R. Ruffini

10.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
329 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

R. Ruffini is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Ruffini has authored 329 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 285 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 100 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 33 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in R. Ruffini's work include Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (154 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (125 papers) and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (86 papers). R. Ruffini is often cited by papers focused on Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (154 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (125 papers) and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (86 papers). R. Ruffini collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and United States. R. Ruffini's co-authors include J. A. Rueda, John Wheeler, T. Damour, Clifford E. Rhoades, She-Sheng Xue, Hernando Quevedo, D. Pugliese, Hans C. Ohanian, Demetrios Christodoulou and Marc Davis and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

R. Ruffini

299 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

Black-hole evaporation in the Klein-Sauter-Heisenberg-Eul... 1971 2026 1989 2007 1976 1971 1974 100 200 300 400
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. Black-hole evaporation in the Klein-Sauter-Heisenberg-Euler formalism
    1976 420 citations T. Damour, R. Ruffini profile →
  2. Introducing the black hole
    1971 419 citations R. Ruffini et al. profile →
  3. Maximum Mass of a Neutron Star
    1974 416 citations R. Ruffini 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
R. Ruffini Italy 39 5.4k 3.2k 900 799 310 329 6.0k
Robert V. Wagoner United States 31 5.0k 0.9× 3.3k 1.0× 554 0.6× 632 0.8× 412 1.3× 99 5.9k
Michele Maggiore Switzerland 34 3.9k 0.7× 3.1k 1.0× 794 0.9× 1.5k 1.8× 94 0.3× 102 5.1k
Paolo Pani Italy 60 10.3k 1.9× 6.7k 2.1× 752 0.8× 681 0.9× 349 1.1× 181 10.7k
Misao Sasaki Japan 56 11.4k 2.1× 8.1k 2.5× 699 0.8× 1.1k 1.4× 148 0.5× 272 11.8k
Andrei Gruzinov United States 30 3.8k 0.7× 2.7k 0.9× 344 0.4× 282 0.4× 122 0.4× 67 4.2k
Eric Poisson Canada 42 7.9k 1.5× 4.8k 1.5× 802 0.9× 1.2k 1.5× 555 1.8× 111 8.4k
D. F. Torres Spain 33 3.8k 0.7× 2.7k 0.8× 194 0.2× 269 0.3× 373 1.2× 220 4.3k
Bahram Mashhoon United States 38 3.9k 0.7× 2.2k 0.7× 1.2k 1.3× 802 1.0× 94 0.3× 185 4.7k
Emanuele Berti United States 72 15.2k 2.8× 8.4k 2.6× 977 1.1× 1.0k 1.3× 719 2.3× 233 15.9k
Peter W. Graham United States 39 2.5k 0.5× 3.5k 1.1× 2.1k 2.3× 206 0.3× 103 0.3× 105 5.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. Ruffini

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ruffini, R., et al.. (2025). Role of the irreducible mass in repetitive Penrose energy extraction processes in a Kerr black hole. Physical Review Research. 7(1). 1 indexed citations
2.
Ruffini, R., et al.. (2025). Single versus the Repetitive Penrose Process in a Kerr Black Hole. Physical Review Letters. 134(8). 81403–81403. 1 indexed citations
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Argüelles, C. R., et al.. (2023). On the growth of supermassive black holes formed from the gravitational collapse of fermionic dark matter cores. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 523(2). 2209–2218. 9 indexed citations
4.
Li, Liang, J. A. Rueda, R. Moradi, et al.. (2023). Self-similarities and Power Laws in the Time-resolved Spectra of GRB 190114C, GRB 130427A, GRB 160509A, and GRB 160625B. The Astrophysical Journal. 945(1). 10–10. 3 indexed citations
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Moradi, R., J. A. Rueda, R. Ruffini, & Yu Wang. (2021). The newborn black hole in GRB 191014C proves that it is alive. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 3 indexed citations
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Argüelles, C. R., et al.. (2020). Geodesic motion of S2 and G2 as a test of the fermionic dark matter nature of our Galactic core. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 41 indexed citations
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Rueda, J. A., et al.. (2020). Magnetic Fields and Afterglows of BdHNe: Inferences from GRB 130427A, GRB 160509A, GRB 160625B, GRB 180728A, and GRB 190114C. The Astrophysical Journal. 893(2). 148–148. 23 indexed citations
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Becerra, L., Kuantay Boshkayev, J. A. Rueda, & R. Ruffini. (2019). Time evolution of rotating and magnetized white dwarf stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 487(1). 812–818. 5 indexed citations
9.
Ruffini, R., Yu Wang, U. Barres de Almeida, et al.. (2018). Early X-Ray Flares in GRBs. The Astrophysical Journal. 852(1). 53–53. 34 indexed citations
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Bianchi, Massimo, Robert T. Jantzen, & R. Ruffini. (2017). Fourteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting:On Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Astrophysics, and Relativistic Field Theories (In 4 Volumes). Directory of Open access Books (OAPEN Foundation). 1 indexed citations
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Ruffini, R., L. Izzo, Marco Muccino, et al.. (2014). Induced gravitational collapse at extreme cosmological distances: the case of GRB 090423. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 11 indexed citations
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Negreiros, Rodrigo, R. Ruffini, C. L. Bianco, & J. A. Rueda. (2012). Cooling of young neutron stars in GRB associated to supernovae. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 8 indexed citations
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Amati, L., et al.. (2011). On the nature of GRB 050509b: a disguised short GRB. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 7 indexed citations
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Bernardini, M. G., et al.. (2009). GRB060614: a “fake” short GRB from a merging binary system. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 24 indexed citations
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Patricelli, B., et al.. (2008). ON THE CHARGE TO MASS RATIO OF NEUTRON CORES AND HEAVY NUCLEI. AIP conference proceedings. 966. 143–146. 1 indexed citations
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Bernardini, M. G., et al.. (2007). GRB 970228 and a class of GRBs with an initial spikelike emission. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 15 indexed citations
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Ruffini, R., et al.. (1999). On evolution of the pair-electromagnetic pulse of a charged black hole. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 10 indexed citations
18.
Piran, Tsvi & R. Ruffini. (1999). The eighth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on recent developments in theoretical and experimental general relativity, gravitation and relativistic field theories : proceedings of the Meeting held at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 22-27 June 1997. WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Ruffini, R.. (1988). Fourth Marcel Grossman Meeting on General Relativity. 27(4). 284. 1 indexed citations
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Damour, T. & R. Ruffini. (1974). Analisi di un gruppo omogeneo di occultazioni lunari totali.. 279(26). 971–973. 3 indexed citations

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