Alyson Williams

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 914 citations indexed

About

Alyson Williams is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Alyson Williams has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 914 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Clinical Psychology, 9 papers in Social Psychology and 3 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Alyson Williams's work include Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (9 papers), Mental Health Treatment and Access (7 papers) and Personality Disorders and Psychopathology (3 papers). Alyson Williams is often cited by papers focused on Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (9 papers), Mental Health Treatment and Access (7 papers) and Personality Disorders and Psychopathology (3 papers). Alyson Williams collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Alyson Williams's co-authors include Mary C. Zanarini, Lynne Yong, Alexandra Levin, Margaret F. Marino, Frances R. Frankenburg, Navneet Kapur, Jenny Shaw, Louis Appleby, David While and Caroline Miles and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Journal of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Alyson Williams

17 papers receiving 851 citations

Hit Papers

Reported pathological childhood experiences associated wi... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Reported pathological childhood experiences associated with the development of borderline personality disorder
    1997 520 citations Mary C. Zanarini, Alyson Williams et al. American Journal of Psychiatry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alyson Williams United Kingdom 10 802 227 217 94 91 17 914
Hannele Heilä Finland 16 640 0.8× 286 1.3× 544 2.5× 72 0.8× 59 0.6× 22 958
Markus Kösters Germany 12 430 0.5× 298 1.3× 227 1.0× 149 1.6× 44 0.5× 30 741
Megan Chesin United States 21 823 1.0× 249 1.1× 184 0.8× 49 0.5× 124 1.4× 44 962
O. Saarento Finland 16 486 0.6× 179 0.8× 426 2.0× 114 1.2× 35 0.4× 33 781
Blanca Reneses Spain 12 403 0.5× 382 1.7× 156 0.7× 187 2.0× 91 1.0× 26 699
Sadia R. Chaudhury United States 13 637 0.8× 258 1.1× 189 0.9× 73 0.8× 107 1.2× 18 782
Ann Begin United States 14 1.0k 1.3× 146 0.6× 358 1.6× 107 1.1× 76 0.8× 18 1.2k
H. S. Keeley Ireland 10 365 0.5× 97 0.4× 280 1.3× 35 0.4× 40 0.4× 15 598
Philippe Stéphan Switzerland 14 456 0.6× 134 0.6× 311 1.4× 65 0.7× 79 0.9× 42 733
Rosalind Ramsay United Kingdom 15 664 0.8× 182 0.8× 205 0.9× 116 1.2× 158 1.7× 41 881

Countries citing papers authored by Alyson Williams

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alyson Williams

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alyson Williams

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All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Flynn, Sandra, Jessica Raphael, Alyson Williams, et al.. (2020). Clinical characteristics and care pathways of patients with personality disorder who died by suicide. BJPsych Open. 6(2). e29–e29. 9 indexed citations
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Flynn, Sandra, Jessica Raphael, Alyson Williams, et al.. (2019). The personality disorder patient pathway: Service user and clinical perspectives. Personality and Mental Health. 13(3). 134–143. 9 indexed citations
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Flynn, Sandra, Su-Gwan Tham, Alyson Williams, et al.. (2017). Suicide by mental health in-patients under observation. Psychological Medicine. 47(13). 2238–2245. 25 indexed citations
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Shaw, Jenny, Sarah Conover, Manuela Jarrett, et al.. (2017). Critical time Intervention for Severely mentally ill Prisoners (CrISP): a randomised controlled trial. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(8). 1–138. 33 indexed citations
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Williams, Alyson. (2017). Risk factors for suicide in the transgender community. European Psychiatry. 41(S1). s894–s894. 3 indexed citations
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Shaw, Jenny, Sarah Conover, Manuela Jarrett, et al.. (2017). Critical time intervention fidelity scale. 1 indexed citations
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Voshaar, Richard C. Oude, Date C. van der Veen, Navneet Kapur, et al.. (2015). Suicide in patients suffering from late-life anxiety disorders; a comparison with younger patients. International Psychogeriatrics. 27(7). 1197–1205. 21 indexed citations
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Qualls, Sara Honn, Kelli J. Klebe, Alyson Williams, et al.. (2014). Motivational and Cognitive Pathways to Medical Help-Seeking for Alzheimer's Disease: A Cognitive Impairment Response Model. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 70(1). 57–66. 2 indexed citations
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Williams, Alyson, et al.. (2013). Comparing student clinician and licensed psychologist clinical judgment.. Training and Education in Professional Psychology. 7(1). 33–41. 3 indexed citations
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Voshaar, Richard C. Oude, Navneet Kapur, Harriet Bickley, Alyson Williams, & Nitin Purandare. (2011). Suicide in later life: A comparison between cases with early-onset and late-onset depression. Journal of Affective Disorders. 132(1-2). 185–191. 19 indexed citations
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Williams, Alyson, David While, Kirsten Windfuhr, et al.. (2011). Birthday Blues. Crisis. 32(3). 134–142. 16 indexed citations
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Windfuhr, Kirsten, Harriet Bickley, David While, et al.. (2010). Nonresident Suicides in England: A National Study. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. 40(2). 151–158. 13 indexed citations
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Saini, Pooja, Kirsten Windfuhr, Anna Pearson, et al.. (2010). Suicide prevention in primary care: General practitioners' views on service availability. BMC Research Notes. 3(1). 246–246. 33 indexed citations
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Pearson, A. W., Pooja Saini, Caroline Miles, et al.. (2010). Emergency department contact prior to suicide in mental health patients. Emergency Medicine Journal. 28(6). 467–471. 105 indexed citations
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Pearson, Anna, Pooja Saini, Caroline Miles, et al.. (2009). Primary care contact prior to suicide in individuals with mental illness. British Journal of General Practice. 59(568). 825–832. 96 indexed citations
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Williams, Alyson, et al.. (2000). Assessment and management of auto‐erotic asphyxiation in a young man with learning disability: a multidisciplinary approach to intervention. British Journal of Learning Disabilities. 28(3). 109–112. 6 indexed citations
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Zanarini, Mary C., Alyson Williams, Margaret F. Marino, et al.. (1997). Reported pathological childhood experiences associated with the development of borderline personality disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry. 154(8). 1101–1106. 520 indexed citations breakdown →

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