Nancy I. Williams

8.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
154 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

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Nancy I. Williams is a scholar working on Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nancy I. Williams has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Physiology, 46 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 36 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Nancy I. Williams's work include Muscle metabolism and nutrition (36 papers), Eating Disorders and Behaviors (28 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (22 papers). Nancy I. Williams is often cited by papers focused on Muscle metabolism and nutrition (36 papers), Eating Disorders and Behaviors (28 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (22 papers). Nancy I. Williams collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Nancy I. Williams's co-authors include Mary Jane De Souza, Jenna C. Gibbs, Judy L. Cameron, Jennifer L. Scheid, Rebecca J. Mallinson, Kristen J. Koltun, Aurelia Nattiv, Sarah West, Heather J. Leidy and Jennifer L. Reed and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Nancy I. Williams

148 papers receiving 5.8k citations

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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.

2014 Female Athlete Triad Coalition Consensus Statement on Treatment and Return to Play of the Female Athlete Triad: 1st International Conference held in San Francisco, California, May 2012 and 2nd International Conference held in Indianapolis, Indiana, May 2013

2014 398 citations Mary Jane De Souza, Nancy I. Williams et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nancy I. Williams United States	42	2.1k	1.8k	1.7k	1.4k	991	154	6.0k
Mary Jane De Souza United States	46	2.4k 1.2×	2.3k 1.3×	1.6k 0.9×	1.8k 1.3×	668 0.7×	161	6.4k
Anne B. Loucks United States	33	2.5k 1.2×	2.7k 1.5×	1.6k 0.9×	2.0k 1.5×	650 0.7×	58	6.2k
Kathryn E. Ackerman United States	34	1.6k 0.7×	2.4k 1.3×	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	323 0.3×	135	5.0k
Angelica Lindén Hirschberg Sweden	49	728 0.3×	757 0.4×	1.8k 1.1×	544 0.4×	1.8k 1.8×	234	7.5k
Anthony C. Hackney United States	41	1.8k 0.8×	2.1k 1.2×	650 0.4×	1.5k 1.1×	157 0.2×	282	6.2k
Virginia Hughes United States	32	3.4k 1.6×	1.2k 0.7×	632 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	997 1.0×	75	7.5k
Madhusmita Misra United States	65	3.0k 1.4×	2.7k 1.5×	3.3k 2.0×	772 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	334	13.7k
Naama Constantini Israel	33	1.5k 0.7×	1.9k 1.1×	965 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	99 0.1×	117	4.9k
Jaak Jürimäe Estonia	35	1.7k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	641 0.4×	488 0.4×	62 0.1×	219	4.1k
Janet W. McArthur United States	29	903 0.4×	411 0.2×	849 0.5×	345 0.3×	1.3k 1.3×	91	4.3k

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Mallinson, Rebecca J., et al.. (2025). Multiple eumenorrheic cycles are necessary to observe a significant increase in estrogen exposure and ovulation in exercising women with functional hypothalamic oligo/amenorrhea undergoing a nutritional intervention: Insights from the REFUEL study. PM&R. 1 indexed citations

Mallinson, Rebecca J., et al.. (2025). Predictors of Advanced Menstrual Recovery in Exercising Women with Oligo/Amenorrhea: A Secondary Analysis of the REFUEL Study. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 58(3). 581–596. 1 indexed citations

Williams, Nancy I., et al.. (2025). Pre‐Season Energy Deficiency Predicts Poorer Performance During a Competitive Season in Collegiate Female Long‐Distance Runners. European Journal of Sport Science. 25(3). e12261–e12261. 1 indexed citations

Rogers, Connie J., Hang Lee, Nicole C.A. Strock, et al.. (2024). Effects of Prune (Dried Plum) Supplementation on Cardiometabolic Health in Postmenopausal Women: An Ancillary Analysis of a 12-Month Randomized Controlled Trial, The Prune Study. Journal of Nutrition. 154(5). 1604–1618. 1 indexed citations

Strock, Nicole C.A., Mary Jane De Souza, Rebecca J. Mallinson, et al.. (2023). 12-months of increased dietary intake does not exacerbate disordered eating-related attitudes, stress, or depressive symptoms in women with exercise-associated menstrual disturbances: The REFUEL randomized controlled trial. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 152. 106079–106079. 6 indexed citations

Souza, Mary Jane De, Nicole C.A. Strock, Connie J. Rogers, et al.. (2022). Rationale and study design of Randomized Controlled Trial of Dietary Supplementation with prune (dried plums) on bone density, geometry, and estimated bone strength in postmenopausal women: The Prune study. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. 28. 100941–100941. 10 indexed citations

Souza, Mary Jane De, Nicole C.A. Strock, Nancy I. Williams, et al.. (2022). Prunes preserve hip bone mineral density in a 12-month randomized controlled trial in postmenopausal women: the Prune Study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 116(4). 897–910. 21 indexed citations

Souza, Mary Jane De, Connie J. Rogers, Nancy I. Williams, et al.. (2022). Prune supplementation for 12 months alters the gut microbiome in postmenopausal women. Food & Function. 13(23). 12316–12329. 10 indexed citations

Łagowska, Karolina, Nicole C.A. Strock, Kristen J. Koltun, Nancy I. Williams, & Mary Jane De Souza. (2022). Association of diet quality and hormonal status in exercising women with menstrual disturbances. Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism. 47(11). 1085–1095.

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Souza, Mary Jane De, Rebecca J. Mallinson, Nicole C.A. Strock, et al.. (2021). Randomised controlled trial of the effects of increased energy intake on menstrual recovery in exercising women with menstrual disturbances: the ‘REFUEL’ study. Human Reproduction. 36(8). 2285–2297. 34 indexed citations

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Strock, Nicole C.A., Mary Jane De Souza, & Nancy I. Williams. (2020). Eating behaviours related to psychological stress are associated with functional hypothalamic amenorrhoea in exercising women. Journal of Sports Sciences. 38(21). 2396–2406. 17 indexed citations

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Strock, Nicole C.A., Kristen J. Koltun, Rebecca J. Mallinson, Nancy I. Williams, & Mary Jane De Souza. (2020). Characterizing the resting metabolic rate ratio in ovulatory exercising women over 12 months. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 30(8). 1337–1347. 13 indexed citations

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Koltun, Kristen J., et al.. (2019). Comparison of Female Athlete Triad Coalition and RED-S risk assessment tools. Journal of Sports Sciences. 37(21). 2433–2442. 13 indexed citations

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Souza, Mary Jane De, Kristen J. Koltun, Nicole C.A. Strock, & Nancy I. Williams. (2019). Rethinking the concept of an energy availability threshold and its role in the Female Athlete Triad. Current Opinion in Physiology. 10. 35–42. 24 indexed citations

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Williams, Nancy I., Kristen J. Koltun, Nicole C.A. Strock, & Mary Jane De Souza. (2019). Female Athlete Triad and Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport: A Focus on Scientific Rigor. Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews. 47(4). 197–205. 36 indexed citations

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Schultz, Susan K., et al.. (2018). Meeting Residents Halfway: the Geriatric Psychiatry Residency Track. Academic Psychiatry. 43(1). 142–143. 3 indexed citations

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Reed, Jennifer L., Mary Jane De Souza, Rebecca J. Mallinson, Jennifer L. Scheid, & Nancy I. Williams. (2015). Energy availability discriminates clinical menstrual status in exercising women. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition. 12(1). 11–11. 64 indexed citations

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Kohler, Shawn, Nancy I. Williams, Gregory B. Stanton, Judy L. Cameron, & William T. Greenough. (2011). Maturation time of new granule cells in the dentate gyrus of adult macaque monkeys exceeds six months. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(25). 10326–10331. 141 indexed citations

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Smith, Richard, Nancy I. Williams, & Keri Thomas. (2007). The American way of death.. PubMed. 117(6057). 28–9. 1 indexed citations

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Williams, Nancy I., et al.. (1996). Stimulation of luteinizing hormone secretion by food intake: evidence against a role for insulin.. Endocrinology. 137(6). 2565–2571. 31 indexed citations

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