Scott McDonald

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
145 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Scott McDonald is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Hepatology and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott McDonald has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Epidemiology, 47 papers in Hepatology and 24 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Scott McDonald's work include Hepatitis C virus research (45 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (37 papers) and Influenza Virus Research Studies (20 papers). Scott McDonald is often cited by papers focused on Hepatitis C virus research (45 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (37 papers) and Influenza Virus Research Studies (20 papers). Scott McDonald collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and United States. Scott McDonald's co-authors include Sharon Hutchinson, David Goldberg, John Dillon, Peter Hayes, Mirjam Kretzschmar, Charles Gale, Sangyong Jeon, Peter R. Mills, Alies van Lier and Hamish Innes and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Scott McDonald

137 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Impact of infectious diseases on population health using incidence-based disability-adjusted life years (DALYs): results from the Burden of Communicable Diseases in Europe study, European Union and European Economic Area countries, 2009 to 2013

2018 216 citations Alessandro Cassini, Edoardo Colzani et al. Eurosurveillance profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Scott McDonald United Kingdom	23	1.2k	789	321	219	162	145	2.1k
Xuanyi Wang China	27	617 0.5×	577 0.7×	972 3.0×	84 0.4×	25 0.2×	128	2.8k
René Gottschalk Germany	24	642 0.5×	134 0.2×	1.1k 3.4×	142 0.6×	181 1.1×	94	2.2k
Ricardo A. A. Ximenes Brazil	19	535 0.4×	252 0.3×	431 1.3×	48 0.2×	24 0.1×	50	1.2k
Fuqiang Cui China	26	1.4k 1.1×	1.2k 1.5×	528 1.6×	489 2.2×	158 1.0×	145	2.2k
Shigui Yang China	26	1.2k 1.0×	561 0.7×	741 2.3×	143 0.7×	150 0.9×	101	2.1k
Kelly L. Moore United States	23	1.1k 0.9×	322 0.4×	422 1.3×	360 1.6×	40 0.2×	45	2.2k
Paolo Durando Italy	33	1.9k 1.6×	380 0.5×	800 2.5×	540 2.5×	105 0.6×	136	3.7k
David W. Hutton United States	28	1.1k 0.9×	686 0.9×	261 0.8×	94 0.4×	40 0.2×	136	2.8k
Giancarlo Icardi Italy	35	2.8k 2.3×	527 0.7×	1.0k 3.2×	539 2.5×	160 1.0×	238	4.4k
Filippo Ansaldi Italy	39	3.0k 2.4×	724 0.9×	1.2k 3.7×	496 2.3×	150 0.9×	167	4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Scott McDonald

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Fields of papers citing papers by Scott McDonald

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Scott McDonald

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

All Works

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López‐Lacort, Mónica, Marzyeh Amini, Hanne‐Dorthe Emborg, et al.. (2024). Incidence of Invasive and Noninvasive Pneumococcal Pneumonia Hospitalizations in People Aged ≥50 Years: Assessing Variability Across Denmark and Spain. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 230(3). e559–e567.

Werkhoven, Cornelis H. van, Brechje de Gier, Scott McDonald, et al.. (2024). Informed consent for national registration of COVID-19 vaccination caused information bias of vaccine effectiveness estimates mostly in older adults: a bias correction study. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 174. 111471–111471.

Nguyen, Kim Khoa, et al.. (2023). Hierarchical multi-agent control framework for energy efficiency and carbon emission reduction in multi-zone buildings. Journal of Building Engineering. 68. 106204–106204. 4 indexed citations

McDonald, Scott, et al.. (2023). Regional differences in historical diphtheria and scarlet fever notification rates in The Netherlands, 1905–1925: a spatial-temporal analysis. Royal Society Open Science. 10(11). 230966–230966. 1 indexed citations

Azzeri, Amirah, et al.. (2023). Budget impact analysis of two treatment approaches for hepatitis C in Malaysia through the use of voluntary and compulsory licensing options. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1114560–1114560. 1 indexed citations

McDonald, Scott, et al.. (2023). New methodology to assess the excess burden of antibiotic resistance using country-specific parameters: a case study regarding E. coli urinary tract infections. BMJ Open. 13(12). e064335–e064335. 1 indexed citations

Mughini‐Gras, Lapo, et al.. (2022). A statistical modelling approach for source attribution meta‐analysis of sporadic infection with foodborne pathogens. Zoonoses and Public Health. 69(5). 475–486. 12 indexed citations

Innes, Hamish, Philip J. Johnson, Scott McDonald, et al.. (2022). Competing Risk Bias in Prognostic Models Predicting Hepatocellular Carcinoma Occurrence: Impact on Clinical Decision-making. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(2). 129–136. 3 indexed citations

Pires, Sara M., Grant M. A. Wyper, Annelene Wengler, et al.. (2022). Burden of Disease of COVID-19: Strengthening the Collaboration for National Studies. Frontiers in Public Health. 10. 907012–907012. 15 indexed citations

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Palmateer, Norah, Andrew McAuley, John Dillon, et al.. (2021). Reduction in the population prevalence of hepatitis C virus viraemia among people who inject drugs associated with scale‐up of direct‐acting anti‐viral therapy in community drug services: real‐world data. Addiction. 116(10). 2893–2907. 26 indexed citations

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Innes, Hamish, Peter Jepsen, Scott McDonald, et al.. (2021). Performance of models to predict hepatocellular carcinoma risk among UK patients with cirrhosis and cured HCV infection. JHEP Reports. 3(6). 100384–100384. 17 indexed citations

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McDonald, Scott, Cees C. van den Wijngaard, Cornelia C. H. Wielders, et al.. (2021). Risk factors associated with the incidence of self-reported COVID-19-like illness: data from a web-based syndromic surveillance system in the Netherlands. Epidemiology and Infection. 149. e129–e129. 12 indexed citations

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Méroc, Estelle, Brita Askeland Winje, Alejandro Orrico‐Sánchez, et al.. (2021). European data sources for computing burden of (potential) vaccine-preventable diseases in ageing adults. BMC Infectious Diseases. 21(1). 345–345. 2 indexed citations

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McDonald, Scott, C. Maarten A. Schipper, Ingrid Friesema, et al.. (2021). Testing behaviour and positivity for SARS-CoV-2 infection: insights from web-based participatory surveillance in the Netherlands. BMJ Open. 11(12). e056077–e056077. 5 indexed citations

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Pollock, Kevin G., Scott McDonald, Rory Gunson, et al.. (2020). Real‐world utility of HCV core antigen as an alternative to HCV RNA testing: Implications for viral load and genotype. Journal of Viral Hepatitis. 27(10). 996–1002. 8 indexed citations

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Hutchinson, Sharon, Heather Valerio, Scott McDonald, et al.. (2020). Population impact of direct-acting antiviral treatment on new presentations of hepatitis C-related decompensated cirrhosis: a national record-linkage study. Gut. 69(12). 2223–2231. 19 indexed citations

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McDonald, Scott, Juanita A. Haagsma, Alessandro Cassini, & Brecht Devleesschauwer. (2020). Adjusting for comorbidity in incidence-based DALY calculations: an individual-based modeling approach. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 20(1). 100–100. 11 indexed citations

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Cassini, Alessandro, Edoardo Colzani, Alessandro Pini, et al.. (2018). Impact of infectious diseases on population health using incidence-based disability-adjusted life years (DALYs): results from the Burden of Communicable Diseases in Europe study, European Union and European Economic Area countries, 2009 to 2013. Eurosurveillance. 23(16). 216 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mangen, Marie‐Josée J., Alexander Kraemer, Paulo Pinheiro, et al.. (2014). The disease burden of hepatitis B, influenza, measles and salmonellosis in Germany: first results of the Burden of Communicable Diseases in Europe Study. Epidemiology and Infection. 142(10). 2024–2035. 29 indexed citations

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McDonald, Scott & P.W.P. Bearcroft. (2010). Compartment Syndromes. Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology. 14(2). 236–244. 20 indexed citations

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