Ian S. McLean

223 papers and 5.0k indexed citations
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About

Ian S. McLean is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian S. McLean has authored 223 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 138 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 74 papers in Instrumentation and 29 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Ian S. McLean’s work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (99 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (72 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (64 papers). Ian S. McLean is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (99 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (72 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (64 papers). Ian S. McLean collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Ian S. McLean's co-authors include Donald F. Figer, M. Morris, James Larkin, Harry I. Teplitz, E. E. Becklin, James R. Graham, J. Davy Kirkpatrick, N. A. Levenson, Adam J. Burgasser and Mark R. McGovern and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ian S. McLean

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ian S. McLean. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ian S. McLean based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ian S. McLean. Ian S. McLean is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Fields of papers citing papers by Ian S. McLean

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ian S. McLean. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ian S. McLean. The network helps show where Ian S. McLean may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by Ian S. McLean

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Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar’s output or impact.

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