Melinda Mills

12.7k total citations · 7 hit papers
131 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Melinda Mills is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Melinda Mills has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 48 papers in Demography and 38 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Melinda Mills's work include Family Dynamics and Relationships (39 papers), Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (23 papers) and Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (21 papers). Melinda Mills is often cited by papers focused on Family Dynamics and Relationships (39 papers), Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (23 papers) and Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (21 papers). Melinda Mills collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and United States. Melinda Mills's co-authors include Nicoletta Balbo, Hans‐Peter Blossfeld, Charles Rahal, Ronald R. Rindfuss, Peter McDonald, Egbert te Velde, Francesco C. Billari, Jennifer B. Dowd, Katia Begall and Patrick Präg and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Melinda Mills

125 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Why do people postpone parenthood? Reasons and social policy incentives

2011 704 citations Melinda Mills, Ronald R. Rindfuss et al. profile →
Demographic science aids in understanding the spread and fatality rates of COVID-19

2020 589 citations Jennifer B. Dowd, Liliana Andriano et al. profile →
Fertility in Advanced Societies: A Review of Research

2012 402 citations Melinda Mills et al. profile →
Lack of Trust, Conspiracy Beliefs, and Social Media Use Predict COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy

2021 378 citations Melinda Mills et al. profile →
Globalization, Uncertainty and Youth in Society

2005 292 citations Melinda Mills et al. University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) profile →
A scientometric review of genome-wide association studies

2018 251 citations Melinda Mills, Charles Rahal profile →
Quantifying impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic through life-expectancy losses: a population-level study of 29 countries

2021 217 citations José Manuel Aburto, Jonas Schöley et al. International Journal of Epidemiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melinda Mills United Kingdom	40	2.4k	1.8k	1.3k	1.1k	1.1k	131	6.3k
Francesco C. Billari Italy	48	4.7k 2.0×	4.9k 2.7×	3.2k 2.4×	556 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	149	8.4k
Hans‐Peter Kohler United States	48	2.8k 1.2×	3.1k 1.7×	2.5k 1.9×	818 0.8×	2.2k 2.0×	216	8.3k
Susan Watkins United States	45	2.7k 1.1×	1.7k 0.9×	2.0k 1.5×	427 0.4×	1.8k 1.7×	161	6.7k
Peter Bearman United States	42	2.7k 1.1×	350 0.2×	419 0.3×	553 0.5×	1.2k 1.1×	100	7.5k
Edward O. Laumann United States	62	6.1k 2.6×	1.1k 0.6×	1.6k 1.2×	2.0k 1.8×	3.8k 3.5×	160	21.9k
Jason M. Fletcher United States	44	1.6k 0.7×	550 0.3×	524 0.4×	1.1k 1.1×	1.6k 1.5×	248	6.4k
Samuel H. Preston United States	58	3.6k 1.5×	4.2k 2.3×	1.8k 1.4×	4.5k 4.1×	6.0k 5.5×	227	15.6k
Mónica Das Gupta United States	31	2.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	3.0k 2.3×	426 0.4×	989 0.9×	89	6.9k
Ansley J. Coale United States	46	1.9k 0.8×	3.4k 1.9×	2.8k 2.1×	720 0.7×	1.7k 1.6×	137	7.8k
Daniel T. Lichter United States	60	7.7k 3.3×	3.8k 2.0×	3.4k 2.6×	812 0.7×	1.7k 1.6×	172	10.7k

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Abdellaoui, Abdel, Hilary C. Martin, Martin Kolk, et al.. (2025). Socio-economic status is a social construct with heritable components and genetic consequences. Nature Human Behaviour. 9(5). 864–876. 3 indexed citations

Davies, Neil M, Gibran Hemani, Jenae M. Neiderhiser, et al.. (2024). The importance of family-based sampling for biobanks. Nature. 634(8035). 795–803. 8 indexed citations

Liu, Aoxing, Evelina T. Akimova, Xuejie Ding, et al.. (2023). Evidence from Finland and Sweden on the relationship between early-life diseases and lifetime childlessness in men and women. Nature Human Behaviour. 8(2). 276–287. 12 indexed citations

Akimova, Evelina T., et al.. (2023). Gene-x-environment analysis supports protective effects of eveningness chronotype on self-reported and actigraphy-derived sleep duration among those who always work night shifts in the UK Biobank. SLEEP. 46(5). 2 indexed citations

Leasure, Douglas R., Ridhi Kashyap, Francesco Rampazzo, et al.. (2023). Nowcasting Daily Population Displacement in Ukraine through Social Media Advertising Data. Population and Development Review. 49(2). 231–254. 24 indexed citations

Aburto, José Manuel, Jonas Schöley, Ilya Kashnitsky, et al.. (2021). Quantifying impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic through life-expectancy losses: a population-level study of 29 countries. International Journal of Epidemiology. 51(1). 63–74. 217 indexed citations breakdown →

Aburto, José Manuel, Ridhi Kashyap, Jonas Schöley, et al.. (2021). Estimating the burden of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality, life expectancy and lifespan inequality in England and Wales: a population-level analysis. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 75(8). 735–740. 99 indexed citations

Andriano, Liliana, Jennifer B. Dowd, Melinda Mills, & Valentina Rotondi. (2020). Early evidence that social distancing and public health interventions flatten the COVID-19 curve in Italy. OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints). 6 indexed citations

Tropf, Felix C., Sang Lee, Gert Stulp, et al.. (2017). Hidden heritability due to heterogeneity across seven populations. Nature Human Behaviour. 1(10). 757–765. 81 indexed citations

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Snieder, Harold, Gert Stulp, Melinda Mills, et al.. (2017). Combining multiple genetic risk scores with social environmental factors in explaining childlessness. Behavior Genetics. 47(6). 678–679. 1 indexed citations

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Präg, Patrick, Rafael Wittek, & Melinda Mills. (2016). The educational gradient in self-rated health in Europe. Acta Sociologica. 60(4). 325–341. 15 indexed citations

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Rindfuss, Ronald R., Minja Kim Choe, Feng Wang, et al.. (2015). Low and Lower Fertility: Variations across Developed Countries. Springer eBooks. 14 indexed citations

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Darak, Shrinivas, et al.. (2015). Trajectories of Childbearing among HIV Infected Indian Women: A Sequence Analysis Approach. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0124537–e0124537. 18 indexed citations

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Sweeney, Megan M., Teresa Castro Martín, & Melinda Mills. (2015). The reproductive context of cohabitation in comparative perspective: Contraceptive use in the United States, Spain, and France. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4 indexed citations

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Martín, Teresa Castro, et al.. (2015). The reproductive context of cohabitation in comparative perspective: Contraceptive use in France, Spain and the United States. DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)). 3 indexed citations

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Mills, Melinda, et al.. (2014). Gender inequalities in the school-to-work transition in Europe. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 7 indexed citations

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Mills, Melinda, et al.. (2014). Gender equality in the workforce: Reconciling work, private and family life in Europe. RAND Corporation eBooks. 13 indexed citations

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Mills, Melinda, et al.. (2014). Family-related working schedule flexibility across Europe. Kagoshima Daigaku Kogakubu Kenkyu Hokoku. 11(9). 588–91. 3 indexed citations

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Präg, Patrick, Melinda Mills, & Rafael Wittek. (2013). Income and Income Inequality as Social Determinants of Health: Do Social Comparisons Play a Role?. European Sociological Review. 30(2). 218–229. 55 indexed citations

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Blossfeld, Hans-Peter, Melinda Mills, & Fabrizio Bernardi. (2006). Globalization, Uncertainty and Men’s Careers: An International Comparison. University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology). 130 indexed citations

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