Richard J. Williams

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
182 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Richard J. Williams is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard J. Williams has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Biomaterials, 36 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 32 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Richard J. Williams's work include Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (36 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (18 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (18 papers). Richard J. Williams is often cited by papers focused on Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (36 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (18 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (18 papers). Richard J. Williams collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Richard J. Williams's co-authors include Rein V. Ulijn, David R. Nisbet, Vineetha Jayawarna, Michael L. Turner, Andrew M. Smith, Alberto Saiani, Paolo Coppo, Kiara F. Bruggeman, Clare L. Parish and G. E. Lofgren and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Richard J. Williams

172 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

Fmoc‐Diphenylalanine Self Assembles to a Hydrogel via a Novel Architecture Based on π–π Interlocked β‐Sheets

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard J. Williams Australia	37	2.2k	1.4k	888	870	538	182	4.8k
Tue Hassenkam Denmark	35	907 0.4×	373 0.3×	236 0.3×	1.2k 1.3×	184 0.3×	102	4.4k
Carlo Montemagno United States	33	459 0.2×	1.5k 1.1×	337 0.4×	1.3k 1.5×	81 0.2×	129	4.4k
Heiner Friedrich Netherlands	47	2.0k 0.9×	607 0.4×	903 1.0×	3.1k 3.6×	90 0.2×	153	9.2k
Henrik Birkedal Denmark	40	2.3k 1.0×	665 0.5×	1.0k 1.2×	2.3k 2.6×	96 0.2×	168	7.4k
Tilman E. Schäffer Germany	42	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	221 0.2×	1.8k 2.0×	68 0.1×	118	6.4k
Takuya Matsumoto Japan	36	248 0.1×	580 0.4×	343 0.4×	1.3k 1.5×	721 1.3×	298	5.3k
Nobuyuki Morimoto Japan	37	975 0.4×	580 0.4×	439 0.5×	655 0.8×	2.0k 3.7×	109	5.0k
Zhaowei Chen China	47	1.2k 0.6×	2.3k 1.6×	563 0.6×	3.7k 4.2×	104 0.2×	127	8.0k
Mehmet Sarıkaya United States	55	4.1k 1.8×	3.8k 2.6×	393 0.4×	2.3k 2.7×	120 0.2×	202	10.1k
Luca Bertinetti Germany	39	2.2k 1.0×	499 0.3×	296 0.3×	2.1k 2.4×	82 0.2×	121	5.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Balasuriya, Gayathri K., Md. Munnaf Hossen, David R. Nisbet, et al.. (2025). Innovative Hydrogel-Based Treatments for Neonatal Stroke. Stroke. 56(8). 2337–2347. 1 indexed citations

Balasuriya, Gayathri K., Md. Munnaf Hossen, David R. Nisbet, et al.. (2025). A Comprehensive Review of the Pathophysiology of Neonatal Stroke and a Critique of Current and Future Therapeutic Strategies. Cells. 14(12). 910–910.

Cheeseman, Samuel, Rasika M. Samarasinghe, Aaqil Rifai, et al.. (2025). Test and tune: evaluating, adjusting and optimising the stiffness of hydrogels to influence cell fate. Chemical Engineering Journal. 505. 159295–159295. 3 indexed citations

Li, Rui, et al.. (2023). Simple Complexity: Incorporating Bioinspired Delivery Machinery within Self-Assembled Peptide Biogels. Gels. 9(3). 199–199. 7 indexed citations

Kaur, Prabhpreet, David R. Nisbet, Frederick M. Pfeffer, et al.. (2023). Waste to high-value products: The performance and potential of carboxymethylcellulose hydrogels via the circular economy. Cellulose. 30(5). 2713–2730. 34 indexed citations

Mahmoudi, Negar, E.A. Mohamed, Lilith M. Caballero Aguilar, et al.. (2023). Calming the Nerves via the Immune Instructive Physiochemical Properties of Self‐Assembling Peptide Hydrogels. Advanced Science. 11(5). e2303707–e2303707. 14 indexed citations

Mahmoudi, Negar, Lilith M. Caballero Aguilar, Yi Wang, et al.. (2023). Molecular camouflage by a context-specific hydrogel as the key to unlock the potential of viral vector gene therapy. Chemical Engineering Journal. 477. 146857–146857. 3 indexed citations

Osouli-Bostanabad, Karim, Robert M. I. Kapsa, Anita Quigley, et al.. (2022). Traction of 3D and 4D Printing in the Healthcare Industry: From Drug Delivery and Analysis to Regenerative Medicine. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 8(7). 2764–2797. 63 indexed citations

Bruggeman, Kiara F., et al.. (2022). Using UV-Responsive Nanoparticles to Provide In Situ Control of Growth Factor Delivery and a More Constant Release Profile from a Hydrogel Environment. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(10). 12068–12076. 10 indexed citations

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Boyd‐Moss, Mitchell, Chaitali Dekiwadia, David R. Nisbet, et al.. (2022). Biodesigned bioinks for 3D printing via divalent crosslinking of self-assembled peptide-polysaccharide hybrids. Materials Today Advances. 14. 100243–100243. 10 indexed citations

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Boyd‐Moss, Mitchell, Cathal O’Connell, Aaqil Rifai, et al.. (2021). Shining a light on the hidden structure of gelatin methacryloyl bioinks using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 5(22). 8025–8036. 11 indexed citations

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Williams, Richard J., et al.. (2020). Peptide Hydrogel Scaffold for Mesenchymal Precursor Cells Implanted to Injured Adult Rat Spinal Cord. Tissue Engineering Part A. 27(15-16). 993–1007. 18 indexed citations

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He, Xuefei, Chuong Nguyen, Yi Wang, et al.. (2016). Automated Fourier space region-recognition filtering for off-axis digital holographic microscopy. Biomedical Optics Express. 7(8). 3111–3111. 46 indexed citations

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Rodriguez, Alexandra L., et al.. (2015). Integrating Biomaterials and Stem Cells for Neural Regeneration. Stem Cells and Development. 25(3). 214–226. 24 indexed citations

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Williams, Richard J.. (2001). Apocalypse or Abstraction? The Photographs of Robert Morris’s Threadwaste. 6(1). 100–107. 1 indexed citations

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Williams, Richard J.. (2000). After modern sculpture : art in the United States and Europe, 1965-70. Manchester University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Huang, Wei‐Cheng & Richard J. Williams. (1980). Melting Relations of Portion of the System Fe-S to 32 KB with Implication to the Nature of Mantle - Core Boundary. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 486–488. 1 indexed citations

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Donaldson, Colin, Richard J. Williams, & G. E. Lofgren. (1975). A sample holding technique for study of crystal growth in silicate melts. American Mineralogist. 60. 324–326. 57 indexed citations

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Taylor, L. A., Robert H. McCallister, & Richard J. Williams. (1973). The significance of Zr partitioning in Apollo 15 ilmenite and ulvöspinel and the subsolidus reduction of ulvöspinel.. Metic. 8. 76–77. 1 indexed citations

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Ridley, W. I., et al.. (1972). Petrology of Lunar Basalt 14310. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 3. 648. 1 indexed citations

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