Susan Ruffo

1.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
6 papers, 835 citations indexed

About

Susan Ruffo is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Susan Ruffo has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 835 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 2 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 2 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Susan Ruffo's work include Coastal and Marine Management (3 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (2 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (1 paper). Susan Ruffo is often cited by papers focused on Coastal and Marine Management (3 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (2 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (1 paper). Susan Ruffo collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Susan Ruffo's co-authors include Lynne Zeitlin Hale, Mark Spalding, Christine C. Shepard, Imèn Meliane, Michael W. Beck, Carmen Lacambra, Joel B. Smith, Paul Fleming, Arthur Lee and Laura Verduzco and has published in prestigious journals such as Global Environmental Change, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment and Ocean & Coastal Management.

In The Last Decade

Susan Ruffo

6 papers receiving 797 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The role of ecosystems in coastal protection: Adapting to climate change and coastal hazards

2013 452 citations Mark Spalding, Susan Ruffo et al. Ocean & Coastal Management profile →
A comprehensive review of climate adaptation in the United States: more than before, but less than needed

2012 335 citations Rosina Bierbaum, Joel B. Smith et al. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Susan Ruffo United States	5	369	334	218	192	177	6	835
Mette Fog Olwig Denmark	10	272 0.7×	457 1.4×	184 0.8×	258 1.3×	85 0.5×	22	958
Saudamini Das India	12	269 0.7×	404 1.2×	92 0.4×	188 1.0×	91 0.5×	21	731
Cláudio Fabian Szlafsztein Brazil	11	321 0.9×	166 0.5×	106 0.5×	146 0.8×	141 0.8×	47	687
Robert Griffin United States	14	503 1.4×	468 1.4×	123 0.6×	172 0.9×	375 2.1×	26	994
J. Richards United Kingdom	9	423 1.1×	132 0.4×	131 0.6×	172 0.9×	100 0.6×	11	853
Lena Reimann Netherlands	11	292 0.8×	140 0.4×	151 0.7×	301 1.6×	106 0.6×	20	811
Marcello Sanò Australia	15	210 0.6×	140 0.4×	145 0.7×	107 0.6×	190 1.1×	43	573
Virginie Duvat France	23	361 1.0×	439 1.3×	636 2.9×	376 2.0×	216 1.2×	64	1.4k
Horst Sterr Germany	9	294 0.8×	139 0.4×	154 0.7×	154 0.8×	130 0.7×	17	586
Fátima L. Alves Portugal	19	354 1.0×	350 1.0×	173 0.8×	141 0.7×	499 2.8×	48	962

Countries citing papers authored by Susan Ruffo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Susan Ruffo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Susan Ruffo. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Susan Ruffo. The network helps show where Susan Ruffo may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Susan Ruffo

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

All Works

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Northrop, Eliza, Susan Ruffo, Emily Pidgeon, et al.. (2021). Enhancing Nationally Determined Contributions: Opportunities for Ocean-Based Climate Action. UNSWorks (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia). 4 indexed citations

2.

Cooley, Sarah, et al.. (2019). Overlooked ocean strategies to address climate change. Global Environmental Change. 59. 101968–101968. 25 indexed citations

3.

Duffy, P., David Herring, Susan Ruffo, et al.. (2014). Empowering America's Communities to Prepare for the Effects of Climate Change: Developing Actionable Climate Science Under the President's Climate Action Plan. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 1 indexed citations

4.

Spalding, Mark, Susan Ruffo, Carmen Lacambra, et al.. (2013). The role of ecosystems in coastal protection: Adapting to climate change and coastal hazards. Ocean & Coastal Management. 90. 50–57. 452 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bierbaum, Rosina, Joel B. Smith, Arthur Lee, et al.. (2012). A comprehensive review of climate adaptation in the United States: more than before, but less than needed. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 18(3). 361–406. 335 indexed citations breakdown →

6.

Ruffo, Susan & Peter Kareiva. (2009). Using science to assign value to nature. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 7(1). 3–3. 18 indexed citations

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