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Robert J. Stern 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 Robert J. Stern sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Robert J. Stern 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 Robert J. Stern sits on this spectrum.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2017 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Robert J. Stern is affiliated with The University of Texas at Dallas in the United States and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research focuses extensively on geophysics and geological processes, contributing to fields such as artificial intelligence applications in earth sciences, paleontology, atmospheric science, and geography, planning and development.

Their main research topics include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geography Education and Pedagogy

Frequently publishing in venues such as International Geology Review, Lithos, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, Nature Communications, and Gondwana Research, Stern maintains a consistent presence in key geological and geophysical journals.

Selected recent publications include:

  • The Geodynamic Evolution of Iran, 2021, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Lateral propagation-induced subduction initiation at passive continental margins controlled by preexisting lithospheric weakness, 2020, Science Advances
  • Molybdenum isotopes unmask slab dehydration and melting beneath the Mariana arc, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Reconciling Orogenic Drivers for the Evolution of the Bangong-Nujiang Tethys During Middle-Late Jurassic, 2020, Tectonics
  • Forearc magmatic evolution during subduction initiation: Insights from an Early Cretaceous Tibetan ophiolite and comparison with the Izu-Bonin-Mariana forearc, 2020, Geological Society of America Bulletin

Robert J. Stern has collaborated frequently with researchers including Hadi Shafaii Moghadam, Taras Gerya, Qiuli Li, Mohamed Zaki Khedr, and Orhan Karslı, with multiple joint publications over the years.

In recognition of their contributions to geosciences, Stern was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2017.

Best Publications

  • ARC Assembly and Continental Collision in the Neoproterozoic East African Orogen: Implications for the Consolidation of Gondwanaland

    Robert J. Stern

  • SUBDUCTION ZONES

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  • Geochemical mapping of the Mariana arc‐basin system: Implications for the nature and distribution of subduction components

    Julian A. Pearce;Robert J. Stern;Sherman H. Bloomer;Patty Fryer

  • Subduction zone infancy: Examples from the Eocene Izu-Bonin-Mariana and Jurassic California arcs

    Robert J. Stern;Sherman H. Bloomer

  • Geochronologic and isotopic constraints on late Precambrian crustal evolution in the Eastern Desert of Egypt

    Robert J. Stern;Carl E. Hedge

  • Fore-arc basalts and subduction initiation in the Izu-Bonin-Mariana system

    Mark K. Reagan;Osamu Ishizuka;Robert J. Stern;Katherine A. Kelley

  • The Saharan metacraton

    Mohamed G. Abdelsalam;Jean Paul Liégeois;Robert J. Stern

  • Subduction initiation: spontaneous and induced

    Robert J. Stern

  • Continental lithosphere of the Arabian Plate: A geologic, petrologic, and geophysical synthesis

    Robert J. Stern;Peter Johnson

  • Orogen styles in the East African Orogen: A review of the Neoproterozoic to Cambrian tectonic evolution.

    H. Fritz;M. Abdelsalam;K.A. Ali;B. Bingen

  • Late Cryogenian-Ediacaran history of the Arabian-Nubian Shield: A review of depositional, plutonic, structural, and tectonic events in the closing stages of the northern East African Orogen

    P.R. Johnson;A. Andresen;A.S. Collins;A.R. Fowler

  • Origin of Back‐Arc Basin Magmas: Trace Element and Isotope Perspectives

    Julian A. Pearce;Robert J. Stern

  • Evidence from ophiolites, blueschists, and ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic terranes that the modern episode of subduction tectonics began in Neoproterozoic time

    Robert J. Stern

  • Crustal evolution in the East African Orogen: a neodymium isotopic perspective

    Robert J. Stern

  • Sutures and shear zones in the Arabian-Nubian Shield

    M.G. Abdelsalam;R.J. Stern

  • To understand subduction initiation, study forearc crust: To understand forearc crust, study ophiolites

    R.J. Stern;M. Reagan;O. Ishizuka;Y. Ohara

  • An Overview of the Izu‐Bonin‐Mariana Subduction Factory

    Robert J. Stern;Matthew J. Fouch;Simon L. Klemperer

  • Subduction initiation in nature and models: A review

    Robert J. Stern;Taras Gerya

  • The Najd Fault System, Saudi Arabia and Egypt: A Late Precambrian rift‐related transform system?

    Robert J. Stern

  • Early Arc Volcanism and the Ophiolite Problem: A Perspective from Drilling in the Western Pacific

    Sherman H. Bloomer;Brian Taylor;Christopher J. Macleod;Robert J. Stern

  • The 'subduction initiation rule': a key for linking ophiolites, intra-oceanic forearcs, and subduction initiation

    Scott A. Whattam;Robert J. Stern

  • Plate tectonics on the Earth triggered by plume-induced subduction initiation

    T. V. Gerya;R. J. Stern;Marzieh Baes;S. V. Sobolev

Frequent Co-Authors

Hadi Shafaii Moghadam
Hadi Shafaii Moghadam Karadeniz Technical University
Sherman H. Bloomer
Sherman H. Bloomer Oregon State University
Osamu Ishizuka
Osamu Ishizuka National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Fernando Martinez
Fernando Martinez University of Hawaii at Manoa
Jun-Ichi Kimura
Jun-Ichi Kimura Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Katherine A. Kelley
Katherine A. Kelley University of Rhode Island
Mark K. Reagan
Mark K. Reagan University of Iowa
Mohamed G. Abdelsalam
Mohamed G. Abdelsalam Oklahoma State University
Yoshihiko Tamura
Yoshihiko Tamura Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Taras Gerya
Taras Gerya ETH Zurich

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