John E. Williams

8.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
189 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

John E. Williams is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, John E. Williams has authored 189 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 25 papers in General Health Professions and 22 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in John E. Williams's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (44 papers), Gender Roles and Identity Studies (19 papers) and Pain Management and Opioid Use (12 papers). John E. Williams is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (44 papers), Gender Roles and Identity Studies (19 papers) and Pain Management and Opioid Use (12 papers). John E. Williams collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ghana and United Kingdom. John E. Williams's co-authors include Deborah L. Best, P.G. Sargeaunt, Abraham Hodgson, Donna A. Boswell, Kenneth O. McGraw, Raymond Aborigo, Cheryl A. Moyer, J. Kenneth Morland, Susan M. Bennett and Philip Baba Adongo and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, PLoS ONE and American Psychologist.

In The Last Decade

John E. Williams

185 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

Measuring Sex Stereotypes: A Multination Study 1982 2026 1996 2011 1982 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Measuring Sex Stereotypes: A Multination Study
    1982 416 citations Deborah L. Best, John E. Williams profile →

Peers

John E. Williams
Elizabeth R. Brown United States
Joy L. Johnson Canada
Robert H. DuRant United States
Darcy A. Reed United States
Charles E. Irwin United States
Deborah J. Bowen United States
Kathleen Mullan Harris United States
Peter Conrad United States
Lenore Manderson Australia
Richard de Visser United Kingdom
Elizabeth R. Brown United States
John E. Williams
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Countries citing papers authored by John E. Williams

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Fields of papers citing papers by John E. Williams

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John E. Williams

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All Works

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Lori, Jody R., Vida Kukula, Liya Liu, et al.. (2024). Improving health literacy through group antenatal care: results from a cluster randomized controlled trial in Ghana. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 24(1). 37–37. 7 indexed citations
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Williams, John E., Bidisha Ghosh, Vida Kukula, et al.. (2024). Effect of Group Antenatal Care on Breastfeeding Knowledge and Practices Among Pregnant Women in Ghana: Findings from a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 21(12). 1587–1587. 1 indexed citations
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Lori, Jody R., John E. Williams, Vida Kukula, et al.. (2022). Group Antenatal Care in Ghana: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols. 11(9). e40828–e40828. 10 indexed citations
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Akpakli, David Etsey, et al.. (2022). Sexual behaviours and their associated factors among young people in the Dodowa Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (DHDSS) in Ghana. Ghana Medical Journal. 56(3). 43–50. 1 indexed citations
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Kaselitz, Elizabeth, et al.. (2020). Why do community members believe mothers and babies are dying? Behavioral versus situational attribution in rural northern Ghana. Midwifery. 83. 102657–102657. 1 indexed citations
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Manyeh, Alfred Kwesi, Alberta Amu, David Etsey Akpakli, John E. Williams, & Margaret Gyapong. (2020). Estimating the rate and determinants of exclusive breastfeeding practices among rural mothers in Southern Ghana. International Breastfeeding Journal. 15(1). 7–7. 28 indexed citations
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Afulani, Patience A., Raymond Aborigo, Dilys Walker, et al.. (2019). Can an integrated obstetric emergency simulation training improve respectful maternity care? Results from a pilot study in Ghana. Birth. 46(3). 523–532. 65 indexed citations
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Ashrafi, Reza, et al.. (2016). Seroprevalence of Q Fever in Patients Undergoing Heart Valve Replacement Surgery.. PubMed. 25(3). 375–379. 3 indexed citations
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Brown, Matthew, Paul Farquhar-Smith, John E. Williams, Gail ter Haar, & Nandita M. deSouza. (2015). The use of high-intensity focused ultrasound as a novel treatment for painful conditions—a description and narrative review of the literature. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 115(4). 520–530. 46 indexed citations
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Dalaba, Maxwell Ayindenaba, Patricia Akweongo, Raymond Aborigo, et al.. (2015). Cost to households in treating maternal complications in northern Ghana: a cross sectional study. BMC Health Services Research. 15(1). 34–34. 35 indexed citations
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Aborigo, Raymond, Cheryl A. Moyer, Philip Baba Adongo, et al.. (2014). Obstetric danger signs and factors affecting health seeking behaviour among the Kassena-Nankani of Northern Ghana: a qualitative study.. PubMed. 18(3). 78–86. 29 indexed citations
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Engmann, Cyril, Raymond Aborigo, Philip Baba Adongo, et al.. (2011). Stillbirths and early neonatal mortality in rural Northern Ghana. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 17(3). 272–282. 66 indexed citations
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Williams, John E., et al.. (1999). Data Integrity and Web-based Experiments in Cognitive Psychology. World Conference on WWW and Internet. 1999(1). 1767–1767. 2 indexed citations
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Williams, John E., et al.. (1999). PsychExps: A Web-based Cognitive Psychology Laboratory. World Conference on WWW and Internet. 1999(1). 1348–1349. 4 indexed citations
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Williams, John E., et al.. (1988). Developmental-behavioral disorders : selected topics. 2 indexed citations
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Williams, John E. & Deborah L. Best. (1982). Measuring sex stereotypes : a thirty-nation study. SAGE Publications eBooks. 374 indexed citations
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Williams, John E., et al.. (1980). The Assessment of Transactional Analysis Ego States Via the Adjective Checklist. Journal of Personality Assessment. 44(2). 120–129. 44 indexed citations

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