I. W. B. Thornton

857 total citations
43 papers, 645 citations indexed

About

I. W. B. Thornton is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, I. W. B. Thornton has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 645 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 9 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 9 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in I. W. B. Thornton's work include Plant and animal studies (16 papers), Fossil Insects in Amber (12 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (9 papers). I. W. B. Thornton is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (16 papers), Fossil Insects in Amber (12 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (9 papers). I. W. B. Thornton collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Hong Kong and United Kingdom. I. W. B. Thornton's co-authors include Mike Shanahan, John S. Edwards, Rhett D. Harrison, T. R. New, P. M. Sheppard, Cyril Clarke, Simon J. Cook, C. N. Smithers, Edward Broadhead and Qiao Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Oikos and Systematic Biology.

In The Last Decade

I. W. B. Thornton

42 papers receiving 517 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
I. W. B. Thornton Australia 14 415 189 173 165 89 43 645
Barry Cox United Kingdom 5 312 0.8× 155 0.8× 167 1.0× 113 0.7× 85 1.0× 16 610
Ole Hamann Denmark 11 250 0.6× 245 1.3× 223 1.3× 81 0.5× 143 1.6× 19 572
Mike Shanahan United Kingdom 10 526 1.3× 206 1.1× 349 2.0× 66 0.4× 200 2.2× 18 723
Eduardo García‐del‐Rey Spain 13 319 0.8× 305 1.6× 198 1.1× 241 1.5× 116 1.3× 37 762
Léon Croizat Venezuela 9 431 1.0× 194 1.0× 324 1.9× 208 1.3× 185 2.1× 20 1.0k
G. Kuschel New Zealand 19 714 1.7× 376 2.0× 76 0.4× 176 1.1× 130 1.5× 45 971
George Gibbs New Zealand 16 385 0.9× 230 1.2× 213 1.2× 209 1.3× 99 1.1× 29 682
C. N. Smithers Australia 11 614 1.5× 51 0.3× 62 0.4× 338 2.0× 65 0.7× 106 726
E. Anderson United States 5 207 0.5× 190 1.0× 100 0.6× 293 1.8× 165 1.9× 5 624
Robert I. Bowman United States 9 353 0.9× 324 1.7× 194 1.1× 128 0.8× 57 0.6× 16 659

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

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All Works

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Edwards, John S. & I. W. B. Thornton. (2001). Colonization of an island volcano, Long Island, Papua New Guinea, and an emergent island, Motmot, in its caldera lake. VI. The pioneer arthropod community of Motmot. Journal of Biogeography. 28(11-12). 1379–1388. 24 indexed citations
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Harrison, Rhett D., et al.. (2001). Colonization of an island volcano, Long Island, Papua New Guinea, and an emergent island, Motmot, in its caldera lake. II. The vascular flora. Journal of Biogeography. 28(11-12). 1311–1337. 28 indexed citations
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Shanahan, Mike, et al.. (2001). Colonization of an island volcano, Long Island, Papua New Guinea, and an emergent island, Motmot, in its caldera lake. III. Colonization by birds. Journal of Biogeography. 28(11-12). 1339–1352. 6 indexed citations
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Shanahan, Mike, et al.. (2001). Colonization of an island volcano, Long Island, Papua New Guinea, and an emergent island, Motmot, in its caldera lake. III. Colonization by birds. Journal of Biogeography. 28(11-12). 1339–1352. 9 indexed citations
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Thornton, I. W. B., et al.. (2001). Colonization of an island volcano, Long Island, Papua New Guinea, and an emergent island, Motmot, in its caldera lake. VII. Overview and discussion. Journal of Biogeography. 28(11-12). 1389–1408. 46 indexed citations
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Thornton, I. W. B.. (1994). Figs, frugivores and falcons: an aspect of the assembly of mixed tropical forest on the emergent volcanic island, Anak Krakatau. 93(1994). 3. 6 indexed citations
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Thornton, I. W. B., S. A. Ward, Richard Zann, & T. R. New. (1994). Further comments on the Anak Krakatau question. GeoJournal. 33(4). 493–493. 2 indexed citations
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Thornton, I. W. B., S. A. Ward, Richard Zann, & T. R. New. (1993). The Anak Krakatau question. GeoJournal. 29(4). 421–425. 3 indexed citations
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New, T. R. & I. W. B. Thornton. (1992). Colonisation of the Krakatau islands by invertebrates. GeoJournal. 28(2). 5 indexed citations
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Thornton, I. W. B.. (1989). Psocoptera (Insecta) of the island of Moorea, French Polynesia, and comparisons with other Pacific island faunas. Bulletin du Muséum national d histoire naturelle. 11(4). 783–828. 5 indexed citations
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Graves, Stephen, et al.. (1988). Anibiotic-resistance patterns and relative concentrations of bacteria (gram-negative rods) from ash deposits of various ages on the Krakatau Islands. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 322(1211). 327–337. 4 indexed citations
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Smithers, C. N. & I. W. B. Thornton. (1975). The Psocoptera (Insecta) of Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum. 29(16). 453–471. 7 indexed citations
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Thornton, I. W. B., et al.. (1968). The Peripsocid fauna (Psocoptera) of the oriental region and the Pacific. 29 indexed citations
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Clarke, Cyril, P. M. Sheppard, & I. W. B. Thornton. (1968). The genetics of the mimetic butterfly Papilio memnon L. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 254(791). 37–89. 68 indexed citations
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Thornton, I. W. B.. (1967). Wing reduction in endemic Hawaiian psocids. Journal of Natural History. 1(1). 149–150. 4 indexed citations
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Thornton, I. W. B., et al.. (1966). Chromosome Numbers of some Psocid Genera (Psocoptera). Nature. 211(5045). 214–215. 14 indexed citations
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Thornton, I. W. B.. (1961). COMMENTS ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF PSEUDOCAECILIUS ELUTUS ENDERLEIN (PSOCOPTERA), AND DESCRIPTIONS OF RELATED NEW SPECIES FROM HONG KONG. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London Series B Taxonomy. 30(11-12). 141–152. 4 indexed citations

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