Ross S. Stein

15.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
134 papers, 12.5k citations indexed

About

Ross S. Stein is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ross S. Stein has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 12.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Geophysics, 44 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 10 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ross S. Stein's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (103 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (50 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (47 papers). Ross S. Stein is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (103 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (50 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (47 papers). Ross S. Stein collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and France. Ross S. Stein's co-authors include Jian Lin, G. C. P. King, Shinji Toda, James H. Dieterich, Aykut Barka, John B. Rundle, Paul A. Reasenberg, Volkan Sevilgen, Tom Parsons and Wayne Thatcher and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ross S. Stein

130 papers receiving 11.4k 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.

Static stress changes and the triggering of earthquakes

1994 1.7k citations G. C. P. King, Ross S. Stein et al. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America profile →
The role of stress transfer in earthquake occurrence

1999 1.3k citations Ross S. Stein Nature profile →
Progressive failure on the North Anatolian fault since 1939 by earthquake stress triggering

1997 971 citations Ross S. Stein, Aykut Barka et al. profile →
Stress triggering in thrust and subduction earthquakes and stress interaction between the southern San Andreas and nearby thrust and strike‐slip faults

2004 819 citations Jian Lin, Ross S. Stein Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
Stress transferred by the 1995M_w= 6.9 Kobe, Japan, shock: Effect on aftershocks and future earthquake probabilities

1998 515 citations Shinji Toda, Ross S. Stein et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
Change in Failure Stress on the Southern San Andreas Fault System Caused by the 1992 Magnitude = 7.4 Landers Earthquake

1992 509 citations Ross S. Stein, G. C. P. King et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ross S. Stein	11.6k	1.3k	732	533	441	134	12.5k
J. C. Savage	9.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	924 1.3×	386 0.7×	542 1.2×	232	10.4k
Thorne Lay	15.8k 1.4×	1.5k 1.1×	714 1.0×	705 1.3×	194 0.4×	367	16.7k
Zheng‐Kang Shen	8.3k 0.7×	671 0.5×	834 1.1×	238 0.4×	302 0.7×	110	9.1k
Kelin Wang	9.8k 0.8×	799 0.6×	1.2k 1.6×	259 0.5×	393 0.9×	197	10.9k
Roger Bilham	11.2k 1.0×	916 0.7×	1.2k 1.6×	1.1k 2.1×	268 0.6×	215	12.8k
Göran Ekström	15.3k 1.3×	1.4k 1.1×	1.4k 2.0×	604 1.1×	258 0.6×	269	16.7k
Peter Bird	8.0k 0.7×	975 0.7×	591 0.8×	394 0.7×	277 0.6×	92	8.7k
Torsten Dahm	5.8k 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	336 0.5×	362 0.7×	750 1.7×	251	7.6k
Yann Klinger	6.3k 0.5×	603 0.5×	1.3k 1.7×	494 0.9×	362 0.8×	171	7.5k
K. W. Hudnut	4.9k 0.4×	675 0.5×	646 0.9×	677 1.3×	198 0.4×	129	6.5k

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Stein, Ross S. & Peter Bird. (2024). Why Do Great Continental Transform Earthquakes Nucleate on Branch Faults?. Seismological Research Letters. 95(6). 3406–3415. 8 indexed citations

Toda, Shinji, et al.. (2021). Recent large Japan quakes are aftershocks of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake. 1 indexed citations

Rollins, Chris, Ross S. Stein, Guoqing Lin, & D. Kilb. (2019). The Ridgecrest earthquakes: Torn ground, nested foreshocks, Garlock shocks, and Temblor’s forecast. 3 indexed citations

Stein, Ross S., et al.. (2019). Magnitude 7.1 earthquake rips northwest from the M6.4 just 34 hours later. 3 indexed citations

Toda, Shinji & Ross S. Stein. (2017). The September 2017 M=8.1 Chiapas and M=7.1 Puebla, Mexico, earthquakes: Chain reaction or coincidence?. AGUFM. 2017. 1 indexed citations

Stein, Ross S., Fred F. Pollitz, & Volkan Sevilgen. (2017). Dynamic triggering of remote aftershocks of the M=6.6 July 20, 2017 Bodrum-Kos, Turkey, earthquake?. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017. 1 indexed citations

Pollitz, Fred F., Ross S. Stein, Volkan Sevilgen, & Roland Bürgmann. (2012). The 11 April 2012 east Indian Ocean earthquake triggered large aftershocks worldwide. Nature. 490(7419). 250–253. 150 indexed citations

Stein, Ross S., Jiun‐Chuan Lin, Shinji Toda, & S. E. Barrientos. (2010). Strong static stress interaction of the 1960 M=9.5 and 2010 M=8.8 Chile earthquakes and their aftershocks. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010. 1 indexed citations

Bozkurt, Serkan B., Ross S. Stein, & Shinji Toda. (2007). Forecasting Probabilistic Seismic Shaking for Greater Tokyo from 400 Years of Intensity Observations. Earthquake Spectra. 23(3). 525–546. 25 indexed citations

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Stein, Ross S., et al.. (2004). Forecasting the evolution of seismicity in southern California: Animations built on earthquake stress transfer. AGUFM. 2004. 1 indexed citations

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Barka, Aykut, Rolando Armijo, Bertrand Meyer, et al.. (2001). Fault Geometry and Earthquake Activity in the Marmara Sea. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2001. 1 indexed citations

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Bawden, G. W., Wayne Thatcher, Ross S. Stein, K. W. Hudnut, & G. Peltzer. (2001). Tectonic contraction across Los Angeles after removal of groundwater pumping effects. Nature. 412(6849). 812–815. 272 indexed citations

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Çelebi, Mehmet, et al.. (1999). 3. GPS Monitoring of Dynamic Behavior of Long‐Period Structures. Earthquake Spectra. 15(1). 55–66. 32 indexed citations

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Stein, Ross S.. (1999). The role of stress transfer in earthquake occurrence. Nature. 402(6762). 605–609. 1340 indexed citations breakdown →

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Perfettini, H., Ross S. Stein, Robert W. Simpson, & M. Cocco. (1999). Stress transfer by the 1988–1989 M = 5.3 and 5.4 Lake Elsman foreshocks to the Loma Prieta fault: Unclamping at the site of peak mainshock slip. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 104(B9). 20169–20182. 43 indexed citations

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King, G. C. P., Ross S. Stein, & Jian Lin. (1994). Static stress changes and the triggering of earthquakes. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 84(3). 935–953. 1679 indexed citations breakdown →

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Marshall, Grant, Ross S. Stein, & Wayne Thatcher. (1991). Faulting geometry and slip from co-seismic elevation changes: The 18 October 1989, Loma Prieta, California, earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 81(5). 1660–1693. 76 indexed citations

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Barrientos, Sergio, Ross S. Stein, & Steven N. Ward. (1989). Comparison of the 1959 Hebgen Lake, Montana and the 1983 Borah Peak, Idaho, earthquakes from geodetic observations. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 77(3). 784–808. 70 indexed citations

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Stein, Ross S. & Wayne Thatcher. (1981). Seismic and aseismic deformation associated with the 1952 Kern County, California, earthquake and relationship to the Quaternary history of the White Wolf Fault. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 86(B6). 4913–4928. 82 indexed citations

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Stein, Ross S.. (1975). DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF PTERANODON INGENS: A REPTILIAN ADAPTATION TO FLIGHT. Journal of Paleontology. 49(3). 534–548. 29 indexed citations

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