William Thompson

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
41 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

William Thompson is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Genetics and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, William Thompson has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 8 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in William Thompson's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (5 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (3 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (3 papers). William Thompson is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (5 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (3 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (3 papers). William Thompson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. William Thompson's co-authors include Hiroshi Asanuma, Susan Stoney, Jeffrey E. Lee, Merrick I. Ross, J. Jack Lee, Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, Chi‐Hong Tseng, Charles M. Balch, Sheena Lewis and Ian Young and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Neurophysiology.

In The Last Decade

William Thompson

38 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Multi-Institutional Melanoma Lymphatic Mapping Experience: The Prognostic Value of Sentinel Lymph Node Status in 612 Stage I or II Melanoma Patients

1999 865 citations Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, William Thompson et al. profile →
Excitation of pyramidal tract cells by intracortical microstimulation: effective extent of stimulating current.

1968 537 citations William Thompson et al. profile →

Peers

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Emmanouíl Karteris United Kingdom

Wenhua Liu China

Karsten Witt Germany

Pierre Duquette Canada

Jeffrey A. Russell United States

Helmut Butzkueven Australia

Marino Zorzon Italy

Maria Giovanna Marrosu Italy

Deborah A. Hall United States

Anne‐Marie Landtblom Sweden

Emmanouíl Karteris United Kingdom

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235 ×0.3

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454 ×1.0

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223 ×0.8

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Countries citing papers authored by William Thompson

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Thompson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Thompson

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20 of 20 papers shown

Runhaar, J., Katerina Trajanoska, William Thompson, et al.. (2025). Bidirectional causal relationship between obesity and osteoarthritis: Insights from a two-sample Mendelian randomization study. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open. 7(3). 100636–100636.

Thompson, William, et al.. (2025). Imaging of esophageal perforation including in the postoperative patient: a contemporary review. Abdominal Radiology. 51(2). 650–659.

Li, Michael Y., et al.. (2023). Learning to Learn Functions. Cognitive Science. 47(4). e13262–e13262.

Thompson, William, Subhashisa Swain, Sizheng Steven Zhao, et al.. (2023). Causal association between subtypes of osteoarthritis and common comorbidities: A Mendelian randomisation study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(4). 100414–100414. 4 indexed citations

Thompson, William, Robin N. Beaumont, Alan Kuang, et al.. (2021). Fetal alleles predisposing to metabolically favorable adiposity are associated with higher birth weight. Human Molecular Genetics. 31(11). 1762–1775. 3 indexed citations

Thompson, William, Robin N. Beaumont, Alan Kuang, et al.. (2021). Higher maternal adiposity reduces offspring birthweight if associated with a metabolically favourable profile. Diabetologia. 64(12). 2790–2802. 7 indexed citations

Thompson, William, Jessica Tyrrell, Maria Carolina Borges, et al.. (2019). Association of maternal circulating 25(OH)D and calcium with birth weight: A mendelian randomisation analysis. PLoS Medicine. 16(6). e1002828–e1002828. 32 indexed citations

Washington, Martha C., et al.. (2010). Exenatide reduces food intake and activates the enteric nervous system of the gastrointestinal tract and the dorsal vagal complex of the hindbrain in the rat by a GLP-1 receptor. Brain Research. 1344. 124–133. 50 indexed citations

Thompson, William, et al.. (2004). HIV-1/AIDS Neuropathology in a Canadian Teaching Centre. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques. 31(2). 235–241. 4 indexed citations

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Thompson, William, et al.. (2003). Endovascular Repair of Acute Innominate Artery Injury Due to Blunt Trauma. The American Surgeon. 69(2). 155–159. 17 indexed citations

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Murdison, Kenneth A., Frank A. Treiber, George A. Mensah, et al.. (1998). Prediction of Left Ventricular Mass in Youth with Family Histories of Essential Hypertension. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 315(2). 118–123. 46 indexed citations

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Gershenwald, Jeffrey E., Chi‐Hong Tseng, William Thompson, et al.. (1998). Improved sentinel lymph node localization in patients with primary melanoma with the use of radiolabeled colloid. Surgery. 124(2). 203–210. 3 indexed citations

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Price, John, et al.. (1997). A randomised controlled trial evaluating a novel cytotoxic drug delivery system for the treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 104(2). 145–149. 13 indexed citations

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Harper, Margaret, et al.. (1995). Successful pregnancy in association with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 173(3). 863–864. 19 indexed citations

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Thompson, William. (1995). Estrogen replacement therapy in practice: Trends and issues. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 173(3). 990–993. 20 indexed citations

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Lewis, Sheena, et al.. (1995). Total antioxidant capacity of seminal plasma is different in fertile and infertile men. Fertility and Sterility. 64(4). 868–870. 278 indexed citations

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McFaul, P., et al.. (1990). Treatment of clomiphene citrate-resistant polycystic ovarian syndrome with pure follicle-stimulating hormone or human menopausal gonadotropin. Fertility and Sterility. 53(5). 792–797. 27 indexed citations

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Thompson, William. (1987). On the comparison of effects.. American Journal of Public Health. 77(4). 491–492. 14 indexed citations

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Gray, Elizabeth, et al.. (1986). Congenital leukaemia: an unusual cause of stillbirth.. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 61(10). 1001–1006. 22 indexed citations

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Thompson, William, et al.. (1979). Trisomy 20 mosaicism in amniotic fluid cell culture. Clinical Genetics. 15(5). 440–443. 11 indexed citations

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