2026 Rob Ivison: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	170	882	808	41	41	1127	101623
Physics	170	147	142	10	10	1137	100682

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Best Scientists

170

882

808

1127

101623

Physics

170

147

142

1137

100682

Best Scientists

D-Index

170

Citations

101623

World Ranking

882

National Ranking

Physics

D-Index

170

Citations

100682

World Ranking

147

National Ranking

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Physics in Germany Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Physics in Germany Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Physics in Germany Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Physics in Germany Leader Award
2014 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Rob Ivison is affiliated with the European Southern Observatory in Germany and has an extensive publication record primarily focused on physics and astronomy. Their research spans mainly in the fields of astronomy and astrophysics, with significant contributions in instrumentation, nuclear and high energy physics, computational mechanics, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

The scientist's work has appeared prominently in key journals, including:

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
arXiv (Cornell University)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
The Astrophysical Journal
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan

Their research topics largely involve:

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

Some recent publications reflecting these topics 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
"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
"An ALMA survey of the S2CLS UDS field: optically invisible submillimetre galaxies" (2021), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Rob Ivison frequently collaborates with several other researchers, including:

P. van der Werf
S. Dye
S. Serjeant
C. Yang
Tom J. L. C. Bakx

These collaborations are reflected across a significant number of publications, highlighting ongoing teamwork within the astronomical community.

In 2014, Rob Ivison was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, an acknowledgment within their professional domain.

Best Publications

The Herschel-SPIRE instrument and its in-flight performance

M. J. Griffin;A. Abergel;A. Abreu;P. A. R. Ade

3332
Citations
High-redshift star formation in the Hubble Deep Field revealed by a submillimetre-wavelength survey

David H. Hughes;Stephen Serjeant;James Dunlop;Michael Rowan-Robinson

1800
Citations
Unveiling Dust-enshrouded Star Formation in the Early Universe: a Sub-mm Survey of the Hubble Deep Field

David Hughes;Steve Serjeant;James Dunlop;Michael Rowan-Robinson

1751
Citations
GOODS-Herschel: an infrared main sequence for star-forming galaxies

D.Elbaz;M.Dickinson;H.S.Hwang;T.Diaz-Santos

1672
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
Submillimeter Galaxies

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

1201
Citations
SCUBA: A Common - user submillimetre camera operating on the James Clerk Maxwell telescope

W. S. Holland;E. I. Robson;Walter Kieran Gear;C. R. Cunningham

1139
Citations
Jet energy scale and resolution measured in proton–proton collisions at �TeV with the ATLAS detector

Unknown

1118
Citations
The Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey: HerMES

S. J. Oliver;J. Bock;J. Bock;B. Altieri

1107
Citations
Measurement of the production cross-section using events with -tagged jets in collisions at and 8�TeV with the ATLAS detector

Unknown

931
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
An interferometric CO survey of luminous submillimetre galaxies

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

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
Vision transformer adapter for dense predictions

Unknown

669
Citations
High-resolution millimeter imaging of submillimeter galaxies

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

651
Citations
A dust-obscured massive maximum-starburst galaxy at a redshift of 6.34

Dominik A. Riechers;Dominik A. Riechers;C. M. Bradford;C. M. Bradford;D. L. Clements;C. D. Dowell;C. D. Dowell

634
Citations
The SCUBA Local Universe Galaxy Survey – I. First measurements of the submillimetre luminosity and dust mass functions

Loretta Dunne;Stephen Anthony Eales;Michael Geoffrey Edmunds;Rob Ivison

620
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