Nicola Mills

4.6k total citations
81 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Nicola Mills is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Surgery and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicola Mills has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 21 papers in Surgery and 21 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Nicola Mills's work include Ethics in Clinical Research (18 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (16 papers) and Breast Implant and Reconstruction (14 papers). Nicola Mills is often cited by papers focused on Ethics in Clinical Research (18 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (16 papers) and Breast Implant and Reconstruction (14 papers). Nicola Mills collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and Ireland. Nicola Mills's co-authors include Jenny Donovan, David E. Neal, Freddie C. Hamdy, Monica Smith, T. J. Peters, Jane Blazeby, Lucy Brindle, Ann Jacoby, Stephen Frankel and Julia Wade and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Nicola Mills

76 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicola Mills United Kingdom	26	758	692	436	377	338	81	2.4k
Sian Noble United Kingdom	29	794 1.0×	459 0.7×	445 1.0×	354 0.9×	287 0.8×	89	2.3k
Andrea K. Biddle United States	27	584 0.8×	593 0.9×	183 0.4×	213 0.6×	433 1.3×	79	2.5k
B. Graeme Fincke United States	26	478 0.6×	942 1.4×	358 0.8×	224 0.6×	443 1.3×	54	3.1k
Thomas E. Burroughs United States	36	805 1.1×	495 0.7×	721 1.7×	220 0.6×	203 0.6×	86	3.7k
Kris Denhaerynck Switzerland	33	781 1.0×	756 1.1×	404 0.9×	174 0.5×	181 0.5×	141	4.0k
Sara Brookes United Kingdom	25	587 0.8×	512 0.7×	798 1.8×	538 1.4×	541 1.6×	46	3.2k
Alison McDonald United Kingdom	27	898 1.2×	491 0.7×	799 1.8×	473 1.3×	386 1.1×	73	3.6k
WY Cheung United Kingdom	25	415 0.5×	720 1.0×	726 1.7×	268 0.7×	208 0.6×	73	2.5k
Brian Haynes Canada	13	624 0.8×	937 1.4×	302 0.7×	145 0.4×	405 1.2×	15	2.7k
Kim Dalziel Australia	26	419 0.6×	477 0.7×	526 1.2×	371 1.0×	461 1.4×	162	2.6k

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Markar, Sheraz R., Ahmed Ahmed, Nick Maynard, et al.. (2025). Protocol for the GOLF trial: randomized clinical trial on the LINX management system versus fundoplication for the surgical treatment of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. British journal of surgery. 112(7). 1 indexed citations

Davies, Charlotte, Nicola Mills, Patricia Fairbrother, et al.. (2024). Understanding decision-making for and against oncoplastic breast-conserving surgery as an alternative to a mastectomy in early breast cancer: UK ANTHEM qualitative study. British journal of surgery. 111(6). 3 indexed citations

Gaunt, Daisy, Amberly Brigden, Shaun Harris, et al.. (2024). Graded exercise therapy compared to activity management for paediatric chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis: pragmatic randomized controlled trial. European Journal of Pediatrics. 183(5). 2343–2351. 4 indexed citations

Elliott, Daisy, Marcus Jepson, Bridget Young, et al.. (2024). The role of healthcare professionals’ communication in trial participation decisions: a qualitative investigation of recruitment consultations and patient interviews across three RCTs. Trials. 25(1). 829–829.

Ogollah, Reuben, William Hollingworth, Nicola Mills, et al.. (2024). Needle fasciotomy versus limited fasciectomy for the treatment of Dupuytren’s contractures of the fingers (Hand-2): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 25(1). 398–398.

Realpe, Alba, Nicola Mills, Lucy Beasant, et al.. (2023). Lockdown Experiences and Views on Future Research Participation of Autistic Adults in the UK During the First 6 Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Autism in Adulthood. 5(3). 301–310. 6 indexed citations

Lorenc, Ava, Leila Rooshenas, Julia Wade, et al.. (2023). Non-COVID-19 UK clinical trials and the COVID-19 pandemic: impact, challenges and possible solutions. Trials. 24(1). 424–424. 10 indexed citations

Smith, Valerie, Hannah Delaney, Andrew Hunter, et al.. (2023). The development and acceptability of an educational and training intervention for recruiters to neonatal trials: the TRAIN project. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 23(1). 265–265.

Rogers, Chris, John Conibear, Matthew Evison, et al.. (2023). Multimodality local consolidative treatment versus conventional care of advanced lung cancer after first-line systemic anti-cancer treatment: study protocol for the RAMON multicentre randomised controlled trial with an internal pilot. BMJ Open. 13(12). e081650–e081650.

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Davies, Charlotte, Christopher Holcombe, Joanna Skillman, et al.. (2021). Protocol for a mixed-method study to inform the feasibility of undertaking a large-scale multicentre study comparing the clinical and patient-reported outcomes of oncoplastic breast conservation as an alternative to mastectomy with or without immediate breast reconstruction in women unsuitable for standard breast-conserving surgery (the ANTHEM Feasibility Study). BMJ Open. 11(4). e046622–e046622. 6 indexed citations

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Roberts, Kirsty, Nicola Mills, Chris Metcalfe, et al.. (2021). Best-BRA (Is subpectoral or prepectoral implant placement best in immediate breast reconstruction?): a protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial of subpectoral versus prepectoral immediate implant-based breast reconstruction in women following mastectomy. BMJ Open. 11(11). e050886–e050886. 4 indexed citations

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Davies, Gareth T., et al.. (2020). Perceived barriers to randomised controlled trials in breast reconstruction: obstacle to trial initiation or opportunity to resolve? A qualitative study. Trials. 21(1). 316–316. 6 indexed citations

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Anderson, Emma, Roxanne Parslow, William Hollingworth, et al.. (2020). Recruiting Adolescents With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis to Internet-Delivered Therapy: Internal Pilot Within a Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(8). e17768–e17768. 12 indexed citations

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Mills, Nicola, et al.. (2020). The Pre-BRA (pre-pectoral Breast Reconstruction EvAluation) feasibility study: protocol for a mixed-methods IDEAL 2a/2b prospective cohort study to determine the safety and effectiveness of prepectoral implant-based breast reconstruction. BMJ Open. 10(1). e033641–e033641. 4 indexed citations

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Parkinson, Beth, Rachel Meacock, Matt Sutton, et al.. (2019). Designing and using incentives to support recruitment and retention in clinical trials: a scoping review and a checklist for design. Trials. 20(1). 624–624. 58 indexed citations

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Mills, Nicola, Daisy Gaunt, Jane Blazeby, et al.. (2017). Training health professionals to recruit into challenging randomized controlled trials improved confidence: the development of the QuinteT randomized controlled trial recruitment training intervention. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 95. 34–44. 24 indexed citations

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Strong, Sean, Sangeetha Paramasivan, Nicola Mills, et al.. (2016). ‘The trial is owned by the team, not by an individual’: a qualitative study exploring the role of teamwork in recruitment to randomised controlled trials in surgical oncology. Trials. 17(1). 212–212. 26 indexed citations

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Potter, Shelley, Elizabeth J. Conroy, Paula Williamson, et al.. (2016). The iBRA (implant breast reconstruction evaluation) study: protocol for a prospective multi-centre cohort study to inform the feasibility, design and conduct of a pragmatic randomised clinical trial comparing new techniques of implant-based breast reconstruction. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 2(1). 41–41. 14 indexed citations

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Reeves, Barnaby C, Jodi Taylor, Usha Chakravarthy, et al.. (2015). Health professionals’ and service users’ perspectives of shared care for monitoring wet age-related macular degeneration: a qualitative study alongside the ECHoES trial. BMJ Open. 5(4). e007400–e007400. 18 indexed citations

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Donovan, Jenny, Nicola Mills, Monica Smith, et al.. (2002). Quality improvement report Improving design and conduct of randomised trials by embedding them in qualitative research: ProtecT (prostate testing for cancer and treatment) study Commentary: presenting unbiased information to patients can be difficult. BMJ. 325(7367). 766–770. 400 indexed citations

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