William McDonough

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

William McDonough is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Information Systems and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, William McDonough has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 2 papers in Information Systems and 2 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in William McDonough's work include Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy (1 paper), Medieval Philosophy and Theology (1 paper) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (1 paper). William McDonough is often cited by papers focused on Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy (1 paper), Medieval Philosophy and Theology (1 paper) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (1 paper). William McDonough collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. William McDonough's co-authors include Michael Braungart, Andrew Bollinger, Paul T. Anastas, Julie B. Zimmerman, Madipoane Masenya, Silvia Schroer and Walter D. Mooney and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Environmental Science & Technology and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

William McDonough

16 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Cradle-to-cradle design: creating healthy emissions – a s... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 200 400 600
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. Cradle-to-cradle design: creating healthy emissions – a strategy for eco-effective product and system design
    2006 659 citations Michael Braungart, William McDonough et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William McDonough United States 7 638 371 262 160 144 18 1.2k
Sophie Bernard Canada 9 738 1.2× 325 0.9× 229 0.9× 291 1.8× 125 0.9× 13 1.1k
Arne Remmen Denmark 17 826 1.3× 427 1.2× 149 0.6× 153 1.0× 145 1.0× 77 1.3k
Katarzyna Szopik‐Depczyńska Poland 19 604 0.9× 277 0.7× 274 1.0× 102 0.6× 127 0.9× 81 1.4k
Margot J. Hutchins United States 12 780 1.2× 399 1.1× 106 0.4× 157 1.0× 201 1.4× 18 1.3k
Piero Morseletto Netherlands 9 686 1.1× 301 0.8× 203 0.8× 295 1.8× 159 1.1× 10 1.3k
Murillo Vetroni Barros Brazil 20 658 1.0× 287 0.8× 179 0.7× 161 1.0× 152 1.1× 45 1.5k
Geraldo Cardoso de Oliveira Neto Brazil 20 813 1.3× 485 1.3× 206 0.8× 302 1.9× 183 1.3× 98 1.5k
Geraldine Brennan United Kingdom 6 817 1.3× 460 1.2× 281 1.1× 182 1.1× 115 0.8× 11 1.2k
Biwei Su South Korea 4 790 1.2× 384 1.0× 362 1.4× 249 1.6× 122 0.8× 6 1.1k
Kartika Anggraeni United Kingdom 3 707 1.1× 361 1.0× 194 0.7× 210 1.3× 160 1.1× 4 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by William McDonough

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Fields of papers citing papers by William McDonough

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William McDonough

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

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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McDonough, William, et al.. (2021). THE COMPOSITION OF THE DEEP CONTINENTAL CRUST FROM GEOCHEMICAL AND SEISMOLOGICAL DATA. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations
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McDonough, William, et al.. (2019). AP Computer Science Principles: Designing the hour.ly App in MIT App Inventor. 1–6. 4 indexed citations
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McDonough, William & Michael Braungart. (2017). The Next Industrial Revolution. 139–150. 18 indexed citations
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McDonough, William. (2016). Carbon is not the enemy. Nature. 539(7629). 349–351. 35 indexed citations
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McDonough, William, et al.. (2015). Sustainable Fashion: What's Next? A Conversation about Issues, Practices and Possibilities. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 15 indexed citations
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McDonough, William. (2012). Sin and Addiction: Alcoholics Anonymous and the Soul of Christian Sin-Talk. Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics. 32(1). 39–55. 2 indexed citations
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McDonough, William. (2007). "Caritas" as the "Prae-Ambulum" of All Virtue. Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics. 27(2). 97–126. 1 indexed citations
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Braungart, Michael, William McDonough, & Andrew Bollinger. (2006). Cradle-to-cradle design: creating healthy emissions – a strategy for eco-effective product and system design. Journal of Cleaner Production. 15(13-14). 1337–1348. 659 indexed citations breakdown →
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McDonough, William. (2005). Etty Hillesum's Learning to Live and Preparing to Die. Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics. 25(2). 179–202. 1 indexed citations
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McDonough, William, Michael Braungart, Paul T. Anastas, & Julie B. Zimmerman. (2003). Peer Reviewed: Applying the Principles of Green Engineering to Cradle-to-Cradle Design. Environmental Science & Technology. 37(23). 434A–441A. 200 indexed citations
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McDonough, William. (2002). Design for the Triple Top Line: New Tools for Sustainable Commerce. Multilingual Matters (Channel View Publications). 9(3). 251–258. 223 indexed citations
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Masenya, Madipoane, et al.. (2002). Wisdom Has Built Her House: Studies on the Figure of Sophia in the Bible. Journal of Biblical Literature. 121(2). 356–356. 6 indexed citations
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McDonough, William. (2000). A Boat for Thoreau: A Discourse on Ecology, Ethics, and the Making of Things. 2(3). 115–133. 3 indexed citations
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McDonough, William & Michael Braungart. (2000). A World of Abundance. INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics. 30(3). 55–65. 30 indexed citations
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McDonough, William. (1998). Essay: A Centennial Sermon: Design, Ecology, Ethics, and the Making of Things. Perspecta. 29. 78–78. 5 indexed citations
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McDonough, William. (1993). A Boat for Thoreau. 7(3). 26–29. 2 indexed citations
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McDonough, William. (1992). The provision of computing facilities for teaching. 14(2). 62–65. 1 indexed citations

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