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Gary Stevens publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gary Stevens sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 150 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Gary Stevens D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gary Stevens sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in South Africa Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

Gary Stevens is affiliated with Stellenbosch University in South Africa. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in the subfields of Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Geology.

The main topics explored in Stevens's work include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geological Studies and Exploration

Stevens has published extensively in frequent venues such as:

  • Lithos
  • South African Journal of Geology
  • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Chemical Geology

Selected recent papers by Stevens include:

  • How are silicic volcanic and plutonic systems related? Part 1: A review of geological and geophysical observations, and insights from igneous rock chemistry (2022, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • Sulphur-rich mantle metasomatism of Kaapvaal craton eclogites and its role in redox-controlled platinum group element mobility (2020, Chemical Geology)
  • Do arc silicic magmas form by fluid-fluxed melting of older arc crust or fractionation of basaltic magmas? (2021, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology)
  • Mafic schlieren, crystal accumulation and differentiation in granitic magmas: an integrated case study (2020, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology)
  • How are silicic volcanic and plutonic systems related? Part 2: Insights from phase-equilibria, thermodynamic modelling and textural evidence (2022, Earth-Science Reviews)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Stevens include:

  • J. D. Clemens
  • Jean-François Moyen
  • Matthew Jason Mayne
  • Cristiano Lana
  • Alanielson Ferreira

Best Publications

  • What controls chemical variation in granitic magmas

    J.D. Clemens;G. Stevens

  • Melt production during granulite-facies anatexis: experimental data from “primitive” metasedimentary protoliths

    Gary Stevens;John D. Clemens;Giles T. R. Droop

  • The enigmatic sources of I-type granites: The peritectic connexion

    J.D. Clemens;G. Stevens;F. Farina

  • Selective peritectic garnet entrainment as the origin of geochemical diversity in S-type granites

    Gary Stevens;Arnaud Villaros;Jean-François Moyen

  • Experimental Constraints on TTG Petrogenesis: Implications for Archean Geodynamics

    Jean‐François Moyen;Gary Stevens

  • Record of mid-Archaean subduction from metamorphism in the Barberton terrain, South Africa

    Jean-François Moyen;Gary Stevens;Alexander Kisters

  • Tectonic model for the evolution of the Limpopo Belt

    C. Roering;D.D. van Reenen;C.A. Smit;J.M. Barton

  • The trace element compositions of S-type granites: evidence for disequilibrium melting and accessory phase entrainment in the source

    Arnaud Villaros;Gary Stevens;Jean-François Moyen;Ian S. Buick

  • Fluid-absent melting and the roles of fluids in the lithosphere: a slanted summary?

    G. Stevens;J.D. Clemens

  • Isotopic variations in S-type granites: an inheritance from a heterogeneous source?

    Arnaud Villaros;Arnaud Villaros;I.S. Buick;G. Stevens

  • Metamorphism of the granite-greenstone terrane south of the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa: an insight into the tectono-thermal evolution of the "lower" portions of the Onverwacht Group

    Annika Dziggel;Gary Stevens;M Poujol;C.R. Anhaeusser

  • Stabilization of the southern portion of the São Francisco craton, SE Brazil, through a long-lived period of potassic magmatism

    Rafael Cotta Romano;Cristiano de Carvalho Lana;Fernando Flecha de Alkmim;Gary Stevens

  • Tracking S-type granite from source to emplacement: Clues from garnet in the Cape Granite Suite

    Arnaud Villaros;Gary Stevens;Ian S. Buick

  • Selective entrainment of peritectic garnet into S-type granitic magmas: Evidence from Archaean mid-crustal anatectites

    Jeanne Taylor;Gary Stevens

  • Chemical structure in granitic magmas – a signal from the source?

    J. D. Clemens;P. A. Helps;G. Stevens

  • Melt segregation and magma interactions during crustal melting: Breaking out of the matrix

    John D. Clemens;Gary Stevens

  • Metamorphism and exhumation of the basal parts of the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa: Constraining the rates of Mesoarchaean tectonism

    Johann F.A. Diener;Gary Stevens;Alexander F.M. Kisters;Marc Poujol

  • Extensional detachment faulting and core-complex formation in the southern Barberton granite–greenstone terrain, South Africa: evidence for a 3.2 Ga orogenic collapse

    Alexander F.M Kisters;Gary Stevens;Annika Dziggel;Richard A Armstrong

  • Contrasting petrogenesis of Mg–K and Fe–K granitoids and implications for post-collisional magmatism: Case study from the Late-Archean Matok pluton (Pietersburg block, South Africa)

    Oscar Laurent;Oscar Laurent;Oscar Laurent;Mafusi Rapopo;Gary Stevens;Jean-François Moyen

  • Barberton (South Africa) TTG magmas: Geochemical and experimental constraints on source-rock petrology, pressure of formation and tectonic setting

    J.D. Clemens;L.M. Yearron;G. Stevens

  • Thermal-metamorphic signature of an impact event in the Vredefort dome, South Africa

    Roger L. Gibson;W. Uwe Reimold;Gary Stevens

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-François Moyen
Jean-François Moyen Jean Monnet University
Cristiano Lana
Cristiano Lana Stellenbosch University
John D. Clemens
John D. Clemens Stellenbosch University
Ian S. Buick
Ian S. Buick Stellenbosch University
Dirk Frei
Dirk Frei University of the Western Cape
Richard Armstrong
Richard Armstrong Australian National University
Marc Poujol
Marc Poujol University of Rennes
Andrea Dini
Andrea Dini National Research Council (CNR)
Hervé Martin
Hervé Martin University of Clermont Auvergne
Sergio Rocchi
Sergio Rocchi University of Pisa

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