Laura Macdonald

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Laura Macdonald is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Public Administration. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura Macdonald has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 10 papers in Public Administration. Recurrent topics in Laura Macdonald's work include Canadian Policy and Governance (14 papers), Labor Movements and Unions (10 papers) and International Relations in Latin America (7 papers). Laura Macdonald is often cited by papers focused on Canadian Policy and Governance (14 papers), Labor Movements and Unions (10 papers) and International Relations in Latin America (7 papers). Laura Macdonald collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Laura Macdonald's co-authors include Arne Rückert, Christina Gabriel, Helen V Worthington, Tina Poklepović Peričić, Jan Clarkson, Pauline Imai, Dario Sambunjak, Trevor Johnson, Mary Cheang and Shirley C. Gelskey and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Journal Of Clinical Periodontology.

In The Last Decade

Laura Macdonald

60 papers receiving 952 citations

Hit 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.

Home use of interdental cleaning devices, in addition to toothbrushing, for preventing and controlling periodontal diseases and dental caries

2019 195 citations Helen V Worthington, Laura Macdonald et al. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Laura Macdonald

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Laura Macdonald's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Laura Macdonald with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Laura Macdonald more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Laura Macdonald

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Laura Macdonald. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Laura Macdonald. The network helps show where Laura Macdonald may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura Macdonald

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Canada and the Trump Presidency: Existential Threats and Political Turmoil 2025 ·Laura Macdonald	0
2	Inclusion of gender and labour standards in preferential trade agreements: evidence from North American and Canada-Chile agreements 2024 ·Globalizations ·Laura Macdonald	0
3	Adjunctive antimicrobial photodynamic therapy for treating periodontal and peri-implant diseases 2024 ·Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews ·Pia‐Merete Jervøe‐Storm, (unknown), Helen V Worthington, Ian Needleman, Raluca Cosgarea, Laura Macdonald, Tanya Walsh, Sharon R Lewis, Søren Jepsen	10
4	Facilitators for increasing dental attendance of people from vulnerable groups: a rapid review of evidence relevant to the UK 2023 ·BDJ ·T. A. Dyer, Anne‐Marie Glenny, Laura Macdonald, (unknown), Zoe Marshman, (unknown), K.W. Jones	3
5	Efficacy and safety of different interventions to accelerate maxillary canine retraction following premolar extraction: A systematic review and network meta‐analysis 2020 ·Orthodontics and Craniofacial Research ·Laura Macdonald, (unknown), (unknown), Bruno R. da Costa, Sunjay Suri, Amir Azarpazhooh	11
6	Canada in the North America Region: Implications of the Trump Presidency 2020 ·Canadian Journal of Political Science ·Laura Macdonald	6
7	La política exterior de Canadá hacia América Latina, de Harper a Trudeau: ¿un regreso al internacionalismo de potencia intermedia? 2018 ·Laura Macdonald	1
8	Canada goes global: building transnational relations between Canada and the world, 1968–2017 2018 ·Canadian Foreign Policy Journal ·Laura Macdonald	2
9	After the International Organization for Migration: recruitment of Guatemalan temporary agricultural workers to Canada 2017 ·Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies ·Christina Gabriel, Laura Macdonald	21
10	Mexico and social provision by the federal government and the federal district: Obstacles and openings to a Social Protection Floor 2014 ·Global Social Policy ·(unknown), Laura Macdonald	5
11	Canada and the Pacific Alliance 2013 ·(unknown), Laura Macdonald, (unknown)	1
12	Gender and Latin American Welfare Regimes: Early Childhood Education and Care Policies in Argentina and Mexico 2013 ·Social Politics International Studies in Gender State & Society ·(unknown), Laura Macdonald	11
13	Neo-liberalism, Semi-clientelism and the Politics of Scale in Mexican Anti-poverty Policies 2012 ·(unknown), Laura Macdonald	14
14	The post-neoliberal mix: New state practices in Latin America’s big three 2010 ·Laura Macdonald, Arne Rückert	1
15	Contentious politics in North America : national protest and transnational collaboration under continental integration 2009 ·Palgrave Macmillan eBooks ·Jeffrey Ayres, Laura Macdonald	4
16	Managing trade engagements? Mapping the contours of state feminism and women's political activism 2005 ·Canadian Foreign Policy Journal ·Christina Gabriel, Laura Macdonald	3
17	Generating Social Capital: Civil Society and Institutions in Comparative Perspective 2004 ·Canadian Journal of Political Science ·Laura Macdonald	107
18	Human Rights and Citizenship in Guatemala and Mexico: From "Strategic" to "New" Universalism? 1998 ·Social Politics International Studies in Gender State & Society ·(unknown), Laura Macdonald	7
19	A Mixed Blessing The NGO Boom in Latin America 1995 ·NACLA Report on the Americas ·Laura Macdonald	17
20	Efficacy of Listerine®, Meridol® and chlorhexidine mouthrinses as supplements to regular tooth‐cleaning measures 1992 ·Journal Of Clinical Periodontology ·M. Brecx, (unknown), Laura Macdonald, Shirley C. Gelskey, Mary Cheang	85

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact