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Scott Chapman 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 Scott Chapman sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 592 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Scott Chapman 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 Scott Chapman sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 142 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% 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 Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Physics in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Physics in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Physics in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Scott Chapman is affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada and specializes in Physics and Astronomy, with a substantial focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their research output includes 291 publications in this main field of study, highlighting a diverse engagement within related subfields.

The subfields of study in which Chapman is active include:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Instrumentation
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Chapman's main topics of research encompass:

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

Scott Chapman frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics

Recent papers documented include:

  • An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 CLS UDS field: physical properties of 707 sub-millimetre galaxies (2020) published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The Complete Redshift Distribution of Dusty Star-forming Galaxies from the SPT-SZ Survey (2020) published in The Astrophysical Journal
  • An ALMA/NOEMA survey of the molecular gas properties of high-redshift star-forming galaxies (2020) published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • An ALMA survey of the brightest sub-millimetre sources in the SCUBA-2-COSMOS field (2020) published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • CCAT-prime Collaboration: Science Goals and Forecasts with Prime-Cam on the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (2022) published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

Frequent co-authors identified through collaboration patterns include:

  • Justin Spilker
  • Ian Smail
  • A. Weiß
  • Manuel Aravena
  • Chian-Chou Chen

Best Publications

  • A Redshift Survey of the Submillimeter Galaxy Population

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

  • The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey

    G. Gilmore;S. Randich;M. Asplund;J. Binney

  • Obscured and unobscured active galactic nuclei in the Spitzer Space Telescope First Look Survey

    M. Lacy;L. J. Storrie-Lombardi;A. Sajina;P. N. Appleton

  • 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

  • An interferometric CO survey of luminous submm galaxies

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

  • The remnants of galaxy formation from a panoramic survey of the region around M31

    Alan W. McConnachie;Michael J. Irwin;Rodrigo A. Ibata;John Dubinski

  • 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

  • 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 HAlf Degree Extragalactic Survey (SHADES) -- II. Submillimetre maps, catalogue and number counts

    K. Coppin;E.L. Chapin;A.M.J. Mortier;S.E. Scott

  • The SCUBA Half-Degree Extragalactic Survey – II. Submillimetre maps, catalogue and number counts

    K. Coppin;E. L. Chapin;E. L. Chapin;A. M. J. Mortier;S. E. Scott

  • A vast, thin plane of corotating dwarf galaxies orbiting the Andromeda galaxy

    Rodrigo A. Ibata;Geraint F. Lewis;Anthony R. Conn;Michael J. Irwin

  • The X-Ray Spectral Properties of SCUBA Galaxies

    D. M. Alexander;F. E. Bauer;S. C. Chapman;I. Smail

  • The LABOCA Survey of the Extended Chandra Deep Field South

    A. Weiss;A. Kovacs;K. Coppin;T.R. Greve

  • A median redshift of 2.4 for galaxies bright at submillimetre wavelengths

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

  • A survey of molecular gas in luminous sub-millimetre galaxies

    M. S. Bothwell;M. S. Bothwell;Ian Smail;S. C. Chapman;R. Genzel

  • Tracing the molecular gas in distant submillimetre galaxies via CO(1-0) imaging with the EVLA

    R. J. Ivison;P. P. Papadopoulos;Ian Smail;T. R. Greve

  • SHARC-2 350 Micron Observations of Distant Submillimeter Selected Galaxies

    A. Kovacs;S. C. Chapman;C. D. Dowell;A. W. Blain

  • An ALMA survey of Sub-millimeter Galaxies in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South: Physical properties derived from ultraviolet-to-radio modelling

    Elisabete da Cunha;Fabian Walter;Ian Smail;Mark Swinbank

Frequent Co-Authors

Rob Ivison
Rob Ivison European Southern Observatory
Ian Smail
Ian Smail Durham University
Douglas Scott
Douglas Scott University of British Columbia
Geraint F. Lewis
Geraint F. Lewis University of Sydney
Rodrigo A. Ibata
Rodrigo A. Ibata University of Strasbourg
Duncan Farrah
Duncan Farrah University of Hawaii at Manoa
Thomas R. Greve
Thomas R. Greve University College London
Joaquin Vieira
Joaquin Vieira University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
A. M. Swinbank
A. M. Swinbank Durham University
Kristen Coppin
Kristen Coppin University of Hertfordshire

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