Ruan Kruger

4.7k total citations
118 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Ruan Kruger is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Physiology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruan Kruger has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 21 papers in Physiology and 19 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Ruan Kruger's work include Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (50 papers), Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (38 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (18 papers). Ruan Kruger is often cited by papers focused on Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (50 papers), Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (38 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (18 papers). Ruan Kruger collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Australia and United Kingdom. Ruan Kruger's co-authors include Aletta E. Schutte, Catharina M. C. Mels, Hugo W. Huisman, Lebo F. Gafane‐Matemane, Wayne Smith, Gontse Mokwatsi, Rudolph Schutte, Michael Hecht Olsen, Johannes M. Van Rooyen and Leoné Malan and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Analytical Biochemistry and Hypertension.

In The Last Decade

Ruan Kruger

105 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ruan Kruger South Africa 17 681 177 175 162 156 118 1.2k
Catharina M. C. Mels South Africa 17 432 0.6× 171 1.0× 178 1.0× 109 0.7× 172 1.1× 107 944
Jeffrey R. Misialek United States 22 576 0.8× 152 0.9× 227 1.3× 132 0.8× 87 0.6× 53 1.5k
Lu‐Chen Weng United States 24 1.2k 1.7× 235 1.3× 136 0.8× 176 1.1× 129 0.8× 44 1.9k
Katrina M. Mirabito Colafella Australia 18 505 0.7× 290 1.6× 130 0.7× 179 1.1× 275 1.8× 44 1.2k
M. Temmar France 17 998 1.5× 136 0.8× 342 2.0× 102 0.6× 135 0.9× 32 1.7k
Richard A. Dart United States 21 638 0.9× 247 1.4× 189 1.1× 215 1.3× 306 2.0× 43 1.5k
John Yarnell United Kingdom 15 442 0.6× 87 0.5× 105 0.6× 178 1.1× 156 1.0× 28 1.1k
Theodora A. Manolis Greece 21 581 0.9× 253 1.4× 142 0.8× 57 0.4× 136 0.9× 77 1.4k
Antonis A. Manolis Greece 21 550 0.8× 200 1.1× 125 0.7× 55 0.3× 129 0.8× 58 1.2k
Christina Antza Greece 17 333 0.5× 103 0.6× 131 0.7× 133 0.8× 215 1.4× 81 975

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ruan Kruger

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All Works

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Kruger, Herculina S., Tertia van Zyl, Makama Andries Monyeki, Cristian Ricci, & Ruan Kruger. (2025). Decreased frequency of sugar-sweetened beverages intake among young children following the implementation of the health promotion levy in South Africa. Public Health Nutrition. 28(1). e23–e23. 3 indexed citations
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Chanchlani, Rahul, Tammy M. Brady, Ruan Kruger, & Manish D. Sinha. (2025). Under pressure: the lifelong cardiovascular health of children and youth with primary hypertension. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. 10(3). 203–215.
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Smith, Wayne, et al.. (2025). Allostatic load and cardiometabolic health in a young adult South African population: the African-PREDICT study. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 328(3). H581–H593. 1 indexed citations
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Olinger, Eric, Ian Wilson, Catharina M. C. Mels, et al.. (2024). UMOD Genotype and Determinants of Urinary Uromodulin in African Populations. Kidney International Reports. 9(12). 3477–3489.
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Kruger, Ruan, et al.. (2024). Validation of the parents’ version of the KINDLR and Kiddy Parents questionnaire in a South African context. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 22(1). 77–77. 1 indexed citations
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Lindeque, Jeremie Zander, et al.. (2023). Genetically predisposed and resilient animal models of depression reveal divergent responses to early-life adversity. Acta Neuropsychiatrica. 36(6). 338–350. 6 indexed citations
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Lindeque, Jeremie Zander, et al.. (2023). Running from depression: the antidepressant-like potential of prenatal and pre-pubertal exercise in adolescent FSL rats exposed to an early-life stressor. Acta Neuropsychiatrica. 36(6). 363–377. 3 indexed citations
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Holm, Hannes, Ruan Kruger, Amra Jujić, et al.. (2023). Ventricular-arterial coupling and cardiovascular risk among young adults: The African-PREDICT study. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 325(2). H362–H371. 6 indexed citations
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Kruger, Ruan, et al.. (2023). Food intake in South African children and retinal microvascular health: The ExAMIN Youth SA study. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 34(1). 188–197. 1 indexed citations
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Mels, Catharina M. C., Aletta E. Schutte, Christian Delles, et al.. (2023). Identifying a urinary peptidomics profile for hypertension in young adults: The African‐PREDICT study. PROTEOMICS. 23(11). e2200444–e2200444. 6 indexed citations
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Craig, Ashleigh, Yolandi Breet, Lebo F. Gafane‐Matemane, Shane A. Norris, & Ruan Kruger. (2023). Detecting and Managing Childhood Onset Hypertension in Africa: A Call to Action. Current Hypertension Reports. 25(9). 211–230. 5 indexed citations
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Gafane‐Matemane, Lebo F., et al.. (2021). Growth differentiating factor-15 and adiposity in young adults: The African-PREDICT study. International Journal of Obesity. 45(7). 1418–1427. 1 indexed citations
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Breet, Yolandi, Ashleigh Craig, Wayne Smith, et al.. (2021). Cross-Talk Between Large Artery Stiffness and Retinal Microvasculature in Children: The ExAMIN Youth SA Study. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 9. 795301–795301. 3 indexed citations
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Schutte, Aletta E., et al.. (2020). Growth differentiating factor-15 and its association with traditional cardiovascular risk factors: The African-PREDICT study. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 30(6). 925–931. 9 indexed citations
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Greve, Sara V., Marie K. Blicher, Ruan Kruger, et al.. (2016). Estimated carotid–femoral pulse wave velocity has similar predictive value as measured carotid–femoral pulse wave velocity. Journal of Hypertension. 34(7). 1279–1289. 153 indexed citations
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Malan, Nico T., Mark Hamer, Gavin Lambert, et al.. (2012). Sex hormones associated with subclinical kidney damage and atherosclerosis in South African men. Journal of Hypertension. 30(12). 2387–2394. 6 indexed citations

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