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.
Chemical Composition of Hawaiian Lavas1
19641.3k citationsGordon A. Macdonald et al.profile →
Volcanoes in the sea;: The geology of Hawaii
1970324 citationsGordon A. Macdonald, Agatin AbbottMedical Entomology and Zoologyprofile →
Peers — A (Enhanced Table)
Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late)
cites ·
hero ref
Countries citing papers authored by Gordon A. Macdonald
Since
Specialization
Citations
This map shows the geographic impact of Gordon A. Macdonald's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Gordon A. Macdonald with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Gordon A. Macdonald more than expected).
Fields of papers citing papers by Gordon A. Macdonald
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Gordon A. Macdonald. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Gordon A. Macdonald. The network helps show where Gordon A. Macdonald may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gordon A. Macdonald
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gordon A. Macdonald.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gordon A. 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 Gordon A. Macdonald. Gordon A. 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
1.
Macdonald, Gordon A.. (2005). A Resilient Life: You Can Move Ahead No Matter What. Medical Entomology and Zoology.
Macdonald, Gordon A. & Agatin Abbott. (1970). Volcanoes in the Sea. University of Hawaii Press eBooks.102 indexed citations
7.
Macdonald, Gordon A. & Agatin Abbott. (1970). Volcanoes in the sea;: The geology of Hawaii. Medical Entomology and Zoology.324 indexed citations breakdown →
Macdonald, Gordon A., et al.. (1962). The crust of the Pacific basin : based on papers in two symposia (1) Volcanism and plutonism in relation to types of crustal deformation (2) The earth's crust in the Pacific basin. Presented at the tenth Pacific Science Congress, Honolulu, Hawaii, Aug. 21-Sep.6, 1961.1 indexed citations
13.
Macdonald, Gordon A. & Takashi Katsura. (1961). Variations in the Lava of the 1959 Eruption in Kilauea Iki. Pacific Science. 15(3). 358–369.37 indexed citations
14.
Macdonald, Gordon A.. (1961). Volcanology. Science. 133(3454). 673–679.10 indexed citations
15.
Stearns, Harold T. & Gordon A. Macdonald. (1960). Geology and ground-water resources of the island of Kauai, Hawaii. ScholarSpace (University of Hawaii at Manoa).57 indexed citations
Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive
bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global
research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include
incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and
delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in
Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.