Gillian Ford

849 total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 616 citations indexed

About

Gillian Ford is a scholar working on Geometry and Topology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Gillian Ford has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 616 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Geometry and Topology, 3 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 2 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Gillian Ford's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (3 papers), Graph theory and applications (2 papers) and Graph Theory and Algorithms (2 papers). Gillian Ford is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (3 papers), Graph theory and applications (2 papers) and Graph Theory and Algorithms (2 papers). Gillian Ford collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Gillian Ford's co-authors include G. E. Uhlenbeck, E. W. Montroll, Robert Z. Norman, Glenn Waller and Victoria Mountford and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Mathematics of Computation and Journal of Medical Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Gillian Ford

14 papers receiving 544 citations

Hit Papers

Lectures in statistical mechanics 1963 2026 1984 2005 1963 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Lectures in statistical mechanics
    1963 415 citations G. E. Uhlenbeck, Gillian Ford et al. Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Peers

Gillian Ford
C. Nash Ireland
Herbert Buchholƶ Germany
F. Delyon France
O. L. Weaver United States
Lawrence E. Thomas United States
A.K. Common United Kingdom
G. Hockney United States
M. Dresden United States
S. Graffi Italy
А. А. Андронов Russia
C. Nash Ireland
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Countries citing papers authored by Gillian Ford

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gillian Ford

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gillian Ford

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

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Ford, Gillian, Glenn Waller, & Victoria Mountford. (2010). Invalidating Childhood Environments and Core Beliefs in Women with Eating Disorders. European Eating Disorders Review. 19(4). 316–321. 24 indexed citations
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Ford, Gillian. (1998). Evolution and development of hospice and specialist palliative care services. Clinical Oncology. 10(1). 50–55. 2 indexed citations
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Ford, Gillian. (1996). Managing Terminal Illness. 5 indexed citations
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Ford, Gillian. (1993). A palliative care system: the Marie Curie model. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®. 10(4). 27–29. 2 indexed citations
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Ford, Gillian. (1992). Palliative care: a wider horizon. Palliative Medicine. 6(2). 91–93. 6 indexed citations
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Ford, Gillian. (1992). A palliative care system: the Marie Curie model. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®. 9(3). 15–17. 2 indexed citations
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Ford, Gillian. (1988). Specialist medical training in the UK. Palliative Medicine. 2(2). 147–152. 13 indexed citations
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Ford, Gillian, et al.. (1984). 49,XXYY, +18 in a liveborn male.. Journal of Medical Genetics. 21(3). 232–232. 4 indexed citations
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Uhlenbeck, G. E., et al.. (1964). The Theory of Linear Graphs with Applications to the Theory of the Virial Development of the Properties of Gases. Mathematics of Computation. 18(86). 338–338. 13 indexed citations
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Uhlenbeck, G. E., Gillian Ford, & E. W. Montroll. (1963). Lectures in statistical mechanics. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 415 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ford, Gillian & G. E. Uhlenbeck. (1957). COMBINATORIAL PROBLEMS IN THE THEORY OF GRAPHS. IV. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 43(1). 163–167. 30 indexed citations
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Ford, Gillian & G. E. Uhlenbeck. (1956). COMBINATORIAL PROBLEMS IN THE THEORY OF GRAPHS. I. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 42(3). 122–128. 35 indexed citations
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Ford, Gillian & G. E. Uhlenbeck. (1956). COMBINATORIAL PROBLEMS IN THE THEORY OF GRAPHS. III. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 42(8). 529–535. 12 indexed citations
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Ford, Gillian, Robert Z. Norman, & G. E. Uhlenbeck. (1956). COMBINATORIAL PROBLEMS IN THE THEORY OF GRAPHS. II. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 42(4). 203–208. 53 indexed citations

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