Emily C. Williams

10.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
275 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Emily C. Williams is a scholar working on Epidemiology, General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Emily C. Williams has authored 275 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 163 papers in Epidemiology, 101 papers in General Health Professions and 57 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Emily C. Williams's work include Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (118 papers), Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (48 papers) and Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects (47 papers). Emily C. Williams is often cited by papers focused on Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (118 papers), Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (48 papers) and Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects (47 papers). Emily C. Williams collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Emily C. Williams's co-authors include Katharine A. Bradley, Daniel R. Kivlahan, Anna F. DeBenedetti, Robert J. Volk, Danielle Frank, Gwen T. Lapham, Carol E. Achtmeyer, Anna D. Rubinsky, Joseph E. Glass and Eric J. Hawkins and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Emily C. Williams

261 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

AUDIT‐C as a Brief Screen for Alcohol Misuse in Primary Care

2007 1.3k citations Katharine A. Bradley, Emily C. Williams et al. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Emily C. Williams United States	41	4.1k	2.6k	1.4k	1.2k	1.2k	275	7.7k
Ann Kurth United States	50	3.1k 0.8×	2.9k 1.1×	679 0.5×	1.8k 1.5×	3.2k 2.7×	187	11.4k
Debbie M. Cheng United States	39	2.7k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	438 0.3×	1.4k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	236	6.0k
Michael Silverstein United States	65	2.8k 0.7×	2.7k 1.1×	898 0.6×	3.2k 2.7×	524 0.4×	190	17.1k
Brenda M. Booth United States	46	3.2k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	592 0.4×	1.1k 1.0×	237 0.2×	257	7.2k
Chien‐Wen Tseng United States	58	2.8k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	934 0.7×	2.4k 2.0×	491 0.4×	130	14.8k
Matthew M. Zack United States	54	2.3k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	790 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	278 0.2×	173	11.3k
Robert J. Volk United States	51	1.8k 0.4×	3.9k 1.5×	801 0.6×	2.0k 1.7×	258 0.2×	251	9.5k
Diane P. Martin United States	48	2.2k 0.5×	2.4k 0.9×	320 0.2×	1.3k 1.1×	747 0.6×	134	12.6k
John W. Epling United States	53	2.7k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	2.3k 1.9×	474 0.4×	119	13.1k
Kai Chow Choi Hong Kong	49	2.2k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	568 0.4×	1.5k 1.3×	326 0.3×	347	8.9k

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Frost, Madeline C., Carol A. Malte, Amy J. Kennedy, et al.. (2025). Impact of an opioid use disorder medication implementation intervention on hospitalization and emergency department utilization in the Veterans Health Administration. BMC Psychiatry. 25(1). 288–288.

Austin, Elizabeth J., et al.. (2025). Perspectives and experiences regarding pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in a community sample of Veterans with unhealthy alcohol use: overall and across sexual orientation and gender identity. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice. 20(1). 5–5.

Hallgren, Kevin A., Emily C. Williams, Joseph E. Glass, et al.. (2025). Variations in documentation of alcohol use disorder (AUD) diagnoses across race, ethnicity, and sex in a health system that assesses AUD symptoms as part of routine primary care. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment. 172. 209654–209654. 2 indexed citations

Draanen, Jenna van, James Peng, Ting Ye, et al.. (2024). No change in substance use disorders or overdose after implementation of state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 260. 111344–111344. 1 indexed citations

Frost, Madeline C., George N. Ioannou, Judith I. Tsui, et al.. (2024). Perspectives of clinical stakeholders and patients from four VA liver clinics to tailor practice facilitation for implementing evidence-based alcohol-related care. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice. 19(1). 3–3.

Frohe, Tessa, et al.. (2024). Harm Reduction in the Field: First Responders’ Perceptions of Opioid Overdose Interventions. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 25(4). 490–499. 3 indexed citations

Hawkins, Eric J., Carol A. Malte, Hildi Hagedorn, et al.. (2024). Buprenorphine Receipt and Retention for Opioid Use Disorder Following an Initiative to Increase Access in Primary Care. Journal of Addiction Medicine. 18(3). 240–247. 1 indexed citations

Bachrach, Rachel L., Madeline C. Frost, Jessica Chen, et al.. (2024). Receipt of Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder in the Veterans Health Administration: Comparison of Rates at the Intersections of Racialized and Ethnic Identity With Both Sex and Transgender Status. Journal of Addiction Medicine. 18(5). 546–552. 1 indexed citations

Joudrey, Paul J., Melinda Wang, Eric DeRycke, Emily C. Williams, & E. Jennifer Edelman. (2024). Alcohol-Related Care Among Veterans With Unhealthy Alcohol Use: The Role of Long-Term Opioid Therapy Receipt. Journal of Addiction Medicine. 18(3). 293–299.

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Austin, Elizabeth J., Jessica Chen, Paul Barry, et al.. (2023). Integrating Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Into Primary Care Settings. JAMA Network Open. 6(8). e2328627–e2328627. 19 indexed citations

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Williams, Emily C., et al.. (2023). Association of Reproductive Autonomy and Rates of State-Level Racialized Disparities in Preterm Birth and Low Birthweight. Health Equity. 7(1). 497–505. 1 indexed citations

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Shahrir, Shahida, Kristina Crothers, Kathleen A. McGinnis, et al.. (2023). Receipt of Smoking Cessation Medications Among People With and Without Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study (2003–2018). Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 10(3). ofad089–ofad089. 1 indexed citations

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Williams, Emily C., et al.. (2023). First Documentation of Mating Blue Crabs, Callinectes sapidus, in Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire. Northeastern Naturalist. 30(1). 3 indexed citations

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Oldfield, Benjamin J., Yu Li, Rachel Vickers‐Smith, et al.. (2022). Longitudinal analysis of the prevalence and correlates of heavy episodic drinking and self‐reported opioid use among a national cohort of patients with HIV. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 46(4). 600–613.

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Corcorran, Maria A., Elizabeth J. Austin, Czarina N. Behrends, et al.. (2022). Syringe Service Program Perspectives on Barriers, Readiness, and Programmatic Needs to Support Rollout of the COVID-19 Vaccine. Journal of Addiction Medicine. 17(1). e36–e41. 6 indexed citations

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Hoggatt, Katherine J., Alex H. S. Harris, Donna L. Washington, & Emily C. Williams. (2021). Prevalence of substance use and substance-related disorders among US Veterans Health Administration patients. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 225. 108791–108791. 26 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Isabel G., Emily C. Williams, Amber D. Seelig, et al.. (2019). Longitudinal Investigation of Military-specific Factors Associated With Continued Unhealthy Alcohol Use Among a Large US Military Cohort. Journal of Addiction Medicine. 14(4). e53–e63. 14 indexed citations

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Bensley, Kara M., Alex H. S. Harris, Shalini Gupta, et al.. (2016). Publisher’s Note. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 72. 1–1. 1 indexed citations

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Williams, Emily C., Carol E. Achtmeyer, Rachel Thomas, et al.. (2015). Factors Underlying Quality Problems with Alcohol Screening Prompted by a Clinical Reminder in Primary Care: A Multi-site Qualitative Study. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 30(8). 1125–1132. 75 indexed citations

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Thomas, Rachel, Emily C. Williams, Haili Sun, et al.. (2012). Association between alcohol screening scores and diabetic self-care behaviors.. PubMed. 44(8). 555–63. 26 indexed citations

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