Tom McDonald

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 901 citations indexed

About

Tom McDonald is a scholar working on Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom McDonald has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 901 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Tom McDonald's work include Traffic and Road Safety (12 papers), China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (8 papers) and Transportation Safety and Impact Analysis (7 papers). Tom McDonald is often cited by papers focused on Traffic and Road Safety (12 papers), China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (8 papers) and Transportation Safety and Impact Analysis (7 papers). Tom McDonald collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hong Kong and United Kingdom. Tom McDonald's co-authors include Jody Brook, Elisabetta Costa, Xinyuan Wang, Daniel Miller, Shriram Venkatraman, Juliano Spyer, Răzvan Nicolescu, Nell Haynes, Jolynna Sinanan and Stephanie A. Bryson and has published in prestigious journals such as Computers & Chemical Engineering, Journal of Sustainable Tourism and New Media & Society.

In The Last Decade

Tom McDonald

57 papers receiving 793 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.

2021 154 citations Daniel Miller, Jolynna Sinanan et al. Directory of Open access Books (OAPEN Foundation) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tom McDonald United States	15	321	145	133	123	102	60	901
Lionel Page Australia	22	336 1.0×	63 0.4×	236 1.8×	32 0.3×	54 0.5×	76	1.4k
Rob Wilson United Kingdom	23	1.0k 3.2×	61 0.4×	21 0.2×	30 0.2×	24 0.2×	87	1.8k
Patrick Shannon United States	21	181 0.6×	168 1.2×	101 0.8×	55 0.4×	22 0.2×	116	1.3k
Martine van Selm Netherlands	14	295 0.9×	81 0.6×	21 0.2×	188 1.5×	91 0.9×	41	1.0k
Johann Bacher Austria	15	277 0.9×	62 0.4×	27 0.2×	109 0.9×	17 0.2×	77	752
Pete Lunn Ireland	17	293 0.9×	186 1.3×	46 0.3×	72 0.6×	28 0.3×	83	974
Ralph Nader United States	15	272 0.8×	46 0.3×	30 0.2×	93 0.8×	26 0.3×	71	1.0k
Stefan Rädiker Germany	7	273 0.9×	86 0.6×	29 0.2×	123 1.0×	35 0.3×	13	951
Gad Yair Israel	19	323 1.0×	44 0.3×	51 0.4×	50 0.4×	29 0.3×	61	1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Tom McDonald

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tom McDonald

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Tom McDonald. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Tom McDonald. The network helps show where Tom McDonald may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom McDonald

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tom McDonald. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tom 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 Tom McDonald. Tom 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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20 of 20 papers shown

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McDonald, Tom, et al.. (2023). Data by design: Shaping data-producing subjectivities through self-tracking. The Information Society. 39(4). 213–224. 1 indexed citations

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McDonald, Tom, et al.. (2023). Debt at a distance: Counter-collection strategies and financial subjectivities of China’s working-class defaulters during COVID-19. Economy and Society. 52(2). 250–273. 2 indexed citations

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Miller, Daniel, Jolynna Sinanan, Xinyuan Wang, et al.. (2021). . Directory of Open access Books (OAPEN Foundation). 154 indexed citations breakdown →

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Davis, Julian L. & Tom McDonald. (2020). Students – Ask Them to Eat Their Vegetables!. 1 indexed citations

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McDonald, Tom. (2019). “Social” Money and Working-class Subjectivities: Digital Money and Migrant Labour in Shenzhen, China. The China Quarterly. 242. 397–417. 19 indexed citations

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McDonald, Tom. (2017). Lawyers Alliance for World Security.

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Chan, Jin Hooi, et al.. (2016). The role of self-gentrification in sustainable tourism: Indigenous entrepreneurship at Honghe Hani Rice Terraces World Heritage Site, China. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 24(8-9). 1262–1279. 91 indexed citations

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McDonald, Tom. (2016). Social Media in Rural China. UCL Press eBooks. 50 indexed citations

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Akin, Becci A., et al.. (2013). Usability testing, initial implementation, and formative evaluation of an evidence-based intervention: Lessons from a demonstration project to reduce long-term foster care. Evaluation and Program Planning. 41. 19–30. 20 indexed citations

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Fleming, Padhraig S., Robert T. Lee, Tom McDonald, Nikolaos Pandis, & Ama Johal. (2013). The timing of significant arch dimensional changes with fixed orthodontic appliances: Data from a multicenter randomised controlled trial. Journal of Dentistry. 42(1). 1–6. 19 indexed citations

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Hallmark, Shauna, et al.. (2012). Evaluation of Rumble Stripes on Low-Volume Rural Roads in Iowa. Transportation Research Board 91st Annual MeetingTransportation Research Board. 2 indexed citations

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McDonald, Tom & Jody Brook. (2009). Typologies of Children in Foster Care for Reasons Other than Abuse or Neglect. Journal of Public Child Welfare. 3(4). 391–408. 5 indexed citations

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Lu, Chensheng, et al.. (2009). Assessing the association between pesticide exposure and cognitive development in rural Costa Rican children living in organic and conventional coffee farms. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 21(4). 609–622. 13 indexed citations

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Keneley, Monica & Tom McDonald. (2007). THE NATURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE GENERAL INSURANCE INDUSTRY IN AUSTRALIA TO 1973. Australian Economic History Review. 47(3). 278–299. 4 indexed citations

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McDonald, Tom, et al.. (2007). Partitioning the adoption process to better predict permanency.. PubMed. 86(3). 5–32. 3 indexed citations

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Hallmark, Shauna & Tom McDonald. (2007). Low-Cost Strategies to Reduce Speed and Crashes on Curves. 4 indexed citations

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Souleyrette, Reginald R., et al.. (2005). Guidelines for Removal of Traffic Control Devices in Rural Areas. UKnowledge (University of Kentucky). 5 indexed citations

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Twidale, Nicholas, et al.. (1998). Comparison of the Effects of AV Nodal Ablation Versus AV Nodal Modification in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure and Uncontrolled Atrial Fibrillation. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 21(4). 641–651. 55 indexed citations

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McDonald, Tom, et al.. (1996). Early Citizen Review: Does It Make a Difference?. Social Work. 41(2). 224–231. 10 indexed citations

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McDonald, Tom. (1989). Who Speaks for the Child. Children today. 18(3). 14 indexed citations

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