Dudley H. Williams

24.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
490 papers, 20.0k citations indexed

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Dudley H. Williams is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Dudley H. Williams has authored 490 papers receiving a total of 20.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 197 papers in Molecular Biology, 193 papers in Spectroscopy and 117 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Dudley H. Williams's work include Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (120 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (86 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (48 papers). Dudley H. Williams is often cited by papers focused on Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (120 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (86 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (48 papers). Dudley H. Williams collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Sudan. Dudley H. Williams's co-authors include Mark S. Searle, Norman S. Bhacca, Carl Djerassi, Richard D. Bowen, Ben Bardsley, Martin S. Westwell, Jennifer C. J. Barna, H. Budzikiewicz, Jeremy K. M. Sanders and Ian Howe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Dudley H. Williams

484 papers receiving 18.2k 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.

Mass spectrometry of organic compounds

1967 768 citations H. Budzikiewicz, Carl Djerassi et al. profile →
Applications of NMR spectroscopy in organic chemistry

1966 436 citations Norman S. Bhacca, Dudley H. Williams profile →
THE STRUCTURE AND MODE OF ACTION OF GLYCOPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTICS OF THE VANCOMYCIN GROUP

1984 418 citations Dudley H. Williams et al. profile →
Identification of 1,25-Dihydroxycholecalciferol, a New Kidney Hormone controlling Calcium Metabolism

1971 392 citations Howard R. Morris, Dudley H. Williams et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dudley H. Williams United Kingdom	73	8.2k	5.6k	5.6k	2.1k	2.1k	490	20.0k
W. Clark Still United States	59	13.0k 1.6×	13.0k 2.3×	4.4k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	173	25.5k
Thomas A. Halgren United States	32	17.6k 2.2×	8.3k 1.5×	2.5k 0.5×	3.1k 1.5×	2.6k 1.2×	65	33.7k
Eric Oldfield United States	82	11.4k 1.4×	3.7k 0.7×	6.2k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	1.9k 0.9×	435	25.2k
Olga Kennard United Kingdom	52	14.0k 1.7×	9.5k 1.7×	3.0k 0.5×	933 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	194	28.3k
Robert B. Murphy United States	27	13.0k 1.6×	5.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.2×	2.3k 1.1×	1.8k 0.9×	39	23.0k
Romain M. Wolf Switzerland	26	9.9k 1.2×	2.9k 0.5×	1.8k 0.3×	661 0.3×	1.8k 0.9×	57	18.1k
William P. Jencks United States	80	12.3k 1.5×	9.7k 1.7×	3.6k 0.6×	470 0.2×	1.4k 0.7×	308	22.6k
F. Javier Luque Spain	70	8.0k 1.0×	5.4k 1.0×	2.0k 0.4×	2.3k 1.1×	3.2k 1.5×	393	16.9k
Christopher I. Bayly United States	33	17.5k 2.1×	4.3k 0.8×	3.0k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	4.8k 2.3×	77	29.0k
James W. Caldwell United States	22	21.0k 2.6×	4.7k 0.8×	3.8k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	6.2k 3.0×	33	36.1k

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Williams, Dudley H., et al.. (2004). Contributions to the Catalytic Efficiency of Enzymes, and the Binding of Ligands to Receptors, from Improvements in Packing within Enzymes and Receptors. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 380. 3–19. 1 indexed citations

Williams, Dudley H., et al.. (2004). Importance of Structural Tightening, as Opposed to Partially Bound States, in the Determination of Chemical Shift Changes at Noncovalently Bonded Interfaces. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 126(43). 14267–14272. 9 indexed citations

O′Brien, Dominic P., Peter Kirkpatrick, Jonathan B. Spencer, et al.. (2000). Expression and assay of an N-methyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of a vancomycin group antibiotic. Chemical Communications. 103–104. 30 indexed citations

Williams, Dudley H., et al.. (2000). Structural characterization of a mutant peptide derived from ubiquitin: Implications for protein folding. Protein Science. 9(11). 2142–2150. 46 indexed citations

Williams, Dudley H., et al.. (1998). Synthesis of covalent head-to-tail dimers of vancomycin. Tetrahedron Letters. 39(27). 4917–4920. 29 indexed citations

Waltho, Jonathan P. & Dudley H. Williams. (1989). Aspects of molecular recognition: solvent exclusion and dimerization of the antibiotic ristocetin when bound to a model bacterial cell-wall precursor. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 111(7). 2475–2480. 90 indexed citations

Oelrichs, Peter B., John K. MacLeod, & Dudley H. Williams. (1983). Lophyrotomin a new hepatotoxic octapeptide from sawfly larvae Lophyrotoma interrupta. Toxicon. 21. 321–323. 2 indexed citations

Morris, David S., et al.. (1981). Structure and synthesis of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol-26,23-lactone, a metabolite of vitamin D3. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 424–424. 13 indexed citations

Williams, Dudley H.. (1979). Potential energy profiles for unimolecular reactions of organic ions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 293(1400). 117–124. 13 indexed citations

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Eyley, Stephen C. & Dudley H. Williams. (1976). Synthesis of 24ξ,25-dihydroxyprovitamin D₃. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 727–731. 8 indexed citations

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Morris, Howard R., Dudley H. Williams, Graeme G. Midwinter, & Brian S. Hartley. (1974). A mass-spectrometric sequence study of the enzyme ribitol dehydrogenase from Klebsiella aerogenes. Biochemical Journal. 141(3). 701–713. 61 indexed citations

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Williams, Dudley H., Ian Fleming, & Bernd Zeeh. (1971). Spektroskopische Methoden in der organischen chemie : mit 67 Übungsaufgaben. Thieme eBooks. 6 indexed citations

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Williams, Dudley H., Ian Fleming, & Bernd Zeeh. (1968). Spektroskopische Methoden in der organischen chemie : 97 abbildungen und 45 tabellen. Thieme eBooks. 5 indexed citations

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Williams, Dudley H. & R. Graham Cooks. (1968). The role of “frequency factors” in determining the difference between low- and high-voltage mass spectra. Chemical Communications (London). 0(12). 663–664. 52 indexed citations

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Williams, Dudley H., Robert S. Ward, & R. Graham Cooks. (1968). Studies in mass spectrometry. Part XXVIII. Hydrogen scrambling between phenyl rings of diphenylmethanol and diphenylmethyl chloride. Journal of the Chemical Society B Physical Organic. 522–522. 15 indexed citations

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Williams, Dudley H. & Ian Fleming. (1967). Spectroscopic problems in organic chemistry. McGraw-Hill eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Williams, Dudley H., et al.. (1967). Studies in mass spectrometry—XVIII. Tetrahedron. 23(1). 321–333. 32 indexed citations

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Miettinen, J.K., Lars Rymo, J. H. Bowie, et al.. (1966). Assimilation of Radioactive Orthophosphate by the Yeast Candida utilis at a Temperature Higher than Optimal (45 degrees C). Isolation, Identification and Specific Activity of Phosphate Esters Soluble in Cold Trichloroacetic Acid.. Acta chemica Scandinavica/Acta chemica Scandinavica. B, Organic chemistry and biochemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. A, Physical and inorganic chemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. Series B. Organic chemistry and biochemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. Series A, Physical and inorganic chemistry. 20(9). 2444–2450. 2 indexed citations

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Bhacca, Norman S. & Dudley H. Williams. (1964). Applications of NMR spectroscopy in organic chemistry : illustrations from the steroid field. 107 indexed citations

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Budzikiewicz, H., Carl Djerassi, & Dudley H. Williams. (1964). Steroids, terpenoids, sugars, and miscellaneous classes. 10 indexed citations

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