Wendy M. Williams

8.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
72 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Wendy M. Williams is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Gender Studies and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Wendy M. Williams has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 12 papers in Gender Studies and 10 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Wendy M. Williams's work include Cognitive Abilities and Testing (14 papers), Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (9 papers) and Career Development and Diversity (8 papers). Wendy M. Williams is often cited by papers focused on Cognitive Abilities and Testing (14 papers), Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (9 papers) and Career Development and Diversity (8 papers). Wendy M. Williams collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Wendy M. Williams's co-authors include Stephen J. Ceci, Robert J. Sternberg, Susan M. Barnett, Shulamit Kahn, Donna K. Ginther, Joseph A. Horvath, Richard K. Wagner, Jennifer Hedlund, Scott Snook and George B. Forsythe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Psychological Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Wendy M. Williams

66 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Understanding current causes of women's underrepresentation in science

2011 716 citations Stephen J. Ceci, Wendy M. Williams Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Women in Academic Science

2014 674 citations Stephen J. Ceci, Donna K. Ginther et al. PubMed profile →
Women's underrepresentation in science: Sociocultural and biological considerations.

2009 650 citations Stephen J. Ceci, Wendy M. Williams et al. profile →
Practical Intelligence in Everyday Life

2000 389 citations Robert J. Sternberg, Wendy M. Williams et al. profile →
National hiring experiments reveal 2:1 faculty preference for women on STEM tenure track

2015 266 citations Wendy M. Williams, Stephen J. Ceci Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Exploring Gender Bias in Six Key Domains of Academic Science: An Adversarial Collaboration

2023 51 citations Stephen J. Ceci, Shulamit Kahn et al. PubMed profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wendy M. Williams United States	26	1.4k	1.3k	1.3k	1.1k	1.0k	72	5.1k
Ruth Kanfer United States	33	1.4k 1.0×	884 0.7×	641 0.5×	539 0.5×	2.6k 2.5×	63	8.7k
James P. Byrnes United States	32	904 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	472 0.4×	390 0.4×	747 0.7×	73	5.5k
Sapna Cheryan United States	28	1.2k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	2.1k 1.7×	2.0k 1.8×	1.3k 1.3×	52	6.3k
Michael A. McDaniel United States	44	1.0k 0.7×	464 0.4×	591 0.5×	304 0.3×	2.3k 2.2×	107	7.7k
Richard D. Arvey United States	46	885 0.6×	459 0.4×	991 0.8×	372 0.3×	1.8k 1.8×	155	7.0k
Gerhard Sonnert United States	34	978 0.7×	2.4k 1.9×	555 0.4×	1.9k 1.8×	580 0.6×	133	4.7k
Linda J. Sax United States	36	454 0.3×	3.3k 2.6×	815 0.6×	1.5k 1.4×	1.0k 1.0×	96	6.0k
Rosalie J. Hall United States	31	656 0.5×	568 0.4×	655 0.5×	353 0.3×	2.0k 1.9×	58	6.2k
Ronald E. Riggio United States	47	1.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	540 0.4×	367 0.3×	3.5k 3.4×	124	9.0k
Steven J. Karau United States	31	1.0k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	4.5k 3.5×	638 0.6×	3.4k 3.3×	64	11.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wendy M. Williams

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Clark, Connie J., Roy F. Baumeister, Stephen J. Ceci, et al.. (2024). Taboos and Self-Censorship Among U.S. Psychology Professors. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 20(5). 941–957. 13 indexed citations

Ceci, Stephen J., Shulamit Kahn, & Wendy M. Williams. (2023). Exploring Gender Bias in Six Key Domains of Academic Science: An Adversarial Collaboration. PubMed. 24(1). 15–73. 51 indexed citations breakdown →

Ceci, Stephen J. & Wendy M. Williams. (2023). Are Claims of Fairness Toward Women in the Academy “Manufactured”? The Risk of Basing Arguments on Incomplete Data. Sexuality & Culture. 28(1). 1–20. 2 indexed citations

Bernstein, Robert, et al.. (2022). Assessing Gender Bias in Particle Physics and Social Science Recommendations for Academic Jobs. Social Sciences. 11(2). 74–74. 9 indexed citations

Ceci, Stephen J. & Wendy M. Williams. (2018). Who Decides What Is Acceptable Speech on Campus? Why Restricting Free Speech Is Not the Answer. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 13(3). 299–323. 18 indexed citations

Williams, Wendy M., et al.. (2017). Does Gender of Administrator Matter? National Study Explores U.S. University Administrators' Attitudes About Retaining Women Professors in STEM. Frontiers in Psychology. 8. 700–700. 9 indexed citations

Ceci, Stephen J., et al.. (2016). How to actualize potential: a bioecological approach to talent development. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1377(1). 10–21. 2 indexed citations

Ceci, Stephen J. & Wendy M. Williams. (2015). Women have substantial advantage in STEM faculty hiring, except when competing against more-accomplished men. Frontiers in Psychology. 6. 1532–1532. 48 indexed citations

Williams, Wendy M., et al.. (2014). Attracting STEM Talent: Do STEM Students Prefer Traditional or Work/Life-Interaction Labs?. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e89801–e89801. 7 indexed citations

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Ceci, Stephen J., Donna K. Ginther, Shulamit Kahn, & Wendy M. Williams. (2014). Women in Academic Science. PubMed. 15(3). 75–141. 674 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gualtieri, Lisa & Wendy M. Williams. (2012). Welcome the first issue of Future Learning!. 1(1). 1–2.

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Ceci, Stephen J. & Wendy M. Williams. (2011). Understanding current causes of women's underrepresentation in science. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(8). 3157–3162. 716 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ceci, Stephen J. & Wendy M. Williams. (2010). Sex Differences in Math-Intensive Fields. Current Directions in Psychological Science. 19(5). 275–279. 193 indexed citations

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Williams, Wendy M. & Stephen J. Ceci. (2007). Does Tenure Really Work. The chronicle of higher education. 53(27). 4 indexed citations

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Williams, Wendy M., Paul B. Papierno, Matthew C. Makel, & Stephen J. Ceci. (2003). Thinking Like A Scientist About Real-World Problems: The Cornell Institute for Research on Children Science Education Program. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. 25(1). 107–126. 37 indexed citations

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Scullin, Matthew H., Elizabeth Peters, Wendy M. Williams, & Stephen J. Ceci. (2000). The role of IQ and education in predicting later labor market outcomes: Implications for affirmative action.. Psychology Public Policy and Law. 6(1). 63–89. 15 indexed citations

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Ceci, Stephen J. & Wendy M. Williams. (1999). The nature-nurture debate : the essential readings. 39 indexed citations

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Williams, Wendy M.. (1998). Applying the Triarchic Theory of Human Intelligence in the Classroom. 9–24. 15 indexed citations

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Williams, Wendy M. & Stephen J. Ceci. (1997). A Person–Process–Context–Time Approach to Understanding Intellectual Development. Review of General Psychology. 1(3). 288–310. 2 indexed citations

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Sternberg, Robert J. & Wendy M. Williams. (1997). Does the Graduate Record Examination predict meaningful success in the graduate training of psychology? A case study.. American Psychologist. 52(6). 630–641. 7 indexed citations

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