Donal McNally

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Donal McNally is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Donal McNally has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 34 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 26 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Donal McNally's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (33 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (22 papers) and Medical Imaging and Analysis (21 papers). Donal McNally is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (33 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (22 papers) and Medical Imaging and Analysis (21 papers). Donal McNally collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Donal McNally's co-authors include Michael A. Adams, Patricia Dolan, Allen E. Goodship, J Urban, H. Ishihara, Anita Hall, Robert C. Mulholland, Ian Shackleford, Philip Riches and Majid Mirmehdi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Applied Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Donal McNally

76 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

'Stress' distributions inside intervertebral discs

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Donal McNally United Kingdom	25	2.1k	1.7k	1.3k	918	305	79	3.0k
Kaj Tallroth Finland	36	1.6k 0.7×	994 0.6×	3.1k 2.4×	463 0.5×	394 1.3×	111	4.0k
Fabio Galbusera Italy	38	3.0k 1.4×	1.2k 0.7×	3.2k 2.4×	1.8k 2.0×	365 1.2×	193	4.9k
Paul Brinckmann Germany	26	2.1k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	941 1.0×	493 1.6×	59	3.0k
Choll W. Kim United States	25	1.2k 0.6×	518 0.3×	1.6k 1.2×	597 0.7×	167 0.5×	54	2.4k
Mack Gardner‐Morse United States	30	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	1.6k 1.3×	869 0.9×	824 2.7×	63	3.0k
Seong-Hwan Moon South Korea	30	1.9k 0.9×	782 0.5×	2.1k 1.6×	327 0.4×	272 0.9×	166	3.1k
Avinash G. Patwardhan United States	44	4.3k 2.1×	1.6k 0.9×	5.0k 3.9×	1.0k 1.1×	645 2.1×	180	6.3k
Robert F. McLain United States	36	3.3k 1.6×	688 0.4×	3.9k 3.0×	444 0.5×	214 0.7×	117	4.8k
Martin H. Krag United States	32	3.0k 1.4×	1.4k 0.8×	2.8k 2.2×	1.1k 1.1×	274 0.9×	65	4.5k
Edgar G. Dawson United States	32	2.1k 1.0×	856 0.5×	2.9k 2.2×	1.1k 1.2×	90 0.3×	63	4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Donal McNally

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Donal McNally

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Leslie, Andrew, et al.. (2025). Using a novel smartphone app to track noise and vibration exposure during neonatal ambulance transport. Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal. 110(4). 395–400. 1 indexed citations

Boszczyk, Bronek M., et al.. (2015). The Evaluation of Digital Rectal Examination for Assessment of Anal Tone in Suspected Cauda Equina Syndrome. Spine. 40(15). 1213–1218. 19 indexed citations

McNally, Donal, et al.. (2013). A computational simulation study of the influence of helmet wearing on head injury risk in adult cyclists. Accident Analysis & Prevention. 60. 15–23. 39 indexed citations

Quah, Conal, et al.. (2013). Finite element investigation of the effect of a bifid arch on loading of the vertebral isthmus. The Spine Journal. 14(4). 675–682. 9 indexed citations

Giddings, Donald, et al.. (2013). The sensitivity of the calculation of ΔV to vehicle and impact parameters. Accident Analysis & Prevention. 55. 144–153. 10 indexed citations

McNally, Donal, Jason F Naylor, & Scott A. Johnson. (2012). An in vitro biomechanical comparison of Cadisc™-L with natural lumbar discs in axial compression and sagittal flexion. European Spine Journal. 21(S5). 612–617. 14 indexed citations

Ranganathan, Arun, Brian J. C. Freeman, Brigitte E. Scammell, et al.. (2009). 2009 ISSLS Prize Winner: What Influence Does Sustained Mechanical Load Have on Diffusion in the Human Intervertebral Disc?. Spine. 34(21). 2324–2337. 74 indexed citations

Pearson, Richard G., et al.. (2008). Regional wall mechanics and blunt traumatic aortic rupture at the isthmus. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 34(3). 616–622. 21 indexed citations

Leung, Yee, Mandy Roshier, Scott A. Johnson, R. W. Kerslake, & Donal McNally. (2005). Demonstration of the appearance of the paraspinal musculoligamentous structures of the cervical spine using ultrasound. Clinical Anatomy. 18(2). 96–103. 7 indexed citations

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Mirmehdi, Majid, et al.. (2003). Musculoskeletal motion flow fields using hierarchical variable-sized block matching in ultrasonographic video sequences. Journal of Biomechanics. 37(4). 511–522. 11 indexed citations

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Pollintine, P, et al.. (2002). Neural arch load-bearing can weaken the anterior vertebral body and predispose to osteoporotic fracture. Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics. 4. 65–66. 1 indexed citations

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Brown, Katharine A Robson, et al.. (2002). The angular distribution of vertebral trabeculae in modern humans, chimpanzees and the Kebara 2 Neanderthal. Journal of Human Evolution. 43(2). 189–205. 17 indexed citations

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Riches, Philip, et al.. (2002). The internal mechanics of the intervertebral disc under cyclic loading. Journal of Biomechanics. 35(9). 1263–1271. 82 indexed citations

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Innes, John, et al.. (2001). Pressure profilometry of the lumbosacral disk in dogs. American Journal of Veterinary Research. 62(11). 1734–1739. 4 indexed citations

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McNally, Donal. (1999). Ireland: A new tax regime for the 21st century - corporation tax aspects. European Taxation. 39(1). 4–8.

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McNally, Donal, Ian Shackleford, Allen E. Goodship, & Robert C. Mulholland. (1996). In Vivo Stress Measurement Can Predict Pain on Discography. Spine. 21(22). 2580–2587. 136 indexed citations

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McNally, Donal & R. G. C. Arridge. (1995). An analytical model of intervertebral disc mechanics. Journal of Biomechanics. 28(1). 53–68. 20 indexed citations

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Adams, Michael A., et al.. (1994). The clinical biomechanics award paper 1993 Posture and the compressive strength of the lumbar spine. Clinical Biomechanics. 9(1). 5–14. 139 indexed citations

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McNally, Donal, et al.. (1993). Six-element sensor for measuring vaginal pressure profiles. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing. 31(2). 184–186. 3 indexed citations

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McNally, Donal & Michael A. Adams. (1992). Internal Intervertebral Disc Mechanics as Revealed by Stress Profilometry. Spine. 17(1). 66–73. 282 indexed citations

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