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Researcher · Oak Ridge National Laboratory · United States

Peter Thornton

Peter Thornton publishes mostly in Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Inorganic Chemistry, on topics such as Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Climate change and permafrost and Magnetism in coordination complexes.

ORCID 0000-0002-4759-5158 OpenAlex
World rank
#31,240
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#14,561
of 358,040
Works
154
Citations
1.2k
Citations per work
8.1

What does Peter Thornton research?

Global and Planetary Change: 16.1%Atmospheric Science: 15.5%Inorganic Chemistry: 6.8%Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 5.0%other fields: 56.6%16%top field
Global and Planetary Change16.1%Atmospheric Science15.5%Inorganic Chemistry6.8%Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials5.0%other fields56.6%

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

  1. 1Global and Planetary Change16% of their works
  2. 2Atmospheric Science16% of their works
  3. 3Inorganic Chemistry7% of their works
  4. 4Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials5% of their works
  5. 5Ecology5% of their works
  6. 6Organic Chemistry4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Peter Thornton's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Hydrology, Emissions, Methane, Arctic, Permafrost, Lanthanide Complexes and Single-Molecule Magnets.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change295 topics
  2. Hydrology132 topics
  3. Emissions121 topic
  4. Methane121 topic
  5. Arctic91 topic
  6. Permafrost91 topic
  7. Lanthanide Complexes71 topic
  8. Single-Molecule Magnets71 topic
  9. Extreme Events61 topic
  10. Global Warming61 topic
  11. Drought51 topic
  12. Ecological Niche51 topic
  13. Species Distribution Modeling51 topic
  14. Tree Mortality51 topic
  15. Fluoride Ion Batteries41 topic
  16. Glacier41 topic
  17. Noble Gas Compounds41 topic
  18. Water Availability41 topic

Where does Peter Thornton work?

Peter Thornton's main affiliation in the publication record is Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States.

How many publications and citations does Peter Thornton have?

Science Explorer counts 154 works and 1,247 citations for Peter Thornton, ranking #31,240 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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