Matthew C. Kay

5.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
9 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Matthew C. Kay is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew C. Kay has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Ecology, 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 3 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Matthew C. Kay's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (7 papers), Marine and fisheries research (6 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (4 papers). Matthew C. Kay is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (7 papers), Marine and fisheries research (6 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (4 papers). Matthew C. Kay collaborates with scholars based in United States and Australia. Matthew C. Kay's co-authors include Hunter S. Lenihan, Susan M. Kidwell, Richard G. Cooke, Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Bruce J. Bourque, Heike K. Lotze, Charles H. Peterson, Roger Bradbury, Michael X. Kirby and Boze Hancock and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and BioScience.

In The Last Decade

Matthew C. Kay

8 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Depletion, Degradation, and Recovery Potential of Estuaries and Coastal Seas

2006 2.5k citations Heike K. Lotze, Hunter S. Lenihan et al. Science profile →
Oyster Reefs at Risk and Recommendations for Conservation, Restoration, and Management

2011 1.0k citations Michael W. Beck, Robert D. Brumbaugh et al. BioScience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matthew C. Kay United States	8	2.6k	2.4k	1.6k	458	437	9	4.1k
Concepción Marcos Spain	38	1.8k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	445 1.0×	430 1.0×	85	3.7k
Britta Schaffelke Australia	39	2.2k 0.8×	3.4k 1.4×	2.5k 1.5×	444 1.0×	336 0.8×	91	4.8k
Loke Ming Chou Singapore	35	1.9k 0.7×	3.5k 1.5×	2.0k 1.2×	368 0.8×	755 1.7×	184	4.7k
Denise L. Breitburg United States	36	2.2k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	2.4k 1.5×	217 0.5×	818 1.9×	75	4.5k
Donald S. McLusky United Kingdom	27	1.6k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	264 0.6×	447 1.0×	72	3.4k
Melinda A. Coleman Australia	40	1.9k 0.7×	3.4k 1.4×	3.2k 2.0×	465 1.0×	499 1.1×	169	5.1k
Mark W. Luckenbach United States	35	3.7k 1.4×	2.5k 1.0×	2.7k 1.7×	285 0.6×	195 0.4×	72	5.2k
Fabio Badalamenti Italy	38	2.5k 1.0×	3.4k 1.4×	2.1k 1.3×	468 1.0×	595 1.4×	160	4.7k
Fabio Bulleri Italy	38	2.0k 0.8×	3.7k 1.5×	4.0k 2.5×	787 1.7×	492 1.1×	126	5.8k
Guillem Chust Spain	37	1.8k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	273 0.6×	634 1.5×	100	3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Matthew C. Kay

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Matthew C. Kay's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Matthew C. Kay with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Matthew C. Kay more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Matthew C. Kay

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Matthew C. Kay. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Matthew C. Kay. The network helps show where Matthew C. Kay may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthew C. Kay

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Matthew C. Kay. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Matthew C. 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 Matthew C. Kay. Matthew C. Kay is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

9 of 9 papers shown

1.

Wilson, Jono R., Sarah R. Valencia, Matthew C. Kay, & Hunter S. Lenihan. (2013). Integration of No‐Take Marine Reserves in the Assessment of Data‐Limited Fisheries. Conservation Letters. 7(5). 451–458. 8 indexed citations

2.

Kay, Matthew C., et al.. (2012). Collaborative assessment of California spiny lobster population and fishery responses to a marine reserve network. Ecological Applications. 22(1). 322–335. 37 indexed citations

3.

Wilson, Jono R., et al.. (2012). Small-Scale Spatial Variation in Population Dynamics and Fishermen Response in a Coastal Marine Fishery. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e52837–e52837. 21 indexed citations

4.

Kay, Matthew C. & Jono R. Wilson. (2012). Spatially explicit mortality of California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) across a marine reserve network. Environmental Conservation. 39(3). 215–224. 10 indexed citations

5.

Beck, Michael W., Robert D. Brumbaugh, Laura Airoldi, et al.. (2011). Oyster Reefs at Risk and Recommendations for Conservation, Restoration, and Management. BioScience. 61(2). 107–116. 1020 indexed citations breakdown →

6.

Kay, Matthew C.. (2011). Community Based Fisheries Research on California Spiny Lobster (Panulirus interruptus) at the Santa Barbara Channel Islands. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations

7.

Lotze, Heike K., Hunter S. Lenihan, Bruce J. Bourque, et al.. (2006). Depletion, Degradation, and Recovery Potential of Estuaries and Coastal Seas. Science. 312(5781). 1806–1809. 2522 indexed citations breakdown →

8.

Ruesink, Jennifer L., Hunter S. Lenihan, Alan C. Trimble, et al.. (2005). Introduction of Non-Native Oysters: Ecosystem Effects and Restoration Implications. Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics. 36(1). 643–689. 395 indexed citations

9.

Kay, Matthew C. & Richard B. Emlet. (2002). Laboratory spawning, larval development, and metamorphosis of the limpets Lottia digitalis and Lottia asmi (Patellogastropoda, Lottiidae). Invertebrate Biology. 121(1). 11–24. 44 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact