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D-Index
40
Citations
6142
World Ranking
5399
National Ranking
2546

Kathleen Ford publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kathleen Ford sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 112 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Kathleen Ford D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kathleen Ford sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kathleen Ford is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in the social sciences. Their scholarly work spans multiple subfields, including sociology and political science, clinical psychology, general health professions, health, and social psychology.

Ford's research emphasizes topics such as psychological well-being and life satisfaction, health disparities and outcomes, migration and labor dynamics, employment and welfare studies, ethics in clinical research, biomedical text mining and ontologies, and electronic health records systems.

Recent publications by Ford and collaborators include:

  • Role of social capital in response to and recovery from the first wave of COVID-19 in Thailand: a qualitative study, 2023, BMJ Open
  • Migration and Unrest in the Deep South Thailand: A Multilevel Analysis of a Longitudinal Study, 2020, Demography
  • An analysis of the resilience process: The stimulus of mental strength and the role of community and family support amidst the civil violence in Thailand, 2020, Current Psychology
  • A Multilevel Longitudinal Study of Individual, Household and Village Factors Associated with Happiness Among Adults in the Southernmost Provinces of Thailand, 2021, Applied Research in Quality of Life
  • Evaluating and extending the Informed Consent Ontology for representing permissions from the clinical domain, 2022, Applied Ontology

Frequent co-authors in Kathleen Ford's publications include:

  • Aree Jampaklay
  • Aphichat Chamratrithirong
  • Aksarapak Lucktong
  • Marcelline R. Harris
  • Patama Vapattanawong

Ford's work has appeared in a variety of publication venues, with multiple articles published in the following journals:

  • BMJ Open
  • Clinical Nutrition ESPEN
  • Journal of Comparative Family Studies
  • Demography
  • Current Psychology

Best Publications

  • Sex and pregnancy in adolescence

    Frank F. Furstenberg;Melvin Zelnik;John F. Kantner;Kathleen Ford

  • Psychometrics of a Brief Acculturation Scale for Hispanics in a Probability Sample of Urban Hispanic Adolescents and Young Adults

    Anne E. Norris;Kathleen Ford;Carol A. Bova

  • Characteristics of adolescents' sexual partners and their association with use of condoms and other contraceptive methods.

    Kathleen Ford;Woosung Sohn;James Lepkowski

  • Duration of residence in the United States and the fertility of U.S. immigrants.

    Kathleen Ford

  • A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 study of RMP-7 in combination with carboplatin administered intravenously for the treatment of recurrent malignant glioma.

    Michael D. Prados;S. Clifford Schold;Howard A. Fine;Kurt Jaeckle

  • Atrial Premature Beats Predict Atrial Fibrillation in Cryptogenic Stroke: Results From the EMBRACE Trial

    David J. Gladstone;David J. Gladstone;Paul Dorian;Melanie Spring;Val Panzov

  • American adolescents: sexual mixing patterns, bridge partners, and concurrency.

    Kathleen Ford;Woosung Sohn;James Lepkowski

  • Urban Hispanic adolescents and young adults: Relationship of acculturation to sexual behavior

    Kathleen Ford;Anne E. Norris

  • Nutrition and fertility in Bangladesh: breastfeeding and post partum amenorrhoea.

    Sandra L. Huffman;Kathleen Ford;Hubert A. Allen;Peter Streble

  • Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic characteristics of a long-acting growth hormone (GH) preparation (nutropin depot) in GH-deficient children.

    D. M. Cook;B. M. K. Biller;M. L. Vance;A. R. Hoffman

  • Who is breast-feeding? Implications of associated social and biomedical variables for research on the consequences of method of infant feeding

    Kathleen Ford;Miriam Labbok

  • Voluntary HIV Testing, Disclosure, and Stigma Among Injection Drug Users in Bali, Indonesia

    Kathleen Ford;Dewa Nyoman Wirawan;Gusti Made Sumantera;Anak Agung Sagung Sawitri

  • A longitudinal study of the predictors of prevalence and severity of symptoms commonly associated with menopause.

    Kathleen Ford;MaryFran Sowers;Mary Crutchfield;Angela Wilson

  • A multicenter study of the efficacy and safety of sustained release GH in the treatment of naive pediatric patients with GH deficiency

    Edward O. Reiter;Kenneth M. Attie;Thomas Moshang;Bernard L. Silverman

  • AIDS mortality and the mobility of children in KwaZulu Natal South Africa.

    Kathleen Ford;Victoria Hosegood;Victoria Hosegood

  • Behavioral interventions for reduction of sexually transmitted disease/HIV transmission among female commercial sex workers and clients in Bali, Indonesia

    Kathleen Ford;Dewa Nyoman Wirawan;Peter Fajans;Partha Meliawan

  • A long-acting human growth hormone (Nutropin Depot): efficacy and safety following two years of treatment in children with growth hormone deficiency.

    Bernard L Silverman;Sandra L Blethen;Edward O Reiter;Kenneth M Attie

  • Second pregnancies among teenage mothers.

    Kathleen Ford

  • Characteristics of sexual partners and STD infection among American adolescents.

    Kathleen Ford;James M Lepkowski

  • Sexual behavior and condom use among urban low-income African-American and Hispanic youth.

    Kathleen Ford;Susan Rubinstein;Anne Norris

  • Sex and Pregnancy in Adolescence

    Geoffrey K. Leigh;Melvin Zelnik;John F. Kantner;Kathleen Ford

Frequent Co-Authors

Victoria Hosegood
Victoria Hosegood University of Southampton
MaryFran Sowers
MaryFran Sowers University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jane Menken
Jane Menken University of Colorado Boulder
Andreas Laupacis
Andreas Laupacis St. Michael's Hospital
Teresa E. Seeman
Teresa E. Seeman University of California, Los Angeles
Stephen Clift
Stephen Clift Canterbury Christ Church University
Richard H. Swartz
Richard H. Swartz Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Gustavo Saposnik
Gustavo Saposnik University of Toronto
Gail A. Greendale
Gail A. Greendale University of California, Los Angeles

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