Philip K. Thornton

41.8k total citations · 17 hit papers
313 papers, 24.3k citations indexed

About

Philip K. Thornton is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, Philip K. Thornton has authored 313 papers receiving a total of 24.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 136 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 77 papers in Ecology and 73 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Recurrent topics in Philip K. Thornton's work include Climate change impacts on agriculture (119 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (65 papers) and Agricultural Innovations and Practices (58 papers). Philip K. Thornton is often cited by papers focused on Climate change impacts on agriculture (119 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (65 papers) and Agricultural Innovations and Practices (58 papers). Philip K. Thornton collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, United States and United Kingdom. Philip K. Thornton's co-authors include Mario Herrero, Peter G. Jones, An Notenbaert, Andrew J. Challinor, Robin S. Reid, Peter Jones, Pierre Gerber, Polly Ericksen, Gerrit Hoogenboom and Peter Havlík and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Philip K. Thornton

298 papers receiving 22.4k citations

Hit Papers

Livestock production: rec... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2010 2013 2013 2014 2009 400 800 1.2k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Philip K. Thornton Kenya 78 7.9k 6.4k 4.4k 4.4k 4.2k 313 24.3k
Mario Herrero Australia 88 6.6k 0.8× 8.6k 1.4× 4.5k 1.0× 3.9k 0.9× 3.7k 0.9× 326 26.1k
Jules Pretty United Kingdom 67 3.4k 0.4× 5.4k 0.9× 5.5k 1.2× 5.4k 1.2× 8.4k 2.0× 209 30.9k
Rosamond L. Naylor United States 55 4.3k 0.5× 6.4k 1.0× 2.2k 0.5× 7.8k 1.8× 6.3k 1.5× 135 28.9k
M.K. van Ittersum Netherlands 65 4.4k 0.6× 3.1k 0.5× 3.6k 0.8× 2.7k 0.6× 5.6k 1.3× 325 16.0k
K.E. Giller Netherlands 90 6.0k 0.8× 5.0k 0.8× 6.9k 1.6× 2.6k 0.6× 12.9k 3.0× 561 33.4k
Navin Ramankutty Canada 77 7.5k 0.9× 14.1k 2.2× 3.6k 0.8× 24.5k 5.6× 9.9k 2.3× 166 49.9k
Jonathan A. Foley United States 73 5.7k 0.7× 13.4k 2.1× 2.4k 0.5× 24.4k 5.5× 8.2k 1.9× 134 49.8k
Cynthia Rosenzweig United States 65 8.4k 1.1× 4.1k 0.6× 1.4k 0.3× 8.7k 2.0× 5.7k 1.3× 221 23.4k
David B. Lobell United States 95 14.4k 1.8× 9.4k 1.5× 3.0k 0.7× 13.3k 3.0× 15.3k 3.6× 277 41.4k
Pamela A. Matson United States 78 4.8k 0.6× 11.8k 1.9× 1.7k 0.4× 13.0k 2.9× 8.2k 1.9× 227 40.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Philip K. Thornton

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philip K. Thornton

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bonilla, Camila, Peter Steward, Todd S. Rosenstock, et al.. (2023). Priority areas for investment in more sustainable and climate-resilient livestock systems. Nature Sustainability. 6(10). 1279–1286. 26 indexed citations
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Campbell, Bruce, Ana María Loboguerrero, Andreea Nowak, et al.. (2023). Transforming Food Systems Under Climate Change through Innovation. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 8 indexed citations
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Barrett, Christopher B., Jessica Fanzo, Mario Herrero, et al.. (2021). COVID-19 pandemic lessons for agri-food systems innovation. Environmental Research Letters. 16(10). 101001–101001. 21 indexed citations
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Racines, Carlos E. Navarro, et al.. (2020). High-resolution and bias-corrected CMIP5 projections for climate change impact assessments. Scientific Data. 7(1). 7–7. 301 indexed citations breakdown →
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Barrett, Christopher B., Tim G. Benton, Karen Cooper, et al.. (2020). Bundling innovations to transform agri-food systems. Nature Sustainability. 3(12). 974–976. 106 indexed citations
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Salm, Leah, Nicholas Nisbett, Laura Cramer, Stuart Gillespie, & Philip K. Thornton. (2020). How climate change interacts with inequity to affect nutrition. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change. 12(2). 28 indexed citations
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Balié, Jean, Laura Cramer, Michael Friedmann, et al.. (2019). Exploring opportunities around climate-smart breeding for future food and nutrition security. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 2 indexed citations
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Dinesh, Dhanush, Robert B. Zougmoré, Joost Vervoort, et al.. (2018). Facilitating Change for Climate-Smart Agriculture through Science-Policy Engagement. Sustainability. 10(8). 2616–2616. 43 indexed citations
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Herrero, Mario & Philip K. Thornton. (2013). Livestock and global change: Emerging issues for sustainable food systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(52). 20878–20881. 281 indexed citations
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Moore, Nathan, G. Alagarswamy, Jeffrey A. Andresen, J. Olson, & Philip K. Thornton. (2013). Use of a crop climate modeling system to evaluate climate change adaptation practices: maize yield in East Africa. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 1 indexed citations
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Thornton, Philip K., S. Vermeulen, Robert B. Zougmoré, James Kinyangi, & Patti Kristjanson. (2012). Climate change, agriculture and food security: linking research and action in East and West Africa. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research).
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Alagarswamy, G., Nathan Moore, Brent M. Lofgren, et al.. (2008). Food Production Impacts of Climate Change and Land Use Change in East Africa. AGUFM. 2008. 1 indexed citations
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Thornton, Philip K., et al.. (2007). The temporal dynamics of crop yield responses to climate change in East Africa. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 6 indexed citations
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Thorne, P.J., Philip K. Thornton, R.L. Kruska, L. Reynolds, & S.R. Waddington. (2003). Maize as food, feed and fertiliser in intensifying crop-livestock systems in East and Southern Africa: an ex ante impact assessment of technology interventions to improve smallholder welfare. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 27 indexed citations
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Jones, Peter & Philip K. Thornton. (2001). Application of a simple agricultural land-use model to the studying of market dynamics and technological change in a landscape in the Colombian Andes. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 2 indexed citations
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Nicholson, Cam, et al.. (1999). Smallholder dairy technology in coastal Kenya. An adoption and impact study. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 16 indexed citations
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Thornton, Philip K., et al.. (1999). Will human population growth and land-use change control tsetse during our life times?. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 1 indexed citations
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Elbasha, Elamin H., Philip K. Thornton, & G. Tarawali. (1999). An ex post economic impact assessment of planted forages in West Africa. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 31 indexed citations
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Dent, J. B., et al.. (1994). Técnicas de modelagem de sistemas aplicadas em planejamento agrícola dos cerrados. Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira. 29(12). 1877–1887. 2 indexed citations
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Thornton, Philip K.. (1989). Computer experimentation with an energy-based simulation model of animal production in the eastern savannas of Colombia. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 1 indexed citations

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