Mara Macdonald

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Mara Macdonald is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Mara Macdonald has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 4 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films and 3 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Mara Macdonald's work include Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (4 papers), Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (2 papers) and Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (2 papers). Mara Macdonald is often cited by papers focused on Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (4 papers), Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (2 papers) and Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (2 papers). Mara Macdonald collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Israel. Mara Macdonald's co-authors include Paula T. Hammond, Christopher N. Bowman, Jun Nie, Jeannine E. Elliott, Shulamit Levenberg, Clemens van Blitterswijk, Róbert Langer, Evan S. Garfein, Patrìcia A. D'Amore and Jeroen Rouwkema and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Biotechnology, Biomaterials and Oncogene.

In The Last Decade

Mara Macdonald

8 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Engineering vascularized skeletal muscle tissue

2005 963 citations Shulamit Levenberg, Jeroen Rouwkema et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mara Macdonald United States	7	1.1k	826	632	426	323	8	1.9k
Kip D. Hauch United States	20	1.5k 1.4×	1.2k 1.5×	1.1k 1.7×	695 1.6×	230 0.7×	27	2.9k
Jisoo Shin South Korea	21	1.3k 1.2×	1.0k 1.2×	647 1.0×	293 0.7×	493 1.5×	48	2.5k
Blanka Sharma United States	21	1.1k 1.0×	905 1.1×	675 1.1×	400 0.9×	125 0.4×	43	2.7k
Yoonhee Jin South Korea	25	1.1k 1.1×	585 0.7×	539 0.9×	429 1.0×	243 0.8×	45	2.0k
Andrew C.A. Wan Singapore	39	1.5k 1.4×	1.3k 1.6×	783 1.2×	815 1.9×	256 0.8×	72	3.3k
Melissa D. Krebs United States	25	1.3k 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	310 0.5×	505 1.2×	119 0.4×	57	2.5k
Jiashing Yu Taiwan	32	1.5k 1.4×	1.4k 1.7×	879 1.4×	501 1.2×	197 0.6×	120	3.2k
Laura A. Smith Callahan United States	24	1.7k 1.6×	1.6k 1.9×	637 1.0×	393 0.9×	146 0.5×	39	2.7k
Andrea S. Gobin United States	21	1.0k 0.9×	1.2k 1.4×	702 1.1×	332 0.8×	154 0.5×	28	2.2k
Jeannine M. Coburn United States	28	1.1k 1.0×	1.6k 1.9×	438 0.7×	632 1.5×	185 0.6×	70	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Mara Macdonald

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mara Macdonald

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Shah, Nisarg J., et al.. (2011). Tunable dual growth factor delivery from polyelectrolyte multilayer films. Biomaterials. 32(26). 6183–6193. 187 indexed citations

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Macdonald, Mara, et al.. (2010). Tissue integration of growth factor-eluting layer-by-layer polyelectrolyte multilayer coated implants. Biomaterials. 32(5). 1446–1453. 239 indexed citations

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Macdonald, Mara, Natalia M. Rodriguez, Nisarg J. Shah, & Paula T. Hammond. (2010). Characterization of Tunable FGF-2 Releasing Polyelectrolyte Multilayers. Biomacromolecules. 11(8). 2053–2059. 1 indexed citations

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Macdonald, Mara, et al.. (2008). Release of a model protein from biodegradable self assembled films for surface delivery applications. Journal of Controlled Release. 131(3). 228–234. 94 indexed citations

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Levenberg, Shulamit, Jeroen Rouwkema, Mara Macdonald, et al.. (2005). Engineering vascularized skeletal muscle tissue. Nature Biotechnology. 23(7). 879–884. 963 indexed citations breakdown →

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Macdonald, Mara, Yong Wan, Wei Wang, et al.. (2004). Control of cell cycle-dependent degradation of c-Ski proto-oncoprotein by Cdc34. Oncogene. 23(33). 5643–5653. 23 indexed citations

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Elliott, Jeannine E., Mara Macdonald, Jun Nie, & Christopher N. Bowman. (2004). Structure and swelling of poly(acrylic acid) hydrogels: effect of pH, ionic strength, and dilution on the crosslinked polymer structure. Polymer. 45(5). 1503–1510. 375 indexed citations

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Crawford, Bruce J., et al.. (1981). Changes in surface morphology of pigmented retinal cells during differentiation in clonal culture. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 59(1). 61–69. 6 indexed citations

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