R. A. McDonald

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

R. A. McDonald is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, R. A. McDonald has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Organic Chemistry, 11 papers in Materials Chemistry and 9 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in R. A. McDonald's work include Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure (13 papers), Thermal and Kinetic Analysis (9 papers) and Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (7 papers). R. A. McDonald is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure (13 papers), Thermal and Kinetic Analysis (9 papers) and Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (7 papers). R. A. McDonald collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. R. A. McDonald's co-authors include M. W. Chase, A. N. Syverud, J. L. Curnutt, H. Prophet, J. R. Downey, Edward A. Valenzuela, D. R. Stull, D. J. Frurip, P.M. Schultheiss and D. L. Hildenbrand and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Proceedings of the IEEE.

In The Last Decade

R. A. McDonald

30 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.

JANAF thermochemical tables, 1975 supplement

1975 545 citations M. W. Chase, J. L. Curnutt et al. Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data profile →
JANAF Thermochemical Tables, 1982 Supplement

1982 405 citations M. W. Chase, J. L. Curnutt et al. Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. A. McDonald United States	16	628	460	276	244	243	32	1.9k
Hubert M. James United States	22	691 1.1×	757 1.6×	132 0.5×	371 1.5×	275 1.1×	39	2.0k
R. C. Benson United States	20	254 0.4×	534 1.2×	160 0.6×	296 1.2×	165 0.7×	87	1.6k
J. M. Haile United States	21	810 1.3×	540 1.2×	329 1.2×	136 0.6×	191 0.8×	44	2.2k
Stephen Prager United States	31	1.1k 1.7×	478 1.0×	661 2.4×	182 0.7×	420 1.7×	64	3.7k
M. Matsuura Japan	34	257 0.4×	497 1.1×	88 0.3×	209 0.9×	322 1.3×	198	4.3k
Jeremy Q. Broughton United States	24	2.0k 3.2×	1.0k 2.3×	183 0.7×	306 1.3×	243 1.0×	48	3.3k
J. R. Manning United States	24	1.3k 2.1×	725 1.6×	77 0.3×	412 1.7×	1.4k 5.9×	42	3.0k
Jean‐François Sadoc France	27	1.5k 2.5×	319 0.7×	377 1.4×	62 0.3×	548 2.3×	112	2.5k
S. Velasco Spain	21	312 0.5×	589 1.3×	114 0.4×	67 0.3×	432 1.8×	166	1.9k
I. M. de Schepper Netherlands	27	1.2k 2.0×	996 2.2×	128 0.5×	153 0.6×	169 0.7×	104	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by R. A. McDonald

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. A. McDonald

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All Works

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McDonald, R. A., Armando Varela‐Ramírez, & Amanda K. Ashley. (2025). RESEARCH CHALLENGES IN STAGE III AND IV RAS-ASSOCIATED CANCERS: A Narrative Review of the Complexities and Functions of the Family of RAS Genes and Ras Proteins in Housekeeping and Tumorigenesis. Biology. 14(8). 936–936.

McDonald, R. A., et al.. (2023). Zigzag persistence for coral reef resilience using a stochastic spatial model. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 20(205). 20230280–20230280. 5 indexed citations

McDonald, R. A., et al.. (2005). Novel single-round PCR and cloning of full-length envelope genes of HIV-1 may yield new insight into biomolecular antibacterial drug development. Journal of Virological Methods. 126(1-2). 111–118. 6 indexed citations

McDonald, R. A. & Christopher A. Smith. (2003). Detection of HIV-1 Nucleic Acids by Northern Blotting. Humana Press eBooks. 17. 71–82. 1 indexed citations

Gartner, Suzanne, R. A. McDonald, Edward Hunter, et al.. (1999). Gp120 sequence variation in brain and in T-lymphocyte human immunodeficiency virus type 1 primary isolates.. PubMed. 1(1). 3–18. 23 indexed citations

Louis, John M., R. A. McDonald, Nashaat T. Nashed, et al.. (1991). Autoprocessing of the HIV‐1 protease using purified wild‐type and mutated fusion proteins expressed at high levels in Escherichia coli. European Journal of Biochemistry. 199(2). 361–369. 66 indexed citations

Chase, M. W., et al.. (1985). JANAF thermochemical tables: third edition. II: Cr-Zr. Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data. 14. 927–1856. 208 indexed citations

Chase, M. W., J. L. Curnutt, H. Prophet, R. A. McDonald, & A. N. Syverud. (1975). JANAF thermochemical tables, 1975 supplement. Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data. 4(1). 1–176. 545 indexed citations breakdown →

McDonald, R. A., et al.. (1969). Response of Delta Modulation to Gaussian Signals. Bell System Technical Journal. 48(5). 1167–1195. 15 indexed citations

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McDonald, R. A.. (1967). Enthalpy, heat capacity, and heat of fusion of magnesium from 404.degree. to 1300.degree.K. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data. 12(1). 131–132. 4 indexed citations

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McDonald, R. A.. (1967). Enthalpy, heat capacity, and heat of fusion of aluminum from 366.degree. to 1647.degree.K. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data. 12(1). 115–118. 30 indexed citations

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McDonald, R. A.. (1966). Signal-to-Noise and Idle Channel Performance of Differential Pulse Code Modulation Systems - Particular Applications to Voice Signals. Bell System Technical Journal. 45(7). 1123–1151. 97 indexed citations

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McDonald, R. A.. (1965). Heat Content and Heat Capacity of an Extruded Graphite from 341° to 1723° K.. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data. 10(3). 243–243. 15 indexed citations

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McDonald, R. A. & F. L. Oetting. (1965). The Thermodynamic Properties and Allotropy of Beryllium Chloride between 13 and 715°K.¹. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 69(11). 3839–3845. 8 indexed citations

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McDonald, R. A. & P.M. Schultheiss. (1964). Information rates of Gaussian signals under criteria constraining the error spectrum. Proceedings of the IEEE. 52(4). 415–416. 40 indexed citations

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McDonald, R. A., et al.. (1963). PROCESSING OF DATA FROM SONAR SYSTEMS. 3 indexed citations

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Oetting, F. L. & R. A. McDonald. (1963). THE THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF MAGNESIUM ORTHOPHOSPHATE AND MAGNESIUM PYROPHOSPHATE. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 67(12). 2737–2743. 27 indexed citations

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McDonald, R. A. & D. R. Stull. (1962). Heat Content and Heat Capacity of Crystalline Boron from 298° to 1700° K.. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data. 7(1). 84–84. 9 indexed citations

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Hildenbrand, D. L., et al.. (1959). Thermodynamic and Spectroscopic Study of Vinylidene Chloride. I. Thermodynamic Properties of the Solid, Liquid, and Ideal Gas. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 30(4). 930–934. 7 indexed citations

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Stull, D. R. & R. A. McDonald. (1955). The Enthalpy and Heat Capacity of Magnesium and of Type 430 Stainless Steel from 700 to 1100°K.. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 77(20). 5293–5293. 4 indexed citations

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