2026 Scott Chapman: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	142	385	370	8	8	592	64258

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Physics

142

385

370

592

64258

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

Best Publications

A Redshift Survey of the Submillimeter Galaxy Population

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

1483
Citations
The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey

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

1052
Citations
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

933
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
An interferometric CO survey of luminous submm galaxies

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

815
Citations
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

707
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
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 HAlf Degree Extragalactic Survey (SHADES) -- II. Submillimetre maps, catalogue and number counts

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

619
Citations
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

568
Citations
A vast, thin plane of corotating dwarf galaxies orbiting the Andromeda galaxy

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

568
Citations
The X-Ray Spectral Properties of SCUBA Galaxies

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

542
Citations
The LABOCA Survey of the Extended Chandra Deep Field South

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

534
Citations
A median redshift of 2.4 for galaxies bright at submillimetre wavelengths

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

533
Citations
A survey of molecular gas in luminous sub-millimetre galaxies

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

521
Citations
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

498
Citations
SHARC-2 350 Micron Observations of Distant Submillimeter Selected Galaxies

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

483
Citations
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

483
Citations