Scott A. Williams

156 total papers · 4.3k total citations
85 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Scott A. Williams is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott A. Williams has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Paleontology, 36 papers in Anthropology and 29 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Scott A. Williams's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (36 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (34 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (28 papers). Scott A. Williams is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (36 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (34 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (28 papers). Scott A. Williams collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and United Kingdom. Scott A. Williams's co-authors include Alex R. DeCasien, James P. Higham, Milena R. Shattuck, Gabrielle A. Russo, Marc R. Meyer, David C. Geary, Cheryl S. Rosenfeld, Lee R. Berger, Eldin Jašarević and R. Michael Roberts and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Scott A. Williams

80 papers receiving 1.7k 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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Primate brain size is predicted by diet but not sociality
    2017 280 citations Alex R. DeCasien, Scott A. Williams et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Scott A. Williams 641 640 440 297 286 85 1.7k
Lawrence Martin 837 1.3× 811 1.3× 769 1.7× 186 0.6× 149 0.5× 42 2.0k
David J. Green 358 0.6× 279 0.4× 356 0.8× 735 2.5× 103 0.4× 100 2.3k
P.E. Wheeler 819 1.3× 464 0.7× 561 1.3× 431 1.5× 63 0.2× 18 2.1k
Adrienne L. Zihlman 775 1.2× 352 0.6× 386 0.9× 219 0.7× 118 0.4× 58 1.5k
Campbell Rolian 322 0.5× 437 0.7× 327 0.7× 134 0.5× 549 1.9× 49 1.6k
Leonard Freedman 252 0.4× 313 0.5× 332 0.8× 86 0.3× 136 0.5× 85 1.7k
Jeremy M. DeSilva 766 1.2× 683 1.1× 898 2.0× 65 0.2× 345 1.2× 71 1.9k
Andrea B. Taylor 1.1k 1.6× 484 0.8× 285 0.6× 228 0.8× 209 0.7× 72 2.0k
Fredrick K. Manthi 735 1.1× 1.2k 1.9× 1.1k 2.5× 170 0.6× 86 0.3× 52 1.8k
Zeresenay Alemseged 1.0k 1.6× 1.2k 1.9× 1.5k 3.3× 102 0.3× 172 0.6× 65 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Scott A. Williams

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Fields of papers citing papers by Scott A. Williams

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Scott A. Williams

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Scott A. Williams. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Scott A. 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 Scott A. Williams. Scott A. Williams is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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