| Three distinct types of hotspots in the Earth’s mantle V Courtillot, A Davaille, J Besse, J Stock Earth and Planetary Science Letters 205 (3-4), 295-308, 2003 | 1382 | 2003 |
| Pacific-North America plate tectonics of the Neogene southwestern United States: an update T Atwater, J Stock International Geology Review 40 (5), 375-402, 1998 | 1033 | 1998 |
| Slowing of India's convergence with Eurasia since 20 Ma and its implications for Tibetan mantle dynamics P Molnar, JM Stock Tectonics 28 (3), 2009 | 736 | 2009 |
| Cenozoic evolution of Neotethys and implications for the causes of plate motions N McQuarrie, JM Stock, C Verdel, BP Wernicke Geophysical research letters 30 (20), 2003 | 706 | 2003 |
| Pre‐Pliocene extension around the Gulf of California and the transfer of Baja California to the Pacific plate JM Stock, KV Hodges Tectonics 8 (1), 99-115, 1989 | 602 | 1989 |
| Near-field investigations of the Landers earthquake sequence, April to July 1992 K Sieh, L Jones, E Hauksson, K Hudnut, D Eberhart-Phillips, T Heaton, ... Science 260 (5105), 171-176, 1993 | 567 | 1993 |
| The tectonic history of the Tasman Sea: a puzzle with 13 pieces C Gaina, DR Müller, JY Royer, J Stock, J Hardebeck, P Symonds Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 103 (B6), 12413-12433, 1998 | 539 | 1998 |
| Uncertainties and implications of the Late Cretaceous and Tertiary position of North America relative to the Farallon, Kula, and Pacific plates J Stock, P Molnar Tectonics 7 (6), 1339-1384, 1988 | 454 | 1988 |
| Cenozoic motion between east and west Antarctica SC Cande, JM Stock, RD Müller, T Ishihara Nature 404 (6774), 145-150, 2000 | 398 | 2000 |
| Relative motions of hotspots in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans since late Cretaceous time P Molnar, J Stock Nature 327 (6123), 587-591, 1987 | 314 | 1987 |
| Pacific—Antarctic—Australia motion and the formation of the Macquarie Plate SC Cande, JM Stock Geophysical Journal International 157 (1), 399-414, 2004 | 309 | 2004 |
| Geophysics of the Pitman Fracture Zone and Pacific-Antarctic plate motions during the Cenozoic SC Cande, CA Raymond, J Stock, WF Haxby Science 270 (5238), 947-953, 1995 | 298 | 1995 |
| Earthquake in a Maze: Compressional Rupture Branching During the 2012 Mw 8.6 Sumatra Earthquake L Meng, JP Ampuero, J Stock, Z Duputel, Y Luo, VC Tsai science 337 (6095), 724-726, 2012 | 288 | 2012 |
| Rapid transition from continental breakup to igneous oceanic crust in the South China Sea HC Larsen, G Mohn, M Nirrengarten, Z Sun, J Stock, Z Jian, A Klaus, ... Nature Geoscience 11 (10), 782-789, 2018 | 269 | 2018 |
| Rapid localization of Pacific–North America plate motion in the Gulf of California M Oskin, J Stock, A Martín-Barajas Geology 29 (5), 459-462, 2001 | 258 | 2001 |
| Uncertainties in the relative positions of the Australia, Antarctica, Lord Howe, and Pacific plates since the Late Cretaceous J Stock, P Molnar Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 87 (B6), 4697-4714, 1982 | 226 | 1982 |
| Do microplates in subduction zones leave a geological record? JM Stock, J Lee Tectonics 13 (6), 1472-1487, 1994 | 206 | 1994 |
| Pacific–North America plate motion and opening of the Upper Delfín basin, northern Gulf of California, Mexico M Oskin, J Stock Geological Society of America Bulletin 115 (10), 1173-1190, 2003 | 201 | 2003 |
| Revised history of early Tertiary plate motion in the south-west Pacific J Stock, P Molnar Nature 325 (6104), 495-499, 1987 | 201 | 1987 |
| Hydraulic fracturing stress measurements at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, and relationship to the regional stress field JM Stock, JH Healy, SH Hickman, MD Zoback Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 90 (B10), 8691-8706, 1985 | 196 | 1985 |
