Digby D. Macdonald

Digby D. Macdonald publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

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Digby D. Macdonald D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

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Research.com Recognitions

• 2005 - ASM Fellow "For contributions to the theory of corrosion and passivity, enabling the accurate prediction of accumulated corrosion damage."
• 1997 - Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand
• 1996 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Best Publications

• The Point Defect Model for the Passive State

  Digby D. Macdonald

  1890
  Citations

• Density functional theory (DFT) as a powerful tool for designing new organic corrosion inhibitors. Part 1: An overview

  I.B. Obot;D.D. Macdonald;D.D. Macdonald;Z.M. Gasem

  1247
  Citations

• Reflections on the history of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy

  Digby D. Macdonald

  1218
  Citations

• A Point Defect Model for Anodic Passive Films I . Film Growth Kinetics

  C. Y. Chao;L. F. Lin;D. D. Macdonald

  1131
  Citations

• The history of the Point Defect Model for the passive state: A brief review of film growth aspects

  Digby D. Macdonald

  1093
  Citations

• Transient Techniques in Electrochemistry

  Digby D. Macdonald

  1001
  Citations

• PASSIVITY : THE KEY TO OUR METALS-BASED CIVILIZATION

  D. D. Macdonald

  943
  Citations

• A Point Defect Model for Anodic Passive Films: II . Chemical Breakdown and Pit Initiation

  L. F. Lin;C. Y. Chao;D. D. Macdonald

  756
  Citations

• Theory of Steady‐State Passive Films

  Digby D. Macdonald;Mirna Urquidi‐Macdonald

  504
  Citations

• The Mathematics of Diffusion

  Digby D. Macdonald

  472
  Citations

• Nature of the passive film on nickel

  Elzbieta Sikora;Digby D Macdonald

  401
  Citations

• Applications of Kramers—Kronig transforms in the analysis of electrochemical impedance data—III. Stability and linearity

  Mirna Urquidi-Macdonald;Silvia Real;Digby D. Macdonald

  364
  Citations

• Steady‐State Passive Films Interfacial Kinetic Effects and Diagnostic Criteria

  Digby D. Macdonald;Sonia R. Biaggio;Herking Song

  363
  Citations

• A new method for estimating the diffusivities of vacancies in passive films

  Elzbieta Sikora;Janusz Sikora;Digby D. Macdonald

  349
  Citations

• External Reference Electrodes for Use in High Temperature Aqueous Systems

  Digby D. Macdonald;Arthur C. Scott;Paul Wentrcek

  319
  Citations

• Review of plasma electrolytic oxidation of titanium substrates: Mechanism, properties, applications and limitations

  M. Aliofkhazraei;D.D. Macdonald;E. Matykina;E. Matykina;E.V. Parfenov

  292
  Citations

• A Point Defect Model for Anodic Passive Films III . Impedance Response

  C. Y. Chao;L. F. Lin;D. D. Macdonald

  281
  Citations

• On the Existence of Our Metals-Based Civilization I. Phase-Space Analysis

  Digby D. Macdonald

  269
  Citations

• Application of Kramers‐Kronig Transforms in the Analysis of Electrochemical Impedance Data II . Transformations in the Complex Plane

  Mirna Urquidi‐Macdonald;Silvia Real;Digby D. Macdonald

  267
  Citations

• The passivity of Type 316L stainless steel in borate buffer solution

  Igor Nicic;Digby D. Macdonald

  258
  Citations

• A coupled environment model for stress corrosion cracking in sensitized type 304 stainless steel in LWR environments

  Digby D. MacDonald;Mirna Urquidi-MacDonald

  253
  Citations

• Impedance studies of the growth of porous magnetite films on carbon steel in high temperature aqueous systems

  J.R. Park;D.D. Macdonald

  248
  Citations

• Review of mechanistic analysis by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy

  Digby D. MacDonald

  236
  Citations