John V. Williams

17.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
234 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

John V. Williams is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, John V. Williams has authored 234 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 192 papers in Epidemiology, 86 papers in Infectious Diseases and 42 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in John V. Williams's work include Respiratory viral infections research (172 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (53 papers) and Influenza Virus Research Studies (50 papers). John V. Williams is often cited by papers focused on Respiratory viral infections research (172 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (53 papers) and Influenza Virus Research Studies (50 papers). John V. Williams collaborates with scholars based in United States, Jordan and United Kingdom. John V. Williams's co-authors include Kathryn M. Edwards, James E. Crowe, Marie R. Griffin, Sharon J. Tollefson, Yuwei Zhu, H. Keipp Talbot, Peter F. Wright, Caroline Breese Hall, Nachman Brautbar and Peter G. Szilagyi and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

John V. Williams

224 papers receiving 8.9k 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.

Human Metapneumovirus and Lower Respiratory Tract Disease in Otherwise Healthy Infants and Children

2004 703 citations John V. Williams, Sharon J. Tollefson et al. profile →
Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Associated Hospitalizations Among Children Less Than 24 Months of Age

2013 455 citations Caroline Breese Hall, Geoffrey A. Weinberg et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
John V. Williams	7.2k	3.6k	2.0k	1.2k	1.2k	234	9.1k
Geoffrey A. Weinberg	6.5k 0.9×	3.7k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	594 0.5×	145	9.6k
Ann R. Falsey	10.1k 1.4×	4.5k 1.2×	3.5k 1.7×	1.0k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	201	11.7k
Asunción Mejías	4.5k 0.6×	2.0k 0.6×	2.3k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	199	7.5k
Octavio Ramilo	6.4k 0.9×	2.3k 0.6×	3.4k 1.7×	1.9k 1.6×	2.5k 2.1×	266	11.1k
Matti Waris	4.9k 0.7×	2.0k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	406 0.3×	710 0.6×	178	7.3k
Pedro A. Piedra	8.1k 1.1×	3.8k 1.0×	2.8k 1.4×	897 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	215	11.0k
Maija Leinonen	7.0k 1.0×	1.0k 0.3×	1.8k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	169	11.2k
Edward E. Walsh	13.6k 1.9×	6.6k 1.8×	5.2k 2.6×	1.7k 1.4×	2.3k 1.9×	199	16.5k
Pablo J. Sánchez	5.5k 0.8×	2.4k 0.7×	2.4k 1.2×	857 0.7×	496 0.4×	233	10.2k
Michael D. Nissen	4.1k 0.6×	2.9k 0.8×	1.0k 0.5×	486 0.4×	370 0.3×	172	7.7k

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Parks, Olivia B., et al.. (2025). Limited nasal IFN production contributes to delayed respiratory virus clearance and suboptimal vaccine responses. JCI Insight. 10(20). 1 indexed citations

Lan, Lan, et al.. (2025). Immune cells promote paralytic disease in mice infected with enterovirus D68. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 135(15). 3 indexed citations

Teoh, Zheyi, Ariana P. Toepfer, Chelsea Rohlfs, et al.. (2025). Viral Detection in Children <5 Years with Bronchiolitis, Pneumonia, and Croup, New Vaccine Surveillance Network, 2017-2023. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 14(11).

Williams, Katherine V., Mary G. Krauland, Mary Patricia Nowalk, et al.. (2025). Increasing child vaccination coverage can reduce influenza cases across age groups: An agent-based modeling study. Journal of Infection. 90(3). 106443–106443. 3 indexed citations

Doxey, Andrew C., Vivian H. Chu, Briallen Lobb, et al.. (2025). Metatranscriptomic profiling reveals pathogen and host response signatures of pediatric acute sinusitis and upper respiratory infection. Genome Medicine. 17(1). 22–22. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Yu, et al.. (2024). Human metapneumovirus SH protein promotes JAK1 degradation to impair host IL-6 signaling. Journal of Virology. 98(11). e0110424–e0110424. 3 indexed citations

Eddens, Taylor, Olivia B. Parks, Michelle L. Manni, et al.. (2024). PD-1 signaling in neonates restrains CD8+ T cell function and protects against respiratory viral immunopathology. Mucosal Immunology. 17(3). 476–490. 4 indexed citations

Parks, Olivia B., Yu Zhang, Jie Lan, et al.. (2024). IFN-λ drives distinct lung immune landscape changes and antiviral responses in human metapneumovirus infection. mBio. 15(5). e0055024–e0055024. 10 indexed citations

Tollefson, Sharon J., et al.. (2024). Genetic absence of PD-L1 does not restore CD8 ⁺ T cell function during respiratory virus infection and delays virus clearance. Journal of Virology. 98(10). e0079724–e0079724. 2 indexed citations

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Tannis, Ayzsa, Ariana Perez, Mary Allen Staat, et al.. (2023). SARS-CoV-2 Epidemiology and COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Effectiveness Among Infants and Children Aged 6 Months–4 Years — New Vaccine Surveillance Network, United States, July 2022–September 2023. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 72(48). 1300–1306. 3 indexed citations

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Rapsinski, Glenn J., et al.. (2023). Do Not Throw Away Your Shot: Pilot Study in Improving Medical School Curricula Through Focused Vaccine Education. AJPM Focus. 3(2). 100178–100178. 2 indexed citations

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Taylor, Jane B., et al.. (2023). A Case Series of Persistent SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Immunocompromised Pediatric Patients. Case Reports in Critical Care. 2023. 1–6. 1 indexed citations

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Srinivasa, Vatsala Rangachar, M. Patrick Griffith, Monika Johnson, et al.. (2023). Genomic Epidemiology of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission Among University Students in Western Pennsylvania. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 228(1). 37–45. 3 indexed citations

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Hendricks, Matthew R., Jeffrey A. Melvin, Yingshi Ouyang, et al.. (2021). Extracellular vesicles promote transkingdom nutrient transfer during viral-bacterial co-infection. Cell Reports. 34(4). 108672–108672. 32 indexed citations

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Rankin, Danielle A., Zaid Haddadin, Herdi Rahman, et al.. (2020). Assessing the epidemiology and seasonality of influenza among children under two hospitalized in Amman, Jordan, 2010‐2013. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 15(2). 284–292. 3 indexed citations

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Khuri‐Bulos, Najwa, Li Wang, Christopher Fonnesbeck, et al.. (2018). Severe outcomes associated with respiratory viruses in newborns and infants: a prospective viral surveillance study in Jordan. BMJ Open. 8(5). e021898–e021898. 28 indexed citations

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Budge, Philip J., Marie R. Griffin, Kathryn M. Edwards, et al.. (2014). A Household-based Study of Acute Viral Respiratory Illnesses in Andean Children. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 33(5). 443–447. 34 indexed citations

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Carroll, Kecia N., Marie R. Griffin, Kathryn M. Edwards, et al.. (2012). Adherence to Guidelines for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Immunoprophylaxis Among Infants With Prematurity or Chronic Lung Disease in Three United States Counties. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 31(11). e229–e231. 6 indexed citations

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Chien, Yu‐Wen, Jorge E. Vidal, Carlos G. Grijalva, et al.. (2012). Density Interactions Among Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Staphylococcus aureus in the Nasopharynx of Young Peruvian Children. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 32(1). 72–77. 82 indexed citations

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Talbot, H. Keipp, Marie R. Griffin, Qingxia Chen, et al.. (2011). Effectiveness of Seasonal Vaccine in Preventing Confirmed Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations in Community Dwelling Older Adults. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 203(4). 500–508. 83 indexed citations

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