David Mills

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
163 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

David Mills is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, David Mills has authored 163 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 34 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in David Mills's work include Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (34 papers), solar cell performance optimization (26 papers) and Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (20 papers). David Mills is often cited by papers focused on Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (34 papers), solar cell performance optimization (26 papers) and Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (20 papers). David Mills collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Israel and United States. David Mills's co-authors include Anne Gerd Imenes, Qi-Chu Zhang, Graham Morrison, A. Benzioni, Akira HOSHI, A. Bittar, Takeo Saitoh, Yongbai Yin, Luke Hunter and James M. Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

David Mills

150 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Advances in solar thermal electricity technology 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Advances in solar thermal electricity technology
    2003 558 citations David Mills Solar Energy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Mills Australia 28 1.5k 928 632 470 431 163 3.4k
Yunfeng Wang China 34 884 0.6× 566 0.6× 1.4k 2.2× 269 0.6× 410 1.0× 283 4.2k
Guangyong Li China 39 563 0.4× 1.2k 1.3× 1.1k 1.7× 438 0.9× 953 2.2× 264 6.4k
Zhao Zhao China 30 568 0.4× 448 0.5× 717 1.1× 252 0.5× 62 0.1× 333 3.2k
Min Huang China 36 405 0.3× 1.4k 1.5× 296 0.5× 415 0.9× 87 0.2× 208 4.6k
Xuehua Wang China 43 1.5k 1.0× 2.5k 2.7× 127 0.2× 467 1.0× 377 0.9× 286 7.2k
Weiwei Li China 47 970 0.6× 2.8k 3.0× 585 0.9× 262 0.6× 94 0.2× 227 6.9k
Yehua Li United States 31 150 0.1× 799 0.9× 213 0.3× 844 1.8× 452 1.0× 98 3.9k
Keith A. Brown United States 39 185 0.1× 893 1.0× 291 0.5× 665 1.4× 392 0.9× 154 4.7k
Jianjun Shi China 31 206 0.1× 377 0.4× 790 1.3× 282 0.6× 121 0.3× 189 3.7k
Abbas Amini Australia 41 1.3k 0.9× 2.5k 2.7× 404 0.6× 380 0.8× 132 0.3× 188 6.5k

Countries citing papers authored by David Mills

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Mills

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by David Mills. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by David Mills. The network helps show where David Mills may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Mills

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Mills. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Mills based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Mills. David Mills is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Drouilly, Marine, et al.. (2024). Blanford's fox (Vulpes cana) habitat suitability in Saudi Arabia: Insights from camera trapping and ensemble species distribution modelling. Journal of Arid Environments. 221. 105136–105136. 3 indexed citations
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Spalton, J. A., Marine Drouilly, Abdullah Alshehri, et al.. (2023). Searching for spots: a comprehensive survey for the Arabian leopard Panthera pardus nimr in Saudi Arabia. Oryx. 58(3). 351–362. 5 indexed citations
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Mills, David. (2022). Difficult Folk?. Berghahn Books. 1 indexed citations
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Mills, David, et al.. (2019). Competition and specialization in an African forest carnivore community. Ecology and Evolution. 9(18). 10092–10108. 24 indexed citations
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Mills, David, Julien Fattebert, Luke Hunter, & Rob Slotow. (2019). Maximising camera trap data: Using attractants to improve detection of elusive species in multi-species surveys. PLoS ONE. 14(5). e0216447–e0216447. 53 indexed citations
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Taylor, Anthony H., et al.. (2018). A Sperm Spawn-Inducing Pheromone in the Silver Lip Pearl Oyster (Pinctada maxima). Marine Biotechnology. 20(4). 531–541. 5 indexed citations
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Mills, David, et al.. (2013). The Value of Rewriting in Graduate Educator Preparatory Programs. Journal of international women's studies. 25(2). 189–199. 4 indexed citations
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Volis, Sergei, et al.. (2012). Russian dandelion (Taraxacum kok-saghyz): one more example of overcollecting in the past?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12 indexed citations
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Mills, David. (2009). Effect of sucrose application, minerals, and irradiance on the in vitro growth of Cistus incanus seedlings and plantlets. Biologia Plantarum. 53(3). 415–421. 8 indexed citations
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McCauley, Lee, et al.. (2006). Teaching objects first using Lego Robots: a Tri-P-LETS initiative. Journal of computing sciences in colleges. 21(5). 183–185. 4 indexed citations
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Pak, Stephen C., Vasantha Kumar, Christopher Tsu, et al.. (2004). SRP-2 Is a Cross-class Inhibitor That Participates in Postembryonic Development of the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(15). 15448–15459. 35 indexed citations
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Mills, David. (2003). Advances in solar thermal electricity technology. Solar Energy. 76(1-3). 19–31. 558 indexed citations breakdown →
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James, Eddie A., David Mills, & James M. Lee. (2002). Increased production and recovery of secreted foreign proteins from plant cell cultures using an affinity chromatography bioreactor. Biochemical Engineering Journal. 12(3). 205–213. 14 indexed citations
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Mills, David, Genfa Zhang, & A. Benzioni. (2001). Effect of different salts and of ABA on growth and mineral uptake in Jojoba shoots grown in vitro. Journal of Plant Physiology. 158(8). 1031–1039. 33 indexed citations
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Mills, David, et al.. (1998). Polysaccharide production by plant cells in suspension: experiments and mathematical modeling. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 57(6). 732–740. 15 indexed citations
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Mills, David, et al.. (1997). Tips from the Classroom.. TESOL Journal. 7(2). 33–38. 1 indexed citations
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Mills, David. (1996). Anglo-Dutch theatres: problems and possibilities. 85–98. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qi-Chu, J. C. Kelly, & David Mills. (1991). Possible high absorptance and low emittance selective surface for high temperature solar thermal collectors. Applied Optics. 30(13). 1653–1653. 5 indexed citations
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Mills, David. (1989). Differential Response of Various Tissues of Asparagus officinalis to Sodium Chloride. Journal of Experimental Botany. 40(213). 485–491. 8 indexed citations
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Mills, David. (1988). Idea of Loyalty in Upper Canada, 1784-1850. McGill-Queen's University Press eBooks. 10 indexed citations

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