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Researcher · Future Forests Research · New Zealand

M. Kay

M. Kay publishes mostly in Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology, on topics such as Forest Insect Ecology and Management, Biological Control of Invasive Species and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control.

OpenAlex
World rank
#7,410,613
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in New Zealand
#20,875
of 21,128
Works
34
Citations
289
Citations per work
8.5
h-index
10
i10-index 11Top 56% in Insect Science
M. Kay

What does M. Kay research?

M. Kay's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (61%), Environmental Science (25%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%).

Life Sciences: 23 works · 66.3% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 21 works · 60.7% of their workInsect Science: 12 works · 36.0% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 7 works · 20.2% of their workPlant Science: 2 works · 4.5% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 works · 5.6% of their workGenetics: 2 works · 5.6% of their workPhysical Sciences: 8 works · 24.7% of their workEnvironmental Science: 8 works · 24.7% of their workEcology: 6 works · 18.0% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 works · 6.7% of their workEverything else: 3 works · 9.0% of their workTHEIR WORKM. Kay34works
Life Sciences66%Physical Sciences25%

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 Sciences2160.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology25.6%
    1. Environmental Science824.7%
  3. Everything else39.0%
  1. 1Insect Science36% of their works
  2. 2Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics20% of their works
  3. 3Ecology18% of their works
  4. 4Nature and Landscape Conservation7% of their works
  5. 5Genetics6% of their works
  6. 6Plant Science4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe M. Kay's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Invasive Species, Biological Control, Climate Change, Biological Invasions, Biodiversity, Conservation, Host Specificity and Bark Beetles.

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 27 words, with their numbers
  1. Invasive Species445 topics
  2. Biological Control253 topics
  3. Climate Change222 topics
  4. Biological Invasions212 topics
  5. Biodiversity183 topics
  6. Conservation182 topics
  7. Host Specificity162 topics
  8. Bark Beetles151 topic
  9. Forest Pests151 topic
  10. Global Change132 topics
  11. Habitat Fragmentation132 topics
  12. Ecological Impact121 topic
  13. Water Hyacinth121 topic
  14. DNA Barcoding92 topics
  15. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles91 topic
  16. Jasmonate Signaling91 topic
  17. Phylogeny92 topics
  18. Ecosystem Services71 topic
  19. Pollinator Decline71 topic
  20. Ecosystem61 topic
  21. Functional Diversity61 topic
  22. Lepidoptera51 topic
  23. Taxonomy51 topic
  24. Dead Wood41 topic
  25. Forest Management41 topic
  26. Gall-Inducing Insects41 topic
  27. Parasitoid Wasps41 topic

Where does M. Kay work?

M. Kay's main affiliation in the publication record is Future Forests Research, New Zealand.

How many publications and citations does M. Kay have?

OpenAlex counts 34 works and 289 citations for M. Kay, an h-index of 10, ranking #7,410,613 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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