N Mays

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

N Mays is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, N Mays has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in General Health Professions, 7 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 3 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in N Mays's work include Healthcare Policy and Management (5 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (5 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (3 papers). N Mays is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Policy and Management (5 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (5 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (3 papers). N Mays collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Austria and Canada. N Mays's co-authors include Catherine Pope, Nick Goodwin, Adam D. Dixon, Myfanwy Morgan, Sally Wyke, W. W. Holland, Hugh McLeod, James Raftery, Justin Keen and Donald W. Light and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Epidemiology, Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health and European Journal of Public Health.

In The Last Decade

N Mays

16 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

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

1995 1.7k citations Catherine Pope, N Mays BMJ profile →

Peers

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Vicki Strange United Kingdom

Salla Atkins Sweden

Mark Avis United Kingdom

Kerstin Nilsson Sweden

Petra Boynton United Kingdom

Erin Ueffing Canada

Llewellyn J. Cornelius United States

Richard Olsen United States

Carol P. Herbert Canada

Lucylynn Lizarondo Australia

Vicki Strange United Kingdom

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1.4k ×1.6

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312 ×0.8

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219 ×0.8

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314 ×1.2

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351 ×1.5

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Countries citing papers authored by N Mays

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Fields of papers citing papers by N Mays

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of N Mays

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All Works

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18 of 18 papers shown

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Glover, R. E., N Mays, M Petticrew, & Claire Thompson. (2020). OP59 Stakeholder narratives of ‘problems’ and ‘solutions’: analysing the 2018 Health and social care committee antimicrobial resistance submissions in the United Kingdom. Oral Presentations. A28.1–A28. 2 indexed citations

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Ryan, Sara, Siân Rees, Elizabeth Holdsworth, et al.. (2020). Understanding experiences of recruiting for, and participating in, genomics research and service transformation: the 100,000 Genomes Project, 2015-17. 1 indexed citations

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Pettigrew, Luisa M, et al.. (2017). Large-scale general practice in England: what can we learn from the literature?. LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine). 4 indexed citations

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Mays, N, et al.. (2016). Diabetes care in Austria and England: what causes the fivefold higher hospital admission rates?. European Journal of Public Health. 26(suppl_1).

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Mays, N, et al.. (2011). Understanding New Labour's market reforms of the English NHS. LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine). 64 indexed citations

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Desai, Meeta, et al.. (2009). International experience of paying for expensive medicines. BMJ. 338(may29 1). b1993–b1993.

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Pope, Catherine & N Mays. (2009). Critical reflections on the rise of qualitative research. BMJ. 339(sep15 2). b3425–b3425. 73 indexed citations

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Pope, Catherine & N Mays. (2008). Critical reflections on the rise of qualitative research in health services research. LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine). 1 indexed citations

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Álvarez-Rosete, Arturo & N Mays. (2008). The evolution of the UK health policy process since 1997: a shift from government to governance. LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine). 1 indexed citations

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Mays, N, et al.. (2001). The evaluation of complex health policy. UWE Research Repository (UWE Bristol). 2 indexed citations

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Mays, N, et al.. (2001). The purchasing of health care by primary care organizations: an evaluation and guide to future policy. LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine). 32 indexed citations

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Keen, Justin, Donald W. Light, & N Mays. (2001). Public-private Relations in Health Care. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 19 indexed citations

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Goodwin, Nick, et al.. (1998). Evaluation of total purchasing pilots in England and Scotland and implications for primary care groups in England: personal interviews and analysis of routine data. BMJ. 317(7153). 256–259. 39 indexed citations

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Mays, N, Nick Goodwin, Gwyn Bevan, & Sally Wyke. (1997). What is total purchasing?. BMJ. 315(7109). 652–655. 19 indexed citations

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Pope, Catherine & N Mays. (1995). Qualitative Research: Reaching the parts other methods cannot reach: an introduction to qualitative methods in health and health services research. BMJ. 311(6996). 42–45. 1749 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mays, N. (1995). Geographical Resource Allocation in the English National Health Service, 1971-1994: The Tension between Normative and Empirical Approaches. International Journal of Epidemiology. 24(Supplement 1). S96–S102. 18 indexed citations

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Beech, R, et al.. (1993). Purchasing services for end stage renal failure: the potential and limitations of existing information sources.. PubMed. 25(2). 60–4. 5 indexed citations

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Morgan, Myfanwy, N Mays, & W. W. Holland. (1987). Can hospital use be a measure of need for health care?. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 41(4). 269–274. 39 indexed citations

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