W.Donald MacRae

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

W.Donald MacRae is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, W.Donald MacRae has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Plant Science and 5 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in W.Donald MacRae's work include Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (5 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (4 papers) and Phytochemistry and Biological Activities (3 papers). W.Donald MacRae is often cited by papers focused on Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (5 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (4 papers) and Phytochemistry and Biological Activities (3 papers). W.Donald MacRae collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Denmark. W.Donald MacRae's co-authors include G.H.N. Towers, H. F. Stich, G. Towers, J. B. Hudson, Chi-Kit Wat, Ei YAMAMOTO, E. A. MacKinnon, Robert F. Whiting, Justin Lam and Frank P. Buxton and has published in prestigious journals such as PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, FEBS Letters and Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences.

In The Last Decade

W.Donald MacRae

27 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Biological activities of lignans 1984 2026 1998 2012 1984 100 200 300 400
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. Biological activities of lignans
    1984 469 citations W.Donald MacRae, G.H.N. Towers profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W.Donald MacRae Canada 17 696 463 195 157 144 28 1.2k
John P. Christopher United States 12 363 0.5× 137 0.3× 118 0.6× 76 0.5× 166 1.2× 19 859
Akiyo Sakushima Japan 17 473 0.7× 389 0.8× 142 0.7× 40 0.3× 97 0.7× 63 933
M.M. Dhar India 15 360 0.5× 404 0.9× 124 0.6× 136 0.9× 45 0.3× 49 1.0k
Ikuko Ueno Japan 17 399 0.6× 286 0.6× 95 0.5× 29 0.2× 143 1.0× 38 940
Mabry Benson United States 16 537 0.8× 202 0.4× 230 1.2× 69 0.4× 64 0.4× 44 890
A. Bryan Hanley United Kingdom 18 813 1.2× 641 1.4× 214 1.1× 30 0.2× 67 0.5× 40 1.4k
Mourad Kaouadji France 20 646 0.9× 525 1.1× 149 0.8× 64 0.4× 39 0.3× 85 1.2k
Fredrik C. Størmer Norway 24 820 1.2× 539 1.2× 37 0.2× 145 0.9× 204 1.4× 52 1.6k
Kunie Yoshikawa Japan 20 351 0.5× 195 0.4× 182 0.9× 77 0.5× 408 2.8× 54 1.0k
Patrick M. Kenney United States 17 624 0.9× 366 0.8× 145 0.7× 41 0.3× 107 0.7× 20 1.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W.Donald MacRae

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All Works

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MacRae, W.Donald, Frank P. Buxton, David I. Gwynne, & R. Wayne Davies. (1993). Heterologous protein secretion directed by a repressible acid phosphatase system of Aspergillus niger. Gene. 132(2). 193–198. 11 indexed citations
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Baszczynski, Chris L., Guy Bellemare, G. K. Brown, et al.. (1992). Evaluation of transgenic canola plants under field conditions. Genome. 35(1). 58–63. 19 indexed citations
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MacRae, W.Donald, J. B. Hudson, & G. Towers. (1989). The Antiviral Action of Lignans. Planta Medica. 55(6). 531–535. 95 indexed citations
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MacRae, W.Donald, J. B. Hudson, & G.H.N. Towers. (1988). α-(−)-Peltatin, an antiviral constituent of Amanoa aff. oblongifolia. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 22(2). 223–226. 16 indexed citations
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MacRae, W.Donald & O. C. Yoder. (1988). Light has opposite effects on sensitivity of maize protoplasts to T-toxin from Cochliobolus heterostrophus. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology. 32(2). 293–300. 7 indexed citations
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MacRae, W.Donald & O. C. Yoder. (1987). Iron Specifically Protects Corn Protoplasts from T-Toxin of Cochliobolus heterostrophus. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 84(4). 1257–1264. 4 indexed citations
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Turgeon, B. Gillian, W.Donald MacRae, Robert C. Garber, Gerald R. Fink, & O. C. Yoder. (1986). A cloned tryptophan-synthesis gene from the Ascomycete Cochliobolus heterostrophus functions in Escherichia coli, yeast and Aspergillus nidulans. Gene. 42(1). 79–88. 19 indexed citations
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MacRae, W.Donald & G.H.N. Towers. (1984). Justicia pectoralis: a study of the basis for its use as a hallucinogenic snuff ingredient.. PubMed. 12(1). 93–111. 24 indexed citations
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MacRae, W.Donald, et al.. (1980). Membrane Lesions in Human Erythrocytes Induced by the Naturally Occurring Compounds α-Terthienyl and Phenylheptatriyne. Photobiochemistry and photobiophysics.. 1(5). 309–318. 21 indexed citations
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MacRae, W.Donald, et al.. (1980). Examination of naturally occurring polyacetylenes and α-terthienyl for their ability to induce cytogenetic damage. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 36(9). 1096–1097. 30 indexed citations
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Wat, Chi-Kit, W.Donald MacRae, Ei YAMAMOTO, G.H.N. Towers, & Justin Lam. (1980). PHOTOTOXIC EFFECTS OF NATURALLY OCCURRING POLYACETYLENES AND α‐TERTHIENYL ON HUMAN ERYTHROCYTES. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 32(2). 167–172. 60 indexed citations
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MacRae, W.Donald, E. A. MacKinnon, & H. F. Stich. (1979). Effects of arginine deprivation upon chromssome aberrations, SCEs and survival of CHO cells treated with mutagenic agents. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 62(3). 495–504. 2 indexed citations
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MacRae, W.Donald, E. A. MacKinnon, & H. F. Stich. (1979). The fate of U.V.-induced lesions affecting SCEs, chromosome abberrations and survival of CHO cells arrested by deprivation of arginine. Chromosoma. 72(1). 15–22. 37 indexed citations
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MacRae, W.Donald, Robert F. Whiting, & H. F. Stich. (1979). Sister chromatid exchanges induced in cultured mammalian cells by chromate. Chemico-Biological Interactions. 26(3). 281–286. 41 indexed citations
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MacRae, W.Donald & H. F. Stich. (1979). Induction of sister chromatid exchanges in chinese hamster cells by the reducing agents bisulfite and ascorbic acid. Toxicology. 13(2). 167–174. 34 indexed citations
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MacRae, W.Donald, et al.. (1974). Recessive Familial Spastic Paraplegia with Retinal Degeneration. Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae. 23(S1). 249–252. 6 indexed citations
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MacRae, W.Donald. (1965). Some diseases common to animals and man. Public Health. 79(5). 237–250. 1 indexed citations
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MacRae, W.Donald, et al.. (1961). Tuberculosis in animals : proceedings of a symposium held at the Zoological Society of London ... on 24th May, 1960. 1 indexed citations

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