{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5082852020","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[],"display_name":"John R. Ball","raw_author_names":["J. R. Ball","J.R. Ball","John R. Ball"],"full_name":"John R. Ball","works_count":7,"cited_by_count":85,"summary_stats":{"2yr_mean_citedness":0.0,"h_index":4,"i10_index":3},"ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/A5082852020","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"affiliations":[{"institution":{"id":"https://openalex.org/I9217761","ror":"https://ror.org/04p8w0f39","display_name":"Westinghouse Electric (United States)","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I9217761"]},"years":[1962,1899]}],"last_known_institutions":null,"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10054","display_name":"Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques","count":2,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1708","display_name":"Hardware and Architecture"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10508","display_name":"Patient Safety and Medication Errors","count":2,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2739","display_name":"Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10829","display_name":"Interconnection Networks and Systems","count":2,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12574","display_name":"Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills","count":2,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2714","display_name":"Family Practice"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10072","display_name":"Science Education and Pedagogy","count":1,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"topic_share":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10829","display_name":"Interconnection Networks and Systems","value":1.36e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11697","display_name":"Numerical Methods and Algorithms","value":1.31e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1703","display_name":"Computational Theory and Mathematics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12574","display_name":"Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills","value":1.17e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2714","display_name":"Family Practice"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13555","display_name":"Healthcare cost, quality, practices","value":9.8e-06,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3600","display_name":"General Health Professions"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/36","display_name":"Health Professions"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12182","display_name":"Evolution and Science Education","value":9.4e-06,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1207","display_name":"History and Philosophy of Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"x_concepts":[{"id":"41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.760496973991394},{"id":"94375191","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11205","display_name":"Arithmetic","score":0.619351863861084},{"id":"106515295","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26806595","display_name":"Parallel processing","score":0.5407826900482178},{"id":"11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","score":0.47660985589027405},{"id":"33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.44095396995544434}],"counts_by_year":[{"year":1899,"works_count":1,"oa_works_count":0,"cited_by_count":0},{"year":1962,"works_count":1,"oa_works_count":1,"cited_by_count":0},{"year":1969,"works_count":1,"oa_works_count":0,"cited_by_count":0},{"year":1975,"works_count":1,"oa_works_count":0,"cited_by_count":0},{"year":1995,"works_count":1,"oa_works_count":0,"cited_by_count":0},{"year":2012,"works_count":0,"oa_works_count":0,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2013,"works_count":0,"oa_works_count":0,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2014,"works_count":0,"oa_works_count":0,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2015,"works_count":2,"oa_works_count":0,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2016,"works_count":0,"oa_works_count":0,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2017,"works_count":0,"oa_works_count":0,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2018,"works_count":0,"oa_works_count":0,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"works_count":0,"oa_works_count":0,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"works_count":0,"oa_works_count":0,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2023,"works_count":0,"oa_works_count":0,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"works_count":0,"oa_works_count":0,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2025,"works_count":0,"oa_works_count":0,"cited_by_count":1}],"display_name_alternatives":["J. R. Ball","J.R. Ball","John R. Ball"],"block_key":"j ball","works_api_url":"https://api.openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5082852020","updated_date":"2026-11-07T12:08:38","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}