William C. Massey

438 total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 251 citations indexed

About

William C. Massey is a scholar working on Anthropology, Ecology and Visual Arts and Performing Arts. According to data from OpenAlex, William C. Massey has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 251 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Anthropology, 3 papers in Ecology and 3 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Recurrent topics in William C. Massey's work include Archaeology and Natural History (6 papers), Latin American history and culture (3 papers) and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (2 papers). William C. Massey is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and Natural History (6 papers), Latin American history and culture (3 papers) and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (2 papers). William C. Massey collaborates with scholars based in Canada and United States. William C. Massey's co-authors include Harold E. Driver, Robert F. Heizer, Pascale M. Biron, Guénolé Choné, Thomas Buffin‐Bélanger, S. Demers and Richard H. Brooks and has published in prestigious journals such as Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, River Research and Applications and Ethnohistory.

In The Last Decade

William C. Massey

7 papers receiving 174 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Comparative Studies of North American Indians

1957 193 citations Harold E. Driver, William C. Massey Transactions of the American Philosophical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William C. Massey Canada	6	114	95	43	37	24	10	251
John R. Swanton	9	153 1.3×	80 0.8×	23 0.5×	42 1.1×	13 0.5×	14	305
Brian Reeves Canada	9	117 1.0×	101 1.1×	35 0.8×	26 0.7×	38 1.6×	20	258
Donald F. Thomson Australia	9	128 1.1×	88 0.9×	36 0.8×	20 0.5×	32 1.3×	24	282
Catherine S. Fowler United States	9	109 1.0×	125 1.3×	30 0.7×	23 0.6×	24 1.0×	31	228
Lynn Ceci United States	10	107 0.9×	128 1.3×	45 1.0×	20 0.5×	35 1.5×	16	292
Amy Turner Bushnell United States	10	218 1.9×	182 1.9×	24 0.6×	26 0.7×	49 2.0×	27	373
Malcolm C. Webb United States	7	66 0.6×	104 1.1×	33 0.8×	11 0.3×	30 1.3×	14	252
W. Raymond Wood United States	10	228 2.0×	176 1.9×	38 0.9×	53 1.4×	33 1.4×	68	366
Bernard L. Fontana United States	9	207 1.8×	143 1.5×	23 0.5×	13 0.4×	28 1.2×	52	335
Jerald T. Milanich United States	11	161 1.4×	194 2.0×	48 1.1×	19 0.5×	78 3.3×	37	319

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William C. Massey

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Demers, S., et al.. (2020). Development of a mapping approach encompassing most fluvial processes: Lessons learned from the freedom space for rivers concept in Quebec (Canada). River Research and Applications. 36(6). 947–959. 7 indexed citations

2.

Massey, William C., et al.. (2019). A Burial Cave in Baja California: The Palmer Collection, 1887. Medical Entomology and Zoology.

3.

Massey, William C., Pascale M. Biron, & Guénolé Choné. (2016). Impacts of river bank stabilization using riprap on fish habitat in two contrasting environments. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 42(4). 635–646. 12 indexed citations

4.

Massey, William C., et al.. (1972). Black Robes in Lower California. Ethnohistory. 19(1). 75–75. 3 indexed citations

5.

Brooks, Richard H., et al.. (1972). Archaeological Research of the Las Vegas Ranger District, Toiyabe National Forest Las Vegas, Nevada. 1 indexed citations

6.

Massey, William C.. (1966). The Castaldí Collection from Central and Southern Baja California. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations

7.

Massey, William C.. (1961). The Survival of the Dart-Thrower on the Peninsula of Baja California. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology. 17(1). 81–93. 14 indexed citations

8.

Massey, William C.. (1960). Indios Selvaticos de la Amazonia Peruana by Rafael Girard. (México, D.F.: Libro Mex Editores, S. de R. L., 1958, Pp. 356; 207 photographs, 100 figures, and 2 maps.). Journal of Inter-American Studies. 2(2). 203–204. 6 indexed citations

9.

Driver, Harold E. & William C. Massey. (1957). Comparative Studies of North American Indians. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 47(2). 165–165. 193 indexed citations breakdown →

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Heizer, Robert F. & William C. Massey. (1953). Aboriginal navigation off the coasts of upper and Baja California. DSpace Repository (Smithsonian). 14 indexed citations

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