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D-Index
53
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9598
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4280
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295

Roger K. Smith publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Roger K. Smith sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 218 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Roger K. Smith D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

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

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This scientist: 53 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Roger K. Smith is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research primarily spans earth and planetary sciences, with a significant focus on atmospheric science. Smith's work also intersects with environmental science and medicine, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to scientific inquiry.

The scientist's research concentrates notably on tropical and extratropical cyclones, meteorological phenomena and simulations, and climate variability and models. Additionally, Smith's work covers topics related to tendon structure and treatment, shoulder injury and treatment, ocean waves and remote sensing, and wind and air flow studies.

Frequent coauthors in Smith's publications include Michael T. Montgomery, Jayesh Dudhia, Gerard Kilroy, and Shanghong Wang. These collaborations suggest active participation in research networks focused on atmospheric and environmental sciences.

Smith's publication record includes contributions to a range of prominent scientific journals. The most frequent venues for their research are:

  • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • Tropical Cyclone Research and Review
  • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • Monthly Weather Review
  • Cell and Tissue Research

Selected recent papers authored by Smith highlight a focus on tropical cyclones and related meteorological processes:

  • Tropical cyclone life cycle in a three-dimensional numerical simulation, 2021, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • "One Health" in tendinopathy research: Current concepts, 2021, Journal of Orthopaedic Research®

Smith's expertise also encompasses interdisciplinary connections between atmospheric sciences and medicine, as indicated by research on tendinopathy and tendon repair, bridging environmental phenomena with biological treatment approaches.

Best Publications

  • The extratropical transition of tropical cyclones : forecast challenges, current understanding, and future directions

    Sarah C. Jones;Patrick A. Harr;Jim Abraham;Lance F. Bosart

  • Tropical cyclone spin‐up revisited

    Roger K. Smith;Michael T. Montgomery;Michael T. Montgomery;Nguyen Van Sang

  • Tropical-cyclone intensification and predictability in three dimensions

    Nguyen Van Sang;Roger K. Smith;Michael T. Montgomery

  • The Morning Glory of the Gulf of Carpentaria: An Atmospheric Undular Bore

    R. H. Clarke;R. K. Smith;D. G. Reid

  • Paradigms for Tropical Cyclone Intensification

    Michael T Montgomery;Roger K Smith

  • The Pre-Depression Investigation of Cloud-Systems in the Tropics (PREDICT) Experiment: Scientific Basis, New Analysis Tools, and Some First Results

    Michael T. Montgomery;Christopher Davis;Timothy Dunkerton;Zhuo Wang

  • Do tropical cyclones intensify by WISHE

    Michael T. Montgomery;Michael T. Montgomery;Nguyen Van Sang;Roger K. Smith;John Persing

  • Balanced and unbalanced aspects of tropical cyclone intensification

    Hai Hoang Bui;Roger K. Smith;Michael T. Montgomery;Michael T. Montgomery;Jiayi Peng

  • Recent Developments in the Fluid Dynamics of Tropical Cyclones

    Michael T. Montgomery;Roger K. Smith

  • Asymmetric and axisymmetric dynamics of tropical cyclones

    J. Persing;M. T. Montgomery;J. C. McWilliams;R. K. Smith

  • A Critique of Emanuel's Hurricane Model and Potential Intensity Theory

    Roger K. Smith;Michael T. Montgomery;Stefanie Vogl

  • Dependence of tropical‐cyclone intensification on the boundary‐layer representation in a numerical model

    Roger K. Smith;Gerald L. Thomsen

  • On the Movement and Low-Level Structure of Cold Fronts

    Roger K. Smith;Michael J. Reeder

  • Hurricane boundary-layer theory

    Roger K. Smith;Michael T. Montgomery;Michael T. Montgomery

  • Travelling waves and bores in the lower atmosphere: the ‘morning glory’ and related phenomena

    Roger K. Smith

  • A numerical study of tropical cyclone motion using a barotropic model. I: The role of vortex asymmetries

    Roger K. Smith;Wolfgang Ulrich;Gary Dietachmayer

  • The dynamics of heat lows

    Zsuzsanna Rácz;Roger K. Smith

  • The surface boundary layer of a hurricane

    R. K. Smith

  • Toward Clarity on Understanding Tropical Cyclone Intensification

    Roger K Smith;Michael T Montgomery

  • A simple model of the hurricane boundary layer revisited

    Roger K. Smith;Stefanie Vogl

  • The Southerly Burster of South Eastern Australia: An Orographically Forced Cold Front

    J. R. Colquhoun;D. J. Shepherd;C. E. Coulman;R. K. Smith

  • Report of the first prospectus development team of the U.S. Weather Research Program to The NOAA and the NSF

    K. Emanuel;D. Raymond;A. Betts;L. Bosart

  • The physics and parameterization of moist atmospheric convection

    Roger K Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael T. Montgomery
Michael T. Montgomery Naval Postgraduate School
Lance M. Leslie
Lance M. Leslie University of Technology Sydney
Jun A. Zhang
Jun A. Zhang University of Miami
Nigel J. Tapper
Nigel J. Tapper Monash University
Kathleen L. McInnes
Kathleen L. McInnes Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Thomas D. Keenan
Thomas D. Keenan Bureau of Meteorology
Lance F. Bosart
Lance F. Bosart University at Albany, State University of New York
Peter T. May
Peter T. May Monash University
Andrew Sturman
Andrew Sturman University of Canterbury
Andrew J. Heymsfield
Andrew J. Heymsfield National Center for Atmospheric Research

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