John Thornton

1.1k citations
24 papers · 400 indexed · h-index 10
Topics
Colonialism, slavery, and trade (7 papers)African history and culture studies (4 papers)Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (4 papers)
Partner nations
United KingdomIreland

In The Last Decade

John Thornton

18 papers receiving 330 citations

Peers

John Thornton
Comparison fields: 5 of 93
  • Anthropology 185
  • Sociology and Political Science 111
  • Demography 46
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 41
  • Cultural Studies 37
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Countries citing papers authored by John Thornton

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Thornton

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Thornton

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All Works

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In search of the 1619 African arrivals
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Lo storico il grammatico il bandito : momenti della resistenza greca all'imperium romanum
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5 24
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Al di qua e al di là del Tauro: Una nozione geografica da Alessandro Magno alla tarda antichità
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About John Thornton

John Thornton is a scholar working on Anthropology, General Social Sciences and Oral Surgery, having authored 24 papers that have together received 400 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Colonialism, slavery, and trade (7 papers), African history and culture studies (4 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Anthropology (185 citations), Archeology (8 citations) and Cultural Studies (37 citations). John Thornton has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom and Ireland. Frequent co-authors include Paul E. Lovejoy, K.J. Rogers, Patrick Manning, Pieter Emmer, Wyatt MacGaffey, Stuart B. Schwartz, R. A. Dixon, Bernadette H. Schell, P. C. Lund and Irā Berlin. Their work appears in journals such as British Journal of Pharmacology, The American Historical Review and British Journal of Anaesthesia.

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