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Researcher · Millersville University · United States

John K. Thornton

John K. Thornton publishes mostly in Anthropology, Archeology and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as Colonialism, slavery, and trade, African history and culture studies and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories.

ORCID 0000-0001-8760-2634 OpenAlex
World rank
#42,304
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#19,557
of 358,040
Works
55
Citations
129
Citations per work
2.3

What does John K. Thornton research?

Anthropology: 67.7%Archeology: 8.1%Political Science and International Relations: 4.8%Genetics: 4.8%other fields: 14.6%68%top field
Anthropology67.7%Archeology8.1%Political Science and International Relations4.8%Genetics4.8%other fields14.6%

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

  1. 1Anthropology68% of their works
  2. 2Archeology8% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations5% of their works
  4. 4Genetics5% of their works
  5. 5Religious studies3% of their works
  6. 6Sociology and Political Science3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe John K. Thornton's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cultural Exchange, Slavery, Archaeological Evidence, Atlantic History, Transatlantic Slave Trade, Colonialism, Indian Ocean and Post-Colonial Africa.

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. Cultural Exchange153 topics
  2. Slavery152 topics
  3. Archaeological Evidence132 topics
  4. Atlantic History131 topic
  5. Transatlantic Slave Trade131 topic
  6. Colonialism111 topic
  7. Indian Ocean111 topic
  8. Post-Colonial Africa111 topic
  9. prehistoric movement111 topic
  10. Archaeology42 topics
  11. Ancient Rome31 topic
  12. Greek Literature31 topic
  13. Arabia21 topic
  14. Byzantine21 topic
  15. Mediterranean21 topic
  16. Migrations21 topic
  17. Pottery Production21 topic
  18. Sahara21 topic
  19. Genetic Structure11 topic
  20. Population Genetics11 topic

Where does John K. Thornton work?

John K. Thornton's main affiliation in the publication record is Millersville University, United States.

How many publications and citations does John K. Thornton have?

Science Explorer counts 55 works and 129 citations for John K. Thornton, ranking #42,304 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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