Andrew J. Thornton
Andrew J. Thornton publishes mostly in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Materials Chemistry and Astronomy and Astrophysics, on topics such as Magnetic confinement fusion research, Fusion materials and technologies and Superconducting Materials and Applications.
- World rank
- #809,192 of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
- Rank in United Kingdom
- #67,190 of 367,258
- Works
- 135
- Citations
- 3.8k
- Citations per work
- 28.2
What does Andrew J. Thornton research?
Andrew J. Thornton's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (47%), Engineering (21%), Materials Science (17%).
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
- Physical Sciences11585.1%
- Physics and Astronomy6447.4%
- Engineering2820.9%
- Materials Science2316.8%
- Everything else2014.9%
- 1Nuclear and High Energy Physics35% of their works
- 2Materials Chemistry17% of their works
- 3Astronomy and Astrophysics12% of their works
- 4Biomedical Engineering10% of their works
- 5Aerospace Engineering8% of their works
- 6Electrical and Electronic Engineering3% of their works
Research topics
- Magnetic confinement fusion research
- Fusion materials and technologies
- Superconducting Materials and Applications
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
- Particle accelerators and beam dynamics
- Nuclear reactor physics and engineering
- Plasma Diagnostics and Applications
Which keywords describe Andrew J. Thornton's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Tokamak, Turbulence, fusion materials, radiation damage, Ionosphere, Magnetosphere, Nb3Sn Conductor and Superconducting Magnets.
- Semiconductor Industry
- Nuclear Reactor
- Superconducting Cavities
- Laser-Plasma Accelerators
- Superconducting Magnets
- Magnetosphere
- radiation damage
- Turbulence
- Tokamak
- fusion materials
- Ionosphere
- Nb3Sn Conductor
- Electron Beams
- Negative Ion Sources
- Molten Salt
- Plasma Etching
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
- Tokamak1021 topic
- Turbulence1021 topic
- fusion materials571 topic
- radiation damage571 topic
- Ionosphere341 topic
- Magnetosphere341 topic
- Nb3Sn Conductor341 topic
- Superconducting Magnets341 topic
- Electron Beams251 topic
- Laser-Plasma Accelerators251 topic
- Negative Ion Sources121 topic
- Superconducting Cavities121 topic
- Molten Salt101 topic
- Nuclear Reactor101 topic
- Plasma Etching91 topic
- Semiconductor Industry91 topic
Where does Andrew J. Thornton work?
Andrew J. Thornton's main affiliation in the publication record is Culham Science Centre, United Kingdom.
How many publications and citations does Andrew J. Thornton have?
OpenAlex counts 135 works and 3,809 citations for Andrew J. Thornton, an h-index of 31, ranking #809,192 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.
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