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William A. Harris

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
91
Citations
26935
World Ranking
1077
National Ranking
118

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
92
Citations
27629
World Ranking
2233
National Ranking
147

William A. Harris 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 William A. Harris sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 227 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William A. Harris 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 William A. Harris sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2007 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2004 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1985 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

William A. Harris is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields mainly within Health Professions and Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Physiology, General Health Professions, Speech and Hearing, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Biophysics.

The scientist's publication record includes multiple papers published in prominent venues, with a significant number appearing in MMWR Supplements. Other venues include the American Journal of Health Promotion, eLife, and the Journal of School Health.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by William A. Harris include:

  • Overview and Methods for the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System - United States, 2019 (2020) in MMWR Supplements
  • Overview and Methods for the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System - United States, 2021 (2023) in MMWR Supplements
  • Overview and Methodology of the Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey - United States, January-June 2021 (2022) in MMWR Supplements
  • Overview and Methods for the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System - United States, 2023 (2024) in MMWR Supplements
  • Nuclear crowding and nonlinear diffusion during interkinetic nuclear migration in the zebrafish retina (2020) in eLife

Throughout their career, the scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Nancy D. Brener, J. Michael Underwood, Barbara Queen, Sherry Everett Jones, and Jemekia Thornton.

The main topics covered in William A. Harris's research include:

  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • School Health and Nursing Education
  • Public Health Policies and Education
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Gun Ownership and Violence Research

William A. Harris's work has been recognized with several awards. These include fellowships in prestigious scientific organizations such as:

  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2020)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2007)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Academy of Science (2004)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1996 and 1985

This profile reflects William A. Harris's contributions to scientific research within public health, physiology, and related medical fields, demonstrating sustained work on adolescent health surveillance systems and various public health topics over recent years.

Best Publications

  • A critical window for cooperation and competition among developing retinotectal synapses

    Li I. Zhang;Huizhong W. Tao;Christine E. Holt;William A. Harris

  • Binocular impulse blockade prevents the formation of ocular dominance columns in cat visual cortex

    MP Stryker;WA Harris

  • Conditioned Behavior in Drosophila melanogaster

    William G. Quinn;William A. Harris;Seymour Benzer

  • Cellular determination in the xenopus retina is independent of lineage and birth date

    Christine E. Holt;Thomas W. Bertsch;Hilary M. Ellis;William A. Harris

  • Specification of the vertebrate eye by a network of eye field transcription factors.

    Michael E. Zuber;Gaia Gestri;Andrea S. Viczian;Giuseppina Barsacchi

  • Genetic dissection of the photoreceptor system in the compound eye of Drosophila melanogaster

    William S. Stark;John A. Walker;William A. Harris

  • Development of the Nervous System

    Dan H. Sanes;Thomas A. Reh;William A. Harris

  • Genetic disorders of vision revealed by a behavioral screen of 400 essential loci in zebrafish.

    Stephan C. F. Neuhauss;Oliver Biehlmaier;Mathias W. Seeliger;Tilak Das

  • Expression of an extracellular deletion of Xotch diverts cell fate in Xenopus embryos

    Clark R. Coffman;Clark R. Coffman;Paul Skoglund;William A. Harris;Chris R. Kintner

  • Late Endosomes Act as mRNA Translation Platforms and Sustain Mitochondria in Axons.

    Jean-Michel Cioni;Julie Qiaojin Lin;Anne V. Holtermann;Max Koppers

  • Xotch, the Xenopus homolog of Drosophila notch

    Clark Coffman;William Harris;Chris Kintner

  • 'Threshold-level' multipulse transcranial electrical stimulation of motor cortex for intraoperative monitoring of spinal motor tracts: Description of method and comparison to somatosensory evoked potential monitoring

    Blair Calancie;William Harris;James G. Broton;Natalia Alexeeva

  • Inhibition of Activin/Nodal signaling promotes specification of human embryonic stem cells into neuroectoderm.

    Joseph R. Smith;Ludovic Vallier;Giuseppe Lupo;Morgan Alexander

  • Molecular Mechanisms of Axon Growth and Guidance

    John L. Bixby;William A. Harris

  • The genetic sequence of retinal development in the ciliary margin of the Xenopus eye.

    Muriel Perron;Shami Kanekar;Monica L. Vetter;William A. Harris

  • Neuronal determination without cell division in xenopus embryos

    William A. Harris;Volker Hartenstein

  • Mapping of the presumptive brain regions in the neural plate of Xenopus laevis

    Gerald W. Eagleson;William A. Harris

  • Retinal axons with and without their somata, growing to and arborizing in the tectum of Xenopus embryos: a time-lapse video study of single fibres in vivo.

    W.A. Harris;C.E. Holt;F. Bonhoeffer

  • The transcription factor Engrailed-2 guides retinal axons

    Isabelle Brunet;Christine Weinl;Michael Piper;Alain Trembleau

  • Xotch inhibits cell differentiation in the Xenopus retina.

    Richard I Dorsky;David H Rapaport;William A Harris

Frequent Co-Authors

Christine E. Holt
Christine E. Holt University of Cambridge
Thomas A. Reh
Thomas A. Reh University of Washington
Dan H. Sanes
Dan H. Sanes New York University
Monica L. Vetter
Monica L. Vetter University of Utah
Benjamin D. Simons
Benjamin D. Simons University of Cambridge
Chris Kintner
Chris Kintner Salk Institute for Biological Studies
John G. Flanagan
John G. Flanagan University of California, Berkeley
Roger A. Pedersen
Roger A. Pedersen University of Cambridge
Herwig Baier
Herwig Baier Max Planck Society
Shin-ichi Higashijima
Shin-ichi Higashijima National Institutes of Natural Sciences

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