| From Spain's hydro-deadlock to the desalination fix E Swyngedouw, J Williams Hydrosocial Territories and Water Equity, 348-367, 2017 | 137 | 2017 |
| Politicising the nexus: Nexus technologies, urban circulation, and the coproduction of water-energy J Williams, S Bouzarovski, E Swyngedouw Nexus network think piece series, Paper 1 (2014), 5, 2014 | 81 | 2014 |
| The urban resource nexus: On the politics of relationality, water–energy infrastructure and the fallacy of integration J Williams, S Bouzarovski, E Swyngedouw Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space 37 (4), 652-669, 2019 | 69 | 2019 |
| China's Belt and Road Initiative and the emerging geographies of global urbanisation J Williams, C Robinson, S Bouzarovski The Geographical Journal 186 (1), 128-140, 2020 | 63 | 2020 |
| Assembling the water factory: Seawater desalination and the techno-politics of water privatisation in the San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan region J Williams Geoforum 93, 32-39, 2018 | 45 | 2018 |
| Desalination in the 21st century: a critical review of trends and debates J Williams Water Alternatives 15 (2), 193-217, 2022 | 39 | 2022 |
| Interrogating China’s global urban presence H Wei Zheng, S Bouzarovski, S Knuth, M Panteli, S Schindler, K Ward, ... Geopolitics 28 (1), 310-332, 2023 | 33 | 2023 |
| Beyond binary outcomes in climate adaptation: The illustrative case of desalination A Tubi, J Williams Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change 12 (2), e695, 2021 | 32 | 2021 |
| Tapping the oceans: Seawater desalination and the political ecology of water J Williams, E Swyngedouw Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018 | 26 | 2018 |
| Diversification or loading order? Divergent water-energy politics and the contradictions of desalination in southern California J Williams Water Alternatives 11 (3), 2018 | 21 | 2018 |
| Greenwashing: Appearance, illusion and the future of ‘green’capitalism J Williams Geography Compass 18 (1), e12736, 2024 | 18 | 2024 |
| “Money is not the problem”: The slow financialisation of Kenya’s water sector J Williams Antipode 53 (6), 1873-1894, 2021 | 18 | 2021 |
| Low-carbon research and teaching in geography: Pathways and perspectives J Williams, W Love The Professional Geographer 74 (1), 41-51, 2022 | 17 | 2022 |
| On the implications of seawater desalination: some insights from the Israeli case E Feitelson Tapping the oceans, 60-75, 2018 | 8 | 2018 |
| The ocean bountiful?: De-salination, de-politicisation, and binational water governance on the Colorado River J Williams Water, Technology and the Nation-State, 19-33, 2018 | 8 | 2018 |
| Developments in desalination need a social sciences perspective BF O’Neill, J Williams Nature Water 1 (12), 994-995, 2023 | 7 | 2023 |
| Mobilising the oceans to quench our thirst J Williams, E Swyngedouw Tapping the Oceans, 1-23, 2018 | 7 | 2018 |
| Unconventional waters: A critical understanding of desalination and wastewater reuse J Williams, R Beveridge, PL Mayaux Water alternatives 16 (2), 429-443, 2023 | 5 | 2023 |
| Commodifying the Pacific Ocean: Desalination and the neoliberalisation of water in Southern California J Williams Tapping the oceans, 166-186, 2018 | 5 | 2018 |
| Progress in understanding the social dimensions of desalination and future research directions BF O’Neill, J Williams Global Environmental Change 87, 102877, 2024 | 2 | 2024 |