Sheila Williams

25.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
358 papers, 18.7k citations indexed

About

Sheila Williams is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sheila Williams has authored 358 papers receiving a total of 18.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 67 papers in Physiology and 50 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Sheila Williams's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (67 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (31 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (25 papers). Sheila Williams is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (67 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (31 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (25 papers). Sheila Williams collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United Kingdom and Australia. Sheila Williams's co-authors include Rob McGee, Rachael W. Taylor, Ailsa Goulding, Phil A. Silva, Jim Mann, Ianthe E. Jones, Barry Taylor, Michael Feehan, Kirsten A. McAuley and Andrea M. Grant and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Sheila Williams

355 papers receiving 17.5k 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.

Evaluation of waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, and the conicity index as screening tools for high trunk fat mass, as measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, in children aged 3–19 y

2000 732 citations Rachael W. Taylor, Sheila Williams et al. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition profile →
Diagnosing Insulin Resistance in the General Population

2001 592 citations Kirsten A. McAuley, Sheila Williams et al. profile →
DSM-III Disorders in a Large Sample of Adolescents

1990 504 citations Rob McGee, Sheila Williams et al. profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sheila Williams

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Spot urine and 24-h diet recall estimates of dietary sodium intake from the 2008/09 New Zealand Adult Nutrition Survey: a comparison 2018 ·European Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Rachael McLean, Sheila Williams, Lisa Te Morenga, Jim Mann	8
2	Impact of a modified version of baby-led weaning on iron intake and status: a randomised controlled trial 2018 ·BMJ Open ·Lisa Daniels, Rachael W. Taylor, Sheila Williams, Rosalind S. Gibson, Elizabeth Fleming, Benjamin J. Wheeler, Barry Taylor, Jillian J. Haszard, Anne‐Louise M. Heath	38
3	What did schools experience from participating in a randomised controlled study (PLAY) that prioritised risk and challenge in active play for children while at school? 2017 ·Journal of Adventure Education & Outdoor Learning ·Victoria Farmer, Ruth Fitzgerald, Sheila Williams, Jim Mann, Grant Schofield, (unknown), Rachael W. Taylor	15
4	A Tailored Family-Based Obesity Intervention: A Randomized Trial 2015 ·PEDIATRICS ·Rachael W. Taylor, Adell Cox, (unknown), Deirdre A. Brown, Kim Meredith‐Jones, Jillian J. Haszard, (unknown), Barry Taylor, Sheila Williams	52
5	Do parents recall and understand children's weight status information after BMI screening? A randomised controlled trial 2014 ·BMJ Open ·(unknown), Rachael W. Taylor, Sheila Williams, Barry Taylor, Deirdre A. Brown	15
6	School Climate and Aggression among New Zealand High School Students 2014 ·New Zealand journal of psychology ·Louise Marsh, Rob McGee, Sheila Williams	12
7	Estimation of Serum and Erythrocyte Folate Concentrations in the New Zealand Adult Population within a Background of Voluntary Folic Acid Fortification 2013 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Kathryn E. Bradbury, Sheila Williams, Jim Mann, Rachel Brown, Winsome R Parnell, C. Murray Skeaff	21
8	Differences in Erythrocyte Folate Concentrations in Older Adults Reached Steady-State within One Year in a Two-Year, Controlled, 1 mg/d Folate Supplementation Trial 2012 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Kathryn E. Bradbury, Sheila Williams, Tim Green, Jennifer McMahon, Jim Mann, Robert G. Knight, C. Murray Skeaff	15
9	Influence of the glutathione peroxidase 1 Pro200Leu polymorphism on the response of glutathione peroxidase activity to selenium supplementation: a randomized controlled trial 2012 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Jody C Miller, Christine D. Thomson, Sheila Williams, (unknown), Gerard Wilkins, Ian M. Morison, (unknown), C. Murray Skeaff	16
10	Dietary sodium loading in normotensive healthy volunteers does not increase arterial vascular reactivity or blood pressure 2011 ·Nephrology ·Alwyn Todd, Robert MacGinley, (unknown), Sheila Williams, W. H. F. Sutherland, Jim Mann, Robert Walker	34
11	Effects of extrusion processing on the nutritional value of dried distillers grains with solubles in diets for nursery pigs 2010 ·Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports ·Sheila Williams, Chad B. Paulk, Shams A.M. Issa, (unknown), Joe D Hancock	1
12	Comparison of postprandial glycaemia in Asians and Caucasians 2010 ·Diabetic Medicine ·Bernard J. Venn, Sheila Williams, J. I. Mann	56
13	Vitamin D insufficiency in New Zealanders during the winter is associated with higher parathyroid hormone concentrations: implications for bone health? 2008 ·PubMed ·(unknown), (unknown), Bernard J. Venn, Sheila Williams, Tim Green	20
14	Lowering Plasma Homocysteine Concentrations of Older Men and Women with Folate, Vitamin B-12, and Vitamin B-6 Does Not Affect the Proportion of (n-3) Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Plasma Phosphatidylcholine 2008 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Francesca L. Crowe, C. Murray Skeaff, Jennifer McMahon, Sheila Williams, Tim Green	11
15	Preventing obesity in children through enhancing physical activity: the APPLE project 2006 ·Rachael W. Taylor, Kirsten A. McAuley, Sheila Williams, (unknown), Jim Mann	0
16	Interpreting incidence trends for treated end‐stage renal disease: Implications for evaluating disease control in Australia 2004 ·Nephrology ·John H. Stewart, Margaret McCredie, Sheila Williams, Stephen P. McDonald	25
17	The impact of reference pricing on clinical lipid control. 1998 ·PubMed ·Merlin C. Thomas, J I Mann, Sheila Williams	21
18	Caregiving and well-being in a sample of women in midlife 1998 ·Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health ·Robert G. Knight, Sheila Williams, Rob McGee, (unknown)	12
19	ERCP: a review of technical competency and workload in a small unit 1997 ·Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ·Martin Schlup, Sheila Williams, G.O. Barbezat	55
20	Body size and the menarche: The Dunedin study 1994 ·Journal of Adolescent Health ·(unknown), Sheila Williams, Phil A. Silva	52

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