Keith McDonald

6.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
72 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Keith McDonald is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Keith McDonald has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 18 papers in Ecology and 14 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Keith McDonald's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (31 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (14 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (10 papers). Keith McDonald is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (31 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (14 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (10 papers). Keith McDonald collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Keith McDonald's co-authors include Rick Speare, Lee Berger, Harry B. Hines, Lee F. Skerratt, Scott D. Cashins, Andrea D. Phillott, Peter Daszak, Nicole Kenyon, Conrad J. Hoskin and R. F. Slocombe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Keith McDonald

68 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Chytridiomycosis causes amphibian mortality associated with population declines in the rain forests of Australia and Central America

1998 1.6k citations Keith McDonald, Harry B. Hines et al. profile →
Spread of Chytridiomycosis Has Caused the Rapid Global Decline and Extinction of Frogs

2007 959 citations Lee F. Skerratt, Scott D. Cashins et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Keith McDonald Australia	22	3.3k	1.6k	1.4k	1.2k	1.1k	72	4.7k
Allan P. Pessier United States	29	3.8k 1.2×	1.9k 1.2×	1.4k 1.0×	920 0.8×	898 0.8×	70	5.2k
Gerry Marantelli Australia	17	3.4k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	833 0.7×	660 0.6×	22	3.9k
Vance T. Vredenburg United States	39	5.2k 1.6×	2.1k 1.4×	2.4k 1.7×	1.3k 1.1×	1.7k 1.6×	99	7.0k
Lee F. Skerratt Australia	43	4.7k 1.4×	2.1k 1.4×	1.9k 1.4×	1.6k 1.4×	1.5k 1.4×	208	7.4k
Lisa K. Belden United States	37	2.8k 0.8×	587 0.4×	979 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.3×	114	5.7k
Robert Puschendorf United Kingdom	20	2.1k 0.6×	952 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	810 0.7×	844 0.8×	59	3.2k
Benedikt R. Schmidt Switzerland	42	4.1k 1.2×	1.8k 1.1×	2.5k 1.8×	1.5k 1.3×	3.3k 3.1×	166	6.5k
Thomas R. Raffel United States	32	1.7k 0.5×	543 0.3×	741 0.5×	925 0.8×	1.6k 1.5×	65	3.9k
Andrew Storfer United States	41	2.8k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	1.7k 1.4×	2.9k 2.8×	110	7.9k
Karen R. Lips United States	44	7.2k 2.2×	3.0k 1.9×	3.4k 2.4×	2.0k 1.7×	2.4k 2.3×	108	9.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Keith McDonald

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Fields of papers citing papers by Keith McDonald

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Keith McDonald

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Steiner, Genevieve Z., et al.. (2023). “I’m On My Own, I Need Support”: Needs Assessment of Community Aged Care Services. International Journal of Integrated Care. 23(3). 14–14. 2 indexed citations

Steiner, Genevieve Z., Carolyn Ee, Freya MacMillan, et al.. (2020). “We need a one-stop-shop”: co-creating the model of care for a multidisciplinary memory clinic with community members, GPs, aged care workers, service providers, and policy-makers. BMC Geriatrics. 20(1). 49–49. 32 indexed citations

McDonald, Keith. (2016). The Oxford history of the laws of England. / Volume XIII, 1820-1914, Fields of development. Books | UK Encyclopedia of Law. 1 indexed citations

McDonald, Keith, Jodi J. L. Rowley, Stephen J. Richards, & Greta J. Frankham. (2016). A new species of treefrog (Litoria) from Cape York Peninsula, Australia. Zootaxa. 4171(1). 153–169. 2 indexed citations

Moreau, Corrie S., Andrew F. Hugall, Keith McDonald, B. G. M. Jamieson, & Craig Moritz. (2015). An Ancient Divide in a Contiguous Rainforest: Endemic Earthworms in the Australian Wet Tropics. PLoS ONE. 10(9). e0136943–e0136943. 16 indexed citations

McDonald, Keith, et al.. (2015). A new species of Diplotrema (Acanthodrilinae, Metagynophora, Crassiclitellata, Oligochaeta) from the Einasleigh Uplands Bioregion of Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature. 59. 171–176. 1 indexed citations

Harris, Tim & Keith McDonald. (2014). How do clinicians with different training backgrounds manage walk-in patients in the ED setting?. Emergency Medicine Journal. 31(12). 975–979. 3 indexed citations

Jamieson, B. G. M., Keith McDonald, & Samuel W. James. (2013). A new species of Terrisswalkerius (Megascolecidae, Megascolecinae, Oligochaeta) from the Wet Tropics of Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature. 58. 15–21. 2 indexed citations

Harris, Tim & Keith McDonald. (2013). Is the case-mix of patients who self-present to ED similar to general practice and other acute-care facilities?. Emergency Medicine Journal. 31(12). 970–974. 9 indexed citations

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Charlton, Karen, et al.. (2013). Addressing the deficiencies in the evidence-base for primary practice in regional Australia - sentinel practices data sourcing (SPDS) project: a pilot study. BMC Family Practice. 14(1). 109–109. 12 indexed citations

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Puschendorf, Robert, Conrad J. Hoskin, Scott D. Cashins, et al.. (2011). Environmental Refuge from Disease‐Driven Amphibian Extinction. Conservation Biology. 25(5). 956–964. 141 indexed citations

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Marsh, Helene, Andrew Dennis, Harry B. Hines, et al.. (2006). Optimizing Allocation of Management Resources for Wildlife. Conservation Biology. 21(2). 387–399. 72 indexed citations

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Kutt, Alex S., J. Kemp, Keith McDonald, et al.. (2005). Vertebrate fauna survey of White Mountains National Park in the Desert Uplands Bioregion, central-north Queensland. Australian Zoologist. 33(1). 17–38. 7 indexed citations

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McDonald, Keith, et al.. (2003). The Griffith Area Palliative Care Service: A Pilot Project. Australian Health Review. 26(2). 11–18. 15 indexed citations

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Scheltinga, David M., B. G. M. Jamieson, & Keith McDonald. (2002). Ultrastructure of the spermatozoa of Litoria longirostris (Hylidae, Anura, Amphibia): modifications for penetration of a gelatinous layer surrounding the arboreal egg clutch. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature. 48(1). 215–220. 7 indexed citations

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Tucker, Anton D., Hamish McCallum, C. J. Limpus, & Keith McDonald. (1998). Sex-biased dispersal in a long-lived polygynous reptile ( Crocodylus johnstoni ). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 44(2). 85–90. 41 indexed citations

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Tucker, Anton D., Colin J. Limpus, Hamish McCallum, & Keith McDonald. (1996). Ontogenetic Dietary Partitioning by Crocodylus johnstoni during the Dry Season. Copeia. 1996(4). 978–978. 82 indexed citations

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Davies, Margaret, et al.. (1993). A new species of Uperoleia (Anura: Leptodactylidae: Myobatrachinae) from northeastern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature. 33(1). 167–174. 4 indexed citations

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McDonald, Keith. (1993). ECONOSTATS: TOWARD AN AFFORDABLE GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM.. 4(9). 44. 1 indexed citations

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McDonald, Keith, et al.. (1980). A new species of Cyclorana (Anura: Hylidae) from northern Queensland. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 104. 193–195. 1 indexed citations

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