J. B. Thornes

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
85 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

J. B. Thornes is a scholar working on Soil Science, Water Science and Technology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, J. B. Thornes has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Soil Science, 19 papers in Water Science and Technology and 18 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in J. B. Thornes's work include Soil erosion and sediment transport (36 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (16 papers) and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (12 papers). J. B. Thornes is often cited by papers focused on Soil erosion and sediment transport (36 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (16 papers) and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (12 papers). J. B. Thornes collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and South Africa. J. B. Thornes's co-authors include Denys Brunsden, Andrew Goudie, Christian Brandt, Nichola Geeson, Kevin J. Edwards, Clifford Embleton, A. Roldán, Stanley W. Trimble, J. Albaladejo and Paola Mairota and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Water Resources Research.

In The Last Decade

J. B. Thornes

84 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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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.

Vegetation and Erosion.

1990 510 citations J. B. Thornes et al. profile →
Landscape Sensitivity and Change

1979 498 citations J. B. Thornes et al. profile →

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Fields of papers citing papers by J. B. Thornes

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. B. Thornes

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Responding to Desertification at the National Scale Detection, Explanation,and Responses 2014 ·Kenyatta University Institutional Repository (Kenyatta University) ·Joy Apiyo Obando, Simon Batterbury, Roy H. Behnke, Petra Döll, (unknown), Patrice Harou, (unknown), Suzanne W. Nicholson, J. B. Thornes	2
2	Modelling Soil Erosion by Grazing: Recent Developments and New Approaches 2007 ·Geographical Research ·J. B. Thornes	42
3	LAND DEGRADATION AS A COMPLEX STABILITY PROBLEM 2005 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·J. B. Thornes	1
4	Mediterranean desertification: a mosaic of processes and responses 2002 ·Research Portal (King's College London) ·Nichola Geeson, (unknown), J. B. Thornes	183
5	Optimal irrigation efficiency for maximum plant productivity and minimum water loss 1999 ·Agricultural Water Management ·S. Burke, Mark Mulligan, J. B. Thornes	24
6	Atlas of Mediterranean environments in Europe : the desertification context 1998 ·Wiley eBooks ·Paola Mairota, J. B. Thornes, Nichola Geeson	57
7	Mediterranean desertification and land use. 1996 ·Christian Brandt, J. B. Thornes	239
8	The Rambla Honda field site: interactions of soil and vegetation along a catena in semi-arid Southeast Spain. 1996 ·Evidence-Based Dentistry ·Joan Puigdefàbregas, José M. Alonso, (unknown), Francisco Domingo, (unknown), L. H. Ochoa Gutierrez, Roberto Lázaro, José Manuel Nicolau Ibarra, (unknown), Albert Solé‐Benet, (unknown), Cristhian Aguilera, Anita C. Brenner, (unknown), L. D. Incoll, Christian Brandt, J. B. Thornes	30
9	The El Ardal field site: soil and vegetation cover. 1996 ·(unknown), María Asunción Romero Díaz, José Martínez‐Fernández, Christian Brandt, J. B. Thornes	18
10	The interaction of erosional and vegetational dynamics in land degradation: spatial outcomes. 1990 ·J. B. Thornes	88
11	Solutions to soil erosion 1989 ·The New Scientist ·J. B. Thornes	6
12	Topographic control of soil moisture, vegetation cover and land degradation in a moisture stressed mediterranean environment 1986 ·CATENA ·(unknown), J. B. Thornes, María Asunción Romero Díaz, Francísco López Bermúdez, (unknown)	57
13	Erosión y ecología en la España semiárida (Cuenca de Mula, Murcia) 1984 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), J. B. Thornes, (unknown), (unknown)	2
14	River water quality: Monitoring, statistical models and missing information 1984 ·Geoforum ·J. B. Thornes	1
15	Landscape and clouds. 1979 ·J. B. Thornes	4
16	Process in geomorphology 1979 ·Andalas University Repository (Andalas University) ·Clifford Embleton, J. B. Thornes	61
17	Tropical forest systems: A hydrological approach 1979 ·MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) ·Stephen Nortcliff, J. B. Thornes, (unknown)	14
18	Probability in Geographic Research: Applications and Problems 1974 ·Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series D (The Statistician) ·Graham Gudgin, J. B. Thornes	4
19	Debris Slopes as Series 1972 ·Arctic and Alpine Research ·J. B. Thornes	3
20	Observations on the dissolved solids of the Casiquiare and Upper Orinoco, April - June, 1968 1970 ·MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) ·(unknown), J. B. Thornes	7

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