Simon McDonald

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Simon McDonald is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon McDonald has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Ecology, 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 6 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Simon McDonald's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (4 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (4 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (4 papers). Simon McDonald is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (4 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (4 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (4 papers). Simon McDonald collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Simon McDonald's co-authors include Paul D. Prenzler, Kevin Robards, Michael Antolovich, Paul Kowalczyk, Thomas Spangenberg, Timothy N. C. Wells, Paul Willis, Jeremy N. Burrows, Gary Luck and Allan Curtis and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Simon McDonald

42 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Phenolic content and antioxidant activity of olive extracts 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 250 500 750 1000
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.

  1. Phenolic content and antioxidant activity of olive extracts
    2001 1.1k citations Simon McDonald et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simon McDonald Australia 17 604 462 407 251 187 48 1.9k
Abdelhamid Khaldi Tunisia 25 937 1.6× 401 0.9× 727 1.8× 401 1.6× 43 0.2× 113 1.8k
Mohammad N. Alhamad Jordan 25 408 0.7× 538 1.2× 718 1.8× 308 1.2× 37 0.2× 73 1.8k
Ravindra Pal Singh India 26 1.1k 1.8× 579 1.3× 664 1.6× 737 2.9× 45 0.2× 187 3.6k
Anirban Pal India 36 872 1.4× 162 0.4× 528 1.3× 776 3.1× 201 1.1× 174 3.3k
Cláudia M. Rezende Brazil 33 1.1k 1.8× 277 0.6× 1.1k 2.6× 893 3.6× 183 1.0× 155 3.4k
Mahmoud A. Saleh United States 28 877 1.5× 265 0.6× 724 1.8× 353 1.4× 58 0.3× 99 2.7k
T. Longvah India 27 944 1.6× 271 0.6× 406 1.0× 290 1.2× 98 0.5× 74 2.2k
Mercedes G. López Mexico 38 997 1.7× 341 0.7× 1.2k 2.8× 805 3.2× 56 0.3× 140 4.0k
Per Mølgaard Denmark 29 1.1k 1.8× 192 0.4× 426 1.0× 757 3.0× 43 0.2× 57 2.8k
Mohammed Auwal Ibrahim Nigeria 28 751 1.2× 302 0.7× 410 1.0× 726 2.9× 354 1.9× 183 2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Simon McDonald

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon McDonald

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon McDonald

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Irwin, Pauletta, et al.. (2025). From Paper to Pixels: Evaluating the Impact of Digital Transformation on Sustainability in Nursing Education. Journal of Nursing Management. 2025(1). 6145329–6145329. 1 indexed citations
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McLaren, Suzanne, Simon McDonald, Melissa Nott, et al.. (2025). Loneliness, Living Alone, and Psychological Distress Among Urban, Regional, and Rural Australian Older Adults During COVID-19: A Longitudinal Study. Clinical Gerontologist. 49(2). 359–374.
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Reynolds, Olivia, Michael J. Furlong, Maria C. Melo, et al.. (2023). Continent‐wide evidence that landscape context can mediate the effects of local habitats on in‐field abundance of pests and natural enemies. Ecology and Evolution. 13(1). e9737–e9737. 5 indexed citations
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McDonald, Simon, et al.. (2021). Ancillary methods of the National Status and Trends Program: update 2000-2006. AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). 1 indexed citations
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Freire, Rafael, Melanie Massaro, Simon McDonald, Philip N. Trathan, & Christine J Nicol. (2021). A Citizen Science Trial to Assess Perception of Wild Penguin Welfare. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 8. 698685–698685. 5 indexed citations
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Luke, Hanabeth, et al.. (2020). Agriculture on the Eyre Peninsula: Rural Landholder Social Benchmarking Report. Charles Sturt University Research Output (CRO). 5 indexed citations
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McDonald, Simon, et al.. (2016). Emergency surveillance for marine pests after the grounding of the container vessel, MV Rena. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 50(1). 42–55. 5 indexed citations
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Jelinek, Herbert F., et al.. (2015). Oxidative stress and inflammation associated with decreased fibrinolysis as an early marker for peripheral vascular disease stratification: A clinical study. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 8. 24–30. 1 indexed citations
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Carter, Andrew, Gary Luck, & Simon McDonald. (2012). Ecology of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in an agricultural landscape. 2. Home range and movements. Australian Mammalogy. 34(2). 175–187. 33 indexed citations
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Jelinek, Herbert F., Ahsan H. Khandoker, Marimuthu Palaniswami, & Simon McDonald. (2010). Heart rate variability and QT dispersion in a cohort of diabetes patients. Charles Sturt University Research Output (CRO). 613–616. 10 indexed citations
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Jelinek, Herbert F., Ahsan H. Khandoker, Marimuthu Palaniswami, & Simon McDonald. (2010). Tone-entropy analysis as a cardiac risk stratification tool. Computing in Cardiology. 955–958. 1 indexed citations
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Curtis, Allan, et al.. (2008). Understanding the social drivers for natural resource management in the Wimmera region. A report to the Wimmera Catchment Management Authority. 4 indexed citations
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Curtis, Allan, et al.. (2008). Understanding the social drivers for natural resource management in the Wimmera region. 20 indexed citations
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McDonald, Simon. (2004). Is neuraxial blockade contraindicated in the patient with aortic stenosis?. Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. 29(5). 496–502. 17 indexed citations
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Curtis, Allan, et al.. (2003). Integrating spatially referenced social and biophysical data to explore landholder responses to dryland salinity in Australia. Journal of Environmental Management. 68(4). 397–407. 20 indexed citations
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McDonald, Simon & George R. Thompson. (2002). “See one, do one, teach one, have one”: A novel variation on regional anesthesia training☆. Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. 27(5). 456–459. 9 indexed citations
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Patterson, D.S.P., et al.. (1979). The failure of trichothecene mycotoxins and whole cultures of Fusarium tricinctum to cause experimental haemorrhagic syndromes in calves and pigs. Veterinary Record. 105(11). 252–255. 18 indexed citations

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