Michael P. MacDonald

5.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
78 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Michael P. MacDonald is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael P. MacDonald has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 37 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 24 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michael P. MacDonald's work include Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (31 papers), Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (28 papers) and Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics (5 papers). Michael P. MacDonald is often cited by papers focused on Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (31 papers), Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (28 papers) and Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics (5 papers). Michael P. MacDonald collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Michael P. MacDonald's co-authors include Kishan Dholakia, Gabriel C. Spalding, W. Sibbett, Lynn Paterson, Jochen Arlt, Peter E. Bryant, Karen Volke-Sepúlveda, Zhengyi Yang, S. Cochran and Christine Démoré and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael P. MacDonald

72 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Microfluidic sorting in an optical lattice

2003 984 citations Michael P. MacDonald, Gabriel C. Spalding et al. profile →
Controlled Rotation of Optically Trapped Microscopic Particles

2001 899 citations Michael P. MacDonald, Kishan Dholakia et al. profile →
Creation and Manipulation of Three-Dimensional Optically Trapped Structures

2002 403 citations Michael P. MacDonald, Kishan Dholakia et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael P. MacDonald

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Microcosm fabrication platform for live microscopy of plant-soil systems 2025 ·Biosystems Engineering ·(unknown), Dániel Patkó, Álvaro Mata, (unknown), (unknown), Xinhua He, Bruno Améduri, Vincent Ladmiral, Michael P. MacDonald, Lionel Dupuy	3
2	Smart soils track the formation of pH gradients across the rhizosphere 2023 ·Plant and Soil ·Dániel Patkó, Qizhi Yang, (unknown), (unknown), Benoît Briou, Bhausaheb V. Tawade, Timothy George, Tim J. Daniell, Michael P. MacDonald, Vincent Ladmiral, Bruno Améduri, Lionel Dupuy	8
3	In situ control of root–bacteria interactions using optical trapping in transparent soil 2022 ·Journal of Experimental Botany ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kathryn M. Wright, Sonia Humphris, Lionel Dupuy, Michael P. MacDonald	8
4	Plant–environment microscopy tracks interactions of Bacillus subtilis with plant roots across the entire rhizosphere 2021 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Dániel Patkó, (unknown), Timothy George, Nicola R. Stanley‐Wall, Vincent Ladmiral, Bruno Améduri, Tim J. Daniell, Nicola Holden, Michael P. MacDonald, Lionel Dupuy	33
5	PHY Layer for 5G Radio-Based Precise Positioning in 5GCAR Vulnerable Road User. 2020 ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Michael P. MacDonald, Dragan Samardžija	1
6	Reduced mosquito survival in metal-roof houses may contribute to a decline in malaria transmission in sub-Saharan Africa 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·Steve W. Lindsay, Musa Jawara, Julia Mwesigwa, Jane Achan, Nabie Bayoh, John Bradley, Balla Kandeh, Matthew J. Kirby, Jakob Knudsen, Michael P. MacDonald, Margaret Pinder, Lucy S. Tusting, D. J. Weiss, Anne L. Wilson, Umberto D’Alessandro	38
7	Deep Learning Based Preamble Detection and TOA Estimation 2019 ·Haoran Sun, (unknown), Michael P. MacDonald, Harish Viswanathan, Mingyi Hong	9
8	Micromechanics of root development in soil 2018 ·Current Opinion in Genetics & Development ·Lionel Dupuy, (unknown), Dániel Patkó, Vincent Ladmiral, Bruno Améduri, Michael P. MacDonald, Mariya Ptashnyk	22
9	Effect of hot carrier stress on device junctions measured by electron holography and scanning capacitance microscopy 2018 ·Applied Physics Letters ·(unknown), (unknown), Dimitris P. Ioannou, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Michael P. MacDonald, (unknown), J. Bruley	3
10	Myosin-II-mediated cell shape changes and cell intercalation contribute to primitive streak formation 2015 ·Nature Cell Biology ·Emil Rozbicki, Manli Chuai, Antti Karjalainen, Feifei Song, Helen Sang, René Martin, Hans‐Joachim Knölker, Michael P. MacDonald, Cornelis J. Weijer	146
11	Acoustic Tractor Beam 2014 ·Physical Review Letters ·Christine Démoré, (unknown), Zhengyi Yang, Peter Glynne‐Jones, Andreas Melzer, S. Cochran, Michael P. MacDonald, Gabriel C. Spalding	71
12	Light Sheet Tomography (LST) for in situ imaging of plant roots 2013 ·Optics Express ·Zhengyi Yang, Helen Downie, Emil Rozbicki, Lionel Dupuy, Michael P. MacDonald	29
13	A water-soluble temperature nanoprobe based on a multimodal magnetic-luminescent nanocolloid 2012 ·Chemical Communications ·Shu Chen, Clare Hoskins, Lijun Wang, Michael P. MacDonald, Pascal André	18
14	Mechanical Evidence of the Orbital Angular Momentum to Energy Ratio of Vortex Beams 2012 ·Physical Review Letters ·Christine Démoré, Zhengyi Yang, Alexander Volovick, S. Cochran, Michael P. MacDonald, Gabriel C. Spalding	154
15	The importance of physics to progress in medical treatment 2012 ·The Lancet ·Andreas Melzer, S. Cochran, Paul Prentice, Michael P. MacDonald, Zhigang Wang, A. Cuschieri	11
16	Cellular and Colloidal Separation Using Optical Forces 2007 ·Methods in cell biology ·Kishan Dholakia, Michael P. MacDonald, Pavel Zemánek, Tomáš Čižmár	43
17	All-optical sorting 2004 ·Optics and Photonics News ·Michael P. MacDonald, Gabriel C. Spalding, Kishan Dholakia	3
18	Higher-order suppression in diffraction-grating monochromators using thin films 1998 ·Journal of Synchrotron Radiation ·F. M. Quinn, (unknown), Michael P. MacDonald, (unknown), Paul Bailey	6
19	GRIN single crystal fibres 1998 ·Optics Communications ·(unknown), Michael P. MacDonald, I. S. Ruddock	2
20	Pe'l A'tukwey : Let Me... Tell a Story : Recent Work by Mi'Kmaq and Maliseet Artists 1993 ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), David Brooks, (unknown), (unknown), Margaret Johnson, Michael P. MacDonald, Teresa A. Marshall, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Roger I. Simon, (unknown), (unknown)	0

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