Alan Williams

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
120 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Alan Williams is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Management of Technology and Innovation. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Williams has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Epidemiology, 25 papers in Infectious Diseases and 20 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation. Recurrent topics in Alan Williams's work include Blood donation and transfusion practices (20 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (18 papers) and Hepatitis B Virus Studies (17 papers). Alan Williams is often cited by papers focused on Blood donation and transfusion practices (20 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (18 papers) and Hepatitis B Virus Studies (17 papers). Alan Williams collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Alan Williams's co-authors include Michael A. McKibben, Steven Kleinman, George B. Schreiber, W. A. Elders, P. Schiffman, Simone A. Glynn, Helen E. Ownby, Catharie C. Nass, James Bethel and S. Douglas McDowell and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, JAMA and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Alan Williams

115 papers receiving 3.7k 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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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alan Williams United States 32 938 896 533 482 473 120 4.2k
Paul Alexander United Kingdom 43 1.0k 1.1× 61 0.1× 61 0.1× 398 0.8× 50 0.1× 197 7.4k
Wenjun Liu China 72 1.1k 1.2× 11 0.0× 650 1.2× 255 0.5× 55 0.1× 686 20.5k
Richard D. Gill United Kingdom 45 587 0.6× 19 0.0× 60 0.1× 318 0.7× 84 0.2× 196 13.6k
Mark Peters United Kingdom 44 1.9k 2.0× 119 0.1× 66 0.1× 454 0.9× 40 0.1× 285 7.7k
L. J. Wei United States 49 1.3k 1.4× 39 0.0× 19 0.0× 562 1.2× 387 0.8× 123 13.1k
Declan Butler United States 34 899 1.0× 67 0.1× 28 0.1× 938 1.9× 28 0.1× 682 5.8k
Rob Wilson United States 38 1.5k 1.6× 127 0.1× 44 0.1× 203 0.4× 7 0.0× 332 7.6k
Jonathan Ball United Kingdom 33 615 0.7× 29 0.0× 33 0.1× 283 0.6× 231 0.5× 99 5.3k
Jerald F. Lawless Canada 46 458 0.5× 98 0.1× 17 0.0× 225 0.5× 53 0.1× 166 12.4k
D. Collett United Kingdom 40 849 0.9× 42 0.0× 21 0.0× 1.6k 3.3× 743 1.6× 100 9.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Alan Williams

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Williams

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Williams

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alan Williams. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alan Williams based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alan Williams. Alan Williams is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Steele, Whitney R., Roger Y. Dodd, Edward P. Notari, et al.. (2021). HIV, HCV, and HBV incidence and residual risk in US blood donors before and after implementation of the 12‐month deferral policy for men who have sex with men. Transfusion. 61(3). 839–850. 29 indexed citations
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Quiner, Claire, Roberta Bruhn, Eduard Grebe, et al.. (2020). Recently acquired infection among HIV‐seropositive donors in the US from 2010‐2018. Transfusion. 60(10). 2340–2347. 3 indexed citations
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Custer, Brian, Claire Quiner, Richard E. Haaland, et al.. (2020). HIV antiretroviral therapy and prevention use in US blood donors: a new blood safety concern. Blood. 136(11). 1351–1358. 33 indexed citations
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Grebe, Eduard, Michael P. Busch, Edward P. Notari, et al.. (2020). HIV incidence in US first-time blood donors and transfusion risk with a 12-month deferral for men who have sex with men. Blood. 136(11). 1359–1367. 15 indexed citations
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Williams, Alan, et al.. (2000). Validation of selected donor‐screening questions: structure, content, and comprehension. Transfusion. 40(11). 1407–1413. 29 indexed citations
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Murphy, Edward L., Alan Williams, George B. Schreiber, et al.. (1997). Demographic Determinants of Hepatitis C Virus Seroprevalence Among Blood Donors. Survey of Anesthesiology. XLI(3). 187–187. 13 indexed citations
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Ownby, Helen E., James Korelitz, MP Busch, et al.. (1997). Loss of volunteer blood donors because of unconfirmed enzyme immunoassay screening results. Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study. Transfusion. 37(2). 199–205. 32 indexed citations
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Hu, Dale J., C L Spruill, Eve Lackritz, et al.. (1996). Surveillance for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 group O infections in the United States. Transfusion. 36(5). 398–400. 23 indexed citations
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Williams, Alan. (1995). TESOL and Cultural Incorporation: Are We Doing the Devil's Work?. 5(1). 21. 1 indexed citations
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Henrard, Denis, et al.. (1994). Detection of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 p24 antigen and plasma RNA: relevance to indeterminate serologic tests. Transfusion. 34(5). 376–380. 18 indexed citations
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Korelitz, James, Alan Williams, Michael P. Busch, et al.. (1994). Demographic characteristics and prevalence of serologic markers among donors who use the confidential unit exclusion process: the Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study. Transfusion. 34(10). 870–876. 42 indexed citations
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Williams, Alan. (1992). The Ethics of TESOL. 2(2). 4. 1 indexed citations
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Williams, Alan & Michael A. McKibben. (1989). A brine interface in the Salton Sea Geothermal System, California: Fluid geochemical and isotopic characteristics. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 53(8). 1905–1920. 87 indexed citations
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Williams, Ann B., Richard T. D’Aquila, & Alan Williams. (1987). HIV Infection in Intravenous Drug Abusers. Image the Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 19(4). 179–183. 6 indexed citations
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Schiffman, P., W. A. Elders, Alan Williams, S. Douglas McDowell, & D. K. Bird. (1983). Active hydrothermal metamorphism in the Cerro Prieto geothermal system, Baja California, Mexico: a telescoped low P/T facies series. [Abstract only]. Geol. Soc. Am., Abstr. Programs; (United States). 1 indexed citations
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Elders, W. A., et al.. (1980). Hydrothermal alteration as an indicator of temperature and flow regime in the Cerro Prieto geothermal field of Baja California. 4. 5 indexed citations
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Belani, Kumar G., et al.. (1980). Preextubation Ventilatory Measurements in Newborns and Infants. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 59(7). 467???472–467???472. 5 indexed citations
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Williams, Alan, et al.. (1956). Myosarcoma of the heart in an infant. The Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology. 71(2). 421–424. 18 indexed citations

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