D.A. McNamara

2.4k citations

133 papers · 1.7k · 1 hit paper · h-index 21

Impact in

Aerospace Engineering top 0.5%
- Antenna Design and Analysis
- Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies
- Antenna Design and Optimization
Electrical and Electronic Engineering top 5%
- Microwave Engineering and Waveguides
- Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling
- Electromagnetic Simulation and Numerical Methods

Papers in

Aerospace Engineering 103
- Antenna Design and Analysis 77
- Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies 76
- Antenna Design and Optimization 47
Electrical and Electronic Engineering 69
- Microwave Engineering and Waveguides 43
- Electromagnetic Simulation and Numerical Methods 17

Co-authors: Carl W. I. Pistorius (1 shared paper)J.A.G. Malherbe (2 shared papers)Jonathan Ethier (19 shared papers)A. Petosa (16 shared papers)N. Gagnon (10 shared papers)J. Shaker (18 shared papers)J. Joubert (8 shared papers)M. R. Chaharmir (10 shared papers)
Journals: Electronics Letters (27 papers)Microwave and Optical Technology Letters (15 papers)IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation (15 papers)IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters (9 papers)IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (2 papers)
Partner nations: Canada South Africa United States

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122 papers receiving 1.6k citations

D.A. McNamara's Hit Papers

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Introduction to the Uniform Geometrical Theory of Diffraction 1990 · 404 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1990 CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

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1	Introduction to the Uniform Geometrical Theory of Diffraction CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) ·D.A. McNamara, Carl W. I. Pistorius, J.A.G. Malherbe Hit paper breakdown →	1990	404
2	Research and Development on Phase-Shifting Surfaces (PSSs) IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine ·N. Gagnon, A. Petosa, D.A. McNamara	2013	85
3	Synthesis of sub-arrayed monopulse linear arrays through matching of independently optimum sum and difference excitations IEE Proceedings H Microwaves Antennas and Propagation ·D.A. McNamara	1988	67
4	Thin Microwave Quasi-Transparent Phase-Shifting Surface (PSS) IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation ·N. Gagnon, A. Petosa, D.A. McNamara	2010	65
5	Antenna Shape Synthesis Without Prior Specification of the Feedpoint Locations IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation ·Jonathan Ethier, D.A. McNamara	2014	49
6	Off-center-frequency analysis of a complete planar slotted-waveguide array consisting of subarrays IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation ·Jacob Coetzee, J. Joubert, D.A. McNamara	2000	46
7	Electronically Frequency-Reconfigurable Rectangular Dielectric Resonator Antennas IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation ·J. Desjardins, D.A. McNamara, S. Thirakoune, A. Petosa	2012	44
8	Observations on computational outcomes for the characteristic modes of dielectric objects H. Alroughani, Jonathan Ethier, D.A. McNamara	2014	44
9	Transmitarray Antenna Design Using Forward and Inverse Neural Network Modeling IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters ·Gurpreet Gosal, Eqab Almajali, D.A. McNamara, M.C.E. Yagoub	2015	43
10	Sub-structure characteristic mode concept for antenna shape synthesis Electronics Letters ·Jonathan Ethier, D.A. McNamara	2012	40
11	Direct synthesis of optimum difference patterns for discrete linear arrays using zolotarev distributions IEE Proceedings H Microwaves Antennas and Propagation ·D.A. McNamara	1993	36
12	Dual-Polarized Microstrip Patch Planar Array Antennas With Improved Port-to-Port Isolation IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation ·Igor Aćimović, D.A. McNamara, A. Petosa	2008	32
13	Printed Hybrid Lens Antenna IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation ·N. Gagnon, A. Petosa, D.A. McNamara	2012	31
14	Synthesis of sum and difference patterns for two-section monopulse arrays IEE Proceedings H Microwaves Antennas and Propagation ·D.A. McNamara	1988	30
15	The Shape Synthesis of Dielectric Resonator Antennas IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation ·H. Alroughani, D.A. McNamara	2020	27
16	Angle of Incidence Effects in Reflectarray Antenna Design: Making gain increases possible by including incidence angle effects IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine ·Eqab Almajali, D.A. McNamara	2016	26
17	MIMO handheld antenna design approach using characteristic mode concepts Microwave and Optical Technology Letters ·Jonathan Ethier, É. Lanoue, D.A. McNamara	2008	24
18	Thin microwave phase-shifting surface lens antenna made of square elements Electronics Letters ·N. Gagnon, A. Petosa, D.A. McNamara	2010	24
19	Periodic plasmonic nanoantennas in a piecewise homogeneous background Optics Express ·Saba Siadat Mousavi, Pierre Berini, D.A. McNamara	2012	21
20	Reflectarray Design With Similarity-Shaped Fragmented Sub-Wavelength Elements IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation ·Jonathan Ethier, D.A. McNamara, M. R. Chaharmir, J. Shaker	2014	21

About D.A. McNamara

D.A. McNamara is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Civil and Structural Engineering, having authored 133 papers that have together received 1.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Antenna Design and Analysis (77 papers), Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies (76 papers), Antenna Design and Optimization (47 papers), Microwave Engineering and Waveguides (43 papers), Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis (17 papers), Electromagnetic Simulation and Numerical Methods (17 papers), Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (13 papers) and Optical Coatings and Gratings (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Aerospace Engineering (1.4k citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (1.0k citations), Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (256 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (235 citations) and Media Technology (34 citations). D.A. McNamara has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, South Africa and United States. Frequent co-authors include Carl W. I. Pistorius, J.A.G. Malherbe, Jonathan Ethier, A. Petosa, N. Gagnon, J. Shaker, J. Joubert, M. R. Chaharmir, E. Botha and Jacob Coetzee. Their work appears in journals such as Electronics Letters, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters and IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques.

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