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Robert L. Smith publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert L. Smith sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 108 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Robert L. Smith D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Robert L. Smith was affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their research focused primarily in the field of Engineering with several contributions to subfields including Mechanics of Materials, Civil and Structural Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Themes present in their work included Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation, Structural Health Monitoring Techniques, Non-Destructive Testing Techniques, Digital Transformation in Industry, Structural Analysis and Optimization, Optical Measurement and Interference Techniques, and Textile Materials and Evaluations.

Robert L. Smith published in various academic venues. Frequent publication outlets included Translational Research, Ultrasonics, Research in Nondestructive Evaluation, Insight - Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring, and Applied Sciences.

The list of notable papers by Robert L. Smith included:

  • Suppression of front and back surface reflections in ultrasonic analytic-signal responses from composites (2022, Ultrasonics)
  • Advances in the UK Toward NDE 4.0 (2020, Research in Nondestructive Evaluation)
  • Ultrasonic metrics for large-area rapid wrinkle detection and classification in composites (2024, Insight - Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring)
  • Foreword to the Special Issue on Terahertz Nondestructive Testing (2021, Applied Sciences)
  • Modelling Low-Frequency Vibration and Defect Detection in Homogeneous Plate-Like Solids (2024, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation)

Frequent collaborators in their research included Paul D. Wilcox, Joshua O. Aigbotsua, Tom Marshall, Bruce W. Drinkwater, and Melissa Azul. These co-authors contributed to multiple projects and publications alongside Smith.

Best Publications

  • Coastal and Estuarine Studies

    S.J. Neshyba;Ch.N.K. Mooers;R.L. Smith;R.T. Barber

  • The Leeuwin Current off Western Australia, 1986–1987

    Robert L. Smith;Adriana Huyer;J. Stuart Godfrey;John A. Church

  • A separating coastal upwelling jet at Cape Blanco, Oregon and its connection to the California Current System

    John A Barth;Stephen D Pierce;Robert L Smith

  • Seasonal cycles of currents, temperatures, winds, and sea level over the northeast pacific continental shelf: 35°N to 48°N

    P. T. Strub;J. S. Allen;A. Huyer;R. L. Smith

  • The spring transition in currents over the Oregon Continental Shelf

    A. Huyer;E. J. C. Sobey;R. L. Smith

  • Modal Decomposition of the Velocity Field near the Oregon Coast

    Pijush K. Kundu;J. S. Allen;Robert L. Smith

  • Hydration of natural glass and formation of perlite

    Irving Friedman;Robert L Smith;William D Long

  • A Comparison of the Structure and Variability of the Flow Field in three Coastal Upwelling Regions: Oregon, Northwest Africa, and Peru

    Robert L. Smith

  • The signature of El Niño off Oregon, 1982–1983

    Adriana Huyer;Robert L. Smith

  • Offshore wind forcing in the Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico: The asymmetric circulation

    A. Trasviña;E. D. Barton;J. Brown;H. S. Velez

  • The Dynamic Structure of the Frontal Zone in the Coastal Upwelling Region off Oregon

    Christopher N. K. Mooers;Curtis A. Collins;Robert L. Smith

  • Viscosity and water content of rhyolite glass

    Irving Friedman;William Long;Robert L. Smith

  • Pleistocene high‐silica rhyolites of the Coso Volcanic Field, Inyo County, California

    Charles R. Bacon;Ray Macdonald;Robert L. Smith;Philip A. Baedecker

  • Denitrification and hydrogen sulfide in the Peru upwelling region during 1976

    R.C. Dugdale;J.J. Goering;R.T. Barber;R.L. Smith

  • Continuity of the poleward undercurrent along the eastern boundary of the mid-latitude north Pacific

    S.D. Pierce;R.L. Smith;P.M. Kosro;J.A. Barth

  • Large-scale structure of the spring transition in the coastal ocean off western North America

    P. Ted Strub;J. S. Allen;A. Huyer;R. L. Smith

  • The physical environment of the Peruvian upwelling system

    K.H. Brink;D. Halpern;A. Huyer;R.L. Smith

  • Coastal upwelling off Peru during normal and El Niño times, 1981–1984

    Adriana Huyer;Robert L. Smith;Theresa Paluszkiewicz

  • The structure of the transition zone between coastal waters and the open ocean off northern California, winter and spring 1987

    P. Michael Kosro;Adriana Huyer;Steven R. Ramp;Robert L. Smith

  • A description of current, wind, and sea level variations during coastal upwelling off the Oregon coast, July–August 1972

    Robert L. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Adriana Huyer
Adriana Huyer Oregon State University
Kenneth H. Brink
Kenneth H. Brink Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
John A. Barth
John A. Barth Oregon State University
Eric D. Barton
Eric D. Barton Spanish National Research Council
John A. Church
John A. Church University of New South Wales
John S. Allen
John S. Allen Oregon State University
Howard J. Freeland
Howard J. Freeland Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Francisco P. Chavez
Francisco P. Chavez Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Neil J. White
Neil J. White CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Patricia A. Wheeler
Patricia A. Wheeler Oregon State University

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