Harold E. Driver

1.1k citations

34 papers · 637 indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 11

Impact in

Archeology top 5%
Anthropology top 2%
- Archaeology and Natural History
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies

Papers in ⓘ

General Health Professions 5
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology 4
Anthropology 5
- Archaeology and Natural History 3

Co-authors: William C. Massey (1 shared paper)Karl Schuessler (3 shared papers)Joseph G. Jorgensen (1 shared paper)David F. Aberle (1 shared paper)Alan Lomax (1 shared paper)Philip L. Wagner (1 shared paper)James Watson (1 shared paper)Bernice A. Kaplan (1 shared paper)
Journals: American Anthropologist (8 papers)Current Anthropology (5 papers)Ethnohistory (2 papers)Geographical Review (1 paper)Ethnomusicology (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States

In The Last Decade

Harold E. Driver

27 papers receiving 415 citations

Hit Papers

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Comparative Studies of North American Indians 1957 · 193 citations

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it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1957 Transactions of the American Philosophical Society

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1	Comparative Studies of North American Indians Transactions of the American Philosophical Society ·Harold E. Driver, William C. Massey Hit paper breakdown →	1957	193
2	Indians of North America Medical Entomology and Zoology ·Harold E. Driver	1969	132
3	Correlational Analysis of Murdocks 1957 Ethnographic Sample¹ American Anthropologist ·Harold E. Driver, Karl Schuessler	1967	37
4	Why Exceptions? The Logic of Cross-Cultural Analysis [and Comments and Reply] Current Anthropology ·A. J. F. Köbben, Milton Altschuler, Wilfrid C. Bailey, Peter Carstens, Harold E. Driver, Joesph G. Jorgensen, Bernice A. Kaplan, Ronald J. Kurtz, Godfried W. Locher, Otto von Mering, Charlotte Swanson Otterbein, Keith F. Otterbein, Larry M. Perkins, Henning Siverts, Robert C. Suggs, George L. Trager, James Watson, Richard A. Watson	1967	36
5	Indians of North America Man ·Harvey C. Moore, Harold E. Driver	1970	35
6	Geographical-Historical Versus Psycho-Functional Explanations of Kin Avoidances Current Anthropology ·Harold E. Driver	1966	34
7	Indian tribes of North America Harold E. Driver	1953	25
8	Factor Analysis of Ethnographic Data American Anthropologist ·Harold E. Driver, Karl Schuessler	1957	19
9	Comparative studies by Harold E. Driver and essays in his honor Harold E. Driver, Joseph G. Jorgensen, David F. Aberle	1974	15
10	Classification and Development of North American Indian Cultures: A Statistical Analysis of the Driver-Massey Sample Transactions of the American Philosophical Society ·Harold E. Driver, James L. Coffin	1975	13
11	Statistics in Anthropology American Anthropologist ·Harold E. Driver	1953	11
12	Some Implications of the Theory of the Particularity, or "Atomism," of Northern Algonkians [and Comments and Reply] Current Anthropology ·Harold Hickerson, J. P. Averkieva, Victor Barnouw, William Caudill, Harold E. Driver, R. W. Dunning, Ernestine Friedl, John J. Honigmann, James H. Howard, Edward S. Rogers, Arthur J. Rubel, Omer C. Stewart, Rosalie H. Wax, Murray L. Wax	1967	10
13	Girls' Puberty Rites and Matrilocal Residence American Anthropologist ·Harold E. Driver	1969	9
14	Folk Song Style and Culture: A Staff Report on Cantometrics Ethnomusicology ·Harold E. Driver, James C. Downey, Alan Lomax	1970	9
15	Statistical Classification of North American Indian Ethnic Units Ethnology ·Harold E. Driver, James A. Kenny, Herschel C. Hudson, Ora May Engle	1972	9
16	American Indian Almanac The American Historical Review ·Harold E. Driver, John Upton Terrell	1973	8
17	On the Population Nadir of Indians in the United States Current Anthropology ·Harold E. Driver	1968	7
18	Continuity and Emergence in Indian Poverty Culture [and Comments and Reply] Current Anthropology ·Bernard James, George A. Agogino, Charles A. Bishop, Ethel Boissevain, Ronald Cohen, James W. VanStone, Harold E. Driver, J.A. Faris, Harold Hickerson, James H. Howard, Edward A. Kennard, Nancy Oestreich Lurie, Robert F. Maher, Arthur J. Rubel	1970	7
19	A Factor Analysis of Sixteen Primitive Societies American Sociological Review ·Karl Schuessler, Harold E. Driver	1956	6
20	Indians of North America Geographical Review ·Philip L. Wagner, Harold E. Driver	1963	4

About Harold E. Driver

Harold E. Driver is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Food Science, having authored 34 papers that have together received 637 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Indigenous Studies and Ecology (4 papers), Archaeology and Natural History (3 papers), Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (2 papers), Culinary Culture and Tourism (2 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (2 papers), American Environmental and Regional History (2 papers), Language and cultural evolution (2 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Archeology (25 citations), Anthropology (195 citations), Paleontology (146 citations), Geography, Planning and Development (47 citations) and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (58 citations). Harold E. Driver has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include William C. Massey, Karl Schuessler, Joseph G. Jorgensen, David F. Aberle, Alan Lomax, Philip L. Wagner, James Watson, Bernice A. Kaplan, Richard A. Watson and Keith F. Otterbein. Their work appears in journals such as American Anthropologist, Current Anthropology, Ethnohistory, Geographical Review and Ethnomusicology.

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