Publications

Coding comes to NAM 2014, Simpson, Astronomy & Geophysics 2014 55 (4): 4.15-4.16, doi: 10.1093/astrogeo/atu159 [URL]

‘Zooniverse: Observing the World’s Largest Citizen Science Platform’, Simpson, Page, De Roure, 2014, in press

‘Why Won’t Alien’s Talk to Us: Content and Community Dynamics in Online Citizen Science’, Luczak-Rosch et al., 2014, ICSWM 2014, in press [URL]

‘Volunteers’ Engagement in Human Computation Astronomy Projects’, Ponciano et al., 2014, Computing in Science & Engineering, 99 [IEEE]

‘Classification of large acoustic datasets using machine learning and crowdsourcing: Application to whale calls’, Shamir, L et al 2014, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 135, 953 [AiP]

‘Galaxy Zoo 2: detailed morphological classifications for 304,122 galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.’, Willett K. et al, 2013, MNRAS, 435, 2835 [arXiv | ADS]

‘Planet Hunters: the first two planet candidates identified by the public using the Kepler public archive data’, Fischer D.A. et al, 2012, MNRAS, 419, 2900 [arXiv | ADS]

‘Planet Hunters: Assessing the Kepler Inventory of Short-period Planets’, Schwamb M. E. et al, 2012, ApJ, 754, 129 [arXiv | ADS]

‘The Milky Way Project: A statistical study of massive star formation associated with infrared bubbles’, Kendrew, S., Simpson R.J. et al, 2012, ApJ, 755, 71 [arXiv | ADS]

‘The Milky Way Project First Data Release: A Bubblier Galactic Disc’, Simpson R.J. et al, 2012, MNRAS, 424, 244 [arXiv | ADS]

‘An evolutionary diagram for prestellar cores’ Simpson R.J., Johnstone D., Nutter D., Ward-Thompson D., Whitworth A.P., 2010, MNRAS, 417, 216 [arXiv | ADS]

‘The JCMT Legacy Survey of the Gould Belt: a first look at Serpens with HARP’, Graves, S. F. et al, 2010, MNRAS, 409, 1412 [arXiv | ADS]

‘Herschel, Planck, and Chromoscope: Interactive Outreach Activities in the UK’, North, C. E., Lowe, S. R., Simpson, R. J., 2010, ASPC, 431, 174 [ADS]

‘The JCMT Legacy Survey of the Gould Belt: a first look at Taurus with HARP’, Davis, C.J. et al, 2010, MNRAS, 405, 759 [arXiv | ADS]

‘The JCMT Legacy Survey of the Gould Belt: a first look at Orion B with HARP’, Buckle, J. V. et al, 2010, MNRAS, 401, 204 [arXiv | ADS]

‘.Astronomy – Networked Astronomy and the New Media’, volume 1, 2009, eds Simpson R.J., Ward- Thompson D., publ. Canopus, Bristol

‘Digging into the Public’s Astronomy Interests’, Miller, Scott, Simpson, R., Gay, P., AAS 21440107 [ADS]

‘An observational study of the Ophiuchus cloud L1688 and implications for the prestellar core mass function’ Simpson R.J., Nutter D., Ward-Thompson D., 2008, MNRAS, 391, 205 [arXiv |ADS]

‘The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope Legacy Survey of Nearby Star-forming Regions in the Gould Belt’ Ward-Thompson D. et al., 2007, PASP, 119, 855 [arXiv | ADS]