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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
48
Citations
11889
World Ranking
18245
National Ranking
1435

michael smith publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where michael smith sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 143 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

michael 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 michael 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

Michael Smith is affiliated with the Royal Geographical Society in the United Kingdom and has a diverse research portfolio spanning Medicine, Environmental Science, and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work predominantly focuses on Ecology, Genetics, and specific areas such as Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Pharmacology, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's main topics of research include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Pharmaceutical Studies and Practices, Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy, and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals.

Major publications by Michael Smith include:

  • Conserving the endangered woylie (Bettongia penicillata ogilbyi): Establishing a semi-arid population within a fenced safe haven, 2020, Ecological Management & Restoration
  • Metapopulation management of a critically endangered marsupial in the age of genomics, 2021, Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Genetic Consequences of Multiple Translocations of the Banded Hare-Wallaby in Western Australia, 2020, Diversity
  • Assessing responsible innovation training, 2023, Journal of Responsible Technology
  • Wild-born versus captive-bred: a comparison of survival and refuge selection by translocated numbats (Myrmecobius fasciatus), 2020, Wildlife Research

Frequent co-authors in their research include Michael Cohen-Wolkowiez, Chantelle Jackson, Daniel K. Benjamin, Matthew M. Laughon, and Kym Ottewell. These collaborations suggest cross-disciplinary work within ecological and medical research contexts.

Michael Smith frequently publishes in venues such as UNC Libraries, arXiv (Cornell University), Global Ecology and Conservation, Diversity, and Ecological Management & Restoration.

Best Publications

  • Oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis: a simple method using two oligonucleotide primers and a single-stranded DNA template.

    Mark J. Zoller;Michael Smith

  • Oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis using M13-derived vectors: an efficient and general procedure for the production of point mutations in any fragment of DNA.

    Mark J. Zoller;Michael Smith

  • Integrated Proteogenomic Characterization of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma.

    David J. Clark;Saravana M. Dhanasekaran;Francesca Petralia;Jianbo Pan

  • Identification by ENDOR of Trp191 as the free-radical site in cytochrome c peroxidase compound ES

    Mohanram Sivaraja;David B. Goodin;Michael Smith;Brian M. Hoffman

  • Redesigning enzyme structure by site-directed mutagenesis: tyrosyl tRNA synthetase and ATP binding

    Greg Winter;Alan R. Fersht;Anthony J. Wilkinson;Mark Zoller

  • Sequence of the gene for iso-l-cytochrome c in saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Michael Smith;David W. Leung;Shirley Gillam;Caroline R. Astell

  • Proteogenomic characterization of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

    Liwei Cao;Chen Huang;Daniel Cui Zhou;Yingwei Hu

  • The sequence of the DNAs coding for the mating-type loci of saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Caroline R. Astell;Lena Ahlstrom-Jonasson;Michael Smith;Kelly Tatchell

  • The distal transcription signals of the herpesvirus tk gene share a common hexanucleotide control sequence.

    Steven L. McKnight;Robert C. Kingsbury;Andrew Spence;Michael Smith

  • A position effect in the control of transcription at yeast mating type loci

    Kim A. Nasmyth;Kelly Tatchell;Benjamin D. Hall;Caroline Astell

  • Site-specific mutagenesis using synthetic oligodeoxyribonucleotide primers: I. Optimum conditions and minimum oligodeoxyribonucleotide length

    Shirley Gillam;Michael Smith

  • Site-directed mutagenesis of cytochrome c shows that an invariant Phe is not essential for function.

    Gary J. Pielak;A. Grant Mauk;Michael Smith

  • A myoglobin variant with a polar substitution in a conserved hydrophobic cluster in the heme binding pocket.

    R Maurus;C M Overall;R Bogumil;Y Luo

  • Replacement of cysteine-107 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae iso-1-cytochrome c with threonine: improved stability of the mutant protein.

    R.L. Cutler;G.J. Pielak;A. G. Mauk;M. Smith

  • Mutagenesis of Fujinami Sarcoma Virus: Evidence that tyrosine phosphorylation of P130gag-fps modulates its biological activity

    Geraldine Weinmaster;Mark J. Zoller;Michael Smith;Ehleen Hinze

  • Mutations of the yeast SUP4 tRNATyr Locus: Transcription of the mutant genes in vitro

    Raymond A. Koski;Stuart G. Clarkson;Janet Kurjan;Benjamin D. Hall

  • Identification of functional regions in the transforming protein of Fujinami sarcoma virus by in-phase insertion mutagenesis

    James C. Stone;Tom Atkinson;Michael Smith;Tony Pawson

  • Transcription initiation of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae iso-1-cytochrome c gene. Multiple, independent T-A-T-A sequences.

    J B McNeil;M Smith

  • Structure of the 3′ hairpin termini of four rodent parvovirus genomes: Nucleotide sequence homology at origins of DNA replication

    Caroline R. Astell;Michael Smith;Marie B. Chow;David C. Ward

  • The role of a conserved internal water molecule and its associated hydrogen bond network in cytochrome c.

    A.M Berghuis;J.G Guillemette;G McLendon;F Sherman

Frequent Co-Authors

N. A. Robertson
N. A. Robertson California Institute of Technology
Bruce Allen
Bruce Allen Max Planck Society
Benjamin D. Hall
Benjamin D. Hall University of Washington
Stephen Fairhurst
Stephen Fairhurst Cardiff University
Gary D. Brayer
Gary D. Brayer University of British Columbia
J. A. Giaime
J. A. Giaime Louisiana State University
Maria Alessandra Papa
Maria Alessandra Papa Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Rana X. Adhikari
Rana X. Adhikari California Institute of Technology
Karsten Danzmann
Karsten Danzmann Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Matthew Evans
Matthew Evans MIT

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