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D-Index
123
Citations
52953
World Ranking
354
National Ranking
46

Steve C.R. Williams publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Steve C.R. Williams sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 502 publications — 95th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Steve C.R. Williams D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Steve C.R. Williams sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 123 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Internal medicine
  • Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry

Steve C.R. Williams mainly focuses on Functional magnetic resonance imaging, Neuroscience, Functional imaging, White matter and Audiology. His studies deal with areas such as Cognitive psychology, Motor control, Prefrontal cortex, Hypofrontality and Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder as well as Functional magnetic resonance imaging. His Cognitive psychology research incorporates themes from Developmental disorder, Autism and Asperger syndrome.

His Functional imaging study combines topics in areas such as Psychosis, Verbal fluency test and Schizophrenia. His White matter study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Diffusion MRI, Cognition, Pathology, Dementia and Amyloid. The various areas that he examines in his Audiology study include Analysis of variance, Insula, Calorie, Psychiatry and Facial expression.

His most cited work include:

  • Social intelligence in the normal and autistic brain: an fMRI study. (1175 citations)
  • Hypofrontality in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder during higher-order motor control: a study with functional MRI. (889 citations)
  • Statistical methods of estimation and inference for functional MR image analysis (632 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Steve C.R. Williams spends much of his time researching Neuroscience, Functional magnetic resonance imaging, Audiology, Psychosis and Internal medicine. Neuroimaging, Cognition, Brain mapping, Brain activity and meditation and Cortex are the core of his Neuroscience study. He interconnects Cognitive psychology, Temporal cortex, Psychiatry, Prefrontal cortex and Functional imaging in the investigation of issues within Functional magnetic resonance imaging.

His Audiology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in White matter, Insula, Anorexia nervosa, Developmental psychology and Verbal fluency test. His study in Psychosis is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Schizophrenia and Cannabis. His Internal medicine research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Anterior cingulate cortex, Endocrinology, Oncology and Cardiology.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Neuroscience (29.51%)
  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging (22.95%)
  • Audiology (15.30%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Psychosis (14.21%)
  • Internal medicine (14.21%)
  • Cannabis (6.01%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Psychosis, Internal medicine, Cannabis, Neuroscience and Audiology. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Endocrinology, Schizophrenia, Grey matter and Cardiology. His Neuroscience research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Alzheimer's disease and Disease.

The Audiology study combines topics in areas such as Fasciculus, Uncinate fasciculus, Functional magnetic resonance imaging, Superior longitudinal fasciculus and Cohort. As part of one scientific family, Steve C.R. Williams deals mainly with the area of Functional magnetic resonance imaging, narrowing it down to issues related to the Functional connectivity, and often Multi echo, Subclinical infection and Visual Hallucination. His research integrates issues of White matter and Prefrontal cortex in his study of Catatonia.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Vascular dysfunction-The disregarded partner of Alzheimer's disease (175 citations)
  • Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol increases striatal glutamate levels in healthy individuals: implications for psychosis. (31 citations)
  • A systematic review of associations between functional MRI activity and polygenic risk for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. (18 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Internal medicine
  • Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry

Steve C.R. Williams mainly investigates Psychosis, Audiology, Neuroscience, Internal medicine and Schizophrenia. His research in Psychosis intersects with topics in Bipolar disorder and Subclinical infection. The various areas that Steve C.R. Williams examines in his Audiology study include Verbal memory, Cognition, Episodic memory, Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and Functional magnetic resonance imaging.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Resting state fMRI, Multi echo and Functional connectivity in addition to Functional magnetic resonance imaging. His Neuroscience study combines topics in areas such as White matter, Pathophysiology and Alzheimer's disease, Dementia, Disease. The concepts of his Schizophrenia study are interwoven with issues in Imaging genetics, Working memory and Neuropsychology.

Best Publications

  • Social intelligence in the normal and autistic brain: an fMRI study.

    Simon Baron‐Cohen;Howard A. Ring;Sally Wheelwright;Edward T. Bullmore;Edward T. Bullmore

  • Hypofrontality in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder during higher-order motor control: a study with functional MRI.

    Katya Rubia;Stephan Overmeyer;Eric Taylor;Michael Brammer

  • Mapping motor inhibition: conjunctive brain activations across different versions of go/no-go and stop tasks.

    Katya Rubia;Tamara Russell;Stephan Overmeyer;Michael J. Brammer

  • Structural neuroimaging studies in major depressive disorder. Meta-analysis and comparison with bipolar disorder

    Matthew J Kempton;Zainab Salvador;Marcus R Munafò;John R Geddes

  • Attenuation of the neural response to sad faces in major depression by antidepressant treatment: a prospective, event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging study.

    Cynthia H. Y. Fu;Steven C. R. Williams;Anthony J. Cleare;Michael J. Brammer

  • Statistical methods of estimation and inference for functional MR image analysis

    Edward Bullmore;Michael Brammer;Steve C. R. Williams;Sophia Rabe-Hesketh

  • The neural correlates of anhedonia in major depressive disorder.

    Paul A. Keedwell;Chris Andrew;Steven C.R. Williams;Mick J. Brammer

  • A differential pattern of neural response toward sad versus happy facial expressions in major depressive disorder.

    Simon Surguladze;Michael J. Brammer;Paul Keedwell;Vincent Giampietro

  • Atlasing location, asymmetry and inter-subject variability of white matter tracts in the human brain with MR diffusion tractography.

    Michel Thiebaut de Schotten;Dominic H. ffytche;Alberto Bizzi;Flavio Dell'Acqua;Flavio Dell'Acqua

  • Non-invasive assessment of axonal fiber connectivity in the human brain via diffusion tensor MRI.

    Derek K. Jones;Andrew Simmons;Steve C.R. Williams;Mark A. Horsfield

  • Vascular dysfunction-The disregarded partner of Alzheimer's disease

    Melanie D. Sweeney;Axel Montagne;Abhay P. Sagare;Daniel A. Nation

  • Amygdala, Hippocampal and Corpus Callosum Size Following Severe Early Institutional Deprivation: The English and Romanian Adoptees Study Pilot.

    Mitul A. Mehta;Nicole I. Golembo;Chiara Nosarti;Emma Colvert

  • A functional MRI study of happy and sad affective states induced by classical music

    Martina T. Mitterschiffthaler;Cynthia H.Y. Fu;Jeffrey A. Dalton;Christopher M. Andrew

  • Meta-analysis, database, and meta-regression of 98 structural imaging studies in bipolar disorder.

    Matthew J. Kempton;John R. Geddes;Ulrich Ettinger;Steven C. R. Williams

  • Medial Prefrontal Cortex Activity Associated With Symptom Provocation in Eating Disorders

    Rudolf Uher;Tara Murphy;Michael J. Brammer;Tim Dalgleish

  • Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from COVID-19.

    Adam Hampshire;William Trender;Samuel R Chamberlain;Samuel R Chamberlain;Amy E. Jolly

  • Driving plasticity in human adult motor cortex is associated with improved motor function after brain injury.

    Chris Fraser;Maxine Power;Shaheen Hamdy;John Rothwell

  • Mapping Infant Brain Myelination with Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Sean C. L. Deoni;Evelyne Mercure;Evelyne Mercure;Anna Blasi;David Gasston

  • Describing the Brain in Autism in Five Dimensions—Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Assisted Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder Using a Multiparameter Classification Approach

    Christine Ecker;Andre Marquand;Janaina Mourão-Miranda;Patrick Johnston

  • A differential neural response to threatening and non-threatening negative facial expressions in paranoid and non-paranoid schizophrenics.

    Mary L. Phillips;Lea Williams;Carl Senior;Edward T. Bullmore

  • Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from COVID-19 relative to controls: An N=84,285 online study

    Adam Hampshire;William Trender;Samuel Chamberlain;Samuel Chamberlain;Amy Jolly

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward T. Bullmore
Edward T. Bullmore King's College London
Philip McGuire
Philip McGuire University of Oxford
Andrew Simmons
Andrew Simmons King's College London
Michael Brammer
Michael Brammer King's College London
Christopher Andrew
Christopher Andrew King's College London
Cynthia H.Y. Fu
Cynthia H.Y. Fu University of East London
Gareth J. Barker
Gareth J. Barker King's College London
John Suckling
John Suckling University of Cambridge
Mitul A. Mehta
Mitul A. Mehta King's College London
Sagnik Bhattacharyya
Sagnik Bhattacharyya King's College London

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