2026 Donald Mackay: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Chemistry	110	801	17	534	46812
Environmental Sciences	117	140	5	460	50231

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Chemistry

110

801

534

46812

Environmental Sciences

117

140

460

50231

Chemistry

D-Index

110

Citations

46812

World Ranking

801

National Ranking

Environmental Sciences

D-Index

117

Citations

50231

World Ranking

140

National Ranking

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

2112
Citations
Multimedia Environmental Models: The Fugacity Approach

Donald MacKay

1757
Citations
Correlation of bioconcentration factors.

Donald. Mackay

1172
Citations
A critical review of Henry’s law constants for chemicals of environmental interest

Donald Mackay;Wan Ying Shiu

1072
Citations
Bioaccumulation of persistent organic chemicals: mechanisms and models

D. Mackay;A. Fraser

1012
Citations
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

854
Citations
Multimedia Environmental Models : The Fugacity Approach, Second Edition

Donald Mackay

768
Citations
Handbook of Physical-Chemical Properties and Environmental Fate for Organic Chemicals

Donald Mackay

751
Citations
Enhancing ecotoxicological modeling and assessment. Body Residues and Modes Of Toxic Action

Lynn S. McCarty;Donald Mackay

688
Citations
Lipid-containing semipermeable membrane devices for monitoring organic contaminants in water

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

681
Citations
Octanol-air partition coefficient as a predictor of partitioning of semi-volatile organic chemicals to aerosols

Antonio Finizio;Donald Mackay;Terry Bidleman;Tom Harner

677
Citations
Finding fugacity feasible

Donald Mackay

618
Citations
Relationships between octanol-water partition coefficient and aqueous solubility.

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

616
Citations
A global distribution model for persistent organic chemicals

Frank Wania;Donald Mackay

601
Citations
Aqueous solubility of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons

Donald Mackay;Wan Ying Shiu

595
Citations
ENHANCING ECOTOXICOLOGICAL MODELING AND ASSESSMENT

L. S. Mccarty;D. Mackay

595
Citations
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

578
Citations
Assessing Long-Range Transport Potential of Persistent Organic Pollutants

Andreas Beyer;Donald Mackay;Michael Matthies;Frank Wania

545
Citations
Rate of evaporation of low-solubility contaminants from water bodies to atmosphere

Donald Mackay;Paul J. Leinonen

517
Citations
Evaluating the multimedia fate of organic chemicals a level iii fugacity model

Donald Mackay;Sally Paterson

508
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Wan Ying Shiu University of Toronto

Jon A. Arnot University of Toronto

Frank Wania University of Toronto

Matthew MacLeod Stockholm University

Ian T. Cousins Stockholm University

Frank A. P. C. Gobas Simon Fraser University

Kevin C. Jones Lancaster University

Tom Harner Environment and Climate Change Canada

Derek C. G. Muir Environment and Climate Change Canada

Keith R. Solomon University of Guelph

External Links

Wikipedia of Donald Mackay Personal website of Donald Mackay

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