Ian W. M. Smith

Ian W. M. Smith publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

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Ian W. M. Smith D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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Research.com Recognitions

• 2018 - Fellow of the Combustion Institute for fundamental breakthroughs in the understanding of char formation, char combustion and coal combustion
• 2001 - Liversidge Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
• 1990 - Polanyi Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
• 1983 - Tilden Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
• 1977 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Best Publications

• A KInetic Database for Astrochemistry (KIDA)

  V. Wakelam;V. Wakelam;E. Herbst;E. Herbst;J. C Loison;J. C Loison;I. W. M. Smith

  609
  Citations

• Rapid neutral–neutral reactions at low temperatures: a new network and first results for TMC‐1

  Ian W. M. Smith;Eric Herbst;Qiang Chang

  325
  Citations

• Rate constants for the reactions of CN with hydrocarbons at low and ultra-low temperatures

  Ian R. Sims;Jean-Louis Queffelec;Daniel Travers;Bertrand R. Rowe

  315
  Citations

• Rate measurements of reactions of OH by resonance absorption. Part 2.—Reactions of OH with CO, C2H4 and C2H2

  Ian W. M. Smith;Reinhard Zellner

  289
  Citations

• Ultralow temperature kinetics of neutral–neutral reactions. The technique and results for the reactions CN+O2 down to 13 K and CN+NH3 down to 25 K

  I. R. Sims;J.‐L. Queffelec;A. Defrance;C. Rebrion‐Rowe

  271
  Citations

• Reaction Networks for Interstellar Chemical Modelling: Improvements and Challenges

  Valentine Wakelam;Valentine Wakelam;I. W. M. Smith;E. Herbst;J. Troe;J. Troe

  250
  Citations

• The temperature-dependence of elementary reaction rates: beyond Arrhenius.

  Ian W. M. Smith

  220
  Citations

• Reaction between hydroxyl (deuteroxyl) radicals and carbon monoxide at temperatures down to 80 K: experiment and theory

  Michael J. Frost;Paul Sharkey;Ian W. M. Smith

  186
  Citations

• Role of Hydrogen-Bonded Intermediates in the Bimolecular Reactions of the Hydroxyl Radical

  Unknown

  181
  Citations

• Neutral–neutral reactions at the temperatures of interstellar clouds Rate coefficients for reactions of C2H radicals with O2, C2H2, C2H4 and C3H6 down to 15 K

  Delphine Chastaing;Philip L. James;Ian R. Sims;Ian W. M. Smith

  179
  Citations

• GAS-PHASE REACTIONS AND ENERGY TRANSFER AT VERY LOW TEMPERATURES

  Ian R. Sims;Ian W. M. Smith

  175
  Citations

• Neutral–neutral reactions at the temperatures of interstellar clouds: Rate coefficients for reactions of atomic carbon, C(3P), with O2, C2H2, C2H4 and C3H6 down to 15 K

  Delphine Chastaing;Philip L. James;Ian R. Sims;Ian W. M. Smith

  163
  Citations

• Direct rate measurements on the reactions N + OH → NO + H and O + OH → O2+ H from 250 to 515 K

  Mark J. Howard;Ian W. M. Smith

  154
  Citations

• Understanding Reactivity at Very Low Temperatures: The Reactions of Oxygen Atoms with Alkenes

  Hassan Sabbah;Ludovic Biennier;Ian R. Sims;Yuri Georgievskii

  150
  Citations

• Rate measurements of reactions of OH by resonance absorption. Part 3.—Reactions of OH with H2, D2 and hydrogen and deuterium halides

  Ian W. M. Smith;Reinhard Zellner

  149
  Citations

• Reactions of the methylidine radical with CH4, C2H2, C2H4, C2H6, and but-1-ene studied between 23 and 295 K with a CRESU apparatus

  André Canosa;Ian R Sims;Daniel Travers;Ian W M Smith

  149
  Citations

• Low temperature rate coefficients for the reactions of CN and C2H radicals with allene (CH2CCH2) and methyl acetylene (CH3CCH)

  David Carty;Valery Le Page;Ian R. Sims;Ian W.M. Smith

  147
  Citations

• The temperature-dependence of rapid low temperature reactions: experiment, understanding and prediction.

  Ian W. M. Smith;Amy M. Sage;Neil M. Donahue;Eric Herbst

  145
  Citations

• Laboratory Astrochemistry: Gas-Phase Processes

  Ian W.M. Smith

  143
  Citations

• Rate coefficients for the reactions of C($\mathsf{^3}$P$\mathsf{{\it _J}}$) atoms with C$\mathsf{_2}$H$\mathsf{_2}$, C$\mathsf{_2}$H$\mathsf{_4}$, CH$\mathsf{_3}$C$ \mathsf{quiv} $CH and H$\mathsf{_2}$C$ \mathsf{=} $C$ \mathsf{=} $CH$\mathsf{_2}$ at temperatures down to 15 K

  D. Chastaing;S. D. Le Picard;I. R. Sims;I. W. M. Smith

  141
  Citations

• The mechanism of the OH + CO reaction and the stability of the HOCO radical

  Ian W.M. Smith

  134
  Citations