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Researcher · Hydro One (Canada) · Canada

G.L. Ford

G.L. Ford publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Materials Chemistry, on topics such as High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena, Thermal Analysis in Power Transmission and Lightning and Electromagnetic Phenomena.

OpenAlex
World rank
#3,051,787
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#97,961
of 183,316
Works
51
Citations
598
Citations per work
11.7
h-index
14
i10-index 20Top 33% in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
G.L. Ford

What does G.L. Ford research?

G.L. Ford's work is mostly in Engineering (54%), Materials Science (14%), Physics and Astronomy (10%).

Physical Sciences: 40 works · 78.0% of their workEngineering: 27 works · 53.9% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 11 works · 20.6% of their workControl and Systems Engineering: 9 works · 18.4% of their workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 5 works · 9.9% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 works · 5.0% of their workMaterials Science: 7 works · 14.2% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 7 works · 14.2% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 works · 9.9% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 works · 9.9% of their workEverything else: 11 works · 22.0% of their workTHEIR WORKG.L. Ford51works
Physical Sciences78%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2753.9%
    2. Materials Science714.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy59.9%
  2. Everything else1122.0%
  1. 1Electrical and Electronic Engineering21% of their works
  2. 2Control and Systems Engineering18% of their works
  3. 3Materials Chemistry14% of their works
  4. 4Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality10% of their works
  5. 5Astronomy and Astrophysics10% of their works
  6. 6Civil and Structural Engineering5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe G.L. Ford's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Dielectrics, Nanocomposites, Dynamic Line Rating, Thermal Analysis, Distribution, Lightning, Reliability Evaluation and Wind Power.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Dielectrics201 topic
  2. Nanocomposites201 topic
  3. Dynamic Line Rating171 topic
  4. Thermal Analysis171 topic
  5. Distribution141 topic
  6. Lightning141 topic
  7. Reliability Evaluation121 topic
  8. Wind Power121 topic
  9. Arc Fault81 topic
  10. Detection81 topic
  11. Dissolved Gas Analysis71 topic
  12. Frequency Response Analysis71 topic
  13. Axially Moving Systems31 topic
  14. Seismic31 topic
  15. Tunnel31 topic
  16. Vibration Analysis31 topic

Where does G.L. Ford work?

G.L. Ford's main affiliation in the publication record is Hydro One (Canada), Canada.

How many publications and citations does G.L. Ford have?

OpenAlex counts 51 works and 598 citations for G.L. Ford, an h-index of 14, ranking #3,051,787 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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