Koen Stein

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Koen Stein is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Koen Stein has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Paleontology, 22 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 4 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Koen Stein's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (30 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (28 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (18 papers). Koen Stein is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (30 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (28 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (18 papers). Koen Stein collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Belgium and France. Koen Stein's co-authors include P. Martin Sander, Edina Prondvai, Zoltán Csiki‐Sava, David B. Weishampel, Ragna Redelstorff, Robert R. Reisz, Timothy D. Huang, Jean‐Marc Baele, José Luis Carballido and Jorge Cubo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Koen Stein

35 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Structure and evolutionary implications of the earliest (Sinemurian, Early Jurassic) dinosaur eggs and eggshells

2019 161 citations Koen Stein, Edina Prondvai et al. Scientific Reports profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Koen Stein Germany	21	1.1k	634	200	114	96	36	1.4k
Martin Kundrát Slovakia	20	944 0.9×	563 0.9×	153 0.8×	84 0.7×	74 0.8×	62	1.1k
Timothy R. Smithson United Kingdom	20	1.1k 1.0×	674 1.1×	197 1.0×	85 0.7×	56 0.6×	46	1.2k
Dongyu Hu China	19	1.2k 1.1×	642 1.0×	202 1.0×	99 0.9×	95 1.0×	37	1.3k
Fabien Knoll Spain	23	1.3k 1.2×	801 1.3×	246 1.2×	96 0.8×	69 0.7×	71	1.4k
Andrea Cau Italy	25	1.5k 1.4×	921 1.5×	225 1.1×	79 0.7×	101 1.1×	60	1.6k
Michael Pittman Hong Kong	21	993 0.9×	482 0.8×	236 1.2×	98 0.9×	87 0.9×	73	1.2k
Sophie Sanchez France	23	895 0.8×	462 0.7×	181 0.9×	113 1.0×	90 0.9×	51	1.3k
Mark B. Goodwin United States	20	1.1k 1.0×	529 0.8×	248 1.2×	71 0.6×	93 1.0×	38	1.4k
Adam K. Huttenlocker United States	23	1.2k 1.1×	517 0.8×	236 1.2×	88 0.8×	99 1.0×	53	1.3k
Yoshitsugu Kobayashi Japan	27	1.7k 1.6×	1.0k 1.6×	325 1.6×	89 0.8×	83 0.9×	90	1.9k

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Stein, Koen, et al.. (2024). On the function and origin of the avian renal portal shunt and its potential significance throughout evolution. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 100(1). 351–361.

Stein, Koen, et al.. (2024). Histological analysis and etiology of a pathological iguanodontian femur from England. Journal of Anatomy. 245(3). 490–500. 3 indexed citations

Hendrickx, Christophe, et al.. (2023). A combined approach to identify isolated theropod teeth from the Cenomanian Kem Kem Group of Morocco: cladistic, discriminant, and machine learning analyses. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 43(4). 6 indexed citations

Smit, Jan, Dennis F. A. E. Voeten, Paul Tafforeau, et al.. (2022). The Mesozoic terminated in boreal spring. Nature. 603(7899). 91–94. 25 indexed citations

Stein, Koen, et al.. (2020). Case study of radial fibrolamellar bone tissues in the outer cortex of basal sauropods. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 375(1793). 20190143–20190143. 18 indexed citations

Stein, Koen, Edina Prondvai, Timothy D. Huang, et al.. (2019). Structure and evolutionary implications of the earliest (Sinemurian, Early Jurassic) dinosaur eggs and eggshells. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 4424–4424. 161 indexed citations breakdown →

Stein, Koen, et al.. (2018). Ontogeny of Hemidactylus (Gekkota, Squamata) with emphasis on the limbs. Zoosystematics and Evolution. 94(1). 195–209. 9 indexed citations

Wiemann, Jasmina, Matteo Fabbri, Tzu-Ruei Yang, et al.. (2018). Fossilization transforms vertebrate hard tissue proteins into N-heterocyclic polymers. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4741–4741. 87 indexed citations

Sander, P. Martin, et al.. (2017). Can secondary osteons be used as ontogenetic indicators in sauropods? Extending the histological ontogenetic stages into senescence. Paleobiology. 43(2). 321–342. 33 indexed citations

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Godefroit, Pascal, et al.. (2017). Extreme tooth enlargement in a new Late Cretaceous rhabdodontid dinosaur from Southern France. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 13098–13098. 24 indexed citations

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Cau, Andrea, Dennis F. A. E. Voeten, Vincent Fernández, et al.. (2017). Synchrotron scanning reveals amphibious ecomorphology in a new clade of bird-like dinosaurs. Nature. 552(7685). 395–399. 119 indexed citations

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Wiemann, Jasmina, M. Fabbri, Koen Stein, et al.. (2016). FROM WHITE TO BLACK: MAILLARD REACTION PRODUCTS AND ENDOGENOUS PORPHYRINS STAIN FOSSIL HARD TISSUES. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). 250–250. 3 indexed citations

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Skutschas, Pavel P. & Koen Stein. (2015). Long bone histology of the stem salamanderKokartus honorarius(Amphibia: Caudata) from the Middle Jurassic of Kyrgyzstan. Journal of Anatomy. 226(4). 334–347. 23 indexed citations

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Tsogtbaatar, Khishigjav, Ринчен Барсболд, Géraldine Garcia, et al.. (2015). Perinatal Specimens of Saurolophus angustirostris (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae), from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. PLoS ONE. 10(10). e0138806–e0138806. 25 indexed citations

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Prondvai, Edina, Koen Stein, Armand de Ricqlès, & Jorge Cubo. (2014). Development-based revision of bone tissue classification: the importance of semantics for science. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 112(4). 799–816. 98 indexed citations

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Reisz, Robert R., Timothy D. Huang, Eric M. Roberts, et al.. (2013). Embryology of Early Jurassic dinosaur from China with evidence of preserved organic remains. Nature. 496(7444). 210–214. 67 indexed citations

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Prondvai, Edina, Koen Stein, Attila Ősi, & Martin Sander. (2012). Life History of Rhamphorhynchus Inferred from Bone Histology and the Diversity of Pterosaurian Growth Strategies. PLoS ONE. 7(2). e31392–e31392. 58 indexed citations

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Klein, Nicole, P. Martin Sander, Koen Stein, et al.. (2012). Modified Laminar Bone in Ampelosaurus atacis and Other Titanosaurs (Sauropoda): Implications for Life History and Physiology. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e36907–e36907. 52 indexed citations

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Stein, Koen, Zoltán Csiki‐Sava, Kristina Curry Rogers, et al.. (2010). Small body size and extreme cortical bone remodeling indicate phyletic dwarfism inMagyarosaurus dacus(Sauropoda: Titanosauria). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(20). 9258–9263. 119 indexed citations

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Stein, Koen & P. Martin Sander. (2009). Histological core drilling: a less destructive method for studying bone histology. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). 69–80. 55 indexed citations

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