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Joann M. Stock 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 Joann M. Stock sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 258 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Joann M. Stock 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 Joann M. Stock sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% 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

  • 2010 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2004 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Joann M. Stock is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a notable emphasis on Environmental Chemistry, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, Geology, and Molecular Biology as subfields.

Their work covers several scientific topics, including:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis

Joann M. Stock has authored research papers published in respected academic venues. Recent papers include:

  • "Stress transition from horizontal to vertical forces during subduction initiation," 2022, Nature Geoscience
  • "Strike-Slip Enables Subduction Initiation Beneath a Failed Rift: New Seismic Constraints From Puysegur Margin, New Zealand," 2021, Tectonics
  • "Continental Interior and Edge Breakup at Convergent Margins Induced by Subduction Direction Reversal: A Numerical Modeling Study Applied to the South China Sea Margin," 2020, Tectonics
  • "Heat flow and thermal regime in the Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California: Estimates of conductive and advective heat transport," 2023, Basin Research
  • "Seismicity in a weak crust: the transtensional tectonics of the Brawley Seismic Zone section of the Pacific-North America Plate Boundary in Southern California, USA," 2022, Geophysical Journal International

Their frequent coauthors include Kathleen M. Marsaglia, Daniel Lizarralde, Andreas Teske, Christophe Y. Galerne, and Florian Neumann.

Publications by Joann M. Stock have appeared in a variety of venues, with the highest number of publications found in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), followed by OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) from La Trobe University, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Tectonics, and Geophysical Journal International.

In addition to journal papers, Joann M. Stock has contributed to book publications. One notable work is "Guaymas Basin Tectonics and Biosphere," published in 2021 as part of the Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition reports series.

The scientist has been recognized with several awards in their career, including:

  • Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2010
  • Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2004
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Best Publications

  • Three distinct types of hotspots in the Earth's mantle

    Vincent Courtillot;Anne Davaille;Jean Besse;Joann Stock

  • Pacific-North America Plate Tectonics of the Neogene Southwestern United States: An Update

    Tanya Atwater;Joann Stock

  • Slowing of India's convergence with Eurasia since 20 Ma and its implications for Tibetan mantle dynamics

    Peter Molnar;Joann M. Stock

  • Cenozoic evolution of Neotethys and implications for the causes of plate motions

    N. McQuarrie;J. M. Stock;C. Verdel;B. P. Wernicke

  • Pre-Pliocene Extension around the Gulf of California and the transfer of Baja California to the Pacific Plate

    J. M. Stock;K. V. Hodges

  • Near-Field Investigations of the Landers Earthquake Sequence, April to July 1992

    Kerry Sieh;Lucile M Jones;Egill Hauksson;Kenneth W Hudnut

  • The tectonic history of the Tasman Sea: A puzzle with 13 pieces

    Carmen Gaina;Dietmar R. Müller;Jean-Yves Royer;Joann Stock

  • Uncertainties and implications of the Late Cretaceous and Tertiary position of North America relative to the Farallon, Kula, and Pacific Plates

    Joann Stock;Peter Molnar

  • Cenozoic motion between East and West Antarctica

    Steven C. Cande;Joann M. Stock;R. Dietmar Müller;Takemi Ishihara

  • Pacific–Antarctic–Australia motion and the formation of the Macquarie Plate

    Steven C. Cande;Joann M. Stock

  • Relative motions of hotspots in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans since late Cretaceous time

    Peter Molnar;Joann Stock

  • Geophysics of the Pitman Fracture Zone and Pacific-Antarctic Plate Motions During the Cenozoic

    Steven C. Cande;Carol A. Raymond;Joann Stock;William F. Haxby

  • Earthquake in a Maze: Compressional Rupture Branching During the 2012 Mw 8.6 Sumatra earthquake

    L. Meng;J.-P. Ampuero;J. Stock;Z. Duputel

  • Rapid transition from continental breakup to igneous oceanic crust in the South China Sea

    H. C. Larsen;H. C. Larsen;G. Mohn;M. Nirrengarten;Z. Sun

  • Rapid localization of Pacific–North America plate motion in the Gulf of California

    Michael Oskin;Joann Stock;Arturo Martín-Barajas

  • Uncertainties in the relative positions of the Australia, Antarctica, Lord Howe, and Pacific Plates since the Late Cretaceous

    Joann Stock;Peter Molnar

  • Revised history of early Tertiary plate motion in the south-west Pacific

    Joann Stock;Peter Molnar

  • Do microplates in subduction zones leave a geological record

    Joann M. Stock;Jeffrey Lee

  • Assembly of a large earthquake from a complex fault system: Surface rupture kinematics of the 4 April 2010 El Mayor–Cucapah (Mexico) Mw 7.2 earthquake

    John M. Fletcher;Orlando J. Teran;Thomas K. Rockwell;Michael E. Oskin

  • The 2010 M w 7.2 El Mayor-Cucapah Earthquake Sequence, Baja California, Mexico and Southernmost California, USA: Active Seismotectonics along the Mexican Pacific Margin

    Egill Hauksson;Joann Stock;Kate Hutton;Wenzheng Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary S. Fuis
Gary S. Fuis United States Geological Survey
Steven C. Cande
Steven C. Cande Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Peter Molnar
Peter Molnar University of Colorado Boulder
Robert W. Clayton
Robert W. Clayton California Institute of Technology
Michael Gurnis
Michael Gurnis California Institute of Technology
Charles DeMets
Charles DeMets University of Wisconsin–Madison
Sean P.S. Gulick
Sean P.S. Gulick The University of Texas at Austin
Rupert Sutherland
Rupert Sutherland Victoria University of Wellington
Neal W. Driscoll
Neal W. Driscoll University of California, San Diego
Kenneth W. Hudnut
Kenneth W. Hudnut United States Geological Survey

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