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60
Citations
19723
World Ranking
9535
National Ranking
537

Overview

Ian R. McDonald was affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spanned multiple fields of study, primarily focusing on Environmental Science with significant contributions to Ecology, Molecular Biology, Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The scientist contributed to various topics within these fields, including:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies

Ian R. McDonald authored several research papers, some of which include:

  • Deflecting Privilege: Class Identity and the Intergenerational Self, 2021, Sociology
  • Abiotic factors influence patterns of bacterial diversity and community composition in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica, 2020, FEMS Microbiology Ecology
  • Scoping review of telehealth use by Indigenous populations from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States, 2023, Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
  • Euclid: Early Release Observations - Deep anatomy of nearby galaxies, 2024, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • School-based screening for childhood anxiety problems and intervention delivery: a codesign approach, 2022, BMJ Open

Their frequent coauthors included:

  • S. Craig Cary
  • Matthew B. Stott
  • Charles K. Lee
  • Craig W. Herbold
  • Carlo R. Carere

Ian R. McDonald published repeatedly in several academic venues, notably:

  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • FEMS Microbiology Ecology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • Hydration and mobility of ions in solution

    R. W. Impey;P. A. Madden;I. R. McDonald

  • Theory of Simple Liquids: with Applications to Soft Matter

    Jean Pierre Hansen;Ian R. McDonald

  • Molecular-dynamics simulation of liquid methanol

    Michael. Haughney;Mauro. Ferrario;Ian R. McDonald

  • Molecular-dynamics simulation of aqueous mixtures : methanol, acetone, and ammonia

    Mauro Ferrario;Michael Haughney;Ian R. McDonald;Michael L. Klein

  • Spectroscopic and transport properties of water

    R.W. Impey;P.A. Madden;I.R. McDonald

  • Pairwise additive effective potentials for nitrogen

    C.S. Murthy;K. Singer;M.L. Klein;I.R. McDonald

  • Interaction site models for carbon dioxide

    C.S. Murthy;K. Singer;I.R. McDonald

  • NpT-ensemble Monte Carlo calculations for binary liquid mixtures

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  • Electrostatic interactions in molecular crystals

    C.S. Murthy;S.F. O'Shea;I.R. McDonald

  • A computer simulation study of the dielectric properties of a model of methyl cyanide

    Duncan M.F. Edwards;Paul A. Madden;Ian R. McDonald

  • An effective pair potential for liquid acetonitrile

    H.J. Böhm;I.R. McDonald;P.A. Madden

  • Microscopic simulation of a strongly coupled hydrogen plasma

    J. P. Hansen;I. R. McDonald

  • “Thought-experiments” by molecular dynamics

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  • Transport properties of molten alkali halides

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  • Molecular dynamics studies of ice Ic and the structure I clathrate hydrate of methane

    John S. Tse;Michael L. Klein;Ian R. McDonald

  • On the calculation by molecular dynamics of the shear viscosity of a simple fluid

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  • Molecular dynamics calculations for the liquid and cubic plastic crystal phases of carbon tetrachloride

    Ian R. McDonald;David G. Bounds;Michael L. Klein

  • Simple Liquid Metals

    Jean Pierre Hansen;Ian R. McDONALD

  • Disorder in the pseudohexagonal rotator phase of n-alkanes: molecular-dynamics calculations for tricosane

    Jean-Paul Ryckaert;Ian R. McDonald;Michael L. Klein

  • Calculation of thermodynamic properties of liquid argon from Lennard-Jones parameters by a Monte Carlo method

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  • Monte Carlo simulations of mixed monolayers

    J. Ilja Siepmann;J. Ilja Siepmann;Ian R. McDonald

  • Molecular dynamics studies of the structure of water at high temperatures and density

    R. W. Impey;M. L. Klein;I. R. McDonald

  • Monte Carlo simulation of the mechanical relaxation of a self-assembled monolayer.

    J. I. Siepmann;I. R. McDonald

  • Computer simulation studies of the structure I clathrate hydrates of methane, tetrafluoromethane, cyclopropane, and ethylene oxide

    John S. Tse;Michael L. Klein;Ian R. McDonald

  • Disorder at the bilayer interface in the pseudohexagonal rotator phase of solid n-alkanes.

    Jean Paul Ryckaert;Michael L Klein;Ian R. McDonald

  • Molecular motion in a model of liquid acetonitrile

    H.J. Böhm;R.M. Lynden-Bell;P.A. Madden;I.R. McDonald

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael L. Klein
Michael L. Klein Temple University
Jean-Pierre Hansen
Jean-Pierre Hansen University of Cambridge
John S. Tse
John S. Tse University of Saskatchewan
J. Ilja Siepmann
J. Ilja Siepmann University of Minnesota
Paul A. Madden
Paul A. Madden University of Edinburgh
Martyn C. R. Symons
Martyn C. R. Symons De Montfort University
Stephen R. Elliott
Stephen R. Elliott University of Oxford
Douglas Henderson
Douglas Henderson Brigham Young University
Volker Heine
Volker Heine University of Cambridge
Sarah L. Price
Sarah L. Price University College London

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