Gemma Williams

744 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 418 citations indexed

About

Gemma Williams is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gemma Williams has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 418 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 8 papers in Clinical Psychology and 4 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Gemma Williams's work include Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (12 papers), Family and Disability Support Research (7 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (3 papers). Gemma Williams is often cited by papers focused on Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (12 papers), Family and Disability Support Research (7 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (3 papers). Gemma Williams collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. Gemma Williams's co-authors include Monique Botha, Caroline Jagoe, Tim Wharton, Sarah N. Garfinkel, Lisa Quadt, Angie Hart, Hugo Critchley, Marta Silva, Andrew J. Arnold and Dennis E O Larsson and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders and Frontiers in Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Gemma Williams

15 papers receiving 408 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.

Does Language Matter? Identity-First Versus Person-First Language Use in Autism Research: A Response to Vivanti

2021 257 citations Monique Botha, Gemma Williams et al. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gemma Williams United Kingdom	8	301	186	96	81	60	18	418
Pier Jaarsma Sweden	4	242 0.8×	136 0.7×	49 0.5×	58 0.7×	24 0.4×	14	359
Wenn Lawson Australia	14	446 1.5×	341 1.8×	53 0.6×	105 1.3×	124 2.1×	36	541
Rose E. A. Nevill United States	12	406 1.3×	368 2.0×	89 0.9×	138 1.7×	114 1.9×	26	525
Victoria Newell United Kingdom	6	424 1.4×	373 2.0×	44 0.5×	106 1.3×	78 1.3×	7	521
Dinah Murray United Kingdom	6	343 1.1×	160 0.9×	93 1.0×	106 1.3×	70 1.2×	8	411
Joelle Maslak United Kingdom	5	330 1.1×	270 1.5×	54 0.6×	47 0.6×	69 1.1×	6	452
Nick Chown United Kingdom	6	245 0.8×	165 0.9×	37 0.4×	43 0.5×	41 0.7×	15	330
Stacy L. Carter United States	11	187 0.6×	154 0.8×	208 2.2×	98 1.2×	62 1.0×	47	386
Nicole L. Matthews United States	13	414 1.4×	355 1.9×	79 0.8×	137 1.7×	111 1.9×	28	532
Karri Gillespie‐Smith United Kingdom	15	316 1.0×	217 1.2×	97 1.0×	80 1.0×	98 1.6×	43	505

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gemma Williams

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18 of 18 papers shown

Ellis, Rebecca, et al.. (2025). Menstruation and Autism: A Qualitative Systematic Review. Autism in Adulthood.

Grant, Aimee, Jennifer Leigh, Stephen J. Macdonald, et al.. (2025). ‘A Lovely Safe Umbrella to Describe Yourself With’ or ‘Meaningless’ : An Online Survey of UK-Based Neurodivergent Adults’ Views of Neurodiversity-Related Terminology. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 3.

Stenner, Paul, Amy Pearson, Steven K. Kapp, et al.. (2025). Using Q Methodology, a Group of Neurodivergent Neurodiversity Researchers Ask: What is the Neurodiversity Movement and what should it do?. 3. 2 indexed citations

Grant, Aimee, Gemma Williams, Amanda Wilkins, et al.. (2024). Participatory longitudinal qualitative interview study to understand Autistic gynaecological and obstetric health: the Autism from menstruation to menopause study protocol. BMJ Open. 14(12). e088343–e088343.

Williams, Gemma, et al.. (2024). ‘Building our own house’ as an insider-only Community-Partnered Participatory Research Council: Co-creating a safe space for Autistic knowledge production. Autism. 29(9). 2205–2215. 4 indexed citations

Heasman, Brett, et al.. (2024). Towards autistic flow theory: A non‐pathologising conceptual approach. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour. 54(4). 469–497. 7 indexed citations

Williams, Gemma, et al.. (2023). Improving the Sensory Environments of Mental Health in-patient Facilities for Autistic Children and Young People. Child Care in Practice. 29(1). 35–53. 7 indexed citations

Quadt, Lisa, Gemma Williams, Dennis E O Larsson, et al.. (2023). “I'm Trying to Reach Out, I'm Trying to Find My People”: A Mixed-Methods Investigation of the Link Between Sensory Differences, Loneliness, and Mental Health in Autistic and Nonautistic Adults. Autism in Adulthood. 6(3). 284–299. 14 indexed citations

Williams, Gemma, et al.. (2021). Sensory processing in autism across exteroceptive and interoceptive domains.. Psychology & Neuroscience. 15(2). 105–130. 32 indexed citations

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Botha, Monique, et al.. (2021). Does Language Matter? Identity-First Versus Person-First Language Use in Autism Research: A Response to Vivanti. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 53(2). 870–878. 257 indexed citations breakdown →

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Williams, Gemma, Tim Wharton, & Caroline Jagoe. (2021). Mutual (Mis)understanding: Reframing Autistic Pragmatic “Impairments” Using Relevance Theory. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 616664–616664. 53 indexed citations

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Williams, Gemma. (2021). Theory of autistic mind: A renewed relevance theoretic perspective on so-called autistic pragmatic ‘impairment’. Journal of Pragmatics. 180. 121–130. 15 indexed citations

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Williams, Gemma, et al.. (2021). "It's Not Rocket Science": Considering and meeting the sensory needs of autistic children and young people in CAMHS inpatient services. 1 indexed citations

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Williams, Gemma. (2021). Talking together at the edge of meaning: Mutual (mis)understanding between autistic and non-autistic speakers. University of Brighton Repository (University of Brighton). 1 indexed citations

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Williams, Gemma. (2020). From anonymous subject to engaged stakeholder: Enriching participant experience in autistic-language-use research. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(2). 7 indexed citations

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Williams, Gemma. (2020). Perceptual deviants: understanding autistic subjectivities in a (not so) predictable world. University of Brighton Repository (University of Brighton). 1 indexed citations

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Williams, Gemma. (2020). We’re All Strangers Here. Anthropology & Humanism. 45(1). 123–129. 2 indexed citations

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Williams, Gemma, et al.. (2019). Social work through collaborative autoethnography. Social Work Education. 38(6). 707–720. 15 indexed citations

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