Michelle M. McDonald

6.5k citations

95 papers · 3.7k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 29

Molecular Biology top 10%
Oncology top 2%
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine top 0.5%
Surgery top 5%
Biomedical Engineering top 5%

Co-authors: David G. Little Aaron Schindeler Peter I. Croucher T. John Martin Craig Godfrey Negin Amanat Alyson Morse Kathy Mikulec
Topics: Bone health and treatments (42 papers)Bone Metabolism and Diseases (23 papers)Bone health and osteoporosis research (21 papers)
Cited by: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Oncology Oral Surgery
Journals: Journal of Biological Chemistry Angewandte Chemie International Edition Nature reviews. Cancer
Partner nations: Australia United States Switzerland

In The Last Decade

Michelle M. McDonald

87 papers receiving 3.7k citations

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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.

Bone remodeling during fracture repair: The cellular picture

2008 701 citations Aaron Schindeler, Michelle M. McDonald et al. profile →
Bone metastasis: the importance of the neighbourhood

2016 352 citations Peter I. Croucher, Michelle M. McDonald et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Insights from autopsy-initiated pathological studies of the pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of atherosclerosis and ischemic heart disease: Part I. Atherosclerosis 2025 ·Cardiovascular Pathology ·L. Maximilian Buja,Michelle M. McDonald,Bihong Zhao,Navneet Narula,Jagat Narula,Rolf F. Barth	0
2	Insights from autopsy-initiated pathological studies of the pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of atherosclerosis and ischemic heart disease: Part II. Ischemic heart disease 2025 ·Cardiovascular Pathology ·L. Maximilian Buja,Michelle M. McDonald,Bihong Zhao,Navneet Narula,Jagat Narula,Rolf F. Barth	2
3	Combination or sequential teriparatide for osteoporosis treatment in denosumab-users: real-world bone mineral density outcomes 2025 ·Bone Reports ·Shejil Kumar,(unknown),Michelle M. McDonald,(unknown),Matti L. Gild,Christian M. Girgis	0
4	Denosumab discontinuation in the clinic: implications of rebound bone turnover and emerging strategies to prevent bone loss and fractures 2025 ·Journal of Bone and Mineral Research ·Shejil Kumar,(unknown),Albert Kim,Michelle M. McDonald,Christian M. Girgis	3
5	Mapping RANKL- and OPG-expressing cells in bone tissue: the bone surface cells as activators of osteoclastogenesis and promoters of the denosumab rebound effect 2024 ·Bone Research ·(unknown),Christina Møller Andreasen,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Jesper Skovhus Thomsen,Annemarie Brüel,Mads Sølvsten Sørensen,(unknown),Albert Kim,(unknown),(unknown),Michelle M. McDonald,Xiaomeng You,Julia F. Charles,Jean‐Marie Delaissé,Thomas Levin Andersen	16
6	The performance of artificial intelligence chatbot large language models to address skeletal biology and bone health queries 2024 ·Journal of Bone and Mineral Research ·(unknown),Branden Sosa,He S. Yang,Michelle M. McDonald,Brya G. Matthews,Annegreet G. Veldhuis‐Vlug,Erik A. Imel,Marc N. Wein,Emily M. Stein,Matthew B. Greenblatt	14
7	Temporal patterns of osteoclast formation and activity following withdrawal of RANKL inhibition 2024 ·Journal of Bone and Mineral Research ·Albert Kim,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Sindhu T. Mohanty,Ya Xiao,Marija K. Simic,(unknown),Ryan C. Chai,Peter I. Croucher,Christian M. Girgis,Michelle M. McDonald	15
8	The Tyr Phenomenon: A Hypocalcemic Response in High-Volume Treatment Responders to¹⁷⁷Lu-Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen Therapy 2023 ·Journal of Nuclear Medicine ·Shejil Kumar,Megan Crumbaker,Christopher Harvey,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Michelle M. McDonald,Roderick Clifton‐Bligh,Adrian V. Lee,Patricia Bastick,(unknown),Andrew Nguyen,Louise Emmett	2
9	Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on community-based brain injury associations across Canada: a cross-sectional survey study 2023 ·Frontiers in Public Health ·Ana Paula Salazar,Carolina Bottari,(unknown),Michelle M. McDonald,Monique A. M. Gignac,Bonnie Swaine,Julia Schmidt,Carolyn Lemsky,(unknown),Lisa Engel	1
10	A 3-O-sulfated heparan sulfate dodecasaccharide (12-mer) suppresses thromboinflammation and attenuates early organ injury following trauma and hemorrhagic shock 2023 ·Frontiers in Immunology ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Michelle M. McDonald,Yao-Wei Wang,(unknown),Jillian R. Richter,Yongmei Xu,(unknown),Jian Liu,Jessica C. Cardenas	8
11	Understanding the Early Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Brain Injury Associations Across Canada: A Qualitative Study 2023 ·INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing ·Ana Paula Salazar,(unknown),Lisa Engel,Monique A. M. Gignac,Shlomit Rotenberg,(unknown),Michelle M. McDonald,Carolina Bottari	1
12	Osteoclast Recycling and the Rebound Phenomenon Following Denosumab Discontinuation 2022 ·Current Osteoporosis Reports ·Albert Kim,Christian M. Girgis,Michelle M. McDonald	31
13	Visualisation of tumour cells in bone in vivo at single-cell resolution 2021 ·Bone ·Ryan C. Chai,Michelle M. McDonald	2
14	Multi-Targeting DKK1 and LRP6 Prevents Bone Loss and Improves Fracture Resistance in Multiple Myeloma 2020 ·Journal of Bone and Mineral Research ·Marija K. Simic,Sindhu T. Mohanty,Ya Xiao,Tegan L. Cheng,(unknown),Olga Charlat,Peter I. Croucher,Michelle M. McDonald	13
15	Increased anabolic bone response in Dkk1 KO mice following tibial compressive loading 2019 ·Bone ·Alyson Morse,Frank C. Ko,Michelle M. McDonald,(unknown),Aaron Schindeler,Marjolein C. H. van der Meulen,David G. Little	9
16	Anti-Sclerostin Treatment Prevents Multiple Myeloma Induced Bone Loss and Reduces Tumor Burden 2015 ·Blood ·Michaela R. Reagan,Michelle M. McDonald,Rachael Terry,Jessica A. Pettitt,(unknown),Sindhu T. Mohanty,Michaela Kneissel,Ina Krämer,Daniel J. Brooks,Mary Bouxsein,Clifford J. Rosen,Irene M. Ghobrial,Peter I. Croucher	15
17	Augmentation of autologous bone graft by a combination of bone morphogenic protein and bisphosphonate increased both callus volume and strength 2013 ·Acta Orthopaedica ·(unknown),Hanna Isaksson,Michelle M. McDonald,David G. Little,Magnus Tägil	60
18	α-Actinin-3 deficiency is associated with reduced bone mass in human and mouse 2011 ·Bone ·Nan Yang,Aaron Schindeler,Michelle M. McDonald,Jane T. Seto,Peter J. Houweling,Monkol Lek,Marshall W. Hogarth,Alyson Morse,Joanna M. Raftery,(unknown),Daniel G. MacArthur,Yemima Berman,Kate Quinlan,John A. Eisman,Tuan V. Nguyen,Richard L. Prince,Scott G. Wilson,Kathy Q. Zhu,David G. Little,Kathryn N. North	39
19	Modeling bone morphogenetic protein and bisphosphonate combination therapy in wild‐type and Nf1 haploinsufficient mice 2007 ·Journal of Orthopaedic Research® ·Aaron Schindeler,Manoj Ramachandran,Craig Godfrey,Alyson Morse,Michelle M. McDonald,Kathy Mikulec,David G. Little	54
20	Novel Role of Y1 Receptors in the Coordinated Regulation of Bone and Energy Homeostasis 2007 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Paul A. Baldock,Susan J. Allison,Pernilla Lundberg,Nicola J. Lee,Katy Slack,En‐Ju D. Lin,Ronaldo F. Enriquez,Michelle M. McDonald,Lei Zhang,Matthew J. During,David G. Little,John A. Eisman,Edith M. Gardiner,Ernie Yulyaningsih,Shu Lin,Amanda Sainsbury,Herbert Herzog	166

About Michelle M. McDonald

Michelle M. McDonald is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Oncology and Health Informatics, having authored 95 papers that have together received 3.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Bone health and treatments (42 papers), Bone Metabolism and Diseases (23 papers) and Bone health and osteoporosis research (21 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (918 citations), Oncology (1.1k citations) and Oral Surgery (178 citations). Michelle M. McDonald has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include David G. Little, Aaron Schindeler, Peter I. Croucher, T. John Martin, Craig Godfrey, Negin Amanat, Alyson Morse, Kathy Mikulec, Paul A. Baldock and Lynne E. Bilston. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature reviews. Cancer.

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