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Patrick Williamson

Patrick Williamson

Amherst College
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
11226
World Ranking
16580
National Ranking
6860

Patrick Williamson 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 Patrick Williamson sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 110 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Patrick Williamson 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 Patrick Williamson sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 71 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 16th percentile

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

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

Overview

Patrick Williamson is affiliated with Amherst College in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of neuroscience, with a focus on cellular and molecular neuroscience as well as neurology. This work engages topics related to axon guidance and neuronal signaling, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, and signaling pathways in disease.

Their recent papers include the following publications:

  • Quality control for translators in the financial services industry, 2021, Academia Letters
  • Functional Role for Cas Cytoplasmic Adaptor Proteins During Cortical Axon Pathfinding, 2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Functional role for Cas cytoplasmic adaptor proteins during cortical axon pathfinding, 2025, PLoS Genetics

Williamson frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Jason A. Estep
  • Alyssa M. Treptow
  • Wenny Wong
  • Martin M. Riccomagno
  • Payton A. DePalma

Their studies have appeared in a range of publication venues such as:

  • Academia Letters
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Genetics

Williamson's work addresses mechanisms underlying cortical axon pathfinding and the roles of cytoplasmic adaptor proteins. The research intersects molecular biology methodologies within neuroscience to understand neuronal signaling processes and their implications for neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation.

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms of phosphatidylserine exposure, a phagocyte recognition signal, on apoptotic T lymphocytes.

    B Verhoven;R A Schlegel;P Williamson

  • A Subfamily of P-Type ATPases with Aminophospholipid Transporting Activity

    Xiaojing Tang;Margaret S. Halleck;Robert A. Schlegel;Patrick Williamson

  • Phosphatidylserine, a death knell.

    R A Schlegel;P Williamson

  • Getting to the Outer Leaflet: Physiology of Phosphatidylserine Exposure at the Plasma Membrane

    Edouard M. Bevers;Patrick L. Williamson

  • Binding of α -bungarotoxin to Acetylcholine Receptors in Mammalian Muscle

    Darwin K. Berg;Regis B. Kelly;Peter B. Sargent;Patrick Williamson

  • Back and forth

    Patrick Williamson;Robert A Schlegel

  • Merocyanine 540, a fluorescent probe sensitive to lipid packing.

    Patrick Williamson;Karen Mattocks;Robert A. Schlegel

  • Phospholipid scramblase: An update

    Edouard M. Bevers;Patrick L. Williamson

  • Transbilayer phospholipid movement and the clearance of apoptotic cells

    Patrick Williamson;Robert A Schlegel

  • Exposure of phosphatidylserine is a general feature in the phagocytosis of apoptotic lymphocytes by macrophages.

    Stephen Krahling;Melissa K Callahan;Patrick Williamson;Robert A Schlegel

  • Ca2+ induces transbilayer redistribution of all major phospholipids in human erythrocytes.

    Patrick Williamson;Aaron Kulick;Alain Zachowski;Robert A. Schlegel

  • Membrane phospholipid asymmetry as a determinant of erythrocyte recognition by macrophages

    Leslie McEvoy;Patrick Williamson;Robert A. Schlegel

  • Continuous analysis of the mechanism of activated transbilayer lipid movement in platelets.

    Patrick Williamson;Edouard M. Bevers;Edgar F. Smeets;Paul Comfurius

  • Surface expression of phosphatidylserine on macrophages is required for phagocytosis of apoptotic thymocytes.

    M K Callahan;P Williamson;R A Schlegel

  • Engulfment of apoptotic cells involves the redistribution of membrane phosphatidylserine on phagocyte and prey.

    Didier Marguet;Marie-Francoise Luciani;Alix Moynault;Patrick Williamson

  • Involvement of spectrin in the maintenance of phase-state asymmetry in the erythrocyte membrane

    Patrick Williamson;Judy Bateman;Karen Kozarsky;Karen Mattocks

  • Compound heterozygosity for 2 novel TMEM16F mutations in a patient with Scott syndrome.

    Elisabetta Castoldi;Peter W. Collins;Patrick L. Williamson;Edouard M. Bevers

  • Regulation of phosphatidylserine exposure and phagocytosis of apoptotic T lymphocytes.

    Bret Verhoven;Stephen Krahling;Robert A Schlegel;Patrick Williamson

  • Antiphospholipid antibodies, proteins C and S, and coagulation changes in sickle cell disease.

    Maxwell P. Westerman;David Green;Alice Gilman-Sachs;Alice Gilman-Sachs;Alice Gilman-Sachs;Kenneth Beaman;Kenneth Beaman;Kenneth Beaman

  • Phosphatidylserine as a determinant of reticuloendothelial recognition of liposome models of the erythrocyte surface.

    T. M. Allen;Patrick Williamson;Robert A. Schlegel

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert A. Schlegel
Robert A. Schlegel Pennsylvania State University
Edouard M. Bevers
Edouard M. Bevers Maastricht University
Joost C. M. Holthuis
Joost C. M. Holthuis Osnabrück University
Hyeryun Choe
Hyeryun Choe Scripps Research Institute
Paul Comfurius
Paul Comfurius Maastricht University
Robert F. A. Zwaal
Robert F. A. Zwaal Maastricht University
Gary Felsenfeld
Gary Felsenfeld National Institutes of Health
Barbara Sollner-Webb
Barbara Sollner-Webb Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Alain Zachowski
Alain Zachowski Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Richard Simon
Richard Simon University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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