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D-Index
40
Citations
11005
World Ranking
5684
National Ranking
2080

Robert W. Kay publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert W. Kay sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 70 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Robert W. Kay D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert W. Kay sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Robert W. Kay is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and has a research focus primarily within the field of engineering. Their scholarly work spans several subfields including automotive engineering, mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, and surgery.

The scientist's research interests concentrate on additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies, with particular attention to additive manufacturing materials and processes, manufacturing process optimization, electrohydrodynamics and fluid dynamics, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, biomedical applications of 3D printing, and orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Robert W. Kay include:

  • Matthew P. Shuttleworth
  • Russell A. Harris
  • Dan Davie
  • Louis Masters
  • Pablo J. Cevallos

Robert W. Kay's publications often appear in specialized journals such as:

  • Progress in Nuclear Energy
  • Additive Manufacturing
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Advanced Materials Technologies
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Selected recent papers by Robert W. Kay include:

  • Electrohydrodynamic and Aerosol Jet Printing for the Copatterning of Polydimethylsiloxane and Graphene Platelet Inks, 2020, Advanced Materials Technologies
  • Licensing small modular reactors: A state-of-the-art review of the challenges and barriers, 2023, Progress in Nuclear Energy
  • Digitally Driven Aerosol Jet Printing to Enable Customisable Neuronal Guidance, 2021, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Light based synthesis of metallic nanoparticles on surface-modified 3D printed substrates for high performance electronic systems, 2020, Additive Manufacturing
  • Towards sub-millisecond cryo-EM grid preparation, 2022, Faraday Discussions

Robert W. Kay has been recognized with professional distinctions including Fellowship status in the American Geophysical Union awarded in 2016 and Fellowship of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Delamination and delamination magmatism

    R.W. Kay;S. Mahlburg Kay

  • Aleutian magnesian andesites: Melts from subducted Pacific ocean crust

    R.W. Kay

  • Magnesian andesite in the western Aleutian Komandorsky region: Implications for slab melting and processes in the mantle wedge

    G. M. Yogodzinski;R. W. Kay;O. N. Volynets;A. V. Koloskov

  • Chemical Characteristics and Origin of Oceanic Ridge Volcanic Rocks

    R. Kay;N. J. Hubbard;P. W. Gast

  • The Rare Earth Content and Origin of Alkali-Rich Basalts

    Robert W. Kay;Paul W. Gast

  • Volcanic Arc Magmas: Implications of a Melting-Mixing Model for Element Recycling in the Crust-Upper Mantle System

    Robert W. Kay

  • Creation and destruction of lower continental crust

    R. W. Kay;S. Mahlburg-Kay

  • Ultramafic and Mafic Inclusions from Adak Island: Crystallization History, and Implications for the Nature of Primary Magmas and Crustal Evolution in the Aleutian Arc

    Walter K. Conrad;Robert W. Kay

  • Pb and Sr isotopes in volcanic rocks from the Aleutian Islands and Pribilof Islands, Alaska

    R. W. Kay;S. S. Sun;C. N. Lee-Hu

  • GEOCHEMISTRY OF THREE CORES FROM THE EAST PACIFIC RISE.

    Michael Bender;Wallace Broecker;Vivian Gornitz;Ursula Middel

  • Metalliferous deposits from the Apennine ophiolites: Mesozoic equivalents of modern deposits from oceanic spreading centers

    Enrico Bonatti;Marco Zerbi;Robert Kay;Harold Rydell

  • Tectonic controls on tholeiitic and calc-alkaline magmatism in the Aleutian Arc

    S. Mahlburg Kay;R. W. Kay;G. P. Citron

  • The rare Earth geochemistry of the Troodos Ophiolite Complex

    R. W. Kay;R. G. Senechal

  • Ultramafic Xenoliths from Adagdak Volcano, Adak, Aleutian Islands, Alaska: Deformed Igneous Cumulates from the Moho of an Island Arc

    Susan Debari;S. Mahlburg Kay;R. W. Kay

  • The nature of the lower continental crust: Inferences from geophysics, surface geology, and crustal xenoliths

    R. W. Kay;S. M. Kay

  • Role of crystal cumulates and the oceanic crust in the formation of the lower crust of the Aleutian arc

    S. Mahlburg Kay;R. W. Kay

  • Trace elements in ocean ridge basalts

    R.W. Kay;N.J. Hubbard

  • Aleutian tholeiitic and calc-alkaline magma series I: The mafic phenocrysts

    S. Mahlburg Kay;Robert W. Kay

  • Crustal recycling and the Aleutian arc

    R.W Kay;S.Mahlburg Kay

  • Geochemical Constraints on the Origin of Aleutian Magmas

    R. W. Kay

  • Continental lower crust

    David Fountain;R. Arculus;R. W. Kay

Frequent Co-Authors

Suzanne Mahlburg Kay
Suzanne Mahlburg Kay Cornell University
Brian R. Jicha
Brian R. Jicha University of Wisconsin–Madison
Tammo S. Steenhuis
Tammo S. Steenhuis Cornell University
Michael R. Perfit
Michael R. Perfit University of Florida
Terry Plank
Terry Plank Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Jerzy S. Blusztajn
Jerzy S. Blusztajn Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Hannes K. Brueckner
Hannes K. Brueckner Columbia University
Julie Prytulak
Julie Prytulak Durham University
Sune G. Nielsen
Sune G. Nielsen Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Enrico Bonatti
Enrico Bonatti Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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