Joseph W. Thornton

124 total papers · 11.5k total citations
67 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Joseph W. Thornton is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph W. Thornton has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Molecular Biology, 43 papers in Genetics and 8 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Joseph W. Thornton’s work include Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (22 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (21 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (16 papers). Joseph W. Thornton is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (22 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (21 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (16 papers). Joseph W. Thornton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Joseph W. Thornton's co-authors include Jamie T. Bridgham, Bryan Kolaczkowski, Michael J. Harms, Eric A. Ortlund, David Crews, Tyler N. Starr, Eleanor F. Need, Sean M. Carroll, Antony M. Dean and Geeta N. Eick and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joseph W. Thornton

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

Joseph W. Thornton

65 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Joseph W. Thornton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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