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Patricia Smith

Medicine · Indiana University

Established · publishing since 1965

Publications

163

Citations

4,477

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

61

Publishing since 1965

Research summary
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The publications listed under this name span an unusually broad set of topics, ranging from viral infections and vaccine biology to metabolic markers of aging, cardiovascular and stroke health, obstetric case reports, healthcare quality improvement, and bioarchaeology/ancient DNA. This diversity suggests the record may combine work from multiple authors sharing the same name, so a prospective student should verify which strands reflect a single researcher's focus.

Virology and vaccine responses (e.g., chikungunya, cytomegalovirus)Metabolomics and biomarkers of agingCardiovascular and stroke health outcomesHealthcare quality and patient safetyBioarchaeology and ancient population genetics

Publication activity has been modest and irregular over the past decade, averaging about 2.4 papers per year over the last five years with no clear upward or downward trajectory.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

In context
Among 5,073 established Medicine PIs within our index
Citations: 4,477cohort median 2,525
h-index: 38cohort median 24
Publications / year (recent): 2.4cohort median 4.8

Typically publishes in teams of ~7 · 22% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 18 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.4/year recently
2017: 5 publications172018: 1 publication182019: 5 publications192020: 3 publications202021: 2 publications212022: 6 publications6222023: 1 publication232024: 2 publications242025: 3 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • GeroScience×2
  • American Journal of Infection Control×2
  • The 86th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, New Orleans×2
  • UNC Libraries×2
  • American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology×1
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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 Sep 1, 2026.

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