Standout Papers

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  1. Who's afraid of the big bad Wolff?: “Wolff's law” and bone functional adaptation (2006)
    Christopher B. Ruff, Brigitte Holt et al. American Journal of Physical Anthropology
  2. Body mass and encephalization in Pleistocene Homo (1997)
    Christopher B. Ruff, Erik Trinkaus et al. Nature
  3. Morphological adaptation to climate in modern and fossil hominids (1994)
    Christopher B. Ruff American Journal of Physical Anthropology
  4. Cross‐sectional geometry of Pecos Pueblo femora and tibiae—A biomechanical investigation: I. Method and general patterns of variation (1983)
    Christopher B. Ruff, Wilson C. Hayes American Journal of Physical Anthropology
  5. Postcranial robusticity in Homo. I: Temporal trends and mechanical interpretation (1993)
    Christopher B. Ruff, Erik Trinkaus et al. American Journal of Physical Anthropology
  6. Postcranial robusticity in Homo. II: Humeral bilateral asymmetry and bone plasticity (1994)
    Erik Trinkaus, Steven E. Churchill et al. American Journal of Physical Anthropology
  7. Variation in Human Body Size and Shape (2002)
    Christopher B. Ruff Annual Review of Anthropology
  8. Body size, body shape, and long bone strength in modern humans (2000)
    Christopher B. Ruff Journal of Human Evolution
  9. Postcranial robusticity in Homo. III: Ontogeny (1994)
    Christopher B. Ruff, Alan Walker et al. American Journal of Physical Anthropology
  10. Climate and body shape in hominid evolution (1991)
    Christopher B. Ruff Journal of Human Evolution
  11. Stature and body mass estimation from skeletal remains in the European Holocene (2012)
    Christopher B. Ruff, Brigitte Holt et al. American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Immediate Impact

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Works of Christopher B. Ruff being referenced

Body mass and encephalization in Pleistocene Homo
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Author Peers

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Christopher B. Ruff 6445 4920 2752 3700 186 15.5k
Daniel E. Lieberman 2182 2871 1958 2275 181 13.7k
Erik Trinkaus 8055 9146 1783 5824 251 13.8k
C. Owen Lovejoy 5030 4086 3698 3792 129 12.2k
Jean‐Jacques Hublin 5326 7405 1773 5914 320 11.8k
James M. Cheverud 1214 1383 2037 3489 293 23.4k
Alan Walker 1833 4280 4382 4846 334 14.2k
William L. Jungers 1458 3074 5374 3667 147 8.9k
Jay T. Stock 1882 1432 478 988 141 4.2k
Paul O’Higgins 1821 1639 770 2362 190 7.0k
Brian G. Richmond 864 2235 2419 2087 84 5.0k

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