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Researcher · International Livestock Research Institute · Kenya

Philip K. Thornton

Philip K. Thornton publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Ecology, on topics such as Climate change impacts on agriculture, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact and Agricultural Innovations and Practices.

ORCID 0000-0002-1854-0182 OpenAlex
World rank
#15,925
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Kenya
#7
of 7,520
Works
643
Citations
44k
Citations per work
68.1
h-index
97
i10-index 263Top 0.1% in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Philip K. Thornton

What does Philip K. Thornton research?

Philip K. Thornton's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (35%), Environmental Science (19%), Health Professions (6%).

Everything else: 259 works · 40.3% of their workLife Sciences: 224 works · 34.8% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 224 works · 34.8% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 114 works · 17.8% of their workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 78 works · 12.1% of their workSoil Science: 32 works · 4.9% of their workPhysical Sciences: 121 works · 18.8% of their workEnvironmental Science: 121 works · 18.8% of their workEcology: 69 works · 10.7% of their workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 52 works · 8.1% of their workHealth Sciences: 39 works · 6.1% of their workHealth Professions: 39 works · 6.1% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 39 works · 6.1% of their workTHEIR WORKPhilip K.Thornton643works
Life Sciences35%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences6%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
  1. Everything else25940.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22434.8%
    1. Environmental Science12118.8%
    1. Health Professions396.1%
  1. 1Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics18% of their works
  2. 2General Agricultural and Biological Sciences12% of their works
  3. 3Ecology11% of their works
  4. 4Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law8% of their works
  5. 5General Health Professions6% of their works
  6. 6Soil Science5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Philip K. Thornton's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Adaptation, Sustainability, Agriculture, Vulnerability, Crop Production, Global Warming and Environmental Impact.

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 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change4384 topics
  2. Adaptation3203 topics
  3. Sustainability3203 topics
  4. Agriculture2202 topics
  5. Vulnerability2202 topics
  6. Crop Production1691 topic
  7. Global Warming1691 topic
  8. Environmental Impact1602 topics
  9. Smallholder Farmers1562 topics
  10. Social Networks1452 topics
  11. Food Systems1181 topic
  12. Sustainable Diets1181 topic
  13. Livestock Farming1042 topics
  14. Agricultural Innovation941 topic
  15. Livelihood Diversification941 topic
  16. Pastoralists891 topic
  17. Rangeland Degradation891 topic
  18. Agricultural Development621 topic
  19. Work Organization621 topic
  20. Insurance511 topic
  21. Risk Management511 topic
  22. Agricultural Sustainability421 topic
  23. Farm Level Assessment421 topic
  24. Aging371 topic
  25. Elderly371 topic

Where does Philip K. Thornton work?

Philip K. Thornton's main affiliation in the publication record is International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya.

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

OpenAlex counts 643 works and 43,807 citations for Philip K. Thornton, an h-index of 97, ranking #15,925 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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