Angus W. MacDonald

21.1k citations

233 papers · 15.3k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 53

Cognitive Neuroscience top 0.05%
Psychiatry and Mental health top 0.2%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology top 0.2%
Clinical Psychology top 1%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging top 1%

Co-authors: Cameron S. Carter Jonathan D. Cohen V. Andrew Stenger John G. Kerns Raymond Y. Cho Deanna M. Barch Douglas C. Noll Vina M. Goghari
Topics: Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (81 papers)Schizophrenia research and treatment (56 papers)Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (55 papers)
Cited by: Cognitive Neuroscience General Decision Sciences Psychiatry and Mental health
Journals: Nature Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Canada

In The Last Decade

Angus W. MacDonald

228 papers receiving 14.8k 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.

Dissociating the Role of the Dorsolateral Prefrontal and Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Cognitive Control

2000 3.0k citations Angus W. MacDonald, Jonathan D. Cohen et al. Science profile →
Anterior Cingulate Conflict Monitoring and Adjustments in Control

2004 2.3k citations Jonathan D. Cohen, Angus W. MacDonald et al. Science profile →
Parsing executive processes: Strategic vs. evaluative functions of the anterior cingulate cortex

2000 810 citations Cameron S. Carter, Angus W. MacDonald et al. profile →
Selective Deficits in Prefrontal Cortex Function in Medication-Naive Patients With Schizophrenia

2001 507 citations Deanna M. Barch, Cameron S. Carter et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Auditory Perceptual Biases in Schizophrenia: A Case-Control Study Using Sine-Wave Speech 2025 ·(unknown),Deanna M. Barch,Molly Erickson,Megan A. Boudewyn,Cameron S. Carter,Michael J. Frank,James M. Gold,Angus W. MacDonald,Steven J. Luck,Joshua Kenney,(unknown),Philip R. Corlett	0
2	Development of novel ultra-sensitive IL-11 target engagement assays to support mechanistic PK/PD modeling for an anti-IL-11 antibody therapeutic 2022 ·mAbs ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Cynthia Hess Kenny,Zheng Cai,Angus W. MacDonald,(unknown),Michael S. Marlow,(unknown),Glenn R. Gibson,(unknown),Julie A. Hawkins,Steven Hansel	3
3	Integrating development into the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) framework: Introduction to the special section. 2022 ·Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science ·C. Emily Durbin,Sylia Wilson,Angus W. MacDonald	4
4	New titles can give new perspectives: Reflections on language and equity in clinical science. 2022 ·Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science ·Praveetha Patalay,Angus W. MacDonald	4
5	Resting-State Functional Connectivity Explained Psychotic-like Experiences in the General Population and Partially Generalized to Patients and Relatives 2022 ·Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science ·Yizhou Ma,Timothy Hendrickson,Ian S. Ramsay,(unknown),Scott R. Sponheim,Angus W. MacDonald	1
6	Impact of Independent Component Analysis Dimensionality on the Test–Retest Reliability of Resting-State Functional Connectivity 2021 ·Brain Connectivity ·Yizhou Ma,Angus W. MacDonald	6
7	The Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science is the future of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology: An editorial. 2021 ·Journal of Abnormal Psychology ·Angus W. MacDonald,Sherryl H. Goodman,David Watson	4
8	Salience and central executive networks track overgeneralization of conditioned-fear in post-traumatic stress disorder 2020 ·Psychological Medicine ·Hannah Berg,Yizhou Ma,(unknown),Antonia N. Kaczkurkin,Philip Burton,Colin G. DeYoung,Angus W. MacDonald,Scott R. Sponheim,Shmuel Lissek	18
9	Abnormal neural functions associated with motor inhibition deficits in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder 2019 ·Human Brain Mapping ·(unknown),Jerillyn S. Kent,Seung Suk Kang,Vina M. Goghari,Angus W. MacDonald,Scott R. Sponheim	16
10	The goal priority network as a neural substrate of Conscientiousness 2018 ·Human Brain Mapping ·(unknown),Samantha V. Abram,Angus W. MacDonald,Aldo Rustichini,Colin G. DeYoung	48
11	Sensitivity to “sunk costs” in mice, rats, and humans 2018 ·Science ·Brian M. Sweis,Samantha V. Abram,Brandy Schmidt,(unknown),Angus W. MacDonald,Mark J. Thomas,A. David Redish	74
12	Toward validation of a structural approach to conceptualizing psychopathology: A special section of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 2016 ·Journal of Abnormal Psychology ·Robert F. Krueger,Jennifer L. Tackett,Angus W. MacDonald	11
13	Translational Development and Psychometric Comparison of Two Visual Integration Tasks 2010 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·(unknown),C Carter,Steven C. Dakin,James M. Gold,Ilona Kovács,Steven J. Luck,Angus W. MacDonald,(unknown),Charan Ranganath,Mélanie Strauss	0
14	A Correction for Ascertainment Bias in Estimating Rates of Onset of Highly Penetrant Genetic Disorders 2007 ·Astin Bulletin ·(unknown),Angus W. MacDonald	2
15	A Correction for Ascertainment Bias in Estimating Rates of Onset of Highly Penetrant Genetic Disorders 2007 ·Astin Bulletin ·(unknown),Angus W. MacDonald	2
16	Generations and Gender Survey (GGS): Towards a Better Understanding of Relationships and Processes in the Life Course 2007 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown),Anne Solaz,Antonella Pinnelli,(unknown),Gerda Neyer,Angus W. MacDonald,Jan M. Hoem,Tineke Fokkema,(unknown),(unknown),Francesco C. Billari,Gijs Beets,Andres Vikat	30
17	Prefrontal functioning during context processing in schizophrenia and major depression: An event-related fMRI study 2005 ·Schizophrenia Research ·Avram J. Holmes,Angus W. MacDonald,Cameron S. Carter,Deanna M. Barch,V. Andrew Stenger,Jonathan D. Cohen	111
18	11. Dissociating the contributions of DLPFC and anterior cingulate to executive control: An event-related fMRI study 2001 ·Brain and Cognition ·Cameron S. Carter,Angus W. MacDonald,V. Andrew Stenger,Jerry D. Cohen	7
19	A cluster of cases of legionnaires' disease associated with exposure to a spa pool on display. 2000 ·PubMed ·Mark McEvoy,(unknown),(unknown),Angus W. MacDonald,(unknown),Allen K. Sills,(unknown),T.G. Harrison	12
20	Chambers's etymological English dictionary 1966 ·Angus W. MacDonald	1

About Angus W. MacDonald

Angus W. MacDonald is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health and General Decision Sciences, having authored 233 papers that have together received 15.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (81 papers), Schizophrenia research and treatment (56 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (55 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cognitive Neuroscience (10.3k citations), General Decision Sciences (435 citations) and Psychiatry and Mental health (3.6k citations). Angus W. MacDonald has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Cameron S. Carter, Jonathan D. Cohen, V. Andrew Stenger, John G. Kerns, Raymond Y. Cho, Deanna M. Barch, Douglas C. Noll, Vina M. Goghari, Kelvin O. Lim and Scott R. Sponheim. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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