Robert J. Thornton

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
121 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Robert J. Thornton is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert J. Thornton has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 12 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Robert J. Thornton's work include Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (14 papers), Occupational and Professional Licensing Regulation (12 papers) and Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (11 papers). Robert J. Thornton is often cited by papers focused on Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (14 papers), Occupational and Professional Licensing Regulation (12 papers) and Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (11 papers). Robert J. Thornton collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and France. Robert J. Thornton's co-authors include Edmund S. Phelps, Maryellen C. MacDonald, Edward Timmons, Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Judith A. McDonald, Todd Haskell, Eric Strobl, Thomas Hyclak, James D. Rodgers and Ivan Karp and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Cognition and Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition.

In The Last Decade

Robert J. Thornton

105 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Microeconomic Foundations of Employment and Inflation The... 1972 2026 1990 2008 1972 100 200 300

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert J. Thornton United States 21 790 308 248 193 185 121 1.8k
Stephen Bell Australia 26 303 0.4× 638 2.1× 132 0.5× 249 1.3× 51 0.3× 120 3.0k
Michelle Lowe United Kingdom 25 214 0.3× 692 2.2× 44 0.2× 192 1.0× 213 1.2× 82 2.2k
David M. Malone United States 24 134 0.2× 933 3.0× 131 0.5× 89 0.5× 104 0.6× 135 2.3k
Alexander W. Cappelen Norway 28 1.2k 1.5× 1.1k 3.5× 97 0.4× 274 1.4× 421 2.3× 121 3.3k
Paul Atkinson Australia 15 164 0.2× 497 1.6× 55 0.2× 138 0.7× 28 0.2× 63 1.4k
Jonathan Reynolds United Kingdom 21 155 0.2× 376 1.2× 22 0.1× 95 0.5× 179 1.0× 84 1.8k
Servaas van der Berg South Africa 24 511 0.6× 791 2.6× 69 0.3× 273 1.4× 17 0.1× 112 2.1k
Douglas M. Walker United States 20 723 0.9× 530 1.7× 58 0.2× 109 0.6× 23 0.1× 64 2.0k
Michael Huberman Canada 27 410 0.5× 521 1.7× 95 0.4× 347 1.8× 12 0.1× 81 2.5k
Francisco L. Rivera‐Batiz United States 18 724 0.9× 695 2.3× 307 1.2× 173 0.9× 23 0.1× 66 1.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Thornton, Robert J., et al.. (2021). The De-licensing of Occupations in the United States: A Shifting Trend?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Thornton, Robert J., et al.. (2020). Occupational Regulation in Russia. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Thornton, Robert J., et al.. (2017). Licensure or License?: Prospects for Occupational Deregulation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Timmons, Edward & Robert J. Thornton. (2012). Licensing One of the World's Oldest Professions: Massage. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Thornton, Robert J.. (2009). Sexual networks and social capital: multiple and concurrent sexual partnerships as a rational response to unstable social networks. African Journal of AIDS Research. 8(4). 413–421. 17 indexed citations
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Haskell, Todd, Robert J. Thornton, & Maryellen C. MacDonald. (2009). Experience and grammatical agreement: Statistical learning shapes number agreement production. Cognition. 114(2). 151–164. 56 indexed citations
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Timmons, Edward & Robert J. Thornton. (2008). The Effects of Licensing on the Wages of Radiologic Technologists. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Ghodsee, Kristen, et al.. (2002). CURRENCIES, CRISES, AND CRASHES. Eastern Economic Journal. 28(1). 1–12. 1 indexed citations
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Thornton, Robert J., Maryellen C. MacDonald, & Jennifer E. Arnold. (2000). The Concomitant Effects of Phrase Length and Informational Content in Sentence Comprehension. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. 29(2). 195–203. 17 indexed citations
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Thornton, Robert J.. (1998). COMPARABLE WORTH PAY POLICY IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND. Journal of collective negotiations in the public sector. 27(1). 1–1. 1 indexed citations
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Thornton, Robert J.. (1997). Notes toward a theory of objects and persons. 4(1). 36–51. 1 indexed citations
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Rodgers, James D. & Robert J. Thornton. (1995). Making Operational the Concept of Maintenance Consumption. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Thornton, Robert J., et al.. (1988). Canada at the crossroads : essays on Canadian political economy. JAI Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Thornton, Robert J.. (1988). The Rhetoric of Ethnographic Holism. Cultural Anthropology. 3(3). 285–303. 63 indexed citations
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Thornton, Robert J., et al.. (1985). The effect of the UK aircrew chemical defence assembly on thermal strain.. PubMed. 56(3). 208–11. 2 indexed citations
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Thornton, Robert J.. (1982). Modelling of Spatial Relations in a Boundary-Marking Ritual of the Iraqw of Tanzania. Man. 17(3). 528–528. 7 indexed citations
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Thornton, Robert J.. (1981). Weighting Income in Alternative Measures of School District Fiscal Capacity.. Journal of education finance. 6(3).
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Thornton, Robert J.. (1978). The semblance of security: Australia and the Washington conference, 1921–22. Australian Outlook. 32(1). 65–83. 1 indexed citations
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Thornton, Robert J., et al.. (1975). The Thornton manuscript (Lincoln Cathedral MS. 91). 10 indexed citations
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Thornton, Robert J. & Ronald G. Ehrenberg. (1973). The Demand for State and Local Government Employees.. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 26(4). 1171–1171. 72 indexed citations

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