Nigel Francis

867 total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 577 citations indexed

About

Nigel Francis is a scholar working on Education, Immunology and Media Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nigel Francis has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 577 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Education, 6 papers in Immunology and 4 papers in Media Technology. Recurrent topics in Nigel Francis's work include Innovative Teaching Methods (5 papers), Biomedical and Engineering Education (3 papers) and Experimental Learning in Engineering (3 papers). Nigel Francis is often cited by papers focused on Innovative Teaching Methods (5 papers), Biomedical and Engineering Education (3 papers) and Experimental Learning in Engineering (3 papers). Nigel Francis collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ireland and Spain. Nigel Francis's co-authors include Claire L. Harris, Santiago Rodrı́guez de Córdoba, Rubén Martínez-Barricarte, Dawn Roberts, B. Paul Morgan, Meike Heurich, Nicholas Jones, Catherine A. Thornton, J. Cronin and Silvia Panetti and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Nigel Francis

18 papers receiving 568 citations

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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.

Generative AI in Higher Education: Balancing Innovation and Integrity

2025 31 citations Nigel Francis, Sue Jones et al. British Journal of Biomedical Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nigel Francis United Kingdom	10	331	116	98	84	55	20	577
Pavel Hořák Czechia	14	245 0.7×	130 1.1×	139 1.4×	75 0.9×	6 0.1×	83	741
Aparna Mahajan Germany	11	396 1.2×	204 1.8×	27 0.3×	16 0.2×	18 0.3×	30	575
Nancy Solowski United States	7	261 0.8×	113 1.0×	9 0.1×	86 1.0×	28 0.5×	11	699
Marek Ussowicz Poland	17	171 0.5×	171 1.5×	25 0.3×	269 3.2×	8 0.1×	88	742
Damien Roos‐Weil France	14	200 0.6×	189 1.6×	48 0.5×	191 2.3×	4 0.1×	82	896
Elizabeth A. Stewart United Kingdom	11	108 0.3×	168 1.4×	14 0.1×	98 1.2×	189 3.4×	15	576
Bryan K. Rutledge United States	8	207 0.6×	150 1.3×	9 0.1×	46 0.5×	477 8.7×	13	876
Nicoletta Sorvillo Netherlands	17	575 1.7×	254 2.2×	125 1.3×	221 2.6×	2 0.0×	24	910
Kathryn Hobbs United States	13	424 1.3×	209 1.8×	10 0.1×	94 1.1×	7 0.1×	25	988
Oscar Persson Sweden	6	182 0.5×	95 0.8×	9 0.1×	29 0.3×	7 0.1×	10	406

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nigel Francis

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20 of 20 papers shown

Francis, Nigel, Sue Jones, & David P. Smith. (2025). Generative AI in Higher Education: Balancing Innovation and Integrity. British Journal of Biomedical Science. 81. 14048–14048. 31 indexed citations breakdown →

Smith, David P., et al.. (2025). Embedding Generative AI as a digital capability into a year-long skills program.. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice. 22(4).

Rutherford, Stephen, Caroline Pritchard, & Nigel Francis. (2024). Assessment IS learning: developing a student‐centred approach for assessment in Higher Education. FEBS Open Bio. 15(1). 21–34. 3 indexed citations

Francis, Nigel, et al.. (2024). Redefining online biology education: a study on interactive branched video utilisation and student learning experiences. FEBS Open Bio. 14(2). 230–240. 1 indexed citations

Francis, Nigel, Caroline Pritchard, Zoë Cariad Prytherch, & Stephen Rutherford. (2024). Making teamwork work: enhancing teamwork and assessment in higher education. FEBS Open Bio. 15(1). 35–47. 4 indexed citations

Dudley, Ed, et al.. (2023). Embedding retrieval practice in undergraduate biochemistry teaching using PeerWise. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. 52(2). 156–164. 1 indexed citations

Francis, Nigel, David W. Smith, & Ian J. Turner. (2023). #DryLabsRealScience: Redefining Practical Pedagogy Post-Pandemic. Proceedings.. 2219–2222.

Francis, Nigel, et al.. (2022). The virtual flow cytometer: A new learning experience and environment for undergraduate teaching. Frontiers in Education. 7. 2 indexed citations

Francis, Nigel, David P. Smith, & Ian J. Turner. (2022). Practical approaches to delivering pandemic impacted laboratory teaching. SHURA (Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive) (Sheffield Hallam University). 1 indexed citations

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Wilkinson, Thomas S., et al.. (2021). Reimagining laboratory‐based immunology education in the time of COVID‐19. Immunology. 163(4). 431–435. 9 indexed citations

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Jones, Nicholas, Emma E. Vincent, J. Cronin, et al.. (2019). Akt and STAT5 mediate naïve human CD4+ T-cell early metabolic response to TCR stimulation. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2042–2042. 63 indexed citations

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Francis, Nigel, et al.. (2019). Adopting a flipped classroom approach for teaching molar calculations to biochemistry and genetics students. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. 48(3). 220–226. 8 indexed citations

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Jones, Nicholas, J. Cronin, Garry Dolton, et al.. (2017). Metabolic Adaptation of Human CD4+ and CD8+ T-Cells to T-Cell Receptor-Mediated Stimulation. Frontiers in Immunology. 8. 1516–1516. 58 indexed citations

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Jones, Nicholas, et al.. (2015). Bioenergetic analysis of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Clinical & Experimental Immunology. 182(1). 69–80. 27 indexed citations

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Francis, Nigel, See Heng Wong, Peter Hampson, et al.. (2011). Lactoferrin inhibits neutrophil apoptosis via blockade of proximal apoptotic signaling events. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1813(10). 1822–1826. 26 indexed citations

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Heurich, Meike, Rubén Martínez-Barricarte, Nigel Francis, et al.. (2011). Common polymorphisms in C3, factor B, and factor H collaborate to determine systemic complement activity and disease risk. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(21). 8761–8766. 176 indexed citations

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Francis, Nigel, Bairbre McNicholas, Atif Awan, et al.. (2011). A novel hybrid CFH/CFHR3 gene generated by a microhomology-mediated deletion in familial atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome. Blood. 119(2). 591–601. 75 indexed citations

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Heurich, Meike, Rubén Martínez‐Barricarte, Nigel Francis, et al.. (2010). The common C3F/S polymorphism, R102G, alters factor H regulation of the alternative pathway convertase and combines with other complement variants to influence complement activity in plasma. Molecular Immunology. 47(13). 2257–2257. 1 indexed citations

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Wong, See Heng, Nigel Francis, Hema Chahal, et al.. (2008). Lactoferrin is a survival factor for neutrophils in rheumatoid synovial fluid. Lara D. Veeken. 48(1). 39–44. 62 indexed citations

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Francis, Nigel, et al.. (1999). Coupled techniques for the simulation of fluid-structure and impact problems. Computer Assisted Mechanics and Engineering Sciences. 295–311. 29 indexed citations

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