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Robin A. J. Smith

Robin A. J. Smith

University of Otago
New Zealand

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
69
Citations
21284
World Ranking
7284
National Ranking
16

Robin A. J. Smith publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 119 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robin A. J. 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 Robin A. J. Smith sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Overview

Robin A. J. Smith is affiliated with the University of Otago in New Zealand and works primarily within the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Epidemiology, Immunology, and Genetics. Their research contributions extend to subfields such as Small Animals and Surgery.

Their main research topics include Cervical Cancer and HPV Research, Hepatitis B Virus Studies, Virus-based gene therapy research, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, Genital Health and Disease, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, and Animal Virus Infections Studies.

Smith has published multiple papers, including:

  • "Durability of single-dose HPV vaccination in young Kenyan women: randomized controlled trial 3-year results" (2023), Nature Medicine
  • "Novel decoy cellular vaccine strategy utilizing transgenic antigen-expressing cells as immune presenter and adjuvant in vaccine prototype against SARS-CoV-2 virus" (2020), Medicine in Drug Discovery
  • "Confirmation of the Cardioprotective Effect of MitoGamide in the Diabetic Heart" (2020), Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy
  • "Three Studies Evaluating the Potential For Lidocaine, Bupivacaine or Procaine to Reduce Pain-Related Behaviors Following Ring Castration and/or Tail Docking in Lambs" (2021), Preprints.org
  • "Term immune memory responses to human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination following 2 versus 3 doses of HPV vaccine" (2025), Vaccine

Frequent coauthors in their work include Denise A. Galloway, Erin M. Scherer, David Skibinski, Sandhya Sankaranarayanan, and Alain Luxembourg.

Smith's research has been published regularly in venues such as Vaccine, Nature Medicine, Medicine in Drug Discovery, Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy, and Preprints.org.

Robin A. J. Smith was awarded the title Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2002.

Best Publications

  • Targeting Antioxidants to Mitochondria by Conjugation to Lipophilic Cations

    Michael P. Murphy;Robin A.J. Smith

  • Selective Targeting of a Redox-active Ubiquinone to Mitochondria within Cells: ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTIAPOPTOTIC PROPERTIES *

    Geoffrey F. Kelso;Carolyn M. Porteous;Carolyn V. Coulter;Gillian Hughes

  • Delivery of bioactive molecules to mitochondria in vivo

    Robin A. J. Smith;Carolyn M. Porteous;Alison M. Gane;Michael P. Murphy

  • Targeting an antioxidant to mitochondria decreases cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury

    Victoria J. Adlam;Joanne C. Harrison;Carolyn M. Porteous;Andrew M. James

  • Animal and human studies with the mitochondria-targeted antioxidant MitoQ.

    Robin A.J. Smith;Michael P. Murphy

  • Cardioprotection by S-nitrosation of a cysteine switch on mitochondrial complex I

    Edward T Chouchani;Carmen Methner;Sergiy M Nadtochiy;Angela Logan

  • A double‐blind, placebo‐controlled study to assess the mitochondria‐targeted antioxidant MitoQ as a disease‐modifying therapy in Parkinson's disease

    Barry J. Snow;Fiona L. Rolfe;Michelle M. Lockhart;Christopher M. Frampton

  • Selective targeting of an antioxidant to mitochondria

    Robin A. J. Smith;Carolyn M. Porteous;Carolyn V. Coulter;Michael P. Murphy

  • Lipophilic triphenylphosphonium cations as tools in mitochondrial bioenergetics and free radical biology.

    Meredith F Ross;Geoffrey Kelso;Frances H Blaikie;Andrew M James

  • Mitochondria-targeted antioxidants protect Friedreich Ataxia fibroblasts from endogenous oxidative stress more effectively than untargeted antioxidants.

    Matthias L. Jauslin;Thomas Meier;Robin A. J. Smith;Michael P. Murphy

  • Drug delivery to mitochondria: the key to mitochondrial medicine

    Michael P Murphy;Robin A.J Smith

  • Interactions of mitochondria-targeted and untargeted ubiquinones with the mitochondrial respiratory chain and reactive oxygen species. Implications for the use of exogenous ubiquinones as therapies and experimental tools.

    Andrew M. James;Helena M. Cochemé;Robin A.J. Smith;Michael P. Murphy

  • Superoxide activates mitochondrial uncoupling protein 2 from the matrix side. Studies using targeted antioxidants.

    Karim S. Echtay;Michael P. Murphy;Robin A.J. Smith;Darren A. Talbot

  • Ferredoxin reductase affects p53-dependent, 5-fluorouracil–induced apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells

    Paul M. Hwang;Fred Bunz;Jian Yu;Carlo Rago

  • Superoxide activates uncoupling proteins by generating carbon-centered radicals and initiating lipid peroxidation: studies using a mitochondria-targeted spin trap derived from alpha-phenyl-N-tert-butylnitrone.

    Michael P. Murphy;Karim S. Echtay;Frances H. Blaikie;Jordi Asin-Cayuela

  • Mitochondria-Targeted Antioxidant MitoQ10 Improves Endothelial Function and Attenuates Cardiac Hypertrophy

    Delyth Graham;Ngan N. Huynh;Carlene A. Hamilton;Elisabeth Beattie

  • Mitochondria-Targeted Small Molecule Therapeutics and Probes

    Robin A.J. Smith;Richard C. Hartley;Michael P. Murphy

  • The mitochondria-targeted anti-oxidant mitoquinone decreases liver damage in a phase II study of hepatitis C patients.

    Edward J. Gane;Frank Weilert;David W. Orr;Geraldine F. Keogh

  • Antioxidant and prooxidant properties of mitochondrial Coenzyme Q

    Andrew M. James;Robin A.J. Smith;Michael P. Murphy

  • Targeting Antioxidants to Mitochondria by Conjugation to Lipophilic

    Michael P. Murphy;Robin A. J. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael P. Murphy
Michael P. Murphy University of Cambridge
Andrew M. James
Andrew M. James MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit
Aleksandra Filipovska
Aleksandra Filipovska University of Western Australia
Ian M. Fearnley
Ian M. Fearnley University of Cambridge
Thomas Krieg
Thomas Krieg University of Cambridge
Jiri Neuzil
Jiri Neuzil Czech Academy of Sciences
Robert N. Lightowlers
Robert N. Lightowlers Newcastle University
Linda Partridge
Linda Partridge Max Planck Society
Bruce H. Lipshutz
Bruce H. Lipshutz University of California, Santa Barbara
Paul S. Brookes
Paul S. Brookes University of Rochester Medical Center

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