Barbara Williams

6.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
64 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Barbara Williams is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Epidemiology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara Williams has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in General Health Professions, 11 papers in Epidemiology and 9 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Barbara Williams's work include Chronic Disease Management Strategies (7 papers), Patient Safety and Medication Errors (7 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (7 papers). Barbara Williams is often cited by papers focused on Chronic Disease Management Strategies (7 papers), Patient Safety and Medication Errors (7 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (7 papers). Barbara Williams collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Israel. Barbara Williams's co-authors include Lloyd J. Kolbe, James G. Ross, Janet L. Collins, William A. Harris, James P. LoGerfo, Laura Kann, Richard Lowry, Steven A. Kinchen, Jo Anne Grunbaum and Tari D. Topolski and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Blood and American Journal of Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Barbara Williams

63 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance--United States, 1995. 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 2002 2006 500 1000 1.5k
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. Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance--United States, 1995.
    1996 1.8k citations Barbara Williams et al. PubMed profile →
  2. Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance — United States, 2001
    2002 1.1k citations Barbara Williams et al. profile →
  3. The Rapid Assessment of Physical Activity (RAPA) among older adults.
    2006 518 citations Tari D. Topolski, James P. LoGerfo et al. PubMed profile →

Peers

Barbara Williams
Jenny Bowman Australia
David Wilson Australia
Cláudia de Souza Lopes Brazil
Brenda M. DeVellis United States
A. Lauren Crain United States
Edwin D. Boudreaux United States
Phillip J. Brantley United States
Sharon Lawn Australia
Sally Adams United States
Charles Taft Sweden
Jenny Bowman Australia
Barbara Williams
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Countries citing papers authored by Barbara Williams

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Barbara Williams

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Barbara Williams. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Barbara Williams. The network helps show where Barbara Williams may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barbara Williams

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Barbara Williams. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Barbara 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 Barbara Williams. Barbara Williams is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Williams, Barbara, Michael P. Horn, Yara Banz, Laurence Feldmeyer, & Peter M. Villiger. (2021). Cutaneous involvement in anti-HMGCR positive necrotizing myopathy. Journal of Autoimmunity. 123. 102691–102691. 9 indexed citations
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Williams, Barbara, et al.. (2021). Successes and challenges of implementing an integrative medicine practice in an allopathic medical center. Healthcare. 9(2). 100457–100457. 1 indexed citations
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Williams, Barbara, et al.. (2020). Association of Use of Contract Nurses With Hospitalized Patient Pressure Injuries and Falls. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 52(5). 527–535. 14 indexed citations
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Williams, Barbara, et al.. (2019). Effectiveness of an Interdisciplinary, Nurse Driven In-Hospital Code Stroke Protocol on In-Patient Ischemic Stroke Recognition and Management. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 28(12). 104398–104398. 13 indexed citations
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Williams, Barbara, et al.. (2019). Use of a real-time, algorithm-driven, publicly displayed, automated signal to improve insulin prescribing practices. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 157. 107833–107833. 3 indexed citations
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Uldall, Karina K., et al.. (2017). Effectiveness of a Multifaceted Delirium Screening, Prevention, and Treatment Initiative on the Rate of Delirium Falls in the Acute Care Setting. Journal of Nursing Care Quality. 33(3). 213–220. 14 indexed citations
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Williams, Barbara, et al.. (2017). Changes in Provider Prescribing Patterns After Implementation of an Emergency Department Prescription Opioid Policy. Journal of Emergency Medicine. 52(4). 538–546. 51 indexed citations
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Williams, Barbara, et al.. (2015). Improving Acute Respiratory Infection Care Through Nurse Phone Care and Academic Detailing of Physicians. The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 28(2). 195–204. 18 indexed citations
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Harris, Jeffrey R., et al.. (2011). Low–Socioeconomic Status Workers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 53(2). 132–138. 68 indexed citations
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Steinman, Lesley, et al.. (2008). Developing a Telephone Assessment of Physical Activity (TAPA) questionnaire for older adults.. PubMed. 5(1). A24–A24. 39 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Huong Q., Ronald T. Ackermann, Matthew L. Maciejewski, et al.. (2008). Peer Reviewed: Managed-Medicare Health Club Benefit and Reduced Health Care Costs Among Older Adults. Preventing Chronic Disease. 5(1). 1 indexed citations
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Steinman, Lesley, et al.. (2008). Peer Reviewed: Developing a Telephone Assessment of Physical Activity (TAPA) Questionnaire for Older Adults. Preventing Chronic Disease. 5(1).
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Schmaling, Karen B., Barbara Williams, Sheryl Schwartz, Paul Ciechanowski, & James P. LoGerfo. (2008). The Content of Behavior Therapy for Depression Demonstrates Few Associations With Treatment Outcome Among Low-Income, Medically Ill Older Adults. Behavior Therapy. 39(4). 360–365. 4 indexed citations
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Topolski, Tari D., et al.. (2006). Peer Reviewed: The Rapid Assessment of Physical Activity (RAPA) Among Older Adults. Preventing Chronic Disease. 3(4). 34 indexed citations
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Phelan, Elizabeth A., Barbara Williams, Susan Snyder, Sally S. Fitts, & James P. LoGerfo. (2006). A five state dissemination of a communitybased disability prevention program for older adults. Clinical Interventions in Aging. 1(3). 267–274. 18 indexed citations
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Hughes, Susan L., Barbara Williams, Lucinda L. Bryant, et al.. (2005). Characteristics of Physical Activity Programs for Older Adults: Results of a Multisite Survey. The Gerontologist. 45(5). 667–675. 32 indexed citations
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Phelan, Elizabeth A., Barbara Williams, Andrea Z. LaCroix, et al.. (2004). Effects of Provider Practice on Functional Independence in Older Adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 52(8). 1233–1239. 2 indexed citations
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Williams, Barbara, et al.. (1989). A longitudinal study of the prevalence of voice disorders in children from a rural school division. Journal of Communication Disorders. 22(5). 375–382. 51 indexed citations

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