Ian Smail
Ian Smail publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics, on topics such as Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.
- World rank
- #75,355 of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
- Rank in United Kingdom
- #7,104 of 90,785
- Works
- 189
- Citations
- 1.9k
- Citations per work
- 9.9
What does Ian Smail research?
Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.
- 1Astronomy and Astrophysics64% of their works
- 2Instrumentation20% of their works
- 3Nuclear and High Energy Physics5% of their works
- 4Computational Mechanics4% of their works
- 5Aerospace Engineering1% of their works
- 6Statistical and Nonlinear Physics1% of their works
Research topics
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
- Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
Which keywords describe Ian Smail's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Star Formation, Cosmology, Galaxies, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics and Molecular Clouds.
- Optical 3D Laser Measurement
- High-Energy Astrophysics
- Gamma-Ray Bursts
- Epoch of Reionization
- Molecular Clouds
- Exoplanets
- Astronomical Instrumentation
- Cosmology
- Star Formation
- Galaxies
- Spectrograph
- Stellar Astrophysics
- Protoplanetary Disks
- Radio Astronomy
- Supernovae
- Particle Acceleration
- Position-Sensitive Detector
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 17 words, with their numbers
- Star Formation922 topics
- Cosmology661 topic
- Galaxies661 topic
- Astronomical Instrumentation541 topic
- Spectrograph541 topic
- Exoplanets311 topic
- Stellar Astrophysics311 topic
- Molecular Clouds261 topic
- Protoplanetary Disks261 topic
- Epoch of Reionization161 topic
- Radio Astronomy161 topic
- Gamma-Ray Bursts151 topic
- Supernovae151 topic
- High-Energy Astrophysics131 topic
- Particle Acceleration131 topic
- Optical 3D Laser Measurement121 topic
- Position-Sensitive Detector121 topic
Where does Ian Smail work?
Ian Smail's main affiliation in the publication record is Durham University, United Kingdom.
How many publications and citations does Ian Smail have?
Science Explorer counts 189 works and 1,862 citations for Ian Smail, ranking #75,355 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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