John Williams

6.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
156 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

John Williams is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, John Williams has authored 156 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Computational Mechanics, 29 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in John Williams's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (24 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis (19 papers) and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (17 papers). John Williams is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (24 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis (19 papers) and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (17 papers). John Williams collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and China. John Williams's co-authors include Eldad Avital, T.G. Thomas, C.W. Stearns, Chunning Ji, Dong Xu, R. Edward Coleman, John A. Herring, John M. Hoffman, Timothy R. DeGrado and John S. Early and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

John Williams

145 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

The Declaration of Helsinki and public health

2008 688 citations John Williams profile →
Performance characteristics of a whole-body PET scanner.

1994 453 citations John Williams et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Williams United Kingdom	33	1.0k	705	596	537	471	156	4.6k
Mahmoud Ahmed Egypt	58	507 0.5×	561 0.8×	964 1.6×	245 0.5×	738 1.6×	535	11.8k
William O. Thompson United States	37	181 0.2×	178 0.3×	1.0k 1.7×	173 0.3×	284 0.6×	114	7.1k
Andreas Fouras Australia	28	347 0.3×	407 0.6×	666 1.1×	191 0.4×	1.6k 3.3×	120	4.1k
John Abraham United States	38	1.3k 1.3×	154 0.2×	111 0.2×	510 0.9×	149 0.3×	286	6.7k
Jiří Vencovský Czechia	45	210 0.2×	768 1.1×	750 1.3×	104 0.2×	581 1.2×	267	12.6k
Ladislav Šenolt Czechia	37	210 0.2×	403 0.6×	420 0.7×	104 0.2×	456 1.0×	174	8.4k
Robert A. Smith United States	44	275 0.3×	381 0.5×	1.1k 1.8×	376 0.7×	2.2k 4.6×	277	10.0k
David Ingram United Kingdom	37	1.6k 1.6×	72 0.1×	263 0.4×	530 1.0×	153 0.3×	261	5.8k
Michal Tomčík Czechia	27	210 0.2×	290 0.4×	294 0.5×	104 0.2×	588 1.2×	91	6.4k
Young Ju Kim South Korea	43	213 0.2×	306 0.4×	806 1.4×	680 1.3×	388 0.8×	421	8.5k

Countries citing papers authored by John Williams

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Williams

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Williams

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Williams. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Williams based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with John Williams. John Williams is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Avital, Eldad, et al.. (2025). A fluid–structure interaction (FSI) solver for evaluating the impact of circular fish swimming patterns on offshore aquaculture. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 237. 110625–110625.

Bai, Xiao, et al.. (2021). Turbulent flow simulation of a single-blade Magnus rotor. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 2 indexed citations

Wang, Mingyang, et al.. (2021). A numerical study on suspended sediment transport in a partially vegetated channel flow. Journal of Hydrology. 599. 126335–126335. 13 indexed citations

Chen, Weilin, Chunning Ji, Md. Mahbub Alam, John Williams, & Dong Xu. (2020). Numerical simulations of flow past three circular cylinders in equilateral-triangular arrangements. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 891. 70 indexed citations

Zhang, Boxi, Dong Xu, Bingchang Zhang, et al.. (2020). Numerical investigation on the incipient motion of non-spherical sediment particles in bedload regime of open channel flows. Computational Particle Mechanics. 7(5). 987–1003. 20 indexed citations

Pomykala, Kelsey L., Johannes Czernin, Tristan Grogan, et al.. (2019). Total-Body ⁶⁸Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT for Bone Metastasis Detection in Prostate Cancer Patients: Potential Impact on Bone Scan Guidelines. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 61(3). 405–411. 34 indexed citations

Ji, Chunning, Dong Xu, Eldad Avital, et al.. (2017). A computational model of ureteral peristalsis and an investigation into ureteral reflux. Biomedical Engineering Letters. 8(1). 117–125. 15 indexed citations

Reynolds, Carl, Stephanie MacNeill, John Williams, et al.. (2016). Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Welsh slate miners. Occupational Medicine. 67(1). 20–25. 7 indexed citations

Laird, Katie, et al.. (2015). Washing uniforms at home: adherence to hospital policy. Nursing Standard. 29(25). 37–43. 14 indexed citations

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Williams, John, et al.. (2014). DEVELOPMENT POLICY PLANNING IN GHANA: THE CASE OF HEALTH CARE PROVISION. UWC Research Repository (University of the Western Cape). 10(33). 4 indexed citations

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Ji, Chunning, A. Munjiza, Eldad Avital, Dong Xu, & John Williams. (2014). Saltation of particles in turbulent channel flow. Physical Review E. 89(5). 52202–52202. 54 indexed citations

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Ji, Chunning, A. Munjiza, Eldad Avital, Jie Ma, & John Williams. (2013). Direct numerical simulation of sediment entrainment in turbulent channel flow. Physics of Fluids. 25(5). 61 indexed citations

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Williams, John, et al.. (2013). Simulation of the Upper Urinary System. Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering. 41(3). 259–268. 9 indexed citations

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Avital, Eldad, et al.. (2011). Large Eddy Simulation of Free-Surface Flow past a Submerged Submarine Fairwater at Moderate Reynolds Number. APS. 64. 1 indexed citations

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Waldman, Michael, Sean Nicholson, Nodir Adilov, & John Williams. (2008). Autism Prevalence and Precipitation Rates in California, Oregon, and Washington Counties. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. 162(11). 1026–1026. 48 indexed citations

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Campbell, Michael J., et al.. (2005). A 24 year cohort study of mortality in slate workers in North Wales. Occupational Medicine. 55(6). 448–453. 3 indexed citations

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Kelly, Daniel F., David Goodale, John Williams, et al.. (1999). Propofol in the treatment of moderate and severe head injury: a randomized, prospective double-blinded pilot trial. Journal of neurosurgery. 90(6). 1042–1052. 151 indexed citations

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Herring, John A., et al.. (1993). Evolution of Femoral Head Deformity During the Healing Phase of Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. 13(1). 41–45. 46 indexed citations

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Herring, John A., et al.. (1992). The Lateral Pillar Classification of Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. 12(2). 143–150. 323 indexed citations

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Williams, John. (1951). Small Oscillations with Damping. The Mathematical Gazette. 35(311). 29–31. 1 indexed citations

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