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Researcher · Culham Science Centre · United Kingdom

A. Thornton

A. 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 Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics.

ORCID 0000-0002-7155-230X OpenAlex
World rank
#765,994
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#57,510
of 90,785
Works
27
Citations
61
Citations per work
2.3

What does A. Thornton research?

Nuclear and High Energy Physics: 37.1%Materials Chemistry: 17.1%Astronomy and Astrophysics: 8.6%Aerospace Engineering: 8.6%other fields: 28.6%37%top field
Nuclear and High Energy Physics37.1%Materials Chemistry17.1%Astronomy and Astrophysics8.6%Aerospace Engineering8.6%other fields28.6%

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

  1. 1Nuclear and High Energy Physics37% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry17% of their works
  3. 3Astronomy and Astrophysics9% of their works
  4. 4Aerospace Engineering9% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering6% of their works
  6. 6Religious studies3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe A. Thornton's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Tokamak, Turbulence, fusion materials, radiation damage, Electron Beams, Laser-Plasma Accelerators, Ionosphere and Magnetosphere.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Tokamak91 topic
  2. Turbulence91 topic
  3. fusion materials61 topic
  4. radiation damage61 topic
  5. Electron Beams41 topic
  6. Laser-Plasma Accelerators41 topic
  7. Ionosphere21 topic
  8. Magnetosphere21 topic
  9. Negative Ion Sources21 topic
  10. Superconducting Cavities21 topic
  11. Deep Learning11 topic
  12. Molten Salt11 topic
  13. Nb3Sn Conductor11 topic
  14. Nuclear Reactor11 topic
  15. Plant Disease Detection11 topic
  16. Superconducting Magnets11 topic

Where does A. Thornton work?

A. Thornton's main affiliation in the publication record is Culham Science Centre, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does A. Thornton have?

Science Explorer counts 27 works and 61 citations for A. Thornton, ranking #765,994 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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