Michael Ruf

3.4k citations

71 papers · 2.7k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 30

Impact in

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 2%
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 5%
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics

Papers in ⓘ

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 16
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics 14
Inorganic Chemistry 17
- Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms 5

Co-authors: Heinrich Vahrenkamp (22 shared papers)Julio Parra-Martinez (7 shared papers)Mao Zeng (11 shared papers)K. H. Weis (9 shared papers)Zvi Bern (8 shared papers)Cortlandt G. Pierpont (6 shared papers)Radu Roiban (8 shared papers)R. Alsfasser (3 shared papers)
Journals: Physical Review Letters (8 papers)Inorganic Chemistry (7 papers)Journal of High Energy Physics (5 papers)Physical review. D (5 papers)Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Michael Ruf

67 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Scattering Amplitudes, the Tail Effect, and Conservative Binary Dynamics at O(G4) 2022 · 154 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2022 Physical Review Letters
2021 Physical Review Letters

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1	A comparison of a microfocus X-ray source and a conventional sealed tube for crystal structure determination Journal of Applied Crystallography ·Thomas Schulz, K. Meindl, D. Leusser, Daniel Stern, Jürgen Graf, Carsten Michaelsen, Michael Ruf, George M. Sheldrick, Dietmar Stalke	2009	187
2	Scattering Amplitudes and Conservative Binary Dynamics at O(G4) Physical Review Letters ·Zvi Bern, Julio Parra-Martinez, Radu Roiban, Michael Ruf, Chia-Hsien Shen, Mikhail P. Solon, Mao Zeng Hit paper breakdown →	2021	163
3	Scattering Amplitudes, the Tail Effect, and Conservative Binary Dynamics at O(G4) Physical Review Letters ·Zvi Bern, Julio Parra-Martinez, Radu Roiban, Michael Ruf, Chia-Hsien Shen, Mikhail P. Solon, Mao Zeng Hit paper breakdown →	2022	154
4	Use of a CCD diffractometer in crystal structure determinations at high pressure Journal of Applied Crystallography ·Angela Dawson, David R. Allan, Simon Parsons, Michael Ruf	2004	139
5	Extremal black hole scattering at $$ \mathcal{O} $$(G3): graviton dominance, eikonal exponentiation, and differential equations Journal of High Energy Physics ·Julio Parra-Martinez, Michael Ruf, Mao Zeng	2020	128
6	Small Molecule Chemistry of the Pyrazolylborate−Zinc Unit Tp^Cum,MeZn Inorganic Chemistry ·Michael Ruf, Heinrich Vahrenkamp	1996	122
7	Unusual Coordination Mode of Thiosemicarbazone Ligand. Synthesis, Structure, and Redox Properties of Some Ruthenium and Osmium Complexes Inorganic Chemistry ·Falguni Basuli, Michael Ruf, Cortlandt G. Pierpont, Samaresh Bhattacharya	1998	122
8	Gravitational Bremsstrahlung from Reverse Unitarity Physical Review Letters ·Enrico Herrmann, Julio Parra-Martinez, Michael Ruf, Mao Zeng	2021	107
9	Zinc Pyrazolylborate Complexes Relevant to the Biological Function of Carbonic Anhydrase Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English ·Adrian Looney, Gerard Parkin, R. Alsfasser, Michael Ruf, Heinrich Vahrenkamp	1992	97
10	Ein L³ZnOH‐Komplex als funktionelles Modell des Enzyms Carboanhydrase Chemische Berichte ·R. Alsfasser, Michael Ruf, Heinrich Vahrenkamp	1993	89
11	Pocket Semiquinonate Complexes of Cobalt(II), Copper(II), and Zinc(II) Prepared with the Hydrotris(cumenylmethylpyrazolyl)borate Ligand Inorganic Chemistry ·Michael Ruf, B.C. Noll, Markus D. Groner, G.T. Yee, Cortlandt G. Pierpont	1997	88
12	Universality in the Classical Limit of Massless Gravitational Scattering Physical Review Letters ·Zvi Bern, Harald Ita, Julio Parra-Martinez, Michael Ruf	2020	87
13	Aspherical scattering factors forSHELXL– model, implementation and application Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances ·Jens Lübben, Claudia M. Wandtke, Christian B. Hübschle, Michael Ruf, George M. Sheldrick, Birger Dittrich	2018	71
14	Excision of Uranium Oxide Chains and Ribbons in the Novel One-Dimensional Uranyl Iodates K₂[(UO₂)₃(IO₃)₄O₂] and Ba[(UO₂)₂(IO₃)₂O₂](H₂O) Inorganic Chemistry ·Amanda C. Bean, Michael Ruf, Thomas E. Albrecht‐Schmitt	2001	65
15	Conservative Binary Dynamics with a Spinning Black Hole at O(G3) from Scattering Amplitudes Physical Review Letters ·F. Febres Cordero, Manfred Kraus, Guanda Lin, Michael Ruf, Mao Zeng	2023	64
16	Zn−O₂H₃−Zn: a Coordination Mode of the Hydrolytic Zinc−Aqua Function and a Possible Structural Motif for Oligozinc Enzymes Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Michael Ruf, K. H. Weis, Heinrich Vahrenkamp	1996	62
17	Quantum equivalence of f(R) gravity and scalar-tensor theories Physical review. D ·Michael Ruf, Christian F. Steinwachs	2018	48
18	Structure and expression of the gene coding for the -subunit of DNA-dependent RNA polymerase from the chioroplast genome of Zea mays Nucleic Acids Research ·Michael Ruf, Hans Kössel	1988	48
19	Withanolides derived from Physalis peruviana (Poha) with potential anti-inflammatory activity Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·Mayuramas Sang-ngern, Ui Joung Youn, Eun‐Jung Park, Tamara P. Kondratyuk, Charles J. Simmons, Marisa M. Wall, Michael Ruf, Sam E. Lorch, Ethyn Leong, John M. Pezzuto, Leng Chee Chang	2016	43
20	Zinc Complexes of Amino Acids and Peptides, 9[]. Coordination of Cysteine and Histidine Derivatives to the Pyrazolylborate‐Zinc Unit Chemische Berichte ·Michael Ruf, R. Burth, K. H. Weis, Heinrich Vahrenkamp	1996	42

About Michael Ruf

Michael Ruf is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Inorganic Chemistry, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Process Chemistry and Technology and Organic Chemistry, having authored 71 papers that have together received 2.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (14 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (12 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (10 papers), Metal complexes synthesis and properties (10 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (6 papers), Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (5 papers), X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography (5 papers) and Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (827 citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (643 citations), Inorganic Chemistry (680 citations), Process Chemistry and Technology (106 citations) and Organic Chemistry (730 citations). Michael Ruf has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as Physical Review Letters, Inorganic Chemistry, Journal of High Energy Physics, Physical review. D and Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances.

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