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Matthew Smith 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 Matthew Smith sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 370 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Matthew Smith 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 Matthew Smith sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 101 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Matthew Smith is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with a significant focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their body of work includes 254 publications in these areas, covering various subfields such as Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Global and Planetary Change, and Computational Mechanics.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics within astrophysical research. These include:

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

Frequent co-authors include:

  • A. Saintonge (27 co-authored works)
  • Mark Booth (22 co-authored works)
  • Doug Johnstone (22 co-authored works)
  • Daizhong Liu (22 co-authored works)
  • C. Cicone (21 co-authored works)

Smith frequently publishes in several notable venues, with the highest number of works appearing in:

  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (36 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (29 publications)
  • Open Research Europe (14 publications)
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics (8 publications)
  • The Astrophysical Journal (3 publications)

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Smith include:

  • "HELP: the Herschel Extragalactic Legacy Project" (2021), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "Supernova host galaxies in the dark energy survey: I. Deep coadds, photometry, and stellar masses" (2020), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "A blind ATCA HI survey of the Fornax galaxy cluster" (2021), Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • "The MeerKAT Fornax Survey I. Survey description and first evidence of ram pressure in the Fornax galaxy cluster" (2023), Spectrum Research Repository (Concordia University)
  • "JINGLE - IV. Dust, H i gas, and metal scaling laws in the local Universe" (2020), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Best Publications

  • Search for squarks and gluinos in events with isolated leptons, jets and missing transverse momentum at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

    Georges Aad;Alexander Kupco;Peter Davison;Samuel Webb

  • Deconvoluting the XPS spectra for nitrogen-doped chars: An analysis from first principles

    Michael Ayiania;Matthew Smith;Alyssa J.R. Hensley;Louis Scudiero

  • THE MANGA INTEGRAL FIELD UNIT FIBER FEED SYSTEM FOR THE SLOAN 2.5 M TELESCOPE

    N. Drory;N. MacDonald;M. A. Bershady;K. Bundy

  • Measurements of Higgs boson properties in the diphoton decay channel with 36 fb−1 of pp collision data at s√=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

    Morad Aaboud;Alexander Kupco;Peter Davison;Samuel Webb

  • Search for new high-mass phenomena in the dilepton final state using 36 fb−1 of proton-proton collision data at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

    Morad Aaboud;Alexander Kupco;Peter Davison;Samuel Webb

  • The applicability of far-infrared fine-structure lines as star formation rate tracers over wide ranges of metallicities and galaxy types

    Ilse De Looze;Diane Cormier;Vianney Lebouteiller;Suzanne Madden

  • The applicability of FIR fine-structure lines as Star Formation Rate tracers over wide ranges of metallicities and galaxy types

    Ilse De Looze;Diane Cormier;Vianney Lebouteiller;Suzanne Madden

  • The Herschel Reference Survey

    A. Boselli;S. Eales;L. Cortese;G. Bendo

  • Search for production of vector-like quark pairs and of four top quarks in the lepton-plus-jets final state in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

    Georges Aad;Alexander Kupco;Peter Davison;Samuel Webb

  • The Herschel Reference Survey

    A. Boselli;Stephen Anthony Eales;Luca Cortese;G. Bendo

  • OBSERVATIONS OF Arp 220 USING HERSCHEL-SPIRE: AN UNPRECEDENTED VIEW OF THE MOLECULAR GAS IN AN EXTREME STAR FORMATION ENVIRONMENT

    Naseem Rangwala;Philip R. Maloney;Jason Glenn;Christine D. Wilson

  • Search for new phenomena in final states with an energetic jet and large missing transverse momentum in pp collisions at s =13 TeV using the ATLAS detector

    Morad Aaboud;Alexander Kupco;Peter Davison;Samuel Webb

  • Search for heavy Majorana neutrinos with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at √s 8 TeV

    Georges Aad;Alexander Kupco;Peter Davison;Samuel Webb

  • Search for electroweak production of supersymmetric particles in final states with two or three leptons at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

    M. Aaboud;Alexander Kupco;Peter Davison;Samuel Webb

  • An Overview of the Dwarf Galaxy Survey

    S. C. Madden;A. Remy Ruyer;M. Galametz;D. Cormier

  • An Overview of the Dwarf Galaxy Survey

    S.C. Madden;A. Rémy-Ruyer;M. Galametz;D. Cormier

  • Herschel-ATLAS: a binary HyLIRG pinpointing a cluster of starbursting proto-ellipticals

    R. J. Ivison;A. M. Swinbank;Ian Smail;A. I. Harris

  • Gravitational Lens Models Based on Submillimeter Array Imaging of Herschel-selected Strongly Lensed Sub-millimeter Galaxies at z > 1.5

    R. S. Bussmann;I. Pérez-Fournon;I. Pérez-Fournon;S. Amber;J. Calanog

  • The Herschel Exploitation of Local Galaxy Andromeda (HELGA) II: Dust and Gas in Andromeda

    M. W. L. Smith;S. A. Eales;H. L. Gomez;J. Roman Duval

  • Herschel-ATLAS: A Binary HyLIRG Pinpointing a Cluster of Starbursting Protoellipticals

    R. J. Ivison;R. J. Ivison;A. M. Swinbank;Ian Smail;A. I. Harris

Frequent Co-Authors

Maarten Baes
Maarten Baes Ghent University
Bobby Samir Acharya
Bobby Samir Acharya King's College London
George J. Bendo
George J. Bendo University of Manchester
Alessandro Boselli
Alessandro Boselli Aix-Marseille University
Stephen Anthony Eales
Stephen Anthony Eales Cardiff University
Loretta Dunne
Loretta Dunne Cardiff University
Luca Cortese
Luca Cortese University of Western Australia
Jacopo Fritz
Jacopo Fritz National Autonomous University of Mexico
Douglas Gingrich
Douglas Gingrich University of Alberta
Rob Ivison
Rob Ivison European Southern Observatory

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