William E. May

810 total citations
67 papers, 184 citations indexed

About

William E. May is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Philosophy and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, William E. May has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 184 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in General Health Professions, 10 papers in Philosophy and 8 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in William E. May's work include Ethics in medical practice (10 papers), Medieval Philosophy and Theology (7 papers) and Catholicism and Religious Studies (7 papers). William E. May is often cited by papers focused on Ethics in medical practice (10 papers), Medieval Philosophy and Theology (7 papers) and Catholicism and Religious Studies (7 papers). William E. May collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Fiji. William E. May's co-authors include Germain Grisez, John Finnis, Joseph Boyle, Andrew Kalotay, Judith P. Swazey, Erick W. Rengifo, Susan Woolfenden, Hayley Smithers‐Sheedy, Meru Sheel and Sarah McIntyre and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, BMJ Global Health and International Journal of Metalcasting.

In The Last Decade

William E. May

47 papers receiving 121 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William E. May United States 7 51 39 31 30 29 67 184
Christopher Kaczor United States 7 48 0.9× 35 0.9× 33 1.1× 25 0.8× 34 1.2× 57 141
Éric Weil France 5 58 1.1× 30 0.8× 56 1.8× 18 0.6× 36 1.2× 21 192
Leslie Cannold Australia 8 80 1.6× 10 0.3× 58 1.9× 47 1.6× 80 2.8× 19 198
Richard Lindley United Kingdom 2 40 0.8× 39 1.0× 35 1.1× 58 1.9× 8 0.3× 4 167
Samuel J. Kerstein United States 9 49 1.0× 94 2.4× 24 0.8× 37 1.2× 16 0.6× 17 211
Johanna Schoen United States 6 48 0.9× 8 0.2× 48 1.5× 20 0.7× 38 1.3× 13 156
Christina Schües Germany 7 22 0.4× 20 0.5× 19 0.6× 16 0.5× 16 0.6× 21 107
Isabel Karpin Australia 9 43 0.8× 7 0.2× 28 0.9× 29 1.0× 110 3.8× 43 245
Suzanne Uniacke Australia 6 19 0.4× 43 1.1× 55 1.8× 28 0.9× 8 0.3× 20 194
Ian Whitmarsh United States 7 41 0.8× 11 0.3× 28 0.9× 23 0.8× 4 0.1× 12 253

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Fields of papers citing papers by William E. May

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William E. May

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All Works

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Jahan, Israt, William E. May, Donald Wilson, et al.. (2025). Vaccination and its social and behavioural drivers in children with disability in Fiji. BMJ Global Health. 10(5). e017510–e017510. 1 indexed citations
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Power, Rosalie, Israt Jahan, William E. May, et al.. (2025). "Fear of the unknown": Health, disability, and stakeholder perspectives on the behavioral and social drivers of vaccination in children with disability in Fiji. PLOS Global Public Health. 5(1). e0004132–e0004132. 2 indexed citations
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May, William E., et al.. (2016). Trade finance as a financial asset: Risks and mitigants for non-bank investors. Journal of risk management in financial institutions. 9(1). 59–59.
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May, William E.. (2012). Coping with Ectopic Pregnancies. 8(3). 1 indexed citations
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May, William E.. (2010). Life Issues, Medical Choices: Questions and Answers for Catholics by Janet E. Smith and Christopher Kaczor. The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly. 10(1). 207–209.
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May, William E.. (2007). Proxy Consent for Nontherapeutic Experimentation. The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly. 7(2). 239–247.
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May, William E.. (2005). On "rescuing" frozen embryos: why the decision to do so is moral.. PubMed. 5(1). 51–7. 3 indexed citations
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May, William E., et al.. (2004). [Book Review of] Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy: An Argument Against Legalisation , by John Keown. The Linacre Quarterly. 71(1). 11.
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May, William E.. (2003). Philosophical Anthropology and Evangelium Vitae. 12(2). 311–322. 1 indexed citations
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May, William E., et al.. (2001). Sharing in Christ's virtues : for a renewal of moral theology in light of Veritatis splendor. Catholic University of America Press eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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May, William E.. (2001). “Jodie” and “Mary”: Separating the Maltese Twins. The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly. 1(3). 407–416. 1 indexed citations
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May, William E.. (1999). Tube Feeding and the “Vegetative State”. 24(1). 3–4. 1 indexed citations
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Kalotay, Andrew & William E. May. (1998). The Timing of Advance Refunding of Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds. 19(3). 1–15. 3 indexed citations
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May, William E.. (1998). Methotrexate and Ectopic Pregnancy. 23(3). 1–3. 3 indexed citations
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May, William E.. (1985). The Vatican Declaration on Sexual Ethics and the Moral Methodology of Vatican Council II. The Linacre Quarterly. 52(2). 19.
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May, William E.. (1984). The Natural Law Doctrine of Francis Suarez. New Scholasticism. 58(4). 409–423. 3 indexed citations
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May, William E.. (1970). The Reality of Matter in the Metaphysics of Bergson. International Philosophical Quarterly. 10(4). 611–642. 1 indexed citations
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May, William E.. (1962). The Structure and Argument of the Nicomachean Ethics. New Scholasticism. 36(1). 1–28. 1 indexed citations

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