Alan F. Williams

10.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
161 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Alan F. Williams is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Oncology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan F. Williams has authored 161 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 44 papers in Oncology and 41 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Alan F. Williams's work include Magnetism in coordination complexes (49 papers), Metal complexes synthesis and properties (39 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (22 papers). Alan F. Williams is often cited by papers focused on Magnetism in coordination complexes (49 papers), Metal complexes synthesis and properties (39 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (22 papers). Alan F. Williams collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United Kingdom and France. Alan F. Williams's co-authors include Michael A. J. Ferguson, Gérald Bernardinelli, Claude Piguet, David W. Mason, A. Neil Barclay, B. Bocquet, Gérard Hopfgartner, Jean Gagnon, Donald W. Mason and Jean Claude G. Buenzli and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Alan F. Williams

156 papers receiving 8.3k 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.

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1988 1.1k citations Alan F. Williams et al. profile →
The kinetics of antibody binding to membrane antigens in solution and at the cell surface

1980 503 citations Alan F. Williams et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan F. Williams Switzerland	55	2.6k	2.2k	2.0k	1.7k	1.6k	161	9.0k
Lee Josephson United States	67	6.7k 2.6×	890 0.4×	888 0.4×	3.2k 1.9×	1.0k 0.6×	223	17.4k
Martin W. Brechbiel United States	74	4.6k 1.8×	817 0.4×	1.8k 0.9×	3.9k 2.4×	707 0.4×	366	18.6k
Stefan Stoll United States	39	2.1k 0.8×	562 0.3×	1.2k 0.6×	3.6k 2.2×	2.2k 1.4×	135	9.9k
Masaaki Abe Japan	40	1.4k 0.5×	1.9k 0.9×	705 0.3×	1.1k 0.6×	546 0.3×	259	6.2k
Orit Jacobson United States	62	2.7k 1.0×	771 0.4×	850 0.4×	3.4k 2.1×	581 0.4×	141	10.7k
Zhuo Chen China	64	4.6k 1.8×	752 0.3×	661 0.3×	4.5k 2.7×	699 0.4×	432	14.7k
Michael Seitz Germany	38	539 0.2×	1.1k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	1.8k 1.1×	814 0.5×	107	4.9k
A.C.T. North United Kingdom	30	5.6k 2.2×	287 0.1×	3.9k 1.9×	3.5k 2.1×	1.8k 1.1×	84	14.7k
Jin Xie United States	67	4.8k 1.9×	565 0.3×	1.2k 0.6×	6.1k 3.7×	1.3k 0.8×	232	16.8k
Israel Pecht Israel	50	5.3k 2.0×	2.4k 1.1×	484 0.2×	1.1k 0.7×	148 0.1×	368	10.6k

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Johnson, David A. & Alan F. Williams. (2019). The Gestation and Growth of the Periodic Table. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 73(3). 144–144. 3 indexed citations

Guénée, Laure, et al.. (2018). Coordination Chemistry of the Chiral, Facially Coordinating Tridentate Ligand 1,2‐Bis(benzimidazol‐2‐yl)ethanol with 3d Transition Metals. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2018(37). 4181–4189.

Huber, Robin, Laure Guénée, Céline Besnard, et al.. (2017). Dinuclear Complexes Formed by Hydrogen Bonds: Synthesis, Structure and Magnetic and Electrochemical Properties. Chemistry - A European Journal. 23(29). 7104–7112. 5 indexed citations

Williams, Alan F.. (2012). Overcoming the Unfortunate Legacy of Haditha, the Stryker Brigade 'Kill Team', and Pantano: Establishing More Effective War Crimes Accountability by the United States. Kentucky law journal. 101(2). 4. 3 indexed citations

Williams, Alan F.. (2010). Case for Overseas Article III Courts: The Blackwater Effect and Criminal Accountability in the Age of Privatization, The. University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform. 44(1). 45–82. 1 indexed citations

Williams, Alan F.. (2009). Inorganic, Analytical and Applied Chemistry. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 63(12). 822–822. 1 indexed citations

Matthews, Craig J., M.R.J. Elsegood, Gérald Bernardinelli, W. Clegg, & Alan F. Williams. (2004). Crystal structures of dicarboxy-2,2′-bipyridyl complexes: the role of hydrogen bonding and stacking interactions. Dalton Transactions. 492–497. 49 indexed citations

Williams, Alan F., et al.. (2002). Maintenance of column performance at scale. Journal of Chromatography A. 944(1-2). 69–75. 8 indexed citations

Telfer, Shane G., Alan F. Williams, & Gérald Bernardinelli. (2001). Diastereospecific synthesis of amino-acid substituted 2,2′-bipyridyl complexes. Chemical Communications. 1498–1499. 33 indexed citations

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Williams, Alan F. & Verna Frasca. (1999). Ion‐Exchange Chromatography. Current Protocols in Protein Science. 15(1). Unit8.2–Unit8.2. 18 indexed citations

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Williams, Alan F.. (1997). Helical Complexes and Beyond. Chemistry - A European Journal. 3(1). 15–19. 115 indexed citations

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Williams, Alan F.. (1996). Explorers Wild: The Hubbards in Labrador. Research Online (University of Wollongong). 18(1). 5. 1 indexed citations

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Williams, Alan F.. (1994). Book Review: Multiple Bonds Between Metal Atoms. 2nd edition. By F. A. Cotton and R. A. Walton. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 33(4). 480–481. 1 indexed citations

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Carina, Riccardo F., Gérald Bernardinelli, & Alan F. Williams. (1993). Die Struktur eines eindimensional unendlichen doppelhelicalen Kupfer(I)‐Komplexes. Angewandte Chemie. 105(10). 1483–1485. 20 indexed citations

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Bernardinelli, Gérald, et al.. (1992). Complexes of Copper with a Flexible Bis-benzimidazole Ligand. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 46(4). 155–155. 23 indexed citations

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Kato, Kazunori, Makoto Koyanagi, Hiroko Okada, et al.. (1992). CD48 is a counter-receptor for mouse CD2 and is involved in T cell activation.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 176(5). 1241–1249. 202 indexed citations

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Bernardinelli, Gérald, Claude Piguet, & Alan F. Williams. (1992). Ein zweikerniger, tripelhelicaler Lanthanoid‐Komplex durch Selbstorganisation. Angewandte Chemie. 104(12). 1626–1628. 25 indexed citations

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Schmid, H., et al.. (1988). Bireflectance, absorption and transmission dichroism of single domains, and bireflectance of layered polydomains of normal state YBa2Cu3O7-x in the visible. Physica C Superconductivity. 153-155. 1748–1751. 18 indexed citations

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Paterson, David J., et al.. (1987). The MRC OX-44 antigen marks a functionally relevant subset among rat thymocytes.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 165(1). 1–13. 69 indexed citations

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Jefferies, Wilfred A., M R Brandon, Alan F. Williams, & Simon V. Hunt. (1985). Analysis of lymphopoietic stem cells with a monoclonal antibody to the rat transferrin receptor.. PubMed. 54(2). 333–41. 114 indexed citations

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