Alan Williams

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Alan Williams is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Williams has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Plant Science, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Alan Williams's work include Global Health Care Issues (6 papers), Phytochemistry and Biological Activities (6 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (6 papers). Alan Williams is often cited by papers focused on Global Health Care Issues (6 papers), Phytochemistry and Biological Activities (6 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (6 papers). Alan Williams collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. Alan Williams's co-authors include Aki Tsuchiya, Rebecca Shaw, Paul Dolan, M R C McDowell, A. Dalgarno, J. Allan Downie, J.S. Challice, Daniela M. Russo, Ãngeles Zorreguieta and Anne Edwards and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Alan Williams

37 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Intergenerational Equity: An Exploration of the ‘Fair Innings’ Argument

1997 517 citations Alan Williams Health Economics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan Williams United Kingdom	19	766	604	408	176	91	37	1.8k
James C. Cook United States	30	220 0.3×	295 0.5×	665 1.6×	1.4k 8.0×	31 0.3×	72	4.8k
J. H. Pollard Australia	20	211 0.3×	698 1.2×	58 0.1×	50 0.3×	49 0.5×	62	2.4k
Sarbani Chakraborty India	12	141 0.2×	201 0.3×	271 0.7×	168 1.0×	29 0.3×	47	944
Peter Heywood United States	28	203 0.3×	509 0.8×	120 0.3×	395 2.2×	118 1.3×	119	3.0k
Anders Nordström Sweden	28	196 0.3×	357 0.6×	709 1.7×	2.1k 12.1×	45 0.5×	79	4.4k
Carol A. Edwards United Kingdom	26	170 0.2×	483 0.8×	127 0.3×	1.4k 8.0×	20 0.2×	71	2.5k
Victor W. Sidel United States	28	199 0.3×	872 1.4×	32 0.1×	312 1.8×	25 0.3×	137	2.8k
Gary Taubes United States	26	105 0.1×	210 0.3×	86 0.2×	754 4.3×	65 0.7×	159	3.7k
David A. Binder Canada	17	234 0.3×	199 0.3×	24 0.1×	163 0.9×	24 0.3×	50	1.8k
Roger J. Williams United Kingdom	29	83 0.1×	111 0.2×	89 0.2×	559 3.2×	213 2.3×	141	3.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Williams

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Edwards, Anne, A. L. Stanger, Ramakrishnan Karunakaran, et al.. (2014). Mutation of praR in Rhizobium leguminosarum enhances root biofilms, improving nodulation competitiveness by increased expression of attachment proteins. Molecular Microbiology. 93(3). 464–478. 42 indexed citations

Xie, Fang, Alan Williams, Anne Edwards, & J. Allan Downie. (2011). A Plant Arabinogalactan-Like Glycoprotein Promotes a Novel Type of Polar Surface Attachment by Rhizobium leguminosarum. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 25(2). 250–258. 37 indexed citations

Branch, Nicholas, et al.. (2006). Testing the sustainability and sensitivity to climatic change of terrace agricultural systems in the Peruvian Andes: a pilot study. Journal of Archaeological Science. 34(1). 1–9. 49 indexed citations

Williams, Alan. (2005). Corporate development in biotechnology in 2005. Journal of Commercial Biotechnology. 11(3). 239–248. 1 indexed citations

Fridborg, Ingela, et al.. (2004). Enhancer Trapping IdentifiesTRI, anArabidopsisGene Up-Regulated by Pathogen Infection. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 17(10). 1086–1094. 10 indexed citations

Dolan, Paul, Rebecca Shaw, Aki Tsuchiya, & Alan Williams. (2004). QALY maximisation and people's preferences: a methodological review of the literature. Health Economics. 14(2). 197–208. 312 indexed citations

Williams, Alan. (1998). Primeval health economics in Britain: A personal retrospect of the pre‐HESG period. Health Economics. 7(S1). S3–8. 6 indexed citations

Williams, Alan. (1997). Intergenerational Equity: An Exploration of the ‘Fair Innings’ Argument. Health Economics. 6(2). 117–132. 517 indexed citations breakdown →

Williams, Alan. (1996). QALYs and ethics: A health economist's perspective. Social Science & Medicine. 43(12). 1795–1804. 65 indexed citations

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Williams, Alan. (1988). Ethics and Efficiency in the Provision of Health Care. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 23. 111–126. 57 indexed citations

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Challice, J.S., R. S. Thomas Loeffler, & Alan Williams. (1980). Structure of calleryanin and its benzylic esters from Pyrus and Prunus. Phytochemistry. 19(11). 2435–2437. 18 indexed citations

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Williams, Alan. (1979). The police of Paris, 1718-1789. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 16 indexed citations

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Challice, J.S. & Alan Williams. (1970). Phenolic compounds of the genus Pyrus: A chemotaxonomic study of further Oregon specimens. Phytochemistry. 9(6). 1271–1276. 13 indexed citations

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Williams, Alan, et al.. (1969). Current issues in cost-benefit analysis. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 12 indexed citations

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Challice, J.S. & Alan Williams. (1966). Paper chromatographic separation and behavior of the cis- and trans-isomers of cinnamic acid derivatives. Journal of Chromatography A. 21(2). 357–362. 30 indexed citations

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Challice, J.S. & Alan Williams. (1965). A spectrophotometric study of the ionization of p-coumaric acid. Spectrochimica Acta. 21(11). 1869–1880. 3 indexed citations

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Williams, Alan. (1964). Dihydrochalcones; their Occurrence and Use as Indicators in Chemical Plant Taxonomy. Nature. 202(4934). 824–825. 34 indexed citations

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Dalgarno, A., M R C McDowell, & Alan Williams. (1958). The mobilities of ions in unlike gases. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 250(982). 411–425. 163 indexed citations

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Hewitt, E. J., S. C. Agarwala, & Alan Williams. (1957). Molybdenum as a Plant Nutrient: VIII The Effects of Different Molybdenum Levels and Nitrogen Supplies on the Nitrogen Fractions in Cauliflower Plants Grown in Sand Culture. Journal of Horticultural Science. 32(1). 34–48. 12 indexed citations

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Bradfield, A. E., A. E. Flood, A. C. Hulme, & Alan Williams. (1952). Chlorogenic Acids in Fruit Trees. Nature. 170(4317). 168–169. 34 indexed citations

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