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Roger Smith publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 562 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Roger Smith D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Roger Smith is affiliated with the University of Newcastle Australia in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine.

Their research spans several subfields including Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work focuses on a range of topics, notably:

  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis
  • Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
  • Reproductive System and Pregnancy
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

Roger Smith has published research in numerous respected venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Placenta
  • Reproductive Sciences
  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Their recent papers cover diverse topics such as contraceptive use, cancer innervation, biomechanics, therapeutics for preterm birth, and extracellular vesicles in pregnancy. Selected recent publications include:

  • Spatial variations and associated factors of modern contraceptive use in Ethiopia: a spatial and multilevel analysis, 2020, BMJ Open
  • Innervation of papillary thyroid cancer and its association with extra-thyroidal invasion, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Countermovement Jump Force-Time Curve Analyses: Reliability and Comparability Across Force Plate Systems, 2023, The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
  • Landscape of Preterm Birth Therapeutics and a Path Forward, 2021, Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Extracellular vesicles- crucial players in human pregnancy, 2023, Placenta

Frequent co-authors of Roger Smith include:

  • Jonathan Paúl
  • Craig E. Pennell
  • Joshua J. Fisher
  • Kaushik Maiti
  • Kaja Z. LeWinn

Best Publications

  • A placental clock controlling the length of human pregnancy.

    Mark McLean;Andrew Bisits;Joanne Davies;Russell Woods

  • Endocrine regulation of human fetal growth: the role of the mother, placenta, and fetus.

    Vanessa E. Murphy;Roger Smith;Warwick B. Giles;Vicki L. Clifton

  • Progesterone Withdrawal and Estrogen Activation in Human Parturition Are Coordinated by Progesterone Receptor A Expression in the Myometrium

    Sam Mesiano;Eng Cheng Chan;John T. Fitter;Kenneth Kwek

  • Maternal Asthma Is Associated with Reduced Female Fetal Growth

    Vanessa E. Murphy;Peter G. Gibson;Warwick B. Giles;Tamas Zakar

  • Risedronate reverses bone loss in postmenopausal women with low bone mass: results from a multinational, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. BMD-MN Study Group.

    I Fogelman;C Ribot;R Smith;D Ethgen

  • Corticotropin-releasing hormone directly and preferentially stimulates dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate secretion by human fetal adrenal cortical cells.

    Roger Smith;Sam Mesiano;Eng Cheng Chan;Shane Brown

  • Oxidative stress, placental ageing-related pathologies and adverse pregnancy outcomes

    Zakia Sultana;Kaushik Maiti;John Aitken;Jonathan Morris

  • Asthma during pregnancy: mechanisms and treatment implications

    Vanessa E. Murphy;Peter Gerard Gibson;Roger Smith;Vicki L. Clifton

  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of micronutrient intakes during pregnancy in developed countries

    Michelle L Blumfield;Alexis J Hure;Alexis J Hure;Lesley Macdonald-Wicks;Roger Smith;Roger Smith

  • Role of Sp Proteins in Regulation of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Expression and Proliferation of Pancreatic Cancer Cells

    Maen Abdelrahim;Roger Smith;Robert Burghardt;Stephen Safe;Stephen Safe

  • Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor γ Agonists Induce Proteasome-dependent Degradation of Cyclin D1 and Estrogen Receptor α in MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells

    Chunhua Qin;Robert Burghardt;Roger Smith;Mark Wormke

  • Aryl hydrocarbon receptor gene silencing with small inhibitory RNA differentially modulates Ah-responsiveness in MCF-7 and HepG2 cancer cells

    Maen Abdelrahim;Roger Smith;Stephen Safe

  • Patterns of Plasma Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone, Progesterone, Estradiol, and Estriol Change and the Onset of Human Labor

    Roger Smith;Julia I. Smith;Xiaobin Shen;Patricia J. Engel

  • Corticotrophin-releasing hormone and human parturition.

    Mark Mclean;Roger Smith

  • Curcumin Decreases Specificity Protein Expression in Bladder Cancer Cells

    Gayathri Chadalapaka;Indira Jutooru;Sudhakar Chintharlapalli;Sabitha Papineni

  • Corticotropin-releasing hormone-induced vasodilatation in the human fetal-placental circulation: involvement of the nitric oxide-cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate-mediated pathway.

    Vicki L. Clifton;Mark A. Read;Ian M. Leitch;Warwick B. Giles

  • Hormone trajectories leading to human birth

    Roger Smith;Sam Mesiano;Shaun McGrath

  • n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids suppress the localization and activation of signaling proteins at the immunological synapse in murine CD4+ T cells by affecting lipid raft formation.

    Wooki Kim;Yang-Yi Fan;Rola Barhoumi;Roger Smith

  • Reduced 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 2 Activity Is Associated with Decreased Birth Weight Centile in Pregnancies Complicated by Asthma

    Vanessa E. Murphy;Tamas Zakar;Roger Smith;Warwick B. Giles

  • The carboxyl-terminal 120-residue polypeptide of infectious bronchitis virus nucleocapsid induces cytotoxic T lymphocytes and protects chickens from acute infection.

    Sang Heui Seo;Li Wang;Roger Smith;Ellen W. Collisson

Frequent Co-Authors

Clare E. Collins
Clare E. Collins University of Newcastle Australia
Deborah Loxton
Deborah Loxton University of Newcastle Australia
Stephen Safe
Stephen Safe Texas A&M University
Mansi M. Kasliwal
Mansi M. Kasliwal California Institute of Technology
Scott J. Miller
Scott J. Miller Yale University
Peter G. Gibson
Peter G. Gibson University of Newcastle Australia
Shrinivas R. Kulkarni
Shrinivas R. Kulkarni California Institute of Technology
Phillip J. Robinson
Phillip J. Robinson Children's Medical Research Institute
Kevin J. Catt
Kevin J. Catt National Institutes of Health
David L. Kaplan
David L. Kaplan University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

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