M. I. Kay

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

M. I. Kay is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, M. I. Kay has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Materials Chemistry, 10 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 5 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in M. I. Kay's work include Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography (18 papers), Crystal Structures and Properties (6 papers) and X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography (5 papers). M. I. Kay is often cited by papers focused on Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography (18 papers), Crystal Structures and Properties (6 papers) and X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography (5 papers). M. I. Kay collaborates with scholars based in Puerto Rico, United States and Israel. M. I. Kay's co-authors include R. A. Young, A. S. Posner, Robert E. Newnham, B. C. Frazer, Raymond Wolfe, J.F. Dorrian, D. K. Smith, Robert Kleinberg, D. T. Cromer and Y. Okaya and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Solid State Communications.

In The Last Decade

M. I. Kay

34 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Crystal Structure of Hydroxyapatite 1964 2026 1984 2005 1964 250 500 750 1000
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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. Crystal Structure of Hydroxyapatite
    1964 1.1k citations M. I. Kay, R. A. Young et al. Nature profile →

Peers

M. I. Kay
R. A. Condrate United States
Isao Okada Japan
Takashi Nakamura Japan
A. Ishitani Japan
G. Polzonetti Italy
Donald R. Ulrich United States
J.B. Moffat Canada
W. Keith Hall United States
Patrick Judeinstein France
Thomas Laursen Canada
R. A. Condrate United States
M. I. Kay
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. I. Kay

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of M. I. Kay. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of M. I. 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 M. I. Kay. M. I. 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, M. I., Kenneth M. Mackay, & Brian K. Nicholson. (1995). The X-ray crystal structures of ClPh2 SnFe(CO)3(NO) and Ph3SnFe(CO)3(NO) and a re-investigation of the IR spectra of XR2 SnFe(CO)3(NO) species. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 491(1-2). 247–253. 3 indexed citations
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Kay, M. I.. (1977). Deuterium atom positions in the paraelectric phase of deuterated triglycine sulfate. Ferroelectrics. 17(1). 415–418. 15 indexed citations
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Kay, M. I.. (1975). A refinement of the paraelectric phase of copper formate tetrahydrate from neutron diffraction data. Ferroelectrics. 9(1). 171–177. 6 indexed citations
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Kay, M. I., Robert E. Newnham, & Raymond Wolfe. (1975). The crystal structure of the ferroelectric phase of Pb5Ge3O11. Ferroelectrics. 9(1). 1–6. 55 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Walter C., et al.. (1974). The phonon spectra of trigonal selenium at 77 and 298°K. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 35(9). 1089–1094. 19 indexed citations
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Newnham, Robert E., et al.. (1973). Crystal structure of (Sr, Ba)Bi2Ta2O9. Materials Research Bulletin. 8(10). 1183–1195. 137 indexed citations
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Kay, M. I. & Robert Kleinberg. (1973). The crystal structure of triglycine sulfate†. Ferroelectrics. 5(1). 45–52. 88 indexed citations
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Wolfe, Raymond, et al.. (1972). Crystal structure of Bi3tinbo9. Ferroelectrics. 3(1). 1–7. 47 indexed citations
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Dorrian, J.F., Robert E. Newnham, D. K. Smith, & M. I. Kay. (1972). Crystal structure of Bi4Ti3O12. Ferroelectrics. 3(1). 17–27. 276 indexed citations
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Kay, M. I. & Robert Kleinberg. (1972). An approximate structure for the antiferroelectric phase of copper formate tetrahydrate by means of neutron diffraction†. Ferroelectrics. 4(1). 147–152. 15 indexed citations
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Kay, M. I.. (1972). The structure of sodium nitrite at 150°, 185°, 225°C†. Ferroelectrics. 4(1). 235–243. 42 indexed citations
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Kay, M. I., Y. Okaya, & D. E. Cox. (1971). A refinement of the structure of the room-temperature phase of phenanthrene, C14H10, from X-ray and neutron diffraction data. Acta Crystallographica Section B. 27(1). 26–33. 97 indexed citations
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Cromer, D. T., M. I. Kay, & A. C. Larson. (1967). Refinement of the alum structures. II. X-ray and neutron diffraction of NaAl(SO4)2.12H2O, γ alum. Acta Crystallographica. 22(2). 182–187. 29 indexed citations
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Cromer, D. T. & M. I. Kay. (1967). Refinement of the alum structures. IV. Neutron diffraction study of deuterated ammonium alum, ND4Al(SO4)2.12D2O, an α alum. Acta Crystallographica. 22(6). 800–805. 28 indexed citations
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Cromer, D. T., M. I. Kay, & A. C. Larson. (1966). Refinement of the alum structures. I. X-ray and neutron diffraction study of CsAl(SO4)2.12H2O, a β alum. Acta Crystallographica. 21(3). 383–389. 38 indexed citations
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Kay, M. I., R. A. Young, & A. S. Posner. (1964). Crystal Structure of Hydroxyapatite. Nature. 204(4963). 1050–1052. 1110 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kay, M. I. & D. R. Behrendt. (1963). The structure factor for a harmonic quasi-torsional oscillator. Acta Crystallographica. 16(3). 157–162. 6 indexed citations
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Kay, M. I.. (1961). A neutron diffraction study of orthorhombic PbO. Acta Crystallographica. 14(1). 80–81. 86 indexed citations
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Kay, M. I. & B. C. Frazer. (1961). A neutron diffraction refinement of the low temperature phase of NaNO2. Acta Crystallographica. 14(1). 56–57. 129 indexed citations

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