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Daniel T. Smith

Neuroscience · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 1966

Publications

181

Citations

2,937

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

61

Publishing since 1966

Research summary
AI-generated

Daniel T. Smith's work centers on how the visual and eye-movement (oculomotor) systems support spatial short-term memory, using eye-tracking and behavioral tasks to study how the brain temporarily holds and uses information about locations in space. The bibliographic record also includes an unrelated cluster of pharmaceutical crystallography studies (e.g., ritonavir drug stability, including experiments processed in orbit), suggesting this name may represent contributions from more than one researcher or a highly diverse set of collaborations. Prospective students should note this apparent mix of neuroscience/vision science and pharmaceutical materials science topics under the same name.

Spatial working memoryEye movements and oculomotor controlVisual perception and attentionEye-tracking applications (e.g., dementia research)Pharmaceutical crystallography (likely a distinct research thread)

Output rose from a few papers per year in 2017 to a peak around 2020-2021, then declined and has remained lower and more variable through 2022-2026.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 5.4/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 7 publications182019: 6 publications192020: 12 publications202021: 18 publications18212022: 8 publications222023: 6 publications232024: 7 publications242025: 2 publications252026: 4 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • The Cambridge Structural Database×12
  • Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences×5
  • Cortex×5
  • Vision×5
  • Attention Perception & Psychophysics×3
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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