Miles Little

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Miles Little is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Psychiatry and Mental health and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Miles Little has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in General Health Professions, 19 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 18 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Miles Little's work include Ethics in medical practice (24 papers), Empathy and Medical Education (19 papers) and Mental Health and Psychiatry (11 papers). Miles Little is often cited by papers focused on Ethics in medical practice (24 papers), Empathy and Medical Education (19 papers) and Mental Health and Psychiatry (11 papers). Miles Little collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Miles Little's co-authors include Stacy M. Carter, Christopher F. C. Jordens, Emma‐Jane Sayers, Kathleen Montgomery, Kim Paul, Ian Kerridge, Wendy Lipworth, B. M. Philipson, Jill Gordon and John McPhee and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Surgery, Social Science & Medicine and Medical Education.

In The Last Decade

Miles Little

73 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Justifying Knowledge, Justifying Method, Taking Action: E... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 100 200 300 400
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. Justifying Knowledge, Justifying Method, Taking Action: Epistemologies, Methodologies, and Methods in Qualitative Research
    2007 454 citations Stacy M. Carter, Miles Little Qualitative Health Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Miles Little Australia 19 562 428 413 212 190 75 1.7k
Christopher F. C. Jordens Australia 22 603 1.1× 377 0.9× 339 0.8× 148 0.7× 179 0.9× 72 1.6k
Charlotte Delmar Denmark 22 578 1.0× 466 1.1× 224 0.5× 191 0.9× 122 0.6× 112 1.6k
Barbara F. Sharf United States 24 1.1k 2.0× 444 1.0× 546 1.3× 276 1.3× 306 1.6× 59 2.4k
Kevin Dew New Zealand 25 857 1.5× 230 0.5× 260 0.6× 121 0.6× 258 1.4× 91 1.9k
Sam Porter United Kingdom 31 893 1.6× 520 1.2× 487 1.2× 147 0.7× 209 1.1× 129 2.7k
Charlotte Clarke United Kingdom 25 1.0k 1.9× 372 0.9× 432 1.0× 366 1.7× 76 0.4× 94 1.9k
Marij A. Hillen Netherlands 23 960 1.7× 651 1.5× 221 0.5× 317 1.5× 200 1.1× 79 2.0k
Ann McPherson United Kingdom 16 516 0.9× 364 0.9× 247 0.6× 157 0.7× 222 1.2× 26 1.5k
Kirsten Bell Canada 28 533 0.9× 633 1.5× 556 1.3× 95 0.4× 240 1.3× 76 2.2k
Roy Cameron Canada 27 907 1.6× 662 1.5× 213 0.5× 130 0.6× 106 0.6× 72 3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Miles Little

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Fields of papers citing papers by Miles Little

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Miles Little

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Miles Little. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Miles Little 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 Miles Little. Miles Little 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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Little, Miles, Christopher F. C. Jordens, Kim Paul, Kathleen Montgomery, & B. M. Philipson. (2022). Liminality: A major category of the experience of cancer illness. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. 19(1). 37–48. 16 indexed citations
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Little, Miles, et al.. (2019). Procedural justice and the individual participant in priority setting: Doctors' experiences. Social Science & Medicine. 228. 75–84. 5 indexed citations
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Ghinea, Narcyz, Miles Little, & Wendy Lipworth. (2017). Access to High Cost Cancer Medicines Through the Lens of an Australian Senate Inquiry—Defining the “Goods” at Stake. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. 14(3). 401–410. 3 indexed citations
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Little, Miles, et al.. (2016). Doctors on Values and Advocacy: A Qualitative and Evaluative Study. Health Care Analysis. 25(4). 370–385. 9 indexed citations
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Lipworth, Wendy, et al.. (2013). Doctors on Status and Respect: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. 10(2). 205–217. 21 indexed citations
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Gordon, Jill, et al.. (2012). The dual nature of medical enculturation in postgraduate medical training and practice. Medical Education. 46(9). 894–902. 13 indexed citations
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Little, Miles, et al.. (2011). Another argument for values-based medicine. 1(4). 649–656. 6 indexed citations
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Montgomery, Kathleen & Miles Little. (2011). Enriching Patient-Centered Care in Serious Illness: A Focus on Patients’ Experiences of Agency. Milbank Quarterly. 89(3). 381–398. 17 indexed citations
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Little, Miles, et al.. (2011). Virtuous acts as practical medical ethics: an empirical study. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 17(5). 948–953. 12 indexed citations
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Little, Miles, Christopher F. C. Jordens, Catherine McGrath, et al.. (2008). Informed consent and medical ordeal: a qualitative study. Internal Medicine Journal. 38(8). 624–628. 21 indexed citations
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Carter, Stacy M. & Miles Little. (2007). Justifying Knowledge, Justifying Method, Taking Action: Epistemologies, Methodologies, and Methods in Qualitative Research. Qualitative Health Research. 17(10). 1316–1328. 454 indexed citations breakdown →
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Little, Miles, Christopher F. C. Jordens, Catherine McGrath, et al.. (2006). Pragmatic pluralism: Mutual tolerance of contested understandings between orthodox and alternative practitioners in autologous stem cell transplantation. Social Science & Medicine. 64(7). 1512–1523. 5 indexed citations
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Little, Miles & Emma‐Jane Sayers. (2004). While there's life …. Social Science & Medicine. 59(6). 1329–1337. 69 indexed citations
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Little, Miles & Emma‐Jane Sayers. (2003). The skull beneath the skin: Cancer survival and awareness of death. Psycho-Oncology. 13(3). 190–198. 29 indexed citations
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Jordens, Christopher F. C. & Miles Little. (2003). ‘In this scenario, I do this, for these reasons’: narrative, genre and ethical reasoning in the clinic. Social Science & Medicine. 58(9). 1635–1645. 21 indexed citations
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Little, Miles, et al.. (2002). Survivorship and discourses of identity. Psycho-Oncology. 11(2). 170–178. 137 indexed citations
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Bridges, John F. P., et al.. (2001). Ethical relationships in paediatric emergency medicine: Moving beyond the dyad. Emergency Medicine. 13(3). 344–350. 4 indexed citations
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Little, Miles. (1999). Assisted Suicide, Suffering and the Meaning of a Life. Metamedicine. 20(3). 287–298. 3 indexed citations
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Little, Miles, Christopher F. C. Jordens, Kim Paul, Kathleen Montgomery, & B. M. Philipson. (1998). Liminality: a major category of the experience of cancer illness. Social Science & Medicine. 47(10). 1485–1494. 241 indexed citations
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Little, Miles. (1998). RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS AND MORAL PRESSURES: CAN WE STILL AFFORD OURSELVES?. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery. 68(11). 757–759. 1 indexed citations

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