Francis Ford

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Francis Ford is a scholar working on Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Francis Ford has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 3 papers in Organic Chemistry and 2 papers in Pharmaceutical Science. Recurrent topics in Francis Ford's work include Chemical Reactions and Mechanisms (5 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (2 papers) and Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (2 papers). Francis Ford is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Reactions and Mechanisms (5 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (2 papers) and Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (2 papers). Francis Ford collaborates with scholars based in United States and Switzerland. Francis Ford's co-authors include Anthony W. Czarnik, Matthew S. Platz, Stephan Matzinger, Markus P. Fülscher, Tetsuro Yuzawa, John P. Toscano, John Paul Pezacki, John Warkentin, Tongqian Chen and David L. Pole and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Organic Chemistry and The Journal of Physical Chemistry A.

In The Last Decade

Francis Ford

6 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A Long-Wavelength Fluorescent Chemodosimeter Selective for Cu(II) Ion in Water

1997 925 citations Francis Ford, Anthony W. Czarnik et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francis Ford United States	6	848	538	439	202	198	7	1.1k
Shihai Yan China	7	860 1.0×	621 1.2×	430 1.0×	222 1.1×	223 1.1×	15	1.1k
Moorthy Suresh India	19	974 1.1×	777 1.4×	458 1.0×	287 1.4×	188 0.9×	27	1.3k
Keun-Hyeung Lee South Korea	10	992 1.2×	680 1.3×	378 0.9×	304 1.5×	177 0.9×	11	1.1k
Virendra Kumar India	17	673 0.8×	542 1.0×	216 0.5×	266 1.3×	120 0.6×	30	887
Jacques Pouget France	10	806 1.0×	741 1.4×	257 0.6×	299 1.5×	85 0.4×	19	1.2k
Jin Young Noh South Korea	14	923 1.1×	556 1.0×	355 0.8×	321 1.6×	304 1.5×	15	1.1k
Syed S. Razi India	21	822 1.0×	740 1.4×	255 0.6×	255 1.3×	125 0.6×	35	1.1k
Milan Shyamal India	16	756 0.9×	661 1.2×	259 0.6×	198 1.0×	123 0.6×	24	1.1k
Jean Bourson France	15	1.2k 1.4×	1.0k 1.9×	403 0.9×	439 2.2×	125 0.6×	24	1.8k
Gillian M. Hussey Ireland	5	1.1k 1.3×	917 1.7×	190 0.4×	436 2.2×	69 0.3×	5	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Francis Ford

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Fields of papers citing papers by Francis Ford

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francis Ford

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Francis Ford. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Francis Ford based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Francis Ford. Francis Ford is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Ford, Francis, et al.. (2004). The lost years of Michael Turner. 32(4). 44–49. 1 indexed citations

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Tae, Eunju Lee, et al.. (2001). Rearrangement of 1-Noradamantyl and 1-Adamantylcarbene to Bridgehead Alkenes: Lifetimes of Two Bridgehead Carbenes in Solution. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 105(44). 10146–10154. 8 indexed citations

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Pezacki, John Paul, James A. Dunn, John Warkentin, et al.. (1999). Rate Constants for 1,2-Hydrogen Migration in Cyclohexylidene and in Substituted Cyclohexylidenes¹. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 64(12). 4456–4464. 25 indexed citations

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Ford, Francis, Tetsuro Yuzawa, Matthew S. Platz, Stephan Matzinger, & Markus P. Fülscher. (1998). Rearrangement of Dimethylcarbene to Propene: Study by Laser Flash Photolysis and ab Initio Molecular Orbital Theory. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 120(18). 4430–4438. 72 indexed citations

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Ford, Francis, et al.. (1997). A Long-Wavelength Fluorescent Chemodosimeter Selective for Cu(II) Ion in Water. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 119(31). 7386–7387. 925 indexed citations breakdown →

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Huang, Haiyong, et al.. (1997). Photochemical rearrangements of diazirines and thermal rearrangements of carbenes. Pure and Applied Chemistry. 69(4). 803–808. 16 indexed citations

7.

Pezacki, John Paul, David L. Pole, John Warkentin, et al.. (1997). Laser Flash and Dual Wavelength Photolysis of 3,4-Diaza-2,2-dimethoxy-1-oxa[4.5]spirooct-3-ene. Migration of Hydrogen and Carbon in Cyclobutylidene and in the Excited State of Its Precursor. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 119(13). 3191–3192. 40 indexed citations

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