Claudio Ruffmann

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Claudio Ruffmann is a scholar working on Neurology, Physiology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Claudio Ruffmann has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Neurology, 6 papers in Physiology and 5 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Claudio Ruffmann's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (18 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (12 papers) and Restless Legs Syndrome Research (5 papers). Claudio Ruffmann is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (18 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (12 papers) and Restless Legs Syndrome Research (5 papers). Claudio Ruffmann collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and United States. Claudio Ruffmann's co-authors include Fahd Baig, Michal Rolinski, Laura Parkkinen, Samuel Evetts, Michael Lawton, Yoav Ben‐Shlomo, Richard Wade‐Martins, Johannes Klein, Lynne I. McGuire and Margaret M. Esiri and has published in prestigious journals such as Neurology, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry and SLEEP.

In The Last Decade

Claudio Ruffmann

22 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Alpha‐synuclein RT‐QuIC in the CSF of patients with alpha‐synucleinopathies

2016 420 citations Graham Fairfoul, Lynne I. McGuire et al. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Claudio Ruffmann United Kingdom	18	999	330	213	195	187	22	1.3k
Alexandra Gaenslen Germany	20	1.0k 1.0×	278 0.8×	285 1.3×	182 0.9×	240 1.3×	30	1.4k
Alex Incensi Italy	22	1.3k 1.3×	336 1.0×	294 1.4×	135 0.7×	170 0.9×	47	1.6k
Chelsea Caspell‐Garcia United States	22	1.3k 1.3×	290 0.9×	272 1.3×	136 0.7×	197 1.1×	30	1.5k
Inga Liepelt Germany	17	955 1.0×	250 0.8×	339 1.6×	184 0.9×	119 0.6×	23	1.2k
Tatyana D. Fedorova Denmark	20	1.0k 1.0×	272 0.8×	373 1.8×	127 0.7×	130 0.7×	37	1.4k
Allan K. Hansen Denmark	19	738 0.7×	433 1.3×	358 1.7×	169 0.9×	227 1.2×	36	1.4k
Laurène Leclair‐Visonneau France	20	861 0.9×	360 1.1×	173 0.8×	127 0.7×	233 1.2×	45	1.6k
Roberta Frigerio United States	19	1.2k 1.2×	338 1.0×	412 1.9×	213 1.1×	300 1.6×	51	1.6k
Eva Schaeffer Germany	18	769 0.8×	223 0.7×	209 1.0×	81 0.4×	167 0.9×	44	1.1k
Luisa Sambati Italy	20	595 0.6×	373 1.1×	229 1.1×	270 1.4×	184 1.0×	66	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Claudio Ruffmann

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Lo, Christine, Siddharth Arora, Fahd Baig, et al.. (2019). Predicting motor, cognitive & functional impairment in Parkinson's. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 6(8). 1498–1509. 35 indexed citations

Baig, Fahd, Michael Lawton, Claudio Ruffmann, et al.. (2019). Impulse control disorders in Parkinson disease and RBD. Neurology. 93(7). 50 indexed citations

Lawton, Michael, Fahd Baig, Claudio Ruffmann, et al.. (2019). Predictors of motor complications in early Parkinson's disease: A prospective cohort study. Movement Disorders. 34(8). 1174–1183. 49 indexed citations

Smith, Amy, Constanze Depp, Brent J. Ryan, et al.. (2018). Mitochondrial dysfunction and increased glycolysis in prodromal and early Parkinson's blood cells. Movement Disorders. 33(10). 1580–1590. 79 indexed citations

Ruffmann, Claudio, Nora Bengoa‐Vergniory, Ilaria Poggiolini, et al.. (2018). Detection of alpha‐synuclein conformational variants from gastro‐intestinal biopsy tissue as a potential biomarker for Parkinson's disease. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 44(7). 722–736. 40 indexed citations

Arora, Siddharth, Fahd Baig, Christine Lo, et al.. (2018). Smartphone motor testing to distinguish idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder, controls, and PD. Neurology. 91(16). e1528–e1538. 87 indexed citations

Barber, Thomas R., Michael Lawton, Michal Rolinski, et al.. (2017). Prodromal Parkinsonism and Neurodegenerative Risk Stratification in REM Sleep Behavior Disorder. SLEEP. 40(8). 114 indexed citations

Baig, Fahd, Michael Lawton, Michal Rolinski, et al.. (2017). Personality and addictive behaviours in early Parkinson's disease and REM sleep behaviour disorder. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 37. 72–78. 21 indexed citations

Swallow, Diane M.A., Michael Lawton, Katherine A. Grosset, et al.. (2016). Statins are underused in recent-onset Parkinson's disease with increased vascular risk: findings from the UK Tracking Parkinson's and Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre (OPDC) discovery cohorts. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 87(11). 1183–1190. 21 indexed citations

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Ruffmann, Claudio & Laura Parkkinen. (2016). Gut Feelings About α‐Synuclein in Gastrointestinal Biopsies: Biomarker in the Making?. Movement Disorders. 31(2). 193–202. 49 indexed citations

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Lawton, Michael, Fahd Baig, Claudio Ruffmann, et al.. (2016). Equating scores of the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test and Sniffin' Sticks test in patients with Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 33. 96–101. 38 indexed citations

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Fairfoul, Graham, Lynne I. McGuire, Suvankar Pal, et al.. (2016). Alpha‐synuclein RT‐QuIC in the CSF of patients with alpha‐synucleinopathies. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 3(10). 812–818. 420 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ruffmann, Claudio, Federico C. F. Calboli, Djordje Gverić, et al.. (2015). Cortical Lewy bodies and Aβ burden are associated with prevalence and timing of dementia in Lewy body diseases. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 42(5). 436–450. 72 indexed citations

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Cilia, Roberto, Emanuele Cereda, Catherine Klersy, et al.. (2014). Parkinson's disease beyond 20 years. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 86(8). 849–855. 55 indexed citations

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Pezzoli, Gianni, Catherine Klersy, Roberto Cilia, et al.. (2014). Later age at onset in Parkinson's disease over twenty years in an Italian tertiary clinic. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 20(11). 1181–1185. 4 indexed citations

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Cilia, Roberto, Chiara Siri, Margherita Canesi, et al.. (2013). Dopamine dysregulation syndrome in Parkinson's disease: from clinical and neuropsychological characterisation to management and long-term outcome. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 85(3). 311–318. 48 indexed citations

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Ruffmann, Claudio, Michela Zini, Stefano Goldwurm, et al.. (2012). Lewy body pathology and typical Parkinson disease in a patient with a heterozygous (R275W) mutation in the Parkin gene (PARK2). Acta Neuropathologica. 123(6). 901–903. 19 indexed citations

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Tremolizzo, Lucio, Jacopo C. DiFrancesco, Virginia Rodriguez‐Menendez, et al.. (2012). Valproate induces epigenetic modifications in lymphomonocytes from epileptic patients. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 39(1). 47–51. 12 indexed citations

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Tremolizzo, Lucio, Elena Tagliabue, C Ceresa, et al.. (2007). Third cranial nerve palsy? Look for a sicca syndrome. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 253(1-2). 88–89. 8 indexed citations

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Ruffmann, Claudio, G. Bogliun, & Ettore Beghi. (2006). Epileptogenic drugs: a systematic review. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics. 6(4). 575–589. 53 indexed citations

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