R. May

Most-cited papers

Detecting Causality in Complex Ecosystems
G. Sugihara, R. May, H. Ye, C. Hsieh +3 more
2012Science2,446 citations
Semantic Scholar
Systemic risk in banking ecosystems
A. Haldane, R. May
2011Nature1,398 citations
Semantic Scholar
Infection dynamics on scale-free networks.
R. May, A. Lloyd
2001Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics766 citations
Semantic Scholar
Why fishing magnifies fluctuations in fish abundance
Christian N. K. Anderson, C. Hsieh, S. Sandin, R. Hewitt +4 more
2008Nature710 citations
Semantic Scholar
Complex systems: Ecology for bankers
R. May, S. Levin, G. Sugihara
2008Nature659 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Fishing elevates variability in the abundance of exploited species
C. Hsieh, C. Reiss, J. Hunter, J. Beddington +2 more
2006Nature647 citations
Semantic Scholar
Can We Name Earth's Species Before They Go Extinct?
Mark John Costello, R. May, N. Stork
2013Science628 citations
Semantic Scholar
Ecosystems and human well-being - Synthesis: A Report of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
W. Reid, H. Mooney, A. Cropper, D. Capistrano +24 more
2005628 citations
Semantic Scholar
Virus dynamics: Mathematical principles of immunology and virology
M. Nowak, R. May
2001626 citations
Semantic Scholar
How Viruses Spread Among Computers and People
A. Lloyd, R. May
2001Science590 citations
Semantic Scholar
Subnets of scale-free networks are not scale-free: sampling properties of networks.
M. Stumpf, C. Wiuf, R. May
2005Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America586 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Taxonomic Bias in Conservation Research
J. Clark, R. May
2002Science547 citations
Semantic Scholar
Modelling vaccination strategies against foot-and-mouth disease
M. Keeling, M. Woolhouse, R. May, G. Davies +1 more
2003Nature460 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Uses and Abuses of Mathematics in Biology
R. May
2004Science439 citations
Semantic Scholar
Science and the Convention on Biological Diversity's 2010 Target.
A. Balmford, L. Bennun, B. T. ten Brink, David Cooper +24 more
2005409 citations
Semantic Scholar
Network structure and the biology of populations.
R. May
2006Trends in Ecology & Evolution300 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Biodiversity Conservation and the Millennium Development Goals
J. Sachs, J. Baillie, W. Sutherland, P. Armsworth +25 more
2009Science278 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Systemic risk: the dynamics of model banking systems
R. May, N. Arinaminpathy
2010Journal of the Royal Society Interface264 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Tracking and forecasting ecosystem interactions in real time
E. Deyle, R. May, S. Munch, G. Sugihara
2016Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences261 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Living beyond our means : natural assets and human well-being, statement form the board
W. Reid, A. Cropper, H. Mooney, D. Capistrano +12 more
2005237 citations
Semantic Scholar
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Synthesis Report
W. Reid, H. Mooney, A. Cropper, D. Capistrano +24 more
2005233 citations
Semantic Scholar
Dimensions of superspreading
A. Galvani, R. May
2005Nature204 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Individual versus systemic risk and the Regulator's Dilemma
N. Beale, D. Rand, H. Battey, Karen Croxson +2 more
2011Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America165 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Working Paper No. 465 Size and complexity in model financial systems
N. Arinaminpathy, S. Kapadia, R. May
2012150 citations
Semantic Scholar
Predicted correspondence between species abundances and dendrograms of niche similarities
G. Sugihara, L. Bersier, T. Southwood, S. Pimm +1 more
2003Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America124 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Tropical Arthropod Species, More or Less?
R. May
2010Science117 citations
Semantic Scholar
Species-Area Relations in Tropical Forests
R. May, M. Stumpf
2000Science97 citations
Semantic Scholar
Nature: the many benefits of ecosystem services
W. Reid, H. Mooney, D. Capistrano, S. Carpenter +12 more
2006Nature96 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Fundamental ecology is fundamental.
F. Courchamp, J. Dunne, Y. Le Maho, R. May +2 more
2015Trends in Ecology & Evolution80 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Ecology: Ethics and amphibians
R. May
2004Nature76 citations
Semantic Scholar
Combined inequality in wealth and risk leads to disaster in the climate change game
M. Burton-Chellew, R. May, S. West
2013Climatic Change74 citations
Semantic Scholar
Why Worry about How Many Species and Their Loss?
R. May
2011PLoS Biology73 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Ecological science and tomorrow's world
R. May
2010Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences72 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Tomorrow's taxonomy: collecting new species in the field will remain the rate-limiting step.
R. May
2004Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences70 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Somatic selection for and against cancer.
F. Michor, S. Frank, R. May, Y. Iwasa +1 more
2003Journal of Theoretical Biology66 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Epidemiology. How viruses spread among computers and people.
A. Lloyd, R. May
2001Science66 citations
Semantic Scholar
Food-web assembly and collapse: mathematical models and implications for conservation
R. May
2009Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences45 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Are exploited fish populations stable?
G. Sugihara, J. Beddington, C. Hsieh, E. Deyle +10 more
2011Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America42 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
REGULATION AND STABILITY OF HOST-PARASITE
Roy M. Anderson, R. May
201741 citations
Semantic Scholar
Observations on related ecological exponents.
T. Southwood, R. May, G. Sugihara
2006Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America39 citations
Semantic Scholar
The future of biological diversity in a crowded world
R. May
200239 citations
Semantic Scholar
The evolution of network topology by selective removal
M. Salathé, R. May, S. Bonhoeffer
2005Journal of the Royal Society Interface37 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Response to Comments on “Can We Name Earth’s Species Before They Go Extinct?”
Mark John Costello, R. May, N. Stork
2013Science33 citations
Semantic Scholar
Networks and webs in ecosystems and financial systems
R. May
2013Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences33 citations
Semantic Scholar
Parasites, people and policy: infectious diseases and the Millennium Development Goals.
R. May
2007Trends in Ecology & Evolution30 citations
Semantic Scholar
Simple Rules with Complex Dynamics
R. May
2000Science28 citations
Semantic Scholar
Supplementary Online Material: Oscillations in Continuous Culture Populations of Streptococcus pneumoniae: Population Dynamics and the Evolution of Clonal Suicide
Omar E. Cornejo, D. Rozen, R. May, B. Levin
200825 citations
Semantic Scholar
Zoology: Here be dragons
A. Hamilton, R. May, E. Waters
2015Nature22 citations
Semantic Scholar
Science as organized scepticism
R. May
2011Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences19 citations
Semantic Scholar
Why should we be concerned about loss of biodiversity.
R. May
2011Comptes rendus. Biologies18 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar