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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 62 1250 1105 239 213 249 19112

Melinda Mills publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Melinda Mills between 1986 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Melinda Mills published across 40 years, from 1986 to 2025, averaging 7.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 27 publications in 2014. 14 of the 288 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1986 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 27. Peak 27 publications in 2014. 1986: 1 publication 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 2 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 3 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 18 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 12 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 14 publications 2012: 13 publications 2013: 22 publications 2014: 27 publications 2015: 18 publications 2016: 20 publications 2017: 18 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 23 publications 2021: 20 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 6 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 7 publications
1986 2025

288 publications in total across all disciplines

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Melinda Mills: publications per year, 1986 to 2025
Year Publications
1986 1
1987 0
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 2
1998 0
1999 1
2000 2
2001 4
2002 1
2003 3
2004 2
2005 10
2006 18
2007 8
2008 12
2009 5
2010 7
2011 14
2012 13
2013 22
2014 27
2015 18
2016 20
2017 18
2018 4
2019 5
2020 23
2021 20
2022 8
2023 6
2024 7
2025 7
Total 288
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Melinda Mills publications per year - data summary

  • Melinda Mills, a Social Sciences and Humanities scholar from University of Oxford, has 288 publications recorded across 40 years, from 1986 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1986 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2014, with 27 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1986, 1999 and 2002, with 1 publication each.
  • 11 of the 40 years in the span carry no publications at all (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 7.2 papers per year over the whole span, or 9.9 per year counting only the 29 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 48 publications, 17% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1986-1999: 4 publications (0.3 per year); 2000-2013: 121 publications (8.6 per year); 2014-2025: 163 publications (13.6 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Melinda Mills publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Melinda Mills sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 244–253 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 249 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167 249
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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Melinda Mills publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 7,777 Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 54 ranges running from 44–53 to 570+ publications.
  • Melinda Mills, a Social Sciences and Humanities scholar from University of Oxford, records 249 publications - the 78th percentile of the discipline.
  • 78% of ranked Social Sciences and Humanities scientists score the same or lower than Melinda Mills, and about 22% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 164–173 publications range, and Melinda Mills ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 114–123 publications, holding 474 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 57% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 174–183 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 570 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Melinda Mills D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Melinda Mills sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 62 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228
47 251
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94 62
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Melinda Mills D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 7,777 Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 71 ranges running from 30 to 100+ D-Index.
  • Melinda Mills, a Social Sciences and Humanities scholar from University of Oxford, records 62 D-Index - the 84th percentile of the discipline.
  • 84% of ranked Social Sciences and Humanities scientists score the same or lower than Melinda Mills, and about 16% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 45 D-Index range, and Melinda Mills ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 42 D-Index, holding 313 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 59% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 47 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more, 97 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Melinda Mills is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines, including Social Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. The scientist has made contributions across various subfields such as Genetics, Health, Sociology and Political Science, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Modeling and Simulation.

The scientist's work prominently covers topics including Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Birth, Development, and Health, Health disparities and outcomes, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, Global Health Care Issues, and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock.

Among their notable recent papers are:

  • "Demographic science aids in understanding the spread and fatality rates of COVID-19," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Lack of Trust, Conspiracy Beliefs, and Social Media Use Predict COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy," 2021, Vaccines
  • "Quantifying impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic through life-expectancy losses: a population-level study of 29 countries," 2021, International Journal of Epidemiology
  • "Within-sibship genome-wide association analyses decrease bias in estimates of direct genetic effects," 2022, Nature Genetics
  • "The GWAS Diversity Monitor tracks diversity by disease in real time," 2020, Nature Genetics

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Jennifer B. Dowd
  • Xuejie Ding
  • David M. Brazel
  • Evelina T. Akimova
  • Felix C. Tropf

The scientist publishes regularly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Human Behaviour, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Genetics, and the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.

In addition to journal articles, Melinda Mills has contributed to book publications, including a work titled "An Introduction to Statistical Genetic Data Analysis" published in 2020 by Istituto di Ematologia di Bologna.

The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Globalization, Uncertainty and Youth in Society : The Losers in a Globalizing World

    Hans-Peter Blossfeld;Erik Klijzing;Melinda Mills;Karin Kurz

  • Why do people postpone parenthood? Reasons and social policy incentives

    Melinda Mills;Ronald R. Rindfuss;Peter McDonald;Egbert te Velde

  • Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

    Aysu Okbay;Bart M L Baselmans;Jan-Emmanuel De Neve;Patrick Turley

  • Demographic science aids in understanding the spread and fatality rates of COVID-19.

    Jennifer Beam Dowd;Liliana Andriano;David M. Brazel;Valentina Rotondi

  • Fertility in Advanced Societies: A Review of Research

    Nicoletta Balbo;Francesco Candeloro Billari;Melinda Mills

  • Globalization, Uncertainty and Youth in Society

    Hans-Peter Blossfeld;Erik Klijzing;Melinda Mills;Karin Kurz

  • Globalization, uncertainty and changes in early life courses

    Melinda Mills;Hans-Peter Blossfeld

  • Lack of Trust, Conspiracy Beliefs, and Social Media Use Predict COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy

    Will Jennings;Gerry Stoker;Hannah Bunting;Viktor Orri Valgarðsson

  • Introducing Survival and Event History Analysis

    Melinda Mills

  • Social network-based distancing strategies to flatten the COVID-19 curve in a post-lockdown world.

    Per Block;Marion Hoffman;Isabel J. Raabe;Jennifer Beam Dowd

  • Globalization, Uncertainty and Men’s Careers: An International Comparison

    Hans-Peter Blossfeld;Melinda Mills;Fabrizio Bernardi

  • A scientometric review of genome-wide association studies

    Melinda C. Mills;Charles Rahal

  • Comparative Research: Persistent Problems and Promising Solutions

    Melinda Mills;Gerhard G. van de Bunt;Jeanne de Bruijn

  • Gender equity and fertility intentions in Italy and the Netherlands

    Melinda Mills;Letizia Mencarini;Maria Letizia Tanturri;Katia Begall

  • Life Courses in the Globalization Process : The Development of Social Inequalities in Modern Societies

    Sandra Buchholz;Dirk Hofäcker;Melinda Mills;Hans-Peter Blossfeld

  • The GWAS Diversity Monitor tracks diversity by disease in real time.

    Melinda C Mills;Charles Rahal

  • Quantifying impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic through life-expectancy losses: a population-level study of 29 countries.

    José Manuel Aburto;Jonas Schöley;Ilya Kashnitsky;Luyin Zhang

  • Genome-wide analysis identifies 12 loci influencing human reproductive behavior

    Nicola Barban;Rick Jansen;Ronald De Vlaming;Ahmad Vaez;Ahmad Vaez

  • Globalization and Inequality

    Melinda Mills

  • Becoming an Adult in Uncertain Times: A 14-Country Comparison of the Losers of Globalization

    Melinda Mills;H.P. Blossfeld;E. Klijzing

  • Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

    Aysu Okbay;Bart M. L. Baselmans;Jan-Emmanuel De Neve;Patrick Turley

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Peter Blossfeld
Hans-Peter Blossfeld University of Bamberg
Harold Snieder
Harold Snieder University Medical Center Groningen
Philipp D. Koellinger
Philipp D. Koellinger Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Jennifer Beam Dowd
Jennifer Beam Dowd University of Oxford
Penelope A. Lind
Penelope A. Lind QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia
Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia University of Copenhagen
Peter J. van der Most
Peter J. van der Most University Medical Center Groningen
Jaakko Kaprio
Jaakko Kaprio University of Helsinki
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

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