Lester R. Ford

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 675 citations indexed

About

Lester R. Ford is a scholar working on Mathematical Physics, Economics and Econometrics and Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lester R. Ford has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 675 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Mathematical Physics, 2 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 1 paper in Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics. Recurrent topics in Lester R. Ford's work include Historical Geography and Cartography (1 paper), Advanced Topics in Algebra (1 paper) and Finite Group Theory Research (1 paper). Lester R. Ford is often cited by papers focused on Historical Geography and Cartography (1 paper), Advanced Topics in Algebra (1 paper) and Finite Group Theory Research (1 paper). Lester R. Ford collaborates with scholars based in United States. Lester R. Ford's co-authors include D. R. Fulkerson and Selmer Martin Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as Operations Research, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society and American Mathematical Monthly.

In The Last Decade

Lester R. Ford

8 papers receiving 597 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.

Flows in Networks

1963 540 citations Lester R. Ford, D. R. Fulkerson Princeton University Press eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lester R. Ford United States	5	175	136	112	83	80	9	675
I. Frisch United States	12	145 0.8×	296 2.2×	93 0.8×	226 2.7×	57 0.7×	42	666
D. Karney United States	10	243 1.4×	110 0.8×	201 1.8×	79 1.0×	250 3.1×	12	845
Bettina Klinz Austria	11	177 1.0×	130 1.0×	146 1.3×	59 0.7×	88 1.1×	33	516
Michael D. Grigoriadis United States	12	410 2.3×	295 2.2×	207 1.8×	74 0.9×	72 0.9×	27	831
Mandell Bellmore United States	12	116 0.7×	130 1.0×	436 3.9×	70 0.8×	66 0.8×	20	780
Loren K. Platzman United States	12	80 0.5×	142 1.0×	404 3.6×	56 0.7×	54 0.7×	23	805
Jean‐Claude Picard Canada	10	255 1.5×	190 1.4×	481 4.3×	64 0.8×	156 1.9×	18	949
Elmor L. Peterson United States	15	592 3.4×	63 0.5×	100 0.9×	115 1.4×	387 4.8×	36	1.3k
Arthur B. Kahn United States	6	72 0.4×	127 0.9×	57 0.5×	48 0.6×	103 1.3×	9	507
Richard Van Slyke United States	11	93 0.5×	200 1.5×	84 0.8×	94 1.1×	24 0.3×	21	466

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lester R. Ford

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All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

1.

Ford, Lester R., et al.. (2024). Flows in Networks. Princeton University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations

2.

Ford, Lester R., et al.. (2024). Flows in Networks. Princeton University Press eBooks.

3.

Ford, Lester R.. (2011). An Introduction to the Theory of Automorphic Functions. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 4 indexed citations

4.

Ford, Lester R. & D. R. Fulkerson. (1963). Flows in Networks. Princeton University Press eBooks. 540 indexed citations breakdown →

5.

Ford, Lester R. & Selmer Martin Johnson. (1959). A Tournament Problem. American Mathematical Monthly. 66(5). 387–389. 57 indexed citations

6.

Ford, Lester R. & Selmer Martin Johnson. (1959). A Tournament Problem. American Mathematical Monthly. 66(5). 387–387. 27 indexed citations

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Ford, Lester R., et al.. (1959). Computer Terrain Simulation for Line-of-Sight Calculations. Operations Research. 7(4). 478–482. 2 indexed citations

8.

Ford, Lester R.. (1954). Homeomorphism groups and coset spaces. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 77(3). 490–497. 35 indexed citations

9.

Ford, Lester R.. (1954). Homeomorphism Groups and Coset Spaces. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 77(3). 490–490. 8 indexed citations

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