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87
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2858
National Ranking
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Medicine

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John A. 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 John A. Williams sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 514 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John A. 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 John A. Williams sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

John A. Williams is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans a range of topics related primarily to medicine, with significant work in subfields such as surgery, general health professions, genetics, molecular biology, and sociology and political science.

The main topics covered by Williams's research include:

  • Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Social Work Education and Practice
  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Conferences and Exhibitions Management

Frequent publication venues for Williams include:

  • Lubricants
  • Gastroenterology
  • Journal of Graduate Medical Education
  • Nature Communications
  • Communications Chemistry

Williams has collaborated repeatedly with several coauthors, including:

  • Maria Dolors Sans
  • Jason I.E. Bruce
  • Rosa Sánchez-Alvarez
  • Sarah Sugden
  • Laura M. Donahue

Key recent papers authored or coauthored by Williams are:

  • "The Carbon Footprint of Residency Interview Travel" (2021), published in the Journal of Graduate Medical Education
  • "Insulin protects acinar cells during pancreatitis by preserving glycolytic ATP supply to calcium pumps" (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • "Effects of Laser Surface Texturing and Lubrication on the Vibrational and Tribological Performance of Sliding Contact" (2022), published in Lubricants
  • "Artificial intelligence-driven design of fuel mixtures" (2022), published in Communications Chemistry
  • "Place and space in social work" (2020), published in Qualitative Social Work

This research profile reflects an interdisciplinary approach, combining clinical medicine, biochemical pathways, environmental impacts on health, and social dimensions of healthcare and education. Williams's work contributes to advancing knowledge across several interconnected areas of medical science and social research.

Best Publications

  • Cholecystokinin bioactivity in human plasma. Molecular forms, responses to feeding, and relationship to gallbladder contraction.

    R A Liddle;I D Goldfine;M S Rosen;R A Taplitz

  • Bioassay of plasma cholecystokinin in rats: Effects of food, trypsin inhibitor, and alcohol

    Rodger A. Liddle;I.D. Goldfine;J.A. Williams

  • Action of secretagogues on a new preparation of functionally intact, isolated pancreatic acini.

    John A. Williams;Murray Korc;Robert L. Dormer

  • Cholecystokinin receptors in the brain: characterization and distribution.

    Atsushi Saito;Hariharan Sankaran;Ira D. Goldfine;John A. Williams

  • Are Generalised Scalar Implicatures Generated by Default? An On-Line Investigation into the Role of Context in Generating Pragmatic Inferences.

    Richard Breheny;Napoleon Katsos;John Williams

  • A single mutation converts a novel phosphotyrosine binding domain into a dual-specificity phosphatase.

    Matthew J. Wishart;John M. Denu;John A. Williams;Jack E. Dixon

  • U73122 inhibits Ca2+ oscillations in response to cholecystokinin and carbachol but not to JMV-180 in rat pancreatic acinar cells.

    David I. Yule;John A. Williams

  • Regulation of gastric emptying in humans by cholecystokinin.

    R A Liddle;E T Morita;C K Conrad;J A Williams

  • Binding of cholecystokinin to high affinity receptors on isolated rat pancreatic acini.

    H Sankaran;I D Goldfine;C W Deveney;K Y Wong

  • The Insulin-Pancreatic Acinar Axis

    John A Williams;Ira D Goldfine

  • Proteins but not amino acids, carbohydrates, or fats stimulate cholecystokinin secretion in the rat

    R. A. Liddle;G. M. Green;C. K. Conrad;J. A. Williams

  • Intracellular signaling mechanisms activated by cholecystokinin-regulating synthesis and secretion of digestive enzymes in pancreatic acinar cells.

    John A Williams

  • Glucocorticoids Increase Amylase mRNA Levels, Secretory Organelles, and Secretion in Pancreatic Acinar AR42J Cells

    Craig D. Logsdon;Joachim Moessner;John A. Williams;Ira D. Goldfine

  • Regulation of pancreatic acinar cell function by intracellular calcium.

    J. A. Williams

  • Possible Role of Microtubules in Thyroid Secretion

    John A. Williams;J. Wolff

  • Two functionally distinct cholecystokinin receptors show different modes of action on Ca2+ mobilization and phospholipid hydrolysis in isolated rat pancreatic acini. Studies using a new cholecystokinin analog, JMV-180.

    Takashi Matozaki;Burkhard Göke;Yasuhiro Tsunoda;Marc Rodriguez

  • CHOLECYSTOKININ: A HORMONE AND A NEUROTRANS MITTER

    John A. Williams

  • Stimulus-secretion coupling in pancreatic acinar cells.

    Daniel B. Burnham;John A. Williams

  • Pancreatic Acinar Cells: Acetylcholine-Induced Membrane Depolarization, Calcium Efflux and Amylase Release

    E. K. Matthews;O. H. Petersen;J. A. Williams

  • Characterization of Receptors for Cholecystokinin and Related Peptides in Mouse Cerebral Cortex

    Atsushi Saito;Ira D. Goldfine;John A. Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Ira D. Goldfine
Ira D. Goldfine University of California, San Francisco
Stephen A. Ernst
Stephen A. Ernst University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David I. Yule
David I. Yule University of Rochester
Craig D. Logsdon
Craig D. Logsdon The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Philip C. Andrews
Philip C. Andrews University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Murray Korc
Murray Korc University of California, Irvine
Uta Griesenbach
Uta Griesenbach National Institutes of Health
Duncan M. Geddes
Duncan M. Geddes Imperial College London
Dixon M. Woodbury
Dixon M. Woodbury University of Utah
Eric W.F.W. Alton
Eric W.F.W. Alton National Institutes of Health

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