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Researcher · Texas A&M University · United States

David N. Ford

David N. Ford publishes mostly in Management Science and Operations Research, Management of Technology and Innovation and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Complex Systems and Decision Making, Product Development and Customization and Construction Project Management and Performance.

ORCID 0000-0003-3511-1360 OpenAlex
World rank
#50,065
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#23,022
of 358,040
Works
38
Citations
337
Citations per work
8.9

What does David N. Ford research?

Management Science and Operations Research: 23.3%Management of Technology and Innovation: 9.3%Sociology and Political Science: 9.3%Global and Planetary Change: 7.0%other fields: 51.1%23%top field
Management Science and Operations Research23.3%Management of Technology and Innovation9.3%Sociology and Political Science9.3%Global and Planetary Change7.0%other fields51.1%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Management Science and Operations Research23% of their works
  2. 2Management of Technology and Innovation9% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science9% of their works
  4. 4Global and Planetary Change7% of their works
  5. 5Civil and Structural Engineering5% of their works
  6. 6Finance5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David N. Ford's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Supply Chain Management, Soft Systems Methodology, System Dynamics, Construction Projects, Mass Customization, Product Modularity, Project Success and Investment Under Uncertainty.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Supply Chain Management62 topics
  2. Soft Systems Methodology41 topic
  3. System Dynamics41 topic
  4. Construction Projects31 topic
  5. Mass Customization31 topic
  6. Product Modularity31 topic
  7. Project Success31 topic
  8. Investment Under Uncertainty21 topic
  9. Real Options21 topic
  10. Risk Perception21 topic
  11. Trust21 topic
  12. Complex Fluids11 topic
  13. Complexity Theory11 topic
  14. Emergence11 topic
  15. End-User Software Engineering11 topic
  16. Meta-design11 topic
  17. Rheology11 topic

Where does David N. Ford work?

David N. Ford's main affiliation in the publication record is Texas A&M University, United States.

How many publications and citations does David N. Ford have?

Science Explorer counts 38 works and 337 citations for David N. Ford, ranking #50,065 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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