Douglas E. Williamson

24.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
122 papers, 17.6k citations indexed

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Douglas E. Williamson is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Douglas E. Williamson has authored 122 papers receiving a total of 17.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Clinical Psychology, 36 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience and 23 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Douglas E. Williamson's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (50 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (36 papers) and Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (20 papers). Douglas E. Williamson is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (50 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (36 papers) and Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (20 papers). Douglas E. Williamson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Douglas E. Williamson's co-authors include Neal D. Ryan, Boris Birmaher, Joan Kaufman, David A. Brent, Uma Rao, Cynthia Flynn, Ronald E. Dahl, Ahmad R. Hariri, Beverly Nelson and James M. Perel and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Douglas E. Williamson

119 papers receiving 16.9k 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.

Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL): Initial Reliability and Validity Data

1997 8.3k citations Joan Kaufman, Boris Birmaher et al. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry profile →
Childhood and Adolescent Depression: A Review of the Past 10 Years. Part I

1996 1.6k citations Boris Birmaher, Neal D. Ryan et al. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Douglas E. Williamson	10.1k	6.0k	4.4k	3.4k	2.1k	122	17.6k
Mária Kovács	16.3k 1.6×	5.1k 0.9×	2.1k 0.5×	5.7k 1.7×	2.8k 1.3×	195	24.3k
Anita Thapar	8.1k 0.8×	8.6k 1.4×	4.7k 1.1×	2.6k 0.8×	2.8k 1.3×	354	19.5k
Boris Birmaher	9.6k 0.9×	5.6k 0.9×	2.0k 0.5×	2.9k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	146	13.8k
Ian Goodyer	7.9k 0.8×	2.5k 0.4×	1.8k 0.4×	2.1k 0.6×	2.2k 1.1×	227	12.7k
John S. March	14.9k 1.5×	7.2k 1.2×	4.7k 1.1×	4.5k 1.3×	2.0k 1.0×	207	19.6k
Joël Swendsen	9.6k 1.0×	4.7k 0.8×	1.5k 0.4×	4.5k 1.3×	2.1k 1.0×	172	17.5k
Ellen Leibenluft	14.4k 1.4×	12.6k 2.1×	9.7k 2.2×	7.8k 2.3×	1.6k 0.8×	410	27.2k
Roselind Lieb	8.2k 0.8×	4.2k 0.7×	1.4k 0.3×	4.3k 1.3×	2.1k 1.0×	257	15.8k
James T. McCracken	10.1k 1.0×	9.7k 1.6×	10.1k 2.3×	3.0k 0.9×	980 0.5×	325	20.9k
Guilherme V. Polanczyk	6.7k 0.7×	10.5k 1.7×	5.2k 1.2×	1.7k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	180	16.6k

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Zhu, Alyssa H., Talia M. Nir, Julio E. Villalón‐Reina, et al.. (2025). Lifespan reference curves for harmonizing multi-site regional brain white matter metrics from diffusion MRI. Scientific Data. 12(1). 748–748. 2 indexed citations

Jaffe, Andrew E., Ran Tao, Stephanie C. Page, et al.. (2022). Decoding Shared Versus Divergent Transcriptomic Signatures Across Cortico-Amygdala Circuitry in PTSD and Depressive Disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry. 179(9). 673–686. 19 indexed citations

Logue, Mark W., Zhenwei Zhou, Filomene G. Morrison, et al.. (2021). Gene expression in the dorsolateral and ventromedial prefrontal cortices implicates immune-related gene networks in PTSD. Neurobiology of Stress. 15. 100398–100398. 18 indexed citations

Girgenti, Matthew J., Jiawei Wang, Dianne A. Cruz, et al.. (2020). Transcriptomic organization of the human brain in post-traumatic stress disorder. Nature Neuroscience. 24(1). 24–33. 103 indexed citations

Elsayed, Nourhan M., Dianne A. Cruz, Ramona M. Rodriguiz, et al.. (2019). Relative abundance of Akkermansia spp. and other bacterial phylotypes correlates with anxiety- and depressive-like behavior following social defeat in mice. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 3281–3281. 104 indexed citations

Elsayed, Nourhan M., et al.. (2019). The role of familial risk, parental psychopathology, and stress for first-onset depression during adolescence. Journal of Affective Disorders. 253. 232–239. 23 indexed citations

Ramage, Amy E., Angela R. Laird, Simon B. Eickhoff, et al.. (2012). A coordinate‐based meta‐analytic model of trauma processing in posttraumatic stress disorder. Human Brain Mapping. 34(12). 3392–3399. 45 indexed citations

Silk, Jennifer S., Melissa L. Ziegler, Diana J. Whalen, et al.. (2009). Expressed Emotion in Mothers of Currently Depressed, Remitted, High-Risk, and Low-Risk Youth: Links to Child Depression Status and Longitudinal Course. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology. 38(1). 36–47. 54 indexed citations

Dietz, Laura J., Boris Birmaher, Douglas E. Williamson, et al.. (2008). Mother-Child Interactions in Depressed Children and Children at High Risk and Low Risk for Future Depression. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 47(5). 574–582. 60 indexed citations

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Williamson, Douglas E., Boris Birmaher, Ronald E. Dahl, & Neal D. Ryan. (2005). Stressful Life Events in Anxious and Depressed Children. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 15(4). 571–580. 56 indexed citations

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Bertocci, Michele A., Ronald E. Dahl, Douglas E. Williamson, et al.. (2005). Subjective Sleep Complaints in Pediatric Depression: A Controlled Study and Comparison With EEG Measures of Sleep and Waking. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 44(11). 1158–1166. 94 indexed citations

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Yorbık, Özgür, Boris Birmaher, David Axelson, Douglas E. Williamson, & Neal D. Ryan. (2004). Clinical Characteristics of Depressive Symptoms in Children and Adolescents With Major Depressive Disorder. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 65(12). 1654–1659. 97 indexed citations

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Birmaher, Boris, Jeffrey A. Bridge, Douglas E. Williamson, et al.. (2004). Psychosocial Functioning in Youths at High Risk to Develop Major Depressive Disorder. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 43(7). 839–846. 48 indexed citations

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Axelson, David, Michele A. Bertocci, Daniel Lewin, et al.. (2003). Measuring Mood and Complex Behavior in Natural Environments: Use of Ecological Momentary Assessment in Pediatric Affective Disorders. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 13(3). 253–266. 76 indexed citations

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Dahl, Ronald E., et al.. (2003). Spectral analyses of sleep EEG in depressed offspring of fathers with or without a positive history of alcohol abuse or dependence: a pilot study. Alcohol. 30(3). 193–200. 15 indexed citations

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Stein, Dan J., Douglas E. Williamson, Boris Birmaher, et al.. (2000). Parent–Child Bonding and Family Functioning in Depressed Children and Children at High Risk and Low Risk for Future Depression. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 39(11). 1387–1395. 104 indexed citations

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Hardan, Antonio Y., Boris Birmaher, Douglas E. Williamson, et al.. (1999). Prolactin secretion in depressed children. Biological Psychiatry. 46(4). 506–511. 4 indexed citations

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Birmaher, Boris, G. Scott Waterman, Neal D. Ryan, et al.. (1998). Randomized, Controlled Trial of Amitriptyline Versus Placebo for Adolescents With “Treatment-Resistant” Major Depression. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 37(5). 527–535. 100 indexed citations

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Williamson, Douglas E., et al.. (1998). Nature of Life Events and Difficulties in Depressed Adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 37(10). 1049–1057. 67 indexed citations

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Williamson, Douglas E., et al.. (1992). Hamilton Depression Scores Can Be Extracted from the K-SADS-P in Adolescents. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 2(3). 175–181. 22 indexed citations

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