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David Thornton

David Thornton publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Clinical Psychology, on topics such as Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending, Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment.

World rank
#488,048
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#40,605
of 90,785
Works
16
Citations
65
Citations per work
4.1

What does David Thornton research?

Sociology and Political Science: 25.0%Social Psychology: 25.0%Clinical Psychology: 16.7%Cognitive Neuroscience: 8.3%other fields: 25.0%25%top field
Sociology and Political Science25.0%Social Psychology25.0%Clinical Psychology16.7%Cognitive Neuroscience8.3%other fields25.0%

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

  1. 1Sociology and Political Science25% of their works
  2. 2Social Psychology25% of their works
  3. 3Clinical Psychology17% of their works
  4. 4Cognitive Neuroscience8% of their works
  5. 5Psychiatry and Mental health8% of their works
  6. 6Information Systems and Management8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David Thornton's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Criminal Behavior, Criminal Justice, Emotional Intelligence, Gender Differences, Leadership, Mass Incarceration, Neuroscience and Psychopathy.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Criminal Behavior21 topic
  2. Criminal Justice21 topic
  3. Emotional Intelligence22 topics
  4. Gender Differences22 topics
  5. Leadership22 topics
  6. Mass Incarceration21 topic
  7. Neuroscience22 topics
  8. Psychopathy21 topic
  9. Attitude11 topic
  10. Courage11 topic
  11. Disgust11 topic
  12. Empathy11 topic
  13. Ethical Decision Making11 topic
  14. Heroism11 topic
  15. Humor Styles Questionnaire11 topic
  16. Medical Education11 topic
  17. Moral Identity11 topic
  18. Moral Judgment11 topic
  19. Performance11 topic
  20. Psychological Well-being11 topic

Where does David Thornton work?

David Thornton's main affiliation in the publication record is HM Prison Service, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does David Thornton have?

Science Explorer counts 16 works and 65 citations for David Thornton, ranking #488,048 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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