| The tragedy of the commons: twenty-two years later D Feeny, F Berkes, BJ McCay, JM Acheson Human ecology 18, 1-19, 1990 | 2432 | 1990 |
| The question of the commons: The culture and ecology of communal resources BJ McCay, JM Acheson University of arizona Press, 1987 | 2213 | 1987 |
| The benefits of the commons F Berkes, D Feeny, BJ McCay, JM Acheson Nature 340 (6229), 91-93, 1989 | 1150 | 1989 |
| Social theory and fisheries co-management S Jentoft, BJ McCay, DC Wilson Marine policy 22 (4-5), 423-436, 1998 | 980 | 1998 |
| User participation in fisheries management: lessons drawn from international experiences S Jentoft, B McCay Marine policy 19 (3), 227-246, 1995 | 683 | 1995 |
| New directions in ecology and ecological anthropology AP Vayda, BJ McCay Annual review of Anthropology 4, 293-306, 1975 | 575 | 1975 |
| Market or community failure? Critical perspectives on common property research B McCay, S Jentoft Human organization 57 (1), 21-29, 1998 | 543 | 1998 |
| Human ecology of the commons BJ McCay, JM Acheson The question of the commons: The culture and ecology of communal resources 1 …, 1987 | 441 | 1987 |
| Emergence of institutions for the commons: contexts, situations, and events BJ McCay The drama of the commons, 361-402, 2002 | 425 | 2002 |
| The commons in the new millennium: challenges and adaptation BJ Mckay Mit Press, 2003 | 379 | 2003 |
| From the bottom up: participatory issues in fisheries management BJ McCay, S Jentoft Society & Natural Resources 9 (3), 237-250, 1996 | 370 | 1996 |
| Systems ecology, people ecology, and the anthropology of fishing communities BJ McCay Human ecology 6, 397-422, 1978 | 369 | 1978 |
| Toward developing a complete understanding: a social science research agenda for marine protected areas. P Christie, BJ McCay, ML Miller, C Lowe, AT White, R Stoffle, DL Fluharty, ... | 318 | 2003 |
| Cooperative research, co-management and the social dimension of fisheries science and management IM Kaplan, BJ McCay Marine policy 28 (3), 257-258, 2004 | 250 | 2004 |
| Social and ecological implications of ITQs: an overview BJ McCay Ocean & Coastal Management 28 (1-3), 3-22, 1995 | 250 | 1995 |
| Cooperatives, concessions, and co-management on the Pacific coast of Mexico BJ McCay, F Micheli, G Ponce-Díaz, G Murray, G Shester, ... Marine policy 44, 49-59, 2014 | 230 | 2014 |
| Common and private concerns BJ McCay Advances in Human Ecology 4, 89-116, 1995 | 222 | 1995 |
| Crossing the threshold of ecosystem resilience: the commercial extinction of northern cod AC Finlayson, BJ McCay Linking social and ecological systems: management practices and social …, 1998 | 213 | 1998 |
| Oyster wars and the public trust: Property, law, and ecology in New Jersey history BJ McCay University of Arizona Press, 1998 | 198 | 1998 |
| Science in support of ecosystem-based management for the US West Coast and beyond SE Lester, KL McLeod, H Tallis, M Ruckelshaus, BS Halpern, PS Levin, ... Biological Conservation 143 (3), 576-587, 2010 | 197 | 2010 |
