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Rob Ivison 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 Rob Ivison sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 1,137 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rob Ivison 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 Rob Ivison sits on this spectrum.

70–71 D-Index: 76 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 110 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 143 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 153 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 144 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 167 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 167 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 166 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 132 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 155 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 134 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 137 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 102 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 112 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 110 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 116 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 97 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 103 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 87 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 90 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 78 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 75 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 67 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 69 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 59 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 53 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 42 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 41 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 33 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 32 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 45 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 19 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 24 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 28 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 31 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 20 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 12 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 24 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 23 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 15 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 15 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 11 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 17 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 12 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 11 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 9 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 9 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 11 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 4 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 8 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 5 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 3 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 4 scientists 184 D-Index: 4 scientists 185+ D-Index: 99 scientists
70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 170 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

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

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

  • A Redshift Survey of the Submillimeter Galaxy Population

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

  • Submillimeter Galaxies

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

  • 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

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

    Unknown

  • The Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey: HerMES

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

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

    Unknown

  • 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

  • The Herschel ATLAS

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

  • An interferometric CO survey of luminous submillimetre galaxies

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

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

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

  • Vision transformer adapter for dense predictions

    Unknown

  • High-resolution millimeter imaging of submillimeter galaxies

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • The history of star formation in dusty galaxies

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian Smail
Ian Smail Durham University
Loretta Dunne
Loretta Dunne Cardiff University
Asantha Cooray
Asantha Cooray University of California, Irvine
Douglas Scott
Douglas Scott University of British Columbia
Scott Chapman
Scott Chapman Dalhousie University
Stephen Anthony Eales
Stephen Anthony Eales Cardiff University
P. van der Werf
P. van der Werf Leiden University
James S. Dunlop
James S. Dunlop University of Edinburgh
Simon Dye
Simon Dye University of Nottingham
Steve Maddox
Steve Maddox Cardiff University

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