Malcolm Macdonald

2.8k total citations
140 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Malcolm Macdonald is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Malcolm Macdonald has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 60 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 14 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Malcolm Macdonald's work include Spacecraft Dynamics and Control (70 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (51 papers) and Space Satellite Systems and Control (44 papers). Malcolm Macdonald is often cited by papers focused on Spacecraft Dynamics and Control (70 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (51 papers) and Space Satellite Systems and Control (44 papers). Malcolm Macdonald collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and China. Malcolm Macdonald's co-authors include Colin R. McInnes, Bernd Dachwald, Shengping Gong, Giovanni Mengali, Alessandro A. Quarta, Gareth W. Hughes, R. James McKay, Viorel Bădescu, James Biggs and P. Falkner and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and IEEE Access.

In The Last Decade

Malcolm Macdonald

126 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Malcolm Macdonald United Kingdom	24	1.5k	1.0k	128	97	96	140	1.9k
Ahmed El‐Mowafy Australia	23	1.4k 0.9×	452 0.4×	81 0.6×	233 2.4×	119 1.2×	145	1.6k
Ming Xu China	18	800 0.5×	507 0.5×	49 0.4×	137 1.4×	49 0.5×	143	1.3k
Gang Zhang China	20	647 0.4×	275 0.3×	44 0.3×	59 0.6×	59 0.6×	90	1.1k
Pan Li China	23	1.4k 0.9×	629 0.6×	34 0.3×	194 2.0×	38 0.4×	82	1.6k
Walter Fichter Germany	20	649 0.4×	269 0.3×	180 1.4×	108 1.1×	86 0.9×	169	1.3k
D. Venkata Ratnam India	20	615 0.4×	771 0.7×	19 0.1×	212 2.2×	120 1.3×	124	1.4k
Lucy Berthoud United Kingdom	14	487 0.3×	539 0.5×	51 0.4×	131 1.4×	35 0.4×	57	1.1k
Martin Sweeting United Kingdom	20	1.2k 0.8×	427 0.4×	77 0.6×	386 4.0×	70 0.7×	144	1.9k
Marek Ziebart United Kingdom	23	1.2k 0.8×	409 0.4×	32 0.3×	544 5.6×	141 1.5×	61	1.7k
Alessandro A. Quarta Italy	31	3.4k 2.2×	2.5k 2.4×	84 0.7×	96 1.0×	17 0.2×	224	3.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Malcolm Macdonald

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Zitouni, M. Sami, et al.. (2025). CubeSat Flight Software: Insights and a Case Study. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 62(4). 1328–1345. 2 indexed citations

Macdonald, Malcolm, et al.. (2024). Engineering consensus in static networks with unknown disruptors. Applied Network Science. 9(1). 1 indexed citations

Ilioudis, Christos, et al.. (2024). Analysis of Deceptive Jamming in Multistatic Sar. 11437–11441. 1 indexed citations

Macdonald, Malcolm, et al.. (2024). Finding Navigable Paths through Tidal Flats with Synthetic Aperture Radar. Remote Sensing. 16(6). 1057–1057.

Zhou, Xingyu, et al.. (2023). Observability analysis of cooperative orbit determination using inertial inter-spacecraft angle measurements. Acta Astronautica. 210. 289–302. 4 indexed citations

Ma, Ping, Malcolm Macdonald, Sally Rouse, & Jinchang Ren. (2023). Automatic Geolocation and Measuring of Offshore Energy Infrastructure With Multimodal Satellite Data. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. 49(1). 66–79. 6 indexed citations

Macdonald, Malcolm, et al.. (2023). Tracking shifting estuaries with remote sensing techniques to aid lifeboat rescue services. Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde). 9–9. 1 indexed citations

Hancock, Steven, et al.. (2023). Spacecraft and optics design considerations for a spaceborne lidar mission with spatially continuous global coverage. Acta Astronautica. 214. 809–816. 5 indexed citations

Cowley, David, et al.. (2022). An assessment of high temporal frequency satellite data for historic environment applications. A case study from Scotland. Archaeological Prospection. 30(3). 267–282. 4 indexed citations

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Cowley, David, et al.. (2020). Towards a Satellite System for Archaeology? Simulation of an Optical Satellite Mission with Ideal Spatial and Temporal Resolution, Illustrated by a Case Study in Scotland. Remote Sensing. 12(24). 4100–4100. 8 indexed citations

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Mazzarella, Luca, Siddarth Koduru Joshi, Steven J. Greenland, et al.. (2020). QUARC: Quantum Research Cubesat—A Constellation for Quantum Communication. Cryptography. 4(1). 7–7. 50 indexed citations

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McGeown, William J., et al.. (2020). Eigenvector alignment: Assessing functional network changes in amnestic mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease. PLoS ONE. 15(8). e0231294–e0231294. 1 indexed citations

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Kerr, Emma & Malcolm Macdonald. (2017). Incorporating Solar Activity into General Perturbation Analysis of Atmospheric Friction. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics. 41(6). 1320–1336. 4 indexed citations

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Macdonald, Malcolm, et al.. (2014). It's hip to be square: The CubeSat revolution. Aerospace. 22–25. 1 indexed citations

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Simo, Jules, et al.. (2014). Characteristics of swarms on the edge of fragmentation. Physical Review E. 89(3). 32903–32903.

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Colombo, Camilla, Hugh G. Lewis, Francesca Letizia, et al.. (2013). End-of-life disposal trajectories for libration point and highly elliptical orbit missions. Current Genetics. 28(4). 2563–2576. 3 indexed citations

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Weiss, Stephan, et al.. (2013). Impact of a Purina fractal array geometry on beamforming performance and complexity. Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde). 1–5. 1 indexed citations

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Dachwald, Bernd, M. Leipold, F. Lura, et al.. (2005). Potential Effects of Optical Solar Sail Degradation on Trajectory Design. 1–23.

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Hughes, Gareth W., Malcolm Macdonald, Colin R. McInnes, Alessandro Atzei, & P. Falkner. (2003). Terrestrial planet sample return using solar sail propulsion. ESASP. 542. 377–384. 2 indexed citations

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Alexander, David, Colin R. McInnes, V. Angelopoulos, A. Sandman, & Malcolm Macdonald. (2002). GeoSail: A novel solar sail mission concept for geospace. AIP conference proceedings. 608. 305–312. 7 indexed citations

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