Donald K. Grayson

8.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
90 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Donald K. Grayson is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald K. Grayson has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Paleontology, 40 papers in Anthropology and 35 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Donald K. Grayson's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (35 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (29 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (27 papers). Donald K. Grayson is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (35 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (29 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (27 papers). Donald K. Grayson collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Australia. Donald K. Grayson's co-authors include David J. Meltzer, Françoise Delpech, Elizabeth S. Wing, Jack M. Broughton, Ernest L. Lundelius, Mary Ann Graham, C. R. Harington, Elaine Anderson, Rickard S. Toomey and James A. Burns and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Donald K. Grayson

86 papers receiving 4.7k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Quantitative Zooarchaeology: Topics in the Analysis of Archaeological Faunas

1987 465 citations Donald K. Grayson et al. American Antiquity profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Donald K. Grayson United States	39	3.2k	3.0k	2.2k	1.1k	1.0k	90	5.3k
Torben C. Rick United States	37	2.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.4×	2.2k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	816 0.8×	171	4.8k
Andrew B. Smith United Kingdom	47	4.8k 1.5×	1.3k 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	514 0.5×	179	7.7k
Thomas W. Stafford United States	39	2.7k 0.8×	2.1k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	2.0k 1.8×	1.0k 1.0×	105	5.4k
Adrian M. Lister United Kingdom	50	4.0k 1.3×	3.8k 1.3×	3.5k 1.6×	2.0k 1.8×	910 0.9×	159	8.4k
Anna K. Behrensmeyer United States	48	6.6k 2.0×	5.4k 1.8×	2.5k 1.1×	1.8k 1.6×	2.5k 2.5×	130	9.8k
J. Tyler Faith United States	38	2.2k 0.7×	2.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.5×	935 0.8×	799 0.8×	128	3.6k
Meave G. Leakey United States	34	3.5k 1.1×	3.0k 1.0×	1.9k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	764 0.8×	62	6.1k
Nicole Boivin Germany	41	2.6k 0.8×	2.9k 1.0×	838 0.4×	809 0.7×	1.5k 1.5×	192	6.1k
Paul G. Blackwell United Kingdom	28	1.2k 0.4×	1.1k 0.4×	2.9k 1.3×	1.7k 1.5×	387 0.4×	65	5.7k
Anthony J. Stuart United Kingdom	33	2.0k 0.6×	2.1k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	1.4k 1.3×	457 0.5×	66	3.4k

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All Works

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Grayson, Donald K.. (2018). Sex and Death on the Western Emigrant Trail: The Biology of Three American Tragedies. University of Utah Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Grayson, Donald K.. (2016). Giant Sloths and Sabertooth Cats: Extinct Mammals and the Archaeology of the Ice Age Great Basin. University of Utah Press eBooks. 23 indexed citations

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Grayson, Donald K.. (2006). Holocene bison in the Great Basin, western USA. The Holocene. 16(6). 913–925. 30 indexed citations

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Grayson, Donald K., et al.. (2004). Measuring Skeletal Part Representation in Archaeological Faunas. 2(1). 27–42. 72 indexed citations

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Grayson, Donald K., John Alroy, Robin J Slaughter, & Joseph L. Skulan. (2001). Did human hunting cause mass extinction? [2] (multiple letters). 294(5546). 1459–1462. 7 indexed citations

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Grayson, Donald K. & Françoise Delpech. (1998). Changing Diet Breadth in the Early Upper Palaeolithic of Southwestern France. Journal of Archaeological Science. 25(11). 1119–1129. 137 indexed citations

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Meltzer, David J., Donald K. Grayson, Gerardo Duarte, et al.. (1997). On the Pleistocene Antiquity of Monte Verde, Southern Chile. American Antiquity. 62(4). 659–663. 123 indexed citations

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Grayson, Donald K.. (1993). Differential mortality and the Donner Party disaster. Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews. 2(5). 151–159. 24 indexed citations

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Grayson, Donald K., et al.. (1989). High-elevation records for Neotoma cinerea in the White Mountains, California. The Great Basin naturalist. 49(3). 7. 3 indexed citations

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Grayson, Donald K.. (1988). Danger Cave, Last Supper Cave, and Hanging Rock Shelter : the faunas. Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida). 123 indexed citations

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Grayson, Donald K., Paul W. Parmalee, R. Lee Lyman, & Jim I. Mead. (1988). Danger Cave, Last Supper Cave, and Hanging Rock Shelter : the faunas. Anthropological papers of the AMNH ; v. 66, pt. 1. American Museum Novitates. 34 indexed citations

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Dunnell, Robert C. & Donald K. Grayson. (1983). Lulu Li Near Punctated: Essays in Honor of George Irving Quimby. 43 indexed citations

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Dunnell, Robert C., et al.. (1983). Lulu Linear Punctated. 3 indexed citations

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Larsen, Clark Spencer, David Hurst Thomas, Chester B. DePratter, & Donald K. Grayson. (1982). The anthropology of St. Catherines Island. 4, The St. Catherines period mortuary complex. Anthropological papers of the AMNH ; v. 57, pt. 4. American Museum Novitates. 2 indexed citations

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Grayson, Donald K., et al.. (1979). “Significance” in Contract Archaeology. American Antiquity. 44(2). 327–328. 19 indexed citations

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Grayson, Donald K.. (1978). Reconstructing mammalian communities: a discussion of Shotwell's method of paleoecological analysis. Paleobiology. 4(1). 77–81. 22 indexed citations

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Grayson, Donald K. & Chris Maser. (1978). First Record for the Long-Tailed Jaeger in Eastern Oregon. The Murrelet. 59(2). 75–75.

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Casteel, Richard W. & Donald K. Grayson. (1977). Terminological problems in quantitative faunal analysis. World Archaeology. 9(2). 235–242. 22 indexed citations

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Grayson, Donald K.. (1977). Pleistocene Avifaunas and the Overkill Hypothesis. Science. 195(4279). 691–693. 19 indexed citations

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Grayson, Donald K.. (1970). Statistical Inference and Northeastern Adena. American Antiquity. 35(1). 102–104. 1 indexed citations

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