Ian Smail

50.0k citations
332 papers · 18.6k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 72

Ian Smail

323 papers receiving 18.1k citations

Hit Papers

A survey of molecular gas in luminous ...2141997202620062016200400600

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Ian Smail
Comparison fields: 5 of 68
  • Instrumentation 8.9k
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 18.3k
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3.0k
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 448
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 682
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Fields of papers citing papers by Ian Smail

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Co-authorship network

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Ian Smail, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20253
2 20258
3 20250
4 20251
5 20244
6 202216
7 202225
8 202117
9 202136
10 20204
11 202028
12 20207
13 201915
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COLDz: shape of the CO luminosity function at high redshift sand the cold gas history of the universe
201932
15 201812
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Resolving the ISM at the Peak of Cosmic Star Formation with ALMA: The Distribution of CO and Dust Continuum in z 2.5 Submillimeter Galaxies
201871
17 201747
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The mid-infrared view of red sequence galaxies in Abell 2218 with <i>AKARI</i>
20099
19 200742
20 200118

About Ian Smail

Ian Smail is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 332 papers that have together received 18.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (312 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (171 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (129 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (108 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (73 papers), Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (51 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (40 papers) and Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology (40 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (8.9k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (18.3k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (3.0k citations), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (448 citations) and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (682 citations). Ian Smail has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include R. J. Ivison, A. W. Blain, Jean‐Paul Kneib, Richard S. Ellis, S. C. Chapman, W. J. Couch, A. M. Swinbank, R. M. Sharples, David Sobral and P. N. Best. Their work appears in journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astrophysical Journal, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters and The Astronomical Journal.

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