David Macdonald

3.0k total citations
51 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

David Macdonald is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, David Macdonald has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Water Science and Technology, 17 papers in Environmental Engineering and 17 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in David Macdonald's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (19 papers), Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (12 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (12 papers). David Macdonald is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (19 papers), Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (12 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (12 papers). David Macdonald collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ghana and Uganda. David Macdonald's co-authors include Pauline Smedley, Aldre Jorge Morais Barros, Hugo B. Nicolli, Alan MacDonald, Roger Calow, Jonathan Pearce, D.G. Kinniburgh, M. S. Alonso, W.G. Darling and B.É. Ó Dochartaigh and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Resources Research.

In The Last Decade

David Macdonald

49 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Macdonald United Kingdom 17 661 613 431 377 295 51 1.6k
E. Hoehn Switzerland 21 552 0.8× 664 1.1× 523 1.2× 807 2.1× 265 0.9× 50 2.0k
Alan E. Fryar United States 24 882 1.3× 499 0.8× 880 2.0× 745 2.0× 445 1.5× 88 2.1k
Teng Ma China 26 496 0.8× 499 0.8× 999 2.3× 636 1.7× 231 0.8× 87 2.0k
Ricardo Oyarzún Chile 30 310 0.5× 517 0.8× 420 1.0× 406 1.1× 479 1.6× 97 2.4k
Jianyao Chen China 32 491 0.7× 749 1.2× 943 2.2× 490 1.3× 328 1.1× 88 2.4k
Pradip K. Sikdar India 22 519 0.8× 565 0.9× 802 1.9× 785 2.1× 487 1.7× 50 1.9k
Carolyn Oldham Australia 27 736 1.1× 663 1.1× 299 0.7× 586 1.6× 132 0.4× 88 2.1k
Pieter J. Stuyfzand Netherlands 29 684 1.0× 561 0.9× 1.0k 2.4× 1.3k 3.5× 369 1.3× 85 2.6k
Aiguo Zhou China 26 408 0.6× 394 0.6× 484 1.1× 215 0.6× 148 0.5× 74 1.4k
Yao Du China 25 729 1.1× 436 0.7× 949 2.2× 426 1.1× 187 0.6× 121 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by David Macdonald

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Macdonald

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Macdonald

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All Works

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Sorensen, James, Anne Verhoef, Mahamadou Koïta, et al.. (2024). Groundwater recharge is diffuse in semi-arid African drylands: Evidence from highly instrumented observatories. Journal of Hydrology. 636. 131227–131227. 2 indexed citations
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Verhoef, Anne, et al.. (2023). Modelling the effectiveness of land‐based natural flood management in a large, permeable catchment. Journal of Flood Risk Management. 16(2). 4 indexed citations
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Cloke, Hannah, Anne Verhoef, Stefan Jülich, et al.. (2023). Can hydrological models assess the impact of natural flood management in groundwater‐dominated catchments?. Journal of Flood Risk Management. 16(3). 5 indexed citations
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Ascott, Matthew, et al.. (2022). Time of emergence of impacts of climate change on groundwater levels in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Hydrology. 612. 128107–128107. 7 indexed citations
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Cook, Peter, Emily Black, Anne Verhoef, David Macdonald, & James Sorensen. (2022). Projected increases in potential groundwater recharge and reduced evapotranspiration under future climate conditions in West Africa. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 41. 101076–101076. 7 indexed citations
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Nyenje, Philip M., James Sorensen, Andrew J. Newell, et al.. (2022). Hydrogeology of an urban weathered basement aquifer in Kampala, Uganda. Hydrogeology Journal. 30(5). 1469–1487. 3 indexed citations
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Ascott, Matthew, David Macdonald, Emily Black, et al.. (2020). In Situ Observations and Lumped Parameter Model Reconstructions Reveal Intra‐Annual to Multidecadal Variability in Groundwater Levels in Sub‐Saharan Africa. Water Resources Research. 56(12). 25 indexed citations
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Cornforth, Rosalind, David Macdonald, Henny Osbahr, et al.. (2019). Possible futures for groundwater in Burkina Faso under a changing climate. CentAUR (University of Reading). 2 indexed citations
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Skrzypek, Grzegorz, et al.. (2019). Between boreal Siberia and arid Central Asia – Stable isotope hydrology and water budget of Burabay National Nature Park ecotone (Northern Kazakhstan). Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 27. 100644–100644. 14 indexed citations
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Macdonald, David, et al.. (2018). Combined application of remote sensing biophysical parameter retrieval and groundwater observation for monitoring of the ecological status of a floodplain meadow. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 5503. 1 indexed citations
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Macdonald, David, Matthew Ascott, Dan Lapworth, & Callist Tindimugaya. (2017). Application of scenario-neutral methods to quantify impacts of climate change on water resources in East Africa. NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council). 2017. 1 indexed citations
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Gooddy, Daren C., David Macdonald, Dan Lapworth, Sarah A. Bennett, & Kate Griffiths. (2014). Nitrogen sources, transport and processing in peri-urban floodplains. The Science of The Total Environment. 494-495. 28–38. 57 indexed citations
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Macdonald, David & W.M. Edmunds. (2014). Estimation of groundwater recharge in weathered basement aquifers, southern Zimbabwe; a geochemical approach. Applied Geochemistry. 42. 86–100. 12 indexed citations
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Taylor, Richard G., Callist Tindimugaya, John A. Barker, David Macdonald, & Robinah Kulabako. (2009). Convergent Radial Tracing of Viral and Solute Transport in Gneiss Saprolite. Ground Water. 48(2). 284–294. 34 indexed citations
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Macdonald, David, et al.. (2006). Managed aquifer recharge : an assessment of its role and effectiveness in watershed management : Final report for DFID KAR project R8169, Augmenting groundwater resources by artificial recharge : AGRAR. NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council). 8 indexed citations
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Barker, John A., et al.. (2005). Approximating technical effectiveness of low technology aquifer recharge structures using simple numerical solutions. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1 indexed citations
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Lawrence, Anya, et al.. (2001). ARGOSS 2001. Guidelines for assessing the risk to groundwater from on-site sanitation. Report no. CR/01/142.. 24 indexed citations
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Macdonald, Robie W., Eddy C. Carmack, F. A. McLaughlin, et al.. (1989). Composition and modification of water masses in the Mackenzie shelf estuary. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 94(C12). 18057–18070. 112 indexed citations

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