Kenneth S. Macdonald

1.4k total citations
35 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Kenneth S. Macdonald is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth S. Macdonald has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Ecology, 14 papers in Oceanography and 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Kenneth S. Macdonald's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (14 papers), Crustacean biology and ecology (12 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (10 papers). Kenneth S. Macdonald is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (14 papers), Crustacean biology and ecology (12 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (10 papers). Kenneth S. Macdonald collaborates with scholars based in United States, Panama and Switzerland. Kenneth S. Macdonald's co-authors include J. Emmett Duffy, Jennifer M. Rhode, John D. Parker, Lev Y. Yampolsky, Mark E. Siddall, Serge Utevsky, Peter Trontelj, Cheryl L. Morrison, Kristin M. Hultgren and Rubén Rı́os and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth S. Macdonald

31 papers receiving 963 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kenneth S. Macdonald United States 16 651 327 219 180 165 35 1.0k
Alexander Fedosov Russia 17 290 0.4× 354 1.1× 167 0.8× 222 1.2× 141 0.9× 78 1.0k
Kirk Fitzhugh United States 19 731 1.1× 753 2.3× 257 1.2× 223 1.2× 87 0.5× 59 1.1k
Janet Moore United Kingdom 19 347 0.5× 380 1.2× 246 1.1× 174 1.0× 90 0.5× 47 859
Maria Vittoria Modica Italy 16 429 0.7× 396 1.2× 152 0.7× 257 1.4× 169 1.0× 58 924
K. Emily Knott Finland 19 304 0.5× 179 0.5× 208 0.9× 109 0.6× 247 1.5× 49 758
J.M. Macaranas Australia 11 699 1.1× 532 1.6× 253 1.2× 297 1.6× 337 2.0× 17 1.4k
John P. Thorpe United Kingdom 15 394 0.6× 296 0.9× 102 0.5× 374 2.1× 222 1.3× 26 884
Tamara M. McGovern United States 8 538 0.8× 375 1.1× 81 0.4× 366 2.0× 210 1.3× 11 892
Cuong Q. Tang United Kingdom 10 573 0.9× 154 0.5× 210 1.0× 96 0.5× 224 1.4× 13 923
Christopher J. Winchell United States 11 205 0.3× 200 0.6× 104 0.5× 239 1.3× 112 0.7× 15 868

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenneth S. Macdonald

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All Works

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Williams, Jake, Nathalie Pettorelli, Kenneth S. Macdonald, et al.. (2024). SimpleMetaPipeline : Breaking the bioinformatics bottleneck in metabarcoding. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 15(11). 1949–1957. 3 indexed citations
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Girard, Matthew G., Mudjekeewis D. Santos, Kent E. Carpenter, et al.. (2023). Biodiversity of Philippine marine fishes: A DNA barcode reference library based on voucher specimens. Scientific Data. 10(1). 411–411. 16 indexed citations
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Collin, Rachel, et al.. (2023). Diversity and genetic connectivity of heteropod (Pterotracheoidea) gastropods in the Tropical Eastern Pacific. Invertebrate Biology. 142(1). 1 indexed citations
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Maslakova, Svetlana, Jon L. Norenburg, Megan L. Schwartz, et al.. (2022). Sampling multiple life stages significantly increases estimates of marine biodiversity. Biology Letters. 18(4). 20210596–20210596. 9 indexed citations
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Hultgren, Kristin M., et al.. (2021). Correlated evolution of larval development, egg size and genome size across two genera of snapping shrimp. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 34(11). 1827–1839. 7 indexed citations
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Collin, Rachel, Amy C. Driskell, Kenneth S. Macdonald, et al.. (2020). DNA barcoding of echinopluteus larvae uncovers cryptic diversity in neotropical echinoids. Invertebrate Biology. 139(2). 12 indexed citations
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Collin, Rachel, et al.. (2019). Documenting neotropical diversity of phoronids with DNA barcoding of planktonic larvae. Invertebrate Biology. 138(2). 11 indexed citations
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Mulcahy, Daniel G., Kenneth S. Macdonald, Seán G. Brady, et al.. (2016). Greater than X kb: a quantitative assessment of preservation conditions on genomic DNA quality, and a proposed standard for genome-quality DNA. PeerJ. 4. e2528–e2528. 25 indexed citations
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Duffy, J. Emmett, Kenneth S. Macdonald, Kristin M. Hultgren, Solomon T. C. Chak, & Dustin R. Rubenstein. (2013). Decline and Local Extinction of Caribbean Eusocial Shrimp. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e54637–e54637. 8 indexed citations
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Hultgren, Kristin M., Kenneth S. Macdonald, & J. Emmett Duffy. (2011). Sponge-dwelling snapping shrimps (Alpheidae: Synalpheus) of Barbados, West Indies, with a description of a new eusocial species. Zootaxa. 2834(1). 19 indexed citations
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Siddall, Mark E., et al.. (2007). Diverse molecular data demonstrate that commercially available medicinal leeches are not Hirudo medicinalis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 274(1617). 1481–1487. 139 indexed citations
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Macdonald, Kenneth S., Rubén Rı́os, & J. Emmett Duffy. (2006). Biodiversity, host specificity, and dominance by eusocial species among sponge‐dwelling alpheid shrimp on the Belize Barrier Reef. Diversity and Distributions. 12(2). 165–178. 62 indexed citations
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Macdonald, Kenneth S. & J. Emmett Duffy. (2006). Two New Species of Sponge-Dwelling Snapping Shrimp from the Belizean Barrier Reef, with a Synopsis of the Synalpheus brooksi Species Complex. American Museum Novitates. 3543. 1–22. 15 indexed citations
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Macdonald, Kenneth S., Lev Y. Yampolsky, & J. Emmett Duffy. (2005). Molecular and morphological evolution of the amphipod radiation of Lake Baikal. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 35(2). 323–343. 143 indexed citations
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Duffy, J. Emmett, Cheryl L. Morrison, & Kenneth S. Macdonald. (2002). Colony defense and behavioral differentiation in the eusocial shrimp Synalpheus regalis. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 51(5). 488–495. 74 indexed citations
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Macdonald, Kenneth S., et al.. (2002). Computer-aided-design platform for sequential systems. 17. 79–81. 1 indexed citations
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Duffy, J. Emmett, Kenneth S. Macdonald, Jennifer M. Rhode, & John D. Parker. (2001). Grazer Diversity, Functional Redundancy, and Productivity in Seagrass Beds: An Experimental Test. Ecology. 82(9). 2417–2417. 30 indexed citations
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Duffy, J. Emmett & Kenneth S. Macdonald. (1999). COLONY STRUCTURE OF THE SOCIAL SNAPPING SHRIMP SYNALPHEUS FILIDIGITUS IN BELIZE. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 19(2). 283–292. 26 indexed citations

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