Michael L. Stein

18.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
152 papers, 12.9k citations indexed

About

Michael L. Stein is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael L. Stein has authored 152 papers receiving a total of 12.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Environmental Engineering, 53 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 32 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Michael L. Stein's work include Soil Geostatistics and Mapping (58 papers), Climate variability and models (28 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (27 papers). Michael L. Stein is often cited by papers focused on Soil Geostatistics and Mapping (58 papers), Climate variability and models (28 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (27 papers). Michael L. Stein collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Michael L. Stein's co-authors include Jean‐Paul Chilès, Pierre Delfiner, Stephen L. Rathbun, Roger D. Woodard, Mark S. Handcock, Mikyoung Jun, Zhengyuan Zhu, Leah J. Welty, Zhiyi Chi and Jens Breckling and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Experimental Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Michael L. Stein

146 papers receiving 12.2k citations

Hit Papers

Geostatistics: Modeling Spatial Uncertainty 1987 2026 2000 2013 2000 1999 1987 2000 1987 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. Geostatistics: Modeling Spatial Uncertainty
    2000 2.2k citations Michael L. Stein et al. Journal of the American Statistical Association profile →
  2. Interpolation of Spatial Data
    1999 1.6k citations Michael L. Stein profile →
  3. Large Sample Properties of Simulations Using Latin Hypercube Sampling
    1987 1.4k citations Michael L. Stein Technometrics profile →
  4. Interpolation of Spatial Data: Some Theory for Kriging
    2000 1.4k citations Michael L. Stein et al. Journal of the American Statistical Association profile →
  5. Large Sample Properties of Simulations Using Latin Hypercube Sampling
    1987 980 citations Michael L. Stein Technometrics profile →
  6. Interpolation of Spatial Data: Some Theory for Kriging
    2000 535 citations Michael L. Stein et al. Technometrics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael L. Stein United States 40 4.6k 2.5k 2.1k 1.6k 1.4k 152 12.9k
Anthony O’Hagan United Kingdom 47 1.1k 0.2× 2.3k 0.9× 1.1k 0.5× 2.3k 1.5× 1.8k 1.3× 129 13.5k
Pierre Goovaerts United States 46 7.9k 1.7× 3.1k 1.3× 2.8k 1.3× 1.3k 0.9× 508 0.4× 165 15.7k
Grace Wahba United States 46 1.3k 0.3× 4.4k 1.8× 1.3k 0.6× 806 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 148 21.9k
Tilmann Gneiting Germany 44 3.1k 0.7× 2.3k 1.0× 4.9k 2.3× 2.0k 1.3× 308 0.2× 102 14.1k
Richard J. Beckman United States 22 1.4k 0.3× 1.5k 0.6× 1.3k 0.6× 405 0.3× 2.2k 1.6× 73 16.2k
Charles J. Stone United States 36 1.7k 0.4× 7.7k 3.1× 1.6k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 1.6k 1.2× 85 27.1k
Stefano Tarantola Italy 50 4.1k 0.9× 609 0.2× 3.6k 1.7× 937 0.6× 1.5k 1.1× 103 20.6k
Marc G. Genton United States 47 2.0k 0.4× 1.9k 0.8× 1.4k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 229 0.2× 289 8.2k
Håvard Rue Norway 48 2.7k 0.6× 2.6k 1.1× 2.3k 1.1× 3.0k 1.9× 204 0.1× 192 15.4k
Maxwell B. Stinchcombe United States 16 1.4k 0.3× 6.6k 2.7× 612 0.3× 1.1k 0.7× 965 0.7× 48 17.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Huser, Raphaël, et al.. (2023). Vecchia Likelihood Approximation for Accurate and Fast Inference with Intractable Spatial Max-Stable Models. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics. 33(3). 978–990. 5 indexed citations
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Stein, Michael L., et al.. (2023). Scalable computations for nonstationary Gaussian processes. Statistics and Computing. 33(4). 1 indexed citations
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Monahan, Adam H., et al.. (2023). Tail Dependence as a Measure of Teleconnected Warm and Cold Extremes of North American Wintertime Temperatures. Journal of Climate. 36(13). 4461–4473.
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Marin, Oana, et al.. (2023). Fitting Matérn smoothness parameters using automatic differentiation. Statistics and Computing. 33(2). 6 indexed citations
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Yuan, Jiacan, Michael L. Stein, & Robert E. Kopp. (2020). The Evolving Distribution of Relative Humidity Conditional Upon Daily Maximum Temperature in a Warming Climate. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 125(19). 21 indexed citations
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Kuusela, Mikael & Michael L. Stein. (2018). Supplementary material from "Locally stationary spatio-temporal interpolation of Argo profiling float data". Figshare. 1 indexed citations
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Stein, Michael L., et al.. (2017). Maximum Likelihood Estimation for a Smooth Gaussian Random Field Model. SIAM/ASA Journal on Uncertainty Quantification. 5(1). 138–175. 12 indexed citations
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Stein, Michael L., Jie Chen, & Mihai Anitescu. (2013). Stochastic approximation of score functions for Gaussian processes. 27 indexed citations
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Stein, Michael L., et al.. (2012). Comparison of systemic interleukin 10 concentrations in healthy dogs and those suffering from recurring and first time Demodex canis infestations. Veterinary Parasitology. 193(1-3). 312–315. 23 indexed citations
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Stein, Michael L.. (2012). Statistical Properties of Covariance Tapers. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics. 22(4). 866–885. 42 indexed citations
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Loh, Ji Meng & Michael L. Stein. (2008). SPATIAL BOOTSTRAP WITH INCREASING OBSERVATIONS IN A FIXED DOMAIN. Statistica Sinica. 18(2). 667–688. 4 indexed citations
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Lim, Chae Young & Michael L. Stein. (2008). Properties of spatial cross-periodograms using fixed-domain asymptotics. Journal of Multivariate Analysis. 99(9). 1962–1984. 9 indexed citations
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Flicker, Leon, et al.. (2005). Vitamin D to prevent falls in older people in residential care. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 14. 4 indexed citations
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Anderes, Ethan & Michael L. Stein. (2005). Estimating deformations of isotropic gaussian random fields on the plane. 55 indexed citations
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Zhang, Baiyu & Michael L. Stein. (1993). Kernel Approximations for Universal Kriging Predictors. Journal of Multivariate Analysis. 44(2). 286–313. 4 indexed citations
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Stein, Michael L. & Satish Keshav. (1992). The versatility of macrophages. Clinical & Experimental Allergy. 22(1). 19–27. 66 indexed citations
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Stein, Michael L., et al.. (1988). Mechanical Intestinal Obstruction from Pseudocyst Bezoar following Internal Drainage of Traumatic Pancreatic Pseudocyst. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 28(9). 1406–1407. 2 indexed citations
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Stein, Michael L.. (1987). Large Sample Properties of Simulations Using Latin Hypercube Sampling. Technometrics. 29(2). 143–151. 1445 indexed citations breakdown →
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Stein, Michael L.. (1987). Minimum Norm Quadratic Estimation of Spatial Variograms. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 82(399). 765–772. 34 indexed citations
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Stein, Michael L.. (1986). A modification of minimum norm quadratic estimation of a generalized covariance function for use with large data sets. Mathematical Geology. 18(7). 625–633. 6 indexed citations

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