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2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
84
Citations
26360
World Ranking
287
National Ranking
54

Richard Smith publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

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

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 626 publications — 99th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Richard Smith D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Richard Smith is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields with a strong emphasis on Earth and Planetary Sciences, supported by 131 publications in this main area of study. Within this domain, their subfields include Geophysics, Spectroscopy, Molecular Biology, Environmental Chemistry, and Ecology.

The scientist's research topics focus primarily on Seismic Waves and Analysis, Earthquake Detection and Analysis, and Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications. Other significant topics they work on include Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications, Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

Richard Smith has contributed frequently to notable publication venues, including:

  • 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

Their recent papers demonstrate engagement with proteogenomics and cancer research. Notable publications include:

  • 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

The scientist collaborates regularly with several frequent co-authors, including Yehia Ibrahim, Danny Orton, Kent Bloodsworth, Sean Colby, and Christine Chang.

Best Publications

  • Peer review: a flawed process at the heart of science and journals

    Richard Smith

  • Joining together to combat poverty: everybody welcome and needed.

    Andy Haines;Iona Heath;Richard Smith

  • Responding to global infectious disease outbreaks: lessons from SARS on the role of risk perception, communication and management.

    Richard D. Smith

  • Medical journals are an extension of the marketing arm of pharmaceutical companies.

    Richard Smith

  • Medical Tourism: treatments, markets and health system implications: a scoping review

    N Lunt;R Smith;Mark Exworthy;ST Green

  • The true cost of antimicrobial resistance

    Richard Smith;Joanna Coast

  • Theory versus practice: a review of ‘willingness‐to‐pay’ in health and health care

    Jan Abel Olsen;Richard D. Smith

  • The challenge of antimicrobial resistance: What economics can contribute

    Laurence S. J. Roope;Laurence S. J. Roope;Laurence S. J. Roope;Richard D. Smith;Koen B. Pouwels;Koen B. Pouwels;James Buchanan;James Buchanan

  • The effect of rising food prices on food consumption: systematic review with meta-regression

    Rosemary Green;Laura Cornelsen;Alan D Dangour;Rachel Turner

  • Does home based medication review keep older people out of hospital? The HOMER randomised controlled trial

    Richard Holland;Elizabeth Lenaghan;Ian Harvey;Richard Smith

  • Proteogenomic insights into the biology and treatment of HPV-negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

    Chen Huang;Lijun Chen;Sara R. Savage;Rodrigo Vargas Eguez

  • Antimicrobial resistance: a global response

    Richard D. Smith;Joanna Coast

  • The economic impact of SARS: How does the reality match the predictions?

    Marcus Richard Keogh-Brown;Richard David Smith

  • Precautionary Behavior in Response to Perceived Threat of Pandemic Influenza

    M. Zia Sadique;W. John Edmunds;Richard D. Smith;William Jan Meerding

  • Trade in health-related services.

    Richard D Smith;Rupa Chanda;Viroj Tangcharoensathien

  • A good death: An important aim for health services and for us all

    Richard Smith

  • The Trouble With Medical Journals

    Richard Smith

  • The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Education

    Nigel Blake;Paul Smeyers;Richard D. Smith;Paul Standish

  • Weighting and valuing quality-adjusted life-years using stated preference methods: preliminary results from the Social Value of a QALY Project

    R. Baker;Ian Bateman;C. Donaldson;M. Jones-Lee

  • Socioeconomic development as an intervention against malaria: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Lucy S Tusting;Barbara Willey;Henry Lucas;John Thompson

  • New labour, new NHS?

    Jennife Dixon;Nicholas Mays

  • Joining together to combat poverty: everybody welcome and needed

    Andy Haines;Iona Heath;Fiona Moss

Frequent Co-Authors

Joanna Coast
Joanna Coast University of Bristol
Jan Abel Olsen
Jan Abel Olsen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Ian Harvey
Ian Harvey University of East Anglia
Michael Millar
Michael Millar Barts Health NHS Trust
Steven Cummins
Steven Cummins London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
David L. Heymann
David L. Heymann London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Itzhak Gilboa
Itzhak Gilboa Tel Aviv University
Jeff Richardson
Jeff Richardson Monash University
Ramanan Laxminarayan
Ramanan Laxminarayan Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy
Kay-Tee Khaw
Kay-Tee Khaw University of Cambridge

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