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Researcher · DairyNZ · New Zealand

Kevin A. Macdonald

Kevin A. Macdonald publishes mostly in Agronomy and Crop Science, Genetics and Civil and Structural Engineering, on topics such as Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock and Reproductive Physiology in Livestock.

ORCID 0000-0001-9842-0107 OpenAlex
World rank
#550,548
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in New Zealand
#2,139
of 21,128
Works
135
Citations
4.7k
Citations per work
34.6
h-index
39
i10-index 79Top 2.5% in Agronomy and Crop Science
Kevin A. Macdonald

What does Kevin A. Macdonald research?

Kevin A. Macdonald's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (39%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (18%), Engineering (13%).

Life Sciences: 77 works · 57.2% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 53 works · 39.2% of their workAgronomy and Crop Science: 49 works · 36.0% of their workAnimal Science and Zoology: 4 works · 3.2% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 24 works · 18.0% of their workGenetics: 24 works · 18.0% of their workEverything else: 36 works · 26.7% of their workPhysical Sciences: 22 works · 16.1% of their workEngineering: 17 works · 12.6% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 12 works · 9.1% of their workBuilding and Construction: 5 works · 3.5% of their workEnvironmental Science: 5 works · 3.5% of their workEcology: 5 works · 3.5% of their workTHEIR WORKKevin A.Macdonald135works
Life Sciences57%Physical Sciences16%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5339.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2418.0%
  2. Everything else3626.7%
    1. Engineering1712.6%
    2. Environmental Science53.5%
  1. 1Agronomy and Crop Science36% of their works
  2. 2Genetics18% of their works
  3. 3Civil and Structural Engineering9% of their works
  4. 4Building and Construction4% of their works
  5. 5Ecology4% of their works
  6. 6Animal Science and Zoology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kevin A. Macdonald's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Methane Production, Ruminant Nutrition, Genomic Selection, Plant Breeding, Dairy Cattle, Reproductive Loss, Uterine Disease and Climate Change.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Methane Production811 topic
  2. Ruminant Nutrition811 topic
  3. Genomic Selection621 topic
  4. Plant Breeding621 topic
  5. Dairy Cattle502 topics
  6. Reproductive Loss381 topic
  7. Uterine Disease381 topic
  8. Climate Change252 topics
  9. Livestock Production252 topics
  10. Environmental Impact202 topics
  11. Food Systems131 topic
  12. Sustainable Diets131 topic
  13. Heat Stress121 topic
  14. Physiological Responses121 topic
  15. Common Agricultural Policy91 topic
  16. Grazing Management91 topic
  17. Multifunctionality91 topic
  18. Perennial Pastures91 topic
  19. Cementitious Materials71 topic
  20. Geopolymer71 topic

Where does Kevin A. Macdonald work?

Kevin A. Macdonald's main affiliation in the publication record is DairyNZ, New Zealand.

How many publications and citations does Kevin A. Macdonald have?

OpenAlex counts 135 works and 4,670 citations for Kevin A. Macdonald, an h-index of 39, ranking #550,548 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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