Christian Rutz

7.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
74 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Christian Rutz is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Developmental Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Rutz has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Social Psychology, 32 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 30 papers in Developmental Biology. Recurrent topics in Christian Rutz's work include Primate Behavior and Ecology (35 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (30 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (27 papers). Christian Rutz is often cited by papers focused on Primate Behavior and Ecology (35 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (30 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (27 papers). Christian Rutz collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Christian Rutz's co-authors include Alex Kacelnik, Graeme C. Hays, Alex Weir, Mike Webster, James J. H. St Clair, Ben Kenward, Jolyon Troscianko, Lucas A. Bluff, Auguste M. P. von Bayern and Rob G. Bijlsma and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Christian Rutz

74 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

COVID-19 lockdown allows researchers to quantify the effects of human activity on wildlife

2020 403 citations Christian Rutz, Matthias‐Claudio Loretto et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →
How STRANGE are your study animals?

2020 237 citations Christian Rutz et al. Nature profile →
Optimizing the use of biologgers for movement ecology research

2019 201 citations Hannah J. Williams, Lucy A. Taylor et al. Journal of Animal Ecology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christian Rutz United Kingdom	31	1.7k	1.3k	1.3k	836	442	74	3.8k
Andrea S. Griffin Australia	29	1.5k 0.9×	2.1k 1.6×	1.1k 0.8×	559 0.7×	410 0.9×	84	3.5k
Paul A. Garber United States	40	1.6k 0.9×	2.3k 1.7×	3.7k 2.9×	1.4k 1.7×	245 0.6×	197	5.2k
Wolfgang Forstmeier Germany	38	2.2k 1.3×	3.3k 2.5×	980 0.8×	1.3k 1.6×	425 1.0×	114	6.3k
Joah R. Madden United Kingdom	35	1.7k 1.0×	2.4k 1.8×	1.2k 0.9×	877 1.0×	419 0.9×	100	4.9k
Mario S. Di Bitetti Argentina	33	2.5k 1.4×	1.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	611 0.7×	457 1.0×	91	3.9k
Dora Biro United Kingdom	37	1.2k 0.7×	1.9k 1.4×	1.5k 1.2×	1.0k 1.2×	179 0.4×	109	4.8k
Margaret C. Crofoot United States	26	1.7k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	801 1.0×	316 0.7×	76	3.6k
Neeltje J. Boogert United Kingdom	30	970 0.6×	2.1k 1.6×	1.2k 1.0×	818 1.0×	226 0.5×	70	3.5k
Julie Morand‐Ferron Canada	31	1.1k 0.7×	2.5k 1.9×	1.3k 1.1×	875 1.0×	191 0.4×	67	3.5k
Robert J. Young Brazil	37	2.0k 1.2×	835 0.6×	889 0.7×	628 0.8×	1.1k 2.6×	210	4.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christian Rutz

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Greggor, Alison L., Shermin de Silva, Culum Brown, et al.. (2025). Strategies for integrating animal social learning and culture into conservation translocation practice. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 380(1925). 20240138–20240138. 8 indexed citations

Rutz, Christian, et al.. (2024). Behavioural plasticity compensates for adaptive loss of cricket song. Ecology Letters. 27(3). e14404–e14404. 4 indexed citations

Ellis‐Soto, Diego, Ruth Y. Oliver, Vanessa Brum-Bastos, et al.. (2023). A vision for incorporating human mobility in the study of human–wildlife interactions. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 7(9). 1362–1372. 15 indexed citations

Wynn, Joe, Sarah Bond, Annette L. Fayet, et al.. (2022). Optimization of dynamic soaring in a flap-gliding seabird affects its large-scale distribution at sea. Science Advances. 8(22). eabo0200–eabo0200. 24 indexed citations

Neaves, Linda E., Barbara C. Klump, James J. H. St Clair, et al.. (2021). DNA barcoding identifies cryptic animal tool materials. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(29). 2 indexed citations

Sumasgutner, Petra, Ralph Buij, Christopher J. W. McClure, et al.. (2021). Raptor research during the COVID-19 pandemic provides invaluable opportunities for conservation biology. Biological Conservation. 260. 109149–109149. 12 indexed citations

Williams, Hannah J., J. Ryan Shipley, Christian Rutz, et al.. (2021). Future trends in measuring physiology in free-living animals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 376(1831). 20200230–20200230. 36 indexed citations

Dussex, Nicolás, Verena E. Kutschera, R. Axel W. Wiberg, et al.. (2020). A genome‐wide investigation of adaptive signatures in protein‐coding genes related to tool behaviour in New Caledonian and Hawaiian crows. Molecular Ecology. 30(4). 973–986. 6 indexed citations

Williams, Hannah J., Lucy A. Taylor, Simon Benhamou, et al.. (2019). Optimizing the use of biologgers for movement ecology research. Journal of Animal Ecology. 89(1). 186–206. 201 indexed citations breakdown →

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Campana, Michael G., et al.. (2019). Population Genomics and Structure of the Critically Endangered Mariana Crow (Corvus kubaryi). Genes. 10(3). 187–187. 10 indexed citations

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Clair, James J. H. St, et al.. (2016). Strong between-site variation in New Caledonian crows’ use of hook-tool-making materials. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 118(2). 226–232. 16 indexed citations

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Rutz, Christian, et al.. (2016). Tool bending in New Caledonian crows. Royal Society Open Science. 3(8). 160439–160439. 25 indexed citations

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Rutz, Christian, Barbara C. Klump, Shoko Sugasawa, et al.. (2016). Discovery of species-wide tool use in the Hawaiian crow. Nature. 537(7620). 403–407. 70 indexed citations

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Troscianko, Jolyon & Christian Rutz. (2015). Activity profiles and hook-tool use of New Caledonian crows recorded by bird-borne video cameras. Biology Letters. 11(12). 20150777–20150777. 18 indexed citations

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Klump, Barbara C., Shoko Sugasawa, James J. H. St Clair, & Christian Rutz. (2015). Hook tool manufacture in New Caledonian crows: behavioural variation and the influence of raw materials. BMC Biology. 13(1). 97–97. 20 indexed citations

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Clair, James J. H. St & Christian Rutz. (2013). New Caledonian crows attend to multiple functional properties of complex tools. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 368(1630). 20120415–20120415. 47 indexed citations

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Troscianko, Jolyon, Auguste M. P. von Bayern, Jackie Chappell, Christian Rutz, & Graham R. Martin. (2012). Extreme binocular vision and a straight bill facilitate tool use in New Caledonian crows. Nature Communications. 3(1). 1110–1110. 86 indexed citations

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Bayern, Auguste M. P. von, Robert J. P. Heathcote, Christian Rutz, & Alex Kacelnik. (2009). The Role of Experience in Problem Solving and Innovative Tool Use in Crows. Current Biology. 19(22). 1965–1968. 103 indexed citations

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Weir, Alex, et al.. (2009). Cognitive Processes Associated with Sequential Tool Use in New Caledonian Crows. PLoS ONE. 4(8). e6471–e6471. 92 indexed citations

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Rutz, Christian. (2006). Home range size, habitat use, activity patterns and hunting behaviour of urban-breeding Northern Goshawks Accipiter gentilis. Ardea. 94(2). 185–202. 71 indexed citations

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