| Current plate motions C DeMets, RG Gordon, DF Argus, S Stein Geophysical journal international 101 (2), 425-478, 1990 | 4650 | 1990 |
| Effect of recent revisions to the geomagnetic reversal time scale on estimates of current plate motions C DeMets, RG Gordon, DF Argus, S Stein Geophysical research letters 21 (20), 2191-2194, 1994 | 3852 | 1994 |
| An introduction to seismology, earthquakes, and earth structure S Stein, M Wysession John Wiley & Sons, 2009 | 1528 | 2009 |
| A model for the global variation in oceanic depth and heat flow with lithospheric age CA Stein, S Stein Nature 359 (6391), 123-129, 1992 | 1379 | 1992 |
| A model for the motion of the Philippine Sea plate consistent with NUVEL‐1 and geological data T Seno, S Stein, AE Gripp Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 98 (B10), 17941-17948, 1993 | 1203 | 1993 |
| Speed and size of the Sumatra earthquake S Stein, EA Okal Nature 434 (7033), 581-582, 2005 | 606 | 2005 |
| Constraints on hydrothermal heat flux through the oceanic lithosphere from global heat flow CA Stein, S Stein Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 99 (B2), 3081-3095, 1994 | 510 | 1994 |
| Metastable mantle phase transformations and deep earthquakes in subducting oceanic lithosphere SH Kirby, S Stein, EA Okal, DC Rubie Reviews of geophysics 34 (2), 261-306, 1996 | 505 | 1996 |
| Closure of the Africa‐Eurasia‐North America plate motion circuit and tectonics of the Gloria fault DF Argus, RG Gordon, C DeMets, S Stein Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 94 (B5), 5585-5602, 1989 | 493 | 1989 |
| Observation of glacial isostatic adjustment in “stable” North America with GPS GF Sella, S Stein, TH Dixon, M Craymer, TS James, S Mazzotti, RK Dokka Geophysical Research Letters 34 (2), 2007 | 361 | 2007 |
| Can the Okhotsk plate be discriminated from the North American plate? T Seno, T Sakurai, S Stein Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 101 (B5), 11305-11315, 1996 | 344 | 1996 |
| Age dependence of oceanic intraplate seismicity and implications for lithospheric evolution DA Wiens, S Stein Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 88 (B8), 6455-6468, 1983 | 325 | 1983 |
| Space geodetic observations of Nazca-South America convergence across the central Andes E Norabuena, L Leffler-Griffin, A Mao, T Dixon, S Stein, IS Sacks, L Ocola, ... Science 279 (5349), 358-362, 1998 | 322 | 1998 |
| Earth's free oscillations excited by the 26 December 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake J Park, TRA Song, J Tromp, E Okal, S Stein, G Roult, E Clevede, G Laske, ... Science 308 (5725), 1139-1144, 2005 | 308 | 2005 |
| Crustal block rotations and plate coupling R McCaffrey, S Stein, J Freymueller Plate Boundary Zones, Geodyn. Ser 30, 101-122, 2002 | 302 | 2002 |
| Offset and evolution of the Gowk fault, SE Iran: a major intra-continental strike-slip system R Walker, J Jackson Journal of structural Geology 24 (11), 1677-1698, 2002 | 255 | 2002 |
| SuomiNet: A real-time national GPS network for atmospheric research and education RH Ware, DW Fulker, SA Stein, DN Anderson, SK Avery, RD Clark, ... Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 81 (4), 677-694, 2000 | 253 | 2000 |
| Seismicity and tectonics of the Ninetyeast Ridge area: Evidence for internal deformation of the Indian plate S Stein, EA Okal Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 83 (B5), 2233-2245, 1978 | 247 | 1978 |
| Rapid determination of earthquake magnitude using GPS for tsunami warning systems G Blewitt, C Kreemer, WC Hammond, HP Plag, S Stein, E Okal Geophysical Research Letters 33 (11), 2006 | 236 | 2006 |
| Why earthquake hazard maps often fail and what to do about it S Stein, RJ Geller, M Liu Tectonophysics 562, 1-25, 2012 | 223 | 2012 |
