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Stephen V. 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 Stephen V. Smith sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 129 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Stephen V. 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 Stephen V. Smith sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 63rd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Stephen V. Smith is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these fields, they have explored several subfields, including Pollution, Oceanography, and Ecology.

The scientist's work covers a range of environmental topics such as:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants

Smith has contributed to research published in venues including ACS Earth and Space Chemistry and the Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation.

Their recent publications include:

  • Controllable and Scalable Engineered Soil Surrogates Utilizing Simulated Soil Organic Matter for the Study of Environmental, Ecological, and Agricultural Processes, 2020, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • PFAS Capture Performance of an Advanced Water Treatment System for Cooling Water Remediation, 2025, Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Stephen V. Smith are:

  • Dennis P. Swaney
  • Fredrik Wulff
  • Arjun Pandey
  • Benjamin J. Haywood
  • Ghada Abdalla

Best Publications

  • Coastal metabolism and the oceanic organic carbon balance

    S. V. Smith;J. T. Hollibaugh

  • KANEOHE BAY SEWAGE DIVERSION EXPERIMENT: PERSPECTIVES ON ECOSYSTEM RESPONSES TO NUTRITIONAL PERTURBATION

    Stephen V. Smith;William J. Kimmerer;Edward A. Laws;Richard E. Brock

  • Coral chronometers: seasonal growth bands in reef corals.

    David W. Knutson;Robert W. Buddemeier;Stephen V. Smith

  • Strontium-calcium thermometry in coral skeletons

    S. V. Smith;R. W. Buddemeier;R. C. Redalje;J. E. Houck

  • Coral-reef area and the contributions of reefs to processes and resources of the world's oceans

    S. V. Smith

  • Marine macrophytes as a global carbon sink.

    S. V. Smith

  • Global change and coral reef ecosystems

    S. V. Smith;R. W. Buddemeier

  • Humans, Hydrology, and the Distribution of Inorganic Nutrient Loading to the Ocean

    Stephen V. Smith;Dennis P. Swaney;Liana TALAUE-McMANUS;Jeremy D. Bartley

  • Budgets of soil erosion and deposition for sediments and sedimentary organic carbon across the conterminous United States

    S. V. Smith;W. H. Renwick;R. W. Buddemeier;C. J. Crossland

  • Distribution and significance of small, artificial water bodies across the United States landscape.

    S.V Smith;W.H Renwick;J.D Bartley;R.W Buddemeier

  • Coral reefs: sources or sinks of atmospheric CO2?

    John R. Ware;Stephen V. Smith;Marjorie L. Reaka-Kudla

  • Role of coral reefs in global ocean production

    C. J. Crossland;B. G. Hatcher;S. V. Smith

  • Carbonate production by coral reefs

    Keith E. Chave;Stephen V. Smith;Kenneth J. Roy

  • Seasonally Hypersaline Estuaries in Mediterranean-climate Regions

    J.L. Largier;J.T. Hollibaugh;S.V. Smith

  • The metabolism of aquatic ecosystems: history, applications, and future challenges

    Peter A. Staehr;Jeremy M. Testa;W. Michael Kemp;Jon J. Cole

  • The ocean as a net heterotrophic system: Implications From the carbon biogeochemical cycle

    S. V. Smith;F. T. Mackenzie

  • Annual cycle and interannual variability of ecosystem metabolism in a temperate climate embayment

    S. V. Smith;J. T. Hollibaugh

  • Calcium Carbonate Production, Coral Reef Growth, and Sea Level Change

    S. V. Smith;D. W. Kinsey

  • Tomales bay metabolism: CNP stoichiometry and ecosystem heterotrophy at the land-sea interface

    S.V. Smith;J.T. Hollibaugh;S.J. Dollar;S. Vink

  • The Coastal Zone — a Domain of Global Interactions

    Christopher J. Crossland;Dan Baird;Jean-Paul Ducrotoy;Han Lindeboom

  • CARBON DIOXIDE DYNAMICS: A RECORD OF ORGANIC CARBON PRODUCTION, RESPIRATION, AND CALCIFICATION IN THE ENIWETOK REEF FLAT COMMUNITY1

    S. V. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

James T. Hollibaugh
James T. Hollibaugh University of Georgia
Dennis P. Swaney
Dennis P. Swaney Cornell University
Rodrigo Vargas
Rodrigo Vargas University of Delaware
Jean-Pierre Gattuso
Jean-Pierre Gattuso Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Francis J. Sansone
Francis J. Sansone University of Hawaii at Manoa
Christopher J. Watts
Christopher J. Watts Universidad de Sonora
Fredrik Wulff
Fredrik Wulff Stockholm University
Michel Frankignoulle
Michel Frankignoulle University of Liège
Fred T. Mackenzie
Fred T. Mackenzie University of Hawaii at Manoa
Frédéric Gazeau
Frédéric Gazeau Université Paris Cité

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