Rowan J. Smith

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
113 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

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Rowan J. Smith is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Rowan J. Smith has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 22 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 14 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Rowan J. Smith's work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (80 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (62 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (31 papers). Rowan J. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (80 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (62 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (31 papers). Rowan J. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Rowan J. Smith's co-authors include Simon C. O. Glover, Ralf S. Klessen, Paul C. Clark, Thomas H. Greif, Volker Bromm, Volker Springel, M. C. Wyatt, J. S. Greaves, Charles Beichman and G. Bryden and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Applied Physics and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Rowan J. Smith

102 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

SIMULATIONS ON A MOVING MESH: THE CLUSTERED FORMATION OF POPULATION III PROTOSTARS

2011 301 citations Simon C. O. Glover, Paul C. Clark et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Rowan J. Smith	3.0k	414	414	369	276	113	3.5k
J. Eislöffel	3.3k 1.1×	530 1.3×	390 0.9×	784 2.1×	216 0.8×	149	3.7k
N. Turner	3.2k 1.1×	365 0.9×	239 0.6×	482 1.3×	425 1.5×	131	3.5k
J. L. Pipher	3.5k 1.2×	207 0.5×	159 0.4×	848 2.3×	410 1.5×	147	3.8k
G. J. Stacey	3.1k 1.0×	247 0.6×	272 0.7×	458 1.2×	497 1.8×	146	3.3k
C. Krämer	4.0k 1.3×	200 0.5×	319 0.8×	728 2.0×	511 1.9×	122	4.2k
A. A. Stark	3.4k 1.1×	252 0.6×	613 1.5×	538 1.5×	355 1.3×	102	3.5k
P. Cox	6.5k 2.1×	376 0.9×	864 2.1×	555 1.5×	1.7k 6.3×	142	6.7k
K. H. Nordsieck	3.5k 1.1×	305 0.7×	273 0.7×	451 1.2×	453 1.6×	84	3.7k
R. H. Hildebrand	1.9k 0.6×	232 0.6×	465 1.1×	215 0.6×	62 0.2×	112	2.3k
B. Stecklum	1.4k 0.5×	352 0.9×	174 0.4×	473 1.3×	95 0.3×	128	1.8k

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Bonnell, I. A., et al.. (2025). The role of magnetic fields in the formation of high-mass star-forming cores. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 539(3). 2307–2322.

Zucker, Catherine, T. K. Sridharan, Cameren Swiggum, et al.. (2025). Origin of the IRAS Vela Shell: New Insights from 3D Dust Mapping. The Astrophysical Journal. 987(1). 73–73.

Smith, Rowan J., Simon C. O. Glover, Robin G. Treß, et al.. (2024). Do stars still form in molecular gas within CO-dark dwarf galaxies?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 536(3). 2936–2955. 1 indexed citations

Sormani, Mattia C., Eugene Vasiliev, Simon C. O. Glover, et al.. (2024). Testing kinematic distances under a realistic Galactic potential. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 692. A216–A216. 12 indexed citations

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

Watkins, Elizabeth J., N. Peretto, A. J. Rigby, et al.. (2024). Evolutionary growth of molecular clouds as traced by their infrared bright fraction. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 536(3). 2805–2824.

Traficante, A., A. Avison, G. A. Fuller, et al.. (2023). The SQUALO project (Star formation in QUiescent And Luminous Objects) I: clump-fed accretion mechanism in high-mass star-forming objects. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 520(2). 2306–2327. 13 indexed citations

Soler, J. D., M.-A. Miville-Deschênes, S. Molinari, et al.. (2022). The Galactic dynamics revealed by the filamentary structure in atomic hydrogen emission. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 662. A96–A96. 20 indexed citations

Hatchfield, H Perry, Mattia C. Sormani, Cara Battersby, et al.. (2021). Dynamically Driven Inflow onto the Galactic Center and its Effect upon Molecular Clouds. IrInSubria (University of Insubria). 27 indexed citations

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Soler, J. D., H. Beuther, Y. Wang, et al.. (2021). The filamentary structures in the CO emission toward the Milky Way disk. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 6 indexed citations

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Treß, Robin G., Mattia C. Sormani, Rowan J. Smith, et al.. (2021). Simulations of the star-forming molecular gas in an interacting M51-like galaxy: cloud population statistics. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 505(4). 5438–5459. 10 indexed citations

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Reißl, Stefan, J. M. Stil, Eric Chen, et al.. (2020). Synthetic observations of spiral arm tracers of a simulated Milky Way analog. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 12 indexed citations

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Izquierdo, Andrés F., Rowan J. Smith, Simon C. O. Glover, et al.. (2020). The Cloud Factory II: gravoturbulent kinematics of resolved molecular clouds in a galactic potential. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 500(4). 5268–5296. 12 indexed citations

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Sormani, Mattia C., Robin G. Treß, Simon C. O. Glover, et al.. (2020). Simulations of the Milky Way’s Central Molecular Zone – II. Star formation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 497(4). 5024–5040. 46 indexed citations

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Treß, Robin G., Mattia C. Sormani, Simon C. O. Glover, et al.. (2020). Simulations of the Milky Way’s central molecular zone – I. Gas dynamics. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 499(3). 4455–4478. 60 indexed citations

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Treß, Robin G., Rowan J. Smith, Mattia C. Sormani, et al.. (2020). Simulations of the star-forming molecular gas in an interacting M51-like galaxy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 492(2). 2973–2995. 56 indexed citations

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Smith, Rowan J., Robin G. Treß, Mattia C. Sormani, et al.. (2019). The Cloud Factory I: Generating resolved filamentary molecular clouds from galactic-scale forces. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 492(2). 1594–1613. 71 indexed citations

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Stil, J. M., H. Beuther, Y. Wang, et al.. (2019). Strong Excess Faraday Rotation on the Inside of the Sagittarius Spiral Arm. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 887(1). L7–L7. 21 indexed citations

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Sormani, Mattia C., Robin G. Treß, Simon C. O. Glover, et al.. (2019). The geometry of the gas surrounding the Central Molecular Zone: on the origin of localized molecular clouds with extreme velocity dispersions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 488(4). 4663–4673. 36 indexed citations

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Beuther, H., J. D. Soler, W. H. T. Vlemmings, et al.. (2018). Magnetic fields at the onset of high-mass star formation. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 614. A64–A64. 15 indexed citations

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