Brent L. Williams

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Brent L. Williams is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brent L. Williams has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Epidemiology, 7 papers in Infectious Diseases and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Brent L. Williams's work include Gut microbiota and health (6 papers), Virology and Viral Diseases (4 papers) and Viral Infections and Immunology Research (4 papers). Brent L. Williams is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (6 papers), Virology and Viral Diseases (4 papers) and Viral Infections and Immunology Research (4 papers). Brent L. Williams collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Brazil. Brent L. Williams's co-authors include W. Ian Lipkin, Mady Hornig, King K. Holmes, S J Klebanoff, David A. Eschenbach, Tanmay Parekh, Omar Jabado, Timothy Buie, Margaret L. Bauman and Ivan Wick and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Brent L. Williams

21 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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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.

Prevalence of hydrogen peroxide-producing Lactobacillus species in normal women and women with bacterial vaginosis

1989 555 citations David A. Eschenbach, Brent L. Williams et al. Journal of Clinical Microbiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brent L. Williams United States	18	1.0k	664	530	471	438	21	2.5k
Minghsun Liu United States	15	1.1k 1.0×	367 0.6×	273 0.5×	175 0.4×	236 0.5×	17	2.2k
Yuli Song United States	26	1.2k 1.1×	300 0.5×	455 0.9×	172 0.4×	135 0.3×	54	2.4k
Toby K. Eisenstein United States	41	1.4k 1.3×	469 0.7×	638 1.2×	160 0.3×	442 1.0×	122	4.8k
Caroline M. Mitchell United States	32	851 0.8×	1.2k 1.9×	367 0.7×	1.9k 3.9×	168 0.4×	129	3.6k
Yuezhu Wang China	26	2.1k 2.0×	732 1.1×	355 0.7×	224 0.5×	88 0.2×	55	3.5k
Ruth Ann Luna United States	32	2.1k 2.0×	434 0.7×	603 1.1×	69 0.1×	334 0.8×	76	3.7k
Sara W. McBride United States	10	2.0k 2.0×	167 0.3×	395 0.7×	101 0.2×	318 0.7×	11	3.3k
Nick Andrews United Kingdom	34	440 0.4×	1.5k 2.2×	701 1.3×	548 1.2×	110 0.3×	99	3.6k
Vera Loening‐Baucke United States	50	2.6k 2.6×	1.5k 2.3×	999 1.9×	1.1k 2.4×	612 1.4×	119	8.9k
Walter F. Schlech Canada	25	345 0.3×	902 1.4×	639 1.2×	427 0.9×	508 1.2×	57	4.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Briese, Thomas, Rafal Tokarz, Lucinda Bateman, et al.. (2023). A multicenter virome analysis of blood, feces, and saliva in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. Journal of Medical Virology. 95(8). e28993–e28993. 8 indexed citations

Williams, Brent L., et al.. (2020). Maternal Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index and Gestational Weight Gain Are Associated with Differences in Infant Gut Microbiota: Results from Brazilian Prospective Birth Cohort. Current Developments in Nutrition. 4. nzaa062_008–nzaa062_008. 3 indexed citations

Karim, Salim S. Abdool, Cheryl Baxter, Jo‐Ann S. Passmore, Lyle R. McKinnon, & Brent L. Williams. (2019). The genital tract and rectal microbiomes: their role in HIV susceptibility and prevention in women. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 22(5). e25300–e25300. 47 indexed citations

Barupal, Dinesh Kumar, Bohyun Lee, Xiaoyu Che, et al.. (2018). Insights into myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome phenotypes through comprehensive metabolomics. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 10056–10056. 86 indexed citations

Lee, Kerry Jo, Mara Couto-Rodriguez, Juber Patel, et al.. (2018). Gut microbiomes of wild great apes fluctuate seasonally in response to diet. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1786–1786. 184 indexed citations

Nagy‐Szakal, Dorottya, Brent L. Williams, Nischay Mishra, et al.. (2017). Fecal metagenomic profiles in subgroups of patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. Microbiome. 5(1). 44–44. 157 indexed citations

Hornig, Mady, Kavitha Yaddanapudi, Mansi Vasishtha, et al.. (2017). Central Nervous System Infection with Borna Disease Virus Causes Kynurenine Pathway Dysregulation and Neurotoxic Quinolinic Acid Production. Journal of Virology. 91(14). 11 indexed citations

González‐Pérez, Gabriela, et al.. (2016). Maternal Antibiotic Treatment Impacts Development of the Neonatal Intestinal Microbiome and Antiviral Immunity. The Journal of Immunology. 196(9). 3768–3779. 118 indexed citations

Rodó, Xavier, Roger Curcoll, Marguerite Robinson, et al.. (2014). Tropospheric winds from northeastern China carry the etiologic agent of Kawasaki disease from its source to Japan. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(22). 7952–7957. 137 indexed citations

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Williams, Brent L., Mady Hornig, Tanmay Parekh, & W. Ian Lipkin. (2012). Application of Novel PCR-Based Methods for Detection, Quantitation, and Phylogenetic Characterization of Sutterella Species in Intestinal Biopsy Samples from Children with Autism and Gastrointestinal Disturbances. mBio. 3(1). 306 indexed citations

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Williams, Brent L., Mady Hornig, Timothy Buie, et al.. (2011). Impaired Carbohydrate Digestion and Transport and Mucosal Dysbiosis in the Intestines of Children with Autism and Gastrointestinal Disturbances. PLoS ONE. 6(9). e24585–e24585. 370 indexed citations

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Kapoor, Amit, Mady Hornig, Aravind Asokan, et al.. (2011). Bocavirus Episome in Infected Human Tissue Contains Non-Identical Termini. PLoS ONE. 6(6). e21362–e21362. 82 indexed citations

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Honkavuori, Kirsi S., H. L. Shivaprasad, Brent L. Williams, et al.. (2008). Novel Borna Virus in Psittacine Birds with Proventricular Dilatation Disease. Emerging infectious diseases. 14(12). 1883–1886. 182 indexed citations

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Williams, Brent L., Mady Hornig, Kavitha Yaddanapudi, & W. Ian Lipkin. (2007). Hippocampal Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase 1 and Caspase 3 Activation in Neonatal Bornavirus Infection. Journal of Virology. 82(4). 1748–1758. 29 indexed citations

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Williams, Brent L. & W. Ian Lipkin. (2006). Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Neurodegeneration in Rats Neonatally Infected with Borna Disease Virus. Journal of Virology. 80(17). 8613–8626. 66 indexed citations

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Williams, Brent L., Kavitha Yaddanapudi, Mady Hornig, & W. Ian Lipkin. (2006). Spatiotemporal Analysis of Purkinje Cell Degeneration Relative to Parasagittal Expression Domains in a Model of Neonatal Viral Infection. Journal of Virology. 81(6). 2675–2687. 23 indexed citations

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Williams, Brent L., et al.. (2006). Metallothioneins and Zinc Dysregulation Contribute to Neurodevelopmental Damage in a Model of Perinatal Viral Infection. Brain Pathology. 16(1). 1–14. 22 indexed citations

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Macdonald, Joanne, Jessica H. Tonry, Roy A. Hall, et al.. (2005). NS1 Protein Secretion during the Acute Phase of West Nile Virus Infection. Journal of Virology. 79(22). 13924–13933. 92 indexed citations

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Eschenbach, David A., et al.. (1989). Prevalence of hydrogen peroxide-producing Lactobacillus species in normal women and women with bacterial vaginosis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 27(2). 251–256. 555 indexed citations breakdown →

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Komrower, G. M., et al.. (1955). LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS IN THE NEWBORN PROBABLE TRANSPLACENTAL INFECTION. The Lancet. 265(6866). 697–698. 41 indexed citations

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