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William L. Smith

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
29877
World Ranking
6136
National Ranking
2879

William L. Smith publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 175 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William L. 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 William L. Smith sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

William L. Smith is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their primary field of study is Engineering, with a significant focus on Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Pharmacology.

The researcher's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses
  • Manufacturing Process and Optimization
  • Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol

Smith has published in a variety of academic venues. Some of the frequent publication venues include:

  • JOURNAL of COACHING ETHICS
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The FASEB Journal
  • Nature Materials
  • Additive manufacturing

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Smith include:

  • Residual stress analysis of in situ surface layer heating effects on laser powder bed fusion of 316L stainless steel, 2021, Additive manufacturing
  • Ultra-low-density digitally architected carbon with a strutted tube-in-tube structure, 2021, Nature Materials
  • Controlling melt pool shape, microstructure and residual stress in additively manufactured metals using modified laser beam profiles, 2020, Procedia CIRP
  • Detecting missing struts in metallic micro-lattices using high speed melt pool thermal monitoring, 2022, Additive Manufacturing Letters
  • Refractive index matched polymeric and preceramic resins for height-scalable two-photon lithography, 2021, RSC Advances

William L. Smith frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • John D. Roehling
  • Manyalibo J. Matthews
  • Gabe Guss
  • Juergen Biener
  • Saad A. Khairallah

Best Publications

  • Cyclooxygenases: Structural, cellular, and molecular biology

    W. L. Smith;D. L. DeWitt;R. M. Garavito

  • Prostaglandin Endoperoxide H Synthases (Cyclooxygenases)-1 and −2

    W L Smith;R M Garavito;D L DeWitt

  • Differential inhibition of prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase (cyclooxygenase) isozymes by aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

    Elizabeth A. Meade;William L. Smith;David L. DeWitt

  • Prostaglandin endoperoxide H synthases-1 and -2.

    William L. Smith;David L. Dewitt

  • Primary structure of prostaglandin G/H synthase from sheep vesicular gland determined from the complementary DNA sequence.

    David L. Dewitt;William L. Smith

  • Prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase : structure and catalysis

    William L. Smith;Lawrence J. Marnett

  • Why there are two cyclooxygenase isozymes.

    William L. Smith;Robert Langenbach

  • Different Intracellular Locations for Prostaglandin Endoperoxide H Synthase-1 and −2

    Ikuo Morita;Melvin Schindler;Martha K. Regier;James C. Otto

  • Prostanoid biosynthesis and mechanisms of action

    William L. Smith

  • Photolabeling of prostaglandin endoperoxide H synthase-1 with 3-trifluoro-3-(m-[125I]iodophenyl)diazirine as a probe of membrane association and the cyclooxygenase active site.

    James C. Otto;William L. Smith

  • Calcium-mediated Translocation of Cytosolic Phospholipase A2 to the Nuclear Envelope and Endoplasmic Reticulum

    Andrea R. Schievella;Martha K. Regier;William L. Smith;Lih Ling Lin

  • Differential inhibition of human prostaglandin endoperoxide H synthases-1 and -2 by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

    O Laneuville;D K Breuer;D L Dewitt;T Hla

  • Prostaglandin and thromboxane biosynthesis.

    William L. Smith;Lawrence J. Marnett;David L. DeWitt

  • The aspirin and heme-binding sites of ovine and murine prostaglandin endoperoxide synthases.

    D L DeWitt;E A el-Harith;S A Kraemer;M J Andrews

  • Enzymes of the Cyclooxygenase Pathways of Prostanoid Biosynthesis

    William L. Smith;Yoshihiro Urade;Per Johan Jakobsson

  • Oxygenation of polyunsaturated fatty acids during prostaglandin biosynthesis by sheep vesicular gland.

    William L. Smith;William E. M. Lands

  • Acetylation of human prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase-2 (cyclooxygenase-2) by aspirin.

    M. Lecomte;O. Laneuville;Chuan Ji;D. L. Dewitt

  • Subcellular localization of prostaglandin endoperoxide H synthases-1 and -2 by immunoelectron microscopy

    Andrew G. Spencer;John W. Woods;Toshiya Arakawa;Irwin I. Singer

  • Biochemistry of prostaglandin endoperoxide H synthase-1 and synthase-2 and their differential susceptibility to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

    Smith Wl;DeWitt Dl

  • Enzymes and Receptors of Prostaglandin Pathways with Arachidonic Acid-derived Versus Eicosapentaenoic

    Masayuki Wada;Cynthia J. DeLong;Yu H. Hong;Caroline J. Rieke

Frequent Co-Authors

David L. DeWitt
David L. DeWitt Michigan State University
R. Michael Garavito
R. Michael Garavito Michigan State University
Lawrence J. Marnett
Lawrence J. Marnett Vanderbilt University
Gerald T. Babcock
Gerald T. Babcock Michigan State University
Michel Lagarde
Michel Lagarde Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
Clifford B. Saper
Clifford B. Saper Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Timothy Hla
Timothy Hla Harvard University
Ah-Lim Tsai
Ah-Lim Tsai The University of Texas at Austin
Sei-itsu Murota
Sei-itsu Murota Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Alvin H. Schmaier
Alvin H. Schmaier University Hospitals of Cleveland

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