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D-Index
55
Citations
8456
World Ranking
2608
National Ranking
288

Overview

John Thomson is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their work primarily intersects within the broader field of Social Sciences, with a focus on Political Science and International Relations as well as Sociology and Political Science. Their research interests include key topics such as American Constitutional Law and Politics, Electoral Systems and Political Participation, and the interactions between Religion and Society.

Their publication record includes recent papers, notably "Sacred speech: analyzing the influence of congressional leadership on religious rhetoric" published in 2025 within the venue NPL report DEM-TQD. This paper addresses elements of religious rhetoric in the context of congressional leadership.

  • Sacred speech: analyzing the influence of congressional leadership on religious rhetoric (2025), NPL report DEM-TQD

Their collaboration network includes working with Alena Smith, with whom they have coauthored at least one paper. This collaboration links to thematic areas relevant to political and social sciences.

  • Alena Smith

John Thomson has contributed to publications predominantly appearing in NPL report DEM-TQD, indicative of a focused thematic or venue preference in their scholarly output.

  • NPL report DEM-TQD

Their main fields of study are:

  • Social Sciences (3 publications)

Subfields of study include:

  • Political Science and International Relations (2 publications)
  • Sociology and Political Science (1 publication)

Main topics of research focus on:

  • American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 publications)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation (2 publications)
  • Religion and Society Interactions (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Coral Growth Related to Resuspension of Bottom Sediments

    Richard E. Dodge;Robert C. Aller;John Thomson

  • The distribution of 210Pb and 210Po in the surface waters of the Pacific Ocean

    Y. Nozaki;J. Thomson;K.K. Turekian

  • Redistribution and geochemical behaviour of redox-sensitive elements around S1, the most recent eastern Mediterranean sapropel

    J. Thomson;N.C. Higgs;T.R.S. Wilson;I.W. Croudace

  • Authigenic cadmium enrichments in suboxic sediments: Precipitation and postdepositional mobility

    Yair Rosenthal;Phoebe Lam;Edward A Boyle;John Thomson

  • Active post-depositional oxidation of the most recent sapropel (S1) in sediments of the eastern Mediterranean Sea

    P.J.M. van Santvoort;G.J. de Lange;J. Thomson;H. Cussen

  • Redox zonation of elements at an oxic/post-oxic boundary in deep-sea sediments

    J. Thomson;N.C. Higgs;I.W. Croudace;S. Colley

  • Post-depositional migration of elements during diagenesis in brown clay and turbidite sequences in the North East Atlantic

    S Colley;J Thomson;T.R.S Wilson;N.C Higgs

  • A Record of the Accumulation of Sediment and Trace Metals in a Connecticut Salt Marsh

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  • Low-sea-level emplacement of a very large Late Pleistocene ‘megaturbidite’ in the western Mediterranean Sea

    R.G. Rothwell;J. Thomson;G. Kahler

  • A dynamic concept for eastern Mediterranean circulation and oxygenation during sapropel formation

    J.S.L Casford;E.J Rohling;R.H Abu-Zied;C Fontanier

  • Post-depositional mobility of platinum, iridium and rhenium in marine sediments

    Debra C. Colodner;Debra C. Colodner;Edward A. Boyle;John M. Edmond;John Thomson

  • Stratified prokaryote network in the oxic-anoxic transition of a deep-sea halocline

    D Daffonchio;S Borin;T Brusa;L Brusetti

  • Comparative behavior of authigenic Re, U, and Mo during reoxidation and subsequent long-term burial in marine sediments

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  • Early organic diagenesis: The significance of progressive subsurface oxidation fronts in pelagic sediments

    T.R.S. Wilson;J. Thomson;S. Colley;D.J. Hydes

  • High-resolution geochemical and micropalaeontological profiling of the most recent eastern Mediterranean sapropel

    D. Mercone;J. Thomson;R.H. Abu-Zied;I.W. Croudace

  • REVIEW OF RECENT ADVANCES IN THE INTERPRETATION OF EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SAPROPEL S1 FROM GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE

    J Thomson;D Mercone;G.J De Lange;P.J.M Van Santvoort

  • The natural radiochemical and growth records in contemporary hermatypic corals from the Atlantic and Caribbean

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  • Duration of S1, the most recent sapropel in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, as indicated by accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon and geochemical evidence

    D. Mercone;J. Thomson;I.W. Croudace;G. Siani

  • Oxidation Fronts in Pelagic Sediments: Diagenetic Formation of Metal-Rich Layers

    T. R. S. Wilson;J. Thomson;D. J. Hydes;S. Colley

  • Metal accumulation rates in northwest Atlantic pelagic sediments

    J Thomson;M.S.N Carpenter;S Colley;T.R.S Wilson

  • 210Po and 210Pb distributions in ocean water profiles from the Eastern South Pacific

    John Thomson;Karl K. Turekian

  • Present-day coccolith fluxes recorded in central eastern Mediterranean sediment traps and surface sediments

    P Ziveri;P Ziveri;A Rutten;G.J de Lange;J Thomson

  • Uranium and thorium decay series nuclides in plankton from the Caribbean1

    D. P. Kharkar;J. Thomson;K. K. Turekian;W. O. Forster

Frequent Co-Authors

Angus B. MacKenzie
Angus B. MacKenzie Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
Robert F. Anderson
Robert F. Anderson Columbia University
Ian W. Croudace
Ian W. Croudace University of Southampton
Graham Shimmield
Graham Shimmield University of Edinburgh
Caroline P. Slomp
Caroline P. Slomp Radboud University
Eelco J. Rohling
Eelco J. Rohling Utrecht University
Patrizia Ziveri
Patrizia Ziveri Autonomous University of Barcelona
Cesare Corselli
Cesare Corselli University of Milano-Bicocca
Gert J. de Lange
Gert J. de Lange Utrecht University
Jan Tind Sørensen
Jan Tind Sørensen Aarhus University

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