G. W. Ford

7.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
129 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

G. W. Ford is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, G. W. Ford has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 42 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 34 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in G. W. Ford's work include Quantum Information and Cryptography (33 papers), Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (32 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (27 papers). G. W. Ford is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Information and Cryptography (33 papers), Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (32 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (27 papers). G. W. Ford collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and France. G. W. Ford's co-authors include R. F. O’Connell, W. Weber, Mark Kac, P. Mazur, J. T. Lewis, J. T. Lewis, W. H. Weber, B. U. Felderhof, E. G. D. Cohen and S. Werner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

G. W. Ford

126 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Electromagnetic interactions of molecules with metal surfaces

1984 715 citations G. W. Ford, W. Weber Physics Reports profile →
Statistical Mechanics of Assemblies of Coupled Oscillators

1965 665 citations G. W. Ford et al. profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by G. W. Ford

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of G. W. Ford's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by G. W. Ford with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites G. W. Ford more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by G. W. Ford

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by G. W. Ford. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by G. W. Ford. The network helps show where G. W. Ford may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of G. W. Ford

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of G. W. Ford. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of G. W. 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 G. W. Ford. G. W. Ford is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Lorentz transformation of blackbody radiation 2013 ·Physical Review E ·G. W. Ford, R. F. O’Connell	7
2	Measured quantum probability distribution functions for Brownian motion 2007 ·Physical Review A ·G. W. Ford, R. F. O’Connell	6
3	A Quantum Violation of the Second Law? 2006 ·Physical Review Letters ·G. W. Ford, R. F. O’Connell	31
4	Wigner Distribution Function Analysis of a Schrödinger Cat Superposition of Displaced Equilibrium Coherent States 2004 ·arXiv (Cornell University) ·G. W. Ford, R. F. O’Connell	5
5	Radiative energy shifts for a nonrelativistic atom 1998 ·American Journal of Physics ·G. W. Ford, Wilhelm von Waldenfels	3
6	Simultaneously forbidden resonances in the Autler-Townes effect with a modulated pump 1997 ·Physical Review A ·(unknown), R. S. Conti, G. W. Ford	9
7	Diffuse polarised neutron reflection studies of ultrathin bcc Fe(001) epitaxial films 1993 ·Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials ·(unknown), G. W. Ford, J. A. C. Bland, Valeria Lauter, B. Heinrich, Z. Celiński	14
8	Relativistic form of radiation reaction 1993 ·Physics Letters A ·G. W. Ford, R. F. O’Connell	47
9	Quantum oscillator in a blackbody radiation field II. Direct calculation of the energy using the fluctuation-dissipation theorem 1988 ·Annals of Physics ·G. W. Ford, J. T. Lewis, R. F. O’Connell	60
10	Comment on ‘‘Quantum oscillator in a non-self-interacting radiation field: Exact calculation of the partition function’’ 1988 ·Physical review. A, General physics ·G. W. Ford, J. T. Lewis, R. F. O’Connell	3
11	Quantum Langevin equation 1988 ·Physical review. A, General physics ·G. W. Ford, J. T. Lewis, R. F. O’Connell	464
12	Decomposition of plant material in Australian soils .IV. Decomposition in situ of 14C labeled and 15N labeled legume and wheat materials in a range of southern Australian soils 1987 ·Australian Journal of Soil Research ·M. Amato, J.N. Ladd, A Ellington, G. W. Ford, (unknown), AC Taylor, (unknown)	64
13	Electromagnetic interactions of molecules with metal surfaces breakdown → 1984 ·Physics Reports ·G. W. Ford, W. Weber	715
14	Two-particle cluster integral in the expansion of the dielectric constant 1982 ·Journal of Statistical Physics ·B. U. Felderhof, G. W. Ford, E. G. D. Cohen	54
15	Rotational Brownian motion of an asymmetric top 1981 ·Physics Reports ·G. W. Ford	1
16	Correlation times and complex permittivity for linear and spherical top molecules 1978 ·Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications ·G. W. Ford, J. T. Lewis, James R. McConnell	5
17	Carbon suboxide as a quasilinear molecule with a large amplitude bending mode 1976 ·Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy ·W. Weber, G. W. Ford	26
18	Electrohydrodynamic Solutions for Nematic Liquid Crystals 1972 ·Applied Physics Letters ·P. Andrew Penz, G. W. Ford	6
19	Double injection in semiconductors heavily doped with deep two-level traps 1970 ·Solid-State Electronics ·Willes H. Weber, G. W. Ford	33
20	Matrix Elements of the Linearized Collision Operator 1968 ·The Physics of Fluids ·G. W. Ford	17

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact