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Researcher · City of Cape Town · South Africa

J. A. Thornton

J. A. Thornton publishes mostly in Water Science and Technology, Environmental Chemistry and Ecology, on topics such as Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Water Quality and Pollution Assessment and Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity.

ORCID 0000-0002-9886-9323 OpenAlex
World rank
#282,363
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#755
of 5,570
Works
29
Citations
46
Citations per work
1.6

What does J. A. Thornton research?

Water Science and Technology: 33.3%Environmental Chemistry: 33.3%Ecology: 25.0%Atmospheric Science: 8.3%33%top field
Water Science and Technology33.3%Environmental Chemistry33.3%Ecology25.0%Atmospheric Science8.3%

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

  1. 1Water Science and Technology33% of their works
  2. 2Environmental Chemistry33% of their works
  3. 3Ecology25% of their works
  4. 4Atmospheric Science8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe J. A. Thornton's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Eutrophication, Water Quality, Cyanobacteria, Harmful Algal Blooms, Biodiversity Loss, Multivariate Statistical Techniques and Water Quality Index.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 6 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change73 topics
  2. Eutrophication62 topics
  3. Water Quality62 topics
  4. Cyanobacteria41 topic
  5. Harmful Algal Blooms41 topic
  6. Biodiversity Loss32 topics
  7. Multivariate Statistical Techniques31 topic
  8. Water Quality Index31 topic
  9. Lake Tanganyika21 topic
  10. Lake Victoria21 topic
  11. Freshwater Mussels11 topic
  12. Invasive Species11 topic
  13. Nexus11 topic
  14. Ozone Depletion11 topic
  15. Stratospheric Water Vapor11 topic
  16. Water11 topic

Where does J. A. Thornton work?

J. A. Thornton's main affiliation in the publication record is City of Cape Town, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does J. A. Thornton have?

Science Explorer counts 29 works and 46 citations for J. A. Thornton, ranking #282,363 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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