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Robert M. May

Robert M. May publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Ecology and Genetics, on topics such as Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, Plant and animal studies and Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models.

World rank
#167
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#85
of 358,040
Works
146
Citations
4.2k
Citations per work
28.4

What does Robert M. May research?

Sociology and Political Science: 9.8%Ecology: 8.5%Genetics: 7.3%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6.1%other fields: 68.3%10%top field
Sociology and Political Science9.8%Ecology8.5%Genetics7.3%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics6.1%other fields68.3%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Sociology and Political Science10% of their works
  2. 2Ecology8% of their works
  3. 3Genetics7% of their works
  4. 4Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics6% of their works
  5. 5Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health6% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Biology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert M. May's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Habitat Fragmentation, Population Dynamics, Predator-Prey Interactions, Adaptation, Evolution and Altruism.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Invasive Species163 topics
  2. Biodiversity122 topics
  3. Habitat Fragmentation122 topics
  4. Population Dynamics122 topics
  5. Predator-Prey Interactions122 topics
  6. Adaptation91 topic
  7. Evolution91 topic
  8. Altruism81 topic
  9. Cooperation81 topic
  10. Disease Transmission81 topic
  11. Ecosystem Services81 topic
  12. Epidemic Models81 topic
  13. Pollinator Decline81 topic
  14. Conservation41 topic
  15. Ecosystem41 topic
  16. Island Ecosystems41 topic
  17. Rodent Eradication41 topic
  18. Genomics21 topic
  19. Plant Hormones21 topic
  20. Social Insects21 topic
  21. Strigolactones21 topic

Where does Robert M. May work?

Robert M. May's main affiliation in the publication record is Princeton University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert M. May have?

Science Explorer counts 146 works and 4,153 citations for Robert M. May, ranking #167 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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