Patricia Thornley

3.2k total citations
87 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Patricia Thornley is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Patricia Thornley has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 26 papers in Environmental Engineering and 17 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Patricia Thornley's work include Biofuel production and bioconversion (24 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (19 papers) and Bioenergy crop production and management (14 papers). Patricia Thornley is often cited by papers focused on Biofuel production and bioconversion (24 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (19 papers) and Bioenergy crop production and management (14 papers). Patricia Thornley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, South Africa and United States. Patricia Thornley's co-authors include Mirjam Röder, Paul Gilbert, Andrew Welfle, Conor Walsh, Paul Upham, Carly Whittaker, Julia Tomei, Ye Huang, Paul W. Adams and John Rogers and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Patricia Thornley

84 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Patricia Thornley United Kingdom 29 790 586 390 380 347 87 2.3k
Jeongwoo Han United States 26 1.2k 1.5× 661 1.1× 314 0.8× 794 2.1× 304 0.9× 49 3.0k
Patrick Lamers United States 25 755 1.0× 471 0.8× 464 1.2× 216 0.6× 184 0.5× 47 2.2k
Gerfried Jungmeier Austria 17 873 1.1× 775 1.3× 153 0.4× 263 0.7× 148 0.4× 30 2.0k
Jean-François Dallemand Italy 20 1.2k 1.5× 631 1.1× 678 1.7× 408 1.1× 300 0.9× 25 3.9k
Arnaldo Walter Brazil 25 1.0k 1.3× 469 0.8× 297 0.8× 293 0.8× 193 0.6× 66 2.0k
Ausilio Bauen United Kingdom 27 1.1k 1.4× 491 0.8× 280 0.7× 1.1k 2.8× 310 0.9× 55 2.9k
Jacopo Giuntoli Italy 26 587 0.7× 423 0.7× 236 0.6× 213 0.6× 118 0.3× 46 1.7k
P. Abdul Salam Thailand 26 1.4k 1.7× 304 0.5× 645 1.7× 286 0.8× 419 1.2× 60 2.6k
Elisabeth Wetterlund Sweden 24 791 1.0× 456 0.8× 148 0.4× 293 0.8× 370 1.1× 66 1.8k
Carlo Hamelinck Netherlands 15 2.3k 2.9× 564 1.0× 204 0.5× 383 1.0× 407 1.2× 22 3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Patricia Thornley

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Fields of papers citing papers by Patricia Thornley

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patricia Thornley

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Patricia Thornley. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Patricia Thornley 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 Patricia Thornley. Patricia Thornley is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Onwudili, Jude A., et al.. (2025). Kinetic and mechanistic studies of Pt/C-catalysed hydrothermal conversion of butyric acid for on-purpose production of renewable propane. Chemical Engineering Journal. 519. 165021–165021. 1 indexed citations
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Onwudili, Jude A., et al.. (2024). Kinetics of hydrothermal reactions of n-butanol over Pt/Al2O3 catalyst for biopropane fuel gas production. Chemical Engineering Journal. 501. 157325–157325. 3 indexed citations
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Röder, Mirjam, Katie Chong, & Patricia Thornley. (2022). The future of residue-based bioenergy for industrial use in Sub-Saharan Africa. Biomass and Bioenergy. 159. 106385–106385. 25 indexed citations
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Röder, Mirjam, et al.. (2020). (Stop) burning for biogas. Enabling positive sustainability trade-offs with business models for biogas from rice straw. Biomass and Bioenergy. 138. 105598–105598. 21 indexed citations
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Welfle, Andrew, Robert A. Holland, Iain Donnison, & Patricia Thornley. (2020). UK Biomass Availability Modelling: Scoping Report. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 2 indexed citations
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Welfle, Andrew, et al.. (2019). The potential of coffee stems  gasification to provide bioenergy for coffee farms: a case study in the Colombian coffee sector. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 10(4). 1137–1152. 21 indexed citations
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Welfle, Andrew, Paul Gilbert, Patricia Thornley, & Anna L. Stephenson. (2017). Generating low-carbon heat from biomass: Life cycle assessment of bioenergy scenarios. Journal of Cleaner Production. 149. 448–460. 50 indexed citations
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Hùng, Nguyễn Văn, Nguyễn Văn Hùng, Carlito Balingbing, et al.. (2016). Generating a positive energy balance from using rice straw for anaerobic digestion. Energy Reports. 2. 117–122. 63 indexed citations
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Bows‐Larkin, Alice, et al.. (2014). How little or how much climate change? Facilitating stakeholder thinking on food system futures. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 2 indexed citations
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Welfle, Andrew, Paul Gilbert, & Patricia Thornley. (2014). Increasing biomass resource availability through supply chain analysis. Biomass and Bioenergy. 70. 249–266. 67 indexed citations
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Thornley, Patricia, Katie Chong, & A.V. Bridgwater. (2014). European biorefineries: Implications for land, trade and employment. Environmental Science & Policy. 37. 255–265. 14 indexed citations
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Adams, Paul W., Alice Bows, Paul Gilbert, et al.. (2013). Understanding greenhouse gas balances of bioenergy systems. NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council). 15 indexed citations
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Walsh, Conor & Patricia Thornley. (2012). The environmental impact and economic feasibility of introducing an Organic Rankine Cycle to recover low grade heat during the production of metallurgical coke. Journal of Cleaner Production. 34. 29–37. 48 indexed citations
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Thornley, Patricia, et al.. (2011). Adaptation strategies for sustainable global wheat production. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 1 indexed citations
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Roddy, Dermot, et al.. (2009). Low-carbon energy solutions for an ecological island in China. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy. 162(2). 85–95. 4 indexed citations
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Thornley, Patricia, et al.. (2009). Making bioelectricity economic in the UK. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 3 indexed citations
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Thornley, Patricia. (2005). Extended life cycle analysis of bioenergy plant. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 1 indexed citations
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Thornley, Patricia, et al.. (2002). Evaluation of bioenergy projects. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 2 indexed citations

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