R. S. Thorne

35.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
93 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

R. S. Thorne is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Computer Networks and Communications and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, R. S. Thorne has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 5 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 5 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in R. S. Thorne's work include Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (84 papers), High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (76 papers) and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (65 papers). R. S. Thorne is often cited by papers focused on Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (84 papers), High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (76 papers) and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (65 papers). R. S. Thorne collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and Germany. R. S. Thorne's co-authors include A. D. Martin, W. J. Stirling, G. Watt, Richard G. Roberts, W.J. Stirling, A. D. Martin, L. A. Harland-Lang, Thomas Cridge, S. Bailey and A. De Roeck and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Nuclear Physics B and Physics Letters B.

In The Last Decade

R. S. Thorne

86 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Parton distributions for the LHC

2009 1.7k citations A. D. Martin, R. S. Thorne et al. The European Physical Journal C profile →
PDF4LHC recommendations for LHC Run II

2016 354 citations A. M. Cooper-Sarkar, J. Huston et al. profile →
Parton distributions from LHC, HERA, Tevatron and fixed target data: MSHT20 PDFs

2021 230 citations S. Bailey, Thomas Cridge et al. The European Physical Journal C profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. S. Thorne United Kingdom	31	5.3k	357	74	74	70	93	5.4k
J. Huston United States	24	4.9k 0.9×	284 0.8×	77 1.0×	86 1.2×	70 1.0×	64	5.0k
Paolo Nason Italy	44	7.7k 1.4×	410 1.1×	133 1.8×	141 1.9×	90 1.3×	106	7.8k
W. J. Stirling United Kingdom	29	4.6k 0.9×	334 0.9×	72 1.0×	75 1.0×	39 0.6×	101	4.7k
W.J. Stirling United Kingdom	39	5.1k 0.9×	373 1.0×	112 1.5×	90 1.2×	39 0.6×	115	5.1k
Giulia Zanderighi Germany	33	2.9k 0.5×	282 0.8×	104 1.4×	94 1.3×	77 1.1×	79	3.0k
Michael H. Seymour United Kingdom	20	3.8k 0.7×	323 0.9×	152 2.1×	72 1.0×	102 1.5×	52	3.8k
Carl R. Schmidt United States	26	2.7k 0.5×	174 0.5×	47 0.6×	70 0.9×	40 0.6×	48	2.7k
Alexander Mitov Germany	32	3.3k 0.6×	324 0.9×	67 0.9×	65 0.9×	46 0.7×	66	3.4k
Thomas Becher Switzerland	32	4.1k 0.8×	287 0.8×	70 0.9×	56 0.8×	48 0.7×	67	4.2k
Alberto Guffanti United Kingdom	22	3.6k 0.7×	368 1.0×	136 1.8×	68 0.9×	90 1.3×	43	3.7k

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Harland-Lang, L. A., Thomas Cridge, & R. S. Thorne. (2025). A stress test of global PDF fits: closure testing the MSHT PDFs and a first direct comparison to the neural net approach. The European Physical Journal C. 85(3). 316–316. 5 indexed citations

Armesto, N., Thomas Cridge, F. Giuli, et al.. (2024). Impact of inclusive electron ion collider data on collinear parton distributions. Physical review. D. 109(5). 5 indexed citations

Cridge, Thomas, L. A. Harland-Lang, & R. S. Thorne. (2024). Combining QED and approximate ${\rm N}^3$LO QCD corrections in a global PDF fit: MSHT20qed_an3lo PDFs. SciPost Physics. 17(1). 5 indexed citations

Jing, Xiaoxian, A. M. Cooper-Sarkar, Aurore Courtoy, et al.. (2023). Quantifying the interplay of experimental constraints in analyses of parton distributions. Physical review. D. 108(3). 16 indexed citations

Cridge, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Publisher Erratum: Approximate $$\hbox {N}^{3}\hbox {LO}$$ parton distribution functions with theoretical uncertainties: $$\hbox {MSHT20aN}^{3}\hbox {LO}$$ PDFs. The European Physical Journal C. 83(4). 15 indexed citations

Cridge, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Approximate N$$^{3}$$LO parton distribution functions with theoretical uncertainties: MSHT20aN$$^3$$LO PDFs. The European Physical Journal C. 83(3). 56 indexed citations

Bailey, S., Thomas Cridge, L. A. Harland-Lang, A. D. Martin, & R. S. Thorne. (2021). Parton distributions from LHC, HERA, Tevatron and fixed target data: MSHT20 PDFs. The European Physical Journal C. 81(4). 230 indexed citations breakdown →

Harland-Lang, L. A., A. D. Martin, & R. S. Thorne. (2018). The impact of LHC jet data on the MMHT PDF fit at NNLO. The European Physical Journal C. 78(3). 248–248. 30 indexed citations

Motylinski, Patrick, L. A. Harland-Lang, A. D. Martin, & R. S. Thorne. (2016). Updates of PDFs for the 2nd LHC run. Nuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings. 273-275. 2136–2141. 1 indexed citations

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Harland-Lang, L. A., A. D. Martin, Patrick Motylinski, & R. S. Thorne. (2015). Uncertainties on $$\alpha _S$$ α S in the MMHT2014 global PDF analysis and implications for SM predictions. The European Physical Journal C. 75(9). 435–435. 26 indexed citations

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Thorne, R. S.. (2014). The effect on PDFs and $$\alpha _S(M_Z^2)$$ α S ( M Z 2 ) due to changes in flavour scheme and higher twist contributions. The European Physical Journal C. 74(7). 2958–2958. 19 indexed citations

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Thorne, R. S.. (2012). The Effect of Changes of Variable Flavour Number Scheme on PDFs and Predicted Cross Sections. arXiv (Cornell University). 6 indexed citations

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Watt, G. & R. S. Thorne. (2012). Study of Monte Carlo approach to experimental uncertainty propagation with MSTW 2008 PDFs. 44 indexed citations

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Martin, A. D., W.J. Stirling, R. S. Thorne, & G. Watt. (2009). Uncertainties on α S in global PDF analyses and implications for predicted hadronic cross sections. The European Physical Journal C. 64(4). 653–680. 170 indexed citations

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Thorne, R. S. & W. K. Tung. (2008). PQCD Formulations with Heavy Quark Masses and Global Analysis. UCL Discovery (University College London). 332–351. 1 indexed citations

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Kalinin, Yevgeniy V., Viatcheslav Berejnov, & R. S. Thorne. (2006). Contact Line Pinning by Microfabricated Patterns. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

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Thorne, R. S.. (2005). Importance of a Measurement of F_L(x,Q^2) at HERA. Apollo (University of Cambridge). 359–369. 1 indexed citations

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Martin, A. D., Richard G. Roberts, W.J. Stirling, & R. S. Thorne. (2004). Parton distributions incorporating QED contributions. 152 indexed citations

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Martin, A. D., Richard G. Roberts, W.J. Stirling, & R. S. Thorne. (2002). NNLO global parton analysis. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 172 indexed citations

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Thorne, R. S. & Richard Roberts. (2000). A Variable Number Flavour Scheme for Charged Current Heavy Flavour Structure Functions. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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