Donald Ruffatto

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 840 citations indexed

About

Donald Ruffatto is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Biomedical Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald Ruffatto has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 840 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 8 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Donald Ruffatto's work include Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (16 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (8 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (8 papers). Donald Ruffatto is often cited by papers focused on Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (16 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (8 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (8 papers). Donald Ruffatto collaborates with scholars based in United States and Taiwan. Donald Ruffatto's co-authors include Aaron Parness, Matthew Spenko, Paul E. Glick, Michael T. Tolley, Mark R. Cutkosky, Srinivasan A. Suresh, Arash Kalantari, Victor White, Ethan W. Schaler and Jignesh Shah and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Smart Materials and Structures and Journal of The Royal Society Interface.

In The Last Decade

Donald Ruffatto

26 papers receiving 816 citations

Hit Papers

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Peers

Donald Ruffatto
Comparison fields: 5 of 56
  • Biomedical Engineering 583
  • Mechanics of Materials 293
  • Mechanical Engineering 264
  • Control and Systems Engineering 188
  • Aerospace Engineering 112
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Countries citing papers authored by Donald Ruffatto

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Fields of papers citing papers by Donald Ruffatto

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Donald Ruffatto

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Donald Ruffatto. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Donald Ruffatto based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Donald Ruffatto. Donald Ruffatto is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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# Work Indexed citations
1 7
2 0
3 16
4 32
5 1
6 22
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8 22
9 63
10 23
11 80
12 11
13 15
14 6
15 1
16 4
17 4
18 2
19 1
20 1

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