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John O. Stone 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 John O. Stone sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 132 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John O. Stone 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 John O. Stone sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% 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

  • 1967 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

John O. Stone is a researcher affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their work primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with particular emphasis on Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Geophysics.

The scientist's research focuses on topics including Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Cryospheric studies and observations, Polar Research and Ecology, Landslides and related hazards, earthquake and tectonic studies, as well as Climate change and permafrost.

Recent publications by John O. Stone include:

  • Delayed maximum and recession of an East Antarctic outlet glacier, 2020, Geology
  • Holocene thinning of Darwin and Hatherton glaciers, Antarctica, and implications for grounding-line retreat in the Ross Sea, 2021, The Cryosphere
  • Miocene to Pleistocene glacial history of West Antarctica inferred from Nunatak geomorphology and cosmogenic-nuclide measurements on bedrock surfaces, 2020, American Journal of Science
  • Magnitude and Timing of the Tiltill Rockslide in Yosemite National Park, California, 2021, Environmental and Engineering Geoscience
  • Weichselian Glaciation of the Faroe Islands, 2023, Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark

Coauthors frequently collaborating with John O. Stone include Trevor R. Hillebrand, Courtney King, Brenda L. Hall, Michelle Koutnik, and H. Conway.

Publications appear in a variety of venues such as:

  • Geology
  • The Cryosphere
  • American Journal of Science
  • Environmental and Engineering Geoscience
  • Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark

John O. Stone has been recognized with the honor of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) awarded in 1967.

Best Publications

  • Air pressure and cosmogenic isotope production

    John O. Stone

  • A complete and easily accessible means of calculating surface exposure ages or erosion rates from 10Be and 26Al measurements

    Greg Balco;John O. Stone;Nathaniel A. Lifton;Tibor J. Dunai

  • Geological calibration of spallation production rates in the CRONUS-Earth project

    Brian Borchers;Shasta Marrero;Greg Balco;Marc Caffee

  • Cosmogenic chlorine-36 from calcium spallation

    J.O. Stone;G.L. Allan;L.K. Fifield;R.G. Cresswell

  • Holocene Deglaciation of Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica

    John O. Stone;Gregory A. Balco;David E. Sugden;Marc W. Caffee

  • The timing of the Last Glacial Maximum in Australia.

    Timothy T Barrows;John O Stone;L.Keith Fifield;Richard G Cresswell

  • Cosmogenic Chlorine-36 Production in Calcite by Muons

    J.O.H. Stone;J.M. Evans;L.K. Fifield;G.L. Allan

  • Coupling of rock uplift and river incision in the Namche Barwa–Gyala Peri massif, Tibet

    Noah J. Finnegan;Bernard Hallet;David R. Montgomery;Peter K. Zeitler

  • Late Pleistocene Glaciation of the Kosciuszko Massif, Snowy Mountains, Australia

    Timothy T. Barrows;John O. Stone;L. Keith Fifield;Richard G. Cresswell

  • A Detailed 31,000-Year Record of Climate and Vegetation Change, from the Isotope Geochemistry of Two New Zealand Speleothems

    John Hellstrom;Malcolm McCulloch;John Stone

  • Rapid Soil Production and Weathering in the Southern Alps, New Zealand

    Isaac J. Larsen;Peter C. Almond;Andre Eger;John O. Stone

  • Ross Sea paleo-ice sheet drainage and deglacial history during and since the LGM

    John B. Anderson;Howard Conway;Philip J. Bart;Alexandra E. Witus

  • The CRONUS-Earth Project: A synthesis

    Fred M. Phillips;David C. Argento;Greg Balco;Marc W. Caffee

  • Holocene sea-level change and ice-sheet history in the Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica

    Dan Zwartz;Michael Bird;John Stone;Kurt Lambeck

  • Rock-slope failure following Late Pleistocene deglaciation on tectonically stable mountainous terrain

    Colin K. Ballantyne;Graeme F. Sandeman;John O. Stone;Peter Wilson

  • THE LAST ICE SHEET IN NORTH-WEST SCOTLAND: RECONSTRUCTION AND IMPLICATIONS

    Colin K. Ballantyne;Danny McCARROLL;Atle Nesje;Svein Olaf Dahl

  • Evolution of vertical knickpoints (waterfalls) with resistant caprock: Insights from numerical modeling

    I Haviv;Y Enzel;K. X Whipple;E. Zilberman

  • Exposure dating and validation of periglacial weathering limits, northwest Scotland

    John O. Stone;Colin K. Ballantyne;L. Keith Fifield

  • He, Sr and Nd isotopes in xenoliths from Hawaii and other oceanic islands

    D. Vance;J.O.H. Stone;R.K. O'Nions

  • Denudation rates for the southern Drakensberg escarpment, SE Africa, derived from in-situ-produced cosmogenic 36C1: initial results

    A. Fleming;M. A. Summerfield;J. O. Stone;L. K. Fifield

  • Late Holocene Deglaciation of Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica

    J. O. Stone;G. Balco;D. E. Sugden;M. Caffee

Frequent Co-Authors

Greg Balco
Greg Balco Berkeley Geochronology Center
Colin K. Ballantyne
Colin K. Ballantyne University of St Andrews
L. Keith Fifield
L. Keith Fifield Australian National University
L.K. Fifield
L.K. Fifield Australian National University
Brenda L. Hall
Brenda L. Hall University of Maine
Howard Conway
Howard Conway University of Washington
Marc W. Caffee
Marc W. Caffee Purdue University West Lafayette
Paulo M. Vasconcelos
Paulo M. Vasconcelos University of Queensland
Kelin X. Whipple
Kelin X. Whipple Arizona State University
Fred M. Phillips
Fred M. Phillips New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

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