Tara MacDonald

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 868 citations indexed

About

Tara MacDonald is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Tara MacDonald has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 868 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Physiology, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Tara MacDonald's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (12 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (4 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (3 papers). Tara MacDonald is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (12 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (4 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (3 papers). Tara MacDonald collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Tara MacDonald's co-authors include Sarah J. Lessard, Renee Wurth, Angela Tung, Mohammad W. Hattab, Aleksandar D. Kostic, Clary B. Clish, Jonathan Scheiman, George M. Church, Braden Tierney and Marsha C. Wibowo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Tara MacDonald

19 papers receiving 856 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.

  1. Meta-omics analysis of elite athletes identifies a performance-enhancing microbe that functions via lactate metabolism
    2019 579 citations Jonathan Scheiman, Jacob M. Luber et al. Nature Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tara MacDonald Canada 11 506 476 179 160 95 20 868
Sukanya Punthambaker United States 6 534 1.1× 335 0.7× 162 0.9× 99 0.6× 41 0.4× 6 778
Wiley Barton Ireland 10 627 1.2× 500 1.1× 159 0.9× 96 0.6× 67 0.7× 15 1.0k
Musarrat Maisha Reza Singapore 4 390 0.8× 488 1.0× 136 0.8× 126 0.8× 67 0.7× 7 694
Shawon Lahiri India 9 420 0.8× 324 0.7× 92 0.5× 49 0.3× 34 0.4× 11 724
J. Mark Davis United States 14 282 0.6× 420 0.9× 288 1.6× 522 3.3× 165 1.7× 29 1.3k
Patrícia Martins Bock Brazil 14 275 0.5× 259 0.5× 52 0.3× 74 0.5× 49 0.5× 47 702
Tiago Gomes Araújo Brazil 16 320 0.6× 305 0.6× 51 0.3× 50 0.3× 170 1.8× 23 891
Karolina A. P. Wijnands Netherlands 11 135 0.3× 277 0.6× 151 0.8× 121 0.8× 93 1.0× 14 724
Alexandre G. Oliveira Brazil 18 401 0.8× 371 0.8× 64 0.4× 59 0.4× 447 4.7× 33 1.2k
Andréa M. Caricilli Brazil 10 359 0.7× 329 0.7× 27 0.2× 143 0.9× 227 2.4× 10 948

Countries citing papers authored by Tara MacDonald

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tara MacDonald

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tara MacDonald

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tara MacDonald. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tara MacDonald 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 Tara MacDonald. Tara MacDonald 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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MacDonald, Tara, Jéssica Aparecida da Silva Pereira, Siying Wei, et al.. (2025). Renalase inhibition defends against acute and chronic β cell stress by regulating cell metabolism. Molecular Metabolism. 95. 102115–102115. 1 indexed citations
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MacDonald, Tara, et al.. (2024). Matrisome proteomics reveals novel mediators of muscle remodeling with aerobic exercise training. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 23. 100159–100159.
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Pereira, Jéssica Aparecida da Silva, et al.. (2023). β Cell Stress and Endocrine Function During T1D: What Is Next to Discover?. Endocrinology. 165(1). 6 indexed citations
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MacDonald, Tara, et al.. (2023). Protective Renalase Deficiency in β-Cells Shapes Immune Metabolism and Function in Autoimmune Diabetes. Diabetes. 72(8). 1127–1143. 5 indexed citations
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MacDonald, Tara, Ellen Cristini de Freitas, Joanna Mitri, et al.. (2020). Hyperglycaemia is associated with impaired muscle signalling and aerobic adaptation to exercise. Nature Metabolism. 2(9). 902–917. 38 indexed citations
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Alves, Christiano R. R., Tara MacDonald, Pasquale Nigro, et al.. (2019). Reduced sucrose nonfermenting AMPK-related kinase (SNARK) activity aggravates cancer-induced skeletal muscle wasting. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 117. 109197–109197. 5 indexed citations
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Scheiman, Jonathan, Jacob M. Luber, Theodore A. Chavkin, et al.. (2019). Meta-omics analysis of elite athletes identifies a performance-enhancing microbe that functions via lactate metabolism. Nature Medicine. 25(7). 1104–1109. 579 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lessard, Sarah J., Tara MacDonald, Myoung Sook Han, et al.. (2018). JNK regulates muscle remodeling via myostatin/SMAD inhibition. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3030–3030. 80 indexed citations
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MacDonald, Tara, et al.. (2017). Estradiol does not directly regulate adipose lipolysis. Adipocyte. 6(2). 76–86. 7 indexed citations
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Sarr, Ousseynou, et al.. (2017). Subcutaneous and Visceral Adipose Tissue Secretions from Extremely Obese Men and Women both Acutely Suppress Muscle Insulin Signaling. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 18(5). 959–959. 16 indexed citations
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MacDonald, Tara, et al.. (2015). Exercise training is an effective alternative to estrogen supplementation for improving glucose homeostasis in ovariectomized rats. Physiological Reports. 3(11). e12617–e12617. 12 indexed citations
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MacDonald, Tara, et al.. (2014). Adiponectin is sufficient, but not required, for exercise‐induced increases in the expression of skeletal muscle mitochondrial enzymes. The Journal of Physiology. 592(12). 2653–2665. 15 indexed citations
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MacDonald, Tara, Zhongxiao Wan, Scott Frendo‐Cumbo, David J. Dyck, & David C. Wright. (2013). IL-6 and epinephrine have divergent fiber type effects on intramuscular lipolysis. Journal of Applied Physiology. 115(10). 1457–1463. 10 indexed citations
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O’Neill, Hayley M., Rengasamy Palanivel, David C. Wright, et al.. (2013). IL-6 is not essential for exercise-induced increases in glucose uptake. Journal of Applied Physiology. 114(9). 1151–1157. 15 indexed citations
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Wan, Zhongxiao, Christopher G. R. Perry, Tara MacDonald, et al.. (2012). IL-6 Is Not Necessary for the Regulation of Adipose Tissue Mitochondrial Content. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e51233–e51233. 24 indexed citations
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Gulli, Roberto A., Justine M. Tishinsky, Tara MacDonald, et al.. (2012). Exercise restores insulin, but not adiponectin, response in skeletal muscle of high-fat fed rodents. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 303(10). R1062–R1070. 11 indexed citations

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