William D. Fraser

20.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
376 papers, 13.3k citations indexed

About

William D. Fraser is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, William D. Fraser has authored 376 papers receiving a total of 13.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 117 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 65 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in William D. Fraser's work include Vitamin D Research Studies (114 papers), Bone health and osteoporosis research (89 papers) and Bone health and treatments (61 papers). William D. Fraser is often cited by papers focused on Vitamin D Research Studies (114 papers), Bone health and osteoporosis research (89 papers) and Bone health and treatments (61 papers). William D. Fraser collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. William D. Fraser's co-authors include Jonathan Tang, David M. Reid, Helen M. Macdonald, Stuart H. Ralston, Julie P. Greeves, Craig Sale, Debbie A. Lawlor, Jiten Vora, Aftab Ahmad and John Dutton 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

William D. Fraser

369 papers receiving 12.9k citations

Hit Papers

Maternal vitamin D status... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300
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. Maternal vitamin D status and adverse pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    2013 375 citations William D. Fraser et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
William D. Fraser 3.8k 3.7k 2.7k 2.6k 1.8k 376 13.3k
Christopher S. Kovács 5.2k 1.4× 3.2k 0.9× 1.6k 0.6× 1.8k 0.7× 1.0k 0.6× 141 11.3k
Meryl S. LeBoff 2.6k 0.7× 6.7k 1.8× 3.0k 1.1× 3.3k 1.3× 3.5k 1.9× 187 15.2k
Caren M. Gundberg 1.9k 0.5× 3.6k 1.0× 2.3k 0.9× 3.3k 1.3× 1.1k 0.6× 149 12.1k
Ghada El‐Hajj Fuleihan 5.5k 1.5× 5.4k 1.4× 2.0k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 1.8k 1.0× 186 12.8k
Peter Vestergaard 3.7k 1.0× 6.8k 1.8× 4.0k 1.5× 3.4k 1.3× 1.4k 0.7× 537 19.4k
Norman H. Bell 3.7k 1.0× 5.4k 1.4× 3.3k 1.2× 2.7k 1.0× 1.8k 1.0× 162 11.5k
Anne C. Looker 4.5k 1.2× 7.8k 2.1× 2.3k 0.9× 1.9k 0.7× 2.8k 1.5× 109 15.7k
Joan M. Lappe 3.5k 0.9× 5.2k 1.4× 1.4k 0.5× 2.0k 0.8× 2.0k 1.1× 168 10.7k
Peter R. Ebeling 5.6k 1.5× 6.8k 1.8× 5.0k 1.9× 4.2k 1.6× 4.0k 2.2× 568 23.6k
Louis V. Avioli 2.2k 0.6× 3.2k 0.9× 2.7k 1.0× 4.5k 1.8× 1.4k 0.8× 273 12.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William D. Fraser

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All Works

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Anderson, Liam, Craig Sale, Jonathan Tang, et al.. (2024). Training with reduced carbohydrate availability affects markers of bone resorption and formation in male academy soccer players from the English Premier League. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 124(12). 3767–3780. 1 indexed citations
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Colvin, Lesley, William D. Fraser, Jonathan Tang, et al.. (2024). Causes of Musculoskeletal Pain in Paget’s Disease of Bone. Calcified Tissue International. 115(5). 533–541.
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O’Leary, Thomas J., Sarah Jackson, Rachel M. Izard, et al.. (2024). Iron status is associated with tibial structure and vitamin D metabolites in healthy young men. Bone. 186. 117145–117145. 1 indexed citations
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Wardle, Sophie L., Thomas J. O’Leary, Richard Jones, et al.. (2024). Effect of Menstrual Cycle and Hormonal Contraception on Musculoskeletal Health and Performance: Protocol for a Prospective Cohort Design and Cross-Sectional Comparison. JMIR Research Protocols. 13. e50542–e50542.
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Tang, Jonathan, John A. Dutton, Rachel Dunn, et al.. (2024). Effects of resistance exercise, collagen ingestion and circulating oestrogen concentration on collagen synthesis in a female athlete: A case report. Experimental Physiology. 110(11). 1569–1575. 2 indexed citations
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O’Leary, Thomas J., et al.. (2023). Distal Tibial Bone Properties and Bone Stress Injury Risk in Young Men Undergoing Arduous Physical Training. Calcified Tissue International. 113(3). 317–328. 1 indexed citations
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Kumaran, Kalyanaraman, Catherine S. Birken, Jean‐Patrice Baillargeon, et al.. (2023). An intergenerational life-course approach to address early childhood obesity and adiposity: the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI). The Lancet Global Health. 11. S15–S15. 4 indexed citations
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Tang, Jonathan, John Dutton, William D. Fraser, et al.. (2023). The Collagen Synthesis Response to an Acute Bout of Resistance Exercise Is Greater when Ingesting 30 g Hydrolyzed Collagen Compared with 15 g and 0 g in Resistance-Trained Young Men. Journal of Nutrition. 154(7). 2076–2086. 10 indexed citations
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Schoenmakers, Inez, William D. Fraser, & Alastair Forbes. (2021). Vitamin D and acute and severe illness – a mechanistic and pharmacokinetic perspective. Nutrition Research Reviews. 36(1). 23–38. 9 indexed citations
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Gregson, Celia L., Marc W. van der Kamp, Paul Leo, et al.. (2020). Rare and Common Variants in GALNT3 May Affect Bone Mass Independently of Phosphate Metabolism. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 38(5). 678–691. 1 indexed citations
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Parekh, Dhruv, Jaimin Patel, Aaron Scott, et al.. (2016). Vitamin D Deficiency in Human and Murine Sepsis*. Critical Care Medicine. 45(2). 282–289. 48 indexed citations
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Gregson, Celia L., Kenneth Poole, Eugene McCloskey, et al.. (2014). Elevated circulating sclerostin concentrations in individuals with high bone mass, with and without LRP5 mutations. Apollo (University of Cambridge). 5 indexed citations
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Knip, Mikael, Hans K. Åkerblom, Dorothy Becker, et al.. (2014). Hydrolyzed Infant Formula and Early beta-Cell Autoimmunity A Randomized Clinical Trial. STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari). 8 indexed citations
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Bonilla, Carolina, Rebecca Gilbert, John P. Kemp, et al.. (2013). Using Genetic Proxies for Lifecourse Sun Exposure to Assess the Causal Relationship of Sun Exposure with Circulating Vitamin D and Prostate Cancer Risk. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 22(4). 597–606. 20 indexed citations
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Obermayer‐Pietsch, Barbara, Fernando Marín, Eugène McCloskey, et al.. (2008). Effects of Two Years of Daily Teriparatide Treatment on BMD in Postmenopausal Women With Severe Osteoporosis With and Without Prior Antiresorptive Treatment. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 23(10). 1591–1600. 204 indexed citations
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Simpson, Alec W.M., et al.. (2007). Potentiation of ATP- and Bradykinin-Induced [Ca2+]c Responses by PTHrP Peptides in the HaCaT Cell Line. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 128(5). 1107–1115. 9 indexed citations
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Peter, Rajesh, Vinita Mishra, & William D. Fraser. (2004). Severe hypocalcaemia after being given intravenous bisphosphonate. BMJ. 328(7435). 335–336. 66 indexed citations

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