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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
61
Citations
35551
World Ranking
2125
National Ranking
763

Val H. Smith publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Val H. Smith sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 123 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Val H. Smith D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Val H. Smith was affiliated with the University of Kansas in the United States. Their research contributions span areas related to geography, planning, development, visual arts, and performing arts.

Their scholarly work included publications in venues such as Performance Research and Value in Health. The recent papers authored or coauthored by Val H. Smith are as follows:

  • The First Thing We Make is the Conditions of our Meeting, 2023, Performance Research
  • PCR92 Is Your Graphic Worth a Thousand Words? Considerations and Approaches for Visualizing Qualitative Meaningful Change in Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROMs), 2024, Value in Health

Their research topics notably addressed geographies of human-animal interactions and theatre and performance studies.

Frequent coauthors with whom they collaborated included:

  • Theron Schmidt
  • Diana Damian Martin
  • Mick Douglas
  • Reza Mirabi
  • Ellen O'Brien

Their work intersected with the subfields of geography, planning and development, and visual and performing arts, indicating an interdisciplinary approach combining spatial and artistic studies.

Best Publications

  • NONPOINT POLLUTION OF SURFACE WATERS WITH PHOSPHORUS AND NITROGEN

    Stephen R. Carpenter;N. F. Caraco;D. L. Correll;R. W. Howarth

  • Eutrophication: impacts of excess nutrient inputs on freshwater, marine, and terrestrial ecosystems

    V.H. Smith;G.D. Tilman;J.C. Nekola

  • Microbial biogeography : putting microorganisms on the map

    Jennifer B.Hughes Martiny;Brendan J.M. Bohannan;James H. Brown;Robert K. Colwell

  • Eutrophication of freshwater and coastal marine ecosystems a global problem

    Val H Smith

  • Eutrophication science: where do we go from here?

    Val H. Smith;David W. Schindler

  • Low nitrogen to phosphorus ratios favor dominance by blue-green algae in lake phytoplankton.

    Val H. Smith

  • Eutrophication of freshwater and marine ecosystems

    Val H. Smith;Samantha B. Joye;Robert W. Howarth

  • Nitrogen, phosphorus, and eutrophication in streams

    Walter K. Dodds;Val H. Smith

  • Nitrogen and phosphorus relationships to benthic algal biomass in temperate streams

    Walter K Dodds;Val H Smith;Kirk Lohman

  • N:P ratios, light limitation, and cyanobacterial dominance in a subtropical lake impacted by non-point source nutrient pollution

    Karl E. Havens;R.Thomas James;Therese L. East;Val H. Smith

  • The nitrogen and phosphorus dependence of algal biomass in lakes: An empirical and theoretical analysis1

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  • Effects of Three Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products on Natural Freshwater Algal Assemblages

    Brittan A. Wilson;Val H. Smith;Frank deNoyelles;Cynthia K. Larive

  • Cultural Eutrophication of Inland, Estuarine, and Coastal Waters

    Val H. Smith

  • The ecology of algal biodiesel production

    Val H. Smith;Belinda S.M. Sturm;Frank J. deNoyelles;Sharon A. Billings

  • Bacterial diversity patterns along a gradient of primary productivity

    M. Claire Horner-Devine;Mathew A. Leibold;Val H. Smith;Brendan J. M. Bohannan

  • Responses of estuarine and coastal marine phytoplankton to nitrogen and phosphorus enrichment

    Val H. Smith

  • Developing nutrient targets to control benthic chlorophyll levels in streams: A case study of the Clark Fork River

    W.K. Dodds;V.H. Smith;B. Zander

  • A COMPARISON OF TAXON CO-OCCURRENCE PATTERNS FOR MACRO- AND MICROORGANISMS

    M. Claire Horner-Devine;Jessica M. Silver;Mathew A. Leibold;Brendan J.M. Bohannan

  • Light and Nutrient Effects on the Relative Biomass of Blue-Green Algae in Lake Phytoplankton

    Val H. Smith

  • Nutrient dependence of primary productivity in lakes1

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  • Propagule pools mediate community assembly and diversity‐ecosystem regulation along a grassland productivity gradient

    Bryan L. Foster;Timothy L. Dickson;Cheryl A. Murphy;Irene S. Karel

  • Industrial-strength ecology: trade-offs and opportunities in algal biofuel production

    Jonathan B. Shurin;Rachel L. Abbott;Rachel L. Abbott;Michael S. Deal;Garfield T. Kwan

Frequent Co-Authors

David W. Graham
David W. Graham Newcastle University
Mathew A. Leibold
Mathew A. Leibold University of Florida
Bryan L. Foster
Bryan L. Foster University of Kansas
Jay T. Lennon
Jay T. Lennon Indiana University
David A. Lytle
David A. Lytle Oregon State University
Spencer R. Hall
Spencer R. Hall Indiana University
Walter K. Dodds
Walter K. Dodds Kansas State University
Dedmer B. Van de Waal
Dedmer B. Van de Waal University of Amsterdam
Brendan J. M. Bohannan
Brendan J. M. Bohannan University of Oregon
Jonathan B. Shurin
Jonathan B. Shurin University of California, San Diego

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