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Donald Mackay

Donald Mackay

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Environmental Sciences
Canada
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
110
Citations
46812
World Ranking
801
National Ranking
17

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
117
Citations
50231
World Ranking
142
National Ranking
5

Donald Mackay publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Donald Mackay sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 460 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Donald Mackay D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Donald Mackay sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 117 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Donald Mackay was affiliated with Trent University in Canada and contributed to the field of Environmental Science. Their research primarily focused on areas related to Environmental Science, with particular attention to Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Environmental Chemistry as subfields.

Their published work covered diverse topics including Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, and the Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Donald Mackay were:

  • Indoor Dust/Air Partitioning: Evidence for Kinetic Delay in Equilibration for Low-Volatility SVOCs, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • A perspective on the role of fugacity and activity for evaluating the PBT properties of organic chemicals and providing a multi-media synoptic indicator of environmental contamination, 2020, Environmental Science Processes & Impacts
  • THE NEW RADCLIFFE SCIENCE LIBRARY, 2023, The Bodleian Library Record

Frequent co-authors included:

  • J. Mark Parnis
  • Alena K.D. Celsie
  • T. Taskovic
  • Jon A. Arnot
  • Toby Kirtley

Donald Mackay published in journals such as:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Science Processes & Impacts
  • The Bodleian Library Record

Best Publications

  • Peer reviewed: tracking the distribution of persistent organic pollutants.

    Frank Wania;Donald MacKay

  • Multimedia Environmental Models: The Fugacity Approach

    Donald MacKay

  • Correlation of bioconcentration factors.

    Donald. Mackay

  • A critical review of Henry’s law constants for chemicals of environmental interest

    Donald Mackay;Wan Ying Shiu

  • Bioaccumulation of persistent organic chemicals: mechanisms and models

    D. Mackay;A. Fraser

  • Contaminants in the Canadian Arctic: 5 years of progress in understanding sources, occurrence and pathways.

    R.W. Macdonald;L.A. Barrie;T.F. Bidleman;M.L. Diamond

  • Multimedia Environmental Models : The Fugacity Approach, Second Edition

    Donald Mackay

  • Handbook of Physical-Chemical Properties and Environmental Fate for Organic Chemicals

    Donald Mackay

  • Enhancing ecotoxicological modeling and assessment. Body Residues and Modes Of Toxic Action

    Lynn S. McCarty;Donald Mackay

  • Lipid-containing semipermeable membrane devices for monitoring organic contaminants in water

    James N. Huckins;Gamini K. Manuweera;Jimmie D. Petty;Donald Mackay

  • Octanol-air partition coefficient as a predictor of partitioning of semi-volatile organic chemicals to aerosols

    Antonio Finizio;Donald Mackay;Terry Bidleman;Tom Harner

  • Finding fugacity feasible

    Donald Mackay

  • Relationships between octanol-water partition coefficient and aqueous solubility.

    Michele M. Miller;Stanley P. Wasik;Guo Lan. Huang;Wan Ying. Shiu

  • A global distribution model for persistent organic chemicals

    Frank Wania;Donald Mackay

  • Aqueous solubility of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons

    Donald Mackay;Wan Ying Shiu

  • ENHANCING ECOTOXICOLOGICAL MODELING AND ASSESSMENT

    L. S. Mccarty;D. Mackay

  • Oil Spill Modeling towards the Close of the 20th Century: Overview of the State of the Art

    Mark Reed;Mark Reed;Øistein Johansen;Øistein Johansen;Per Johan Brandvik;Per Johan Brandvik;Per Daling;Per Daling

  • Assessing Long-Range Transport Potential of Persistent Organic Pollutants

    Andreas Beyer;Donald Mackay;Michael Matthies;Frank Wania

  • Rate of evaporation of low-solubility contaminants from water bodies to atmosphere

    Donald Mackay;Paul J. Leinonen

  • Evaluating the multimedia fate of organic chemicals a level iii fugacity model

    Donald Mackay;Sally Paterson

Frequent Co-Authors

Wan Ying Shiu
Wan Ying Shiu University of Toronto
Jon A. Arnot
Jon A. Arnot University of Toronto
Frank Wania
Frank Wania University of Toronto
Matthew MacLeod
Matthew MacLeod Stockholm University
Ian T. Cousins
Ian T. Cousins Stockholm University
Frank A. P. C. Gobas
Frank A. P. C. Gobas Simon Fraser University
Kevin C. Jones
Kevin C. Jones Lancaster University
Tom Harner
Tom Harner Environment and Climate Change Canada
Derek C. G. Muir
Derek C. G. Muir Environment and Climate Change Canada
Keith R. Solomon
Keith R. Solomon University of Guelph

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