Nicholas Ford

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Nicholas Ford is a scholar working on Marketing, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas Ford has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Marketing, 6 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 3 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nicholas Ford's work include Environmental Education and Sustainability (6 papers), Environmental Sustainability in Business (5 papers) and Municipal Solid Waste Management (3 papers). Nicholas Ford is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Education and Sustainability (6 papers), Environmental Sustainability in Business (5 papers) and Municipal Solid Waste Management (3 papers). Nicholas Ford collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and Sweden. Nicholas Ford's co-authors include Stewart Barr, Andrew W. Gilg, Chris Simms, Paul Trott, Johan Frishammar, Huw Jones, W. T. C. Berry and Dap Hartmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Energy Policy, Resources Conservation and Recycling and Technovation.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas Ford

13 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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Green consumption or sustainable lifestyles? Identifying the sustainable consumer

2005 583 citations Andrew W. Gilg, Stewart Barr et al. Futures profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicholas Ford United Kingdom	11	922	796	286	275	264	13	1.6k
Ellen Matthies Germany	29	1.6k 1.8×	916 1.2×	737 2.6×	290 1.1×	114 0.4×	85	2.9k
Folke Ölander Denmark	13	1.2k 1.3×	1.1k 1.4×	471 1.6×	117 0.4×	73 0.3×	27	2.0k
Sally Russell United Kingdom	20	1.0k 1.1×	1.0k 1.3×	448 1.6×	173 0.6×	368 1.4×	57	2.7k
Calvin Wan Hong Kong	20	615 0.7×	631 0.8×	423 1.5×	111 0.4×	368 1.4×	39	1.6k
Adam D. Read United Kingdom	18	861 0.9×	678 0.9×	250 0.9×	315 1.1×	1.1k 4.2×	47	2.0k
Michele Tonglet United Kingdom	5	665 0.7×	618 0.8×	229 0.8×	126 0.5×	469 1.8×	6	1.3k
Marlyne Sahakian Switzerland	21	302 0.3×	396 0.5×	371 1.3×	142 0.5×	119 0.5×	69	1.8k
Anke Blöbaum Germany	7	1.1k 1.2×	735 0.9×	434 1.5×	128 0.5×	46 0.2×	13	1.9k
Shaufique Fahmi Sidique Malaysia	15	355 0.4×	282 0.4×	123 0.4×	102 0.4×	378 1.4×	56	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicholas Ford

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13 of 13 papers shown

Simms, Chris, Johan Frishammar, & Nicholas Ford. (2021). The front end in radical process innovation projects: Sources of knowledge problems and coping mechanisms. Technovation. 105. 102214–102214. 20 indexed citations

Ford, Nicholas, Paul Trott, & Chris Simms. (2019). Food portions and consumer vulnerability: qualitative insights from older consumers. Qualitative Market Research An International Journal. 22(3). 435–455. 13 indexed citations

Ford, Nicholas, Paul Trott, & Chris Simms. (2016). Exploring the impact of packaging interactions on quality of life among older consumers. Journal of Marketing Management. 32(3-4). 275–312. 30 indexed citations

Ford, Nicholas, Paul Trott, Chris Simms, & Dap Hartmann. (2014). CASE ANALYSIS OF INNOVATION IN THE PACKAGING INDUSTRY USING THE CYCLIC INNOVATION MODEL. International Journal of Innovation Management. 18(5). 1450033–1450033. 5 indexed citations

Barr, Stewart, Andrew W. Gilg, & Nicholas Ford. (2005). Defining the multi-dimensional aspects of household waste management: A study of reported behavior in Devon. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 45(2). 172–192. 71 indexed citations

Gilg, Andrew W., Stewart Barr, & Nicholas Ford. (2005). Green consumption or sustainable lifestyles? Identifying the sustainable consumer. Futures. 37(6). 481–504. 583 indexed citations breakdown →

Barr, Stewart, Andrew W. Gilg, & Nicholas Ford. (2004). The household energy gap: examining the divide between habitual- and purchase-related conservation behaviours. Energy Policy. 33(11). 1425–1444. 368 indexed citations

Barr, Stewart, Andrew W. Gilg, & Nicholas Ford. (2003). 'Environmentalism' in Britain today - who are the environmentalists?. Open Research Exeter (University of Exeter). 4 indexed citations

Barr, Stewart, Nicholas Ford, & Andrew W. Gilg. (2003). Attitudes towards Recycling Household Waste in Exeter, Devon: Quantitative and qualitative approaches. Local Environment. 8(4). 407–421. 150 indexed citations

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Ford, Nicholas. (2002). Tradeoffs or Synergies? Agricultural Intensification, Economic Development and the Environment. Journal of Rural Studies. 18(3). 354–354. 46 indexed citations

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Barr, Stewart, Andrew W. Gilg, & Nicholas Ford. (2001). A Conceptual Framework for Understanding and Analysing Attitudes towards Household-Waste Management. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space. 33(11). 2025–2048. 175 indexed citations

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Barr, Stewart, Andrew W. Gilg, & Nicholas Ford. (2001). Differences Between Household Waste Reduction, Reuse and Recycling Behaviour: a Study of Reported Behaviours, Intentions and Explanatory Variables. 89 indexed citations

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Jones, Huw, et al.. (1984). COUNTER-URBANIZATION IN SOCIETAL CONTEXT: LONG-DISTANCE MIGRATION TO THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND∗. The Professional Geographer. 36(4). 437–444. 26 indexed citations

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