Robert M. May

120.1k citations
476 papers · 82.1k indexed · 50 hit papers · h-index 136

Robert M. May

465 papers receiving 74.7k citations

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Robert M. May
Comparison fields: 5 of 240
  • Modeling and Simulation 8.2k
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation 12.2k
  • Ecological Modeling 3.4k
  • Genetics 22.3k
  • Ecology 18.7k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20251
2 202212
3 2016134
4
Can We Name Earth's Species Before They Go Extinct?breakdown →
2013424
5
Detecting Causality in Complex Ecosystemsbreakdown →
20121536
6 2005363
7
The future of biological diversity in a crowded world
200226
8
Virus dynamicsbreakdown →
2000731
9 199533
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Ecology and population biology.
199014
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How Many Species?: Discussion
1990180
12 19893
13 1989161
14 19868
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Exploitation of Marine Communities: Report of the Dahlem Workshop on Exploitation of Marine Communities, Berlin 1984, April 1-6
19844
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The logic of vaccination.
198219
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Population biology of infectious diseases : report of the Dahlem Workshop on Population Biology of Infectious Disease Agents, Berlin 1982, March 14-19
19829
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REGULATION AND STABILITY OF HOST-PARASITE POPULATION INTERACTIONS
1978302
19 19700
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Die Phlebographie der unteren Extremität
195918

About Robert M. May

Robert M. May is a scholar working on Modeling and Simulation, Virology, Ecological Modeling, Genetics and Ecology, having authored 476 papers that have together received 82.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (77 papers), Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models (74 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (55 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 (8.2k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (12.2k citations), Ecological Modeling (3.4k citations), Genetics (22.3k citations) and Ecology (18.7k 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 Clarence Lehman. 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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