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Michael G. Smith

Health Professions · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 1965

Publications

244

Citations

5,498

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

61

Publishing since 1965

Research summary
AI-generated

This researcher's recent work centers on sleep science, particularly how environmental factors like noise, vibration, air quality, and isolated/extreme environments (such as spaceflight and Antarctic isolation) affect sleep, physiology, and cognitive performance. The publication record also includes some unrelated items (e.g., genome sequencing announcements and history book reviews), suggesting either name overlap with other authors or diverse side projects. Note that the OpenAlex topic scores provided are all listed as 0.00, so the thematic labels below are drawn primarily from publication titles and venues rather than validated topic relevance.

Sleep and environmental noise/vibration effectsSleep physiology and biomarkersCognitive performance in extreme/isolated environments (spaceflight, Antarctica)Bedroom/indoor environmental quality and healthSleep health disparities and public health

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade, peaking in 2018 (18 publications) and generally declining afterward, with a modest recent uptick in 2025; the 5-year average of about 4.2 papers per year suggests a slower but still active recent pace.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 4.2/year recently
2017: 5 publications172018: 18 publications18182019: 11 publications192020: 7 publications202021: 9 publications212022: 4 publications222023: 6 publications232024: 4 publications242025: 7 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • SLEEP×9
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health×4
  • Microbiology Resource Announcements×3
  • Slavic Review×3
  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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