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Researcher · National Research Council Canada · Canada

Donald G. Smith

Donald G. Smith publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Organic Chemistry, on topics such as Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis, Fungal Biology and Applications and Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds.

ORCID 0000-0002-8429-5605 OpenAlex
World rank
#2,489,419
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#81,553
of 183,316
Works
71
Citations
1.3k
Citations per work
18.5
h-index
21
i10-index 33Top 30% in Molecular Biology
Donald G. Smith

What does Donald G. Smith research?

Donald G. Smith's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%), Chemistry (11%), Medicine (10%).

Everything else: 43 works · 60.5% of their workLife Sciences: 11 works · 14.9% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 works · 11.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 8 works · 11.5% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 works · 3.4% of their workPlant Science: 2 works · 3.4% of their workPhysical Sciences: 8 works · 10.9% of their workChemistry: 8 works · 10.9% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 5 works · 6.9% of their workSpectroscopy: 3 works · 4.0% of their workHealth Sciences: 7 works · 10.3% of their workMedicine: 7 works · 10.3% of their workPharmacology: 7 works · 10.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 3.4% of their workArts and Humanities: 2 works · 3.4% of their workHistory: 2 works · 3.4% of their workTHEIR WORKDonald G. Smith71works
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences3%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
  1. Everything else4360.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology811.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23.4%
    1. Chemistry810.9%
    1. Medicine710.3%
    1. Arts and Humanities23.4%
  1. 1Molecular Biology12% of their works
  2. 2Pharmacology10% of their works
  3. 3Organic Chemistry7% of their works
  4. 4Spectroscopy4% of their works
  5. 5History3% of their works
  6. 6Plant Science3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Donald G. Smith's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Drug Discovery, Endophytic Fungi, Natural Products, Secondary Metabolites, Antioxidant Activity, Nutritional Value, Medicinal Mushrooms and Polysaccharides.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Drug Discovery142 topics
  2. Endophytic Fungi142 topics
  3. Natural Products111 topic
  4. Secondary Metabolites111 topic
  5. Antioxidant Activity92 topics
  6. Nutritional Value92 topics
  7. Medicinal Mushrooms51 topic
  8. Polysaccharides51 topic
  9. Bioactive Compounds41 topic
  10. Seaweed41 topic
  11. Dormancy31 topic
  12. Foldamers31 topic
  13. Fruit Trees31 topic
  14. Fungal Pathogens31 topic
  15. Medicinal Plants31 topic
  16. Peptide Synthesis31 topic
  17. Phylogenetic Analysis31 topic
  18. Pollen Tube Growth31 topic
  19. Self-Incompatibility31 topic
  20. Steroidal Saponins31 topic

Where does Donald G. Smith work?

Donald G. Smith's main affiliation in the publication record is National Research Council Canada, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Donald G. Smith have?

OpenAlex counts 71 works and 1,311 citations for Donald G. Smith, an h-index of 21, ranking #2,489,419 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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