Stephen T. Johnston

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
121 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Stephen T. Johnston is a scholar working on Geophysics, Geology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen T. Johnston has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Geophysics, 32 papers in Geology and 22 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Stephen T. Johnston's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (85 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (50 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (34 papers). Stephen T. Johnston is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (85 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (50 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (34 papers). Stephen T. Johnston collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Stephen T. Johnston's co-authors include Gabriel Gutiérrez‐Alonso, Jianhua Li, Arlo Brandon Weil, Shuwen Dong, Yueqiao Zhang, Joseph M. English, Daniel Pastor‐Galán, J. H. Shaw, Derek J. Thorkelson and Javier Fernández‐Suárez and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Stephen T. Johnston

118 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

Cretaceous tectonic evolution of South China: A prelimina... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Cretaceous tectonic evolution of South China: A preliminary synthesis
    2014 502 citations Jianhua Li, Yueqiao Zhang et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stephen T. Johnston Canada 33 3.7k 956 612 454 394 121 4.1k
Dominique Cluzel France 38 4.6k 1.2× 1.8k 1.9× 764 1.2× 314 0.7× 509 1.3× 80 5.1k
Samuel B. Mukasa United States 38 3.5k 0.9× 997 1.0× 392 0.6× 614 1.4× 362 0.9× 98 3.8k
Julian S Marsh South Africa 28 2.5k 0.7× 1.0k 1.1× 411 0.7× 496 1.1× 520 1.3× 57 2.9k
Johann Genser Austria 34 3.8k 1.0× 1.3k 1.4× 341 0.6× 400 0.9× 306 0.8× 110 4.1k
Jiangang Wang China 36 3.7k 1.0× 1.0k 1.1× 417 0.7× 381 0.8× 372 0.9× 69 4.1k
Zhaojie Guo China 42 4.0k 1.1× 1.3k 1.4× 724 1.2× 756 1.7× 500 1.3× 118 4.7k
J. W. H. Monger Canada 21 3.0k 0.8× 1.0k 1.1× 562 0.9× 625 1.4× 446 1.1× 36 3.4k
Barbara E. John United States 32 3.6k 1.0× 896 0.9× 217 0.4× 548 1.2× 201 0.5× 78 3.8k
Stanisław Mazur Poland 30 2.7k 0.7× 510 0.5× 428 0.7× 186 0.4× 542 1.4× 130 3.0k
Tı̇mur Ustaömer Türkiye 33 3.5k 0.9× 1.2k 1.3× 263 0.4× 265 0.6× 489 1.2× 65 3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen T. Johnston

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All Works

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Li, Jianhua, Shuwen Dong, Guochun Zhao, et al.. (2024). Cretaceous coastal mountain building and potential impacts on climate change in East Asia. Science Advances. 10(50). eads0587–eads0587. 14 indexed citations
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Dong, Shuwen, Jianhua Li, Rui Gao, et al.. (2023). Intraplate lithospheric extension revealed by seismic reflection profiling of South China. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 609. 118100–118100. 11 indexed citations
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Johnston, Stephen T., Raimo Lahtinen, B M Saumur, & Pierpaolo Guarnieri. (2023). Reconstructing the Paleoproterozoic Heart of Nuna, from Fennoscandia to Northeastern Laurentia. Geological Society London Special Publications. 542(1). 31–49. 3 indexed citations
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Jin, Qiang, et al.. (2020). DEVELOPMENT CHARACTERISTIC AND MAIN CONTROLLING FACTORS OF THE ORDOVICIAN KARST CAVES IN LIUHUANGGOU, KEPING AREA. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations
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Johnston, Stephen T., et al.. (2020). STRUCTURAL AND NEOTECTONIC CONTROLS ON HYDROTHERMAL UPWELLINGS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CANADIAN CORDILLERA. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Jianhua, Guochun Zhao, Stephen T. Johnston, et al.. (2017). Permo-Triassic structural evolution of the Shiwandashan and Youjiang structural belts, South China. Journal of Structural Geology. 100. 24–44. 65 indexed citations
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Johnston, Stephen T., et al.. (2015). New insights into the North American Cordillera forearc: Cretaceous to Eocene tectonic evolution of the Leech River Schist, Southern Vancouver Island, Canada. EGUGA. 10042. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Jianhua, Yueqiao Zhang, Shuwen Dong, & Stephen T. Johnston. (2014). Cretaceous tectonic evolution of South China: A preliminary synthesis. Earth-Science Reviews. 134. 98–136. 502 indexed citations breakdown →
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Johnston, Stephen T.. (2011). The Earth Sciences: Our Legacy and our Future. Geoscience Canada. 38(4). 1 indexed citations
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Johnston, Stephen T., Ron Hackney, & Chris Nicholson. (2010). Distribution of igneous facies and potential-field modelling of the Mentelle Basin, southwestern margin, Australia. Exploration Geophysics. 2010(1). 1–4. 3 indexed citations
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Hackney, Ron, et al.. (2010). Challenges in the use of potential field data for studies of remote, deep-water frontier basins. Exploration Geophysics. 2010(1). 1–4. 1 indexed citations
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Johnston, Stephen T., Hannes K. Brueckner, George E. Gehrels, et al.. (2008). Evidence for a Mid-Crustal Continental Suture and Implications for Multistage (U)HP exhumation, Liverpool Land, East Greenland. AGUFM. 2008. 1 indexed citations
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Johnston, Stephen T., et al.. (2008). The significance of bent mountain belts. Trabajos de Geología. 29(10). 370–372. 1 indexed citations
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Colpron, Maurice, et al.. (2005). Geology and juxtaposition history of the Yukon-Tanana, Slide Mountain, and Cassiar terranes in the Glenlyon area of central Yukon. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 42(8). 1431–1448. 16 indexed citations
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English, Joseph M. & Stephen T. Johnston. (2005). Collisional orogenesis in the northern Canadian Cordillera: Implications for Cordilleran crustal structure, ophiolite emplacement, continental growth, and the terrane hypothesis. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 232(3-4). 333–344. 33 indexed citations
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Arima, Makoto, et al.. (2001). Geochemical characteristics and tectonic setting of metamorphosed rocks in the Tugela terrane, Natal belt, South Africa. Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research. Special issue. 55(55). 1–39. 19 indexed citations
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Johnston, Stephen T., Richard Armstrong, Larry M. Heaman, et al.. (2001). Preliminary U-Pb geochronology of the Tugela terrane, Natal belt, eastern South Africa. Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research. Special issue. 55. 40–58. 22 indexed citations

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