A. Williams

12.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
256 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

A. Williams is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Williams has authored 256 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 99 papers in Computational Mechanics and 70 papers in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. Recurrent topics in A. Williams's work include Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (107 papers), Combustion and flame dynamics (91 papers) and Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (70 papers). A. Williams is often cited by papers focused on Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (107 papers), Combustion and flame dynamics (91 papers) and Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (70 papers). A. Williams collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. A. Williams's co-authors include J.M. Jones, Mohamed Pourkashanian, Lin Ma, L.I. Darvell, A. Saddawi, R.I. Backreedy, Patrick E. Mason, Keith D. Bartle, Amanda Lea‐Langton and Toby Bridgeman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Environmental Science & Technology and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

A. Williams

251 papers receiving 9.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Pollutants from the combustion of solid biomass fuels

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. Williams United Kingdom	55	5.6k	3.3k	1.5k	1.4k	1.2k	256	9.9k
Bo G Leckner Sweden	57	7.0k 1.3×	5.0k 1.5×	792 0.5×	3.7k 2.6×	1.6k 1.3×	278	11.4k
Mohamed Pourkashanian United Kingdom	63	5.7k 1.0×	4.8k 1.5×	1.1k 0.8×	3.3k 2.3×	1.7k 1.4×	470	14.0k
Thomas H. Fletcher United States	47	3.8k 0.7×	1.9k 0.6×	565 0.4×	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	171	6.5k
Kim Dam‐Johansen Denmark	69	8.3k 1.5×	2.8k 0.8×	2.3k 1.5×	4.0k 2.8×	5.2k 4.2×	398	18.6k
Terry Wall Australia	57	7.9k 1.4×	2.9k 0.9×	586 0.4×	4.2k 2.9×	2.1k 1.7×	222	11.8k
L.D. Smoot United States	33	4.4k 0.8×	5.2k 1.6×	978 0.7×	2.0k 1.4×	902 0.7×	115	9.1k
İskender Gökalp France	44	2.5k 0.5×	3.0k 0.9×	2.0k 1.3×	694 0.5×	964 0.8×	225	6.5k
Rajender Gupta Canada	58	6.7k 1.2×	1.9k 0.6×	345 0.2×	5.9k 4.1×	2.4k 1.9×	240	15.4k
Shuiqing Li China	49	2.5k 0.5×	2.8k 0.8×	450 0.3×	1.2k 0.9×	2.2k 1.8×	303	8.0k
Graham J. Nathan Australia	45	1.7k 0.3×	4.3k 1.3×	1.6k 1.1×	1.8k 1.2×	510 0.4×	354	7.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. Williams

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Pelletier, Dominique, Jacquomo Monk, Franziska Althaus, et al.. (2025). Challenges of reusing marine image-based data for fish and benthic habitat Essential Variables: insights from data producers. Frontiers in Marine Science. 12.

Williams, A., et al.. (2024). Elevated levels of exogenous prolactin promote inflammation at the maternal-fetal interface via the JAK2/STAT5B signaling axis. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1496610–1496610. 3 indexed citations

Darvell, L.I., et al.. (2020). The potential use of torrefied Nigerian biomass for combustion applications. Journal of the Energy Institute. 93(4). 1726–1736. 9 indexed citations

Braby, Michael F., et al.. (2018). Atlas of Butterflies and Diurnal Moths in the Monsoon Tropics of Northern Australia. ANU Press eBooks. 9 indexed citations

Vergara‐Temprado, Jesús, Mark A. Holden, Daniel O’Sullivan, et al.. (2018). Is Black Carbon an Unimportant Ice‐Nucleating Particle in Mixed‐Phase Clouds?. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 123(8). 4273–4283. 41 indexed citations

Gudka, B., J.M. Jones, Amanda Lea‐Langton, A. Williams, & A. Saddawi. (2016). A review of the mitigation of deposition and emission problems during biomass combustion through washing pre-treatment. White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York). 1 indexed citations

Schlacher, Thomas A., Serena Lucrezi, Charles H. Peterson, et al.. (2016). Estimating animal populations and body sizes from burrows: Marine ecologists have their heads buried in the sand. Journal of Sea Research. 112. 55–64. 39 indexed citations

Umo, Nsikanabasi Silas, Benjamin J. Murray, M. T. Baeza‐Romero, et al.. (2015). Ice nucleation by combustion ash particles at conditions relevant to mixed-phase clouds. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 15(9). 5195–5210. 54 indexed citations

Hill, Nicole, NS Barrett, Emma Lawrence, et al.. (2014). Quantifying Fish Assemblages in Large, Offshore Marine Protected Areas: An Australian Case Study. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e110831–e110831. 33 indexed citations

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Fairweather, Michael, et al.. (2013). CFD predictions of wake-stabilised jet flames in a cross-flow. Energy. 53. 259–269. 28 indexed citations

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Gubba, Sreenivasa Rao, D.B. Ingham, Lin Ma, et al.. (2012). Predicting the slagging potential of co-fired coal with sewage sludge and wood biomass. Fuel. 108. 550–556. 31 indexed citations

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Gharebaghi, M., Robin Irons, Mohamed Pourkashanian, & A. Williams. (2011). An investigation into a carbon burnout kinetic model for oxy–coal combustion. Fuel Processing Technology. 92(12). 2455–2464. 19 indexed citations

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Ma, Lin, J.M. Jones, Mohamed Pourkashanian, & A. Williams. (2007). Modelling the combustion of pulverized biomass in an industrial combustion test furnace. Fuel. 86(12-13). 1959–1965. 101 indexed citations

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Williams, A., et al.. (2005). A seascape perspective for managing deep sea habitats. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 89–97. 5 indexed citations

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Dupont, Valerie, et al.. (1999). Chemical modelling and measurements of the catalytic combustion of CH4/air mixtures on platinum and palladium catalysts. Catalysis Today. 47(1-4). 235–244. 16 indexed citations

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Kendall, Alissa, et al.. (1997). The power of biomass.. Chemistry & Industry. 342–345. 4 indexed citations

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Williams, A.. (1994). Methane emissions : report of a working group appointed by the Watt Committee on Energy. 2 indexed citations

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Williams, A., et al.. (1987). The optical properties of soot: a comparison between experimental and theoretical values. Fuel. 66(2). 277–280. 56 indexed citations

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Williams, A.. (1975). La provisión óptima de bienes públicos en un sistema de gobierno local. Revista Hacienda Pública Española. 405–418. 1 indexed citations

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Dixon-Lewis, G. & A. Williams. (1967). Some observations on the combustion of methane in premixed flames. Symposium (International) on Combustion. 11(1). 951–958. 15 indexed citations

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