CM Donald

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

CM Donald is a scholar working on Agronomy and Crop Science, Plant Science and Forestry. According to data from OpenAlex, CM Donald has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science, 13 papers in Plant Science and 9 papers in Forestry. Recurrent topics in CM Donald's work include Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology (9 papers), Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (7 papers) and Pasture and Agricultural Systems (6 papers). CM Donald is often cited by papers focused on Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology (9 papers), Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (7 papers) and Pasture and Agricultural Systems (6 papers). CM Donald collaborates with scholars based in Australia and Hungary. CM Donald's co-authors include CH Williams, WR Stern, DW Puckridge, JL Davidson, J. Hamblin, WG Allden, HM Rawson, PS Cocks, William A. Williams and Donald Spencer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Crop Science and Euphytica.

In The Last Decade

CM Donald

25 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

The breeding of crop ideotypes 1968 2026 1987 2006 1968 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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. The breeding of crop ideotypes
    1968 945 citations CM Donald Euphytica profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
CM Donald Australia 17 1.5k 937 320 298 251 26 2.1k
D. K. Barnes United States 27 1.7k 1.2× 831 0.9× 314 1.0× 112 0.4× 346 1.4× 136 2.3k
R. E. Blaser United States 20 415 0.3× 653 0.7× 193 0.6× 163 0.5× 223 0.9× 97 1.2k
R. K. M. Hay United Kingdom 20 1.2k 0.8× 664 0.7× 312 1.0× 119 0.4× 214 0.9× 36 1.7k
W. G. Duncan United States 21 1.6k 1.1× 819 0.9× 235 0.7× 124 0.4× 163 0.6× 37 2.0k
A. G. Matches United States 19 388 0.3× 784 0.8× 144 0.5× 91 0.3× 208 0.8× 63 1.2k
J. D. Berdahl United States 20 504 0.3× 936 1.0× 150 0.5× 106 0.4× 133 0.5× 99 1.4k
S. S. Waller United States 17 364 0.2× 702 0.7× 119 0.4× 252 0.8× 175 0.7× 54 1.2k
M. G. Lambert New Zealand 26 288 0.2× 962 1.0× 589 1.8× 165 0.6× 250 1.0× 80 1.9k
Emilio H. Satorre Argentina 27 1.3k 0.9× 829 0.9× 325 1.0× 210 0.7× 379 1.5× 64 1.9k
M. E. Heath 6 320 0.2× 563 0.6× 173 0.5× 90 0.3× 181 0.7× 11 960

Countries citing papers authored by CM Donald

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Fields of papers citing papers by CM Donald

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of CM Donald

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of CM Donald. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of CM Donald based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with CM Donald. CM Donald is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Donald, CM, et al.. (2006). Soil Amendments for the Control of Potato Diseases. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 1 indexed citations
2.
Donald, CM. (1981). COMPETITIVE PLANTS, COMMUNAL PLANTS, AND YIELD IN WHEAT CROPS. 48 indexed citations
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Hamblin, J. & CM Donald. (1974). The relationships between plant form, competitive ability and grain yield in a barley cross. Euphytica. 23(3). 535–542. 35 indexed citations
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Cocks, PS & CM Donald. (1973). The early vegetative growth of two annual pasture grasses ( Hordeum leporinum Link and Lolium rigidum Gaud.). Australian Journal of Agricultural Research. 24(1). 11–19. 3 indexed citations
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Donald, CM, et al.. (1970). Growth and ignitability of annual pastures in a Mediterranean environment. 1. Effect of length of season and of defoliation on the growth, water content and desiccation of annual pastures. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture and Animal Husbandry. 10(42). 67–75. 7 indexed citations
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Donald, CM, et al.. (1970). Growth and ignitability of annual pastures in a Mediterranean environment. 2. Ignitability of swards of various annual species. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture and Animal Husbandry. 10(42). 76–83. 8 indexed citations
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Rawson, HM & CM Donald. (1969). The absorption and distribution of nitrogen after floret initiation in wheat. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research. 20(5). 799–808. 29 indexed citations
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Williams, William A., et al.. (1968). Effect of Seed Weight on the Vegetative Growth of Competing Annual Trifoliums1. Crop Science. 8(6). 660–663. 16 indexed citations
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Donald, CM. (1968). The breeding of crop ideotypes. Euphytica. 17(3). 385–403. 945 indexed citations breakdown →
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Puckridge, DW & CM Donald. (1967). Competition among wheat plants sown at a wide range of densities. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research. 18(2). 193–211. 142 indexed citations
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Stern, WR & CM Donald. (1962). Light relationships in grass-clover swards. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research. 13(4). 599–614. 78 indexed citations
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Stern, WR & CM Donald. (1962). The influence of leaf area and radiation on the growth of clover in swards. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research. 13(4). 615–623. 48 indexed citations
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Stern, WR & CM Donald. (1961). Relationship of Radiation, Leaf Area Index and Crop Growth-Rate. Nature. 189(4764). 597–598. 24 indexed citations
14.
Donald, CM & WG Allden. (1959). The summer nutrition of weaner sheep: The deficiencies of the mature herbage of sown pasture as a feed for young sheep. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research. 10(2). 199–218. 30 indexed citations
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Donald, CM. (1959). The production and life span of seed of subterranean clover ( Trifolium subterraneum L.). Australian Journal of Agricultural Research. 10(6). 771–787. 15 indexed citations
16.
Donald, CM. (1958). The interaction of competition for light and for nutrients. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research. 9(4). 421–435. 199 indexed citations
17.
Davidson, JL & CM Donald. (1958). The growth of swards of subterranean clover with particular reference to leaf area. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research. 9(1). 53–72. 65 indexed citations
18.
Donald, CM & CH Williams. (1954). Fertility and productivity of a podzolic soil as influenced by subterranean clover ( Trifolium subterraneum L.) and superphosphate.. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research. 5(4). 664–687. 87 indexed citations
19.
Donald, CM. (1951). Competition among pasture plants. I. Intraspecific competition among annual pasture plants. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research. 2(4). 355–376. 80 indexed citations
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Donald, CM & Donald Spencer. (1951). The control of molybdenum deficiency in subterranean clover by pre-soaking the seed in sodium molybdate solution. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research. 2(3). 295–301. 9 indexed citations

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