2026 Ian Smail: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	145	339	326	38	36	481	77981

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Physics

145

339

326

481

77981

Ian Smail publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ian Smail sits on this spectrum.

103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 481 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Ian Smail D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ian Smail sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 145 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2022 - Research.com Physics in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Ian Smail is affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom and has an extensive publication record in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research predominantly focuses on Astronomy and Astrophysics, encompassing 192 publications, alongside contributions in Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Computational Mechanics.

The main topics of Ian Smail's research include:

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ian Smail are:

A. M. Swinbank (51 publications)
S. C. Chapman (31 publications)
Chian-Chou Chen (31 publications)
U Dudzevičiūtė (26 publications)
P. van der Werf (25 publications)

The scientist has published primarily in the following venues:

arXiv (Cornell University) with 34 publications
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society with 28 publications
The Astrophysical Journal with 21 publications
Astronomy and Astrophysics with 5 publications
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series with 3 publications

Among recent publications, noteworthy papers include:

An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 CLS UDS field: physical properties of 707 sub-millimetre galaxies, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
JWST PEARLS. Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization and Lensing Science: Project Overview and First Results, 2022, The Astronomical Journal
An ALMA/NOEMA survey of the molecular gas properties of high-redshift star-forming galaxies, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
An ALMA survey of the brightest sub-millimetre sources in the SCUBA-2-COSMOS field, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The ALMA Spectroscopic Survey in the HUDF: The Cosmic Dust and Gas Mass Densities in Galaxies up to z ∼ 3, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal

Best Publications

The UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS)

Andy Lawrence;S. J. Warren;Omar Almaini;A. C. Edge

2801
Citations
A Deep Submillimeter Survey of Lensing Clusters: A New Window on Galaxy Formation and Evolution

Ian Smail;R. J. Ivison;A. W. Blain

1591
Citations
A Redshift Survey of the Submillimeter Galaxy Population

S. C. Chapman;A. W. Blain;Ian Smail;R. J. Ivison;R. J. Ivison

1483
Citations
zCOSMOS: A Large VLT/VIMOS redshift survey covering 0 < z < 3 in the COSMOS field

S.J. Lilly;O. Le Fevre;A. Renzini;G. Zamorani

1397
Citations
Evolution since Z = 0.5 of the morphology-density relation for clusters of galaxies

Alan Dressler;Augustus Oemler;Warrick J. Couch;Ian Smail;Ian Smail

1360
Citations
Submillimeter Galaxies

Andrew W. Blain;Ian Smail;R. J. Ivison;J. P. Kneib

1201
Citations
The Star Formation Histories of Galaxies in Distant Clusters

Bianca M. Poggianti;Ian Smail;Alan Dressler;Warrick J. Couch

904
Citations
Submillimeter Galaxies at z ~ 2: Evidence for Major Mergers and Constraints on Lifetimes, IMF, and CO-H2 Conversion Factor*

L. J. Tacconi;R. Genzel;I. Smail;R. Neri

887
Citations
The Herschel ATLAS

S. Eales;L. Dunne;D. Clements;A. Cooray

821
Citations
SCUBA-2: the 10 000 pixel bolometer camera on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

W. S. Holland;W. S. Holland;D. Bintley;E. L. Chapin;A. Chrysostomou

712
Citations
An interferometric CO survey of luminous submillimetre galaxies

T. R. Greve;T. R. Greve;F. Bertoldi;Ian Smail;R. Neri

701
Citations
THE CHANDRA DEEP FIELD-SOUTH SURVEY: 4 Ms SOURCE CATALOGS

Yongquan Xue;Bin Luo;William Nielsen Brandt;Franz E. Bauer;Franz E. Bauer

701
Citations
The All-Wavelength Extended Groth Strip International Survey(AEGIS) Data Sets

M. Davis;P. Guhathakurta;N. P. Konidaris;J. A. Newman

674
Citations
A Spectroscopic catalog of 10 distant rich clusters of galaxies

Alan Dressler;Ian Smail;Ian Smail;Bianca M. Poggianti;Harvey Butcher

674
Citations
High-resolution millimeter imaging of submillimeter galaxies

L. J. Tacconi;R. Neri;S. C. Chapman;R. Genzel

651
Citations
Hubble Space Telescope Observations of the Lensing Cluster Abell 2218

J.-P. Kneib;R. S. Ellis;I. Smail;W. J. Couch

625
Citations
The nature of faint submillimetre-selected galaxies

Ian Smail;R. J. Ivison;R. J. Ivison;A. W. Blain;A. W. Blain;J.-P. Kneib

594
Citations
The history of star formation in dusty galaxies

A. W. Blain;Ian Smail;R. J. Ivison;R. J. Ivison;J.-P. Kneib

590
Citations
The morphology–density relation in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Tomotsugu Goto;Chisato Yamauchi;Yutaka Fujita;Sadanori Okamura

578
Citations
Weak Gravitational Lensing by Galaxies

Tereasa G. Brainerd;Roger D. Blandford;Ian Smail

575
Citations