J. Ross Macdonald

11.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
229 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

J. Ross Macdonald is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electrochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Ross Macdonald has authored 229 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Materials Chemistry, 58 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 57 papers in Electrochemistry. Recurrent topics in J. Ross Macdonald's work include Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (57 papers), Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions (48 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (42 papers). J. Ross Macdonald is often cited by papers focused on Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (57 papers), Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions (48 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (42 papers). J. Ross Macdonald collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. J. Ross Macdonald's co-authors include Donald R. Franceschetti, C. A. Barlow, A.P. Lehnen, J. Schoonman, William J. Thompson, Richard P. Buck, Enis Tuncer, G. Barbero, L. R. Evangelista and E. K. Lenzi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

J. Ross Macdonald

221 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

Impedance spectroscopy 1992 2026 2003 2014 1992 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Impedance spectroscopy
    1992 900 citations J. Ross Macdonald profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J. Ross Macdonald United States 49 3.6k 3.1k 1.8k 1.4k 1.4k 229 9.0k
Moshe Deutsch Israel 50 5.3k 1.5× 1.8k 0.6× 1.2k 0.7× 3.7k 2.6× 2.4k 1.7× 264 14.3k
Stephen J. Harris United States 70 4.5k 1.2× 10.1k 3.3× 413 0.2× 1.7k 1.2× 766 0.6× 270 18.1k
Jianzhong Wu United States 61 4.6k 1.3× 3.1k 1.0× 942 0.5× 1.5k 1.1× 4.4k 3.2× 291 14.7k
Derek Y. C. Chan Australia 60 3.5k 1.0× 2.0k 0.7× 519 0.3× 2.9k 2.0× 4.6k 3.3× 245 13.5k
H. G. Drickamer United States 54 6.2k 1.7× 2.2k 0.7× 314 0.2× 3.2k 2.3× 1.4k 1.0× 401 14.7k
Michael Urbakh Israel 50 3.4k 0.9× 1.8k 0.6× 666 0.4× 4.8k 3.4× 1.8k 1.3× 248 9.6k
A.K. Jonscher United Kingdom 41 12.7k 3.5× 7.8k 2.6× 499 0.3× 2.3k 1.6× 2.8k 2.0× 151 18.6k
Armand Ajdari France 64 2.5k 0.7× 4.9k 1.6× 495 0.3× 2.1k 1.5× 12.1k 8.7× 130 20.3k
Henry Eyring United States 47 2.3k 0.6× 743 0.2× 406 0.2× 2.2k 1.5× 1.6k 1.1× 370 9.8k
Takashi Ito Japan 46 2.5k 0.7× 4.3k 1.4× 455 0.2× 1.2k 0.9× 2.3k 1.6× 383 8.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. Ross Macdonald

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Macdonald, J. Ross & G. Barbero. (2016). Reanalysis of the electrode polarization in electrolytic cells limited by blocking electrodes. Physical review. E. 94(4). 42608–42608. 5 indexed citations
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Evangelista, L. R., E. K. Lenzi, G. Barbero, & J. Ross Macdonald. (2013). On the equivalence between specific adsorption and kinetic equation descriptions of the admittance response in electrolytic cells. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 138(11). 114702–114702. 14 indexed citations
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Evangelista, L. R., E. K. Lenzi, G. Barbero, & J. Ross Macdonald. (2011). Anomalous diffusion and memory effects on the impedance spectroscopy for finite-length situations. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 23(48). 485005–485005. 19 indexed citations
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Barbero, G. & J. Ross Macdonald. (2010). Transport process of ions in insulating media in the hyperbolic diffusion regime. Physical Review E. 81(5). 51503–51503. 16 indexed citations
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Macdonald, J. Ross. (2010). Utility of continuum diffusion models for analyzing mobile-ion immittance data: electrode polarization, bulk, and generation–recombination effects. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 22(49). 495101–495101. 55 indexed citations
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Macdonald, J. Ross. (2001). Nearly constant loss or constant loss in ionically conducting glasses: A physically realizable approach. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 115(13). 6192–6199. 36 indexed citations
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Macdonald, J. Ross. (1997). Accurate fitting of immittance spectroscopy frequency-response data using the stretched exponential model. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 212(2-3). 95–116. 51 indexed citations
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Macdonald, J. Ross. (1995). Solution of an ‘‘impossible’’ diffusion-inversion problem. Computers in Physics. 9(5). 546–546. 7 indexed citations
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Macdonald, J. Ross. (1994). ac conduction in disordered solids: Comparison of effective-medium and distributed-transition-rate-response models. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 49(14). 9428–9440. 17 indexed citations
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Macdonald, J. Ross. (1987). Some small-signal relaxation response models and their limiting responses. Solid State Ionics. 25(4). 271–285. 16 indexed citations
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Macdonald, J. Ross, et al.. (1976). Evaluation of Proposed ASME Performance Test Code 36 for Sound Power Level Determination of Large Steam Turbine-Generators. Journal of Engineering for Power. 98(4). 493–499. 2 indexed citations
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Macdonald, J. Ross. (1973). Equivalent circuits for the binary electrolyte in the Warburg region. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 47(1). 182–189. 16 indexed citations
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Macdonald, J. Ross. (1967). Variables Affecting Supply and Demand of Scientists and Engineers—The User's Viewpoint. Research Management. 10(3). 195–209. 1 indexed citations
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Macdonald, J. Ross & C. A. Barlow. (1966). Penetration Parameter for an Adsorbed Layer of Polarizable Ions. Journal of Applied Physics. 37(9). 3471–3482. 2 indexed citations
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Macdonald, J. Ross & C. A. Barlow. (1962). Theory of Double-Layer Differential Capacitance in Electrolytes. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 36(11). 3062–3080. 141 indexed citations
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Macdonald, J. Ross. (1957). Active, Adjustable Audio Band-Pass Filter. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 29(12). 1348–1356. 3 indexed citations
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Macdonald, J. Ross. (1957). New Integrating Circuit and Electrical Analog for Transient Diffusion and Flow. Review of Scientific Instruments. 28(11). 924–926. 1 indexed citations
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Yonge, C. M., et al.. (1956). PRB volume 66 issue 2 Cover and Front matter. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section B Biology. 66(2). f1–f2. 1 indexed citations
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Macdonald, J. Ross, et al.. (1954). Exact Solution of the Debye-Hückel Equations for a Polarized Electrode. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 22(8). 1314–1316. 49 indexed citations
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Macdonald, J. Ross. (1954). Static Space-Charge Effects in the Diffuse Double Layer. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 22(8). 1317–1322. 60 indexed citations

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