A. L. Mackay

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

A. L. Mackay is a scholar working on Geometry and Topology, Spectroscopy and Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design. According to data from OpenAlex, A. L. Mackay has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Geometry and Topology, 2 papers in Spectroscopy and 2 papers in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design. Recurrent topics in A. L. Mackay's work include Mathematics and Applications (4 papers), Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation (2 papers) and Optimization and Packing Problems (2 papers). A. L. Mackay is often cited by papers focused on Mathematics and Applications (4 papers), Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation (2 papers) and Optimization and Packing Problems (2 papers). A. L. Mackay collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. A. L. Mackay's co-authors include John Finney, Kaoru Gotoh and Jl Finney and has published in prestigious journals such as Acta Crystallographica, Acta Crystallographica Section A and Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General.

In The Last Decade

A. L. Mackay

10 papers receiving 952 citations

Hit Papers

A dense non-crystallographic packing of equal spheres 1962 2026 1983 2004 1962 250 500 750
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A dense non-crystallographic packing of equal spheres
    1962 897 citations A. L. Mackay Acta Crystallographica profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A. L. Mackay United Kingdom 7 661 315 245 110 84 10 1.0k
O. G. Peterson United States 14 485 0.7× 721 2.3× 67 0.3× 94 0.9× 37 0.4× 19 1.5k
John Schroeder United States 20 797 1.2× 426 1.4× 63 0.3× 37 0.3× 33 0.4× 69 1.5k
V. N. Kuzovkov Latvia 23 853 1.3× 424 1.3× 180 0.7× 46 0.4× 23 0.3× 113 1.7k
R O Davies United Kingdom 13 784 1.2× 189 0.6× 78 0.3× 133 1.2× 14 0.2× 33 1.2k
A. Reale Italy 21 344 0.5× 590 1.9× 65 0.3× 28 0.3× 19 0.2× 89 1.5k
L. J. Slutsky United States 23 535 0.8× 386 1.2× 59 0.2× 86 0.8× 11 0.1× 55 1.9k
C. L. Marquardt United States 17 440 0.7× 393 1.2× 28 0.1× 34 0.3× 39 0.5× 60 1.0k
Mikhail Dzugutov Sweden 19 1.3k 1.9× 243 0.8× 141 0.6× 130 1.2× 83 1.0× 58 1.6k
B. W. van de Waal Netherlands 13 260 0.4× 392 1.2× 231 0.9× 79 0.7× 5 0.1× 25 677
Henri Boutin United States 15 450 0.7× 235 0.7× 27 0.1× 81 0.7× 19 0.2× 49 920

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. L. Mackay

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All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
1.
Mackay, A. L., et al.. (1987). Spatial Structure and the Microcomputer. 3 indexed citations
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Mackay, A. L.. (1982). Six regular polygons at a four-connected vertex. Acta Crystallographica Section A. 38(1). 165–166. 2 indexed citations
3.
Mackay, A. L.. (1980). The packing of three-dimensional spheres on the surface of a four-dimensional hypersphere. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 13(11). 3373–3379. 14 indexed citations
4.
Mackay, A. L., et al.. (1977). CLOSEST PACKING OF EQUAL SPHERES ON A SPHERICAL SURFACE. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Mackay, A. L., John Finney, & Kaoru Gotoh. (1977). The closest packing of equal spheres on a spherical surface. Acta Crystallographica Section A. 33(1). 98–100. 29 indexed citations
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Mackay, A. L.. (1977). The generalized inverse and inverse structure. Acta Crystallographica Section A. 33(1). 212–215. 20 indexed citations
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Mackay, A. L.. (1976). A comment on the close-packing of hyperspheres. Acta Crystallographica Section A. 32(5). 923–923. 11 indexed citations
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Mackay, A. L.. (1974). Generalized structural geometry. Acta Crystallographica Section A. 30(3). 440–447. 25 indexed citations
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Mackay, A. L.. (1973). To find the largest sphere which can be inscribed between four others. Acta Crystallographica Section A. 29(3). 308–309. 7 indexed citations
10.
Mackay, A. L.. (1962). A dense non-crystallographic packing of equal spheres. Acta Crystallographica. 15(9). 916–918. 897 indexed citations breakdown →

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