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Robert L. Smith

Robert L. Smith publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Mechanics of Materials and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions, Near-Field Optical Microscopy and Plant and animal studies.

World rank
#288,362
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#109,638
of 358,040
Works
32
Citations
172
Citations per work
5.4

What does Robert L. Smith research?

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 18.8%Mechanics of Materials: 10.4%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6.3%Genetics: 6.3%other fields: 58.2%19%top field
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics18.8%Mechanics of Materials10.4%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics6.3%Genetics6.3%other fields58.2%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics19% of their works
  2. 2Mechanics of Materials10% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics6% of their works
  4. 4Genetics6% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering6% of their works
  6. 6Ceramics and Composites4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert L. Smith's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Adhesion, Gecko, Climate Change, Invasive Species, Near-Field Optical Microscopy, Photonic Nanojets, Ecosystem Services and Genomics.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Adhesion41 topic
  2. Gecko41 topic
  3. Climate Change32 topics
  4. Invasive Species32 topics
  5. Near-Field Optical Microscopy31 topic
  6. Photonic Nanojets31 topic
  7. Ecosystem Services21 topic
  8. Genomics21 topic
  9. Natural Selection21 topic
  10. Phenotypic Plasticity21 topic
  11. Pollinator Decline21 topic
  12. Skyrmions21 topic
  13. Social Insects21 topic
  14. Spintronics21 topic
  15. Amber Fossils11 topic
  16. Halyomorpha halys11 topic
  17. Insect Evolution11 topic
  18. Stink Bug11 topic

Where does Robert L. Smith work?

Robert L. Smith's main affiliation in the publication record is Western Digital (United States), United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert L. Smith have?

Science Explorer counts 32 works and 172 citations for Robert L. Smith, ranking #288,362 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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