James MacDonald

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
165 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

James MacDonald is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Radiation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, James MacDonald has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 46 papers in Radiation and 36 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in James MacDonald's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (63 papers), X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis (43 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (34 papers). James MacDonald is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (63 papers), X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis (43 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (34 papers). James MacDonald collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and United Kingdom. James MacDonald's co-authors include D. J. Mullan, L. D. Ellsworth, J. H. Ormrod, Henry E. Duckworth, M. D. Brown, T. Chiao, C. L. Cocke, F. W. Martin, Raúl Jiménez and C. L. Cocke and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

James MacDonald

162 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James MacDonald United States 34 1.5k 1.3k 1.2k 505 497 165 3.6k
J. H. Underwood United States 33 466 0.3× 900 0.7× 1.3k 1.1× 317 0.6× 224 0.5× 149 3.2k
Finn E. Christensen Denmark 32 2.9k 2.0× 479 0.4× 995 0.8× 284 0.6× 1.3k 2.7× 256 4.3k
J. S. Faulkner United States 33 1.2k 0.8× 1.7k 1.3× 112 0.1× 74 0.1× 451 0.9× 123 3.7k
Ronald J. W. Henry United States 30 579 0.4× 2.3k 1.7× 585 0.5× 47 0.1× 101 0.2× 118 2.9k
R. Schuch Sweden 36 237 0.2× 3.5k 2.6× 1.6k 1.4× 1.1k 2.1× 820 1.6× 277 4.8k
G. Perrin France 32 2.5k 1.7× 820 0.6× 91 0.1× 108 0.2× 400 0.8× 241 3.4k
C. D. Swift United States 19 243 0.2× 579 0.4× 1.9k 1.6× 235 0.5× 398 0.8× 40 2.5k
H. P. Trautvetter Germany 33 478 0.3× 1.2k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 155 0.3× 2.6k 5.2× 103 3.3k
L. R. Canfield United States 19 396 0.3× 235 0.2× 251 0.2× 134 0.3× 99 0.2× 38 1.3k
H. Lundberg Sweden 26 662 0.4× 1.3k 1.0× 155 0.1× 61 0.1× 285 0.6× 125 2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by James MacDonald

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James MacDonald

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

All Works

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Lee, Sanguk, et al.. (2025). Decarbonization of Off-Road Engines by Methanol Mixing-Controlled Compression Ignition with Ignition Enhancer. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 1. 2 indexed citations
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MacDonald, James, et al.. (2025). The Effects of Magneto-convection on Short Period Cataclysmic Variables. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 137(3). 34202–34202.
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Singh, Eshan, et al.. (2024). Deflagration-Based Knock of Methanol SI Combustion and its Implications for Combustion Noise. SAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in Mobility. 7(2). 672–682. 2 indexed citations
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MacDonald, James & D. J. Mullan. (2024). On the Possibility of an Upper Limit on Magnetically Induced Radius Inflation in Low-mass Stars. The Astrophysical Journal. 963(1). 43–43. 2 indexed citations
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MacDonald, James, et al.. (2024). A chemical kinetic analysis of knock propensity of methanol-to-gasoline fuel. Fuel. 382. 133787–133787. 3 indexed citations
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MacDonald, James, et al.. (2024). X-RAY ANALYSIS OF EOCENE OCALA LIMESTONE, HAILE QUARRIES, NEWBERRY, FLORIDA. COMPARISON AND INSIGHTS INTO THE MINEROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF MARINE CARBONATE UNIT. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations
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MacDonald, James, et al.. (2023). Evolution of low mass population III stars from the pre-main sequence to the white dwarf cooling track. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 525(3). 4700–4716. 4 indexed citations
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Karipoth, Prakash, James H. Chandler, Jaemin Lee, et al.. (2023). Aerosol Jet Printing of Strain Sensors for Soft Robotics. Advanced Engineering Materials. 26(1). 21 indexed citations
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MacDonald, James, et al.. (2022). GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF A CONTINUOUS CORE: LAKE OKEECHOBEE WATERSHED RESTORATION PROJECT AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY WELL L-63N, FLORIDA. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations
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MacDonald, James, et al.. (2011). iRoam: Leveraging Mobile Technology to Provide Innovative Point of Need Reference Services. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5 indexed citations
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Oreiro, R., F. Pérez Hernández, A. Ulla, et al.. (2005). Balloon 090100001: A short and long period pulsating sdB star. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 438(1). 257–263. 22 indexed citations
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Oreiro, R., A. Ulla, F. Pérez Hernández, et al.. (2004). Balloon 090100001: A bright, high amplitude sdB pulsator. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 418(1). 243–247. 29 indexed citations
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Daughton, David R., James MacDonald, & N. Mulders. (2003). Acoustic properties of silica aerogels between 400 mK and 400 K. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 319(3). 297–303. 13 indexed citations
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Ulla, A., M. R. Zapatero Osorio, F. Pérez Hernández, & James MacDonald. (2001). CCD-based observations of PG 0856+121 and a theoretical analysis of its oscillation modes. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 4 indexed citations
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MacDonald, James, et al.. (2001). The Born Again Phenomena and its Relationship to Hydrogen Deficient Post-AGB Objects. ASPC. 226. 20. 1 indexed citations
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MacDonald, James. (2001). The Equation of State of Fluid Mixtures of Hydrogen and Helium. ASPC. 226. 27. 1 indexed citations
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MacDonald, James, et al.. (1985). Taking Turns: Teaching Cummunication to Your Child.. Exceptional parent/˜The œExceptional parent. 15(5). 49–52. 1 indexed citations
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MacDonald, James. (1984). Control of solid fuel slagging. 1 indexed citations
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Mowat, J. R., R. Laubert, I. A. Sellin, et al.. (1974). Neon K$alpha$, K$beta$ satellite structure induced by 80-MeV argon-ion impact. Physical Review A. 3 indexed citations
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Mowat, J. R., I. A. Sellin, R. S. Peterson, et al.. (1973). Mean life of the metastable 2$sup 3$P$sub 1$ state of the two-electron fluorine ion. Physical Review A. 2 indexed citations

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