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Alan F. Williams publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan F. Williams sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 128 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Alan F. Williams D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan F. Williams sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alan F. Williams was affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focused on materials science, with a particular emphasis on materials chemistry.

The scientist's work covered various subfields including materials chemistry, oncology, biomedical engineering, genetics, and molecular biology. Their main research topics involved crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, CAR-T cell therapy research, nanowire synthesis and applications, virus-based gene therapy research, viral infectious diseases and gene expression in insects, as well as free radicals and antioxidants.

Williams's recent publications spanned several years and venues. Notable papers included:

  • Endowing universal CAR T-cell with immune-evasive properties using TALEN-gene editing, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Endowing Universal CAR T-cell with Immune-Evasive Properties using TALEN-Gene Editing, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Author Correction: Repurposing endogenous immune pathways to tailor and control chimeric antigen receptor T cell functionality, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Elephants in the Room, Part 1: Protons in Redox Reactions, 2021, CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry
  • Elephants in the Room, Part 2: Gymnastics for Elementary Particles, 2021, CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry

Frequent co-authors included Alan M. Downward, Matteo Granelli, Laure Guénée, Céline Besnard, and Billal Jahangiri.

Williams contributed regularly to several publication venues with multiple papers in The Cambridge Structural Database, Nature Communications, and CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. Other venues for publication included bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) and Helvetica Chimica Acta.

Best Publications

  • The Immunoglobulin Superfamily—Domains for Cell Surface Recognition

    and A F Williams;A N Barclay

  • Production of monoclonal antibodies to group A erythrocytes, HLA and other human cell surface antigens-new tools for genetic analysis.

    C.J. Barnstable;W.F. Bodmer;G. Brown;G. Galfre

  • Cell-Surface Anchoring of Proteins via Glycosyl-Phosphatidylinositol Structures

    Michael A. J. Ferguson;Alan F. Williams

  • Transferrin receptor on endothelium of brain capillaries

    Wilfred A. Jefferies;Malcolm R. Brandon;Simon V. Hunt;Alan F. Williams

  • Analysis of cell surfaces by xenogeneic myeloma-hybrid antibodies: differentiation antigens of rat lymphocytes.

    Alan F. Williams;Giovanni Galfrè;Cesar Milstein

  • Identification of Ia glycoproteins in rat thymus and purification from rat spleen.

    W. Robert McMaster;Alan F. Williams

  • Two subsets of rat T lymphocytes defined with monoclonal antibodies.

    R J Brideau;P B Carter;W R McMaster;D W Mason

  • Neuronal cell Thy-1 glycoprotein: homology with immunoglobulin

    Alan F. Williams;Jean Gagnon

  • Antigens of activated rat T lymphocytes including a molecule of 50,000 Mr detected only on CD4 positive T blasts.

    D.J. Paterson;W.A. Jefferies;J.R. Green;M.R. Brandon

  • A year in the life of the immunoglobulin superfamily

    Alan F. Williams

  • Complete structure of the glycosyl phosphatidylinositol membrane anchor of rat brain Thy-1 glycoprotein.

    Steve W. Homans;Michael A. J. Ferguson;Raymond A. Dwek;Thomas W. Rademacher

  • Mouse monoclonal antibodies against rat major histocompatibility antigens. Two Ia antigens and expression of Ia and class I antigens in rat thymus

    T Fukumoto;W R McMaster;A F Williams

  • AUTHENTIC T HELPER CD4 (W3/25) ANTIGEN ON RAT PERITONEAL MACROPHAGES

    Wilfred A. Jefferies;Jon R. Green;Alan F. Williams

  • Crystal structure at 2.8 A resolution of a soluble form of the cell adhesion molecule CD2.

    E Y Jones;S J Davis;A F Williams;K Harlos

  • T-lymphocyte heterogeneity in the rat: separation of functional subpopulations using a monoclonal antibody.

    R A White;D W Mason;A F Williams;G Galfre

  • Molecular and antigenic heterogeneity of the rat leukocyte-common antigen from thymocytes and T and B lymphocytes.

    G R Woollett;A N Barclay;M Puklavec;A F Williams

  • Purification with monoclonal antibody of a predominant leukocyte-common antigen and glycoprotein from rat thymocytes

    C A Sunderland;W R McMaster;A F Williams

  • A Glycophospholipid Tail at the Carboxyl Terminus of the Thy-1 Glycoprotein of Neurons and Thymocytes

    A. G. D. Tse;A. N. Barclay;A. Watts;A. F. Williams

  • The dimensions of the T lymphocyte glycoprotein leukosialin and identification of linear protein epitopes that can be modified by glycosylation.

    J G Cyster;D M Shotton;A F Williams

  • MRC OX-22, a monoclonal antibody that labels a new subset of T lymphocytes and reacts with the high molecular weight form of the leukocyte-common antigen.

    G P Spickett;M R Brandon;D W Mason;A F Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

A N Barclay
A N Barclay University of Oxford
Simon J. Davis
Simon J. Davis University of Oxford
A. Neil Barclay
A. Neil Barclay University of Oxford
Jean Gagnon
Jean Gagnon University of Montreal
Antony C. Willis
Antony C. Willis University of Oxford
Wilfred A. Jefferies
Wilfred A. Jefferies University of British Columbia
Pauline Johnson
Pauline Johnson University of British Columbia
Paul C. Driscoll
Paul C. Driscoll University College London
Raymond A. Dwek
Raymond A. Dwek University of Oxford
Kenneth B. M. Reid
Kenneth B. M. Reid University of Oxford

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