Walter Houston Clark

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Walter Houston Clark is a scholar working on Health, Sociology and Political Science and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Houston Clark has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Health, 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 6 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Walter Houston Clark's work include Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (11 papers), Psychedelics and Drug Studies (5 papers) and Religion and Society Interactions (4 papers). Walter Houston Clark is often cited by papers focused on Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (11 papers), Psychedelics and Drug Studies (5 papers) and Religion and Society Interactions (4 papers). Walter Houston Clark collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Lithuania. Walter Houston Clark's co-authors include Louise M. Rosenblatt, Alister Hardy, Alan C. Purves, Samuel Ζ. Klausner, Carl A. P. Ruck, R. Gordon Wasson, Nick Cartwright, Rudolf Otto, Wayne C. Booth and Román Ingarden and has published in prestigious journals such as Analytical Chemistry, American Psychologist and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Walter Houston Clark

49 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Literature as Exploration
    1970 966 citations Walter Houston Clark et al. Journal of Aesthetic Education profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Walter Houston Clark United States 18 574 516 371 260 192 60 1.8k
Nancy L. Stein United States 27 738 1.3× 247 0.5× 289 0.8× 1.4k 5.2× 434 2.3× 75 2.7k
Mary Catherine Bateson United States 12 340 0.6× 73 0.1× 304 0.8× 198 0.8× 161 0.8× 41 1.3k
Hans Hoeken Netherlands 24 165 0.3× 975 1.9× 752 2.0× 97 0.4× 64 0.3× 93 2.0k
Michael Paffard United Kingdom 7 1.9k 3.4× 1.2k 2.4× 678 1.8× 980 3.8× 106 0.6× 15 3.6k
Melvin Rader United States 11 205 0.4× 123 0.2× 219 0.6× 121 0.5× 91 0.5× 32 1.3k
Jeffrey H. Goldstein United States 18 124 0.2× 236 0.5× 501 1.4× 104 0.4× 132 0.7× 39 1.3k
Gerald S. Lesser United States 18 703 1.2× 101 0.2× 287 0.8× 330 1.3× 333 1.7× 47 1.8k
Joseph Tobin United States 23 1.4k 2.5× 140 0.3× 959 2.6× 229 0.9× 264 1.4× 73 2.4k
Michael J. Beatty United States 30 487 0.8× 577 1.1× 415 1.1× 131 0.5× 365 1.9× 120 2.6k
Donald P. Spence United States 18 146 0.3× 117 0.2× 190 0.5× 321 1.2× 872 4.5× 78 2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Walter Houston Clark

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter Houston Clark

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Clark, Walter Houston. (2012). The Psychology of Religion: An Introduction to Religious Experience and Behavior. 19 indexed citations
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Clark, Walter Houston. (2010). The Psychedelics and Religion. 1 indexed citations
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Clark, Walter Houston, et al.. (1992). Nature Writing and America: Essays upon a Cultural Type. Journal of Aesthetic Education. 26(1). 111–111. 1 indexed citations
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Clark, Walter Houston. (1990). Literature, Education, and Cultural Literacy. Journal of Aesthetic Education. 24(1). 49–49. 1 indexed citations
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Clark, Walter Houston. (1986). Some Thoughts on Teaching Creativity. Journal of Aesthetic Education. 20(4). 27–27. 3 indexed citations
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Clark, Walter Houston, et al.. (1982). The Reader's Construction of Narrative. Journal of Aesthetic Education. 16(2). 113–113. 13 indexed citations
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Cartwright, Nick, et al.. (1982). A Computerized System for the Identification of Suspect Vehicles Involved in Hit and Run Accidents. Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal. 15(3-4). 105–115. 18 indexed citations
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Clark, Walter Houston. (1977). Art and psychotherapy in Mexico. 4(1). 41–44. 2 indexed citations
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Cartwright, Nick, et al.. (1976). The Classification of Automotive Paint by Diamond Window Infrared Spectrophotometry Part III Case Histories. Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal. 9(3). 103–111. 15 indexed citations
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Cartwright, Nick, et al.. (1976). The Classification of Automotive Paint by Diamond Window Infrared Spectrophotometry Part II Automotive Topcoats and Undercoats. Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal. 9(2). 49–68. 24 indexed citations
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Clark, Walter Houston, et al.. (1974). The Cognition of the Literary Work of Art. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 33(2). 220–220. 46 indexed citations
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Clark, Walter Houston & Ralph A. Smith. (1974). Aesthetics and Problems of Education. Journal of Aesthetic Education. 8(2). 117–117. 12 indexed citations
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Clark, Walter Houston & Monroe C. Beardsley. (1972). The Possibility of Criticism. Journal of Aesthetic Education. 6(4). 87–87.
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Clark, Walter Houston, et al.. (1970). Chemical Ecstasy: Psychedelic Drugs and Religion. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 9(3). 263–263. 17 indexed citations
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Clark, Walter Houston. (1967). The Parson's Wife. Contemporary Psychology. 12(2). 65–66.
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Clark, Walter Houston, et al.. (1962). Religion: A Psychological Interpretation. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 2(1). 126–126. 1 indexed citations
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Clark, Walter Houston, et al.. (1958). Psychology of Religion. Pastoral Psychology. 1(3). 126–126. 38 indexed citations
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Clark, Walter Houston. (1958). How do Social Scientists Define Religion?. The Journal of Social Psychology. 47(1). 143–147. 24 indexed citations
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Clark, Walter Houston. (1955). A Study of Some of the Factors Leading to Achievement and Creativity, with Special Reference to Religious Skepticism and Belief. The Journal of Social Psychology. 41(1). 57–69. 2 indexed citations
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Clark, Walter Houston. (1951). The Oxford Group : its history and significance. 8 indexed citations

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