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Donald A. Williamson

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
79
Citations
23009
World Ranking
1517
National Ranking
907

Donald A. Williamson publications per year

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1971 2025

302 publications in total across all disciplines

Donald A. Williamson publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Donald A. Williamson sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 263 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Donald A. Williamson D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Donald A. Williamson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Donald A. Williamson is affiliated with the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in the United States. Their primary field of study is Computer Science, with a particular focus on Signal Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Neuroscience, Computational Mechanics, and Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism.

Williamson's research centers largely on speech and audio processing. The main topics covered in their scholarly work include:

  • Speech and Audio Processing
  • Music and Audio Processing
  • Speech Recognition and Synthesis
  • Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
  • Advanced Adaptive Filtering Techniques
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer

The scientist has contributed numerous papers across several venues with the following publication frequencies:

  • arXiv (Cornell University): 16 publications
  • Diabetes Care: 4 publications
  • Interspeech 2022: 3 publications
  • IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing: 3 publications
  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America: 3 publications

Notable recent papers include:

  • ConferencingSpeech 2022 Challenge: Non-intrusive Objective Speech Quality Assessment (NISQA) Challenge for Online Conferencing Applications, 2022, Interspeech 2022
  • Multi-Channel Multi-Frame ADL-MVDR for Target Speech Separation, 2021, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing
  • Risk Factors for the Development of Retinopathy in Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: The Diabetes Prevention Program Experience, 2022, Diabetes Care
  • Finding ikigai: How robots can support meaning in later life, 2022, Frontiers in Robotics and AI
  • Identification of Genetic Variation Influencing Metformin Response in a Multiancestry Genome-Wide Association Study in the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), 2022, Diabetes

Williamson frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors, each contributing significantly to shared research projects. These co-authors include:

  • Zhuohuang Zhang
  • Ronald Goldberg
  • Frank L. Greenway
  • Donna H. Ryan
  • Helen P. Hazuda

Best Publications

  • Long-term effects of a lifestyle intervention on weight and cardiovascular risk factors in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus: four-year results of the Look AHEAD trial.

    Rena R. Wing;Judy L. Bahnson;George A. Bray;Jeanne M. Clark

  • Effect of 6-month calorie restriction on biomarkers of longevity, metabolic adaptation, and oxidative stress in overweight individuals: a randomized controlled trial.

    Leonie K. Heilbronn;Lilian de Jonge;Madlyn I. Frisard;James P. DeLany

  • Effects of stevia, aspartame, and sucrose on food intake, satiety, and postprandial glucose and insulin levels

    Stephen D. Anton;Corby K. Martin;Hongmei Han;Sandra Coulon

  • Sex, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and BMI in relation to self-perception of overweight

    Sahasporn Paeratakul;Marney A. White;Donald A. Williamson;Donna H. Ryan

  • Development and Validation of the Food-Craving Inventory

    Marney A. White;Brooke L. Whisenhunt;Donald A. Williamson;Frank L. Greenway

  • A 2-Year Randomized Controlled Trial of Human Caloric Restriction: Feasibility and Effects on Predictors of Health Span and Longevity

    Eric Ravussin;Leanne M. Redman;James Rochon;Sai Krupa Das

  • COGNITIVE–BEHAVIORAL THEORIES OF EATING DISORDERS

    Donald A. Williamson;Marney A. White;Emily York-Crowe;Tiffany M. Stewart

  • Metabolic and Behavioral Compensations in Response to Caloric Restriction: Implications for the Maintenance of Weight Loss

    Leanne M. Redman;Leonie K. Heilbronn;Corby K. Martin;Lilian de Jonge

  • Development of the body checking questionnaire: a self-report measure of body checking behaviors.

    Deborah L. Reas;Brooke L Whisenhunt;Rick Netemeyer;Donald A. Williamson;Donald A. Williamson

  • Evidence for attention to threatening stimuli in depression

    Andrew Mathews;Valerie Ridgeway;Donald A. Williamson

  • Percent body fat measured by BIA and DEXA in obese, African-American adolescent girls.

    R L Newton;A Alfonso;M A White;E York-Crowe

  • Cognitive bias in eating disorders: implications for theory and treatment.

    Donald A. Williamson;Stephanie L. Muller;Deborah L. Reas;Jean M. Thaw

  • Comparison of Body Composition Methods in Obese African‐American Women

    Robert L. Newton;Anthony Alfonso;Emily York-Crowe;Heather Walden

  • Development of a simple procedure for assessing body image disturbances.

    Donald A. Williamson;C. J. Davis;Sandra M. Bennett;Anthony J. Goreczny

  • Impact of a Weight Management Program on Health-Related Quality of Life in Overweight Adults With Type 2 Diabetes

    Donald A. Williamson;Jack Rejeski;Wei Lang;Brent Van Dorsten

  • Mood-congruent memory in depression: emotional priming or elaboration?

    Philip C. Watkins;Andrew Mathews;Donald A. Williamson;Richard D. Fuller

  • Effect of 6-month calorie restriction and exercise on serum and liver lipids and markers of liver function.

    D. Enette Larson-Meyer;D. Enette Larson-Meyer;Bradley R. Newcomer;Leonie K. Heilbronn;Leonie K. Heilbronn;Julia Volaufova

  • Two-year internet-based randomized controlled trial for weight loss in African-American girls.

    Donald A. Williamson;Heather M. Walden;Marney A. White;Emily York-Crowe

  • Psychological and behavioral correlates of baseline BMI in the diabetes prevention program (DPP).

    Linda M. Delahanty;James B. Meigs;Doug Hayden;Donald A. Williamson

  • Psychopathology of eating disorders: A controlled comparison of bulimic, obese, and normal subjects.

    Donald A. Williamson;Mary Lou Kelley;C. J. Davis;Laurie Ruggiero

  • Impact of intensive lifestyle intervention on depression and health-related quality of life in type 2 diabetes: the Look AHEAD Trial

    Richard R Rubin;Thomas A Wadden;Judy L Bahnson;George L Blackburn

  • Structural equation modeling of risk factors for the development of eating disorder symptoms in female athletes.

    Donald A. Williamson;Richard G. Netemeyer;Lori P. Jackman;Drew A. Anderson

Frequent Co-Authors

Donna H. Ryan
Donna H. Ryan Pennington Biomedical Research Center
George A. Bray
George A. Bray Louisiana State University
Catherine M. Champagne
Catherine M. Champagne Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Frank M. Sacks
Frank M. Sacks Harvard University
Frank L. Greenway
Frank L. Greenway Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Marney A. White
Marney A. White Yale University
Eric Ravussin
Eric Ravussin Pennington Biomedical Research Center
David H. Gleaves
David H. Gleaves University of South Australia
Leanne M. Redman
Leanne M. Redman Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Richard G. Netemeyer
Richard G. Netemeyer University of Virginia

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