Michael Ruf

3.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
71 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Michael Ruf is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Ruf has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Organic Chemistry, 18 papers in Materials Chemistry and 17 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Michael Ruf's work include Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (14 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (12 papers) and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (10 papers). Michael Ruf is often cited by papers focused on Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (14 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (12 papers) and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (10 papers). Michael Ruf collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Michael Ruf's co-authors include Heinrich Vahrenkamp, Julio Parra-Martinez, Mao Zeng, K. H. Weis, Zvi Bern, Cortlandt G. Pierpont, Radu Roiban, R. Alsfasser, Mikhail P. Solon and Chia-Hsien Shen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Michael Ruf

67 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Scattering Amplitudes and Conservative Binary Dynamics at... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 2022 50 100 150
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.

  1. Scattering Amplitudes and Conservative Binary Dynamics at O(G4)
    2021 163 citations Zvi Bern, Julio Parra-Martinez et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  2. Scattering Amplitudes, the Tail Effect, and Conservative Binary Dynamics at O(G4)
    2022 154 citations Zvi Bern, Julio Parra-Martinez et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Ruf United States 30 827 730 680 643 561 71 2.7k
A. Das India 34 353 0.4× 236 0.3× 193 0.3× 291 0.5× 224 0.4× 131 3.2k
Minoru Tsutsui United States 30 688 0.8× 1.7k 2.4× 1.2k 1.7× 140 0.2× 290 0.5× 151 3.8k
David Curtin United States 36 738 0.9× 2.0k 2.8× 539 0.8× 1.6k 2.4× 81 0.1× 204 4.9k
Eric G. Hope United Kingdom 31 93 0.1× 2.4k 3.3× 1.3k 2.0× 169 0.3× 281 0.5× 186 3.7k
Frank A. L. Anet United States 38 265 0.3× 2.6k 3.6× 534 0.8× 240 0.4× 169 0.3× 146 5.0k
Masaru Matsuoka Japan 24 635 0.8× 870 1.2× 82 0.1× 258 0.4× 53 0.1× 180 2.9k
Giuliana Gervasio Italy 25 54 0.1× 1.3k 1.7× 877 1.3× 349 0.5× 306 0.5× 133 2.4k
Alexandre N. Sobolev Australia 33 145 0.2× 2.1k 2.9× 1.2k 1.8× 33 0.1× 478 0.9× 257 4.0k
Alfred F. Noels Belgium 42 562 0.7× 3.7k 5.0× 1.1k 1.6× 35 0.1× 247 0.4× 156 4.8k
R. C. Livingston United States 32 2.0k 2.5× 1.9k 2.7× 279 0.4× 143 0.2× 29 0.1× 78 4.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Ruf

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Ruf

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Herrmann, Enrico, et al.. (2026). Second-Order Self-Force Potential-Region Binary Dynamics at O ( G 5 ) in Supergravity. Physical Review Letters. 136(8). 81401–81401.
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Cordero, F. Febres, et al.. (2025). Spinning black hole scattering at $$ \mathcal{O} $$(G3S2): Casimir terms, radial action and hidden symmetry. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2025(3). 10 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Alexandre G. M., Michael Ruf, F. Ronning, et al.. (2025). Unusual 5f magnetism in new kagome material UV6Sn6. npj Quantum Materials. 10(1). 66–66. 1 indexed citations
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Ruf, Michael, et al.. (2024). Design and synthesis of pillared metal–organic frameworks featuring olefinic fragments. Dalton Transactions. 53(47). 18873–18879. 1 indexed citations
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Barack, Leor, Zvi Bern, Enrico Herrmann, et al.. (2023). Comparison of post-Minkowskian and self-force expansions: Scattering in a scalar charge toy model. Physical review. D. 108(2). 30 indexed citations
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Cordero, F. Febres, et al.. (2023). Conservative Binary Dynamics with a Spinning Black Hole at O(G3) from Scattering Amplitudes. Physical Review Letters. 130(2). 21601–21601. 64 indexed citations
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Bern, Zvi, Julio Parra-Martinez, Radu Roiban, et al.. (2021). Scattering Amplitudes and Conservative Binary Dynamics at O(G4). Physical Review Letters. 126(17). 171601–171601. 163 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bern, Zvi, Harald Ita, Julio Parra-Martinez, & Michael Ruf. (2020). Universality in the Classical Limit of Massless Gravitational Scattering. Physical Review Letters. 125(3). 31601–31601. 87 indexed citations
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Abreu, Samuel, F. Febres Cordero, Harald Ita, et al.. (2020). Two-Loop Four-Graviton Scattering Amplitudes. Physical Review Letters. 124(21). 211601–211601. 26 indexed citations
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Sevvana, Madhumati, Michael Ruf, Isabel Usón, George M. Sheldrick, & Regine Herbst‐Irmer. (2019). Non-merohedral twinning: from minerals to proteins. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 75(12). 1040–1050. 40 indexed citations
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Chemey, Alexander T., Cristian Celis‐Barros, Kevin Huang, et al.. (2018). Electronic, Magnetic, and Theoretical Characterization of (NH4)4UF8, a Simple Molecular Uranium(IV) Fluoride. Inorganic Chemistry. 58(1). 637–647. 12 indexed citations
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Youn, Ui Joung, Eun‐Jung Park, Tamara P. Kondratyuk, et al.. (2016). Withanolides derived from Physalis peruviana (Poha) with potential anti-inflammatory activity. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 26(12). 2755–2759. 43 indexed citations
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Ruf, Michael, Carsten Müller, & R. Grobe. (2011). Numerical signatures of non-self-adjointness in quantum Hamiltonians. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical. 44(34). 345205–345205. 5 indexed citations
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Dawson, Angela, David R. Allan, Simon Parsons, & Michael Ruf. (2004). Use of a CCD diffractometer in crystal structure determinations at high pressure. Journal of Applied Crystallography. 37(3). 410–416. 139 indexed citations
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Ruf, Michael & Cortlandt G. Pierpont. (1998). Methoxide Coordination at the Pocket of [CuIITpCum,Me] and a Simple Model for the Cu Center of Galactose Oxidase. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 37(12). 1736–1739. 27 indexed citations
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Kabir, Shariff E., Michael Ruf, & Heinrich Vahrenkamp. (1998). Insertion of CO and SO2 into the N–N bond of [Fe2(CO)6(μ-Ph2N2)]. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 571(1). 91–96. 6 indexed citations
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Ruf, Michael & Heinrich Vahrenkamp. (1996). Hydrolysis of Esters and Amides by the Metallo Nucleophile TpCum,MeZn–OH. Chemische Berichte. 129(9). 1025–1028. 21 indexed citations
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Müller, Bodo, Michael Ruf, & Heinrich Vahrenkamp. (1994). On the Nature of Zinc Chloride–Aldehyde Interactions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 33(20). 2089–2090. 18 indexed citations

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