Melvyn Kay

762 citations
28 papers · 520 indexed · h-index 12

Melvyn Kay

27 papers receiving 454 citations

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Melvyn Kay
Comparison fields: 5 of 82
  • Soil Science 228
  • Ocean Engineering 168
  • Water Science and Technology 123
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 39
  • Global and Planetary Change 94
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The 20 scholars most cited alongside Melvyn Kay, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20209
2 201886
3 20172
4 20173
5 201032
6 200829
7 20073
8 20071
9
Smallholder irrigation technology: prospects for sub-Saharan Africa
200160
10
Treadle pumps: a viable irrigation option for Africa?
20001
11 199911
12
Water - An Economic Good?: Theory and Practice
19972
13 19903
14 199015
15 19881
16 198711
17 198511
18 19847
19
Sprinkler Irrigation: Equipment and Practice
19838
20 198317

About Melvyn Kay

Melvyn Kay is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ocean Engineering, Water Science and Technology, Civil and Structural Engineering and Political Science and International Relations, having authored 28 papers that have together received 520 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Water resources management and optimization (10 papers), Irrigation Practices and Water Management (9 papers), Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies (4 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (3 papers), Water Governance and Infrastructure (3 papers), Climate change impacts on agriculture (2 papers), Urban Stormwater Management Solutions (1 paper) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (228 citations), Ocean Engineering (168 citations), Water Science and Technology (123 citations), General Agricultural and Biological Sciences (39 citations) and Global and Planetary Change (94 citations). Melvyn Kay has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and Saudi Arabia. Frequent co-authors include Jerry Knox, E.K. Weatherhead, Angela Renata Cordeiro Ortigara, S. Uhlenbrook, Rome . Animal Production Fao, Juan Antonio Rodríguez Díaz, Tim Wheeler, M. K. V. Carr, Paul Trawick and Richard Carter. Their work appears in journals such as Outlook on Agriculture, Agricultural Water Management, Irrigation and Drainage Systems, The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology and Water.

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