John Thornton

601 total citations
14 papers, 186 citations indexed

About

John Thornton is a scholar working on Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, John Thornton has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 186 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Anthropology, 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 1 paper in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in John Thornton's work include Colonialism, slavery, and trade (7 papers), African history and culture studies (6 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (4 papers). John Thornton is often cited by papers focused on Colonialism, slavery, and trade (7 papers), African history and culture studies (6 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (4 papers). John Thornton collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. John Thornton's co-authors include Adam Jones, Albert Van Dantzig, Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, Mariana P. Candido, Edward A. Alpers, Paul E. Lovejoy, Walter Hawthorne, Matthew S. Hopper, Ghislaine Lydon and Colleen E. Kriger and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of American History, The International Journal of African Historical Studies and The William and Mary Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

John Thornton

12 papers receiving 124 citations

Peers

John Thornton
Comparison fields: 5 of 47
  • Anthropology 126
  • Sociology and Political Science 50
  • Archeology 17
  • Cultural Studies 16
  • Archeology 15
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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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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Thornton

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Thornton. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Thornton based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with John Thornton. John Thornton is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1 3
2 28
3 2
4 2
5 17
6 11
7 7
8 24
9 19
10 1
11 0
12 64
13 7
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The Pulpit of the American Revolution: Political Sermons of the Period of 1776
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