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Holly J. Stein

Holly J. Stein

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
55
Citations
12195
World Ranking
2535
National Ranking
33

Holly J. Stein 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 Holly J. Stein sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 218 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Holly J. Stein 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 Holly J. Stein sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Holly J. Stein is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Computer Science. Their research portfolio includes a strong focus on geophysics and artificial intelligence, alongside work in mechanics of materials, geochemistry and petrology, and geology.

Their main research topics cover geochemistry and geologic mapping, geological and geochemical analysis, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, clay minerals and soil interactions, and geological studies and exploration.

Stein has published papers in multiple respected venues, including Goldschmidt Abstracts, Economic Geology, Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, Ore Geology Reviews, and Goldschmidt2021 abstracts. They have a substantial presence in these journals, with the highest number of publications appearing in Goldschmidt Abstracts and Economic Geology.

Some notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Stein include:

  • Degradation of Hg signals on incipient weathering: Core versus outcrop geochemistry of Upper Permian shales, East Greenland and Mid-Norwegian Shelf (2022), published in Chemical Geology
  • Timing and origin of multiple petroleum charges in the Solveig oil field, Norwegian North Sea: A rhenium-osmium isotopic study (2020), published in AAPG Bulletin
  • Rapid Formation of Porphyry and Skarn Copper-Gold Mineralization in a Postsubduction Environment: Re-Os and U-Pb Geochronology of the Ok Tedi Mine, Papua New Guinea (2020), published in Economic Geology
  • Timing of Magmatism and Skarn Formation at the Limon, Guajes, and Media Luna Gold ± Copper Skarn Deposits at Morelos, Guerrero State, Mexico (2022), published in Economic Geology
  • Kivilompolo Mo mineralization in the Peräpohja belt revisited: Trace element geochemistry and Re-Os dating of molybdenite (2020), published in Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Stein include:

  • Judith L. Hannah
  • Gang Yang
  • Svetoslav Georgiev
  • Aaron Zimmerman
  • Junhee Park

Stein's contributions have been formally recognized through the award of Fellow of the Geological Society of America. This title is indicative of their engagement within the geoscience community.

Best Publications

  • Dating the rise of atmospheric oxygen

    A. Bekker;H. D. Holland;P.-L. Wang;D. Rumble

  • The remarkable Re-Os chronometer in molybdenite : how and why it works

    H. J. Stein;R. J. Markey;J. W. Morgan;J. L. Hannah

  • Highly precise and accurate Re-Os ages for molybdenite from the East Qinling molybdenum belt, shaanxi Province, China

    H. J. Stein;R. J. Markey;J. W. Morgan;A. Du

  • Molybdenite Re–Os and albite 40Ar/39Ar dating of Cu–Au–Mo and magnetite porphyry systems in the Yangtze River valley and metallogenic implications

    Jingwen Mao;Yitian Wang;Bernd Lehmann;Jinjie Yu

  • Re-Os ages for Archean molybdenite and pyrite, Kuittila-Kivisuo, Finland and Proterozoic molybdenite, Kabeliai, Lithuania: testing the chronometer in a metamorphic and metasomatic setting

    H. J. Stein;K. Sundblad;R. J. Markey;J. W. Morgan

  • Primitive Os and 2316 Ma age for marine shale: implications for Paleoproterozoic glacial events and the rise of atmospheric oxygen

    Judith L. Hannah;Andrey Bekker;Holly J. Stein;Richard J. Markey

  • Subgrain-scale decoupling of Re and 187Os and assessment of laser ablation ICP-MS spot dating in molybdenite

    Holly Stein;Anders Scherstén;Anders Scherstén;Anders Scherstén;Judith Hannah;Richard Markey

  • Highly precise Re-Os dating for molybdenite using alkaline fusion and NTIMS.

    Richard Markey;Holly Stein;Holly Stein;John Morgan

  • A 2.5 Ga porphyry Cu–Mo–Au deposit at Malanjkhand, central India: implications for Late Archean continental assembly

    Holly J. Stein;Holly J. Stein;Judith L. Hannah;Aaron Zimmerman;Richard J. Markey

  • Re-Os Dating of Low-Level Highly Radiogenic (LLHR) Sulfides: The Harnäs Gold Deposit, Southwest Sweden, Records Continental-Scale Tectonic Events

    Holly J. Stein;John W. Morgan;Anders Scherstén

  • Geology, Mineralization, Alteration, and Structural Evolution of the El Teniente Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposit

    James Cannell;David R. Cooke;John L. Walshe;Holly Stein

  • Re-Os AGES FOR THE ERDENET AND TSAGAAN SUVARGA PORPHYRY Cu-Mo DEPOSITS, MONGOLIA, AND TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS

    Yasushi Watanabe;Holly J. Stein

  • Assessment of the 187Re decay constant by cross calibration of Re–Os molybdenite and U–Pb zircon chronometers in magmatic ore systems

    David Selby;David Selby;Robert A. Creaser;Holly J. Stein;Holly J. Stein;Richard J. Markey

  • Age constraints on Jerritt Canyon and other carlin-type gold deposits in the Western United States; relationship to mid-Tertiary extension and magmatism

    A. H. Hofstra;L. W. Snee;R. O. Rye;H. W. Folger

  • Standardizing Re–Os geochronology: A new molybdenite Reference Material (Henderson, USA) and the stoichiometry of Os salts

    Richard Markey;Holly J. Stein;Judith L. Hannah;Aaron Zimmerman

  • Adakites in the Truong Son and Loei fold belts, Thailand and Laos: Genesis and implications for geodynamics and metallogeny

    Teera Kamvong;Khin Zaw;Sebastien Meffre;Roland Maas

  • Re–Os and Pb–Pb geochronology of the Archean Salobo iron oxide copper–gold deposit, Carajás mineral province, northern Brazil

    Karin Requia;Holly Stein;Lluís Fontboté;Massimo Chiaradia;Massimo Chiaradia

  • Regional setting and geochronology of the Late Cretaceous Banatitic Magmatic and Metallogenetic Belt

    Cristiana L. Ciobanu;Nigel J. Cook;Holly Stein

  • Re-Os DATING OF SULFIDES ASSOCIATED WITH GOLD MINERALIZATION IN CENTRAL VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

    D. C. Arne;F. P. Bierlin;J. W. Morgan;H. J. Stein

  • Tectonic configuration of the Apuseni-Banat—Timok-Srednogorie belt, Balkans-South Carpathians, constrained by high precision R e-O s molybdenite ages

    Aaron Zimmerman;Holly J. Stein;Holly J. Stein;Judith L. Hannah;Judith L. Hannah;Dejan Koželj

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernard Bingen
Bernard Bingen Université Libre de Bruxelles
John W. Morgan
John W. Morgan University of Maryland, College Park
Robert A. Creaser
Robert A. Creaser University of Alberta
Lawrence W. Snee
Lawrence W. Snee United States Geological Survey
Andrey Bekker
Andrey Bekker University of California, Riverside
David Selby
David Selby Durham University
Brian Kendall
Brian Kendall University of Waterloo
David H. Cornell
David H. Cornell University of Gothenburg
Lluis Fontboté
Lluis Fontboté University of Geneva
Michael E. Böttcher
Michael E. Böttcher Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research

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