S. Emil Ruff

1.8k total citations
33 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

S. Emil Ruff is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, S. Emil Ruff has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Ecology, 21 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 13 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in S. Emil Ruff's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (26 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (21 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (8 papers). S. Emil Ruff is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (26 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (21 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (8 papers). S. Emil Ruff collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. S. Emil Ruff's co-authors include Katrin Knittel, Alban Ramette, Antje Boëtius, Gunter Wegener, Andreas Teske, Jennifer F. Biddle, Rudolf Amann, Marc Strous, Matthias Y. Kellermann and Viola Krukenberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

S. Emil Ruff

33 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
S. Emil Ruff United States 20 714 701 342 310 243 33 1.2k
Laurent M.A.A. Toffin France 19 490 0.7× 550 0.8× 351 1.0× 167 0.5× 137 0.6× 30 1.0k
Katherine S. Dawson United States 16 603 0.8× 417 0.6× 259 0.8× 236 0.8× 386 1.6× 24 1.2k
Mark E. Delwiche United States 13 863 1.2× 842 1.2× 451 1.3× 228 0.7× 174 0.7× 20 1.5k
Andy O Leu Australia 16 978 1.4× 924 1.3× 478 1.4× 357 1.2× 213 0.9× 22 1.8k
Masae Suzuki Japan 13 939 1.3× 1.3k 1.8× 672 2.0× 225 0.7× 135 0.6× 19 1.7k
Irene Schaperdoth United States 15 403 0.6× 496 0.7× 326 1.0× 99 0.3× 172 0.7× 24 1.1k
Hanako Oida Japan 15 709 1.0× 911 1.3× 589 1.7× 106 0.3× 88 0.4× 16 1.2k
I. I. Rusanov Russia 21 742 1.0× 719 1.0× 270 0.8× 218 0.7× 127 0.5× 100 1.3k
Hideyoshi Yoshioka Japan 19 551 0.8× 349 0.5× 235 0.7× 194 0.6× 296 1.2× 46 1.3k
Rafael Laso-Pérez Germany 12 481 0.7× 442 0.6× 297 0.9× 108 0.3× 176 0.7× 17 811

Countries citing papers authored by S. Emil Ruff

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Fields of papers citing papers by S. Emil Ruff

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. Emil Ruff

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of S. Emil Ruff. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of S. Emil Ruff 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 S. Emil Ruff. S. Emil Ruff 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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Jiang, Qiuyun, Lei Cao, Shengjie Li, et al.. (2025). Cold seeps are potential hotspots of deep-sea nitrogen loss driven by microorganisms across 21 phyla. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1646–1646. 9 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yali, Leo J. McCarthy, S. Emil Ruff, & Eran Elhaik. (2024). Microbiome Geographic Population Structure (mGPS) Detects Fine-Scale Geography. Genome Biology and Evolution. 16(11). 3 indexed citations
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Jay, Zackary J., John Cliff, Frederik Schulz, et al.. (2024). Multicellular magnetotactic bacteria are genetically heterogeneous consortia with metabolically differentiated cells. PLoS Biology. 22(7). e3002638–e3002638. 8 indexed citations
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Gallager, Scott M., et al.. (2024). Laboratory-Simulated Photoirradiation Reveals Strong Resistance of Primary Macroplastics to Weathering. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(33). 14775–14785. 8 indexed citations
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Ruff, S. Emil, Isabella Hrabě de Angelis, Jérôme Payet, et al.. (2023). A global atlas of subsurface microbiomes reveals phylogenetic novelty, large scale biodiversity gradients, and a marine-terrestrial divide. 6. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yali, S. Emil Ruff, Nikolay Oskolkov, et al.. (2023). The microbial biodiversity at the archeological site of Tel Megiddo (Israel). Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1253371–1253371. 4 indexed citations
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Ruff, S. Emil, Pauline Humez, Isabella Hrabě de Angelis, et al.. (2023). Hydrogen and dark oxygen drive microbial productivity in diverse groundwater ecosystems. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3194–3194. 62 indexed citations
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Borton, Mikayla, Kathleen M. Regan, Isabella Hrabě de Angelis, et al.. (2021). Degradation of biological macromolecules supports uncultured microbial populations in Guaymas Basin hydrothermal sediments. The ISME Journal. 15(12). 3480–3497. 22 indexed citations
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Teske, Andreas, Gunter Wegener, Jeffrey P. Chanton, et al.. (2021). Microbial Communities Under Distinct Thermal and Geochemical Regimes in Axial and Off-Axis Sediments of Guaymas Basin. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 633649–633649. 25 indexed citations
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Wang, Yinzhao, Gunter Wegener, S. Emil Ruff, & Fengping Wang. (2020). Methyl/alkyl‐coenzyme M reductase‐based anaerobic alkane oxidation in archaea. Environmental Microbiology. 23(2). 530–541. 46 indexed citations
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Bhatnagar, Srijak, Elise S. Cowley, Sebastian Kopf, et al.. (2020). Microbial community dynamics and coexistence in a sulfide-driven phototrophic bloom. Environmental Microbiome. 15(1). 3–3. 19 indexed citations
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Chakraborty, Anirban, S. Emil Ruff, Xiyang Dong, et al.. (2020). Hydrocarbon seepage in the deep seabed links subsurface and seafloor biospheres. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(20). 11029–11037. 35 indexed citations
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Ruff, S. Emil, Janine Felden, Harald R. Gruber‐Vodicka, et al.. (2018). In situ development of a methanotrophic microbiome in deep-sea sediments. The ISME Journal. 13(1). 197–213. 63 indexed citations
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Bhatnagar, Srijak, et al.. (2017). Transient exposure to oxygen or nitrate reveals ecophysiology of fermentative and sulfate‐reducing benthic microbial populations. Environmental Microbiology. 19(12). 4866–4881. 20 indexed citations
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Wegener, Gunter, Viola Krukenberg, S. Emil Ruff, Matthias Y. Kellermann, & Katrin Knittel. (2016). Metabolic Capabilities of Microorganisms Involved in and Associated with the Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 46–46. 92 indexed citations
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Ruff, S. Emil, Gunter Wegener, Christian Lott, et al.. (2016). Methane Seep in Shallow-Water Permeable Sediment Harbors High Diversity of Anaerobic Methanotrophic Communities, Elba, Italy. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 374–374. 37 indexed citations
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Stagars, Marion, S. Emil Ruff, Rudolf Amann, & Katrin Knittel. (2016). High Diversity of Anaerobic Alkane-Degrading Microbial Communities in Marine Seep Sediments Based on (1-methylalkyl)succinate Synthase Genes. Frontiers in Microbiology. 6. 1511–1511. 32 indexed citations
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Ruff, S. Emil, Julia Arnds, Katrin Knittel, et al.. (2013). Microbial Communities of Deep-Sea Methane Seeps at Hikurangi Continental Margin (New Zealand). PLoS ONE. 8(9). e72627–e72627. 78 indexed citations
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Wu, Zhenyu, Robert Zierold, Anna J. Mueller, et al.. (2010). Preparation and magnetoviscosity of nanotube ferrofluids by viral scaffolding and ALD on porous templates. physica status solidi (b). 247(10). 2412–2423. 18 indexed citations

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