Dr Timmins is Professor of Nursing, Dean, and Head of School at the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, University College Dublin, Ireland. She is Editor in Chief of the Public Health Nursing Journal and an Associate Editor at the Journal of Advanced Nursing. She is a competent researcher who has led several interdisciplinary, international research teams over a 25-year period.
As one of the first nurse academics in Ireland to hold an international Editor in Chief position, Dr Timmins has 15 years of high-level editing experience, including representation on several international Editorial Boards.
She has published numerous papers, with 255 peer-reviewed papers listed in Scopus. Most of these (70%) represent collaborations with colleagues, from China, Canada, Portugal, Greece and the UK among others. This has meant a meaningful contribution to international debates and policy within nursing and healthcare.
Her field weighted citation impact is 2.52. Within the last five years 27.3% of her publications were in the top 10% most cited worldwide. 61.3% were in the top 10% of Journals worldwide and 72% of her peer-reviewed publications were with international colleagues. Her publications have received more than 3000 recorded citations. She has written or co-authored 11 textbooks.
She is currently the top author in the subject of Nursing, within Ireland. Her research lies within two distinct but overlapping themes: teaching and learning and professional nursing issues. She has presented widely on these topics: more than 250 international conferences papers, with research replicated widely across the globe. Her H-index (Scopus) is 31.