Bonnie J. McCay

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Bonnie J. McCay is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bonnie J. McCay has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 25 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 20 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Bonnie J. McCay's work include Marine and fisheries research (26 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (18 papers) and Coastal and Marine Management (17 papers). Bonnie J. McCay is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (26 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (18 papers) and Coastal and Marine Management (17 papers). Bonnie J. McCay collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. Bonnie J. McCay's co-authors include Svein Jentoft, James Acheson, David Feeny, Fikret Berkes, Douglas C. Wilson, Andrew P. Vayda, Kevin St. Martin, Peter Jones, Grant Murray and Tim Ingold and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Nature Climate Change.

In The Last Decade

Bonnie J. McCay

72 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

The Tragedy of the Commons: Twenty-two years later 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 250 500 750
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. The Tragedy of the Commons: Twenty-two years later
    1990 821 citations Bonnie J. McCay et al. Human Ecology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bonnie J. McCay United States 34 2.4k 1.8k 1.5k 947 431 75 4.7k
James Acheson United States 26 1.9k 0.8× 1.0k 0.6× 907 0.6× 998 1.1× 503 1.2× 91 4.1k
Anthony Charles Canada 35 3.3k 1.4× 2.5k 1.4× 2.0k 1.3× 931 1.0× 395 0.9× 115 5.8k
Xavier Basurto United States 39 3.1k 1.3× 1.9k 1.1× 1.4k 1.0× 1.1k 1.2× 658 1.5× 99 5.8k
James A. Wilson United States 27 2.6k 1.1× 1.8k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 710 0.7× 377 0.9× 106 4.7k
Martin F. Price United Kingdom 31 2.5k 1.1× 964 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 1.4k 1.5× 486 1.1× 166 6.2k
Ratana Chuenpagdee Canada 35 2.7k 1.2× 2.2k 1.3× 1.7k 1.2× 771 0.8× 403 0.9× 114 4.9k
Steve Carpenter United States 8 3.6k 1.5× 1.6k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 1.5k 1.6× 651 1.5× 10 7.2k
Lisa M. Campbell United States 39 1.6k 0.7× 1.4k 0.8× 1.5k 1.0× 1.4k 1.5× 250 0.6× 113 4.7k
Carina Wyborn Australia 36 2.8k 1.2× 1.1k 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 1.2k 1.3× 413 1.0× 73 5.3k
Tiffany H. Morrison Australia 38 3.0k 1.3× 2.6k 1.5× 1.3k 0.8× 1.2k 1.3× 376 0.9× 106 6.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Bonnie J. McCay

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bonnie J. McCay

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bonnie J. McCay

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Selden, Rebecca L., et al.. (2021). Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost – Responses of Fishers’ Communities to Shifts in the Distribution and Abundance of Fish. Frontiers in Marine Science. 8. 32 indexed citations
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Haggett, Claire, et al.. (2020). Offshore Wind Projects and Fisheries: Conflict and Engagement in the United Kingdom and the United States. Oceanography. 33(4). 38–47. 47 indexed citations
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Young, Talia, Emma Fuller, K. Coleman, et al.. (2018). Adaptation strategies of coastal fishing communities as species shift poleward. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 76(1). 93–103. 78 indexed citations
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Fenichel, Eli P., Simon A. Levin, Bonnie J. McCay, et al.. (2016). Wealth reallocation and sustainability under climate change. Nature Climate Change. 6(3). 237–244. 47 indexed citations
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McCay, Bonnie J.. (2012). Shifts in fishing grounds. Nature Climate Change. 2(12). 840–841. 11 indexed citations
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Johnston, Barbara Rose, Elizabeth Colson, Dean Falk, et al.. (2012). On Happiness. American Anthropologist. 114(1). 6–18. 19 indexed citations
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Murray, Grant, et al.. (2010). Cumulative effects, creeping enclosure, and the marine commons of New Jersey. International Journal of the Commons. 4(1). 367–367. 46 indexed citations
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Murray, Grant, et al.. (2010). Cumulative effects, creeping enclosure, and the marine commons of New Jersey. International Journal of the Commons. 4(1). 367–367. 3 indexed citations
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McCay, Bonnie J. & Alyne Delaney. (2010). Expanding the boundaries of commons scholarship: The 2008 Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons. International Journal of the Commons. 4(1). 213–213. 2 indexed citations
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McCay, Bonnie J.. (2002). The Resilient Outport: Ecology, Economy, and Society in Rural Newfoundland. Rosemary E. Ommer. Marine Resource Economics. 17(4). 341–343. 6 indexed citations
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McCay, Bonnie J. & Svein Jentoft. (1998). Market or Community Failure? Critical Perspectives on Common Property Research. Human Organization. 57(1). 21–29. 196 indexed citations
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Wilson, Douglas C. & Bonnie J. McCay. (1998). How the participants talk about “participation” in Mid-Atlantic fisheries management. Ocean & Coastal Management. 41(1). 41–61. 19 indexed citations
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McCay, Bonnie J.. (1998). Oyster Wars and the Public Trust: Property, Law, and Ecology in New Jersey History. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 40 indexed citations
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McCay, Bonnie J.. (1998). Oyster Wars and the Public Trust. University of Arizona Press eBooks. 44 indexed citations
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Adelaja, Adesoji O., et al.. (1997). Supply response in the mid-atlantic surf clam and ocean quahog fishery. International Advances in Economic Research. 3(4). 427–427. 1 indexed citations
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McCay, Bonnie J. & Svein Jentoft. (1996). From the bottom up: Participatory issues in fisheries management. Society & Natural Resources. 9(3). 237–250. 145 indexed citations
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McCay, Bonnie J.. (1996). Robert McC. Netting and human ecology: An appreciation. Human Ecology. 24(1). 125–135. 1 indexed citations
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McCay, Bonnie J., et al.. (1995). Individual transferable quotas (ITQs) in Canadian and US fisheries. Ocean & Coastal Management. 28(1-3). 85–115. 72 indexed citations
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Gatewood, John B. & Bonnie J. McCay. (1990). Comparison of Job Satisfaction in Six New Jersey Fisheries: Implications for Management. Human Organization. 49(1). 14–25. 59 indexed citations
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Vayda, Andrew P. & Bonnie J. McCay. (1975). New Directions in Ecology and Ecological Anthropology. Annual Review of Anthropology. 4(1). 293–306. 178 indexed citations

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