Iain McDonald

5.1k total citations
94 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Iain McDonald is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Iain McDonald has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 45 papers in Instrumentation and 5 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Iain McDonald's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (84 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (60 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (45 papers). Iain McDonald is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (84 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (60 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (45 papers). Iain McDonald collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Iain McDonald's co-authors include A. A. Zijlstra, Martha L. Boyer, J. Th. van Loon, G. C. Sloan, L. Decin, A. M. S. Richards, P. Kervella, E. Lagadec, S. Srinivasan and M. Meixner and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Iain McDonald

87 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Iain McDonald United Kingdom	28	2.0k	868	84	68	50	94	2.0k
Martha L. Boyer United States	28	2.1k 1.1×	961 1.1×	63 0.8×	55 0.8×	43 0.9×	77	2.2k
P. Jofré Chile	24	1.6k 0.8×	842 1.0×	77 0.9×	83 1.2×	47 0.9×	60	1.7k
S. Blanco-Cuaresma United States	17	1.1k 0.6×	611 0.7×	64 0.8×	60 0.9×	48 1.0×	39	1.2k
M. J. P. F. G. Monteiro Portugal	21	1.7k 0.9×	737 0.8×	67 0.8×	69 1.0×	27 0.5×	72	1.7k
Bun’ei Sato Japan	27	1.9k 1.0×	678 0.8×	45 0.5×	79 1.2×	56 1.1×	78	1.9k
Natalie M. Batalha United States	21	1.8k 0.9×	564 0.6×	81 1.0×	49 0.7×	64 1.3×	62	1.9k
V. Silva Aguirre Denmark	27	2.3k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	97 1.2×	79 1.2×	21 0.4×	69	2.3k
Maria-Rosa L. Cioni Germany	27	2.6k 1.3×	1.2k 1.4×	142 1.7×	115 1.7×	55 1.1×	101	2.7k
D. Pourbaix Belgium	23	1.9k 1.0×	817 0.9×	133 1.6×	71 1.0×	40 0.8×	77	2.0k
Melissa Ness United States	25	2.4k 1.2×	1.2k 1.4×	98 1.2×	126 1.9×	23 0.5×	95	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Iain McDonald

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Iain McDonald

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20 of 20 papers shown

Javadi, Atefeh, J. Th. van Loon, Iain McDonald, et al.. (2025). Dusty Stellar Source Classification by Implementing Machine Learning Methods Based on Spectroscopic Observations in the Magellanic Clouds. The Astrophysical Journal. 986(2). 168–168.

Zijlstra, A. A., et al.. (2025). Central-star extinctions towards planetary nebulae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 543(3). 3035–3054.

Scher, Sebastian, et al.. (2024). Machine learning based stellar classification with highly sparse photometry data. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 29–29. 1 indexed citations

Uttenthaler, S., S. Shetye, A. Nanni, et al.. (2024). The impact of third dredge-up on the mass loss of Mira variables. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 690. A393–A393. 3 indexed citations

McDonald, Iain, et al.. (2024). PySSED: an automated method of collating and fitting stellar spectral energy distributions. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 3(1). 89–107. 6 indexed citations

Scher, Sebastian, et al.. (2024). Machine learning based stellar classification with highly sparse photometry data. Open Research Europe. 4. 29–29. 1 indexed citations

Abdollahi, Mahdi, et al.. (2024). Machine Learning Classification of Young Stellar Objects and Evolved Stars in the Magellanic Clouds Using the Probabilistic Random Forest Classifier. ArXiv.org. 377–382. 1 indexed citations

Goldman, Steven, Martha L. Boyer, Julianne J. Dalcanton, et al.. (2022). A Census of Thermally Pulsing AGB Stars in the Andromeda Galaxy and a First Estimate of Their Contribution to the Global Dust Budget. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 259(2). 41–41. 7 indexed citations

Podlewska-Gaca, E., R. Poleski, P. Bartczak, Iain McDonald, & András Pál. (2021). Determination of Rotation Periods for a Large Sample of Asteroids from the K2 Campaign 9. Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences). 4 indexed citations

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Javadi, Atefeh, et al.. (2021). The Star Formation History and Dust Production in Andromeda IX. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 17(S373). 242–245. 1 indexed citations

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Iskandar, D. N. F. Awang, A. A. Zijlstra, Iain McDonald, et al.. (2020). Classification of Planetary Nebulae through Deep Transfer Learning. Unimas Institutional Repository (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak). 2 indexed citations

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Uttenthaler, S., Iain McDonald, Klaus Bernhard, S. Cristallo, & D. Gobrecht. (2019). Interplay between pulsation, mass loss, and third dredge-up: More about Miras with and without technetium. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 11 indexed citations

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Kraemer, K. E., G. C. Sloan, L. D. Keller, et al.. (2019). Stellar Pulsation and the Production of Dust and Molecules in Galactic Carbon Stars. The Astrophysical Journal. 887(1). 82–82. 6 indexed citations

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Zijlstra, A. A., et al.. (2018). Flickering in AGB stars: probing the nature of accreting companions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 477(3). 4200–4212. 7 indexed citations

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Kervella, P., L. Decin, A. M. S. Richards, et al.. (2017). The close circumstellar environment of Betelgeuse. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 609. A67–A67. 61 indexed citations

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Kacharov, N., Paolo Bianchini, Andreas Koch, et al.. (2014). A study of rotating globular clusters : the case of the old, metal-poor globular cluster NGC 4372. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 31 indexed citations

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McDonald, Iain, A. A. Zijlstra, & Martha L. Boyer. (2012). Fundamental parameters and infrared excesses ofHipparcosstars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 427(1). 343–357. 159 indexed citations

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McDonald, Iain, Martha L. Boyer, J. Th. van Loon, & A. A. Zijlstra. (2011). DUST PRODUCTION AND MASS LOSS IN THE GALACTIC GLOBULAR CLUSTER 47 TUCANAE. The Astrophysical Journal. 730(2). 71–71. 35 indexed citations

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McDonald, Iain, J. Th. van Loon, A. K. Dupree, & Martha L. Boyer. (2010). Discovery of long-period variable stars in the very metal-poor globular cluster M15. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. no–no. 17 indexed citations

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Boyer, Martha L., Iain McDonald, J. Th. van Loon, et al.. (2009). DUST PRODUCTION AND MASS LOSS IN THE GALACTIC GLOBULAR CLUSTER NGC 362. The Astrophysical Journal. 705(1). 746–757. 34 indexed citations

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