Donald A. McQuarrie

44.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
109 papers, 35.2k citations indexed

About

Donald A. McQuarrie is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald A. McQuarrie has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 35.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 39 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 30 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Donald A. McQuarrie's work include Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions (30 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (23 papers) and Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (17 papers). Donald A. McQuarrie is often cited by papers focused on Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions (30 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (23 papers) and Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (17 papers). Donald A. McQuarrie collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Netherlands. Donald A. McQuarrie's co-authors include Charles E. Reid, Wilmer Olivares, Thomas L. Croxton, C. J. Jachimowski, M. E. Russell, Magdaleno Medina-Noyola, Stephen L. Brenner, Howard B. Levine, Jeffrey L. Katz and G. F. D. Duff and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Donald A. McQuarrie

107 papers receiving 32.1k citations

Hit Papers

Handbook of Mathematical Functions 1966 2026 1986 2006 1966 1967 10.0k 20.0k 30.0k
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. Handbook of Mathematical Functions
    1966 31.9k citations Donald A. McQuarrie profile →
  2. Stochastic approach to chemical kinetics
    1967 583 citations Donald A. McQuarrie profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Donald A. McQuarrie United States 32 11.0k 5.1k 4.8k 3.7k 3.1k 109 35.2k
Irene A. Stegun United States 12 7.0k 0.6× 9.1k 1.8× 3.7k 0.8× 2.9k 0.8× 2.1k 0.7× 19 38.0k
I. S. Gradshteyn United States 7 8.9k 0.8× 10.1k 2.0× 4.3k 0.9× 1.8k 0.5× 3.3k 1.1× 8 32.0k
Milton Abramowitz United States 21 10.5k 1.0× 11.4k 2.3× 5.4k 1.1× 4.0k 1.1× 3.3k 1.1× 30 51.4k
L.D. LANDAU United States 31 10.1k 0.9× 3.6k 0.7× 3.1k 0.6× 4.3k 1.1× 4.6k 1.5× 67 28.0k
William T. Vetterling United States 24 5.9k 0.5× 4.4k 0.9× 4.2k 0.9× 3.8k 1.0× 2.3k 0.7× 62 47.5k
E.M. LIFSHITZ United States 27 8.8k 0.8× 3.2k 0.6× 3.9k 0.8× 3.8k 1.0× 4.7k 1.5× 47 24.9k
Brian P. Flannery United States 33 5.8k 0.5× 4.5k 0.9× 4.2k 0.9× 4.0k 1.1× 2.3k 0.8× 79 49.1k
Philip Μ. Morse United States 32 5.6k 0.5× 3.1k 0.6× 2.2k 0.5× 3.3k 0.9× 1.5k 0.5× 90 21.1k
Herman Feshbach United States 44 12.5k 1.1× 2.4k 0.5× 3.1k 0.6× 2.0k 0.5× 9.3k 3.0× 129 25.5k
William H. Press United States 60 9.1k 0.8× 5.6k 1.1× 6.5k 1.3× 5.0k 1.3× 9.1k 3.0× 183 74.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McQuarrie, Donald A.. (1996). The Kronig-Penney Model: A Single Lecture Illustrating the Band Structure of Solids. The Chemical Educator. 1(1). 1–10. 11 indexed citations
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Greathouse, Jeffery A. & Donald A. McQuarrie. (1996). Conventional Hypernetted Chain Force Calculations for Charged Plates with Adsorbing Counterions. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 181(1). 319–325. 8 indexed citations
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Curry, Joan E. & Donald A. McQuarrie. (1992). On the effect of dielectric saturation on the swelling of clays. Langmuir. 8(3). 1026–1029. 6 indexed citations
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McQuarrie, Donald A., et al.. (1991). Predicted trend in swelling pressure measurements for lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium and cesium montmorillonite. Electrochimica Acta. 36(11-12). 1751–1752. 6 indexed citations
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Hubbard, Joseph B. & Donald A. McQuarrie. (1988). Mobility fluctuations and electrophoretic light scattering from macromolecular solutions. Journal of Statistical Physics. 52(5-6). 1247–1261. 1 indexed citations
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McQuarrie, Donald A., et al.. (1987). Interaction of planar double layers in the modified Gouy-Chapman approximation. Cell Biophysics. 11(1). 65–75. 3 indexed citations
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McQuarrie, Donald A., et al.. (1983). Mean field theory of fused salts. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 87(16). 3171–3173. 3 indexed citations
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McQuarrie, Donald A., et al.. (1981). The effect of discrete charges on the electrical properties of membranes. II. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 93(3). 499–522. 58 indexed citations
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Croxton, Thomas L., Donald A. McQuarrie, G. N. Patey, G. M. Torrie, & J. P. Valleau. (1981). Ionic solution near an uncharged surface with image forces. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 59(13). 1998–2003. 33 indexed citations
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McQuarrie, Donald A., Wilmer Olivares, Douglas Henderson, & Lesser Blum. (1980). On Derjaguin's formula for the force between planar double layers. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 77(1). 272–273. 5 indexed citations
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Pailthorpe, Bernard & Donald A. McQuarrie. (1975). Equation of state of mixtures of simple fluids at high pressures. Molecular Physics. 29(5). 1333–1343. 5 indexed citations
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McQuarrie, Donald A., et al.. (1975). Force balance in systems of spherical polyelectrolytes. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 52(2). 289–298.
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Isbister, Dennis J. & Donald A. McQuarrie. (1974). Application of the time-dependent Ising model to chain motions. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 60(5). 1937–1942. 15 indexed citations
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McQuarrie, Donald A., et al.. (1972). Constant Acceleration Approximation in Collision-Induced Absorption. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 57(2). 618–624. 28 indexed citations
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Brenner, Sheila & Donald A. McQuarrie. (1971). On the Theory of Collision-Induced Absorption in Rare Gas Mixtures. Canadian Journal of Physics. 49(7). 837–847. 27 indexed citations
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McQuarrie, Donald A. & Joseph O. Hirschfelder. (1967). Intermediate-Range Intermolecular Forces in H2+. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 47(5). 1775–1780. 12 indexed citations
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McQuarrie, Donald A., et al.. (1967). Thermoelastic Behavior of Natural Rubber. Journal of Applied Physics. 38(2). 791–798. 39 indexed citations
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McQuarrie, Donald A. & H. B. Levine. (1965). Dielectric constant of non polar gases. Physica. 31(6). 749–761. 37 indexed citations
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McQuarrie, Donald A.. (1963). On the Stochastic Theory of Chromatography. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 38(2). 437–445. 102 indexed citations
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McQuarrie, Donald A.. (1962). THEORY OF FUSED SALTS1. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 66(8). 1508–1513. 29 indexed citations

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