Stephen Williams

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 900 citations indexed

About

Stephen Williams is a scholar working on Media Technology, Sociology and Political Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Williams has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 900 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Media Technology, 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Stephen Williams's work include Engineering Education and Curriculum Development (9 papers), Engineering Education and Pedagogy (7 papers) and Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (7 papers). Stephen Williams is often cited by papers focused on Engineering Education and Curriculum Development (9 papers), Engineering Education and Pedagogy (7 papers) and Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (7 papers). Stephen Williams collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Stephen Williams's co-authors include Andréanne Doyon, John Robinson, M. G. Lawrence, Ortwin Renn, Patrizia Nanz, Roy Bendor, David Maggs, Joel Michael, Harold Modell and S A Whitescarver and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America and Personality and Individual Differences.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Williams

40 papers receiving 838 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 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.

  1. Characteristics, potentials, and challenges of transdisciplinary research
    2022 170 citations M. G. Lawrence, Stephen Williams et al. One Earth profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stephen Williams United States 13 255 242 110 103 90 46 900
Pius Krütli Switzerland 17 337 1.3× 420 1.7× 88 0.8× 32 0.3× 73 0.8× 53 1.1k
Anna Ernst Germany 9 385 1.5× 204 0.8× 101 0.9× 25 0.2× 83 0.9× 12 845
Darío Padovan Italy 12 172 0.7× 158 0.7× 29 0.3× 71 0.7× 48 0.5× 42 628
Thomas Brudermann Austria 16 142 0.6× 170 0.7× 41 0.4× 161 1.6× 73 0.8× 38 805
Hideaki Shiroyama Japan 10 137 0.5× 106 0.4× 51 0.5× 39 0.4× 64 0.7× 49 533
Ammar Abulibdeh Qatar 23 349 1.4× 124 0.5× 64 0.6× 139 1.3× 199 2.2× 76 1.5k
Georgios Τsantopoulos Greece 18 131 0.5× 339 1.4× 65 0.6× 208 2.0× 107 1.2× 75 1.0k
Ângela Guimarães Pereira Italy 19 288 1.1× 304 1.3× 28 0.3× 26 0.3× 70 0.8× 59 1.0k
Richard D. Duke United States 15 72 0.3× 181 0.7× 79 0.7× 119 1.2× 114 1.3× 38 938
Gudina Legese Ethiopia 5 170 0.7× 95 0.4× 59 0.5× 38 0.4× 77 0.9× 7 881

Countries citing papers authored by Stephen Williams

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen Williams

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Stephen Williams. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Stephen Williams. The network helps show where Stephen Williams may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Williams

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Williams, Stephen, et al.. (2025). A Forward Looking Electrical Engineering Curriculum.
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Williams, Stephen, et al.. (2024). Teaching Tip Threaded Case-Studies to Deepen Engagement in Foundation Business Analytics Courses. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 35(2). 112–121.
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Lawrence, M. G., Stephen Williams, Patrizia Nanz, & Ortwin Renn. (2022). Characteristics, potentials, and challenges of transdisciplinary research. One Earth. 5(1). 44–61. 170 indexed citations breakdown →
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Quitzow, Rainer, Germán Bersalli, Laima Eicke, et al.. (2021). The COVID-19 crisis deepens the gulf between leaders and laggards in the global energy transition. Energy Research & Social Science. 74. 101981–101981. 57 indexed citations
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Doyon, Andréanne, et al.. (2021). Unsettling transitions: Representing Indigenous peoples and knowledge in transitions research. Energy Research & Social Science. 81. 102255–102255. 32 indexed citations
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Williams, Stephen, et al.. (2021). Sustainability and the New Economics. 8 indexed citations
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Williams, Stephen, et al.. (2020). Addressing The Future: Development Of An Electrical Engineering Curriculum. 10.132.1–10.132.9. 1 indexed citations
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Williams, Stephen & Byron Newberry. (2020). First Year Experiences Implementing Minimum Self Paced Mastery In A Freshman Engineering Problem Solving Course. 3.287.1–3.287.12. 8 indexed citations
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Williams, Stephen. (2019). The splash and the ripples : assessing sustainability transition experiments. Open Collections. 4 indexed citations
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Williams, Stephen, et al.. (2018). Me on the Map: A Case Study of Interactive Theatre and Public Participation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 14(1).
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Williams, Stephen & Mingjie Lin. (2018). Architecture and Circuit Design of an All-Spintronic FPGA. Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research. 41–50. 8 indexed citations
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Bendor, Roy, et al.. (2017). The imaginary worlds of sustainability: observations from an interactive art installation. Ecology and Society. 22(2). 48 indexed citations
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Williams, Stephen, et al.. (2017). SIG. 1364–1367. 1 indexed citations
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Lefroy, Janet, Chris Harrison, Stephen Williams, et al.. (2014). Development and face validation of strategies for improving consultation skills. Advances in Health Sciences Education. 19(5). 661–685. 13 indexed citations
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Lefroy, Janet, et al.. (2011). Development and validation of an instrument to assess and improve clinical consultation skills. Keele Research Repository (Keele University). 5(2). 11 indexed citations
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Williams, Stephen, et al.. (2005). Preparing for Uncertainty - Addressing Globalization in an Engineering Curriculum. 1867. 5 indexed citations
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Babski-Reeves, Kari, et al.. (2005). A model to predict accommodations needed by disabled persons. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 13(3). 292–301. 1 indexed citations
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Williams, Stephen. (2002). Managing Workplace Stress: A Best Practice Blueprint. J. Wiley eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Williams, Stephen & J. W. Smith. (2002). AN INTELLIGENT TAP TEST AS AN INSPECTION TOOL FOR CORROSION IN CHEQUER PLATE FLOORS. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 257(5). 857–867. 3 indexed citations
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Beaumont, John R. & Stephen Williams. (1983). Project work in the geography curriculum : an advanced level primer. 2 indexed citations

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