| Video art: an anthology I Schneider, B Korot, M Lucier, R Lawrence, G Bolling, R Stearns, J Beck, ... Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976 | 118 | 1976 |
| Ethno-conchology: a study of primitive money REC Stearns US Government Printing Office, 1889 | 55 | 1889 |
| The shells of the Tres Marias and other localities along the shores of Lower California and the Gulf of California REC Stearns Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 1894 | 27 | 1894 |
| Robert Wilson, from a Theater of Images: The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati,[exhibition] 16 May-29 June, 1980, Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, College at … R Stearns Contemporary Arts Center, 1980 | 22 | 1980 |
| Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. XXV. Report on thg mollusk-fauna of the Galapagos Islands with descriptions … REC Stearns Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 1893 | 17 | 1893 |
| The Death Valley expedition: a biological survey of parts of California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah AK Fisher, L Stejneger, CH Gilbert, CV Riley, REC Stearns, CH Merriam, ... US Government Printing Office, 1893 | 16 | 1893 |
| Exotic mollusca in California REC Stearns Science 11 (278), 655-659, 1900 | 15 | 1900 |
| Preliminary descriptions of new molluscan forms from West American Regions REC Stearns The Nautilus 6 (8), 85-89, 1892 | 15 | 1892 |
| Report on the land and fresh-water shells collected in California and Nevada by the Death Valley Expedition, including a few additional species obtained by Dr. C. Hart Merriam … REC Stearns | 13 | 1893 |
| On the vitality of certain land mollusks REC Stearns The American Naturalist 11 (2), 100-102, 1877 | 13 | 1877 |
| Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. XVII. Descriptions of new West American land, fresh-water, and marine shells … REC Stearns Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 1890 | 12 | 1890 |
| Mya arenaria in San Francisco bay REC Stearns The American Naturalist 15 (5), 362-366, 1881 | 12 | 1881 |
| Rambles in Florida REC Stearns The American Naturalist 3 (9), 455-470, 1869 | 12 | 1869 |
| Description of a new genus and species of alcyonoid polyp, from Japanese waters, with remarks on the structure and habits of related forms, etc REC Stearns Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 1883 | 11 | 1883 |
| The fossil fresh-water shells of the Colorado Desert, their distribution, environment, and variation REC Stearns Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 1901 | 10 | 1901 |
| no title: paraphrase of comments attributed to Stearns in minutes of Academy's regular meeting REC Stearns Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 5, 152, 1873 | 10 | 1873 |
| Descriptions of a new genus and two new species of nudibranchiate mollusks from the coast of California REC Stearns Proceedings of California Academy of Sciences 5, 77-78, 1873 | 10 | 1873 |
| Descriptions of new marine mollusks from the west coast of North America REC Stearns Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser 1 (5), 78-82, 1873 | 9 | 1873 |
| Preliminary report on the molluscan species collected by the United State scientific expedition to West Africa, in 1889-'90 REC Stearns Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 1893 | 8 | 1893 |
| Descriptions of new West American land, fresh-water, and marine shells, with notes and comments REC Stearns US Government Printing Office, 1891 | 8 | 1891 |
