William H. May

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 796 citations indexed

About

William H. May is a scholar working on Computational Theory and Mathematics, Computer Networks and Communications and Linguistics and Language. According to data from OpenAlex, William H. May has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 796 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics, 1 paper in Computer Networks and Communications and 1 paper in Linguistics and Language. Recurrent topics in William H. May's work include Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization (1 paper), Multilingual Education and Policy (1 paper) and Chaos, Complexity, and Education (1 paper). William H. May is often cited by papers focused on Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization (1 paper), Multilingual Education and Policy (1 paper) and Chaos, Complexity, and Education (1 paper). William H. May collaborates with scholars based in United States. William H. May's co-authors include John B. Carroll, Charles E. Osgood, Murray S. Miron, Oliver C. S. Tzeng and Charles E. Osgood and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Journal of Psychology, Educational and Psychological Measurement and International Journal of Psychology.

In The Last Decade

William H. May

4 papers receiving 660 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Cross-Cultural Universals of Affective Meaning

1976 787 citations John B. Carroll, Charles E. Osgood et al. The American Journal of Psychology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William H. May United States	3	346	243	228	119	66	5	796
William N. Morris United States	12	348 1.0×	206 0.8×	207 0.9×	108 0.9×	165 2.5×	22	752
P. S. Vivekananthan Netherlands	3	350 1.0×	193 0.8×	380 1.7×	171 1.4×	70 1.1×	4	741
John S. Gillis United States	12	271 0.8×	176 0.7×	200 0.9×	92 0.8×	170 2.6×	43	703
Jerry D. Boucher United States	6	256 0.7×	232 1.0×	129 0.6×	186 1.6×	48 0.7×	6	652
Richard Heslin United States	17	520 1.5×	257 1.1×	402 1.8×	158 1.3×	112 1.7×	34	1.0k
Charles E. Kimble United States	16	333 1.0×	162 0.7×	270 1.2×	83 0.7×	123 1.9×	38	705
Leesa Dillman United States	5	550 1.6×	153 0.6×	289 1.3×	83 0.7×	106 1.6×	5	779
Steve L. Ellyson United States	9	405 1.2×	205 0.8×	479 2.1×	114 1.0×	42 0.6×	10	866
Lavonia Smith LeBeau United States	9	451 1.3×	266 1.1×	383 1.7×	168 1.4×	85 1.3×	11	826
Toomas Niit Estonia	8	281 0.8×	140 0.6×	150 0.7×	101 0.8×	41 0.6×	11	514

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

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of William H. May. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of William H. May based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with William H. May. William H. May is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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5 of 5 papers shown

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Miron, Murray S. & William H. May. (2007). A note on serendipity, aesthetics, and problem solving. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. 8(3). 242–245.

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Tzeng, Oliver C. S. & William H. May. (1979). On Rotation of a Johnson Hierarchical Tree Structure. Educational and Psychological Measurement. 39(4). 733–741. 1 indexed citations

3.

Tzeng, Oliver C. S., Charles E. Osgood, & William H. May. (1976). IDEALIZED CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN KINCEPT CONCEPTIONS. Linguistics. 14(172). 3 indexed citations

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Carroll, John B., Charles E. Osgood, William H. May, & Murray S. Miron. (1976). Cross-Cultural Universals of Affective Meaning. The American Journal of Psychology. 89(1). 172–172. 787 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tzeng, Oliver C. S. & William H. May. (1975). More than E, P and a in Semantic Differential Scales. International Journal of Psychology. 10(2). 101–117. 5 indexed citations

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