Dylan M. Williams

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Dylan M. Williams is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dylan M. Williams has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Dylan M. Williams's work include Vitamin D Research Studies (12 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (7 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (7 papers). Dylan M. Williams is often cited by papers focused on Vitamin D Research Studies (12 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (7 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (7 papers). Dylan M. Williams collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sweden and United States. Dylan M. Williams's co-authors include Debbie A. Lawlor, Nancy L. Pedersen, Sara Hägg, Abigail Fraser, Juulia Jylhävä, G. E. Cartwright, George Davey Smith, Yunzhang Wang, Aroon D. Hingorani and Marjo‐Riitta Järvelin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Dylan M. Williams

46 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

A genome‐wide association study of the frailty index highlights brain pathways in ageing

2021 179 citations Janice L. Atkins, Juulia Jylhävä et al. Aging Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dylan M. Williams United Kingdom	21	431	386	240	229	224	48	1.3k
Zaki Hassan‐Smith United Kingdom	20	190 0.4×	482 1.2×	63 0.3×	187 0.8×	123 0.5×	50	1.7k
Jianghua Zhou China	19	195 0.5×	710 1.8×	103 0.4×	296 1.3×	100 0.4×	30	2.0k
Stephanie Ross Canada	20	383 0.9×	337 0.9×	116 0.5×	30 0.1×	131 0.6×	39	1.7k
K. C. B. Tan Hong Kong	30	260 0.6×	462 1.2×	124 0.5×	63 0.3×	169 0.8×	90	2.9k
Edith Lau Hong Kong	19	288 0.7×	310 0.8×	168 0.7×	51 0.2×	111 0.5×	33	1.3k
Guo‐Chao Zhong China	19	82 0.2×	254 0.7×	322 1.3×	115 0.5×	71 0.3×	52	1.4k
M. Garcia United States	13	145 0.3×	276 0.7×	153 0.6×	66 0.3×	80 0.4×	17	1.0k
Antti Jula Finland	18	57 0.1×	387 1.0×	288 1.2×	54 0.2×	93 0.4×	31	1.7k
Lewis H. Kuller United States	20	100 0.2×	283 0.7×	180 0.8×	29 0.1×	125 0.6×	32	2.2k
J Freiberg Denmark	18	87 0.2×	599 1.6×	164 0.7×	26 0.1×	111 0.5×	39	2.1k

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Gong, Jessica, Dylan M. Williams, Shaun Scholes, et al.. (2025). Unraveling the role of proteins in dementia: insights from two UK cohorts with causal evidence. Brain Communications. 7(2). fcaf097–fcaf097. 3 indexed citations

Rentsch, Christopher T., Krishnan Bhaskaran, Liam Smeeth, et al.. (2024). Incident dementia risk among patients with type 2 diabetes receiving metformin versus alternative oral glucose-lowering therapy: an observational cohort study using UK primary healthcare records. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care. 12(1). e003548–e003548. 5 indexed citations

Green, Rebecca, Charlotte Warren‐Gash, Julia Butt, et al.. (2024). Associations of several common infections with amyloid‐β pathology in vivo: a population‐based study. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 20(S7).

Bull, Caroline J., Roxanna Korologou‐Linden, Yoav Ben‐Shlomo, et al.. (2024). Life course plasma metabolomic signatures of genetic liability to Alzheimer’s disease. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 3896–3896. 1 indexed citations

Green, Rebecca, Carole H. Sudre, Charlotte Warren‐Gash, et al.. (2024). Common infections and neuroimaging markers of dementia in three UK cohort studies. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 20(3). 2128–2142. 1 indexed citations

Bowyer, Ruth C. E., Charlotte F. Huggins, Renin Toms, et al.. (2023). Characterising patterns of COVID-19 and long COVID symptoms: evidence from nine UK longitudinal studies. European Journal of Epidemiology. 38(2). 199–210. 18 indexed citations

Liu, Bojing, Per Svenningsson, Jonas F. Ludvigsson, et al.. (2023). β2‐Adrenoreceptor Agonists, Montelukast, and Parkinson Disease Risk. Annals of Neurology. 93(5). 1023–1028. 7 indexed citations

Bann, David, Liam Wright, Rebecca Hardy, Dylan M. Williams, & Neil M Davies. (2022). Polygenic and socioeconomic risk for high body mass index: 69 years of follow-up across life. PLoS Genetics. 18(7). e1010233–e1010233. 13 indexed citations

Bhaskaran, Krishnan, Christopher T. Rentsch, Liam Smeeth, et al.. (2022). Are infections associated with cognitive decline and neuroimaging outcomes? A historical cohort study using data from the UK Biobank study linked to electronic health records. Translational Psychiatry. 12(1). 385–385. 8 indexed citations

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Anderson, Emma L., Dylan M. Williams, Venexia Walker, & Neil M Davies. (2022). Little genomic support for Cyclophilin A-matrix metalloproteinase-9 pathway as a therapeutic target for cognitive impairment in APOE4 carriers. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 1057–1057. 5 indexed citations

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Korologou‐Linden, Roxanna, Laxmi Bhatta, Ben Brumpton, et al.. (2022). The causes and consequences of Alzheimer’s disease: phenome-wide evidence from Mendelian randomization. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4726–4726. 31 indexed citations

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Atkins, Janice L., Juulia Jylhävä, Nancy L. Pedersen, et al.. (2021). A genome‐wide association study of the frailty index highlights brain pathways in ageing. Aging Cell. 20(9). e13459–e13459. 179 indexed citations breakdown →

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James, Sarah‐Naomi, Dylan M. Williams, Marcus Richards, et al.. (2021). Investigating the Relationship Between IGF-I, IGF-II, and IGFBP-3 Concentrations and Later-Life Cognition and Brain Volume. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 106(6). 1617–1629. 11 indexed citations

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Williams, Dylan M., Sara Bandrés‐Ciga, Karl Heilbron, David A. Hinds, & Alastair J. Noyce. (2020). Evaluating Lipid‐Lowering Drug Targets for Parkinson's Disease Prevention with Mendelian Randomization. Annals of Neurology. 88(5). 1043–1047. 11 indexed citations

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Williams, Dylan M., Sara Hägg, & Nancy L. Pedersen. (2018). Circulating antioxidants and Alzheimer disease prevention: a Mendelian randomization study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 109(1). 90–98. 37 indexed citations

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Palaniswamy, Saranya, Elina Hyppönen, Dylan M. Williams, et al.. (2017). Potential determinants of vitamin D in Finnish adults: a cross-sectional study from the Northern Finland birth cohort 1966. BMJ Open. 7(3). e013161–e013161. 25 indexed citations

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Williams, Dylan M., Abigail Fraser, Adrian Sayers, et al.. (2012). Associations of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D₂and D₃with Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Childhood: Cross-Sectional Findings from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 97(5). 1563–1571. 43 indexed citations

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Rodrı́guez, Santiago, Dylan M. Williams, Philip A. I. Guthrie, et al.. (2012). Molecular and Population Analysis of Natural Selection on the Human Haptoglobin Duplication. Annals of Human Genetics. 76(5). 352–362. 13 indexed citations

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Williams, Dylan M., Richard M. Martin, George Davey Smith, et al.. (2012). Associations of Infant Nutrition with Insulin Resistance Measures in Early Adulthood: Evidence from the Barry-Caerphilly Growth (BCG) Study. PLoS ONE. 7(3). e34161–e34161. 17 indexed citations

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Tolppanen, Anna‐Maija, Dylan M. Williams, & Debbie A. Lawlor. (2010). The Association of Serum Ionized Calcium and Vitamin D With Adult Cognitive Performance. Epidemiology. 22(1). 113–117. 25 indexed citations

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