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Gary A. Smith

Medicine · The Ohio State University

Established · publishing since 1968

Publications

501

Citations

11,624

Est. group size

~9

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

59

Publishing since 1968

Research summary
AI-generated

Gary A. Smith studies injury epidemiology, focusing on how children and adults get hurt from everyday products, medications, sports, and poisonings, using large national datasets like emergency department records and poison center reports. His work aims to identify patterns in injuries and toxic exposures (such as from nicotine, cannabis-derived compounds, or medication errors) to inform prevention efforts and public health policy.

Injury epidemiology and preventionPoison control and toxic exposuresPediatric and youth safetySports-related injuries and concussionEmergency department data analysis

Publication output has declined from around 29-30 papers per year in 2017-2019 to roughly 12-17 per year in recent years, indicating a slowing but still active research pace.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 13.6/year recently
2017: 29 publications172018: 28 publications182019: 30 publications30192020: 22 publications202021: 11 publications212022: 19 publications222023: 17 publications232024: 12 publications242025: 17 publications252026: 3 publications26
Publishes in
  • PEDIATRICS×21
  • Oxford University Press eBooks×15
  • Clinical Toxicology×14
  • Injury Epidemiology×12
  • Journal of Medical Toxicology×9
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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