I. A. Smith

7.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

I. A. Smith is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, I. A. Smith has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 12 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 7 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in I. A. Smith's work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (31 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (18 papers) and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (14 papers). I. A. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (31 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (18 papers) and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (14 papers). I. A. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. I. A. Smith's co-authors include C. Kouveliotou, K. Hurley, Tod E. Strohmayer, T. Murakami, J.A. van Paradijs, J. Kommers, G. J. Fishman, S. Dieters, C. Meegan and Edison Liang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

I. A. Smith

47 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

An X-ray pulsar with a superstrong magnetic field in the soft γ-ray repeater SGR1806 − 20

1998 613 citations C. Kouveliotou, S. Dieters et al. Nature profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
I. A. Smith United States	14	1.1k	409	210	152	87	53	1.3k
P. C. Agrawal India	16	776 0.7×	269 0.7×	143 0.7×	65 0.4×	11 0.1×	102	970
R. Abbott United States	11	1.1k 1.0×	245 0.6×	189 0.9×	107 0.7×	14 0.2×	14	1.2k
James van Meter United States	6	993 0.9×	442 1.1×	78 0.4×	41 0.3×	18 0.2×	8	1.1k
G. Wang China	13	466 0.4×	62 0.2×	56 0.3×	56 0.4×	8 0.1×	39	560
Yu-Jie Tan China	13	313 0.3×	161 0.4×	24 0.1×	235 1.5×	29 0.3×	77	554
A. Greve France	16	730 0.7×	174 0.4×	9 0.0×	160 1.1×	60 0.7×	91	937
D. Tsiklauri United Kingdom	20	914 0.9×	225 0.6×	68 0.3×	59 0.4×	6 0.1×	63	1.2k
A. V. Koldoba Russia	22	1.8k 1.6×	335 0.8×	204 1.0×	35 0.2×	3 0.0×	57	1.8k
K. Yamamoto Japan	13	272 0.3×	166 0.4×	49 0.2×	186 1.2×	11 0.1×	44	538

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of I. A. Smith

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Smith, I. A., N. R. Tanvir, & D. A. Perley. (2018). AT2018cow: JCMT SCUBA-2 sub-mm detection. ATel. 11781. 1.

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Ryder, S. D., R. Kotak, I. A. Smith, et al.. (2016). SN 1978K: An evolved supernova outside our Local Group detected at millimetre wavelengths. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 595. L9–L9. 3 indexed citations

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Grisé, Fabien, M. W. Pakull, Roberto Soria, et al.. (2008). The ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 1313 X-2. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 486(1). 151–163. 44 indexed citations

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Swan, H., et al.. (2006). GRB 060116: MARGE optical observations.. GCN. 4568. 1. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, I. A., R. P. J. Tilanus, N. R. Tanvir, et al.. (2005). SCUBA sub-millimeter observations of gamma-ray bursts: III. GRB 030329: The brightest sub-millimeter afterglow to date. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 4 indexed citations

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Smith, I. A., R. P. J. Tilanus, N. R. Tanvir, et al.. (2005). SCUBA sub-millimeter observations of gamma-ray bursts. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 439(3). 981–986. 4 indexed citations

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Smith, I. A., R. P. J. Tilanus, N. R. Tanvir, et al.. (2005). SCUBA sub-millimeter observations of gamma-ray bursts. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 439(3). 987–996. 13 indexed citations

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Hoge, James, R. Meijerink, R. P. J. Tilanus, & I. A. Smith. (2003). GRB 030329: sub-millimeter detection.. GRB Coordinates Network. 2088. 1. 1 indexed citations

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Martı́, J., I. F. Mirabel, Luis F. Rodrı́guez, & I. A. Smith. (2002). Radio images of the microquasar GRS 1758-258. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 386(2). 571–575. 23 indexed citations

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Michel, F. C. & I. A. Smith. (2001). Axisymmetric rotator models as pulsars: abject failure. Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México). 1 indexed citations

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Smith, I. A., et al.. (2001). The New JCMT Holographic Surface Mapping System - Implementation. ASPC. 238. 93. 2 indexed citations

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Smith, I. A., Edison Liang, Todd Bridgman, et al.. (2000). Simultaneous Observations of GRS 1758−258 in 1997 by VLA, IRAM, SEST,RXTE, and OSSE: Spectroscopy and Timing. The Astrophysical Journal. 532(1). 548–562. 23 indexed citations

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Gruendl, R. A., et al.. (1998). The BIMA search for millimeter-wavelength counterparts to gamma-ray bursts. 576–580.

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Kouveliotou, C., S. Dieters, Tod E. Strohmayer, et al.. (1998). An X-ray pulsar with a superstrong magnetic field in the soft γ-ray repeater SGR1806 − 20. Nature. 393(6682). 235–237. 613 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liang, Edison, et al.. (1997). Physical Model of Gamma-Ray Burst Spectral Evolution. The Astrophysical Journal. 479(1). L35–L38. 28 indexed citations

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Smith, I. A.. (1994). Galactic arm models of gamma-ray burst sources. The Astrophysical Journal. 429. L65–L65.

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Smith, I. A., J. I. Katz, & P. H. Diamond. (1992). Proton acceleration in neutron star magnetospheres. The Astrophysical Journal. 388. 148–148. 4 indexed citations

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Smith, I. A. & Richard I. Epstein. (1992). Relativistic electron-positron beams from oscillating neutron stars.. 29–36. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, I. A.. (1989). Dynamic modelling of nonlinear microwave devices. Electronics Letters. 25(18). 1237–1239. 2 indexed citations

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Lo, K. Y., W. L. W. Sargent, C. T. Kowal, & I. A. Smith. (1986). Search for dwarf galaxies in nearby groups.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 18. 450. 1 indexed citations

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