I. Thornton

13.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
158 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

I. Thornton is a scholar working on Pollution, Artificial Intelligence and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, I. Thornton has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Pollution, 38 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 32 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in I. Thornton's work include Heavy metals in environment (100 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (38 papers) and Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (22 papers). I. Thornton is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (100 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (38 papers) and Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (22 papers). I. Thornton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Hong Kong. I. Thornton's co-authors include Xiangdong Li, Wenzhong Shi, C LEE, M.E. Farago, Myung Chae Jung, Michael H. Ramsey, John Rieuwerts, John Watt, Coby S.C. Wong and M.R. Ashmore and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

I. Thornton

155 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

Metal contamination in urban, suburban, and country park ... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2005 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Metal contamination in urban, suburban, and country park soils of Hong Kong: A study based on GIS and multivariate statistics
    2005 642 citations I. Thornton et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
  2. Urban environmental geochemistry of trace metals
    2005 493 citations I. Thornton et al. Environmental Pollution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
I. Thornton United Kingdom 51 6.8k 3.1k 2.2k 1.6k 1.6k 158 9.7k
M. B�isson Canada 12 7.4k 1.1× 2.2k 0.7× 1.8k 0.8× 2.3k 1.4× 1.2k 0.7× 15 10.6k
B. J. Alloway United Kingdom 40 7.4k 1.1× 2.1k 0.7× 1.3k 0.6× 1.7k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 87 11.3k
D. C. Adriano United States 45 8.2k 1.2× 2.6k 0.8× 960 0.4× 3.2k 2.0× 1.2k 0.7× 153 13.6k
Alina Kabata‐Pendias Poland 14 9.1k 1.3× 2.4k 0.8× 1.8k 0.8× 1.5k 0.9× 1.9k 1.1× 52 14.4k
Ulrich Förstner Germany 43 7.8k 1.1× 3.4k 1.1× 2.6k 1.2× 2.3k 1.4× 758 0.5× 153 11.6k
H. Muntau Italy 31 3.8k 0.6× 1.4k 0.4× 951 0.4× 1.6k 1.0× 586 0.4× 132 6.7k
Józef M. Pacyna Norway 47 5.6k 0.8× 9.3k 3.0× 732 0.3× 770 0.5× 789 0.5× 125 14.1k
André Tessier Canada 51 12.1k 1.8× 5.6k 1.8× 2.5k 1.1× 4.5k 2.7× 1.4k 0.9× 116 18.4k
Vojtěch Ettler Czechia 48 4.4k 0.6× 1.7k 0.5× 960 0.4× 1.5k 0.9× 605 0.4× 169 7.3k
Martin Mihaljevič Czechia 48 4.1k 0.6× 1.6k 0.5× 997 0.5× 1.4k 0.8× 590 0.4× 216 7.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by I. Thornton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of I. Thornton

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Farago, Margaret E., et al.. (2008). Bioavailability of trace metals in brownfield soils in an urban area in the UK. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 30(6). 549–563. 30 indexed citations
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Imrie, Claire E., et al.. (2008). Application of factorial kriging analysis to the FOREGS European topsoil geochemistry database. The Science of The Total Environment. 393(1). 96–110. 38 indexed citations
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Farago, Margaret E., Emma Hutchinson, P. R. Simpson, & I. Thornton. (2005). Recent increases in platinum metals in the environment from vehicle catalytic converters. Applied Earth Science Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy Section B. 114(3). 182–192. 8 indexed citations
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Keegan, Thomas, Bing Hong, I. Thornton, et al.. (2002). Assessment of environmental arsenic levels in Prievidza district. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. 12(3). 179–185. 24 indexed citations
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Hodson, Mark E., Eugenia Valsami‐Jones, Janet Cotter-Howells, et al.. (2001). Effect of bone meal (calcium phosphate) amendments on metal release from contaminated soils — a leaching column study. Environmental Pollution. 112(2). 233–243. 99 indexed citations
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Farago, M.E., I. Thornton, Walter Goessler, et al.. (1998). Urinary arsenic species in Devon and Cornwall residents, UK. A pilot study†. The Analyst. 123(1). 27–29. 45 indexed citations
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Wang, Y., I. Thornton, & Margaret Farago. (1997). Changes in lead concentrations in the home environment in Birmingham, England over the period 1984–1996. The Science of The Total Environment. 207(2-3). 149–156. 22 indexed citations
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Dong, Deming, Michael H. Ramsey, & I. Thornton. (1997). Sampling and Analytical Quality Control of the Determination of Aluminium in Soybean Leaves. The Analyst. 122(5). 421–424. 4 indexed citations
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Maskall, John, et al.. (1995). Heavy metal migration in soils and rocks at historical smelting sites. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 17(3). 127–138. 53 indexed citations
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Maskall, John, et al.. (1994). Migration of metals in soils and rocks at historical lead smelting sites. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 16(2). 82–82. 1 indexed citations
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Kim, Kyoung‐Woong & I. Thornton. (1993). Influence of uraniferous black shales on cadmium, molybdenum and selenium in soils and crop plants in the Deog-Pyoun-g area of Korea. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 15(2-3). 119–133. 35 indexed citations
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Thornton, I.. (1992). Sources and pathways of cadmium in the environment.. PubMed. 149–62. 50 indexed citations
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Alloway, B. J., et al.. (1988). Metal availability. The Science of The Total Environment. 75(1). 41–69. 110 indexed citations
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Abrahams, P.W. & I. Thornton. (1987). Distribution and extent of land contaminated by arsenic and associated metals in mining regions of southwest England. 96. 1–8. 38 indexed citations
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Thornton, I., et al.. (1987). The influence of house age on lead levels in dusts and soils in Brighton, England. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 9(3-4). 65–67. 14 indexed citations
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Mattigod, Shas V., A. L. Page, & I. Thornton. (1986). Identification of Some Trace Metal Minerals in a Mine‐waste Contaminated Soil. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 50(1). 254–258. 13 indexed citations
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Bowie, S. H. U. & I. Thornton. (1985). Environmental geochemistry and health. Report to the Royal Society's British National Committee for problems of the environment.. 8 indexed citations
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Xu, Jialin & I. Thornton. (1985). Arsenic in garden soils and vegetable crops in Cornwall, England: Implications for human health. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 7(4). 131–133. 64 indexed citations
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Thornton, I. & P.W. Abrahams. (1981). Role of soil ingestion in the intake of metals by livestock. 15. 1 indexed citations
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Bowie, S. H. U. & I. Thornton. (1979). Environmental geochemistry and health.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 288(1026). 1–216. 1 indexed citations

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