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Smith Institute

In research, Smith Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,907 of 11,023 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,458 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,335 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,625
of 22,385 · #3,383 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#291
of 862
Research works
768
▲ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
20k
25.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
45%
world 40%
International
65%
world 18%
Smith Institute

What is Smith Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #1,907 of 11,023 15.1%159
Health SciencesDomain #3,458 of 16,688 12.2%170
MedicineField #3,335 of 14,558 12.3%140
Physical SciencesDomain #6,739 of 17,446 9.5%123
Social SciencesDomain #5,762 of 14,833 10.0%316

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Smith Institute sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Smith Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research at Smith Institute is in Social Sciences, 22% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (15%), Social Sciences (13%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Social Sciences: 59 fractional works · 38.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 13.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 16 fractional works · 10.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 6.1% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 7.8% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 34 fractional works · 22.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 18 fractional works · 11.6% of its workPlant Science: 14 fractional works · 8.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 8.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 30 fractional works · 19.8% of its workMedicine: 23 fractional works · 14.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 30 fractional works · 19.7% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 5.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSmith Institute154fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences22%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences38%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2013.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1610.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting127.8%
    4. Psychology42.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities42.3%
    6. Decision Sciences32.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1811.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology138.3%
    3. Neuroscience31.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    1. Medicine2314.7%
    2. Health Professions63.6%
    3. Nursing21.1%
    4. Veterinary10.4%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Engineering85.0%
    2. Computer Science85.0%
    3. Environmental Science63.6%
    4. Materials Science42.6%
    5. Energy21.0%
    6. Chemistry10.8%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.6%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    10. Mathematics00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2.44× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.56× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.04× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.65× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.64× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.33× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.36× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.76× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 2.15× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.30× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.79× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.43× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.13× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.86× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.81× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.86×16 works
  2. Veterinary3.30×1 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.44×18 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.43×12 works
  5. Nursing2.15×2 works
  6. Decision Sciences2.13×3 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.65×1 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.56×13 works
  9. Health Professions1.36×6 works
  10. Energy1.06×2 works
  11. Neuroscience1.04×3 works
  12. Social Sciences1.04×20 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.91×0 works
  14. Psychology0.81×4 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.79×4 works
  16. Medicine0.76×23 works
  17. Environmental Science0.73×6 works
  18. Materials Science0.73×4 works
  19. Computer Science0.64×8 works
  20. Chemistry0.49×1 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.38×1 works
  22. Engineering0.33×8 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.29×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.20×1 works
  25. Mathematics0.14×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Smith Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Arun Rai, Nick Pantlin and Nithin Theckumparampil lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Smith Institute.

  1. 1 Arun Rai United Kingdom · #4,757,622 worldwide 433 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Nick Pantlin United Kingdom · #4,848,563 worldwide 20 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Nithin Theckumparampil United Kingdom · #4,890,714 worldwide 222 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Tareq Aro United Kingdom · #5,965,793 worldwide 195 citations · 54 works
All ranked researchers at Smith Institute

What are the most cited papers from Smith Institute?

The most cited paper from Smith Institute is "The Prevalence, Severity, and Distribution of Childhood Food Allergy in the United States" (Ruchi S. Gupta, Elizabeth E. Springston, Manoj R. Warrier et al., 2011), with 1,424 citations. Next come "Biochar impact on development and productivity of pepper and tomato grown in fertigated soilless media" (837) and "The Role of Push-Pull Technology in Privacy Calculus: The Case of Location-Based Services" (819).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Prevalence, Severity, and Distribution of Childhood Food Allergy in the United States Ruchi S. Gupta, Elizabeth E. Springston, Manoj R. Warrier et al. · PEDIATRICS 21 Jun 2011 1,424
2 Biochar impact on development and productivity of pepper and tomato grown in fertigated soilless media Ellen R. Gräber, Yael Meller Harel, Max Kolton et al. · Plant and Soil Sep 2010 837
3 The Role of Push-Pull Technology in Privacy Calculus: The Case of Location-Based Services Heng Xu, Hock‐Hai Teo, Bernard C. Y. Tan et al. · Journal of Management Information Systems Dec 2009 819
4 CONSTANS and the CCAAT Box Binding Complex Share a Functionally Important Domain and Interact to Regulate Flowering of Arabidopsis Stephan Wenkel, Franziska Turck, Kamy Singer et al. · The Plant Cell Open access Nov 2006 659
5 Arabidopsis KNOXI Proteins Activate Cytokinin Biosynthesis Osnat Yanai, Eilon Shani, Karel Doležal et al. · Current Biology Open access Sep 2005 555
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Smith Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Gene Expression, Signal Transduction, Transcription Factors, Asset Pricing, Firm Performance, Urinary Incontinence and Liquidity.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology6◆ 1.06×35 topics
  2. Corporate Governance6▲ 5.1×11 topics
  3. Climate Change6▲ 1.35×31 topics
  4. Gene Expression4▲ 4.4×8 topics
  5. Regulation3▲ 3.8×10 topics
  6. Signal Transduction3▲ 13×5 topics
  7. Economic Growth3▲ 2.3×8 topics
  8. Transcription Factors3▲ 15×4 topics
  9. Asset Pricing3▲ 20×2 topics
  10. Firm Performance2▲ 9.1×2 topics
  11. Liquidity2▲ 22×3 topics
  12. Social Capital2▲ 3.1×9 topics
  13. Urinary Incontinence2▲ 20×2 topics
  14. Financial Stability2▲ 7.5×3 topics
  15. Incentives2▲ 22×3 topics
  16. Altruism2▲ 16×4 topics
  17. Cooperation2▲ 20×3 topics
  18. Financial Reporting2▲ 11×3 topics
  19. Trust2▲ 4.7×5 topics
  20. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia2▲ 38×1 topic
  21. Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms2▲ 38×1 topic
  22. Monte Carlo Simulation2▲ 6.3×2 topics
  23. Plant Development2▲ 19×3 topics
  24. Option Pricing2▲ 49×1 topic
  25. Property Rights2▲ 18×4 topics
  26. Stochastic Calculus2▲ 49×1 topic
  27. Abiotic Stress2▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Auxin2▲ 23×1 topic
  29. MicroRNA2▲ 9.4×2 topics
  30. Plant2▲ 23×1 topic
  31. Engineering Design2▲ 15×3 topics
  32. Financial Constraints2▲ 10×2 topics
  33. Personality Traits2▲ 7.9×5 topics
  34. Plant Responses2▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Prostate Cancer2▲ 7.6×2 topics
  36. Competition2▲ 19×4 topics
  37. Complex Systems2▲ 9.3×3 topics
  38. Drought Resistance2▲ 10.0×1 topic
  39. Investor Protection2▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Salt Tolerance2▲ 19×1 topic

Which research topics does Smith Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research, Stochastic processes and financial applications, Plant Molecular Biology Research and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance.

Urinary Bladder and Pros…2Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 2 fractional worksStochastic processes and…2Stochastic processes and financial applications: 2 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology Research: 2 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 2 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 2 fractional worksFinancial Markets and Investment Strategies: 2 fractional worksPlant Physiology and Cultivation Studies: 1 fractional worksEconomic theories and mo…1Economic theories and models: 1 fractional worksLegal case studies and regulations: 1 fractional worksLegal Systems and Judicial Processes: 1 fractional works
UrologyFinancePlant ScienceAccounting2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 2 works
  2. 2 Stochastic processes and financial applications Finance 2 works
  3. 3 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 2 works
  4. 4 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 2 works
  5. 5 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 2 works
  6. 6 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 2 works
  7. 7 Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies Plant Science 1 works
  8. 8 Economic theories and models Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  9. 9 Legal case studies and regulations Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  10. 10 Legal Systems and Judicial Processes Political Science and International Relations 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available45.1%not open54.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors64.8%domestic only35.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Smith Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% higher than in 2018-2021.

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grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Smith Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00062% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Smith Institute0.00076% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Smith Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Smith Institute12.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.0% in 2016.

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