2026 Philip K. Thornton: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	102	325	304	1	1	319	48591
Biology and Biochemistry	100	1493	1342	1	1	296	47258

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Kenya Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Kenya Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Kenya Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Kenya Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Kenya Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Kenya Leader Award

Overview

Philip K. Thornton is affiliated with research on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security in Kenya. Their work spans multiple fields and subfields mainly within Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The primary areas of study for this scientist include:

Environmental Science
Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these broader fields, their research at times focuses on subfields such as:

Ecology
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Food Science

Philip K. Thornton's main research topics include:

Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
Climate change impacts on agriculture
Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
Agricultural Innovations and Practices
Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
Organic Food and Agriculture

The scientist's recent publications cover diverse themes related to food systems, climate change, and innovation, and include the following works:

Impacts of climate change on the livestock food supply chain; a review of the evidence, 2021, Global Food Security
Innovation can accelerate the transition towards a sustainable food system, 2020, Nature Food
High-resolution and bias-corrected CMIP5 projections for climate change impact assessments, 2020, Scientific Data
Articulating the effect of food systems innovation on the Sustainable Development Goals, 2020, The Lancet Planetary Health
Multiple cropping systems of the world and the potential for increasing cropping intensity, 2020, Global Environmental Change

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

Mario Herrero
Daniel Mason-D'Croz
Stephen A. Wood
Alan J. Duncan
Tim G. Benton

Philip K. Thornton has published in a range of venues, with multiple publications found in:

Harvard Dataverse
Global Food Security
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Nature Food
The Lancet Planetary Health

In addition to journal articles, they have authored books published by notable academic presses, including:

Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles for Agri-Food Systems Transformation, 2022, Springer International Publishing
Transforming Food Systems Under Climate Change through Innovation, 2023, Cambridge University Press
Herring and People of the North Pacific, 2021, University of Washington Press eBooks

Best Publications

Livestock production: recent trends, future prospects

Philip K. Thornton

2787
Citations
Climate-smart agriculture for food security

Leslie Lipper;Philip Thornton;Philip Thornton;Bruce M. Campbell;Bruce M. Campbell;Tobias Baedeker

2158
Citations
Sustainable Intensification in Agriculture: Premises and Policies

Tara Garnett;M.C. Appleby;A. Balmford;I.J. Bateman

2099
Citations
Food security and food production systems

John R. Porter;Liyong Xie;Andrew J. Challinor;Kevern Cochrane

1658
Citations
The potential impacts of climate change on maize production in Africa and Latin America in 2055

Peter G. Jones;Philip K. Thornton

1414
Citations
Biomass use, production, feed efficiencies, and greenhouse gas emissions from global livestock systems

Mario T. Herrero;Petr Havlík;Hugo Valin;An Maria Omer Notenbaert

1371
Citations
The impacts of climate change on livestock and livestock systems in developing countries: A review of what we know and what we need to know

Philip K. Thornton;J.A. van de Steeg;An Maria Omer Notenbaert;Mario Herrero

1370
Citations
Climate variability and vulnerability to climate change: a review.

Philip K. Thornton;Polly J. Ericksen;Mario T. Herrero;Andrew J. Challinor

1290
Citations
Smart investments in sustainable food production: revisiting mixed crop-livestock systems.

M. Herrero;P. K. Thornton;A. M. Notenbaert;S. Wood

1161
Citations
Greenhouse gas mitigation potentials in the livestock sector

Mario Herrero;Benjamin Henderson;Petr Havlík;Philip K. Thornton;Philip K. Thornton

1035
Citations
Decision support system for agrotechnology transfer: DSSAT v3

James W. Jones;G.Y. Tsuji;Gerrit Hoogenboom;L. A. Hunt

951
Citations
Climate change mitigation through livestock system transitions

Petr Havlík;Hugo Valin;Mario T. Herrero;Mario T. Herrero;Michael Obersteiner

811
Citations
Investing in Animal Health Research to Alleviate Poverty

Brian D. Perry;Thomas F. Randolph;John J. McDermott;Keith R. Sones

802
Citations
Sustainable Intensification: What Is Its Role in Climate Smart Agriculture?

Bruce M. Campbell;Bruce M. Campbell;Philip K. Thornton;Robert B. Zougmoré;Piet J.A. van Asten

688
Citations
Reducing risks to food security from climate change

Bruce M. Campbell;Bruce M. Campbell;Sonja J. Vermeulen;Sonja J. Vermeulen;Pramod K. Aggarwal;Caitlin Corner-Dolloff

686
Citations
Impacts of climate change on the livestock food supply chain; a review of the evidence.

C.M. Godde;D. Mason-D’Croz;D.E. Mayberry;Phillip K. Thornton

667
Citations
Options for support to agriculture and food security under climate change

Sonja J. Vermeulen;Pramod K. Aggarwal;Pramod K. Aggarwal;A. Ainslie;C. Angelone

663
Citations
Understanding options for agricultural production.

Gordon Y. Tsuji;Gerrit Hoogenboom;Philip K. Thornton

638
Citations
Agriculture and food systems in sub-Saharan Africa in a 4 ◦ C+ world

Philip K. Thornton;Peter G. Jones;Polly J. Ericksen;Andrew J. Challinor

616
Citations
Livestock, livelihoods and the environment: understanding the trade-offs

Mario T. Herrero;Philip K. Thornton;Pierre J. Gerber;Robin S. Reid

604
Citations
Spatial variation of crop yield response to climate change in East Africa

Philip K. Thornton;Peter G. Jones;Gopal Alagarswamy;Jeff Andresen

567
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Mario Herrero Cornell University

Bruce M. Campbell Wageningen University & Research

Andy Jarvis Bezos Earth Fund

Petr Havlik International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Andrew J. Challinor University of Leeds

Pramod K. Aggarwal Borlaug Institute for South Asia

James Hansen Columbia University

Robert B. Zougmoré International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

Julian Ramirez-Villegas Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical

Randall B. Boone Colorado State University

External Links

Personal website of Philip K. Thornton Google Scholar page

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