Ernest Kay

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
62 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Ernest Kay is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Ernest Kay has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Plant Science and 7 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Ernest Kay's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (10 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (6 papers) and Insect Resistance and Genetics (5 papers). Ernest Kay is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (10 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (6 papers) and Insect Resistance and Genetics (5 papers). Ernest Kay collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Ernest Kay's co-authors include Leland M. Shannon, Jow Y. Lew, Alexander L. Dounce, Norman S. Simmons, Eliza Strickland, Carolyn Billups, Muriel Feigelson, Joseph Horwitz, J. N. Davidson and R.M.S. Smellie and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Ernest Kay

57 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

An Improved Preparation of Sodium Desoxyribonucleate 1952 2026 1976 2001 1952 1966 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. An Improved Preparation of Sodium Desoxyribonucleate
    1952 854 citations Ernest Kay, Alexander L. Dounce et al. profile →
  2. Peroxidase Isozymes from Horseradish Roots
    1966 849 citations Leland M. Shannon, Ernest Kay et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ernest Kay United States 20 1.7k 780 255 178 177 62 2.9k
Robert M. Bock United States 32 3.2k 1.9× 378 0.5× 337 1.3× 167 0.9× 142 0.8× 92 4.2k
Elbert A. Peterson United States 26 2.3k 1.3× 541 0.7× 459 1.8× 176 1.0× 69 0.4× 82 4.3k
Alexander L. Dounce United States 21 1.8k 1.0× 252 0.3× 165 0.6× 232 1.3× 83 0.5× 65 2.6k
William Shive United States 28 1.9k 1.1× 309 0.4× 258 1.0× 135 0.8× 76 0.4× 173 2.9k
E. L. Tatum United States 33 2.2k 1.3× 743 1.0× 296 1.2× 168 0.9× 41 0.2× 92 3.6k
Per Olof Nyman Sweden 30 2.1k 1.2× 618 0.8× 258 1.0× 160 0.9× 108 0.6× 74 3.0k
Kenneth J. Monty United States 21 2.2k 1.3× 241 0.3× 427 1.7× 154 0.9× 79 0.4× 37 3.3k
Wayne W. Fish United States 27 1.7k 1.0× 658 0.8× 412 1.6× 147 0.8× 39 0.2× 64 3.5k
George W. Schwert United States 22 2.2k 1.3× 191 0.2× 502 2.0× 158 0.9× 193 1.1× 31 3.3k
R. BRIAN BEECHEY United Kingdom 26 1.9k 1.1× 197 0.3× 179 0.7× 240 1.3× 98 0.6× 114 2.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ernest Kay

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ernest Kay

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ernest Kay. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ernest Kay based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ernest Kay. Ernest Kay is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kay, Ernest, et al.. (1988). International leaders in achievement.
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Kay, Ernest. (1981). International who's who in education. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
3.
Kay, Ernest. (1979). Legal Aspects of Business in Saudi Arabia. 1 indexed citations
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Kay, Ernest. (1979). Structure-function relationships of proteinase inhibitors from soybean (Bowman-Birk) and lima bean. Modification by N-acetylimidazole.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 254(16). 7648–7650. 6 indexed citations
5.
Kay, Ernest & John F. Ward. (1977). Monophosphate End Groups Produced in Radiation-Induced Strand Breakage in DNA. Radiation Research. 69(1). 185–185. 10 indexed citations
6.
Kay, Ernest, et al.. (1977). γ Irradiation of Bowman-Birk Soybean Proteinase Inhibitor. Radiation Research. 72(3). 414–414. 5 indexed citations
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Kay, Ernest. (1976). Double-stranded DNA in methanol-ethanol-buffer solvent system. Biochemistry. 15(24). 5241–5246. 13 indexed citations
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Kay, Ernest, Eliza Strickland, & Carolyn Billups. (1974). Near Ultraviolet Circular Dichroism and Absorption Spectra of Chicken Ovomucoid and Acetylated Derivatives at 297 and 77°K. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 249(3). 797–802. 20 indexed citations
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Kay, Ernest & Muriel Feigelson. (1972). An estrogen modulated protein in rabbit oviducal fluid. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure. 271(2). 436–441. 39 indexed citations
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Strickland, Eliza, Carolyn Billups, & Ernest Kay. (1972). Effects of hydrogen bonding and solvents upon the tryptophanyl 1La absorption band. Studies using 2,3-dimethylindole. Biochemistry. 11(19). 3657–3662. 104 indexed citations
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Kay, Ernest, et al.. (1972). Nucleotide-peptides of cells of the Ehrlich-Lettré ascites carcinoma. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 150(1). 250–258. 5 indexed citations
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Shannon, Leland M., et al.. (1971). Peroxidase Isoenzymes from Horseradish Roots. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 246(14). 4546–4551. 168 indexed citations
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Strickland, Eliza, Ernest Kay, & Leland M. Shannon. (1970). Effects of Denaturing Agents on the Phenylalanyl Circular Dichroism Bands of Horseradish Peroxidase Isoenzymes and Apoisoenzymes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 245(6). 1233–1238. 40 indexed citations
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Strickland, Eliza, Ernest Kay, Leland M. Shannon, & Joseph Horwitz. (1968). Peroxidase Isoenzymes from Horseradish Roots. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 243(13). 3560–3565. 73 indexed citations
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Kay, Ernest. (1964). Direct Isolation of Deoxyribonucleic Acid from Cells. Nature. 202(4930). 390–391. 10 indexed citations
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Kay, Ernest. (1961). Incorporation of Deoxyribonucleic Acid by Mammalian Cells in vitro. Nature. 191(4786). 387–388. 49 indexed citations
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Hale, A. J. & Ernest Kay. (1956). A COMPARISON OF NUCLEAR DRY WEIGHTS DETERMINED BY CHEMICAL AND BY INTERFEROMETRIC METHODS. The Journal of Cell Biology. 2(2). 147–158. 10 indexed citations
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Monty, Kenneth J., M. Litt, Ernest Kay, & Alexander L. Dounce. (1956). ISOLATION AND PROPERTIES OF LIVER CELL NUCLEOLI. The Journal of Cell Biology. 2(2). 127–145. 44 indexed citations
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Kay, Ernest. (1953). A Mixture of Methyl Green and Pyronin for Cell Fractionation Studies. Stain Technology. 28(1). 41–44. 5 indexed citations
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Kay, Ernest, et al.. (1952). Preparing Lantern Slides. Science. 115(2979). 125–126. 1 indexed citations

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