Michael H. Stephenson

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
90 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Michael H. Stephenson is a scholar working on Paleontology, Atmospheric Science and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael H. Stephenson has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Paleontology, 31 papers in Atmospheric Science and 29 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Michael H. Stephenson's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (57 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (30 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (29 papers). Michael H. Stephenson is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (57 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (30 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (29 papers). Michael H. Stephenson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and China. Michael H. Stephenson's co-authors include Melanie J. Leng, Gavin Gillmore, Ian Jarvis, Delano G. Henry, Lucia Angiolini, Christopher H. Vane, Philip Palmgreen, Sarah J. Davies, Joseph F. Emmings and Irfan U. Jan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Michael H. Stephenson

83 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Raman spectroscopy as a tool to determine the thermal maturity of organic matter: Application to sedimentary, metamorphic and structural geology

2019 211 citations Michael H. Stephenson et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →

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Michael H. Stephenson

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Anne‐Christine Da Silva Belgium

Chen China

Bjørn Buchardt Denmark

David De Vleeschouwer Germany

Peter Turner United Kingdom

Li Tian China

Yibo Yang China

Claudia I. Mora United States

David A. Budd United States

Dork Sahagian United States

Anne‐Christine Da Silva Belgium

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880 ×1.8

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael H. Stephenson

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Fan, Junxuan, Bridget S. Wade, Laia Alegret, et al.. (2025). Improving the temporal resolution of middle Eocene–late Oligocene foraminiferal biomagneto-chronology: Insights from CONOP and chronologic significance of biotic events. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 669. 112929–112929.

Fan, Junxuan, Xu Tao, Chao Qian, et al.. (2025). HORSE: Harmonize regional and global stratigraphic records through horizon sequencing. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 670. 112976–112976.

Stephenson, Michael H. & Duncan McLean. (2023). LOPINGIAN (LATE PERMIAN) PALYNOMORPHS FROM THE CADEBY FORMATION, CADEBY QUARRY, YORKSHIRE, UK. RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA. 129(1). 1 indexed citations

Henderson, Charles M., et al.. (2023). Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base-Artinskian Stage (Lower Permian). Episodes. 46(4). 623–651. 1 indexed citations

Stephenson, Michael H., et al.. (2019). Geoscience and decarbonization: current status and future directions. Petroleum Geoscience. 25(4). 501–508. 34 indexed citations

Spina, Amalia, et al.. (2018). PALYNOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE PERMIAN FARAGHAN FORMATION IN THE ZAGROS BASIN, SOUTHERN IRAN. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 24 indexed citations

Zeng, Rongshu, et al.. (2018). Geological suitability and capacity of CO₂ storage in the Jiyang Depression, East China. Greenhouse Gases Science and Technology. 8(4). 747–761. 4 indexed citations

Jan, Irfan U., Sarah J. Davies, Jan Zalasiewicz, et al.. (2017). A Periglacial Palaeoenvionment in the Upper Carboniferous-Lower Permian Tobra Formation of the Salt Range, Pakistan. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 91(3). 1063–1078. 6 indexed citations

Stephenson, Michael H., et al.. (2016). Palynological assemblages across the Hercynian unconformity in Western Iraq. Revue de Micropaléontologie. 60(3). 417–432. 2 indexed citations

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Stephenson, Michael H.. (2015). TWO NEW NON-HAPTOTYPIC PALYNOMORPH TAXA FROM THE MIDDLE PERMIAN UPPER GHARIF MEMBER, OMAN. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Stephenson, Michael H.. (2014). Bisaccate pollen from the Early Permian OSPZ3a Sub-Biozone of the Lower Gharif Member, Oman. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 212. 214–225. 6 indexed citations

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Angiolini, Lucia, Michael H. Stephenson, Melanie J. Leng, et al.. (2011). Heterogeneity, cyclicity and diagenesis in a Mississippian brachiopod shell of palaeoequatorial Britain. Terra Nova. 24(1). 16–26. 28 indexed citations

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Williams, Mark, et al.. (2010). Evolution of Paleocene to Early Eocene larger benthic foraminifer assemblages of the Indus Basin, Pakistan. Lethaia. 44(3). 299–320. 48 indexed citations

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Stephenson, Michael H., et al.. (2008). A high resolution palynozonation for the Al Khlata Formation (Pennsylvanian to lower Permian), South Oman. Palynology. 32(1). 213–229. 3 indexed citations

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Stephenson, Michael H., et al.. (2005). Palaeolimnology of Palaeozoic lakes, focussing on a single lake cycle in the Middle Devonian of the Orcadian Basin, Scotland. Earth-Science Reviews. 75(1-4). 177–197. 15 indexed citations

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Stephenson, Michael H., Melanie J. Leng, Christopher H. Vane, Peter Osterloff, & Carol Arrowsmith. (2005). Investigating the record of Permian climate change from argillaceous sedimentary rocks, Oman. Journal of the Geological Society. 162(4). 641–651. 30 indexed citations

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Osterloff, Peter, et al.. (2004). Depositional sequences of the Gharif and Khuff formations, subsurface Interior Oman. 19 indexed citations

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Stephenson, Michael H., et al.. (2002). New Late Carboniferous - Early Permian palynological data from glacial sediments in the Kooli Formation, Republic of Yemen. Micropaleontology. 48(3). 222–222. 8 indexed citations

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Stephenson, Michael H. & John Filatoff. (2000). Correlation of Carboniferous-Permian Palynological Assemblages from Oman and Saudi Arabia. 27 indexed citations

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Stephenson, Michael H.. (1951). The Cretaceous Limestone Producing Areas of the Mara and Maracaibo Districts, Venezuela. Reservoir and Production Engineering. 1 indexed citations

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