2026 David M. Williams: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	85	14497	13652	7333	6787	494	30137

Overview

David M. Williams is affiliated with Brown University in the United States. Their research spans several fields, primarily Medicine and Psychology, with a focus on subfields such as Physiology, Applied Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Genetics, and Computational Mechanics.

The scientist's main research topics include Behavioral Health and Interventions, Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet, Physical Activity and Health, Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Eating Disorders and Behaviors, Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics, and Matrix Theory and Algorithms.

Williams has published extensively in several venues. Frequent publication outlets include the Annals of Behavioral Medicine, arXiv (Cornell University), the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, the Journal of Behavioral Medicine, and Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.

A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Outcome Expectancy Construct in Physical Activity Research (2021), Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Daily Instrumental and Affective Attitudes About Exercise: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study (2021), Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Exercise as a smoking cessation treatment for women: a randomized controlled trial (2021), Journal of Behavioral Medicine
Acute exercise-induced changes in motivation and behavioral expectation for quitting smoking as predictors of smoking behavior in women (2022), Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
Pasos Hacia La Salud II: A Superiority RCT Utilizing Technology to Promote Physical Activity in Latinas (2024), American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Their research collaborations frequently involve several coauthors, including Shira Dunsiger, Harold Lee, Jessica A. Emerson, Lauren Connell Bohlen, and Beth C. Bock.

Best Publications

2010 ACCF/AHA/AATS/ACR/ASA/SCA/SCAI/SIR/STS/SVM guidelines for the diagnosis and management of patients with thoracic aortic disease: Executive summary: A report of the american college of cardiology foundation/american heart association task force on practice guidelines, american association for thoracic surgery, american college of radiology, american stroke association

Loren F. Hiratzka;George L. Bakris;Joshua A. Beckman;Robert M. Bersin

2937
Citations
2010 ACCF/AHA/AATS/ACR/ASA/SCA/SCAI/SIR/STS/SVM Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Thoracic Aortic Disease

Loren F. Hiratzka;George L. Bakris;Joshua A. Beckman;Robert M. Bersin

2072
Citations
Breath-hold gadolinium-enhanced MR angiography of the abdominal aorta and its major branches.

M R Prince;D L Narasimham;J C Stanley;T L Chenevert

817
Citations
Physical Activity Intervention Studies What We Know and What We Need to Know: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism (Subcommittee on Physical Activity); Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young; and the Interdisciplinary Working Group on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research

Bess H. Marcus;David M. Williams;Patricia M. Dubbert;James F. Sallis

815
Citations
Acute Affective Response to a Moderate-intensity Exercise Stimulus Predicts Physical Activity Participation 6 and 12 Months Later.

David M. Williams;Shira Dunsiger;Joseph T. Ciccolo;Beth A. Lewis

802
Citations
A review of the outcome expectancy construct in physical activity research.

David M. Williams;Eileen S. Anderson;Richard A. Winett

492
Citations
Social-cognitive determinants of physical activity: the influence of social support, self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and self-regulation among participants in a church-based health promotion study.

Eileen S. Anderson;Janet R. Wojcik;Richard A. Winett;David M. Williams

454
Citations
The confounded self-efficacy construct: conceptual analysis and recommendations for future research

David M. Williams;Ryan E. Rhodes

398
Citations
The dissected aorta: part III. Anatomy and radiologic diagnosis of branch-vessel compromise.

D. M. Williams;Do Yun Lee;B. H. Hamilton;M. V. Marx

370
Citations
Sensitivity of the Aortic Dissection Detection Risk Score, a Novel Guideline-Based Tool for Identification of Acute Aortic Dissection at Initial Presentation Results From the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection

Adam M. Rogers;Luke K. Hermann;Anna M. Booher;Christoph A. Nienaber

341
Citations
Three-dimensional gadolinium-enhanced MR angiography of the thoracic aorta

M R Prince;D L Narasimham;W T Jacoby;D M Williams

334
Citations
The dissected aorta: percutaneous treatment of ischemic complications--principles and results.

David M. Williams;Do Y. Lee;Brian H. Hamilton;M. Victoria Marx

330
Citations
Does affective valence during and immediately following a 10-min walk predict concurrent and future physical activity?

David M. Williams;Shira Dunsiger;Shira Dunsiger;Ernestine G. Jennings;Ernestine G. Jennings;Bess H. Marcus;Bess H. Marcus;Bess H. Marcus

312
Citations
Penetrating atherosclerotic ulcers of the descending thoracic aorta: evaluation with CT and distinction from aortic dissection.

Ella A. Kazerooni;Robert L. Bree;David M. Williams

307
Citations
Language in autism and specific language impairment: where are the links?

David M. Williams;Nicola Botting;Jill Boucher

295
Citations
Surgical Delay for Acute Type A Dissection With Malperfusion

G.Michael Deeb;David M Williams;Steven F Bolling;Leslie E Quint

280
Citations
A comparison of internet and print-based physical activity interventions

Bess H. Marcus;Beth A. Lewis;David M. Williams;Shira Dunsiger

270
Citations
Aortic dissection: CT features that distinguish true lumen from false lumen

M A LePage;L E Quint;S S Sonnad;G M Deeb

268
Citations
Diagnosis and endovascular treatment of iliocaval compression syndrome.

Darren R. Hurst;Andrew R. Forauer;Jess R. Bloom;Lazar J. Greenfield

264
Citations
2010 ACCF/AHA/AATS/ACR/ASA/SCA/SCAI/SIR/STS/SVM Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Thoracic Aortic Disease: Executive Summary

Loren F. Hiratzka;George L. Bakris;Joshua A. Beckman;Robert M. Bersin

248
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Shira Dunsiger Brown University

Bess H. Marcus Brown University

Gilbert R. Upchurch University of Florida

Beth C. Bock Brown University

Kim A. Eagle University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

James C. Stanley University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Ella A. Kazerooni University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Christopher Jarrold University of Bristol

Ryan E. Rhodes University of Victoria

Thomas W. Wakefield University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

External Links

Personal website of David M. Williams

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