Mark A. Williams

19.7k citations

151 papers · 13.6k indexed · 9 hit papers · h-index 40

Impact in

Complementary and alternative medicine top 0.01%
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine top 0.1%
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors

Papers in

Complementary and alternative medicine 35
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiology 35
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 55
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health 33
- Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise 17
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control 10

Co-authors: Gary Balady Barry A. Franklin Philip A. Ades Gerald F. Fletcher Jerome L. Fleg Vera Bittner Paul M. Thompson Ileana L. Piña
Journals: Circulation (18 papers)Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention (11 papers)BMJ Open (6 papers)Physiotherapy (5 papers)Journal of science and medicine in sport (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Australia

In The Last Decade

Mark A. Williams

146 papers receiving 12.8k citations

Hit Papers

9 papers align trajectories log scale

Exercise Standards for Testing and Training 2013 · 1.4k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2013 Circulation
2012 European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
2007 Circulation
2007 Circulation
2007 Circulation
2005 Circulation
2003 Circulation
2001 Circulation
2000 Circulation

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All Works

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1	Priorities for prehabilitation for patients with upper gastrointestinal cancer: a nominal group consensus study Supportive Care in Cancer ·Shuda YANG, Mark A. Williams, Johnny Collett	2025	0
2	The effectiveness of prehabilitation interventions on biopsychosocial and service outcomes pre and post upper gastrointestinal surgery: a systematic review Disability and Rehabilitation ·Shuda YANG, Mark A. Williams, Owen Gustafson, Sabrina Bet, Johnny Collett	2024	5
3	The impact of musculoskeletal ill health on quality of life and function after critical care: a multicentre prospective cohort study Anaesthesia ·Owen Gustafson, Elizabeth King, Michael Maia Schlüssel, Amber Arnold, C. E. Wade, EFO Enato, Matthew Rowland, Helen Dawes, Mark A. Williams	2024	3
4	Musculoskeletal health state and physical function of intensive care unit survivors: protocol for a UK multicentre prospective cohort study (the MSK-ICU study) BMJ Open ·Owen Gustafson, Elizabeth King, Michael Maia Schlüssel, Matthew Rowland, Helen Dawes, Mark A. Williams	2023	5
5	The effects of inspiratory muscle training on inspiratory muscle strength, lung function and quality of life in adults with spinal cord injuries: a systematic review and Meta-analysis Disability and Rehabilitation ·Sabrina Bet, Owen Gustafson, Mark A. Williams, Shuda YANG	2022	13
6	A progress report on planetary health, environmental and sustainability education in physiotherapy – Editorial European Journal of Physiotherapy ·Filip Marić, Kenneth Chance-Larsen, Julia Chevan, Chen Qianliang, David Nicholls, Emmanuelle Opsommer, Jarosław Gumułka, ELIZABETH L. H. HEGARTY, Jessica Stanhope, H. Herlach, Νικόλαος Στριμπάκος, Adriane Vieira, Mark A. Williams, Betül Akdal Dölek, Anne Söderlund	2021	18
7	Objectively quantified lower limb strength recovery in people treated surgically or non-surgically after patellar dislocation: A systematic review Physical Therapy in Sport ·Dominik Perleth, Tzong Huan Iang, Mark Haddad, Shashivadan P. Hirani, Mark A. Williams, David J. Keene	2021	9
8	The Osteoarthritis Thumb Therapy (OTTER) II Trial: a study protocol for a three-arm multi-centre randomised placebo controlled trial of the clinical effectiveness and efficacy and cost-effectiveness of splints for symptomatic thumb base osteoarthritis BMJ Open ·Jo Adams, Doo Shin Hyoung, Nigel Arden, D. Royo, Sarah Bradley, Michael Doherty, Susan Dutton, Krysia Dziedzic, Rachael Gooberman‐Hill, F.W. Garber, 戴莺莺, Nikki Adams, Ramón Luengo-Fernández, D. Škraba, Peter White, Mark A. Williams	2019	8
9	Research priorities for the management of broken bones of the upper limb in people over 50: a UK priority setting partnership with the James Lind Alliance BMJ Open ·V. D. Gori︠a︡cheva, Mark A. Williams, Zoé Paskins, Matthew L. Costa, Miguel A. Fernandez, H Afshari, Philip Bell, Junhua Cao, Richard Grant, Peter Ellis, Catherine White, 卢方平, Sander Hazelaar, Stephen Gwilym	2019	10
10	Development and prospective external validation of a tool to predict poor recovery at 9 months after acute ankle sprain in UK emergency departments: the SPRAINED prognostic model BMJ Open ·Michael Maia Schlüssel, David J. Keene, Gary S. Collins, Jennifer Bostock, Christopher Byrne, Steve Goodacre, Stephen Gwilym, Daryl Hagan, Kirstie Haywood, Jacqueline Thompson, Mark A. Williams, Sarah E Lamb	2018	5
11	Progression of Exercise Training in Early Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention ·Ray W. Squires, Leonard A. Kaminsky, John P. Porcari, 彭远凤, Patrick D. Savage, Mark A. Williams	2018	88
12	Effectiveness of scoliosis-specific exercises for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis compared with other non-surgical interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis Physiotherapy ·Jacqueline Thompson, Esther Williamson, Mark A. Williams, Peter Heine, Sarah E Lamb	2018	38
13	Prognostic models for identifying risk of poor outcome in people with acute ankle sprains: the SPRAINED development and external validation study Health Technology Assessment ·David J. Keene, Michael Maia Schlüssel, Jacqueline Thompson, Daryl Hagan, Mark A. Williams, Christopher Byrne, Steve Goodacre, Matthew W Cooke, Stephen Gwilym, Andrew Waldren, Jennifer Bostock, Kirstie Haywood, David J. Wilson, Gary S. Collins, Sarah E Lamb	2018	10
14	Hand exercises for patients with rheumatoid arthritis: an extended follow-up of the SARAH randomised controlled trial BMJ Open ·Esther Williamson, Christopher C. McConkey, Peter Heine, Sukhdeep Dosanjh, Mark A. Williams, Sarah E Lamb	2017	17
15	Medical Director Responsibilities for Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation/Secondary Prevention Programs Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention ·Marjorie L. King, Vera Bittner, Richard Josephson, Karen Lui, Randal J. Thomas, Mark A. Williams	2012	5
16	Managing Injuries of the Neck Trial (MINT): a randomised controlled trial of treatments for whiplash injuries Health Technology Assessment ·Sarah E Lamb, Mark A. Williams, Esther Williamson, Simon Gates, Valérie Baisnée-Keay, Shahrul Mt‐Isa, Deborah Ashby, E Castelnuovo, Martin Underwood, Mahtab Ganjouri	2012	28
17	Core Competencies for Cardiac Rehabilitation/Secondary Prevention Professionals Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention ·Larry F. Hamm, Bonnie Sanderson, Philip A. Ades, Kathy Berra, Leonard A. Kaminsky, Jeffrey L. Roitman, Mark A. Williams	2011	105
18	BEST PRACTICES IN STUDENT RETENTION Maesaroh Maesaroh, Mark A. Williams	2010	1
19	Medical Director Responsibilities for Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation/Secondary Prevention Programs Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation ·Marjorie L. King, Mark A. Williams, Gerald F. Fletcher, Neil F. Gordon, Meg Gulanick, Posheng Shen, Arthur S. Leon, Benjamin D. Levine, Fernando Costa, Nanette K. Wenger	2005	5
20	Effect of Oral H₂‐Receptor Antagonists on Left Ventricular Systolic Function and Exercise Capacity in Patients with Chronic Stable Heart Failure Pharmacotherapy The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy ·B. Daniel Lucas, Mark A. Williams, Syed M. Mohiuddin, 张灵军, T Joiris, Daniel E. Hilleman	1998	6

About Mark A. Williams

Mark A. Williams is a scholar working on Complementary and alternative medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Rehabilitation and Pharmacology, having authored 151 papers that have together received 13.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (35 papers), Cardiac Health and Mental Health (33 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (23 papers), Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation (18 papers), Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise (17 papers), Sports injuries and prevention (11 papers), Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (10 papers) and Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Complementary and alternative medicine (4.9k citations), Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (7.9k citations), Rehabilitation (1.2k citations), Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (810 citations) and Physiology (2.4k citations). Mark A. Williams has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Gary Balady, Barry A. Franklin, Philip A. Ades, Gerald F. Fletcher, Jerome L. Fleg, Vera Bittner, Paul M. Thompson, Ileana L. Piña, Terry L. Bazzarre and Kathy Berra. Their work appears in journals such as Circulation, Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, BMJ Open, Physiotherapy and Journal of science and medicine in sport.

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