Melissa Hill

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
113 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Melissa Hill is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Genetics and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa Hill has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 36 papers in Genetics and 24 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Melissa Hill's work include Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (65 papers), Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders (27 papers) and Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies (22 papers). Melissa Hill is often cited by papers focused on Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics (65 papers), Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders (27 papers) and Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies (22 papers). Melissa Hill collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Melissa Hill's co-authors include Lyn S. Chitty, Celine Lewis, Stephen Morris, Rebecca Daley, Heather Skirton, Fiona McKay, Lucy Jenkins, Rhiannon Mellis, Sarah Mason and Angela N. Barrett and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Virology.

In The Last Decade

Melissa Hill

109 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Diagnostic yield of exome sequencing for prenatal diagnosis of fetal structural anomalies: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

2022 118 citations Rhiannon Mellis, Melissa Hill et al. Prenatal Diagnosis profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melissa Hill United Kingdom	34	2.0k	802	591	462	350	113	2.9k
Celine Lewis United Kingdom	30	1.5k 0.8×	763 1.0×	338 0.6×	241 0.5×	448 1.3×	102	2.4k
J. M. G. van Vugt Netherlands	37	2.5k 1.3×	359 0.4×	469 0.8×	530 1.1×	441 1.3×	142	3.8k
Susan Klugman United States	19	1.6k 0.8×	549 0.7×	299 0.5×	241 0.5×	326 0.9×	57	2.2k
Yair J. Blumenfeld United States	24	2.0k 1.0×	543 0.7×	435 0.7×	861 1.9×	369 1.1×	131	3.4k
Lorraine Dugoff United States	35	4.4k 2.2×	540 0.7×	1.3k 2.1×	398 0.9×	925 2.6×	97	5.3k
Eugene Pergament United States	33	2.8k 1.4×	1.1k 1.4×	661 1.1×	691 1.5×	454 1.3×	118	3.7k
Dorine Bresters Netherlands	32	919 0.5×	153 0.2×	191 0.3×	313 0.7×	741 2.1×	124	2.7k
Lisa Hui Australia	27	1.6k 0.8×	323 0.4×	675 1.1×	326 0.7×	228 0.7×	127	2.5k
J. M. M. van Lith Netherlands	25	1.4k 0.7×	196 0.2×	395 0.7×	154 0.3×	448 1.3×	104	2.1k
A Boué France	33	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 1.5×	288 0.5×	1.2k 2.7×	745 2.1×	181	3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Melissa Hill

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melissa Hill

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Peter, Michelle, et al.. (2025). Are People From Black Communities Proportionately Represented in UK and US Studies Examining Views on Screening and Diagnostic Genetic Testing in Pregnancy? A Scoping Review. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 132(13). 1956–1965. 1 indexed citations

Walton, Holly, Michelle Peter, Rhiannon Mellis, et al.. (2024). Evaluating the Implementation of the Rapid Prenatal Exome Sequencing Service in England. Public Health Genomics. 28(1). 34–52. 3 indexed citations

Scott, Anna Mae, et al.. (2024). Perceptions of genomic newborn screening: a cross-sectional survey conducted with UK medical students. BMJ Open. 14(9). e089108–e089108. 1 indexed citations

Gurasashvili, Jana, et al.. (2023). The disequilibrium of hope: A grounded theory analysis of parents' experiences of receiving a “no primary finding” result from genome sequencing. Journal of Genetic Counseling. 33(5). 1089–1102. 7 indexed citations

Fulop, Naomi, Melissa Hill, Jean Ledger, et al.. (2023). Rapid evaluation of the Special Measures for Quality and challenged provider regimes: a mixed-methods study. PubMed. 11(19). 1–139.

Hammond, Jennifer, Sam Riedijk, Stina Lou, et al.. (2022). Assessing women’s preferences towards tests that may reveal uncertain results from prenatal genomic testing: Development of attributes for a discrete choice experiment, using a mixed-methods design. PLoS ONE. 17(1). e0261898–e0261898. 12 indexed citations

Srebniak, Malgorzata I., Attie T. J. I. Go, Lutgarde Govaerts, et al.. (2021). How to deal with uncertainty in prenatal genomics: A systematic review of guidelines and policies. Clinical Genetics. 100(6). 647–658. 19 indexed citations

Lewis, Celine, James Buchanan, Angus Clarke, et al.. (2021). Mixed-methods evaluation of the NHS Genomic Medicine Service for paediatric rare diseases: study protocol. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1. 23–23. 4 indexed citations

Sanderson, Saskia C., Melissa Hill, Christine Patch, et al.. (2019). Delivering genome sequencing in clinical practice: an interview study with healthcare professionals involved in the 100 000 Genomes Project. BMJ Open. 9(11). e029699–e029699. 29 indexed citations

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Lund, Ida Charlotte Bay, Naja Becher, Olav Bjørn Petersen, et al.. (2018). Preferences for prenatal testing among pregnant women, partners and health professionals.. PubMed. 65(5). 15 indexed citations

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Chitty, Lyn S., D. Wright, Melissa Hill, et al.. (2016). Uptake, Outcomes, and Costs of Implementing Non-invasive Prenatal Testing for Down Syndrome Into NHS Maternity Care: Prospective Cohort Study in Eight Diverse Maternity Units. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 71(11). 637–639. 5 indexed citations

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Drury, Suzanne, Melissa Hill, & Lyn S. Chitty. (2016). Cell-Free Fetal DNA Testing for Prenatal Diagnosis. Advances in clinical chemistry. 76. 1–35. 41 indexed citations

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Hill, Melissa, et al.. (2015). Will the introduction of non-invasive prenatal testing for Down's syndrome undermine informed choice?. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Hill, Melissa, Philip Twiss, Talitha I. Verhoef, et al.. (2015). Non‐invasive prenatal diagnosis for cystic fibrosis: detection of paternal mutations, exploration of patient preferences and cost analysis. Prenatal Diagnosis. 35(10). 950–958. 61 indexed citations

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Hill, Melissa, Marguerite C. Sendall, & Laura McCosker. (2015). Truckies and health promotion: A “hard-to-reach”group without a “proper” workplace.. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 4 indexed citations

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Liao, Lih‐Mei, et al.. (2014). Will the introduction of non‐invasive prenatal testing for Down's syndrome undermine informed choice?. Health Expectations. 18(5). 1658–1671. 38 indexed citations

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Martyn, Melissa, Vicki Anderson, Alison D. Archibald, et al.. (2013). Offering fragile X syndrome carrier screening: a prospective mixed-methods observational study comparing carrier screening of pregnant and non-pregnant women in the general population. BMJ Open. 3(9). e003660–e003660. 12 indexed citations

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Hill, Melissa, Jane Fisher, Lyn S. Chitty, & Stephen Morris. (2012). Women’s and health professionals’ preferences for prenatal tests for Down syndrome: a discrete choice experiment to contrast noninvasive prenatal diagnosis with current invasive tests. Genetics in Medicine. 14(11). 905–913. 100 indexed citations

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Hill, Melissa, Celine Lewis, Lucy Jenkins, et al.. (2012). Implementing noninvasive prenatal fetal sex determination using cell-free fetal DNA in the United Kingdom. Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy. 12(sup1). S119–S126. 30 indexed citations

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Hill, Melissa, Laura J. Vella, Shahan Campbell, et al.. (2006). Alteration of the Proline at Position 7 of the HIV-1 Spacer Peptide p1 Suppresses Viral Infectivity in a Strain Dependent Manner. Current HIV Research. 5(1). 69–78. 5 indexed citations

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