2026 Michael W. Smith: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	57	13532	12442	5740	5137	192	21273

Overview

Michael W. Smith is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research contributions span multiple intersections of healthcare and technology, with a focus on areas such as electronic health records, genomics, and healthcare systems.

The scientist has published works in several venues, including:

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Applied Clinical Informatics
Contraception
arXiv (Cornell University)

Smith's recent publications include:

"Telemedicine strategy of the European Reference Network ITHACA for the diagnosis and management of patients with rare developmental disorders" (2020) in Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
"Application of Human Factors Methods to Understand Missed Follow-up of Abnormal Test Results" (2020) in Applied Clinical Informatics
"Joint Activity Design Evaluation Tools for Conducting Staged-World Studies" (2022) in Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting
"CHANGES IN KNOWLEDGE OF ABORTION LEGALITY FOLLOWING DOBBS" (2024) in Contraception
"A Starter Kit for Diversity-Oriented Communities for Undergraduates: Near-Peer Mentorship Programs" (2025) in arXiv (Cornell University)

The scientist frequently collaborates with peers including Elizabeth Alexander, Ruta Marcinkute, Dorica Dan, Myfanwy Rawson, and Siddharth Banka.

Smith conducts research across several subfields such as:

Surgery
Genetics
Health Information Management
Social Psychology
Information Systems

Key topics addressed in their work entail:

Electronic Health Records Systems
Genomics and Rare Diseases
Healthcare Systems and Technology
Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
Health Policy Implementation Science
Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation
Human-Automation Interaction and Safety

Best Publications

Genetic Restriction of HIV-1 Infection and Progression to AIDS by a Deletion Allele of the CKR5 Structural Gene

Michael Dean;Mary Carrington;Cheryl Winkler;Gavin A. Huttley

3307
Citations
The Genetic Structure and History of Africans and African Americans

Sarah A. Tishkoff;Floyd A. Reed;Françoise R. Friedlaender;Christopher Ehret

1903
Citations
Contrasting Genetic Influence of CCR2 and CCR5 Variants on HIV-1 Infection and Disease Progression

Michael W. Smith;Michael Dean;Mary Carrington;Cheryl Winkler

1143
Citations
Genetic Restriction of AIDS Pathogenesis by an SDF-1 Chemokine Gene Variant

Cheryl Winkler;William Modi;Michael W. Smith;George W. Nelson

951
Citations
Production and integration of the ATLAS Insertable B-Layer

B. Abbott;A. Clark;S. Latorre;O. Crespo-Lopez

852
Citations
MYH9 is a major-effect risk gene for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

Jeffrey B Kopp;Michael W Smith;George W Nelson;Randall C Johnson

829
Citations
MYH9 is associated with nondiabetic end-stage renal disease in African Americans

W H Linda Kao;Michael J Klag;Lucy A Meoni;David Reich;David Reich

775
Citations
Dating the Origin of the CCR5-Δ32 AIDS-Resistance Allele by the Coalescence of Haplotypes

J. Claiborne Stephens;David E. Reich;David B. Goldstein;Hyoung Doo Shin

686
Citations
IN VITRO MUTAGENESIS

Michael Smith

651
Citations
Methods for high-density admixture mapping of disease genes.

Nick Patterson;Neil Hattangadi;Barton Lane;Kirk E. Lohmueller

573
Citations
GENETIC ACCELERATION OF AIDS PROGRESSION BY A PROMOTER VARIANT OF CCR5

Maureen P. Martin;Michael Dean;Michael W. Smith;Cheryl Winkler

558
Citations
Strength training increases resting metabolic rate and norepinephrine levels in healthy 50- to 65-yr-old men

R. Pratley;B. Nicklas;M. Rubin;J. Miller

538
Citations
Ethnic-affiliation estimation by use of population-specific DNA markers.

Mark D. Shriver;Michael W. Smith;Li Jin;Amy Marcini

513
Citations
A High-Density Admixture Map for Disease Gene Discovery in African Americans

Michael W. Smith;Michael W. Smith;Nick Patterson;James A. Lautenberger;Ann L. Truelove;Ann L. Truelove

496
Citations
Genome-wide scans for footprints of natural selection

Taras K. Oleksyk;Michael W. Smith;Stephen J. O'Brien

404
Citations
Genetic restriction of HIV-1 pathogenesis to AIDS by promoter alleles of IL10.

Hyoung Doo Shin;Cheryl Winkler;J. Claiborne Stephens;Jay Bream

372
Citations
A mitochondrial-like chaperonin 60 gene in Giardia lamblia: Evidence that diplomonads once harbored an endosymbiont related to the progenitor of mitochondria

Roger Aj;Svärd Sg;Tovar J;Clark Cg

369
Citations
Mapping by admixture linkage disequilibrium: advances, limitations and guidelines.

Michael W. Smith;Michael W. Smith;Stephen J. O'Brien

319
Citations
Admixture Mapping Comes of Age

Cheryl A. Winkler;George W. Nelson;Michael W. Smith

275
Citations
Correction: Pain, catastrophizing, and depression in the rheumatic diseases

Robert R. Edwards;Christine Cahalan;George Mensing;Michael Smith

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen J. O'Brien Nova Southeastern University

Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Robert R. Edwards Brigham and Women's Hospital

Claudia M. Campbell Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

W. H. Linda Kao Johns Hopkins University

Cheryl A. Winkler National Institutes of Health

David Vlahov Yale University

James J. Goedert National Institutes of Health

Mary Carrington Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard

Josef Coresh New York University

External Links

Personal website of Michael W. Smith

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