Douglas MacDonald

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Douglas MacDonald is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Hepatology and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Douglas MacDonald has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Epidemiology, 16 papers in Hepatology and 7 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Douglas MacDonald's work include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (15 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (11 papers) and Hepatitis B Virus Studies (9 papers). Douglas MacDonald is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (15 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (11 papers) and Hepatitis B Virus Studies (9 papers). Douglas MacDonald collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Douglas MacDonald's co-authors include William Gelson, Kosh Agarwal, David Mutimer, William L. Irving, Graham R. Foster, John McLauchlan, Ben Hudson, Alex J Walker, Suman Verma and Ashley Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Douglas MacDonald

58 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Impact of direct acting antiviral therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C and decompensated cirrhosis

2016 328 citations Graham R. Foster, William L. Irving et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Douglas MacDonald United Kingdom	16	692	683	189	186	163	66	1.7k
Chi‐Jen Chen Taiwan	26	189 0.3×	94 0.1×	379 2.0×	30 0.2×	41 0.3×	76	2.0k
Daniel Wai‐Hung Ho Hong Kong	31	300 0.4×	273 0.4×	555 2.9×	302 1.6×	35 0.2×	80	4.2k
Yiping Zhang China	26	171 0.2×	58 0.1×	308 1.6×	155 0.8×	218 1.3×	88	2.3k
Gong Chen China	24	127 0.2×	90 0.1×	676 3.6×	146 0.8×	15 0.1×	100	1.8k
Jessica Walter United States	18	78 0.1×	124 0.2×	318 1.7×	96 0.5×	27 0.2×	67	1.2k
Xiang Jing China	22	356 0.5×	480 0.7×	158 0.8×	122 0.7×	3 0.0×	93	1.3k
Tong Zheng United States	19	202 0.3×	54 0.1×	591 3.1×	121 0.7×	28 0.2×	32	1.4k
Jiao Zhang China	19	150 0.2×	34 0.0×	119 0.6×	137 0.7×	17 0.1×	63	1.2k
Masoud Sadeghi Iran	22	201 0.3×	60 0.1×	400 2.1×	182 1.0×	43 0.3×	252	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Douglas MacDonald

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Fields of papers citing papers by Douglas MacDonald

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Douglas MacDonald

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Sharma, Rohini, Aloysious Aravinthan, Maria Qurashi, et al.. (2025). Hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance: minimum standards. Frontline Gastroenterology. flgastro–2024. 1 indexed citations

Fairhead, Cassandra, Tristan Barber, Hajra Okhai, et al.. (2025). Demographic disparities in blood-borne-virus screening in two London Emergency Departments: a case for implied consent. AIDS Care. 37(5). 855–863.

Wilson, Harry, et al.. (2024). Clearance of Hepatitis C Virus following Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Case Report. Case Reports in Gastroenterology. 18(1). 347–351.

Lumley, Sheila, Khadija Said Mohammed, Emily Martyn, et al.. (2024). Multiple risk factors for persistent HBV viraemia in an adult receiving nucleos/tide analogue therapy. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 100(5). 329–331. 1 indexed citations

MacDonald, Douglas, Paul Richardson, Stephen Ryder, et al.. (2023). Delivery of biannual ultrasound surveillance for individuals with cirrhosis and cured hepatitis C in the UK. Liver International. 43(4). 917–927. 9 indexed citations

Zeng, Jingwei, et al.. (2023). Opt-out testing for hepatitis B and C infections in adults attending the emergency department of a large London teaching hospital. Journal of Clinical Virology. 169. 105615–105615. 2 indexed citations

Smith, Colette, et al.. (2022). Falling treatment uptake in the hepatitis C care cascade is a growing threat to achieving elimination. Journal of Viral Hepatitis. 30(1). 46–55. 3 indexed citations

Cococcia, Sara, Brian Hogan, Sudeep Tanwar, et al.. (2022). The fate of indeterminate liver lesions: What proportion are precursors of hepatocellular carcinoma?. BMC Gastroenterology. 22(1). 118–118. 1 indexed citations

MacDonald, Douglas & Mark Wetherell. (2019). Competition Stress Leads to a Blunting of the Cortisol Awakening Response in Elite Rowers. Frontiers in Psychology. 10. 1684–1684. 17 indexed citations

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Gimson, Alexander, Kosh Agarwal, Mark Aldersley, et al.. (2018). Liver transplant listing for hepatitis C‐associated cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma has fallen in the United Kingdom since the introduction of direct‐acting antiviral therapy. Journal of Viral Hepatitis. 26(2). 231–235. 18 indexed citations

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Affronti, Andrea, et al.. (2016). Successful hepatitis C treatment in advanced cirrhosis with DAA reduces HCC incidence. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations

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MacDonald, Douglas, Harsimran Singh, Mike Whelan, et al.. (2013). Harnessing alveolar macrophages for sustained mucosal T-cell recall confers long-term protection to mice against lethal influenza challenge without clinical disease. Mucosal Immunology. 7(1). 89–100. 18 indexed citations

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Burns, Jan, Guy Claxton, Douglas MacDonald, et al.. (2012). What does the Olympics mean to you. Psychologist. 25(7). 508–517.

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MacDonald, Douglas, et al.. (2011). Understanding the Selection of Policy Instruments in Canadian Climate-Change Policy. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Shimizu, Akira, Mehdi Baratchian, Yasu Takeuchi, et al.. (2011). Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus vFLIP and Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Tax Oncogenic Proteins Activate IκB Kinase Subunit γ by Different Mechanisms Independent of the Physiological Cytokine-Induced Pathways. Journal of Virology. 85(14). 7444–7448. 15 indexed citations

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Karwacz, Katarzyna, Christopher Bricogne, Douglas MacDonald, et al.. (2011). PD‐L1 co‐stimulation contributes to ligand‐induced T cell receptor down‐modulation on CD8 ⁺ T cells. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 3(10). 581–592. 207 indexed citations

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MacDonald, Douglas, et al.. (2009). Alberta Climate-Change Policy in the Canada-Us Context. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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MacDonald, Douglas, et al.. (2003). CD44 isoform expression on colonic epithelium mediates lamina propria lymphocyte adhesion and is controlled by Th1 and Th2 cytokines. European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 15(10). 1101–1110. 15 indexed citations

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MacDonald, Douglas, et al.. (1997). Comparison of ultrasound examination with bone scintiscan in the diagnosis of stress fractures.. PubMed. 9(6). 414–7. 16 indexed citations

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MacDonald, Douglas, et al.. (1958). Long-Lived Cobalt Isotopes Observed in Fallout. Science. 128(3321). 417–419. 4 indexed citations

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