George MacDonald

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
124 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

George MacDonald is a scholar working on Anthropology, Museology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, George MacDonald has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Anthropology, 9 papers in Museology and 8 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in George MacDonald's work include Museums and Cultural Heritage (8 papers), Malaria Research and Control (7 papers) and Higher Education Research Studies (6 papers). George MacDonald is often cited by papers focused on Museums and Cultural Heritage (8 papers), Malaria Research and Control (7 papers) and Higher Education Research Studies (6 papers). George MacDonald collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. George MacDonald's co-authors include D.M. Forsyth, Gladis Kersaint, Chrystal A. S. Smith, Hesborn Wao, Reginald Lee, Julie P. Martin, Rebecca Campbell‐Montalvo, John Skvoretz, Barry Trute and Kevin M. Kieffer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

George MacDonald

90 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

The dynamics of helminth infections, with special referen... 1952 2026 1976 2001 1965 1952 100 200 300
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. The dynamics of helminth infections, with special reference to schistosomes
    1965 300 citations George MacDonald Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene profile →
  2. The analysis of equilibrium in malaria.
    1952 268 citations George MacDonald PubMed profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
George MacDonald United States 23 911 421 294 286 206 124 2.1k
Jennifer C. Stevenson United States 28 1.4k 1.5× 217 0.5× 161 0.5× 180 0.6× 70 0.3× 88 2.2k
R. Mitchell Bush United States 26 275 0.3× 125 0.3× 280 1.0× 475 1.7× 626 3.0× 65 3.9k
George J. Armelagos United States 47 592 0.6× 74 0.2× 421 1.4× 222 0.8× 1.4k 6.9× 145 6.9k
Katherine Smith United States 17 555 0.6× 249 0.6× 660 2.2× 426 1.5× 316 1.5× 34 2.0k
Chris Smith United Kingdom 27 817 0.9× 273 0.6× 34 0.1× 809 2.8× 120 0.6× 192 2.7k
Michael Z. Levy United States 29 1.1k 1.2× 414 1.0× 117 0.4× 656 2.3× 218 1.1× 99 3.4k
Delia Enría Argentina 36 2.1k 2.4× 232 0.6× 267 0.9× 3.6k 12.6× 143 0.7× 89 5.2k
Janine M. Ramsey Mexico 35 2.2k 2.4× 498 1.2× 196 0.7× 417 1.5× 275 1.3× 107 4.1k
Juan Carlos Navarro Venezuela 21 1.2k 1.3× 233 0.6× 83 0.3× 830 2.9× 67 0.3× 126 1.7k
Carlos Ε. A. Coimbra Brazil 31 477 0.5× 129 0.3× 121 0.4× 530 1.9× 329 1.6× 153 4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by George MacDonald

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Fields of papers citing papers by George MacDonald

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George MacDonald

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of George MacDonald. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of George MacDonald based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with George MacDonald. George MacDonald is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wao, Hesborn, Gladis Kersaint, Chrystal A. S. Smith, et al.. (2023). Examining how social networks influence women and under-represented minority students’ pursuit of engineering in university: when, who, and how?. International Journal of STEM Education. 10(1). 2 indexed citations
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Smith, Chrystal A. S., Hesborn Wao, Gladis Kersaint, et al.. (2021). Social Capital From Professional Engineering Organizations and the Persistence of Women and Underrepresented Minority Undergraduates. Frontiers in Sociology. 6. 671856–671856. 18 indexed citations
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Hyer, Kathryn, et al.. (2017). Preparing for Florida’s Older Adult Population Growth with User-friendly Demographic Maps. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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MacDonald, George. (2017). 6. Prehistoric Art of the Northern Northwest Coast.
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MacGuill, Martin, et al.. (2007). Isolated tumour cells in pathological node-negative lymph nodes adversely affect prognosis in cancer of the oesophagus or oesophagogastric junction. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 60(10). 1108–1111. 11 indexed citations
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MacDonald, George, et al.. (1995). Museums and theme parks: Worlds in collision?. Museum Management and Curatorship. 14(2). 129–147. 21 indexed citations
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Trute, Barry, et al.. (1992). Professional attitudes regarding the sexual abuse of children: Comparing police, child welfare and community mental health. Child Abuse & Neglect. 16(3). 359–368. 44 indexed citations
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MacDonald, George, et al.. (1989). A museum for the global village : the Canadian Museum of Civilization. 17 indexed citations
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MacDonald, George. (1989). Chiefs of the Sea and Sky. University of British Columbia Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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MacDonald, George, et al.. (1979). Skeena River Prehistory. University of Ottawa Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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MacDonald, George. (1976). Paul Faber, Surgeon. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 1 indexed citations
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MacDonald, George. (1973). The gifts of the child Christ : fairytales and stories for the childlike. 2 indexed citations
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MacDonald, George. (1971). Review of Research On Paleoindian in Eastern North America, 1960-1970. Arctic Anthropology. 8(2). 32–41. 5 indexed citations
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Forsyth, D.M. & George MacDonald. (1966). Urological complications of endemic schistosomiasis in schoolchildren Part 2. Donge school, Zanzibar. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 60(5). 568–578. 43 indexed citations
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MacDonald, George. (1965). Presidential address: On the scientific basis of tropical hygiene. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 59(6). 611–620. 9 indexed citations
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Forsyth, D.M. & George MacDonald. (1965). Urological complications of endemic schistosomiasis in school-children. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 59(2). 171–178. 64 indexed citations
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MacDonald, George. (1961). Epidemiologic models in studies of vectorborne diseases.. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 76. 753–64. 58 indexed citations
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MacDonald, George. (1959). The dynamics of resistance to insecticides by Anophelines.. 20(4). 5 indexed citations
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MacDonald, George. (1956). Epidemiological basis of malaria control.. PubMed. 15(3-5). 613–26. 149 indexed citations
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MacDonald, George. (1952). Malaria in Britain. BMJ. 2(4775). 92.2–92. 1 indexed citations

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