Ken Donaldson

12.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
46 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Ken Donaldson is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Materials Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ken Donaldson has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 10 papers in Materials Chemistry and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ken Donaldson's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (30 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (12 papers) and Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (9 papers). Ken Donaldson is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (30 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (12 papers) and Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (9 papers). Ken Donaldson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and United States. Ken Donaldson's co-authors include William MacNee, Anthony Seaton, David Godden, Vicki Stone, Craig A. Poland, Rodger Duffin, Simon Brown, Andrew Maynard, William Wallace and Ian A. Kinloch and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Environmental Science & Technology and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Ken Donaldson

46 papers receiving 9.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Carbon nanotubes introduced into the abdominal cavity of mice show asbestos-like pathogenicity in a pilot study

2008 1.9k citations Craig A. Poland, Rodger Duffin et al. profile →
Particulate air pollution and acute health effects

1995 1.7k citations Anthony Seaton, David Godden et al. The Lancet profile →
Global association of air pollution and heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2013 924 citations Anoop Shah, Jeremy P. Langrish et al. The Lancet profile →
The potential risks of nanomaterials: a review carried out for ECETOC.

2006 915 citations Paul J. A. Borm, David J. Robbins et al. Particle and Fibre Toxicology profile →
Ultrafine (nanometre) particle mediated lung injury

1998 639 citations Ken Donaldson, William MacNee et al. profile →
Expert position paper on air pollution and cardiovascular disease

2014 607 citations David E. Newby, Pier Mannuccio Mannucci et al. European Heart Journal profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	TRANSLOCATION AND ACCUMULATION OF INHALED GOLD NANOPARTICLES IN ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE 2014 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Jeremy P. Langrish, Mark R. Miller, Jennifer Raftis, Ken Donaldson, Flemming R. Cassee, David E. Newby, Rodger Duffin, Nicholas L. Mills	1
2	Expert position paper on air pollution and cardiovascular disease breakdown → 2014 ·European Heart Journal ·David E. Newby, Pier Mannuccio Mannucci, Grethe S. Tell, Andrea Baccarelli, Robert D. Brook, Ken Donaldson, Francesco Forastiere, Massimo Franchini, Oscar H. Franco, Ian Graham, Gerard Hoek, Barbara Hoffmann, Marc Hoylaerts, Nino Künzli, Nicholas L. Mills, Juha Pekkanen, Annette Peters, Massimo Piepoli, Sanjay Rajagopalan, Robert F. Storey	607
3	Global association of air pollution and heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis breakdown → 2013 ·The Lancet ·Anoop Shah, Jeremy P. Langrish, Harish Nair, David McAllister, Amanda Hunter, Ken Donaldson, David E. Newby, Nicholas L. Mills	924
4	Inhaled nanoparticles and lung cancer – what we can learn from conventional particle toxicology 2012 ·Swiss Medical Weekly ·Ken Donaldson, Craig A. Poland	65
5	Reducing Personal Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution Improves Cardiovascular Health in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease 2012 ·Environmental Health Perspectives ·Jeremy P. Langrish, Xi Li, Shengfeng Wang, Matthew M.Y. Lee, Gareth Barnes, Mark R. Miller, Flemming R. Cassee, Nicholas A. Boon, Ken Donaldson, Jing Li, Liming Li, Nicholas L. Mills, David E. Newby, Lixin Jiang	233
6	Length-dependent pathogenic effects of nickel nanowires in the lungs and the peritoneal cavity 2011 ·Nanotoxicology ·Craig A. Poland, Fiona Byrne, Wan‐Seob Cho, Adriele Prina‐Mello, Fiona Murphy, Gemma‐Louise Davies, J. M. D. Coey, (unknown), Rodger Duffin, Yuri Volkov, Ken Donaldson	63
7	Surface Derivatization State of Polystyrene Latex Nanoparticles Determines both Their Potency and Their Mechanism of Causing Human Platelet Aggregation In Vitro 2010 ·Toxicological Sciences ·Catherine McGuinnes, Rodger Duffin, Scott C. Brown, Nicholas L. Mills, Ian L. Megson, William MacNee, Shonna Johnston, Shengli Lu, (unknown), (unknown), Xuebin Wang, David E. Newby, Ken Donaldson	63
8	Concentration Response Functions for Ultrafine Particles and All-Cause Mortalilty and Hospital Admissions: Results of an European Expert Panel Elicitation 2009 ·Epidemiology ·Hanna Boogaard, Gerard Hoek, Anne Knol, Jeroen de Hartog, Pauline Slottje, Jon G. Ayres, Paul J. A. Borm, Bert Brunekreef, Ken Donaldson, Francesco Forastiere, Stephen T. Holgate, Wolfgang G. Kreyling, Benoît Nemery, Juha Pekkanen, Vicki Stone, Erich Wichmann, J.P. van der Sluijs	2
9	Beneficial cardiovascular effects of reducing exposure to particulate air pollution with a simple facemask 2009 ·Particle and Fibre Toxicology ·Jeremy P. Langrish, Nicholas L. Mills, (unknown), Daan L. A. C. Leseman, R. John Aitken, Paul Fokkens, Flemming R. Cassee, Jing Li, Ken Donaldson, David E. Newby, Lixin Jiang	183
10	The potential risks of nanomaterials: a review carried out for ECETOC. breakdown → 2006 ·Particle and Fibre Toxicology ·Paul J. A. Borm, David J. Robbins, Stephan Haubold, Thomas A. J. Kuhlbusch, H. Fißan, Ken Donaldson, Roel P. F. Schins, Vicki Stone, Wolfgang G. Kreyling, Jürgen Lademann, Jean Krutmann, David B. Warheit, Eva Oberdörster	915
11	Testing of Fibrous Particles: Short-Term Assays and Strategies 2005 ·Inhalation Toxicology ·David M. Bernstein, Vince Castranova, Ken Donaldson, Bice Fubini, John G. Hadley, (unknown), Agnes B. Kane, David Y. Lai, Ernest E. McConnell, H. Muhle, Günter Oberdörster, Stephen S. Olin, David B. Warheit	86
12	The procoagulant potential of environmental particles (PM₁₀) 2005 ·Occupational and Environmental Medicine ·Peter S. Gilmour, (unknown), Mark A. Vickers, I. Ford, Christopher A. Ludlam, M. Greaves, Ken Donaldson, William MacNee	55
13	The Athens 2004 pollution climate and athletic performance. 2004 ·Research Output (Edinburgh Napier University) ·Ken Donaldson, Vicki Stone	31
14	Regulation of lipopolysaccharide-mediated interleukin-1beta release by N-acetylcysteine in THP-1 cells 2000 ·European Respiratory Journal ·Maryline Parmentier, Nik Hirani, Irfan Rahman, Ken Donaldson, William MacNee, Frank Antonicelli	39
15	NONNEOPLASTIC LUNG RESPONSES INDUCED IN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS BY EXPOSURE TO POORLY SOLUBLE NONFIBROUS PARTICLES 2000 ·Inhalation Toxicology ·Ken Donaldson	26
16	Particle Paradigms 2000 ·Inhalation Toxicology ·Ken Donaldson, Paul Borm	4
17	Activation of NF-κB by PM10 Occurs via an Iron-Mediated Mechanism in the Absence of IκB Degradation 2000 ·Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology ·Luis A. Jiménez, J. Thompson, (unknown), Irfan Rahman, Frank Antonicelli, Rodger Duffin, Ellen Drost, Ronald T. Hay, Ken Donaldson, William MacNee	154
18	Standardization of a Spectrophotometric Assay for Plasma Total Antioxidant Capacity 1998 ·Analytical Biochemistry ·Janet H. Lightbody, Lesley Stevenson, Douglas Jones, Ken Donaldson	4
19	Particulate air pollution and acute health effects breakdown → 1995 ·The Lancet ·Anthony Seaton, David Godden, William MacNee, Ken Donaldson	1692
20	Comparison of Functional Activities between IgG1 and IgM Class-Switched Human Monoclonal Antibodies Reactive with Group B Streptococci or Escherichia coli K1 1991 ·The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Howard V. Raff, Clare Bradley, William J. Brady, Ken Donaldson, Leah Lipsich, (unknown), Walter W. Shuford, Michael Walls, Philip S. Ward, E Wolff, Linda J. Harris	34

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