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Williams Syndrome Research

Williams Syndrome Research is a research topic within Developmental Neuroscience. Science Explorer counts 4.5k research works in it since 1951. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the genetic, neurodevelopmental, cognitive, and behavioral aspects of Williams Syndrome. It covers topics such as the cognitive profile, social cognition, visuospatial processing, neuroanatomy, cardiovascular abnormalities, hypersociability, and language abilities associated with Williams Syndrome.

  • Williams Syndrome
  • Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Genetic Influences
  • Cognitive Profile
  • Social Cognition
  • Visuospatial Processing
  • Neuroanatomy
  • Cardiovascular Abnormalities
  • Hypersociability
  • Language Abilities
Research works
4.5k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
466
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+12%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
40% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Williams Syndrome Research

Which countries lead Williams Syndrome Research research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (249 and 80 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 249 works
  2. 2 China 80 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 55 works
  4. 4 Italy 42 works
  5. 5 Spain 38 works
  6. 6 Japan 34 works
  7. 7 Germany 33 works
  8. 8 France 31 works
  9. 9 India 29 works
  10. 10 Brazil 27 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 40.3%China: 13.0%United Kingdom: 8.9%Italy: 6.7%6 others listed: 31.1%40%largest
United States249 · 40.3%China80 · 13.0%United Kingdom55 · 8.9%Italy42 · 6.7%6 others listed192 · 31.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Williams Syndrome Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Harvard University publishes the most Williams Syndrome Research research, followed by National Institutes of Health and University of Toronto.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Harvard UniversityUnited States 16 works
  2. 2 National Institutes of HealthUnited States 10 works
  3. 3 University of TorontoCanada 8 works
  4. 4 Zhejiang UniversityChina 7 works
  5. 5 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 6 works
  6. 6 Stanford UniversityUnited States 6 works
  7. 7 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 6 works
  8. 8 Tel Aviv UniversityIsrael 5 works
  9. 9 Emory UniversityUnited States 5 works
  10. 10 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 5 works

Who are the leading researchers in Williams Syndrome Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Williams Syndrome Research include Dan J. Stein, Patrizio Lancellotti and Kāri Stefánsson.

  1. 1 Dan J. Stein South Africa 306k citations
  2. 2 Patrizio Lancellotti Belgium 245k citations
  3. 3 Kāri Stefánsson Iceland 211k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Williams Syndrome Research?

The most cited paper in Williams Syndrome Research is "The Weak Coherence Account: Detail-focused Cognitive Style in Autism Spectrum Disorders" (Francesca G. E. Happe, Uta Frith, 2006), with 2,906 citations. Next come "The Structure of Working Memory From 4 to 15 Years of Age." (1,816) and "New Perspectives on the Prevalence of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy" (1,425).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Weak Coherence Account: Detail-focused Cognitive Style in Autism Spectrum Disorders Francesca G. E. Happe, Uta Frith · Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 2006 2,906
2 The Structure of Working Memory From 4 to 15 Years of Age. Susan Elizabeth Gathercole, Susan J. Pickering, Ben Ambridge et al. · Developmental Psychology 23 Feb 2004 1,816
3 New Perspectives on the Prevalence of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Christopher Semsarian, Jodie Ingles, Martin S. Maron et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access Mar 2015 1,425
4 Characterization of the early lesion of 'degenerative' valvular aortic stenosis. Histological and immunohistochemical studies. Catherine M Otto, Johanna Kuusisto, Dennis D. Reichenbach et al. · Circulation Aug 1994 1,317
5 Multiple Recurrent De Novo CNVs, Including Duplications of the 7q11.23 Williams Syndrome Region, Are Strongly Associated with Autism Stephan Sanders et al. · Neuron Open access Jun 2011 1,307
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Where is Williams Syndrome Research research done?

The largest centres of Williams Syndrome Research research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Boston (United States), Madrid (Spain) and São Paulo (Brazil).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 19 works
  2. 2 BostonUnited States 14 works
  3. 3 MadridSpain 12 works
  4. 4 São PauloBrazil 11 works
  5. 5 RomeItaly 10 works
  6. 6 ParisFrance 10 works
  7. 7 BeijingChina 10 works
  8. 8 TokyoJapan 10 works
  9. 9 BethesdaUnited States 10 works
  10. 10 TorontoCanada 9 works
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Where is the best place to study Williams Syndrome Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University and University of Toronto score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Harvard UniversityUnited States 89.417.3%6.7×16 +17.5%
2University of TorontoCanada 20.07.4%5.4×8 +39.8%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Williams Syndrome Research, country by country

Is Williams Syndrome Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Williams Syndrome Research.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Williams Syndrome Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0029% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Williams Syndrome Research0.0036% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Williams Syndrome Research over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Williams Syndrome Research10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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