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D-Index
64
Citations
48748
World Ranking
1058
National Ranking
201

Nicholas Mays 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 Nicholas Mays sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 392 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nicholas Mays 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 Nicholas Mays sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 64 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Nicholas Mays is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research contributions span primarily the fields of Health Professions and Medicine, with a focus on related subfields including General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, and Economics and Econometrics.

Their work addresses a range of topics within healthcare and public health, such as Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Interprofessional Education and Collaboration, Healthcare Innovation and Challenges, Antibiotic Use and Resistance, Organ Donation and Transplantation, Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health, and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues.

Some recent notable publications include:

  • The impacts of collaboration between local health care and non-health care organizations and factors shaping how they work: a systematic review of reviews, 2021, BMC Public Health
  • Overview of Evidence of Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistance in the Food Chain, 2020, Antibiotics
  • The case for developing a cohesive systems approach to research across unhealthy commodity industries, 2021, BMJ Global Health
  • What is public trust in the healthcare system? A new conceptual framework developed from qualitative data in England, 2020, Social Theory & Health
  • Integrated Care in England - what can we Learn from a Decade of National Pilot Programmes?, 2021, International Journal of Integrated Care

Nicholas Mays frequently collaborates with other researchers including Mustafa Al-Haboubi, R. E. Glover, Josephine Exley, Agata Pacho, and Mary Alison Durand.

Their research is frequently published in venues such as:

  • Journal of Health Services Research & Policy
  • BMJ
  • BMC Public Health
  • BMC Health Services Research
  • Antibiotics

Best Publications

  • Analysing qualitative data

    Catherine Pope;Sue Ziebland;Nicholas Mays

  • Qualitative research in health care

    Catherine Pope;Nicholas Mays

  • Qualitative research in health care: Assessing quality in qualitative research

    Nicholas Mays;Catherine Pope

  • Rigour and qualitative research.

    Nicholas Mays;Catherine Pope

  • Reaching the parts other methods cannot reach: an introduction to qualitative methods in health and health services research.

    Catherine Pope;Nick Mays

  • Systematically reviewing qualitative and quantitative evidence to inform management and policy-making in the health field

    Nicholas Mays;Catherine Pope;Jennie Popay

  • Making Health Policy

    Kent Buse;Nicholas Mays;Gillian Walt

  • Qualitative Research: Observational methods in health care settings

    Nicholas Mays;Catherine Pope

  • The dark side of coproduction: do the costs outweigh the benefits for health research?

    Kathryn Oliver;Anita Kothari;Nicholas Mays

  • Qualitative methods in health research

    Catherine Pope;Nicholas Mays

  • Synthesising research evidence.

    Nicholas Mays;Emilie Roberts;Jennie Popay

  • Learning from the NHS Internal Market

    Julian Le Grand;Nicholas Mays;Jo-Ann Mulligan

  • Synthesizing qualitative and quantitative health evidence: a guide to methods

    Catherine Pope;Nicholas Mays;Jennie Popay

  • An open letter to The BMJ editors on qualitative research

    Trisha Greenhalgh;Ellen Annandale;Richard Ashcroft;James Barlow

  • The impacts of collaboration between local health care and non-health care organizations and factors shaping how they work: a systematic review of reviews

    Hugh Alderwick;Hugh Alderwick;Andrew Hutchings;Adam Briggs;Adam Briggs;Nicholas Mays

  • Using qualitative methods in health-related action research

    Julienne Meyer;St Bartholomew;Catherine Pope;Nicholas Mays

  • Quality in qualitative health research

    Nicholas Mays;Catherine Pope

  • Describing the impact of health research: a Research Impact Framework

    Shyama Kuruvilla;Nicholas Mays;Andrew Pleasant;Gill Walt

  • Narratives of Promise, Narratives of Caution: A Review of the Literature on Social Impact Bonds

    Alec Fraser;Stefanie Tan;Mylene Lagarde;Nicholas Mays

  • Success factors for reducing maternal and child mortality

    Shyama Kuruvilla;Julian F. Schweitzer;David M Bishai;Sadia Afroze Chowdhury

  • New labour, new NHS?

    Jennife Dixon;Nicholas Mays

Frequent Co-Authors

Ellen Nolte
Ellen Nolte London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Catherine Pope
Catherine Pope University of Oxford
Nick Black
Nick Black London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Mark Petticrew
Mark Petticrew London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Cécile Knai
Cécile Knai London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Sally Wyke
Sally Wyke University of Glasgow
Jennie Popay
Jennie Popay Lancaster University
Pauline Allen
Pauline Allen University of London
Gwyn Bevan
Gwyn Bevan London School of Economics and Political Science
Raphael Wittenberg
Raphael Wittenberg London School of Economics and Political Science

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