, including Insect Science, Mechanical Engineering, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics addressed in their research include Plant Surface Properties and Treatments, Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management, Horticultural and Viticultural Research, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Tree Root and Stability Studies, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, and Plant Reproductive Biology.

Laurie G. Smith has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • "Structure-function analysis of the maize bulliform cell cuticle and its potential role in dehydration and leaf rolling" (2020, Plant Direct)
  • "Transcriptomic network analyses shed light on the regulation of cuticle development in maize leaves" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Integrating GWAS and TWAS to elucidate the genetic architecture of maize leaf cuticular conductance" (2022, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY)
  • "Genome-Wide Association Study for Maize Leaf Cuticular Conductance Identifies Candidate Genes Involved in the Regulation of Cuticle Development" (2020, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics)
  • "Structure-function analysis of the maize bulliform cell cuticle and its role in dehydration and leaf rolling" (2020, bioRxiv [Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory])

The frequent publication venues for their work include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, Plant Direct, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Laurie G. Smith collaborates regularly with several researchers, with frequent coauthors being Susanne Matschi, Isabel Molina, Michael A. Gore, Miguel F. Vasquez, and Richard Bourgault.

Best Publications

  • The RNA world of the nucleolus: two major families of small RNAs defined by different box elements with related functions.

    Andrey G Balakin;Laurie Smith;Maurille J Fournier

  • A dominant mutation in the maize homeobox gene, Knotted-1, causes its ectopic expression in leaf cells with altered fates

    Laurie G. Smith;Ben Greene;Bruce Veit;Sarah Hake

  • Clonal analysis of hematopoietic stem-cell differentiation in vivo.

    Laurie G. Smith;Irving L. Weissman;Shelly Heimfeld

  • Integration of omic networks in a developmental atlas of maize.

    Justin W. Walley;Justin W. Walley;Ryan C. Sartor;Zhouxin Shen;Robert J. Schmitz

  • Loss-of-function mutations in the maize homeobox gene, knotted1, are defective in shoot meristem maintenance

    Randall A. Kerstetter;Debbie Laudencia-Chingcuanco;Laurie G. Smith;Sarah Hake

  • Stem cells [14]

    Irving Weissman;Gerald Spangrude;Shelly Heimfeld;Laurie Smith

  • Spatial control of cell expansion by the plant cytoskeleton

    Laurie G. Smith;David G. Oppenheimer

  • Mouse hematopoietic stem cells

    Gerald J. Spangrude;Laurie Smith;Nobuko Uchida;Koichi Ikuta

  • The tangled-1 mutation alters cell division orientations throughout maize leaf development without altering leaf shape

    Laurie G. Smith;Sarah Hake;Anne W. Sylvester

  • Plant cell division: building walls in the right places.

    Laurie G. Smith

  • Differentiation potential of subsets of CD4 − 8 − thymocytes

    I. N. Crispe;M. W. Moore;L. A. Husmann;L. Smith

  • Arabidopsis TANGLED Identifies the Division Plane throughout Mitosis and Cytokinesis

    Keely L. Walker;Sabine Müller;Sabine Müller;Dorianne Moss;David W. Ehrhardt

  • Cytoskeletal control of plant cell shape: getting the fine points.

    Laurie G Smith

  • A small, novel protein highly conserved in plants and animals promotes the polarized growth and division of maize leaf epidermal cells

    Mary J. Frank;Laurie G. Smith

  • The Tangled1 gene is required for spatial control of cytoskeletal arrays associated with cell division during maize leaf development.

    Ann L. Cleary;Laurie G. Smith

  • PAN1 : a receptor-like protein that promotes polarization of an asymmetric cell division in maize

    Heather N. Cartwright;John A. Humphries;Laurie G. Smith

  • Expression of knotted1 marks shoot meristem formation during maize embryogenesis

    Laurie G. Smith;David Jackson;Sarah Hake

  • Two kinesins are involved in the spatial control of cytokinesis in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Sabine Müller;Shengcheng Han;Laurie G. Smith

  • Tangled1: A Microtubule Binding Protein Required for the Spatial Control of Cytokinesis in Maize

    Laurie G. Smith;Suzanne M. Gerttula;Shengcheng Han;Joshua Levy

  • Reconstruction of protein networks from an atlas of maize seed proteotypes

    Justin W. Walley;Zhouxin Shen;Ryan Sartor;Kevin J. Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Scanlon
Michael J. Scanlon Cornell University
Michael A. Gore
Michael A. Gore Cornell University
Sarah Hake
Sarah Hake University of California, Berkeley
Zhouxin Shen
Zhouxin Shen University of California, San Diego
Steven P. Briggs
Steven P. Briggs University of California, San Diego
Irving L. Weissman
Irving L. Weissman Stanford University
Gerald J. Spangrude
Gerald J. Spangrude University of Utah
Rong Li
Rong Li Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Kazuyuki Sugahara
Kazuyuki Sugahara Hokkaido University
Rebecca J. Nelson
Rebecca J. Nelson Cornell University

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