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Gary A. Ford

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
92
Citations
36403
World Ranking
11184
National Ranking
1066

Gary A. Ford publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 485 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Gary A. Ford D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gary A. Ford sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 92 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Gary A. Ford is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research focus spans a substantial body of work in medicine, with specific emphasis on epidemiology, rehabilitation, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, internal medicine, and neurology.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics related to stroke and cardiovascular health. Selected papers include:

  • "Pragmatic solutions to reduce the global burden of stroke: a World Stroke Organization-Lancet Neurology Commission" (2023) published in The Lancet Neurology
  • "Effect of Antihypertensive Medication Reduction vs Usual Care on Short-term Blood Pressure Control in Patients With Hypertension Aged 80 Years and Older" (2020) published in JAMA
  • "Intensive Ambulance-Delivered Blood-Pressure Reduction in Hyperacute Stroke" (2024) published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Isosorbide Mononitrate and Cilostazol Treatment in Patients With Symptomatic Cerebral Small Vessel Disease" (2023) published in JAMA Neurology
  • "The Incidence and Associated Factors of Early Neurological Deterioration After Thrombolysis" (2020) published in Stroke

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Gary A. Ford are:

  • Christopher Price
  • Phil White
  • Lisa Shaw
  • Martin James
  • Peter McMeekin

Publications are commonly found in these venues:

  • European Stroke Journal
  • Emergency Medicine Journal
  • International Journal of Stroke
  • Journal of Hypertension
  • Stroke

Their scholarly output reflects extensive involvement in research at the intersection of neurology and cardiovascular medicine, particularly concerning stroke management and rehabilitation, as well as blood pressure control and related cardiovascular conditions.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for management of ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attack 2008

    Peter A. Ringleb;Marie Germaine Bousser;Gary Ford;Philip Bath

  • Thrombolysis with alteplase for acute ischaemic stroke in the Safe Implementation of Thrombolysis in Stroke-Monitoring Study (SITS-MOST): an observational study

    Nils Wahlgren;Niaz Ahmed;Antoni Dávalos;Gary A Ford

  • Carotid artery stenting compared with endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis (International Carotid Stenting Study): an interim analysis of a randomised controlled trial

    Jörg Ederle;Joanna Dobson;Joanna Dobson;Roland L. Featherstone;Leo H. Bonati;Leo H. Bonati

  • Pioglitazone after Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack

    W. N. Kernan;C. M. Viscoli;K. L. Furie;L. H. Young

  • Lifestyle interventions to reduce raised blood pressure: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

    Heather O Dickinson;James M Mason;Donald J Nicolson;Fiona Campbell

  • The Warfarin-Aspirin Symptomatic Intracranial Disease Study

    M. I. Chimowitz;J. Kokkinos;J. Strong;M. B. Brown

  • Diagnostic Accuracy of Stroke Referrals From Primary Care, Emergency Room Physicians, and Ambulance Staff Using the Face Arm Speech Test

    Joseph Harbison;Omar Hossain;Damian Jenkinson;John Davis

  • Multivariable Analysis of Outcome Predictors and Adjustment of Main Outcome Results to Baseline Data Profile in Randomized Controlled Trials: Safe Implementation of Thrombolysis in Stroke-MOnitoring STudy (SITS-MOST)

    Nils Wahlgren;Niaz Ahmed;Niclas Eriksson;Franz Aichner

  • Long-term outcomes after stenting versus endarterectomy for treatment of symptomatic carotid stenosis: the International Carotid Stenting Study (ICSS) randomised trial

    Leo H Bonati;Leo H Bonati;Joanna Dobson;Roland L Featherstone;Jörg Ederle

  • Stroke: Working toward a prioritized world agenda

    Vladimir Hachinski;Geoffrey A. Donnan;Philip B. Gorelick;Werner Hacke

  • The Recognition of Stroke in the Emergency Room (ROSIER) scale: development and validation of a stroke recognition instrument.

    Azlisham Mohd Nor;John Davis;Bas Sen;Dean Shipsey

  • Acute Stroke Therapy by Inhibition of Neutrophils (ASTIN): An Adaptive Dose-Response Study of UK-279,276 in Acute Ischemic Stroke

    Michael Krams;Kennedy R. Lees;Werner Hacke;Andrew P. Grieve

  • Relationship of blood pressure, antihypertensive therapy, and outcome in ischemic stroke treated with intravenous thrombolysis: retrospective analysis from Safe Implementation of Thrombolysis in Stroke-International Stroke Thrombolysis Register (SITS-ISTR)

    Niaz Ahmed;Nils Wahlgren;Michael Brainin;José Castillo

  • Predicting the Risk of Symptomatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Ischemic Stroke Treated With Intravenous Alteplase Safe Implementation of Treatments in Stroke (SITS) Symptomatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage Risk Score

    Michael Mazya;José A. Egido;Gary A. Ford;Kennedy R. Lees

  • Penumbral imaging and functional outcome in patients with anterior circulation ischaemic stroke treated with endovascular thrombectomy versus medical therapy: a meta-analysis of individual patient-level data

    Bruce C V Campbell;Charles B L M Majoie;Gregory W Albers;Bijoy K Menon

  • Controlling hypertension and hypotension immediately post-stroke (CHHIPS): a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind pilot trial

    John F Potter;Thompson G Robinson;Gary A Ford;Amit Mistri

  • Safety and efficacy of multipotent adult progenitor cells in acute ischaemic stroke (MASTERS): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial.

    David C Hess;Lawrence R Wechsler;Wayne M Clark;Sean I Savitz

  • Imaging features and safety and efficacy of endovascular stroke treatment: a meta-analysis of individual patient-level data.

    Luis San Roman;Bijoy K. Menon;Jordi Blasco;Maria Hernandez-Perez

  • Robot assisted training for the upper limb after stroke (RATULS): a multicentre randomised controlled trial.

    Helen Rodgers;Helen Rodgers;Helen Rodgers;Helen Bosomworth;Hermano I Krebs;Frederike van Wijck

  • Endovascular therapy for acute ischaemic stroke: the Pragmatic Ischaemic Stroke Thrombectomy Evaluation (PISTE) randomised, controlled trial

    Keith W Muir;Gary A Ford;Claudia-Martina Messow;Ian Ford

Frequent Co-Authors

Kennedy R. Lees
Kennedy R. Lees University of Glasgow
Luke Vale
Luke Vale Newcastle University
John T. O'Brien
John T. O'Brien University of Cambridge
Keith W. Muir
Keith W. Muir University of Glasgow
Lynn Rochester
Lynn Rochester Newcastle University
Joanna M. Wardlaw
Joanna M. Wardlaw University of Edinburgh
Markku Kaste
Markku Kaste University of Helsinki
Hugh S. Markus
Hugh S. Markus University of Cambridge
Werner Hacke
Werner Hacke Heidelberg University
Richard J McManus
Richard J McManus University of Oxford

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