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D-Index
68
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17089
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1872
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152

Iain Thornton publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Iain Thornton sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 184 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Iain Thornton D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Iain Thornton sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Iain Thornton is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields including Economics, Econometrics and Finance, as well as Medicine. Within these broader areas, their subfields of study include Economics and Econometrics, Infectious Diseases, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Oncology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, notably focusing on Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, Biosensors and Analytical Detection, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, and Quality of Life.

Their recent publications demonstrate a blend of medical and economic evaluation approaches. These include:

  • "SARS-CoV-2 Detection in the Nasopharyngeal Swabs and Saliva of College Students using RT-qPCR and RT-LAMP," 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "EE673 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Pembrolizumab for First-Line Treatment in Patients With Persistent, Recurrent, and Metastatic Cervical Cancer in the United States: Results From the Final Analysis of Trial," 2023, Value in Health
  • "EE449 Cost-Effectiveness of Pembrolizumab as Treatment for FIGO 2014 Stage III-IVA Cervical Cancer in the United States," 2025, Value in Health

Common venues for their publications include Value in Health, where two of their recent papers were published, and bioRxiv hosted by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

Collaboration is evident in their work, with frequent co-authors including Dominic Muston, Dimitri A. Bikos, Chiachi Hwang, Kristen Brileya, and Albert E. Parker. Among these, Dominic Muston appears as a co-author on two occasions.

Best Publications

  • Metal contamination in urban, suburban, and country park soils of Hong Kong: a study based on GIS and multivariate statistics.

    Celine Siu Lan Lee;Xiangdong Li;Wen Zhong Shi;Sharon Ching Nga Cheung

  • Urban environmental geochemistry of trace metals.

    Coby Sze-chung Wong;Xiangdong Li;Iain Thornton

  • Factors influencing metal bioavailability in soils: preliminary investigations for the development of a critical loads approach for metals

    J.S. Rieuwerts;I. Thornton;M.E. Farago;M.R. Ashmore

  • The study of metal contamination in urban soils of Hong Kong using a GIS-based approach.

    Xiangdong Li;Siu Ian Lee;Sze Chung Wong;Wen Zhong Shi

  • Heavy metal distribution in sediment profiles of the Pearl River estuary, South China

    Xiangdong Li;Onyx W.H. Wai;Y.S. Li;Barry J. Coles

  • The solid-solution partitioning of heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb) in upland soils of England and Wales

    E. Tipping;J. Rieuwerts;G. Pan;G. Pan;M.R. Ashmore

  • Chemical partitioning of trace and major elements in soils contaminated by mining and smelting activities

    Xiangdong Li;Xiangdong Li;Iain Thornton

  • Assessing potential risk of heavy metal exposure from consumption of home-produced vegetables by urban populations.

    Rupert L Hough;Neil Breward;Scott D Young;Neil M J Crout

  • 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

    J. Kelly;I. Thornton;P.R. Simpson

  • Sequential extraction of soils for multielement analysis by ICP-AES

    Xiangdong Li;Barry J. Coles;Michael H. Ramsey;Iain Thornton

  • The Wolfson geochemical atlas of England and Wales

    JS Webb;I Thornton;M Thompson;RJ Howarth

  • Metal Contamination of Soils in Urban Areas

    I. Thornton

  • Metal Contamination in British Urban Dusts and Soils

    E.B. Culbard;I. Thornton;J. Watt;M. Wheatley

  • Heavy metal contamination of soils and plants in the vicinity of a lead-zinc mine, Korea

    Myung Chae Jung;Iain Thornton

  • Arsenic enrichment in waters and sediments of the Rio Loa (Second Region, Chile)

    L. Romero;H. Alonso;P. Campano;L. Fanfani

  • Soil ingestion--a major pathway of heavy metals into livestock grazing contaminated land.

    I. Thornton;P. Abrahams

  • Environmental contamination and seasonal variation of metals in soils, plants and waters in the paddy fields around a PbZn mine in Korea

    Myung Chae Jung;Iain Thornton

  • The influence of soil characteristics on the extractability of Cd, Pb and Zn in upland and moorland soils.

    J.S. Rieuwerts;M.R Ashmore;M.E Farago;I. Thornton

  • Lead exposure in young children from dust and soil in the United Kingdom.

    I. Thornton;D. J. A. Davies;J. M. Watt;M. J. Quinn

  • Trace Elements in Soils and Plants

    Iain Thornton;John S. Webb

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiangdong Li
Xiangdong Li Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Mike Ashmore
Mike Ashmore University of York
Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen
Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen Barcelona Institute for Global Health
Barry J. Coles
Barry J. Coles Imperial College London
Eugenia Valsami-Jones
Eugenia Valsami-Jones University of Birmingham
Kyoung-Woong Kim
Kyoung-Woong Kim Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
Gang Pan
Gang Pan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gwendy E.M. Hall
Gwendy E.M. Hall Geological Survey of Canada
Wenzhong Shi
Wenzhong Shi Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Scott D. Young
Scott D. Young University of Nottingham

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