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Researcher · Scottish Agricultural Science Agency · United Kingdom

Peter McDonald

Peter McDonald publishes mostly in Agronomy and Crop Science, Plant Science and Nutrition and Dietetics, on topics such as Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Food composition and properties and Meat and Animal Product Quality.

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World rank
#354,789
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#31,458
of 367,258
Works
68
Citations
5k
Citations per work
73.5
h-index
28
i10-index 49Top 7.1% in Agronomy and Crop Science
Peter McDonald

What does Peter McDonald research?

Peter McDonald's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (58%), Nursing (9%).

Life Sciences: 40 works · 58.3% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 40 works · 58.3% of their workAgronomy and Crop Science: 20 works · 28.9% of their workPlant Science: 7 works · 9.8% of their workAnimal Science and Zoology: 5 works · 7.5% of their workFood Science: 5 works · 6.9% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 works · 5.2% of their workEverything else: 22 works · 33.0% of their workHealth Sciences: 6 works · 8.7% of their workNursing: 6 works · 8.7% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 works · 8.7% of their workTHEIR WORKPeter McDonald68works
Life Sciences58%Health Sciences9%

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 Sciences4058.3%
  2. Everything else2233.0%
    1. Nursing68.7%
  1. 1Agronomy and Crop Science29% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science10% of their works
  3. 3Nutrition and Dietetics9% of their works
  4. 4Animal Science and Zoology8% of their works
  5. 5Food Science7% of their works
  6. 6Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Peter McDonald's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Methane Production, Ruminant Nutrition, Dietary Fiber, Glycemic Index, Meat Quality, Protein Oxidation, Antioxidant Activity and Ecological Statistics.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Methane Production371 topic
  2. Ruminant Nutrition371 topic
  3. Dietary Fiber81 topic
  4. Glycemic Index81 topic
  5. Meat Quality71 topic
  6. Protein Oxidation71 topic
  7. Antioxidant Activity61 topic
  8. Ecological Statistics61 topic
  9. Maize Yield61 topic
  10. Meta-Analysis61 topic
  11. Nitrogen Uptake61 topic
  12. Quality Characteristics61 topic
  13. Nitrogen Cycle51 topic
  14. Phytase51 topic
  15. Phytic Acid51 topic
  16. Soil Carbon Sequestration51 topic

Where does Peter McDonald work?

Peter McDonald's main affiliation in the publication record is Scottish Agricultural Science Agency, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Peter McDonald have?

OpenAlex counts 68 works and 5,001 citations for Peter McDonald, an h-index of 28, ranking #354,789 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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