James D. Ford

29.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
339 papers, 16.1k citations indexed

About

James D. Ford is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, James D. Ford has authored 339 papers receiving a total of 16.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 166 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 159 papers in General Health Professions and 60 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in James D. Ford's work include Indigenous Studies and Ecology (134 papers), Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (97 papers) and Arctic and Russian Policy Studies (76 papers). James D. Ford is often cited by papers focused on Indigenous Studies and Ecology (134 papers), Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (97 papers) and Arctic and Russian Policy Studies (76 papers). James D. Ford collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. James D. Ford's co-authors include Lea Berrang‐Ford, Barry Smit, Tristan Pearce, Jaclyn Paterson, Sherilee L. Harper, Ashlee Cunsolo, Alexandra Lesnikowski, Robbert Biesbroek, Johanna Wandel and Graham McDowell and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

James D. Ford

328 papers receiving 15.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 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.

Are we adapting to climate change?

2010 645 citations James D. Ford et al. profile →
Systematic review approaches for climate change adaptation research

2015 348 citations James D. Ford et al. Regional Environmental Change profile →
Including indigenous knowledge and experience in IPCC assessment reports

2016 285 citations James D. Ford, Tristan Pearce et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
Climate change adaptation planning in large cities: A systematic global assessment

2016 255 citations James D. Ford et al. profile →
The Resilience of Indigenous Peoples to Environmental Change

2020 214 citations James D. Ford, Eranga K. Galappaththi et al. profile →
Sea level rise risks and societal adaptation benefits in low-lying coastal areas

2022 101 citations James D. Ford, Jan Petzold et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James D. Ford Canada	70	7.2k	5.1k	4.3k	3.0k	2.0k	339	16.1k
Kristie L. Ebi United States	74	3.3k 0.5×	3.0k 0.6×	7.2k 1.7×	2.0k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	309	25.0k
Barry Smit Canada	43	4.7k 0.7×	1.9k 0.4×	3.1k 0.7×	4.0k 1.4×	576 0.3×	103	11.4k
Susan L. Cutter United States	63	16.5k 2.3×	1.5k 0.3×	11.3k 2.7×	2.9k 1.0×	599 0.3×	190	25.1k
Marshall Burke United States	50	3.1k 0.4×	1.2k 0.2×	4.9k 1.2×	3.3k 1.1×	260 0.1×	129	16.9k
Lea Berrang‐Ford Canada	50	2.7k 0.4×	1.3k 0.2×	2.3k 0.5×	1.6k 0.6×	479 0.2×	143	7.3k
Sari Kovats United Kingdom	66	1.6k 0.2×	3.1k 0.6×	2.7k 0.6×	886 0.3×	1.3k 0.7×	225	16.7k
Scott Rozelle United States	80	4.9k 0.7×	1.3k 0.2×	3.5k 0.8×	818 0.3×	429 0.2×	720	26.0k
W. Neil Adger United Kingdom	81	19.5k 2.7×	2.3k 0.4×	17.1k 4.0×	10.2k 3.4×	463 0.2×	246	42.4k
Jonathan A. Patz United States	49	1.2k 0.2×	1.1k 0.2×	7.0k 1.7×	1.7k 0.6×	458 0.2×	112	21.8k
John Bongaarts United States	64	3.1k 0.4×	3.6k 0.7×	1.8k 0.4×	305 0.1×	760 0.4×	220	16.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ford, James D., et al.. (2025). Barriers and limits to adaptation in the Arctic. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 73. 101519–101519. 5 indexed citations

Clark, Dylan G., et al.. (2025). Climate disaster effects on acute health care: a case study and model of the 2021 heatwave in British Columbia, Canada. The Lancet Planetary Health. 9(5). e356–e363. 1 indexed citations

Ford, James D., Jan Petzold, Graham McDowell, et al.. (2025). Climate change adaptation in global mountain regions requires a multi-sectoral approach. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 1 indexed citations

Ford, James D., et al.. (2025). Rethinking migration in a changing climate: Multifaceted and interconnected drivers and adaptive strategies in Bangladesh. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 126. 105646–105646.

Dong, Fengxia, James D. Ford, & Susannah M. Sallu. (2025). Understanding ‘Community’ in Wildfire Research in High-Latitude Areas. Fire. 8(6). 239–239.

Zavaleta-Cortijo, Carol, César Cárcamo, Darren C. Greenwood, et al.. (2024). Indigenous knowledge and leadership for climate change adaptation in nutrition. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(11). e0003917–e0003917.

Ford, James D.. (2024). Increasing Trust in Climate Vulnerability Projections. Earth s Future. 12(4). 2 indexed citations

Canosa, Iván Villaverde, et al.. (2024). Community Risk and Resilience to Wildfires: Rethinking the Complex Human–Climate–Fire Relationship in High-Latitude Regions. Sustainability. 16(3). 957–957. 10 indexed citations

Malinowski, Dariusz P., James D. Ford, Alan V. Stewart, D.R. Woodfield, & W. E. Pinchak. (2023). Breeding Cool-Season Forage Grasses for a Warming Climate. 1627–1630. 1 indexed citations

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Galappaththi, Eranga K., James D. Ford, Chandni Singh, et al.. (2023). Indigenous peoples and the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic scoping review. Environmental Research Letters. 18(3). 33001–33001. 26 indexed citations

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Sietsma, Anne J., James D. Ford, & Jan C. Minx. (2023). The next generation of machine learning for tracking adaptation texts. Nature Climate Change. 14(1). 31–39. 17 indexed citations

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Pearce, Tristan, et al.. (2021). The role of multiple stressors in adaptation to climate change in the Canadian Arctic. Regional Environmental Change. 21(2). 13 indexed citations

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Sietsma, Anne J., James D. Ford, Max Callaghan, & Jan C. Minx. (2021). Progress in climate change adaptation research. Environmental Research Letters. 16(5). 54038–54038. 52 indexed citations

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Pearce, Tristan, et al.. (2020). Climate Change and the proposed Canadian Northern Corridor. The School of Public Policy Publications. 13. 2 indexed citations

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Debortoli, Nathan, Jesse S. Sayles, Dylan G. Clark, & James D. Ford. (2018). A systems network approach for climate change vulnerability assessment. Environmental Research Letters. 13(10). 104019–104019. 26 indexed citations

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Flynn, Melanie, et al.. (2018). Evaluating the effectiveness of hazard mapping as climate change adaptation for community planning in degrading permafrost terrain. Sustainability Science. 14(4). 1041–1056. 16 indexed citations

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McDowell, Graham & James D. Ford. (2013). The socio-ecological dimensions of hydrocarbon development in the Disko Bay region of Greenland: Opportunities, risks, and tradeoffs. Applied Geography. 46. 98–110. 8 indexed citations

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Ford, James D., Graham McDowell, Jamal Shirley, et al.. (2013). The Dynamic Multiscale Nature of Climate Change Vulnerability: An Inuit Harvesting Example. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 103(5). 1193–1211. 106 indexed citations

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Healey, Gwen, et al.. (2011). The use of Photovoice to document and characterize the food security of users of community food programs in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Rural and Remote Health. 11(2). 1680–1680. 53 indexed citations

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Ford, James D., James A. Smith, Sreetama Goswami, et al.. (1969). DAR volume 36 issue 2 Cover and Front matter. Journal of Dairy Research. 36(2). f1–f9. 1 indexed citations

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