Robert M. May
Impact in
- Modeling and Simulation top 0.01%
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Nature and Landscape Conservation top 0.01%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Papers in
- Genetics 94
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics 76
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- Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models 73
- Co-authors
- Roy M. Anderson (54 shared papers)Martin A. Nowak (30 shared papers)M. P. Hassell (22 shared papers)George Sugihara (12 shared papers)Sean Nee (13 shared papers)Alun L. Lloyd (4 shared papers)J. R. Beddington (10 shared papers)W D Hamilton (2 shared papers)
- Journals
- Nature (162 papers)Science (32 papers)Journal of Animal Ecology (19 papers)Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (15 papers)Journal of Theoretical Biology (14 papers)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomUnited StatesAustralia
In The Last Decade
Robert M. May
466 papers receiving 74.7k citations
Robert M. May's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 241
- Modeling and Simulation 8.0k
- Nature and Landscape Conservation 12.1k
- Genetics 21.7k
- Ecological Modeling 3.4k
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 20.1k
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simple mathematical models with very complicated dynamics Hit paper breakdown → | 1976 | 4679 |
| 2 | Infectious Diseases of Humans Hit paper breakdown → | 1991 | 4408 |
| 3 | Evolutionary games and spatial chaos Hit paper breakdown → | 1992 | 3105 |
| 4 | Stability and Complexity in Model Ecosystems Hit paper breakdown → | 2001 | 2713 |
| 5 | Population biology of infectious diseases: Part I Hit paper breakdown → | 1979 | 2468 |
| 6 | Habitat destruction and the extinction debt Hit paper breakdown → | 1994 | 2046 |
| 7 | Will a Large Complex System be Stable? Hit paper breakdown → | 1972 | 1877 |
| 8 | Detecting Causality in Complex Ecosystems Hit paper breakdown → | 2012 | 1604 |
| 9 | Nonlinear forecasting as a way of distinguishing chaos from measurement error in time series Hit paper breakdown → | 1990 | 1382 |
| 10 | Regulation and Stability of Host-Parasite Population Interactions: I. Regulatory Processes Hit paper breakdown → | 1978 | 1365 |
| 11 | Thresholds and breakpoints in ecosystems with a multiplicity of stable states Hit paper breakdown → | 1977 | 1237 |
| 12 | Coevolution of hosts and parasites Hit paper breakdown → | 1982 | 1225 |
| 13 | Biological Populations with Nonoverlapping Generations: Stable Points, Stable Cycles, and Chaos Hit paper breakdown → | 1974 | 1151 |
| 14 | Population Biology of Infectious Diseases Hit paper breakdown → | 1982 | 1075 |
| 15 | Dispersal in stable habitats Hit paper breakdown → | 1977 | 1019 |
| 16 | Patterns of species abundance and diversity Hit paper breakdown → | 1975 | 1004 |
| 17 | The population dynamics of microparasites and their invertebrate hosts Hit paper breakdown → | 1981 | 914 |
| 18 | Theoretical Ecology: Principles and Applications Hit paper breakdown → | 1982 | 909 |
| 19 | Bifurcations and Dynamic Complexity in Simple Ecological Models Hit paper breakdown → | 1976 | 891 |
| 20 | Nonlinear Aspects of Competition Between Three Species Hit paper breakdown → | 1975 | 824 |
About Robert M. May
Robert M. May is a scholar working on Genetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Ecology, Sociology and Political Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, having authored 477 papers that have together received 82.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (76 papers), Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models (73 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (54 papers), Plant and animal studies (41 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (30 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (25 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (21 papers) and COVID-19 epidemiological studies (21 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Modeling and Simulation (8.0k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (12.1k citations), Genetics (21.7k citations), Ecological Modeling (3.4k citations) and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (20.1k citations). Robert M. May has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Roy M. Anderson, Martin A. Nowak, M. P. Hassell, George Sugihara, Sean Nee, Alun L. Lloyd, J. R. Beddington, W D Hamilton, Paul Harvey and David Tilman. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science, Journal of Animal Ecology, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Journal of Theoretical Biology.
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