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Michael H. Smith publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael H. Smith sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 91 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Michael H. Smith D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Michael H. Smith is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a primary focus on Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. The scientist's work centers on topics such as Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, Biofuel Production and Bioconversion, and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization.

Smith has contributed to several publications in notable venues including the ECS Meeting Abstracts, Energy & Environmental Science, and Biotechnology for Biofuels. The recent papers authored or co-authored by Smith include:

  • Low carbon strategies for sustainable bio-alkane gas production and renewable energy (2020, Energy & Environmental Science)
  • Renewable and tuneable bio-LPG blends derived from amino acids (2020, Biotechnology for Biofuels)
  • (Invited) Multi-Week Monitoring with Electrochemical Aptamer Sensors: Recent Breakthroughs and Remaining Challenges (2025, ECS Meeting Abstracts)
  • First-Ever Demonstration of Continuous Protein Monitoring in Whole Serum and in-vivo (2025, ECS Meeting Abstracts)

Throughout their research career, Smith has frequently collaborated with several co-authors who have contributed to multiple publications. These collaborators include Mohamed Amer, Robin Hoeven, Matthew Faulkner, Helen S. Toogood, and Nigel S. Scrutton.

Smith's work is mainly published in the area of biochemical processes involving microbial engineering for sustainable biofuel production, focusing on enzyme mechanisms and immobilization techniques. Their participation in the ECS Meeting Abstracts highlights involvement in electrochemical sensor technology as well, reflecting interdisciplinary interests bridging molecular biology and biomedical engineering.

Best Publications

  • Marine aerosol, sea-salt, and the marine sulphur cycle: a short review

    Colin D. O'Dowd;Michael H. Smith;Ian E. Consterdine;Jason A. Lowe

  • Physicochemical properties of aerosols over the northeast Atlantic: Evidence for wind‐speed‐related submicron sea‐salt aerosol production

    Colin D. O'Dowd;Michael H. Smith

  • Marine aerosol concentrations and estimated fluxes over the sea

    M. H. Smith;P. M. Park;I. E. Consterdine

  • On the photochemical production of new particles in the coastal boundary layer

    Colin O'Dowd;Gordon McFiggans;David J. Creasey;Liisa Pirjola

  • New particle formation: Nucleation rates and spatial scales in the clean marine coastal environment

    Colin D. O'Dowd;Michael Geever;Martin K. Hill;Michael H. Smith

  • Production of sea spray aerosol in the surf zone

    Gerrit de Leeuw;Filip P. Neele;Martin Hill;Michael H. Smith

  • The relative importance of non‐sea‐salt sulphate and sea‐salt aerosol to the marine cloud condensation nuclei population: An improved multi‐component aerosol‐cloud droplet parametrization

    Colin D. O'Dowd;Jason A. Lowe;Michael H. Smith;Andrew D. Kaye

  • The production and dispersal of marine aerosol

    H. J. Exton;J. Latham;P. M. Park;S. J. Perry

  • Biogenic sulphur emissions and inferred non‐sea‐salt‐sulphate cloud condensation nuclei in and around Antarctica

    Colin D. O'Dowd;Jason A. Lowe;Michael H. Smith;Brian Davison

  • Coupling sea-salt and sulphate interactions and its impact on cloud droplet concentration predictions

    Colin D. O'Dowd;Jason A. Lowe;Michael H. Smith

  • Effect on global warming of wind-dependent aerosol generation at the ocean surface

    J. Latham;M. H. Smith

  • Evolution of the vertical profile and flux of large sea‐salt particles in a coastal zone

    Jeffrey S. Reid;Haflidi H. Jonsson;Michael H. Smith;Alexander Smirnov

  • Submicron particle, radon, and soot carbon characteristics over the northeast Atlantic

    Colin D. O'Dowd;Michael H. Smith;S. Gerard Jennings

  • Frost flowers in the laboratory: growth, characteristics, aerosol, and the underlying sea ice

    Howard K. Roscoe;B. Brooks;A.V. Jackson;M.H. Smith

  • The RED Experiment: An Assessment of Boundary Layer Effects in a Trade Winds Regime on Microwave and Infrared Propagation over the Sea

    Kenneth Anderson;Barbara Brooks;Peter Caffrey;Antony Clarke

  • Ice nucleation in orographic wave clouds: Measurements made during INTACC

    Paul R. Field;R. J. Cotton;K. Noone;P. Glantz

  • Observations and modelling of aerosol growth in marine stratocumulus—case study

    Colin D. O’Dowd;Jason A. Lowe;Michael H. Smith

  • Dimethyl sulfide, methane sulfonic acid and physicochemical aerosol properties in Atlantic air from the United Kingdom to Halley Bay

    Brian Davison;C. Nicholas Hewitt;Colin D. O'Dowd;Jason A. Lowe

  • The North Atlantic Marine Boundary Layer Experiment (NAMBLEX). Overview of the campaign held at Mace Head, Ireland, in summer 2002

    D. E. Heard;K. A. Read;J. Methven;S. Al-Haider

  • The Use of the Inertial Dissipation Technique for Shipboard Wind Stress Determination

    Margaret J. Yelland;Peter K. Taylor;Ian E. Consterdine;Michael H. Smith

  • Eddy covariance measurements of the sea spray aerosol flux over the open ocean

    Sarah J. Norris;Ian M. Brooks;Martin K. Hill;Barbara J. Brooks

Frequent Co-Authors

Colin D. O'Dowd
Colin D. O'Dowd University of Galway
Ian M. Brooks
Ian M. Brooks University of Leeds
John Latham
John Latham University of Manchester
James B. McQuaid
James B. McQuaid University of Leeds
Gerrit de Leeuw
Gerrit de Leeuw Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Roy M. Harrison
Roy M. Harrison University of Birmingham
Meric Srokosz
Meric Srokosz National Oceanography Centre
Ute Schuster
Ute Schuster University of Exeter
Simon O'Doherty
Simon O'Doherty University of Bristol
Thomas Choularton
Thomas Choularton University of Manchester

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