William S. Laughlin

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

William S. Laughlin is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Paleontology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, William S. Laughlin has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in General Health Professions, 10 papers in Paleontology and 10 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in William S. Laughlin's work include Indigenous Studies and Ecology (28 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (9 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (7 papers). William S. Laughlin is often cited by papers focused on Indigenous Studies and Ecology (28 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (9 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (7 papers). William S. Laughlin collaborates with scholars based in United States and Czechia. William S. Laughlin's co-authors include Edward William Nelson, Stephen L. Zegura, Kenneth M. Weiss, James A. Fox, Lyle Campbell, Christy G. Turner, Joseph Greenberg, Ellen Woolford, Paul S. Martin and David D. Thompson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Dental Research and American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

William S. Laughlin

65 papers receiving 991 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.

The Settlement of the Americas: A Comparison of the Linguistic, Dental, and Genetic Evidence [and Comments and Reply]

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William S. Laughlin United States	16	388	339	302	297	257	67	1.2k
Joseph B. Birdsell United States	15	82 0.2×	290 0.9×	428 1.4×	186 0.6×	171 0.7×	29	1.0k
Jerome C. Rose United States	18	270 0.7×	457 1.3×	369 1.2×	343 1.2×	1.5k 5.9×	57	2.0k
D. F. Roberts United Kingdom	21	68 0.2×	245 0.7×	154 0.5×	587 2.0×	204 0.8×	72	1.9k
Dennis H. O’Rourke United States	22	195 0.5×	647 1.9×	479 1.6×	841 2.8×	454 1.8×	62	1.8k
E. James Dixon United States	14	124 0.3×	483 1.4×	395 1.3×	234 0.8×	223 0.9×	40	905
William M. Bass United States	15	93 0.2×	394 1.2×	358 1.2×	451 1.5×	1.2k 4.7×	67	1.7k
W. W. Howells United States	24	51 0.1×	444 1.3×	654 2.2×	309 1.0×	614 2.4×	60	1.5k
Sheilagh T. Brooks United States	8	100 0.3×	397 1.2×	179 0.6×	455 1.5×	1.5k 5.8×	23	1.8k
Douglas W. Owsley United States	24	87 0.2×	391 1.2×	431 1.4×	424 1.4×	895 3.5×	91	1.4k
Mary Lucas Powell United States	11	82 0.2×	244 0.7×	154 0.5×	151 0.5×	390 1.5×	32	802

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Majumder, Partha P., William S. Laughlin, & R E Ferrell. (1988). Genetic variation in the Aleuts of the Pribilof Islands and the Eskimos of Kodiak Island. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 76(4). 481–488. 6 indexed citations

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Thompson, David D., Elizabeth M. Salter, & William S. Laughlin. (1981). Bone Core Analysis of Baffin Island Skeletons. Arctic Anthropology. 18(1). 87–96. 10 indexed citations

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Martin, Paul S., et al.. (1980). The First Americans: Origins, Affinities, and Adaptations.. Man. 15(4). 740–740. 93 indexed citations

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Laughlin, William S.. (1979). PROBLEMS IN THE PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, ESKIMOS AND ALEUTS. Arctic Anthropology. 16(1). 165–177. 1 indexed citations

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Jørgensen, Jorunn B., et al.. (1975). Anthropometrical and skinfold thickness measurements on the Polar Eskimos, Thule District, North Greenland.. 203(1). 1 indexed citations

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Laughlin, William S. & Jean S. Aigner. (1974). Burial of an Aged Chaluka Adult Male. Arctic Anthropology. 11(1). 47–60. 1 indexed citations

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Laughlin, William S.. (1970). The Purpose of Studying Eskimos and their Population Systems. ARCTIC. 23(1). 3 indexed citations

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Laughlin, William S.. (1968). Guide To Human Population Studies. Arctic Anthropology. 5(1). 32–47. 1 indexed citations

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Laughlin, William S., Wendell H. Oswalt, & James W. VanStone. (1968). The Ethnoarcheology of Crow Village, Alaska. Ethnohistory. 15(4). 453–453. 3 indexed citations

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Laughlin, William S.. (1966). Paleo-Aleut Crania from Port Moller, Alaska Peninsula. Arctic Anthropology. 3(2). 159–159. 1 indexed citations

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Laughlin, William S. & Jean S. Aigner. (1966). Preliminary Analysis of the Anangula Unifacial Core and Blade Industry. Arctic Anthropology. 3(2). 41–56. 11 indexed citations

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Laughlin, William S. & William G. Reeder. (1966). Studies in Aleutian-Kodiak Prehistory, Ecology and Anthropology. Arctic Anthropology. 3(2). 1–240. 6 indexed citations

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McCartney, Allen P. & William S. Laughlin. (1964). Earliest Aleutian Prehistory: the Anangula Island Core and Blade Site.

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Black, Robert F. & William S. Laughlin. (1964). Anangula: A Geologic Interpretation of the Oldest Archeologic Site in the Aleutians. Science. 143(3612). 1321–1322. 22 indexed citations

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Laughlin, William S. & William G. Reeder. (1962). Rationale for the Collaborative Investigation of Aleut-Konyag Prehistory and Ecology. Arctic Anthropology. 1(1). 104–107. 6 indexed citations

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Laughlin, William S.. (1962). Archaeological Investigations On Umnak Island, Aleutians. Arctic Anthropology. 1(1). 108–110. 2 indexed citations

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Laughlin, William S., et al.. (1960). Blood groups of Caddoan Indians of Oklahoma.. PubMed Central. 12. 86–94. 13 indexed citations

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Laughlin, William S.. (1958). Neo-Aleut and Paleo-Aleut Prehistory. 3 indexed citations

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Laughlin, William S., et al.. (1956). BLOOD GROUP GENETICS OF THE BASQUES OF IDAHO. Human Heredity. 6(4). 536–548. 3 indexed citations

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Laughlin, William S.. (1952). Contemporary Problems in the Anthropology of Southern Alaska. 122. 47–48. 2 indexed citations

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