Rütger Wever

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Rütger Wever is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Rütger Wever has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 4 papers in Physiology and 3 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Rütger Wever's work include Circadian rhythm and melatonin (12 papers), Thermal Regulation in Medicine (2 papers) and Spaceflight effects on biology (2 papers). Rütger Wever is often cited by papers focused on Circadian rhythm and melatonin (12 papers), Thermal Regulation in Medicine (2 papers) and Spaceflight effects on biology (2 papers). Rütger Wever collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Rütger Wever's co-authors include Jürgen Aschoff, Jürgen Zulley, U. Gerecke, Simon Folkard and Anna Wirz‐Justice and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and SLEEP.

In The Last Decade

Rütger Wever

24 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

The Circadian System of Man 1979 2026 1994 2010 1979 100 200 300 400
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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. The Circadian System of Man
    1979 418 citations Rütger Wever profile →

Peers

Rütger Wever
Ziad Boulos United States
R. Wever Germany
W.J. Rietveld Netherlands
J Mouret France
David W. Rimmer United States
G. A. Groos Netherlands
Norman F. Ruby United States
Evelyn Satinoff United States
Jeffrey A. Elliott United States
María Ángeles Rol Spain
Ziad Boulos United States
Rütger Wever
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Countries citing papers authored by Rütger Wever

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rütger Wever

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rütger Wever

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rütger Wever. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rütger Wever 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 Rütger Wever. Rütger Wever is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wever, Rütger. (2010). Ein mathematisches Modell für biologische Schwingungen*. Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie. 21(3). 359–372. 1 indexed citations
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Wever, Rütger. (1985). Use of Light to Treat Jet Lag: Differential Effects of Normal and Bright Artificial Light on Human Circadian Rhythms. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 453(1). 282–304. 47 indexed citations
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Aschoff, Jürgen, et al.. (1984). Circadian control of meal timing during temporal isolation. Die Naturwissenschaften. 71(10). 534–535. 8 indexed citations
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Wever, Rütger. (1984). Properties of Human Sleep-Wake Cycles: Parameters of Internally Synchronized Free-Running Rhythms. SLEEP. 7(1). 27–51. 63 indexed citations
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Wever, Rütger, et al.. (1983). Bright light affects human circadian rhythms. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 396(1). 85–87. 170 indexed citations
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Folkard, Simon, et al.. (1983). Multi-oscillatory control of circadian rhythms in human performance. Nature. 305(5931). 223–226. 116 indexed citations
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Zulley, Jürgen, Rütger Wever, & Jürgen Aschoff. (1981). The dependence of onset and duration of sleep on the circadian rhythm of rectal temperature. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 391(4). 314–318. 276 indexed citations
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Wever, Rütger. (1979). The Circadian System of Man. 418 indexed citations breakdown →
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Aschoff, Jürgen & Rütger Wever. (1976). Human circadian rhythms: a multioscillatory system.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 35(12). 236–32. 132 indexed citations
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Wever, Rütger, et al.. (1971). Fortlaufende Registrierung der Rectaltemperatur des Menschen unter extremen Bedingungen. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 327(2). 186–190. 6 indexed citations
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Aschoff, Jürgen, U. Gerecke, & Rütger Wever. (1967). DESYNCHRONIZATION OF HUMAN CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS. The Japanese Journal of Physiology. 17(4). 450–457. 176 indexed citations
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Wever, Rütger. (1967). Zum Einfluß der Dämmerung auf die circadiane Periodik. 55(3). 255–277. 41 indexed citations
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Aschoff, Jürgen & Rütger Wever. (1966). Circadian period and phase-angle difference in chaffinches (Fringilla coelebs L.). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. 18(2). 397–404. 44 indexed citations
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Wever, Rütger. (1965). Einzel-Organismen und Populationen im circadianen Experiment. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 51(1). 1–24. 24 indexed citations
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Wever, Rütger. (1964). Zum Mechanismus der biologischen 24-Stunden-Periodik. Kybernetik. 2(3). 127–144. 82 indexed citations
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Wever, Rütger, et al.. (1962). Spontanperiodik des Menschen bei Ausschluß aller Zeitgeber. Die Naturwissenschaften. 49(15). 337–342. 118 indexed citations
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Wever, Rütger. (1962). Zum Mechanismus der biologischen 24-Stunden-Periodik. Kybernetik. 1(4). 139–154. 58 indexed citations
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Aschoff, Jürgen & Rütger Wever. (1958). Modellversuche zum Gregenstrom-Wärmeaustausch in der Extremität. Research in Experimental Medicine. 130(4). 385–395. 2 indexed citations
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Wever, Rütger. (1954). Untersuchungen zur Extinktion von strömendem Blut. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 259(2). 97–109. 16 indexed citations

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