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Richard D. Smith publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Richard D. Smith sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 1,128 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Richard D. Smith D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 169 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Richard D. Smith is affiliated with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions also in various subfields such as Geophysics, Spectroscopy, Molecular Biology, Environmental Chemistry, and Ecology.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Proteogenomic and metabolomic characterization of human glioblastoma (2021, Cancer Cell)
  • Proteogenomic Landscape of Breast Cancer Tumorigenesis and Targeted Therapy (2020, Cell)
  • Proteogenomic Characterization of Endometrial Carcinoma (2020, Cell)
  • Integrated Proteogenomic Characterization across Major Histological Types of Pediatric Brain Cancer (2020, Cell)
  • Proteogenomic data and resources for pan-cancer analysis (2023, Cancer Cell)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Richard D. Smith include:

  • Yehia Ibrahim
  • Danny Orton
  • Kent Bloodsworth
  • Sean Colby
  • Christine Chang

Publication venues where the scientist's work frequently appears include:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Richard D. Smith was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2006.

Best Publications

  • New developments in biochemical mass spectrometry: electrospray ionization

    Richard D. Smith;Joseph A. Loo;Charles G. Edmonds;Charles J. Barinaga

  • Toward a Human Blood Serum Proteome Analysis By Multidimensional Separation Coupled With Mass Spectrometry

    Joshua N. Adkins;Susan M. Varnum;Kenneth J. Auberry;Ronald J. Moore

  • A common open representation of mass spectrometry data and its application to proteomics research

    Patrick G A Pedrioli;Jimmy K Eng;Robert Hubley;Mathijs Vogelzang

  • On-line mass spectrometric detection for capillary zone electrophoresis

    Jose A. Olivares;Nhung T. Nguyen;Clement R. Yonker;Richard D. Smith

  • Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.

    Charles G. Edmonds;Richard D. Smith

  • Principles and practice of electrospray ionization—mass spectrometry for large polypeptides and proteins

    Richard D. Smith;Joseph A. Loo;Rachel R. Ogorzalek Loo;Mark Busman

  • Improved electrospray ionization interface for capillary zone electrophoresis-mass spectrometry

    Richard D. Smith;Charles J. Barinaga;Harold R. Udseth

  • Reversed‐phase chromatography with multiple fraction concatenation strategy for proteome profiling of human MCF10A cells

    Yuexi Wang;Feng Yang;Marina A. Gritsenko;Yingchun Wang

  • Fundamentals of Traveling Wave Ion Mobility Spectrometry

    Alexandre A. Shvartsburg;Richard D. Smith

  • Rapid expansion of supercritical fluid solutions: solute formation of powders, thin films, and fibers

    Dean W. Matson;John L. Fulton;Robert C. Petersen;Richard D. Smith

  • Nanodroplet processing platform for deep and quantitative proteome profiling of 10-100 mammalian cells.

    Ying Zhu;Paul D. Piehowski;Rui Zhao;Jing Chen

  • Proteomics by FTICR mass spectrometry: top down and bottom up.

    Bogdan Bogdanov;Richard D. Smith

  • Capillary zone electrophoresis-mass spectrometry using an electrospray ionization interface

    Richard D. Smith;Jose A. Olivares;Nhung T. Nguyen;Harold R. Udseth

  • Normalization Approaches for Removing Systematic Biases Associated with Mass Spectrometry and Label-Free Proteomics

    Stephen J. Callister;Richard C. Barry;Joshua N. Adkins;Ethan T. Johnson

  • An Interlaboratory Evaluation of Drift Tube Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry Collision Cross Section Measurements.

    Sarah M. Stow;Tim J. Causon;Xueyun Zheng;Ruwan T. Kurulugama

  • An accurate mass tag strategy for quantitative and high-throughput proteome measurements.

    Richard D. Smith;Gordon A. Anderson;Mary S. Lipton;Ljiljana Pasa-Tolic

  • Reproducible workflow for multiplexed deep-scale proteome and phosphoproteome analysis of tumor tissues by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry

    Philipp Mertins;Philipp Mertins;Lauren C. Tang;Karsten Krug;David J. Clark

  • Global analysis of the Deinococcus radiodurans proteome by using accurate mass tags.

    Mary S. Lipton;Ljiljana Paša-Tolić;Gordon A. Anderson;David J. Anderson

  • Mass spectrometry-based proteomics: existing capabilities and future directions

    Thomas E. Angel;Uma K. Aryal;Shawna M. Hengel;Erin Shammel Baker

  • Human Plasma N-Glycoproteome Analysis by Immunoaffinity Subtraction, Hydrazide Chemistry, and Mass Spectrometry

    Tao Liu;Wei Jun Qian;Marina A. Gritsenko;David G. Camp

  • A Perspective on the Maillard Reaction and the Analysis of Protein Glycation by Mass Spectrometry: Probing the Pathogenesis of Chronic Disease

    Qibin Zhang;Jennifer M. Ames;Richard D. Smith;John W. Baynes

Frequent Co-Authors

David G. Camp
David G. Camp Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Wei-Jun Qian
Wei-Jun Qian Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Ronald J. Moore
Ronald J. Moore Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Gordon A. Anderson
Gordon A. Anderson Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Matthew E. Monroe
Matthew E. Monroe Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Harold R. Udseth
Harold R. Udseth Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Keqi Tang
Keqi Tang Ningbo University
Tao Liu
Tao Liu Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Marina A. Gritsenko
Marina A. Gritsenko Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Joshua N. Adkins
Joshua N. Adkins Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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