Paul Kay

17.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
100 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Paul Kay is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Language and Linguistics and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Kay has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 20 papers in Language and Linguistics and 14 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Paul Kay's work include Categorization, perception, and language (48 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (29 papers) and Multisensory perception and integration (29 papers). Paul Kay is often cited by papers focused on Categorization, perception, and language (48 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (29 papers) and Multisensory perception and integration (29 papers). Paul Kay collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and India. Paul Kay's co-authors include Charles J. Fillmore, Terry Regier, Brent Berlin, Mary Catherine O’Connor, Chad K. McDaniel, Willett Kempton, Linda Coleman, Richard B. Ivry, Luisa Maffi and Aubrey L. Gilbert and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Science of The Total Environment and Technometrics.

In The Last Decade

Paul Kay

95 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

Basic Color Terms: Their Universality and Evolution. 1971 2026 1989 2007 1971 1988 400 800 1.2k
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. Basic Color Terms: Their Universality and Evolution.
    1971 1.5k citations Paul Kay et al. profile →
  2. Regularity and Idiomaticity in Grammatical Constructions: The Case of Let Alone
    1988 1.1k citations Charles J. Fillmore, Paul Kay et al. Language profile →

Peers

Paul Kay
Deirdre Wilson United Kingdom
Simon Garrod United Kingdom
Robert M. Krauss United States
Raymond W. Gibbs United States
Boaz Keysar United States
Lera Boroditsky United States
Terence Odlin United States
Richard J. Gerrig United States
Asifa Majid Netherlands
Rick Dale United States
Deirdre Wilson United Kingdom
Paul Kay
Citations per year, relative to Paul Kay Paul Kay (= 1×) peers Deirdre Wilson

Countries citing papers authored by Paul Kay

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Kay

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Kay

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Paul Kay. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Paul 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 Paul Kay. Paul 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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Chen, Zhangling, et al.. (2024). Multifaceted effects of microplastics on soil-plant systems: Exploring the role of particle type and plant species. The Science of The Total Environment. 954. 176641–176641. 8 indexed citations
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Tubi, Amit, Lee Mordechai, Eran Feitelson, Paul Kay, & Dan E. Tamir. (2022). Can we learn from the past? Towards better analogies and historical inference in society-environmental change research. Global Environmental Change. 76. 102570–102570. 9 indexed citations
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Kay, Paul. (2013). The Limits of (Construction) Grammar. Oxford University Press eBooks. 22 indexed citations
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Kavcar, Osman B. & Paul Kay. (2011). Color categories and color appearance. Cognition. 122(3). 375–392. 43 indexed citations
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Regier, Terry, Paul Kay, & Naveen Khetarpal. (2009). Color naming and the shape of color space. Language. 85(4). 884–892. 24 indexed citations
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Franklin, Anna, et al.. (2008). Lateralization of categorical perception of color changes with color term acquisition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(47). 18221–18225. 101 indexed citations
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Regier, Terry, Paul Kay, & Naveen Khetarpal. (2007). Color Naming is Near Optimal. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 29(29).
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Gilbert, Avery N., Terry Regier, Paul Kay, & Richard B. Ivry. (2007). Support for lateralization of the Whorf effect beyond the realm of color discrimination. Brain and Language. 105(2). 91–98. 75 indexed citations
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Kay, Paul & Terry Regier. (2006). Language, thought and color: recent developments. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 10(2). 51–54. 111 indexed citations
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Cook, Richard S., Paul Kay, & Terry Regier. (2005). Universal Foci and Varying Boundaries in Linguistic Color Categories. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 27(27). 8 indexed citations
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Kay, Paul. (2002). English Subjectless Tagged Sentences. Language. 78(3). 453–481. 36 indexed citations
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Kay, Paul & Charles J. Fillmore. (1999). Grammatical Constructions and Linguistic Generalizations: The What's X doing Y? Construction. Language. 75(1). 1–33. 404 indexed citations
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Kay, Paul & Charles J. Fillmore. (1999). Grammatical constructions and linguistic generalizations: The What's X doing Y? construction. Language. 75(1). 1–33. 180 indexed citations
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Fillmore, Charles J., Paul Kay, & Mary Catherine O’Connor. (1988). Regularity and Idiomaticity in Grammatical Constructions: The Case of Let Alone. Language. 64(3). 501–538. 1108 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kay, Paul. (1983). Three properties of the ideal reader. UC Berkeley. 15 indexed citations
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Coleman, Linda & Paul Kay. (1981). Prototype Semantics: The English Word LIE. Language. 57(1). 26–44. 60 indexed citations
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Kay, Paul & Chad K. McDaniel. (1978). The Linguistic Significance of the Meanings of Basic Color Terms. Language. 54(3). 610–646. 108 indexed citations
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Kay, Paul & Chad K. McDaniel. (1978). The linguistic significance of the meanings of basic color terms. Language. 54(3). 610–646. 448 indexed citations
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Kay, Paul. (1971). Taxonomy and Semantic Contrast. Language. 47(4). 866–866. 86 indexed citations

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