Richard W. Williams

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 891 citations indexed

About

Richard W. Williams is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard W. Williams has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 891 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 3 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Richard W. Williams's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (3 papers), Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (3 papers) and Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (2 papers). Richard W. Williams is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (3 papers), Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (3 papers) and Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (2 papers). Richard W. Williams collaborates with scholars based in United States and Australia. Richard W. Williams's co-authors include R.A. McGrath, J. S. Faulkner, G. M. Stocks, John R. Kennedy, John Gray, D. C. Swartzendruber, R. B. Setlow, John C. McDonald, G. L. Kerven and W. L. Carrier and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Richard W. Williams

16 papers receiving 743 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.

Reconstruction in vivo of Irradiated Escherichia coli Deoxyribonucleic Acid; the Rejoining of Broken Pieces

1966 611 citations R.A. McGrath, Richard W. Williams Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard W. Williams United States	9	594	188	101	94	93	17	891
Hiroyasu Utiyama Japan	21	772 1.3×	200 1.1×	76 0.8×	124 1.3×	76 0.8×	44	1.4k
R. A. Deering United States	20	718 1.2×	75 0.4×	108 1.1×	99 1.1×	153 1.6×	71	1.2k
Karl‐Otto Greulich Germany	19	444 0.7×	134 0.7×	106 1.0×	58 0.6×	285 3.1×	61	1.1k
E. G. Richards United Kingdom	23	1.3k 2.2×	90 0.5×	86 0.9×	143 1.5×	175 1.9×	40	1.9k
Wolfgang Köhnlein Germany	16	595 1.0×	75 0.4×	187 1.9×	31 0.3×	61 0.7×	58	902
Robert B. Uretz United States	15	468 0.8×	60 0.3×	31 0.3×	54 0.6×	139 1.5×	26	862
David A. Youngs United States	14	479 0.8×	201 1.1×	34 0.3×	165 1.8×	48 0.5×	19	663
S. E. Bresler Russia	18	540 0.9×	108 0.6×	83 0.8×	197 2.1×	80 0.9×	86	878
R. Beukers Netherlands	10	617 1.0×	68 0.4×	36 0.4×	32 0.3×	72 0.8×	11	783
E. Sahar Israel	16	315 0.5×	84 0.4×	68 0.7×	95 1.0×	56 0.6×	31	662

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17 of 17 papers shown

Williams, Richard W.. (2014). – Knock-For-Knock Clauses in Offshore Contracts: The Fundamental Principles. 93–107.

Williams, Richard W., et al.. (2007). Galacturonic acid-induced changes in strawberry plant development in vitro. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant. 43(6). 639–643. 7 indexed citations

Powers, Benjamin, et al.. (1992). Leukocytoclastic vasculitis, not associated with Henoch-Schonlein purpura, causing recurrent massive painless gastrointestinal hemorrhage.. PubMed. 87(9). 1191–3. 5 indexed citations

Kennedy, John R., Richard W. Williams, & John Gray. (1989). Use of Peldri II (a fluorocarbon solid at room temperature) as an alternative to critical point drying for biological tissues. Journal of Electron Microscopy Technique. 11(2). 117–125. 46 indexed citations

Williams, Richard W., Gerard P. Burns, Murray N. Andersen, et al.. (1974). Mass Casualties in a Maximum Security Institution. Annals of Surgery. 179(5). 592–597. 6 indexed citations

Stocks, G. M., Richard W. Williams, & J. S. Faulkner. (1973). Electronic states in Ag-Pd alloys. Journal of Physics F Metal Physics. 3(9). 1688–1703. 69 indexed citations

Stocks, G. M., Richard W. Williams, & J. S. Faulkner. (1971). Densities of States in Cu-Rich Ni-Cu Alloys by the Coherent-Potential Approximation: Comparisons with Rigid-Band and Virtual-Crystal Approximation. Physical Review Letters. 26(5). 253–256. 40 indexed citations

McDonald, John C., et al.. (1970). HL-A ANTIGEN STUDIES WITH LEUKOCYTE CELL LINES. Transplantation. 10(6). 499–504. 10 indexed citations

Jacobson, Ann B. & Richard W. Williams. (1968). Sedimentation studies on RNA from proplastids of Zea mays. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis. 169(1). 7–13. 2 indexed citations

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Williams, Richard W. & H. L. Davis. (1968). Calculations pertaining to the thermopower of copper. Physics Letters A. 28(6). 412–413. 1 indexed citations

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McGrath, R.A. & Richard W. Williams. (1967). Interruptions in Single Strands of the DNA in Slime Mold and Other Organisms. Biophysical Journal. 7(3). 309–317. 22 indexed citations

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Setlow, R. B., W. L. Carrier, & Richard W. Williams. (1966). Three Levels of DNA Repair in E. coli. Science. 152(3722). 676–676. 5 indexed citations

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McGrath, R.A. & Richard W. Williams. (1966). Reconstruction in vivo of Irradiated Escherichia coli Deoxyribonucleic Acid; the Rejoining of Broken Pieces. Nature. 212(5061). 534–535. 611 indexed citations breakdown →

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McGrath, R.A., Richard W. Williams, & D. C. Swartzendruber. (1966). Breakdown of DNA in X-Irradiated Escherichia coli. Biophysical Journal. 6(1). 113–122. 39 indexed citations

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McGrath, R.A., Richard W. Williams, & R. B. Setlow. (1964). Increased ³ H-thymidine Incorporation into DNA of Irradiated Slime Mould. International Journal of Radiation Biology and Related Studies in Physics Chemistry and Medicine. 8(4). 373–380. 9 indexed citations

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Williams, Richard W., et al.. (1961). The Rapid Determination of Sugars and Amino Acids in Worts and Beers by Horizontal Paper Chromatography. Proceedings Annual meeting - American Society of Brewing Chemists. 19(1). 80–82. 1 indexed citations

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Williams, Richard W., et al.. (1955). Volumetric Determination of Nitrocellulose and Nitroguanidine. Analytical Chemistry. 27(4). 543–546. 18 indexed citations

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