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Elizabeth S. Williams

Elizabeth S. Williams

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Animal Science and Veterinary
USA
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
61
Citations
14542
World Ranking
306
National Ranking
109

Elizabeth S. Williams publication distribution in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Elizabeth S. Williams sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 155 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 442 publications or more.

Elizabeth S. Williams D-index placement in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Elizabeth S. Williams sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United States Leader Award

Overview

Elizabeth S. Williams was affiliated with the University of Wyoming in the United States. Their academic work focused primarily on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to specialized subfields such as Cancer Research, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, History and Philosophy of Science, and Surgery.

The scientist's research encompassed a variety of topics including Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases, Oropharyngeal Anatomy and Pathologies, Stress Responses and Cortisol, Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, earthquake and tectonic studies, and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research.

Williams authored several recent papers in notable journals. These included:

  • Circuit-specific hippocampal ΔFosB underlies resilience to stress-induced social avoidance, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Understanding hope and what it means for the future of conservation, 2020, Biological Conservation
  • Sex Differences in Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and Preclinical Animal Models for the Study of Depression, 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology
  • Minimising Adverse Drug Reactions and Verifying Economic Legitimacy-Pharmacogenomics Implementation in Children (MARVEL- PIC): protocol for a national randomised controlled trial of pharmacogenomics implementation, 2024, BMJ Open
  • A case series to examine the perinatal outcomes of infants conceived by intravaginal culture (IVC), 2022, Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

The scientist often collaborated with a group of frequent coauthors, who appeared in multiple publications. These coauthors were:

  • Alfred J. Robison
  • Zachary AbuRahma
  • Andrew Lee
  • Ali F. AbuRahma
  • Meghan Davis-Jordan

Williams's work was published repeatedly in specific venues, with multiple publications appearing in:

  • Visions in leisure and business
  • Journal of Vascular Surgery
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Nature Communications
  • Biological Conservation

The profile of Elizabeth S. Williams reflects a multidisciplinary approach that spanned clinical medicine and scientific research, coupled with engagement in both medical and geological scientific communities. This diverse engagement is evident in contributions to both biomedical and environmental conservation literature.

Best Publications

  • Chronic wasting disease of captive mule deer: a spongiform encephalopathy.

    E. S. Williams;S. Young

  • Environmental sources of prion transmission in mule deer.

    Michael W Miller;Elizabeth S. C. P. Williams;N. Thompson Hobbs;Lisa L Wolfe

  • Infectious diseases of wild mammals.

    Elizabeth S. Williams;Ian K. Barker

  • Chronic Wasting Disease of Deer and Elk: A Review with Recommendations for Management

    Elizabeth S. Williams;Michael W. Miller;Terry J. Kreeger;Richard H. Kahn

  • Prion disease: Horizontal prion transmission in mule deer

    Michael W. Miller;Elizabeth S. Williams

  • Spongiform encephalopathy of Rocky Mountain elk.

    Elizabeth S. Williams;Stuart Young

  • Oral transmission and early lymphoid tropism of chronic wasting disease PrPres in mule deer fawns (Odocoileus hemionus).

    Christina J. Sigurdson;Elizabeth S. Williams;Michael W. Miller;Terry R. Spraker

  • SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY IN FREE-RANGING MULE DEER (ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS), WHITE-TAILED DEER (ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS) AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK (CERVUS ELAPHUS NELSONI) IN NORTHCENTRAL COLORADO

    T. R. Spraker;M. W. Miller;E. S. Williams;D. M. Getzy

  • EPIZOOTIOLOGY OF CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE IN FREE-RANGING CERVIDS IN COLORADO AND WYOMING

    M W Miller;E S Williams;C W McCarty;C W McCarty;T R Spraker

  • Disease and Endangered Species: The Black-footed Ferret as a Recent Example

    E. Tom Thorne;Elizabeth S. Williams

  • Evidence of a molecular barrier limiting susceptibility of humans, cattle and sheep to chronic wasting disease.

    G.J. Raymond;A. Bossers;L.D. Raymond;K.I. O'Rourke

  • Chronic wasting disease and potential transmission to humans.

    Ermias D. Belay;Ryan A. Maddox;Elizabeth S. Williams;Michael W. Miller

  • Spongiform encephalopathies in Cervidae.

    Williams Es;Young S

  • CANINE DISTEMPER IN BLACK-FOOTED FERRETS (MUSTELA NIGRIPES) FROM WYOMING

    E. S. Williams;E. T. Thome;M. J. G. Appel;D. W. Belitsky

  • Chronic wasting disease in deer and elk in North America.

    E S Williams;M W Miller

  • INTERSPECIFIC COMPARISONS OF SYLVATIC PLAGUE IN PRAIRIE DOGS

    Jack F. Cully;Elizabeth S. Williams

  • Transmission of Prions from Mule Deer and Elk with Chronic Wasting Disease to Transgenic Mice Expressing Cervid PrP

    Shawn R. Browning;Gary L. Mason;Tanya Seward;Mike Green

  • PrP genotypes of captive and free-ranging Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) with chronic wasting disease.

    K. I. O’Rourke;T. E. Besser;M. W. Miller;T. F. Cline

  • Neuropathology of Chronic Wasting Disease of Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and Elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni)

    E. S. Williams;S. Young

  • Epidemiology of chronic wasting disease in captive Rocky Mountain elk

    Michael W. Miller;Margaret A. Wild;Elizabeth S. Williams

  • Patterns of PrPCWD accumulation during the course of chronic wasting disease infection in orally inoculated mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus).

    Karen A. Fox;Jean E. Jewell;Elizabeth S. Williams;Michael W. Miller

  • Susceptibilities of Nonhuman Primates to Chronic Wasting Disease

    Brent Race;Kimberly D. Meade-White;Michael W. Miller;Kent D. Barbian

  • Emerging infectious diseases in wildlife.

    E S Williams;T Yuill;M Artois;J Fischer

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael W. Miller
Michael W. Miller MSD (United States)
Terry R. Spraker
Terry R. Spraker Colorado State University
N. Thompson Hobbs
N. Thompson Hobbs Colorado State University
Richard E. Race
Richard E. Race National Institutes of Health
Stanley H. Anderson
Stanley H. Anderson University of Wyoming
Bruce Chesebro
Bruce Chesebro National Institutes of Health
D. Carleton Gajdusek
D. Carleton Gajdusek National Institutes of Health
Byron Caughey
Byron Caughey National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Eric M. Gese
Eric M. Gese United States Department of Agriculture
Max J. G. Appel
Max J. G. Appel Cornell University

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