I. Thornton

13.7k citations

158 papers · 9.8k · 2 hit papers · h-index 51

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Pollution top 0.02%
- Heavy metals in environment
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology top 0.02%
- Radioactivity and Radon Measurements

Papers in

Pollution 102
- Heavy metals in environment 99
Artificial Intelligence 38
- Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping 38

Co-authors: Xiangdong Li (10 shared papers)Wenzhong Shi (2 shared papers)M.E. Farago (9 shared papers)Myung Chae Jung (4 shared papers)Michael H. Ramsey (13 shared papers)John Rieuwerts (5 shared papers)John Watt (15 shared papers)Coby S.C. Wong (1 shared paper)
Journals: Environmental Geochemistry and Health (22 papers)Applied Geochemistry (19 papers)The Science of The Total Environment (17 papers)Nature (6 papers)The Journal of Agricultural Science (5 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Hong Kong

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155 papers receiving 9.1k citations

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Metal contamination in urban, suburban, and country park soils of Hong Kong: A study based on GIS and multivariate statistics 2005 · 646 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2005 The Science of The Total Environment
2005 Environmental Pollution

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1	Metal contamination in urban, suburban, and country park soils of Hong Kong: A study based on GIS and multivariate statistics The Science of The Total Environment ·C LEE, Xiangdong Li, Wenzhong Shi, Siu Yin Cheung, I. Thornton Hit paper breakdown →	2005	646
2	Urban environmental geochemistry of trace metals Environmental Pollution ·Coby S.C. Wong, Xiangdong Li, I. Thornton Hit paper breakdown →	2005	493
3	Factors influencing metal bioavailability in soils: preliminary investigations for the development of a critical loads approach for metals Chemical Speciation and Bioavailability ·John Rieuwerts, I. Thornton, M.E. Farago, M.R. Ashmore	1998	432
4	The study of metal contamination in urban soils of Hong Kong using a GIS-based approach Environmental Pollution ·Xiangdong Li, (unknown), S.C Wong, Wenzhong Shi, I. Thornton	2003	410
5	The solid–solution partitioning of heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb) in upland soils of England and Wales Environmental Pollution ·Edward Tipping, John Rieuwerts, Gang Pan, M. R. Ashmore, Stephen Lofts, M.T.R. Hill, M.E. Farago, I. Thornton	2003	341
6	Heavy metal distribution in sediment profiles of the Pearl River estuary, South China Applied Geochemistry ·Xiangdong Li, Onyx W. H. Wai, Y.S. Li, Barry J. Coles, Michael H. Ramsey, I. Thornton	2000	319
7	Chemical partitioning of trace and major elements in soils contaminated by mining and smelting activities Applied Geochemistry ·Xiangdong Li, I. Thornton	2001	314
8	Assessing potential risk of heavy metal exposure from consumption of home-produced vegetables by urban populations. Environmental Health Perspectives ·Rupert Hough, N. Breward, Scott D. Young, N.M.J. Crout, A.M. Tye, Ann Mary Moir, I. Thornton	2003	291
9	Sequential extraction of soils for multielement analysis by ICP-AES Chemical Geology ·Xiangdong Li, Barry J. Coles, Michael H. Ramsey, I. Thornton	1995	276
10	Urban Geochemistry: A study of the influence of anthropogenic activity on the heavy metal content of soils in traditionally industrial and non-industrial areas of Britain Applied Geochemistry ·J. Kelly, I. Thornton, P. R. Simpson	1996	253
11	Applied Environmental Geochemistry. Journal of Applied Ecology ·M. H. Martin, I. Thornton	1985	242
12	Heavy metal contamination of soils and plants in the vicinity of a lead-zinc mine, Korea Applied Geochemistry ·Myung Chae Jung, I. Thornton	1996	195
13	Metal Contamination in British Urban Dusts and Soils Journal of Environmental Quality ·E. Culbard, I. Thornton, John Watt, Magda Wheatley, Stephen Moorcroft, Michael W. Thompson	1988	187
14	Arsenic enrichment in waters and sediments of the Rio Loa (Second Region, Chile) Applied Geochemistry ·Leonardo Romero, Hugo Alonso, P. Campano, L. Fanfani, Rosa Cidu, C. Dadea, Thomas Keegan, I. Thornton, Margaret Farago	2003	175
15	Soil ingestion — a major pathway of heavy metals into livestock grazing contaminated land The Science of The Total Environment ·I. Thornton, P.W. Abrahams	1983	148
16	Environmental contamination and seasonal variation of metals in soils, plants and waters in the paddy fields around a PbZn mine in Korea The Science of The Total Environment ·Myung Chae Jung, I. Thornton	1997	136
17	The influence of soil characteristics on the extractability of Cd, Pb and Zn in upland and moorland soils The Science of The Total Environment ·John Rieuwerts, M.R. Ashmore, M.E. Farago, I. Thornton	2005	124
18	Lead exposure in young children from dust and soil in the United Kingdom. Environmental Health Perspectives ·I. Thornton, David Davies, John Watt, M.J. Quinn	1990	124
19	Lead intake and blood lead in two-year-old U.K. urban children The Science of The Total Environment ·D. J. A. Davies, I. Thornton, John Watt, E. Culbard, P. G. Harvey, H T Delves, J. C. Sherlock, G. A. Smart, Jacob Thomas, M.J. Quinn	1990	116
20	Metal availability The Science of The Total Environment ·B. J. Alloway, I. Thornton, Gloria A. Smart, J. C. Sherlock, Michael J. Quinn	1988	111

About I. Thornton

I. Thornton is a scholar working on Pollution, Artificial Intelligence, Environmental Chemistry, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, having authored 158 papers that have together received 9.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Heavy metals in environment (99 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (38 papers), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (22 papers), Mine drainage and remediation techniques (21 papers), Radioactivity and Radon Measurements (19 papers), Arsenic contamination and mitigation (12 papers), Trace Elements in Health (9 papers) and Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pollution (6.8k citations), Radiological and Ultrasound Technology (1.6k citations), Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (3.1k citations), Geochemistry and Petrology (1.1k citations) and Environmental Chemistry (1.6k citations). I. Thornton has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Hong Kong. Frequent co-authors include Xiangdong Li, Wenzhong Shi, M.E. Farago, Myung Chae Jung, Michael H. Ramsey, John Rieuwerts, John Watt, Coby S.C. Wong, M.R. Ashmore and Barry J. Coles. Their work appears in journals such as Environmental Geochemistry and Health, Applied Geochemistry, The Science of The Total Environment, Nature and The Journal of Agricultural Science.

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