2026 Ian B. Thompson: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	86	2541	2416	1260	1175	333	24179

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Research.com Recognitions

1933 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Ian B. Thompson is affiliated with the Carnegie Institution for Science in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their scholarly work focuses on Astronomy and Astrophysics, with contributions also spanning Global and Planetary Change, Instrumentation, and Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, including:

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Astro and Planetary Science
Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astronomical and nuclear sciences

Ian B. Thompson has published in notable venues such as:

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
arXiv (Cornell University)

Sample recent publications include:

A complete census of circumgalactic Mg ii at redshift z ≲ 0.5, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Search for Nearby Earth Analogs. II. Detection of Five New Planets, Eight Planet Candidates, and Confirmation of Three Planets around Nine Nearby M Dwarfs, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Erratum: "Search for Nearby Earth Analogs. II. Detection of Five New Planets, Eight Planet Candidates, and Confirmation of Three Planets around Nine Nearby M Dwarfs" (ApJS, 246, 11), 2020, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Erratum: The Cluster Ages Experiment (CASE) -- VIII. Age and distance of the Globular Cluster 47 Tuc from the analysis of two detached eclipsing binaries, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Vanadium Abundance Derivations in 255 Metal-poor Stars, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)

Collaborations have been a component of the scientist's work, with frequent co-authors including:

Stephen A. Shectman
Fabo Feng
R. Paul Butler
Jeffrey D. Crane
Steve Vogt

Throughout their career, Ian B. Thompson has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an award received in 1933.

Best Publications

An eclipsing-binary distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud accurate to two per cent

G. Pietrzyński;G. Pietrzyński;D. Graczyk;W. Gieren;I. B. Thompson

744
Citations
Obliquities of Hot Jupiter host stars: Evidence for tidal interactions and primordial misalignments

Simon H. Albrecht;Joshua Nathan Winn;John Asher Johnson;John Asher Johnson;Andrew W. Howard

702
Citations
The Magellanic Clouds Photometric Survey: The Large Magellanic Cloud Stellar Catalog and Extinction Map

Dennis Zaritsky;Jason Harris;Ian B. Thompson;Eva K. Grebel

624
Citations
A SEARCH FOR STARS OF VERY LOW METAL ABUNDANCE. VI. DETAILED ABUNDANCES OF 313 METAL-POOR STARS*

Ian U. Roederer;George W. Preston;Ian B. Thompson;Stephen A. Shectman

494
Citations
The Abundances of Neutron Capture Species in the Very Metal-Poor Globular Cluster M15: An Uniform Analysis of RGB and RHB Stars

J. S. Sobeck;R. P. Kraft;C. Sneden;G. W. Preston

465
Citations
Chemical evolution of the Galactic bulge as traced by microlensed dwarf and subgiant stars - V. Evidence for a wide age distribution and a complex MDF

Thomas Bensby;J. C. Yee;Sofia Feltzing;J. A. Johnson

457
Citations
Chemical evolution of the Galactic bulge as traced by microlensed dwarf and subgiant stars IV. Two bulge populations

Thomas Bensby;Thomas Bensby;Daniel Adén;J. Melendez;A. Gould

451
Citations
The Magellanic Clouds Photometric Survey: The Large Magellanic Cloud Stellar Catalog and Extinction Map

Dennis Zaritsky;Jason Harris;Ian B. Thompson;Eva K. Grebel

445
Citations
An Empirical Characterization of Extended Cool Gas Around Galaxies Using MgII Absorption Features

Hsiao-Wen Chen;Jennifer E. Helsby;Jean-Rene Gauthier;Stephen A. Shectman

419
Citations
THE ABUNDANCES OF NEUTRON-CAPTURE SPECIES IN THE VERY METAL-POOR GLOBULAR CLUSTER M15: A UNIFORM ANALYSIS OF RED GIANT BRANCH AND RED HORIZONTAL BRANCH STARS

Jennifer S. Sobeck;Robert P. Kraft;Christopher Sneden;George W. Preston

376
Citations
On the Source of the Dust Extinction in Type Ia Supernovae and the Discovery of Anomalously Strong Na I Absorption

M. M. Phillips;Joshua D. Simon;Nidia Morrell;Christopher R. Burns

346
Citations
Photometry and Spectroscopy of GRB 030329 and its Associated Supernova 2003dh: The First Two Months

T. Matheson;P. M. Garnavich;K. Z. Stanek;D. Bersier

345
Citations
BVRI Observations of the Optical Afterglow of GRB 990510

K. Z. Stanek;P. M. Garnavich;J. Kaluzny;W. Pych

343
Citations
Star Counts Redivivus. IV. Density Laws through Photometric Parallaxes

M. H. Siegel;M. H. Siegel;S. R. Majewski;S. R. Majewski;S. R. Majewski;I. N. Reid;I. N. Reid;I. B. Thompson

340
Citations
An Empirical Characterization of Extended Cool Gas Around Galaxies Using Mg II Absorption Features

Hsiao-Wen Chen;Jennifer E. Helsby;Jean-René Gauthier;Jean-René Gauthier;Stephen A. Shectman

327
Citations
Starcounts Redivivus. IV. Density Laws Through Photometric Parallaxes

M. H. Siegel;S. R. Majewski;I. N. Reid;I. B. Thompson

323
Citations
IMACS: The Inamori-Magellan Areal Camera and Spectrograph on Magellan-Baade

Alan Dressler;Bruce Bigelow;Tyson Hare;Brian Sutin

310
Citations
On the source of the dust extinction in type Ia supernovae and the discovery of anomalously strong Na i absorption

Mark M Phillips;Joshua D Simon;Nidia I Morrell;Christopher R Burns

277
Citations
ASASSN-15lh: A Highly Super-Luminous Supernova

Subo Dong;B. J. Shappee;J. L. Prieto;S. W. Jha

266
Citations
Statistics of emission-line galaxies in rich clusters.

A. Dressler;I. B. Thompson;S. A. Shectman

264
Citations