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Researcher · McGill University · Canada

James D. Ford

James D. Ford publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions and Global and Planetary Change, on topics such as Indigenous Studies and Ecology, Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration and Climate change impacts on agriculture.

ORCID 0000-0002-2066-3456 OpenAlex
World rank
#10,610
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#269
of 38,960
Works
68
Citations
777
Citations per work
11.4

What does James D. Ford research?

Sociology and Political Science: 18.7%General Health Professions: 13.3%Global and Planetary Change: 12.0%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9.3%other fields: 46.7%19%top field
Sociology and Political Science18.7%General Health Professions13.3%Global and Planetary Change12.0%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics9.3%other fields46.7%

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

  1. 1Sociology and Political Science19% of their works
  2. 2General Health Professions13% of their works
  3. 3Global and Planetary Change12% of their works
  4. 4Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics9% of their works
  5. 5Atmospheric Science7% of their works
  6. 6Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe James D. Ford's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Vulnerability, Food Security, Sustainability, Adaptation, Arctic, Arctic Indigenous Peoples and Traditional Knowledge.

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 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change346 topics
  2. Vulnerability223 topics
  3. Food Security152 topics
  4. Sustainability143 topics
  5. Adaptation132 topics
  6. Arctic102 topics
  7. Arctic Indigenous Peoples91 topic
  8. Traditional Knowledge91 topic
  9. Global Warming82 topics
  10. Environmental Refugees71 topic
  11. Migration71 topic
  12. Agriculture61 topic
  13. Crop Production61 topic
  14. Governance61 topic
  15. Shipping61 topic
  16. Carbon Feedback41 topic
  17. Permafrost41 topic
  18. Climate Modeling21 topic
  19. Ecosystem Services21 topic
  20. Extreme Events21 topic
  21. History21 topic
  22. Land Use Change21 topic
  23. Scotland21 topic

Where does James D. Ford work?

James D. Ford's main affiliation in the publication record is McGill University, Canada.

How many publications and citations does James D. Ford have?

Science Explorer counts 68 works and 777 citations for James D. Ford, ranking #10,610 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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