Christopher B. Ruff

22.8k total citations · 13 hit papers
194 papers, 16.1k citations indexed

About

Christopher B. Ruff is a scholar working on Archeology, Anthropology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher B. Ruff has authored 194 papers receiving a total of 16.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Archeology, 69 papers in Anthropology and 52 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Christopher B. Ruff's work include Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (98 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (69 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (51 papers). Christopher B. Ruff is often cited by papers focused on Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (98 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (69 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (51 papers). Christopher B. Ruff collaborates with scholars based in United States, Finland and France. Christopher B. Ruff's co-authors include Erik Trinkaus, Wilson C. Hayes, Benjamin M. Auerbach, Thomas Beck, Trenton W. Holliday, Brigitte Holt, Alan Walker, William W. Scott, Clark Spencer Larsen and Steven E. Churchill and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Christopher B. Ruff

189 papers receiving 15.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Who's afraid of the big bad Wolff?: “Wolff's law” and bone functional adaptation
    2006 681 citations Christopher B. Ruff, Brigitte Holt et al. American Journal of Physical Anthropology profile →
  2. Body mass and encephalization in Pleistocene Homo
    1997 597 citations Christopher B. Ruff, Erik Trinkaus et al. profile →
  3. Morphological adaptation to climate in modern and fossil hominids
    1994 497 citations Christopher B. Ruff American Journal of Physical Anthropology profile →
  4. Cross‐sectional geometry of Pecos Pueblo femora and tibiae—A biomechanical investigation: I. Method and general patterns of variation
    1983 447 citations Christopher B. Ruff et al. American Journal of Physical Anthropology profile →
  5. Postcranial robusticity in Homo. I: Temporal trends and mechanical interpretation
    1993 427 citations Christopher B. Ruff, Erik Trinkaus et al. American Journal of Physical Anthropology profile →
  6. Postcranial robusticity in Homo. II: Humeral bilateral asymmetry and bone plasticity
    1994 364 citations Erik Trinkaus, Christopher B. Ruff et al. American Journal of Physical Anthropology profile →
  7. Variation in Human Body Size and Shape
    2002 333 citations Christopher B. Ruff profile →
  8. Body size, body shape, and long bone strength in modern humans
    2000 292 citations Christopher B. Ruff Journal of Human Evolution profile →
  9. Postcranial robusticity in Homo. III: Ontogeny
    1994 267 citations Christopher B. Ruff, Erik Trinkaus et al. American Journal of Physical Anthropology profile →
  10. Climate and body shape in hominid evolution
    1991 260 citations Christopher B. Ruff Journal of Human Evolution profile →
  11. Human body mass estimation: A comparison of “morphometric” and “mechanical” methods
    2004 251 citations Christopher B. Ruff et al. American Journal of Physical Anthropology profile →
  12. Stature and body mass estimation from skeletal remains in the European Holocene
    2012 175 citations Christopher B. Ruff, Brigitte Holt et al. American Journal of Physical Anthropology profile →
  13. Gradual decline in mobility with the adoption of food production in Europe
    2015 124 citations Christopher B. Ruff, Brigitte Holt et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher B. Ruff United States 68 6.7k 5.1k 3.8k 3.5k 2.8k 194 16.1k
Daniel E. Lieberman United States 69 2.3k 0.3× 3.0k 0.6× 2.4k 0.6× 3.5k 1.0× 2.0k 0.7× 186 14.4k
Erik Trinkaus United States 66 8.5k 1.3× 9.8k 1.9× 6.2k 1.6× 812 0.2× 1.9k 0.7× 262 14.7k
C. Owen Lovejoy United States 55 5.4k 0.8× 4.3k 0.8× 4.0k 1.0× 649 0.2× 3.9k 1.4× 134 12.9k
Jean‐Jacques Hublin Germany 63 5.5k 0.8× 7.7k 1.5× 6.0k 1.6× 274 0.1× 1.8k 0.6× 333 12.2k
James M. Cheverud United States 76 1.3k 0.2× 1.4k 0.3× 3.5k 0.9× 206 0.1× 2.1k 0.8× 296 24.0k
William L. Jungers United States 55 1.5k 0.2× 3.3k 0.6× 4.0k 1.0× 300 0.1× 5.9k 2.1× 155 9.7k
Jay T. Stock United Kingdom 37 2.0k 0.3× 1.5k 0.3× 1.0k 0.3× 561 0.2× 498 0.2× 150 4.4k
Brian G. Richmond United States 43 892 0.1× 2.3k 0.5× 2.2k 0.6× 389 0.1× 2.5k 0.9× 93 5.2k
Paul O’Higgins United Kingdom 52 1.9k 0.3× 1.7k 0.3× 2.4k 0.6× 136 0.0× 787 0.3× 196 7.2k
Timothy G. Bromage United States 38 1.4k 0.2× 1.8k 0.3× 1.3k 0.3× 418 0.1× 849 0.3× 174 4.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ruff, Christopher B., et al.. (2024). Technical note: Prediction of body mass from stature and pelvic breadth. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 185(2). e25004–e25004.
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Ruff, Christopher B., et al.. (2023). Changes in diaphyseal cross‐sectional properties with age in macaques. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 183(2). e24857–e24857.
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Cox, Samantha L., Hannah M. Moots, Jay T. Stock, et al.. (2021). Predicting skeletal stature using ancient DNA. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 177(1). 162–174. 13 indexed citations
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Sylvester, Adam D., et al.. (2021). Bilateral asymmetry and developmental plasticity of the humerus in modern humans. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 174(3). 418–433. 7 indexed citations
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Harper, Christine M., Christopher B. Ruff, & Adam D. Sylvester. (2021). Scaling and relative size of the human, nonhuman ape, and baboon calcaneus. The Anatomical Record. 305(1). 100–122. 7 indexed citations
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Ruff, Christopher B., Juho‐Antti Junno, M. Loring Burgess, et al.. (2021). Body proportions and environmental adaptation in gorillas. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 177(3). 501–529. 8 indexed citations
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Harper, Christine M., Christopher B. Ruff, & Adam D. Sylvester. (2020). Gorilla calcaneal morphological variation and ecological divergence. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 174(1). 49–65. 12 indexed citations
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Cox, Samantha L., Christopher B. Ruff, Robert Maier, & Iain Mathieson. (2019). Genetic contributions to variation in human stature in prehistoric Europe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(43). 21484–21492. 53 indexed citations
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Oura, Petteri, Markku Niskanen, Christopher B. Ruff, et al.. (2019). The association between knee breadth and body mass: The Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 case study. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 170(2). 196–206. 9 indexed citations
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Sylvester, Adam D., et al.. (2018). Long bone diaphyseal shape follows different ontogenetic trajectories in captive and wild gorillas. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 167(2). 366–376. 25 indexed citations
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Garofalo, Evan, Christopher B. Ruff, & Clark Spencer Larsen. (2018). Mobility and body size at Neolithic Çatalhöyük: temporal patterns of a large-scale farming community in Turkey. 1 indexed citations
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Ruff, Christopher B., et al.. (2018). Lower limb articular scaling and body mass estimation in Pliocene and Pleistocene hominins. Journal of Human Evolution. 115. 85–111. 68 indexed citations
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Wong, Alison, Clifton Meals, & Christopher B. Ruff. (2017). Computed tomographic analysis of the internal structure of the metacarpals and its implications for hand use, pathology, and surgical intervention. Anatomical Science International. 93(2). 231–237. 10 indexed citations
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Perry, Jonathan M. G., et al.. (2015). Body mass estimation in platyrrhines: Methodological considerations and fossil applications. 1 indexed citations
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Pina, Marta, Sergio Almécija, Christopher B. Ruff, David M. Alba, & Salvador Moyà‐Solà. (2015). The plesiomorphic condition of the great ape femur: biomechanical evidence from the IPS41724 femur (middle Miocene, NE Iberian Peninsula). 1 indexed citations
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Berner, Margit, Vladimı́r Sládek, Christopher B. Ruff, et al.. (2012). Variation in sexual dimorphism of postcranial robusticity and body proportions in European Holocene populations. ASEP. 3 indexed citations
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Ruff, Christopher B.. (2008). Relative limb strength and locomotion in Homo habilis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 138(1). 90–100. 105 indexed citations
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Rafferty, Katherine L. & Christopher B. Ruff. (1994). Articular structure and function in Hylobates, Colobus, and Papio. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 94(3). 395–408. 80 indexed citations
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Ruff, Christopher B.. (1991). Aging and osteoporosis in native Americans from Pecos Pueblo, New Mexico : behavioral and biomechanical effects. Garland eBooks. 8 indexed citations

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