Ian Smail

329 papers and 18.1k indexed citations i.

About

Ian Smail is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian Smail has authored 329 papers receiving a total of 18.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 327 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 170 papers in Instrumentation and 52 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Ian Smail’s work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (311 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (170 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (127 papers). Ian Smail is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (311 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (170 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (127 papers). Ian Smail collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Ian Smail's co-authors include R. J. Ivison, A. W. Blain, Jean‐Paul Kneib, Richard S. Ellis, W. J. Couch, S. C. Chapman, A. M. Swinbank, R. M. Sharples, David Sobral and P. N. Best and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ian Smail

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ian Smail. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ian Smail 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 Smail. Ian Smail 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 Smail

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ian Smail. 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 Smail. The network helps show where Ian Smail may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by Ian Smail

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This map shows the geographic impact of Ian Smail's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Ian Smail with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Ian Smail more than expected).

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