A.G. Macdonald

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

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A.G. Macdonald is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, A.G. Macdonald has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 16 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in A.G. Macdonald's work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (12 papers), Physiological and biochemical adaptations (11 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (10 papers). A.G. Macdonald is often cited by papers focused on Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (12 papers), Physiological and biochemical adaptations (11 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (10 papers). A.G. Macdonald collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. A.G. Macdonald's co-authors include C. Downham, R D Sturrock, Gary J. Macfarlane, Linda E. Dean, Gareth T. Jones, Kenneth T. Wann, Andrew R. Cossins, Imants G. Priede, David Taylor and A. A. Harper and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Journal of Physiology and Biochemical Journal.

In The Last Decade

A.G. Macdonald

66 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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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.

Global prevalence of ankylosing spondylitis

2013 501 citations Linda E. Dean, Gareth T. Jones et al. Lara D. Veeken profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
A.G. Macdonald United Kingdom	22	616	438	431	262	209	69	2.0k
John A. Freeman United States	34	1.3k 2.1×	246 0.6×	328 0.8×	1.1k 4.3×	100 0.5×	115	4.8k
Manabu Yoshida Japan	35	1.4k 2.2×	53 0.1×	263 0.6×	286 1.1×	193 0.9×	166	3.9k
Guy Cox Australia	26	591 1.0×	55 0.1×	566 1.3×	99 0.4×	167 0.8×	90	2.7k
Björn A. Afzelius Sweden	29	1.8k 2.9×	57 0.1×	332 0.8×	204 0.8×	131 0.6×	78	4.8k
Ronald R. Cowden United States	24	821 1.3×	45 0.1×	258 0.6×	273 1.0×	170 0.8×	112	2.9k
Tsuyoshi Watanabe Japan	42	2.5k 4.0×	120 0.3×	349 0.8×	616 2.4×	144 0.7×	273	6.4k
Ivan L. Cameron United States	39	1.9k 3.1×	198 0.5×	223 0.5×	228 0.9×	29 0.1×	169	5.0k
Ana Isabel Martı́n Spain	29	1.1k 1.8×	70 0.2×	706 1.6×	107 0.4×	573 2.7×	91	3.8k
Joan D. Ferraris United States	31	1.9k 3.1×	65 0.1×	434 1.0×	118 0.5×	135 0.6×	82	4.0k
Satoshi Ishikawa Japan	29	817 1.3×	147 0.3×	134 0.3×	147 0.6×	255 1.2×	209	3.4k

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Wang, Xiaolin, et al.. (2024). Comparative gut microbiome research through the lens of ecology: theoretical considerations and best practices. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 100(2). 748–763. 5 indexed citations

Dean, Linda E., Gareth T. Jones, A.G. Macdonald, et al.. (2013). Global prevalence of ankylosing spondylitis. Lara D. Veeken. 53(4). 650–657. 501 indexed citations breakdown →

Macdonald, A.G. & Boris Martinac. (2005). Effect of high hydrostatic pressure on the bacterial mechanosensitive channel MscS. European Biophysics Journal. 34(5). 434–441. 16 indexed citations

Macdonald, A.G., Boris Martinac, & Douglas H. Bartlett. (2002). Patch-Clamp Experiments with Porins Extracted from a Marine Bacterium (Photobacterium profundum Strain SS9) and Reconstituted in Liposomes. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics. 37(3). 157–168. 1 indexed citations

Macdonald, A.G.. (2002). Ion channels under high pressure. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 131(3). 587–593. 17 indexed citations

Macdonald, A.G. & Peter Fraser. (1999). The transduction of very small hydrostatic pressures. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 122(1). 13–36. 52 indexed citations

Macdonald, A.G.. (1997). Effect of high hydrostatic pressure on the BK channel in bovine chromaffin cells. Biophysical Journal. 73(4). 1866–1873. 17 indexed citations

Macdonald, A.G., et al.. (1995). Combined spectroscopic and electrical recording techniques in membrane research: Prospects for single channel studies. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 63(1). 1–29. 20 indexed citations

Macdonald, A.G. & R. L. Ramsey. (1995). The effects of nitrous oxide on a glutamate-gated ion channel and their reversal by high pressure; a single channel analysis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1236(1). 135–141. 31 indexed citations

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Macdonald, A.G., et al.. (1992). Homeoviscous adaptation under pressure: the pressure dependence of membrane order in brain myelin membranes of deep-sea fish. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1103(2). 317–323. 41 indexed citations

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Macdonald, A.G.. (1990). The homeoviscous theory of adaptation applied to excitable membranes: A critical evaluation. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Biomembranes. 1031(3). 291–310. 22 indexed citations

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Macdonald, A.G., et al.. (1988). Temperature, pressure and cholesterol effects on bilayer fluidity; a comparison of pyrene excimer/monomer ratios with the steady-state fluorescence polarization of diphenylhexatriene in liposomes and microsomes. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 938(2). 231–242. 47 indexed citations

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Wardle, C. S., et al.. (1987). The effect of pressure on the lateral swimming muscle of the european eel Anguilla anguilla and the deep sea eel Histiobranchus bathybius; results of challenger cruise 6B/85. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Physiology. 88(3). 595–598. 7 indexed citations

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Macdonald, A.G., et al.. (1987). Effect of high hydrostatic pressure on 86Rb+ influx in the erythrocyte of the plaice (Pleuronectes platessa). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Physiology. 88(3). 481–485. 2 indexed citations

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Macdonald, A.G., Iain D. Gilchrist, & C. S. Wardle. (1987). Effects of hydrostatic pressure on the motor activity of fish from shallow water and 900 m depths; some results of challenger cruise 6B/85. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Physiology. 88(3). 543–547. 10 indexed citations

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Macdonald, A.G., et al.. (1986). Induction of triploidy in rainbow trout using nitrous oxide. Aquaculture. 58(1-2). 155–159. 20 indexed citations

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Macdonald, A.G.. (1984). The effects of pressure on the molecular structure and physiological functions of cell membranes. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 304(1118). 47–68. 139 indexed citations

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Macdonald, A.G. & Imants G. Priede. (1983). Experimental biology at sea. Academic Press eBooks. 119 indexed citations

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Ashford, Michael L.J., A.G. Macdonald, & Kenneth T. Wann. (1979). Moderate hydrostatic pressures reduce the spontaneous release of transmitter in the frog. The Journal of Physiology. 292. 2 indexed citations

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Wann, Kenneth T., et al.. (1979). Electrophysiological measurements at high hydrostatic pressure: Methods for intracellular recording from isolated ganglia and for extracellular recording in vivo. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Physiology. 64(1). 141–147. 9 indexed citations

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