David A. Mackey

36.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
443 papers, 15.1k citations indexed

About

David A. Mackey is a scholar working on Ophthalmology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, David A. Mackey has authored 443 papers receiving a total of 15.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 274 papers in Ophthalmology, 164 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 139 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in David A. Mackey's work include Glaucoma and retinal disorders (191 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (141 papers) and Corneal surgery and disorders (96 papers). David A. Mackey is often cited by papers focused on Glaucoma and retinal disorders (191 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (141 papers) and Corneal surgery and disorders (96 papers). David A. Mackey collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. David A. Mackey's co-authors include Alex W. Hewitt, Jamie E. Craig, Neil Howell, Edwin M. Stone, Val C. Sheffield, Seyhan Yazar, Wallace L.M. Alward, John H. Fingert, Lisa S. Kearns and Christopher J. Hammond and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

David A. Mackey

429 papers receiving 14.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Identification of a Gene That Causes Primary Open Angle Glaucoma

1997 1.1k citations John H. Fingert, David A. Mackey et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David A. Mackey Australia	59	8.5k	5.8k	5.3k	2.5k	1.6k	443	15.1k
Alan C. Bird United Kingdom	85	18.0k 2.1×	11.0k 1.9×	10.2k 1.9×	1.2k 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	354	24.8k
Alex W. Hewitt Australia	50	4.2k 0.5×	3.4k 0.6×	3.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.4×	964 0.6×	328	8.7k
Edwin M. Stone United States	100	14.4k 1.7×	22.3k 3.9×	5.6k 1.0×	970 0.4×	6.7k 4.1×	548	32.8k
Bernhard H. F. Weber Germany	62	6.8k 0.8×	9.1k 1.6×	3.9k 0.7×	367 0.1×	1.8k 1.1×	396	15.2k
Jürg Ott United States	74	3.1k 0.4×	10.6k 1.8×	2.0k 0.4×	1.0k 0.4×	8.5k 5.2×	343	25.1k
Alan F. Wright United Kingdom	58	3.0k 0.4×	6.9k 1.2×	1.7k 0.3×	511 0.2×	3.6k 2.2×	227	11.9k
Val C. Sheffield United States	91	6.6k 0.8×	17.1k 3.0×	2.5k 0.5×	885 0.4×	10.4k 6.4×	312	27.6k
Shrikant Mane United States	41	1.8k 0.2×	6.5k 1.1×	1.1k 0.2×	787 0.3×	2.8k 1.7×	100	12.5k
Ian G. Morgan Australia	62	7.4k 0.9×	3.0k 0.5×	8.5k 1.6×	9.5k 3.8×	134 0.1×	248	14.6k
David G. Campbell United Kingdom	69	962 0.1×	7.3k 1.3×	902 0.2×	2.2k 0.9×	628 0.4×	391	16.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Vanhoecke, Michael, Laurens Bogaert, Günther Roelkens, et al.. (2025). Radiation Assessment of a 56-Gb/s Electro-Absorption Modulator Driver for Optical Intrasatellite Links. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 72(4). 1228–1236.

Mahroo, Omar A., Anthony P. Khawaja, Dorota Skowronska‐Krawczyk, et al.. (2025). Identification of blood-derived DNA methylation biomarkers of glaucoma and intraocular pressure measurements in three European ancestry cohorts including the Canadian longitudinal study on aging. Epigenetics. 20(1). 2566496–2566496.

Tedja, Milly S., Jeremy A. Guggenheim, Seang-Mei Saw, et al.. (2025). IMI—Myopia Genetics Report. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 66(13). 22–22.

Lee, Samantha Sze‐Yee, Gareth Lingham, Antony Clark, et al.. (2024). Choroidal Changes During and After Discontinuing Long-Term 0.01% Atropine Treatment for Myopia Control. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 65(10). 21–21. 5 indexed citations

Gharahkhani, Puya, Yeda Wu, Nathan Ingold, et al.. (2023). Study profile: the Genetics of Glaucoma Study. BMJ Open. 13(8). e068811–e068811. 2 indexed citations

Lee, Samantha Sze‐Yee, Gareth Lingham, Jason Charng, et al.. (2023). Distribution of Axial Length in Australians of Different Age Groups, Ethnicities, and Refractive Errors. Translational Vision Science & Technology. 12(8). 14–14. 4 indexed citations

Thorp, Jackson G., Sahba Seddighi, Sean Mullany, et al.. (2023). Disentangling the genetic overlap and causal relationships between primary open-angle glaucoma, brain morphology and four major neurodegenerative disorders. EBioMedicine. 92. 104615–104615. 12 indexed citations

Burdon, Kathryn P., John D. Hulleman, Francesca Pasutto, et al.. (2022). Specifications of the ACMG/AMP variant curation guidelines for myocilin: Recommendations from the clingen glaucoma expert panel. Human Mutation. 43(12). 2170–2186. 11 indexed citations

Lee, Samantha Sze‐Yee & David A. Mackey. (2022). Glaucoma – risk factors and current challenges in the diagnosis of a leading cause of visual impairment. Maturitas. 163. 15–22. 37 indexed citations

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Jeffery, Rachael C. Heath, Syed Aqif Mukhtar, Ian L. McAllister, et al.. (2021). Inherited retinal diseases are the most common cause of blindness in the working-age population in Australia. Ophthalmic Genetics. 42(4). 431–439. 114 indexed citations

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Han, Xikun, Samantha Sze‐Yee Lee, Nathan Ingold, et al.. (2021). Associations of sleep apnoea with glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration: an analysis in the United Kingdom Biobank and the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. BMC Medicine. 19(1). 104–104. 27 indexed citations

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Lee, Samantha Sze‐Yee, Gareth Lingham, Seyhan Yazar, et al.. (2020). Rationale and protocol for the 7- and 8-year longitudinal assessments of eye health in a cohort of young adults in the Raine Study. BMJ Open. 10(3). e033440–e033440. 10 indexed citations

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Chen, Fred K., et al.. (2018). Intrasession Repeatability and Interocular Symmetry of Foveal Avascular Zone and Retinal Vessel Density in OCT Angiography. Translational Vision Science & Technology. 7(1). 6–6. 37 indexed citations

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Coenen, Pieter, et al.. (2018). Mobile touch screen device use and associations with musculoskeletal symptoms and visual health in a nationally representative sample of Singaporean adolescents. Ergonomics. 62(6). 778–793. 59 indexed citations

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Iglesias, Adriana I., Sven J. van der Lee, Pieter W. M. Bonnemaijer, et al.. (2017). Haplotype reference consortium panel: Practical implications of imputations with large reference panels. Human Mutation. 38(8). 1025–1032. 17 indexed citations

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Sherwin, Justin C., Lisa S. Kearns, Alex W. Hewitt, et al.. (2011). Prevalence of Chronic Ocular Diseases in a Genetic Isolate: The Norfolk Island Eye Study (NIES). Ophthalmic Epidemiology. 18(2). 61–71. 9 indexed citations

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Mackey, David A., Justin C. Sherwin, Lisa S. Kearns, et al.. (2011). The Norfolk Island Study (NIES): Rationale, Methodology and Distribution of Ocular Biometry (Biometry of the Bounty). UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA). 11 indexed citations

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Mackey, David A., et al.. (2005). Are Glaucomatous Disc Changes Evident Prior to Diagnosis of Glaucoma in Myocilin Pedigrees. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 46(13). 33–33. 1 indexed citations

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Toomes, Carmel, H.M. Bottomley, Richard M. Jackson, et al.. (2004). Mutations in LRP5 or FZD4 underlie the common FEVR locus on chromosome 11q13. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 45(13). 1021–1021. 3 indexed citations

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Kubacka, Iwona, et al.. (1996). How rapidly does the human mitochondrial genome evolve?. PubMed Central. 2(3). 501–9. 180 indexed citations

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