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Edward B. Thornton

Edward B. Thornton publishes mostly in Earth-Surface Processes, Oceanography and Atmospheric Science, on topics such as Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research.

World rank
#153,244
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#64,200
of 358,040
Works
36
Citations
223
Citations per work
6.2

What does Edward B. Thornton research?

Earth-Surface Processes: 36.4%Oceanography: 27.3%Atmospheric Science: 13.6%Ecology: 6.8%other fields: 15.9%36%top field
Earth-Surface Processes36.4%Oceanography27.3%Atmospheric Science13.6%Ecology6.8%other fields15.9%

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

  1. 1Earth-Surface Processes36% of their works
  2. 2Oceanography27% of their works
  3. 3Atmospheric Science14% of their works
  4. 4Ecology7% of their works
  5. 5Geophysics2% of their works
  6. 6Geology2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Edward B. Thornton's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Wave Modeling, Sediment Transport, Remote Sensing, Sea-Level Rise, Tropical Cyclones, Coastal Dynamics, Shoreline Change and Climate Change.

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 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Wave Modeling212 topics
  2. Sediment Transport163 topics
  3. Remote Sensing142 topics
  4. Sea-Level Rise142 topics
  5. Tropical Cyclones132 topics
  6. Coastal Dynamics121 topic
  7. Shoreline Change121 topic
  8. Climate Change114 topics
  9. Ocean Waves91 topic
  10. Wind Stress91 topic
  11. Hurricanes41 topic
  12. Ocean Circulation42 topics
  13. Storm Surge41 topic
  14. Aeolian Processes31 topic
  15. Wind Erosion31 topic
  16. Arctic21 topic
  17. Coastal Protection21 topic
  18. Mangrove Forests21 topic
  19. Oceanic Modeling21 topic
  20. Sea Ice21 topic
  21. Tidal Analysis21 topic
  22. Hydrodynamic Processes11 topic
  23. Numerical Modeling11 topic

Where does Edward B. Thornton work?

Edward B. Thornton's main affiliation in the publication record is Naval Postgraduate School, United States.

How many publications and citations does Edward B. Thornton have?

Science Explorer counts 36 works and 223 citations for Edward B. Thornton, ranking #153,244 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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