Thomas Ruf

9.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
167 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Thomas Ruf is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Ruf has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 84 papers in Ecology and 31 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Ruf's work include Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (73 papers), Physiological and biochemical adaptations (34 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (29 papers). Thomas Ruf is often cited by papers focused on Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (73 papers), Physiological and biochemical adaptations (34 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (29 papers). Thomas Ruf collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and Australia. Thomas Ruf's co-authors include Fritz Geiser, Claudia Bieber, Walter Arnold, Gerhard Heldmaier, Christopher Turbill, Teresa G. Valencak, Frieda Tataruch, Sylvain Giroud, Stephan Steinlechner and Steve Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and The Journal of Comparative Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Ruf

159 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Hit Papers

Daily torpor and hibernation in birds and mammals 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Daily torpor and hibernation in birds and mammals
    2014 589 citations Thomas Ruf, Fritz Geiser profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Ruf Austria 47 3.8k 3.7k 1.5k 1.4k 817 167 7.1k
Yvon Le Maho France 58 3.2k 0.8× 6.7k 1.8× 1.4k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 544 0.7× 247 10.5k
Fritz Geiser Australia 55 9.0k 2.3× 7.2k 1.9× 1.7k 1.1× 3.1k 2.3× 888 1.1× 251 11.0k
G. J. Kenagy United States 40 2.6k 0.7× 2.7k 0.7× 500 0.3× 475 0.4× 442 0.5× 85 4.7k
William H. Karasov United States 55 2.9k 0.8× 4.8k 1.3× 904 0.6× 1.6k 1.2× 147 0.2× 266 10.3k
David Costantini United Kingdom 45 3.0k 0.8× 3.6k 1.0× 535 0.4× 678 0.5× 246 0.3× 181 7.6k
Philip C. Withers Australia 48 4.0k 1.0× 5.8k 1.6× 981 0.6× 680 0.5× 312 0.4× 272 9.2k
P. J. Butler United Kingdom 59 2.7k 0.7× 8.1k 2.2× 641 0.4× 890 0.7× 735 0.9× 272 12.0k
Walter Arnold Austria 41 1.9k 0.5× 2.1k 0.6× 500 0.3× 665 0.5× 150 0.2× 154 4.5k
Gerhard Heldmaier Germany 52 3.6k 0.9× 2.8k 0.8× 4.3k 2.8× 771 0.6× 2.1k 2.6× 149 8.8k
Sylvia Ortmann Germany 35 918 0.2× 1.4k 0.4× 888 0.6× 632 0.5× 657 0.8× 127 4.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Ruf

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Ruf

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All Works

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Fritz, Johannes, Marco S. Nobile, Alexei L. Vyssotski, et al.. (2024). Small energy benefits of in-wake flying in long-duration migratory flights. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2030). 20241173–20241173. 1 indexed citations
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Ruf, Thomas, Sebastian G. Vetter, Johanna Painer, Gabrielle Stalder, & Claudia Bieber. (2023). Thermoregulation in the wild boar (Sus scrofa). Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 193(6). 689–697. 7 indexed citations
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Voelkl, Bernhard, et al.. (2023). The impact of shape and attachment position of biologging devices in Northern Bald Ibises. Animal Biotelemetry. 11(1). 8–8. 9 indexed citations
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Ruf, Thomas, Sylvain Giroud, & Fritz Geiser. (2022). Hypothesis and Theory: A Two-Process Model of Torpor-Arousal Regulation in Hibernators. Frontiers in Physiology. 13. 901270–901270. 10 indexed citations
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Ruf, Thomas & Claudia Bieber. (2022). Why hibernate? Predator avoidance in the edible dormouse. Mammal Research. 68(1). 1–11. 15 indexed citations
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Hoelzl, Franz, et al.. (2021). The tarnished silver spoon? Trade‐off between prenatal growth and telomere length in wild boar. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 35(1). 81–90. 10 indexed citations
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Ruf, Thomas, Sebastian G. Vetter, Johanna Painer, Gabrielle Stalder, & Claudia Bieber. (2021). Atypical for northern ungulates, energy metabolism is lowest during summer in female wild boars (Sus scrofa). Scientific Reports. 11(1). 18310–18310. 12 indexed citations
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Nowack, Julia, et al.. (2019). Always a price to pay: hibernation at low temperatures comes with a trade-off between energy savings and telomere damage. Biology Letters. 15(10). 20190466–20190466. 47 indexed citations
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Bräger, Stefan, Alexander Gallus, Michael Dähne, et al.. (2016). Diel and seasonal patterns in acoustic presence and foraging behaviour of free-ranging harbour porpoises. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 547. 257–272. 41 indexed citations
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Vetter, Sebastian G., Thomas Ruf, Claudia Bieber, & Walter Arnold. (2015). What Is a Mild Winter? Regional Differences in Within-Species Responses to Climate Change. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0132178–e0132178. 104 indexed citations
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Ruf, Thomas, Ulrike Streicher, Gabrielle Stalder, Tilo Nadler, & Chris Walzer. (2015). Hibernation in the pygmy slow loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus): multiday torpor in primates is not restricted to Madagascar. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 17392–17392. 26 indexed citations
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Bieber, Claudia & Thomas Ruf. (2008). Summer dormancy in edible dormice (Glis glis) without energetic constraints. Die Naturwissenschaften. 96(1). 165–171. 97 indexed citations
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Ruf, Thomas & Walter Arnold. (2008). Effects of polyunsaturated fatty acids on hibernation and torpor: a review and hypothesis. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 294(3). R1044–R1052. 124 indexed citations
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Valencak, Teresa G. & Thomas Ruf. (2006). N−3 polyunsaturated fatty acids impair lifespan but have no role for metabolism. Aging Cell. 6(1). 15–25. 67 indexed citations
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Hume, Ian D., et al.. (2002). Seasonal changes in morphology and function of the gastrointestinal tract of free-living alpine marmots ( Marmota marmota ). Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 172(3). 197–207. 95 indexed citations
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Arnold, Walter, et al.. (2002). Postnatal development and thermoregulation in the precocial European hare ( Lepus europaeus ). Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 172(2). 183–190. 69 indexed citations
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Jablonski, Stefan, Berthold Reinwald, & Thomas Ruf. (1991). Eine Fallstudie zur Datenverwaltung in CIM-Systemen.. 6(2). 71–81. 1 indexed citations
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Jablonski, Stefan, et al.. (1987). Data Distribution in Manufacturing Systems.. International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems. 206–215. 5 indexed citations
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Jablonski, Stefan & Thomas Ruf. (1987). Conceptual aspects of data management in flexible manufacturing systems. 29(5). 196–205. 1 indexed citations

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