Peter May

14.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
172 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Peter May is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Economics and Econometrics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter May has authored 172 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 40 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 38 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Peter May's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (40 papers), Regulation and Compliance Studies (23 papers) and Disaster Management and Resilience (22 papers). Peter May is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (40 papers), Regulation and Compliance Studies (23 papers) and Disaster Management and Resilience (22 papers). Peter May collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and United Kingdom. Peter May's co-authors include Jonathan N. Coleman, Umar Khan, Søren Winter, Arlene O’Neill, Ashley Jochim, Raymond J. Burby, Charles Normand, Khalid Nawaz, R. Sean Morrison and Harshit Porwal and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Peter May

158 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter May United States	47	1.9k	1.5k	1.3k	1.2k	1.0k	172	8.0k
Michael Moran United Kingdom	36	253 0.1×	904 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	793 0.7×	93 0.1×	197	7.2k
David L. Rigby United States	40	1.0k 0.5×	418 0.3×	716 0.6×	673 0.6×	38 0.0×	176	7.0k
Anne Green United Kingdom	40	1.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	389 0.3×	133 0.1×	56 0.1×	292	8.7k
Peter Mair Austria	47	156 0.1×	2.9k 1.9×	8.0k 6.2×	1.9k 1.6×	150 0.1×	268	11.8k
David S. Lee United Kingdom	43	564 0.3×	587 0.4×	479 0.4×	164 0.1×	33 0.0×	167	9.2k
Subhash Sharma India	40	918 0.5×	3.8k 2.5×	113 0.1×	2.5k 2.1×	211 0.2×	180	14.2k
François Béland Canada	46	1.4k 0.7×	731 0.5×	70 0.1×	91 0.1×	704 0.7×	246	8.1k
Jochen Gläser Germany	29	635 0.3×	592 0.4×	365 0.3×	245 0.2×	171 0.2×	129	3.6k
Tony Jefferson United Kingdom	38	344 0.2×	5.2k 3.4×	1.3k 1.0×	130 0.1×	96 0.1×	198	10.8k
Charles Lewis United States	51	184 0.1×	1.3k 0.9×	75 0.1×	323 0.3×	471 0.5×	267	14.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Peter May

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter May

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter May

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Gwyther, Liz, Jane Bates, Liz Grant, et al.. (2025). Economic Benefits of Investment in Palliative Care: An Appraisal of Current Evidence and Call to Action. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 71(1). e69–e81.

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May, Peter, Charles Normand, Samantha Smith, et al.. (2024). How many people will live and die with serious illness in Ireland to 2040? Estimated needs and costs using microsimulation. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing. 29. 100528–100528.

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Moriarty, Frank, M.D. Ward, Anne Nolan, et al.. (2022). Overprescribing among older people near end of life in Ireland: Evidence of prevalence and determinants from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). PLoS ONE. 17(11). e0278127–e0278127. 3 indexed citations

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Johnston, Bridget, et al.. (2020). Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of out-of-hours palliative care: a systematic review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 9–9. 8 indexed citations

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Khandelwal, Nita, Peter May, & J. Randall Curtis. (2019). Financial stress after critical illness: an unintended consequence of high-intensity care. Intensive Care Medicine. 46(1). 107–109. 4 indexed citations

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Penrod, Joan D., Melissa M. Garrido, Karen McKendrick, et al.. (2017). Characteristics of Hospitalized Cancer Patients Referred for Inpatient Palliative Care Consultation. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 20(12). 1321–1326. 15 indexed citations

7.

May, Peter & Kevin Davies. (2016). Practical Analysis of TIFF File Size Reductions Achievable Through Compression.. iPRES. 1 indexed citations

8.

May, Peter, et al.. (2014). Issue expertise in policymaking. Journal of Public Policy. 36(2). 195–218. 37 indexed citations

9.

Harrison, Richard, et al.. (2013). Headway academic skills. Oxford University Press eBooks.

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Anagnos, Thalia, Mary C. Comerio, Christine Goulet, et al.. (2012). Developing Regional Building Inventories: Lessons from the Field. Earthquake Spectra. 28(4). 1305–1329. 14 indexed citations

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May, Peter, et al.. (2010). Boundary-Spanning Policy Problems: Politics and Policymaking. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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May, Peter, et al.. (2005). Regional Policy Agglomeration: Arctic Policy in Canada and the United States. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Research and Practice. 7(2). 121–136. 3 indexed citations

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May, Peter. (2002). Walk-in health centres are a politician's folly.. PubMed. 98(19). 38–38. 1 indexed citations

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May, Peter. (2001). Societal Perspectives about Earthquake Performance: The Fallacy of “Acceptable Risk”. Earthquake Spectra. 17(4). 725–737. 27 indexed citations

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May, Peter. (1999). Disaster Hits Home: New Policy for Urban Housing RecoveryComerio, Mary C., 1998, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 291 pp., $39.95, cloth.. Earthquake Spectra. 15(2). 377–378. 2 indexed citations

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May, Peter, Raymond J. Burby, & Howard Kunreuther. (1998). 3. Policy Design for Earthquake Hazard Mitigation: Lessons from Energy Conservation, Radon Reduction, and Termite Control. Earthquake Spectra. 14(4). 629–650. 9 indexed citations

17.

May, Peter. (1996). Addressing Natural Hazards: Challenges and Lessons for Public Policy. Australian Journal of Emergency Management. 11(4). 121. 7 indexed citations

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May, Peter, et al.. (1992). 7. Design Professions and Earthquake Policy. Earthquake Spectra. 8(1). 115–132. 10 indexed citations

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May, Peter. (1992). Policy Learning and Failure. Journal of Public Policy. 12(4). 331–354. 499 indexed citations

20.

May, Peter. (1991). Reconsidering Policy Design: Policies and Publics. Journal of Public Policy. 11(2). 187–206. 155 indexed citations

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