Peter C. Ford

25.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
434 papers, 20.6k citations indexed

About

Peter C. Ford is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter C. Ford has authored 434 papers receiving a total of 20.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 161 papers in Materials Chemistry, 130 papers in Organic Chemistry and 86 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Peter C. Ford's work include Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (85 papers), Metal complexes synthesis and properties (64 papers) and Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (63 papers). Peter C. Ford is often cited by papers focused on Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (85 papers), Metal complexes synthesis and properties (64 papers) and Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (63 papers). Peter C. Ford collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Armenia. Peter C. Ford's co-authors include Elena Cariati, James Bourassa, Ivan M. Lorković, David A. Wink, Katalin Barta, Arnd Vogler, Changkook Ryu, Alexei V. Iretskii, Leroy E. Laverman and Xianhui Bu and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Peter C. Ford

424 papers receiving 19.9k citations

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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.

Photoluminescence Properties of Multinuclear Copper(I) Compounds

1999 1.1k citations Peter C. Ford et al. profile →
Photochemical and photophysical properties of tetranuclear and hexanuclear clusters of metals with d10 and s2 electronic configurations

1993 498 citations Peter C. Ford et al. profile →
Synthesis and properties of pentaamminepyridineruthenium(II) and related pentaammineruthenium complexes of aromatic nitrogen heterocycles

1968 310 citations Peter C. Ford et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter C. Ford United States	72	7.4k	5.5k	5.3k	3.9k	3.9k	434	20.6k
Rudi van Eldik Germany	64	5.6k 0.8×	5.8k 1.1×	7.5k 1.4×	2.5k 0.6×	935 0.2×	890	22.0k
John T. Groves United States	81	8.8k 1.2×	10.8k 2.0×	7.8k 1.5×	989 0.3×	1.4k 0.4×	269	22.8k
Christopher J. Chang United States	110	17.1k 2.3×	5.0k 0.9×	4.4k 0.8×	2.2k 0.6×	2.1k 0.5×	290	45.7k
James P. Collman United States	78	9.9k 1.3×	8.2k 1.5×	8.3k 1.6×	2.1k 0.5×	504 0.1×	365	22.7k
Zijian Guo China	81	9.1k 1.2×	5.1k 0.9×	6.9k 1.3×	3.3k 0.8×	600 0.2×	510	27.8k
Joan Selverstone Valentine United States	80	4.2k 0.6×	4.3k 0.8×	2.5k 0.5×	727 0.2×	2.4k 0.6×	247	23.1k
Pradip K. Mascharak United States	58	3.1k 0.4×	3.3k 0.6×	2.7k 0.5×	2.3k 0.6×	1.0k 0.3×	214	9.6k
Kenneth D. Karlin United States	80	7.5k 1.0×	12.9k 2.4×	5.3k 1.0×	3.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.3×	369	20.4k
Tetsuo Nagano Japan	95	13.9k 1.9×	1.2k 0.2×	4.7k 0.9×	722 0.2×	4.1k 1.0×	378	34.6k
A. Dean Sherry United States	78	11.7k 1.6×	2.5k 0.5×	1.2k 0.2×	3.1k 0.8×	1.7k 0.4×	480	23.0k

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Ford, Peter C., et al.. (2025). Coupling nitric oxide photo-uncaging with radiotherapy. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 535. 216630–216630.

Ford, Peter C., et al.. (2025). Mixed-valency in multinuclear nickel complexes: From fundamentals to nickel enzymes. PubMed. 275. 113150–113150.

Martins, T., Luciane C. Alberici, Andréia Machado Leopoldino, et al.. (2025). Synergistic effect of NO and reactive oxygen species as a new approach in PDT: Photobiological and biochemical studies involving phthalocyanine-ruthenium complexes as new photosensitizer. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 468. 116527–116527.

Ford, Peter C., et al.. (2024). Multi-functional syringol based epoxides and properties of their thermoset polymers. RSC Sustainability. 2(9). 2684–2692. 2 indexed citations

Xiao, Zhiyin, et al.. (2024). Increasing the CO‐Release Photosensitivity of Mn(I) Carbonyl Complexes Towards Longer Wavelengths by Electronically Tuning Their Schiff Base Ligands. Applied Organometallic Chemistry. 39(1). 2 indexed citations

Abu‐Omar, Mahdi M. & Peter C. Ford. (2023). The lignin challenge in catalytic conversion of biomass solids to chemicals and fuels. RSC Sustainability. 1(7). 1686–1703. 4 indexed citations

Li, Zhi, John V. Garcia, Dongyun Zheng, et al.. (2021). Redox-mediated carbon monoxide release from a manganese carbonyl—implications for physiological CO delivery by CO releasing moieties. Royal Society Open Science. 8(11). 211022–211022. 11 indexed citations

Marker, Sierra C., Samantha N. MacMillan, Warren R. Zipfel, et al.. (2018). Photoactivated in Vitro Anticancer Activity of Rhenium(I) Tricarbonyl Complexes Bearing Water-Soluble Phosphines. Inorganic Chemistry. 57(3). 1311–1331. 124 indexed citations

Gao, Yu, Michael J. Walker, Omid Hosseinaei, et al.. (2018). Analysis of gas chromatography/mass spectrometry data for catalytic lignin depolymerization using positive matrix factorization. Green Chemistry. 20(18). 4366–4377. 8 indexed citations

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Ellena, Javier, et al.. (2017). Photochemical studies of cis -[Ru(bpy) 2 (4-bzpy)(CO)](PF 6 ) 2 and cis -[Ru(bpy) 2 (4-bzpy)(Cl)](PF 6 ): Blue light-induced nucleobase binding. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 173. 144–151. 15 indexed citations

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Levy, Elizabeth S., Demosthenes Morales, John V. Garcia, Norbert O. Reich, & Peter C. Ford. (2015). Near-IR mediated intracellular uncaging of NO from cell targeted hollow gold nanoparticles. Chemical Communications. 51(100). 17692–17695. 38 indexed citations

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Ford, Peter C., et al.. (2011). Ruthenium-nitrite complex as pro-drug releases NO in a tissue and enzyme-dependent way. Nitric Oxide. 24(4). 192–198. 50 indexed citations

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Ford, Peter C., et al.. (2005). Photochemical release of nitric oxide from a regenerable, sol-gel encapsulated Ru–salen–nitrosyl complex. Chemical Communications. 4169–4169. 33 indexed citations

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Kurtikyan, Tigran S. & Peter C. Ford. (2005). Reactions of Nitrogen Oxides with Heme Models: Spectral Characterization of an Elusive Five‐Coordinate Fe^III(porphyrin) Nitrito Intermediate. Angewandte Chemie. 118(3). 506–510. 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Xiaoping, Ayşen Yılmaz, Ivan M. Lorković, et al.. (2003). An integrated process for partial oxidation of alkanes. Chemical Communications. 2294–2294. 48 indexed citations

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Wink, David A., Matthew B. Grisham, James B. Mitchell, & Peter C. Ford. (1996). Direct and indirect effects of nitric oxide in chemical reactions relevant to biology. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 268. 12–31. 135 indexed citations

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Wink, David A., et al.. (1994). Oxidizing intermediates generated in the Fenton reagent: kinetic arguments against the intermediacy of the hydroxyl radical.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 102(suppl 3). 11–15. 46 indexed citations

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Ford, Peter C., C. David Garner, A. A. MacDowell, et al.. (1981). Intense satellite peaks in the carbon 1s photoelectron spectra of Mo2(O2CH)4 and Mo2(O2CCH3)4. Chemical Physics Letters. 84(1). 172–175. 1 indexed citations

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Ford, Peter C., et al.. (1973). Chemistry: principles and applications. 16 indexed citations

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Ford, Peter C., et al.. (1971). Automatic Electronic Oxygen Supply. BMJ. 1(5748). 548–551. 3 indexed citations

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