2026 Robert M. May: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	166	990	100	593	160852
Biology and Biochemistry	161	120	6	461	155708

Robert M. May publications per year

1956 2025

602 publications in total across all disciplines

Robert M. May publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2027

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2027. The highlighted bar marks where Robert M. May sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 461 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Robert M. May D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2027

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2027. The highlighted bar marks where Robert M. May sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 161 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
1992 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1983 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Robert M. May was affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research contributions spanned multiple fields, with a primary focus on medicine and interdisciplinary studies.

The scientist published several papers across various domains, demonstrating research interests in both health sciences and computational theory. Notable recent publications included:

"A cohort study of 30 day mortality after NON-EMERGENCY surgery in a COVID-19 cold site", 2020, International Journal of Surgery
"Exudates from Miscanthus x giganteus change the response of a root-associated Pseudomonas putida strain towards heavy metals", 2022, Environmental Pollution
"Potential for Long-Lasting Changes in Dialysis Dietitian Responsibilities Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of a Survey", 2021, Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
"The index of symmetry for a left-invariant metric on a solvable three-dimensional Lie group", 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
"Viscosity approximation method for a variational problem", 2023, The Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Applications

Their research encompassed a broad range of fields and subfields of study, including:

Medicine
Plant Science
Molecular Biology
General Health Professions
Computational Theory and Mathematics
Oncology

Specific research topics addressed in their work included:

COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
Surgical site infection prevention
Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
Plant tissue culture and regeneration
Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences

The scientist frequently published in these venues:

International Journal of Surgery
Environmental Pollution
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
arXiv (Cornell University)
The Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Applications

Collaboration was evident through partnerships with several coauthors, including:

John Hines
Veeru Kasivisvanathan
Jamie Lindsay
Sara Rakshani-Moghadam
A Elhamshary

Robert M. May received recognition through awards such as:

Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1992
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1983

Best Publications

Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control

Roy M. Anderson;Robert M. May

15406
Citations
Stability and complexity in model ecosystems.

May Rm

9683
Citations
Evolutionary games and spatial chaos

Michael A. Nowak;Robert M. May

4953
Citations
Population biology of infectious diseases: Part II

Robert M. May;Roy M. Anderson

3919
Citations
Will a large complex system be stable

Robert M. May;Robert M. May

3633
Citations
Detecting Causality in Complex Ecosystems

George Sugihara;Robert M. May;Hao Ye;Chih-hao Hsieh

2548
Citations
Patterns of species abundance and diversity

R. M. May

2272
Citations
Regulation and Stability of Host-Parasite Population Interactions: I. Regulatory Processes

Roy M. Anderson;Robert M. May

2202
Citations
Biological Populations with Nonoverlapping Generations: Stable Points, Stable Cycles, and Chaos

Robert M. May

2142
Citations
Population biology of infectious diseases.

R. M. Anderson;R. M. May

2037
Citations
Thresholds and breakpoints in ecosystems with a multiplicity of stable states

Robert M. May

2003
Citations
Coevolution of hosts and parasites.

R. M. Anderson;R. M. May

1974
Citations
How many species are there on Earth

Robert M. May

1846
Citations
Systemic risk in banking ecosystems

Andrew G. Haldane;Robert M. May

1810
Citations
Theoretical Ecology: Principles and Applications

Robert May;Angela McLean

1790
Citations
Virus dynamics: Mathematical principles of immunology and virology

Martin A. Nowak;Robert M. May

1489
Citations
The Population Dynamics of Microparasites and Their Invertebrate Hosts

Roy Malcolm Anderson;Robert Mccredie May

1472
Citations
Nonlinear Aspects of Competition Between Three Species

Robert M. May;Warren J. Leonard

1465
Citations
Bifurcations and Dynamic Complexity in Simple Ecological Models

Robert M. May;George F. Oster

1349
Citations
REGULATION AND STABILITY OF HOST-PARASITE POPULATION INTERACTIONS

Robert M. May;Roy M. Anderson

534
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Roy M. Anderson Imperial College London

Martin A. Nowak Harvard University

Michael P. Hassell Imperial College London

George Sugihara University of California, San Diego

Paul H. Harvey University of Oxford

Sean Nee University of Edinburgh

John Beddington University of Oxford

Sebastian Bonhoeffer ETH Zurich

Angela R. McLean University of Oxford

Robert D. Martin University of Zurich

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