| Are Magnetically Active Low-Mass M Dwarfs Completely Convective? DJ Mullan, J MacDonald The Astrophysical Journal 559 (1), 353, 2001 | 301 | 2001 |
| The effects of diffusion due to gravity and due to composition gradients on the rate of hydrogen burning in a cooling degenerate dwarf. I-the case of a thick helium buffer layer I Iben Jr, J MacDonald The Astrophysical Journal 296, 540-553, 1985 | 188 | 1985 |
| CNO abundances and the strengths of nova outbursts and hydrogen flashes on accreting white dwarfs J MacDonald The Astrophysical Journal 267, 732-746, 1983 | 179 | 1983 |
| The evolution of flows of stellar mass loss in active galaxies J MacDonald, ME Bailey Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 197 (4), 995-1019, 1981 | 145 | 1981 |
| Ages of globular clusters: a new approach R Jimenez, P Thejll, UG JØrgensen, J MacDonald, B Pagel Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 282 (3), 926-942, 1996 | 141 | 1996 |
| Synthetic stellar populations: single stellar populations, stellar interior models and primordial protogalaxies R Jimenez, J MacDonald, JS Dunlop, P Padoan, JA Peacock Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 349 (1), 240-254, 2004 | 113 | 2004 |
| The decline and fall of classical novae J MacDonald, MY Fujimoto, JW Truran The Astrophysical Journal 294, 263-270, 1985 | 107 | 1985 |
| The effects of diffusion due to gravity and due to composition gradients on the rate of hydrogen burning in a cooling degenerate dwarf. II-dependence on initial metallicity and … I Iben Jr, J MacDonald The Astrophysical Journal 301, 164-176, 1986 | 101 | 1986 |
| Diffusion and mixing in accreting white dwarfs I Iben Jr, MY Fujimoto, J MacDonald The Astrophysical Journal 388, 521-540, 1992 | 99 | 1992 |
| How much hydrogen is there in a white dwarf? J MacDonald, S Vennes The Astrophysical Journal 371, 719-738, 1991 | 93 | 1991 |
| White Dwarfs, D. Koester, K. Werner I Iben Jr, J MacDonald Springer Lecture Notes in Physics 443, 48, 1995 | 91* | 1995 |
| The effect of a binary companion on a nova outburst J MacDonald Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 191 (4), 933-949, 1980 | 91 | 1980 |
| The cosmic production of helium R Jimenez, C Flynn, J MacDonald, BK Gibson Science 299 (5612), 1552-1555, 2003 | 90 | 2003 |
| Sakurai's Object, V605 Aquilae, and FG Sagittae: An Evolutionary Sequence Revealed TM Lawlor, J MacDonald The Astrophysical Journal 583 (2), 913, 2003 | 89 | 2003 |
| Magnetic fields in massive stars: dynamics and origin J MacDonald, DJ Mullan Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 348 (2), 702-716, 2004 | 82 | 2004 |
| Mixing by shear instabilities in differentially rotating inhomogeneous stars with application to accreting white dwarf models for novae J MacDonald The Astrophysical Journal 273, 289-298, 1983 | 73 | 1983 |
| The mass of helium in white dwarf stars and the formation and evolution of hydrogen‐deficient post‐AGB stars TM Lawlor, J MacDonald Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 371 (1), 263-282, 2006 | 71 | 2006 |
| The mystery of the missing boundary layer GJ Ferland, SH Langer, J MacDonald, GH Pepper, G Shaviv, JW Truran The Astrophysical Journal 262, L53-L58, 1982 | 69 | 1982 |
| Precision modelling of M dwarf stars: the magnetic components of CM Draconis J MacDonald, DJ Mullan Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 421 (4), 3084-3101, 2012 | 68 | 2012 |
| Balloon 090100001: A bright, high amplitude sdB pulsator R Oreiro, A Ulla, F Pérez Hernández, R Østensen, C Rodríguez López, ... Astronomy and Astrophysics 418 (1), 243-247, 2004 | 62 | 2004 |
