Kat Ford

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
53 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Kat Ford is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kat Ford has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Clinical Psychology, 33 papers in General Health Professions and 9 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Kat Ford's work include Child Abuse and Trauma (35 papers), Homelessness and Social Issues (21 papers) and Migration, Health and Trauma (11 papers). Kat Ford is often cited by papers focused on Child Abuse and Trauma (35 papers), Homelessness and Social Issues (21 papers) and Migration, Health and Trauma (11 papers). Kat Ford collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Pakistan and United States. Kat Ford's co-authors include Mark A Bellis, Karen Hughes, Jonathon Passmore, Dinesh Sethi, Katie Hardcastle, Kathryn Ashton, Alisha Davies, Zara Quigg, Catherine Sharp and Sara Wood and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, BMJ and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Kat Ford

47 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Life course health consequences and associated annual costs of adverse childhood experiences across Europe and North America: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2019 643 citations Mark A Bellis, Karen Hughes et al. The Lancet Public Health profile →
Health and financial costs of adverse childhood experiences in 28 European countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2021 146 citations Karen Hughes, Kat Ford et al. The Lancet Public Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kat Ford United Kingdom	19	1.5k	680	243	237	215	53	1.8k
Nicola Leckenby United Kingdom	7	1.0k 0.7×	495 0.7×	192 0.8×	280 1.2×	225 1.0×	8	1.4k
Helen Lowey United Kingdom	9	963 0.6×	457 0.7×	178 0.7×	176 0.7×	190 0.9×	11	1.3k
Karen A. Kalmakis United States	13	926 0.6×	371 0.5×	107 0.4×	173 0.7×	126 0.6×	25	1.2k
Narangerel Gombojav United States	9	973 0.7×	455 0.7×	103 0.4×	190 0.8×	107 0.5×	14	1.3k
Kristin Cleverley Canada	21	824 0.6×	584 0.9×	248 1.0×	188 0.8×	96 0.4×	86	1.6k
Elizabeth Radcliff United States	20	800 0.5×	353 0.5×	112 0.5×	128 0.5×	91 0.4×	40	1.1k
Tami Kramer United Kingdom	22	989 0.7×	684 1.0×	314 1.3×	436 1.8×	101 0.5×	63	2.0k
Moira Szilagyi United States	21	1.0k 0.7×	686 1.0×	123 0.5×	334 1.4×	50 0.2×	48	1.4k
Jordan M. Braciszewski United States	15	789 0.5×	427 0.6×	269 1.1×	71 0.3×	263 1.2×	60	1.3k
Carmel Salhi United States	21	833 0.6×	213 0.3×	234 1.0×	217 0.9×	401 1.9×	31	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Kat Ford

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kat Ford

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kat Ford

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

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Bellis, Mark A, et al.. (2025). Comparative relationships between physical and verbal abuse of children, life course mental well-being and trends in exposure: a multi-study secondary analysis of cross-sectional surveys in England and Wales. BMJ Open. 15(8). e098412–e098412.

Hughes, Karen, et al.. (2025). Adverse childhood and school experiences: a retrospective cross-sectional study examining their associations with health-related behaviours and mental health. BMC Public Health. 25(1). 672–672.

Bellis, Mark A, Lisa Jones, Robert Muggah, et al.. (2025). Weapons, wealth, and health: the arms industry as a commercial determinant of health. BMJ. 390. e086166–e086166. 2 indexed citations

Hughes, Karen, et al.. (2024). Examining relationships between adverse childhood experiences and coping during the cost-of-living crisis using a national cross-sectional survey in Wales, UK. BMJ Open. 14(5). e081924–e081924.

Bellis, Mark A, et al.. (2024). The Commercial Determinants of Violence: Identifying Opportunities for Violence Prevention through a Public Health-Based Framework Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 21(3). 352–352. 2 indexed citations

Bellis, Mark A, Karen Hughes, Kat Ford, Catherine Sharp, & Rebecca Hill. (2024). Associations between adverse childhood experiences and trust in health and other information from public services, professionals and wider sources: national cross sectional survey. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). e000868–e000868. 3 indexed citations

Ford, Kat, et al.. (2024). Comparative Demography of Biliary Atresia and Choledochal Malformation in London. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 60(3). 162079–162079. 2 indexed citations

Janssen, Harry L.A., et al.. (2023). Cold indoor temperatures and their association with health and well-being: a systematic literature review. Public Health. 224. 185–194. 28 indexed citations

Ford, Kat, et al.. (2022). The use of mobile phone applications to enhance personal safety from interpersonal violence – an overview of available smartphone applications in the United Kingdom. BMC Public Health. 22(1). 1158–1158. 16 indexed citations

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Ford, Kat, et al.. (2021). Perceptions of a short animated film on adverse childhood experiences: a mixed methods evaluation. BMJ Open. 11(8). e050398–e050398. 3 indexed citations

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Hughes, Karen, Kat Ford, Rajendra Kadel, Catherine Sharp, & Mark A Bellis. (2020). Health and financial burden of adverse childhood experiences in England and Wales: a combined primary data study of five surveys. BMJ Open. 10(6). e036374–e036374. 50 indexed citations

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Ford, Kat, Paul Brocklehurst, Karen Hughes, Catherine Sharp, & Mark A Bellis. (2020). Understanding the association between self-reported poor oral health and exposure to adverse childhood experiences: a retrospective study. BMC Oral Health. 20(1). 51–51. 22 indexed citations

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Ford, Kat, et al.. (2020). Adverse childhood experiences: a retrospective study to understand their associations with lifetime mental health diagnosis, self-harm or suicide attempt, and current low mental wellbeing in a male Welsh prison population. Health & Justice. 8(1). 13–13. 40 indexed citations

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Ford, Kat, et al.. (2019). Understanding the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in a male offender population in Wales: The Prisoner ACE Survey. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 26 indexed citations

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Hughes, Karen, Zara Quigg, Kat Ford, & Mark A Bellis. (2019). Ideal, expected and perceived descriptive norm drunkenness in UK nightlife environments: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 19(1). 442–442. 6 indexed citations

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Bellis, Mark A, et al.. (2019). Life course health consequences and associated annual costs of adverse childhood experiences across Europe and North America: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Public Health. 4(10). e517–e528. 643 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ford, Kat, Karen Hughes, Katie Hardcastle, et al.. (2019). The evidence base for routine enquiry into adverse childhood experiences: A scoping review. Child Abuse & Neglect. 91. 131–146. 73 indexed citations

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Bellis, Mark A, Karen Hughes, Kat Ford, et al.. (2018). Does adult alcohol consumption combine with adverse childhood experiences to increase involvement in violence in men and women? A cross-sectional study in England and Wales. BMJ Open. 8(12). e020591–e020591. 9 indexed citations

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Bellis, Mark A, Karen Hughes, Kat Ford, et al.. (2018). Adverse childhood experiences and sources of childhood resilience: a retrospective study of their combined relationships with child health and educational attendance. BMC Public Health. 18(1). 792–792. 140 indexed citations

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Bellis, Mark A, Katie Hardcastle, Kat Ford, et al.. (2017). Does continuous trusted adult support in childhood impart life-course resilience against adverse childhood experiences - a retrospective study on adult health-harming behaviours and mental well-being. BMC Psychiatry. 17(1). 110–110. 151 indexed citations

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