Ian Stephens

2.8k total citations
56 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Ian Stephens is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spectroscopy and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian Stephens has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 21 papers in Spectroscopy and 6 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Ian Stephens's work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (54 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (43 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (20 papers). Ian Stephens is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (54 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (43 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (20 papers). Ian Stephens collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Germany. Ian Stephens's co-authors include Leslie W. Looney, Haifeng Yang, Zhi‐Yun Li, Manuel Fernández-López, John Tobin, Woojin Kwon, R. M. Crutcher, Akimasa Kataoka, Dominique Segura-Cox and Charles L. H. Hull and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Ian Stephens

50 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ian Stephens United States 21 1.2k 378 200 86 25 56 1.2k
Sarah Sadavoy United States 20 1.1k 1.0× 464 1.2× 243 1.2× 58 0.7× 35 1.4× 44 1.2k
Munetake Momose Japan 23 1.5k 1.3× 607 1.6× 201 1.0× 66 0.8× 22 0.9× 61 1.6k
F. Louvet France 17 903 0.8× 271 0.7× 156 0.8× 44 0.5× 43 1.7× 31 925
Dominique Segura-Cox United States 16 1.0k 0.9× 384 1.0× 185 0.9× 66 0.8× 14 0.6× 40 1.0k
Nicholas Chapman United States 19 1.2k 1.0× 396 1.0× 139 0.7× 31 0.4× 27 1.1× 26 1.2k
G. S. Mathews United States 13 1.2k 1.0× 560 1.5× 95 0.5× 33 0.4× 29 1.2× 14 1.2k
Kazuya Saigo Japan 16 903 0.8× 330 0.9× 132 0.7× 62 0.7× 25 1.0× 40 916
Keping Qiu China 16 701 0.6× 174 0.5× 132 0.7× 44 0.5× 29 1.2× 56 719
Ph. André France 22 1.4k 1.2× 622 1.6× 295 1.5× 108 1.3× 85 3.4× 47 1.4k
Roberto Galván-Madrid Germany 19 868 0.7× 283 0.7× 143 0.7× 42 0.5× 37 1.5× 50 877

Countries citing papers authored by Ian Stephens

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ian Stephens

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ian Stephens

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ian Stephens. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ian Stephens 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 Stephens. Ian Stephens is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Coudé, Simon, Ian Stephens, Philip C. Myers, et al.. (2025). FIELDMAPS Data Release: Far-infrared Polarization in the “Bones” of the Milky Way. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 282(1). 2–2.
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Girart, J. M., Ian Stephens, Manuel Fernández-López, et al.. (2025). The Protostars in Orion: Characterizing the Properties of Their Magnetized Envelopes. The Astrophysical Journal. 981(1). 30–30. 1 indexed citations
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Girart, J. M., Ian Stephens, Philip C. Myers, et al.. (2025). Characterizing Magnetic Properties of Young Protostars in Orion. The Astrophysical Journal. 984(1). 29–29.
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Myers, Philip C., et al.. (2025). Gravitational Binding and Star Formation in Molecular Clouds of the Milky Way. The Astrophysical Journal. 991(2). 210–210.
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Lin, Zhe-Yu Daniel, Zhi‐Yun Li, Ian Stephens, et al.. (2024). Panchromatic (Sub)millimeter polarization observations of HL Tau unveil aligned scattering grains. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 528(1). 843–862. 10 indexed citations
6.
Reißl, Stefan, Ralf S. Klessen, Ian Stephens, et al.. (2024). A deep-learning approach to the 3D reconstruction of dust density and temperature in star-forming regions. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 683. A246–A246. 1 indexed citations
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Sadavoy, Sarah, Patrick Sheehan, John Tobin, et al.. (2024). Constraining the stellar masses and origin of the protostellar VLA 1623 system. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 687. A308–A308. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Shanghuo, Patricio Sanhueza, H. Beuther, et al.. (2024). Observations of high-order multiplicity in a high-mass stellar protocluster. Nature Astronomy. 8(4). 472–481. 7 indexed citations
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Lin, Zhe-Yu Daniel, Zhi‐Yun Li, Haifeng Yang, et al.. (2024). Badminton birdie-like aerodynamic alignment of drifting dust grains by subsonic gaseous flows in protoplanetary discs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 534(4). 3713–3733. 2 indexed citations
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Myers, Philip C., Ian Stephens, & Simon Coudé. (2024). Most-likely DCF Estimates of Magnetic Field Strength. The Astrophysical Journal. 962(1). 64–64. 3 indexed citations
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Yang, Haifeng, Manuel Fernández-López, Zhi‐Yun Li, et al.. (2023). Eccentric Dust Ring in the IRS 48 Transition Disk. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 948(1). L2–L2. 12 indexed citations
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Stephens, Ian, Zhe-Yu Daniel Lin, Manuel Fernández-López, et al.. (2023). Aligned grains and scattered light found in gaps of planet-forming disk. Nature. 623(7988). 705–708. 18 indexed citations
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Stephens, Ian, et al.. (2022). Evolution and Kinematics of Protostellar Envelopes in the Perseus Molecular Cloud. The Astrophysical Journal. 927(1). 88–88. 7 indexed citations
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Fernández-López, Manuel, Patricio Sanhueza, Luis A. Zapata, et al.. (2021). Magnetic Fields in Massive Star-forming Regions (MagMaR). I. Linear Polarized Imaging of the Ultracompact H ii Region G5.89–0.39. The Astrophysical Journal. 913(1). 29–29. 15 indexed citations
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Cortés, Paulo C., Patricio Sanhueza, Martin Houde, et al.. (2021). Magnetic Fields in Massive Star-forming Regions (MagMaR). II. Tomography through Dust and Molecular Line Polarization in NGC 6334I(N). The Astrophysical Journal. 923(2). 204–204. 18 indexed citations
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Küffmeier, Michael, Stefan Reißl, S. Wolf, Ian Stephens, & H. Calcutt. (2020). Linear dust polarization during the embedded phase of protostar formation. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 639. A137–A137. 9 indexed citations
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Sadavoy, Sarah, Ian Stephens, Philip C. Myers, et al.. (2019). Dust Polarization toward Embedded Protostars in Ophiuchus with ALMA. III. Survey Overview. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 245(1). 2–2. 47 indexed citations
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Benvenuti, P., M. T. V. T. Lago, Maria Cunningham, et al.. (2018). IAU volume 14 issue S345 Cover and Front matter. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 14(S345). f1–f19. 2 indexed citations
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Pokhrel, Riwaj, Philip C. Myers, Michael M. Dunham, et al.. (2018). Hierarchical Fragmentation in the Perseus Molecular Cloud: From the Cloud Scale to Protostellar Objects. The Astrophysical Journal. 853(1). 5–5. 33 indexed citations
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Frimann, Søren, J. K. Jørgensen, Michael M. Dunham, et al.. (2017). Protostellar accretion traced with chemistry. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 602. A120–A120. 32 indexed citations

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