William A. Nelson

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
142 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

William A. Nelson is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, William A. Nelson has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in General Health Professions, 31 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 18 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in William A. Nelson's work include Ethics in medical practice (32 papers), Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues (16 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (14 papers). William A. Nelson is often cited by papers focused on Ethics in medical practice (32 papers), Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues (16 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (14 papers). William A. Nelson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. William A. Nelson's co-authors include Ottar N. Bjørnstad, Andrew F. Read, Edward McCauley, Krijn P. Paaijmans, Matthew B. Thomas, Lindsay M. Beck‐Johnson, Arthur R. Derse, Linda Ganzini, Ladislav Volicer and Takehiko Yamanaka and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

William A. Nelson

134 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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Ethical challenges and evolving strategies in the integration of artificial intelligence into clinical practice

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William A. Nelson United States	26	954	607	391	346	243	142	2.6k
Christina Holzapfel Germany	24	1.1k 1.1×	365 0.6×	291 0.7×	388 1.1×	514 2.1×	92	4.3k
Karen Cox United Kingdom	30	1.1k 1.2×	1.2k 1.9×	149 0.4×	220 0.6×	309 1.3×	146	3.0k
David Buckley United States	36	417 0.4×	514 0.8×	442 1.1×	560 1.6×	236 1.0×	115	5.3k
Steven C. Palmer United States	34	693 0.7×	325 0.5×	480 1.2×	130 0.4×	484 2.0×	100	3.5k
George T. H. Ellison United Kingdom	24	773 0.8×	543 0.9×	288 0.7×	295 0.9×	269 1.1×	129	3.9k
L. Gandini Italy	40	2.0k 2.1×	219 0.4×	173 0.4×	581 1.7×	113 0.5×	124	5.5k
Peter Schattner Australia	26	513 0.5×	1.1k 1.9×	645 1.6×	374 1.1×	215 0.9×	93	5.2k
Christine M. Hunter United States	25	732 0.8×	1.2k 1.9×	568 1.5×	155 0.4×	623 2.6×	67	4.0k
Arianne Albert Canada	31	721 0.8×	181 0.3×	157 0.4×	504 1.5×	243 1.0×	174	3.6k
Sarah A. Smith United States	31	351 0.4×	544 0.9×	363 0.9×	535 1.5×	294 1.2×	114	3.7k

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Nelson, William A., et al.. (2025). Decades of historical outbreak cycles in a multivoltine insect reveal a plastic phenological response to climate change. Ecology. 106(7). e70149–e70149. 1 indexed citations

Otto, Sarah P., et al.. (2024). Variety is the spice of life: nongenetic variation in life histories influences population growth and evolvability. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 37(11). 1244–1263. 3 indexed citations

Nelson, William A., et al.. (2022). An integrated experimental and mathematical approach to inferring the role of food exploitation and interference interactions in shaping life history. Functional Ecology. 36(5). 1098–1112. 1 indexed citations

Holmes, Leslie A., William A. Nelson, Markus Dyck, & Stephen C. Lougheed. (2020). Enhancing the usefulness of artificial seeds in seed beetle model systems research. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 11(12). 1701–1706. 3 indexed citations

Ohm, Johanna R., et al.. (2016). Fitness consequences of altered feeding behavior in immune-challenged mosquitoes. Parasites & Vectors. 9(1). 113–113. 14 indexed citations

Nelson, William A., et al.. (2015). The Opportunities and Challenges for Shared Decision-Making in the Rural United States. HEC Forum. 27(2). 157–170. 3 indexed citations

Nelson, William A., et al.. (2015). A Proposed Nationwide Reporting System to Satisfy the Ethical Obligation to Prevent Drug Diversion-Related Transmission of Hepatitis C in Healthcare Facilities. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 60(12). 1816–1820. 3 indexed citations

Nelson, William A., Ottar N. Bjørnstad, & Takehiko Yamanaka. (2013). Recurrent Insect Outbreaks Caused by Temperature-Driven Changes in System Stability. Science. 341(6147). 796–799. 88 indexed citations

Fox, Jeremy W., William A. Nelson, & Edward McCauley. (2010). Coexistence mechanisms and the paradox of the plankton: quantifying selection from noisy data. Ecology. 91(6). 1774–1786. 26 indexed citations

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Ananthasubramaniam, Bharath, Roger M. Nisbet, William A. Nelson, Edward McCauley, & William S. C. Gurney. (2010). Stochastic growth reduces population fluctuations inDaphnia–algal systems. Ecology. 92(2). 362–372. 14 indexed citations

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Huijben, Silvie, William A. Nelson, Andrew R. Wargo, et al.. (2010). CHEMOTHERAPY, WITHIN-HOST ECOLOGY AND THE FITNESS OF DRUG-RESISTANT MALARIA PARASITES. Evolution. 64(10). no–no. 62 indexed citations

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Nelson, William A., Julia Neily, Peter D. Mills, & William B. Weeks. (2008). Collaboration of Ethics and Patient Safety Programs: Opportunities to Promote Quality Care. HEC Forum. 20(1). 15–27. 14 indexed citations

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Nelson, William A., Andrew S. Pomerantz, Kimberly A. S. Howard, & Angeline Bushy. (2007). A proposed rural healthcare ethics agenda. Journal of Medical Ethics. 33(3). 136–139. 42 indexed citations

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Nelson, William A., Gili Lushkov, Andrew S. Pomerantz, & William B. Weeks. (2006). Rural Health Care Ethics: Is There a Literature?. The American Journal of Bioethics. 6(2). 44–50. 14 indexed citations

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Weeks, William B., Gili Lushkov, William A. Nelson, & Amy E. Wallace. (2006). Characteristics of Rural and Urban Cadaveric Organ Transplant Donors and Recipients. The Journal of Rural Health. 22(3). 264–268. 10 indexed citations

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Ganzini, Linda, Ladislav Volicer, William A. Nelson, Ellen Fox, & Arthur R. Derse. (2005). Ten Myths About Decision-Making Capacity. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 6(3). S100–S104. 90 indexed citations

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Ganzini, Linda, Ladislav Volicer, William A. Nelson, & Arthur R. Derse. (2003). Pitfalls in Assessment of Decision-Making Capacity. Psychosomatics. 44(3). 237–243. 71 indexed citations

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Kornel, Ludwig, et al.. (1993). Mechanism of the effects of glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids on vascular smooth muscle contractility. Steroids. 58(12). 580–587. 38 indexed citations

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Nelson, William A.. (1980). Clinical teaching of care for terminally ill in a psychiatry clerkship. Academic Medicine. 55(7). 610–5. 5 indexed citations

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Nelson, William A., et al.. (1977). A Resident’s View of Mandatory Evaluation. Academic Psychiatry. 1(1). 109–113. 1 indexed citations

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