Ian Macdonald

701 papers and 20.9k indexed citations i.

About

Ian Macdonald is a scholar working on Physiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian Macdonald has authored 701 papers receiving a total of 20.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 309 papers in Physiology, 192 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 101 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Ian Macdonald’s work include Diet and metabolism studies (186 papers), Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (78 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (75 papers). Ian Macdonald is often cited by papers focused on Diet and metabolism studies (186 papers), Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (78 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (75 papers). Ian Macdonald collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Ian Macdonald's co-authors include Moira A. Taylor, Hamid R. Farshchi, Paul L. Greenhaff, Simon Heller, Keith N. Frayn, T. Bennett, Stephanie A. Amiel, Alberto Maran, J. Lomas and R. B. Tattersall and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ian Macdonald

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ian Macdonald. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ian 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 Ian Macdonald. Ian Macdonald is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Fields of papers citing papers by Ian Macdonald

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ian 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 Ian Macdonald. The network helps show where Ian Macdonald may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by Ian Macdonald

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This map shows the geographic impact of Ian 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 Ian Macdonald with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Ian Macdonald more than expected).

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