Robbie A. McDonald

10.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
207 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Robbie A. McDonald is a scholar working on Ecology, Agronomy and Crop Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robbie A. McDonald has authored 207 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 148 papers in Ecology, 41 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 36 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Robbie A. McDonald's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (110 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (59 papers) and Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (41 papers). Robbie A. McDonald is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (110 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (59 papers) and Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (41 papers). Robbie A. McDonald collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Africa. Robbie A. McDonald's co-authors include Stuart Bearhop, Sarah L. Crowley, Richard J. Delahay, Stephen Harris, Steve Hinchliffe, Dan Chamberlain, G. Robb, Michael Woods, David J. Hodgson and Martina Cecchetti and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Robbie A. McDonald

197 papers receiving 6.8k 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.

Food for thought: supplementary feeding as a driver of ecological change in avian populations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robbie A. McDonald United Kingdom	46	4.4k	1.3k	1.1k	998	739	207	7.0k
Menna E. Jones Australia	51	4.0k 0.9×	2.0k 1.5×	1.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	882 1.2×	205	7.7k
Piran C. L. White United Kingdom	50	4.5k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	961 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	1.6k 2.2×	230	9.3k
Roșie Woodroffe United Kingdom	49	5.5k 1.2×	1.7k 1.3×	812 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	668 0.9×	123	8.6k
Grant R. Singleton Australia	44	4.9k 1.1×	1.6k 1.2×	1.4k 1.3×	1.4k 1.4×	447 0.6×	193	8.0k
Dominique Pontier France	42	2.5k 0.6×	2.6k 2.0×	597 0.6×	1.3k 1.3×	575 0.8×	160	6.7k
Michael D. Samuel United States	42	3.4k 0.8×	640 0.5×	596 0.6×	840 0.8×	831 1.1×	150	6.9k
Carlos Fonseca Portugal	32	2.8k 0.6×	956 0.7×	487 0.5×	739 0.7×	422 0.6×	237	4.6k
Xavier Lambin United Kingdom	52	5.7k 1.3×	1.9k 1.4×	2.0k 1.8×	2.3k 2.3×	820 1.1×	210	8.5k
Marco Apollonio Italy	42	4.8k 1.1×	1.7k 1.3×	765 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	524 0.7×	220	6.1k
Francisço Palomares Spain	42	5.0k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	970 1.0×	409 0.6×	180	6.2k

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Robertson, Andrew, Mark A. Chambers, Graham Smith, et al.. (2025). Can badger vaccination contribute to bovine TB control? A narrative review of the evidence. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 238. 106464–106464.

Milani, Dia, Robbie A. McDonald, Phillip Fawell, et al.. (2024). Ex-situ mineral carbonation process challenges and technology enablers: A review from Australia’s perspective. Minerals Engineering. 222. 109124–109124. 8 indexed citations

Crowley, Sarah L., Julia L. Newth, Sean A. Davis, et al.. (2024). Spatial and temporal variation in the prevalence of illegal lead shot in reared and wild mallards harvested in England. Environmental Pollution. 363(Pt 1). 124756–124756. 2 indexed citations

Silk, Matthew J., Trevelyan J. McKinley, Richard J. Delahay, et al.. (2024). Social interactions of dairy cows and their association with milk yield and somatic cell count. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 279. 106385–106385. 3 indexed citations

Crowley, Sarah L., et al.. (2024). The transformative potential of local stakeholder engagement in the reintroduction of a contested species. Biological Conservation. 296. 110688–110688. 6 indexed citations

Jones, Menna E., Manuel Ruiz‐Aravena, David G. Hamilton, et al.. (2024). Human habitat modification, not apex scavenger decline, drives isotopic niche variation in a carnivore community. Oecologia. 204(4). 943–957.

Crowley, Sarah L., et al.. (2023). Stakeholder perspectives on the prospect of lynx Lynx lynx reintroduction in Scotland. People and Nature. 5(3). 950–967. 16 indexed citations

Goodwin, Cecily, et al.. (2023). Shifting baselines for species in chronic decline and assessment of conservation status. Are hazel dormice Muscardinus avellanarius Endangered?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 9 indexed citations

Phillips, Benjamin B., et al.. (2022). Harnessing practitioner knowledge to inform the conservation of a protected species, the hazel dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(4). 4 indexed citations

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Dugdale, Hannah L., et al.. (2021). Genetic, social and maternal contributions to Mycobacterium bovis infection status in European badgers ( Meles meles ). Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 34(4). 695–709. 3 indexed citations

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Bearhop, Stuart, et al.. (2020). Translocated native pine martens Martes martes alter short‐term space use by invasive non‐native grey squirrels Sciurus carolinensis. Journal of Applied Ecology. 57(5). 903–913. 8 indexed citations

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Sainsbury, Katherine A., Richard F. Shore, Henry Schofield, et al.. (2020). Diets of European polecat Mustela putorius in Great Britain during fifty years of population recovery. Mammal Research. 65(2). 181–190. 11 indexed citations

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Crowley, Sarah L., et al.. (2020). Using Q‐methodology to understand stakeholder perspectives on a carnivore translocation. People and Nature. 2(4). 1117–1130. 15 indexed citations

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Sainsbury, Katherine A., Richard F. Shore, Henry Schofield, et al.. (2018). Long-term increase in secondary exposure to anticoagulant rodenticides in European polecats Mustela putorius in Great Britain. Environmental Pollution. 236. 689–698. 36 indexed citations

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McDonald, Robbie A., et al.. (2016). lncRNA/MicroRNA interactions in the vasculature. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 99(5). 494–501. 198 indexed citations

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Robertson, Andrew, et al.. (2016). Behaviour of European badgers and non-target species towards candidate baits for oral delivery of a tuberculosis vaccine. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 135. 95–101. 13 indexed citations

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Stott, Iain, et al.. (2014). Woody cover in wet and dry African savannas after six decades of experimental fires. Journal of Ecology. 103(2). 473–478. 29 indexed citations

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Alba, Richard, Angela C. Bradshaw, Lynda Coughlan, et al.. (2010). Biodistribution and retargeting of FX-binding ablated Ad5 vectors. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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McDonald, Robbie A. & Serge Larivière. (2002). Captive husbandry of stoats Mustela erminea. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 29(3). 177–186. 4 indexed citations

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McDonald, Robbie A. & Serge Larivière. (2001). Diseases and pathogens of Mustela spp, with special reference to the biological control of introduced stoat Mustela erminea populations in New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 31(4). 721–744. 23 indexed citations

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