Stephen R. Williams

11.8k citations

38 papers · 3.3k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 20

Biophysics top 1%
Molecular Biology top 5%
- Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics 5
- Congenital heart defects research 4
- RNA regulation and disease 3
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation 3
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging top 5%
Cancer Research top 10%
Neurology top 5%
Genetics
- Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities 5
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders 5
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology 4
Rheumatology
- Folate and B Vitamins Research 3

Co-authors: Mark Noble DG Gadian Jutta Urenjak Sarah H. Elsea Cedric R. Uytingco Sarah E. Taylor Raphaël Gottardo Matthew R. Stone
Cited by: Biophysics Molecular Biology Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Italy

In The Last Decade

Stephen R. Williams

37 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

2025 High-definition spatial transcriptomic profiling of immune cell populations in colorectal cancer
2023 High resolution mapping of the tumor microenvironment using integrated single-cell, spatial and in situ analysis
2021 Transcriptome-scale spatial gene expression in the human dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
2021 Spatial transcriptomics at subspot resolution with BayesSpace
1993 Proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy unambiguously identifies different neural cell types

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1	High-definition spatial transcriptomic profiling of immune cell populations in colorectal cancerbreakdown → Michelli F. Oliveira,Juan P. Romero,Meii Chung,Stephen R. Williams,Andrew D. Gottscho,Anushka Gupta,Susan E. Pilipauskas,Seayar Mohabbat,Nandhini Raman,David J. Sukovich,David M. Patterson,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown)	2025	27
2	Influence of Alzheimer's Disease Related Neuropathology on Local Microenvironment Gene Expression in the Human Inferior Temporal Cortex Sang Ho Kwon,Sowmya Parthiban,Madhavi Tippani,Heena R. Divecha,Nicholas J. Eagles,Jashandeep S. Lobana,Stephen R. Williams,Michelle Mak,Rahul Bharadwaj,Joel E. Kleinman,Thomas M. Hyde,Stephanie C. Page,Stephanie C. Hicks,Keri Martinowich,Kristen R. Maynard,Leonardo Collado‐Torres	2023	5
3	Spatial transcriptomics at subspot resolution with BayesSpacebreakdown → Edward Zhao,Matthew R. Stone,Xing Ren,Jamie Guenthoer,Kimberly S. Smythe,Thomas H. Pulliam,Stephen R. Williams,Cedric R. Uytingco,Sarah E. Taylor,Paul Nghiem,Jason H. Bielas,Raphaël Gottardo	2021	448
4	Transcriptome-scale spatial gene expression in the human dorsolateral prefrontal cortexbreakdown → Kristen R. Maynard,Leonardo Collado‐Torres,Lukas M. Weber,Cedric R. Uytingco,Brianna K. Barry,Stephen R. Williams,Joseph Catallini,Matthew N. Tran,Zachary Besich,Madhavi Tippani,Jennifer Chew,Yifeng Yin,Joel E. Kleinman,Thomas M. Hyde,Nikhil Rao,Stephanie C. Hicks,Keri Martinowich,Andrew E. Jaffe	2021	557
5	DNA methylation analyses identify an intronic ZDHHC6 locus associated with time to recurrent stroke in the Vitamin Intervention for Stroke Prevention (VISP) clinical trial Nicole D. Armstrong,Wei‐Min Chen,Fang‐Chi Hsu,Michael S. Brewer,Natàlia Cullell,Israel Fernández‐Cadenas,Stephen R. Williams,Michèle M. Sale,Bradford B. Worrall,Keith L. Keene	2021	6
6	Multi-omic analysis of stroke recurrence in African Americans from the Vitamin Intervention for Stroke Prevention (VISP) clinical trial Nicole D. Armstrong,Kelsey J. Spragley,Wei‐Min Chen,Fang‐Chi Hsu,Michael S. Brewer,Patrick J. Horn,Stephen R. Williams,Michèle M. Sale,Bradford B. Worrall,Keith L. Keene	2021	8
7	Transcriptome analysis of MBD5-associated neurodevelopmental disorder (MAND) neural progenitor cells reveals dysregulation of autism-associated genes Sureni V. Mullegama,Steven D. Klein,Stephen R. Williams,Jeffrey W. Innis,Frank J. Probst,Chad Haldeman‐Englert,Julián A. Martínez-Agosto,Ying Yang,Yuchen Tian,Sarah H. Elsea,Toshihiko Ezashi	2021	6
8	Differential expression of PHACTR1 in atheromatous versus normal carotid artery tissue Ilana E. Green,Stephen R. Williams,Michèle M. Sale,Keith L. Keene,Bradford B. Worrall,Andrew M. Southerland	2020	2
9	Reference quality assembly of the 3.5-Gb genome of Capsicum annuum from a single linked-read library Amanda M. Hulse‐Kemp,Shamoni Maheshwari,Kevin Stoffel,Theresa Hill,David B. Jaffe,Stephen R. Williams,Neil Weisenfeld,Srividya Ramakrishnan,Vijay Kumar,Preyas Shah,Michael C. Schatz,Deanna M. Church,Allen Van Deynze	2018	99
10	Epigenome-Wide Analyses Identify Two Novel Associations With Recurrent Stroke in the Vitamin Intervention for Stroke Prevention Clinical Trial Nicole D. Armstrong,Wei‐Min Chen,Michael S. Brewer,Stephen R. Williams,Michèle M. Sale,Bradford B. Worrall,Keith L. Keene	2018	14
11	Sutherlandia frutescens prevents changes in diabetes-related gene expression in a fructose-induced insulin resistant cell model Stephen R. Williams,Saartjie Roux,Trevor Koekemoer,Maryna van de Venter,Gill Dealtry	2013	16
12	Smith-Magenis Syndrome Results in Disruption of CLOCK Gene Transcription and Reveals an Integral Role for RAI1 in the Maintenance of Circadian Rhythmicity Stephen R. Williams,Deborah Zies,Sureni V. Mullegama,Michael S. Grotewiel,Sarah H. Elsea	2012	79
13	Rescue of Calcineurin Aα−/− Mice Reveals a Novel Role for the α Isoform in the Salivary Gland Ramesh N. Reddy,Juan A. Pena,Brian R. Roberts,Stephen R. Williams,S. Russ Price,Jennifer L. Gooch	2011	9
14	Haploinsufficiency of HDAC4 Causes Brachydactyly Mental Retardation Syndrome, with Brachydactyly Type E, Developmental Delays, and Behavioral Problems Stephen R. Williams,Micheala A. Aldred,Vazken M. Der Kaloustian,Fahed Halal,Gordon C. Gowans,D. Ross McLeod,Sara Zondag,Helga V. Toriello,R. Ellen Magenis,Sarah H. Elsea	2010	216
15	Array comparative genomic hybridisation of 52 subjects with a Smith–Magenis-like phenotype: identification of dosage sensitive loci also associated with schizophrenia, autism, and developmental delay Stephen R. Williams,Santhosh Girirajan,David Tegay,N. Nowak,Eli Hatchwell,Sarah H. Elsea	2009	19
16	Haploinsufficiency of MBD5 associated with a syndrome involving microcephaly, intellectual disabilities, severe speech impairment, and seizures Stephen R. Williams,Sureni V. Mullegama,Jill A. Rosenfeld,Aditi I Dagli,Eli Hatchwell,William Allen,Charles A. Williams,Sarah H. Elsea	2009	61
17	Diagnosing Smith–Magenis Syndrome and Duplication 17p11.2 Syndrome by RAI1 Gene Copy Number Variation Using Quantitative Real-Time PCR Hoa T. Truong,Sara Solaymani-Kohal,Kevin R. Baker,Santhosh Girirajan,Stephen R. Williams,Christopher N. Vlangos,Ann C. M. Smith,David J. Bunyan,Paul Roffey,Christopher Blanchard,Sarah H. Elsea	2008	9
18	Tom1l2 hypomorphic mice exhibit increased incidence of infections and tumors and abnormal immunologic response Santhosh Girirajan,Paula M. Hauck,Stephen R. Williams,Christopher N. Vlangos,Barbara Szomju,Sara Solaymani-Kohal,Philip D. Mosier,Kimber L. White,Kathleen L. McCoy,Sarah H. Elsea	2008	18
19	17p11.2p12 triplication and del(17)q11.2q12 in a severely affected child with dup(17)p11.2p12 syndrome Santhosh Girirajan,Stephen R. Williams,JY Garbern,N. Nowak,Eli Hatchwell,Sarah H. Elsea	2007	19
20	High Resolution Proton NMR Spectroscopy of Multiple Sclerosis Lesions S. Davies,Jia Newcombe,Stephen R. Williams,W. I. McDonald,John B. Clark	1995	86

About Stephen R. Williams

Stephen R. Williams is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, having authored 38 papers that have together received 3.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (5 papers), Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (5 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (5 papers), Congenital heart defects research (4 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (4 papers), RNA regulation and disease (3 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers) and Folate and B Vitamins Research (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biophysics (221 citations), Molecular Biology (1.9k citations) and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (508 citations). Stephen R. Williams has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Frequent co-authors include Mark Noble, DG Gadian, Jutta Urenjak, Sarah H. Elsea, Cedric R. Uytingco, Sarah E. Taylor, Raphaël Gottardo, Matthew R. Stone, Jamie Guenthoer and Thomas H. Pulliam.

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