Stephen Foley

20.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
265 papers, 16.5k citations indexed

About

Stephen Foley is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Foley has authored 265 papers receiving a total of 16.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 228 papers in Geophysics, 70 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 28 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Stephen Foley's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (223 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (145 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (126 papers). Stephen Foley is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (223 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (145 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (126 papers). Stephen Foley collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and China. Stephen Foley's co-authors include George A. Jenner, Dorrit E. Jacob, Dejan Prelević, R. Vannucci, Massimo Tiepolo, Rolf L. Romer, Matthias Barth, D. H. Green, Sebastian Tappe and B A Kjarsgaard and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Foley

242 papers receiving 16.0k 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.

Growth of early continental crust controlled by melting of amphibolite in subduction zones

2002 885 citations Stephen Foley et al. Nature profile →
The ultrapotassic rocks: Characteristics, classification, and constraints for petrogenetic models

1987 710 citations Stephen Foley et al. profile →
Vein-plus-wall-rock melting mechanisms in the lithosphere and the origin of potassic alkaline magmas

1992 615 citations Stephen Foley Lithos profile →
Rutile/melt partition coefficients for trace elements and an assessment of the influence of rutile on the trace element characteristics of subduction zone magmas

2000 527 citations Stephen Foley et al. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta profile →
Structural characterization of Nigerian coals by X-ray diffraction, Raman and FTIR spectroscopy

2010 457 citations Stephen Foley et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen Foley Germany	67	14.5k	4.7k	1.8k	1.2k	798	265	16.5k
Carol D. Frost United States	65	14.7k 1.0×	6.3k 1.3×	2.6k 1.4×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	204	16.9k
Matthew Horstwood United Kingdom	54	10.8k 0.7×	4.8k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	1.6k 1.3×	1.5k 1.9×	131	12.8k
Janet Hergt Australia	51	14.0k 1.0×	6.5k 1.4×	2.2k 1.2×	1.6k 1.3×	1.3k 1.6×	116	15.9k
Zhaochu Hu China	63	17.2k 1.2×	8.5k 1.8×	3.9k 2.2×	1.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.7×	331	20.9k
Klaus Peter Jochum Germany	53	9.2k 0.6×	3.9k 0.8×	2.7k 1.5×	2.7k 2.4×	1.5k 1.8×	230	14.6k
L Danyushevsky Australia	63	13.0k 0.9×	7.4k 1.6×	3.3k 1.8×	726 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	199	15.0k
Randall R. Parrish United Kingdom	69	12.8k 0.9×	4.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	1.9k 1.6×	1.1k 1.4×	177	14.6k
Simon E. Jackson Canada	49	18.4k 1.3×	9.4k 2.0×	3.2k 1.8×	1.4k 1.2×	1.5k 1.9×	135	22.2k
Thomas Pettke Switzerland	67	12.3k 0.8×	5.5k 1.2×	2.5k 1.4×	1.3k 1.1×	981 1.2×	216	14.9k
D. Graham Pearson Canada	73	15.9k 1.1×	3.7k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	977 0.8×	903 1.1×	443	18.4k

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Kumar, Pankaj, Yoann Gréau, Jasper Berndt, et al.. (2025). Pre-Himalayan crustal evolution in the northern margin of India: Implications from zircon U–Pb, Hf and O isotope study of Chhota Shigri granitoids, Himachal Himalaya, Northwest India. Gondwana Research. 141. 55–73.

Foley, Stephen, et al.. (2025). Melting of amphibole-apatite-rich metasomes in the continental mantle and comparison of melt compositions with natural igneous rocks. Lithos. 500-501. 107976–107976. 3 indexed citations

Holwell, David A., et al.. (2025). The mineralogical distribution of Ni in mantle rocks controls the fertility of magmatic Ni-sulfide systems. Mineralium Deposita. 60(7). 1325–1337. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Juan, et al.. (2024). Melting behavior of impure limestone under H2O-poor conditions: Implications for the contribution of carbonate-rich sediments to arc magmatic carbon output. Chemical Geology. 654. 122066–122066.

Zou, Zongqi, Zaicong Wang, Yi‐Gang Xu, et al.. (2024). Contrasting Cu isotopes in mid-ocean ridge basalts and lower oceanic crust: Insights into the oceanic crustal magma plumbing systems. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 627. 118563–118563. 10 indexed citations

Wang, Zaicong, Pu Sun, Zong‐Feng Yang, et al.. (2024). Primary Sulfur Isotopes of Intraplate Basalts and Implications for Deep S Recycling of Altered Oceanic Crust. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(24). 1 indexed citations

Liu, Yongsheng, Stephen Foley, Frédéric Moynier, et al.. (2024). Widespread two-layered melt structure in the asthenosphere. Nature Geoscience. 17(5). 472–477. 8 indexed citations

He, Detao, Yongsheng Liu, Frédéric Moynier, et al.. (2023). Tightly coupled Ca-Zn-Sr isotope co-variations in basalts caused by recycled calcium carbonate in the mantle source. Chemical Geology. 637. 121678–121678. 6 indexed citations

Foley, Stephen, et al.. (2023). Recommended trace element partitioning data for melting of hydrous pyroxenites and glimmerites. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Chengyuan, Stephen Foley, Yongsheng Liu, Yu Wang, & Yi‐Gang Xu. (2023). Origin of carbonate melts in orogenic belts by anatexis of downthrust carbonate sediments. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 619. 118303–118303. 13 indexed citations

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Foley, Stephen, et al.. (2023). Melting of hydrous pyroxenites with alkali amphiboles in the continental mantle: 2. Trace element compositions of melts and minerals. Geoscience Frontiers. 15(1). 101692–101692. 11 indexed citations

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Shcheka, Svyatoslav, et al.. (2023). Rapid quench piston cylinder apparatus: An improved design for the recovery of volatile-rich geological glasses from experiments at 0.5–2.5 GPa. Review of Scientific Instruments. 94(5). 10 indexed citations

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Afonso, Juan Carlos, Walid Mansour, Suzanne Y. O’Reilly, et al.. (2022). Thermochemical structure and evolution of cratonic lithosphere in central and southern Africa. Nature Geoscience. 15(5). 405–410. 30 indexed citations

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Long, Xiaoping, Chutian Shu, Stephen Foley, Xuan‐Ce Wang, & Jie Li. (2022). Subducted Front of the Indian Continental Crust Beneath the Tibetan Plateau in the Early Eocene. Earth and Space Science. 9(10). 4 indexed citations

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Muirhead, James D., Tobias P. Fischer, S. J. C. Oliva, et al.. (2020). Displaced cratonic mantle concentrates deep carbon during continental rifting. Nature. 582(7810). 67–72. 63 indexed citations

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Förster, Michael W., Stephen Foley, Horst R. Marschall, Olivier Alard, & Stephan Buhre. (2019). Melting of sediments in the deep mantle produces saline fluid inclusions in diamonds. Science Advances. 5(5). eaau2620–eaau2620. 22 indexed citations

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Harris, Eliza, Baerbel Sinha, Dominik van Pinxteren, et al.. (2014). In-cloud sulfate addition to single particles resolved with sulfur isotope analysis during HCCT-2010. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 14(8). 4219–4235. 31 indexed citations

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Avanzinelli, Riccardo, et al.. (2013). Trace elements in olivine characterise the mantle source of subduction related potassic magmas. Florence Research (University of Florence). 1 indexed citations

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Prelević, Dejan, Cüneyt Akal, Rolf L. Romer, & Stephen Foley. (2010). Macrocrystal populations retrieved from lamproites indicate accretion of young SSZ oceanic lithosphere in the assembly of W. Anatolia, Turkey. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 7381. 1 indexed citations

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Abraham, K., Sophie Opfergelt, D. Cardinal, et al.. (2007). Si isotopes as a clue for understanding Eoarchaean silicifications. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 71(15). 4 indexed citations

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