Stevan Karamata's scientific work was related to the petrology and geochemistry of ophiolites and ophiolite zones of the
Balkans. He is known for his geodynamic theory of the formation of the ophiolite zones of the
Dinarides and the Vardar zone. He authored and co-authored many scholarly and scientific publications, including: • "The geological development of the Balkan Peninsula related to the approach, collision and compression of Gondwanan and Eurasian units, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2006; • "Overview of ophiolites and related units in the Late Palaeozoic–Early Cenozoic magmatic and tectonic development of Tethys in the northern part of the Balkan region," S. Karamata, K. Šarić, 2009; • "The role of subduction-accretion processes in the tectonic evolution of the Mesozoic Tethys in Serbia", A. Robertson, S. Karamata, 1994; • "Terranes of Serbia and neighbouring areas," S. Karamata, B. Krstić, 1996; • "Age of amphibolites associated with Alpine peridotites in the Dinaride ophiolite zone," M. A. Lanphere, R. G. Coleman, S. Karamata, J. Pamić, 1975 • Triassic evolution of the tectonostratigraphic units of the Circum-Pannonian Region", S. Kovacs, M. Sudar, E Gradinaru, H.J. Gawlick, S. Karamata, J Haas, ..., 2011; • "Olistostrome/mélangesan overview of the problems and preliminary comparison of such formations in Yugoslavia and NE Hungary," M.N. Dimitrijević, M.D. Dimitrijević, S. Karamata, M. Sudar, N. Gerzina, ..., 2003; • "Magmatism and metallogeny of the Ridanj-Krepoljin belt (eastern Serbia) and their correlation with northern and eastern analogues", S. Karamata, V. Knežević, Z. Pecskay, M. Djordjević, 1997; • "Terranes between the Moesian plate and the Adriatic sea," S. Karamata, B. Krstić, M.D. Dimitrijević, M.N. Dimitrijević, V. Knežević, ..., 1997; • "Correlation of the Carboniferous, Permian and Triassic sequences of the Jadar block, Sana-Una and
Bükkium terranes", L. Protić, I. Filipović, P. Pelikán, D. Jovanović, S. Kovács, M. Sudar, K Hips, ..., 2000 • "The western belt of the Vardar Zonethe remnant of a marginal sea," S. Karamata, J. Olujić, L. Protić, D. Milovanović, L. Vujnović, A. Popević, ..., 2000 • "Zonality in contact metamorphic rocks around the ultramafic mass of Brezovica (Serbia, Yugoslavia)", S. Karamata, 1968; • "Mantle peridotites from the Dinaridic ophiolite belt and the Vardar zone western belt, central Balkan: A petrological comparison", B.A. Bazylev, A. Popević, S. Karamata, N.N. Kononkova, S.G. Simakin, J. Olujić, 2009; • "The geodynamical framework of the Balkan Peninsula: its origin due to the approach, collision and compression of Gondwanan and Eurasian units", S. Karamata, 2006; • Petrology of the crossite schist from Fruška Gora Mts (Yugoslavia), a relic of a subducted slab of the Tethyan oceanic crust", 1995; • "The age of metamorphic rocks of Brezovica and its importance for the explanation of ophiolite emplacement", S. Karamata, 1978; • "Upper Triassic (Carnian-Norian) radiolarians in cherts of Sjenica (SW Serbia) and the time span of the oceanic realm ancestor of the Dinaridic Ophiolite Belt, 1999; • "Two genetic groups of Tertiary granitic rocks of central and western Serbia," 1992 • "Triassic environments in the Circum-Pannonian region related to the initial Neotethyan rifting stage", 2010 • "A correlation of ophiolitic belts and oceanic realms of the Vardar Zone and the Dinarides". ==Awards==