Viktoria Ruf

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 786 citations indexed

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Viktoria Ruf is a scholar working on Neurology, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Viktoria Ruf has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 786 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Neurology, 17 papers in Genetics and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Viktoria Ruf's work include Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (17 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (14 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (7 papers). Viktoria Ruf is often cited by papers focused on Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (17 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (14 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (7 papers). Viktoria Ruf collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and Italy. Viktoria Ruf's co-authors include Armin Giese, Jochen Herms, Nathalie L. Albert, Marcus Unterrainer, Felix Schmidt, Frits Kamp, Peter Bartenstein, Song Shi, Andrei Leonov and Bogdana Suchorska and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Neurology and Annals of Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Viktoria Ruf

43 papers receiving 782 citations

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A quantitative Lewy-fold-specific alpha-synuclein seed amplification assay as a progression marker for Parkinson’s disease

2025 13 citations Alexander Bernhardt, Sebastian Longen et al. Acta Neuropathologica profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Viktoria Ruf Germany	15	279	222	220	176	168	47	786
Ebrima Gibbs Canada	13	282 1.0×	254 1.1×	72 0.3×	159 0.9×	65 0.4×	31	627
Brandon Nichols United States	12	80 0.3×	226 1.0×	48 0.2×	258 1.5×	204 1.2×	16	772
Seong H. Park South Korea	11	82 0.3×	336 1.5×	62 0.3×	91 0.5×	58 0.3×	26	953
Kyle Hurth United States	13	74 0.3×	182 0.8×	70 0.3×	55 0.3×	39 0.2×	46	599
Masahito Ogasawara Japan	16	152 0.5×	412 1.9×	97 0.4×	168 1.0×	19 0.1×	30	906
Julien Cassereau France	19	265 0.9×	412 1.9×	67 0.3×	76 0.4×	40 0.2×	49	956
Stefan Pursche Germany	10	307 1.1×	192 0.9×	312 1.4×	60 0.3×	13 0.1×	12	955
Jacques Brotchi Belgium	12	97 0.3×	218 1.0×	101 0.5×	39 0.2×	37 0.2×	24	648
Rachel Dakin United Kingdom	12	79 0.3×	375 1.7×	44 0.2×	193 1.1×	28 0.2×	17	751
Kenji Mokuno Japan	17	252 0.9×	416 1.9×	47 0.2×	108 0.6×	28 0.2×	43	839

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Bernhardt, Alexander, Sebastian Longen, Svenja V. Trossbach, et al.. (2025). A quantitative Lewy-fold-specific alpha-synuclein seed amplification assay as a progression marker for Parkinson’s disease. Acta Neuropathologica. 149(1). 20–20. 13 indexed citations breakdown →

Roeber, Sigrun, et al.. (2025). Alpha-synuclein deposition patterns in Alzheimer’s disease: association with cortical amyloid beta and variable tau load. Acta Neuropathologica. 150(1). 46–46.

Lourbopoulos, Athanasios, et al.. (2024). Case report: Fatal Borna virus encephalitis manifesting with basal brain and brainstem symptoms. Frontiers in Neurology. 14. 1305748–1305748. 1 indexed citations

Schwarz, Sigrid C., Thomas W. Rösler, Thomas Arzberger, et al.. (2023). Different MAPT haplotypes influence expression of total MAPT in postmortem brain tissue. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 11(1). 40–40. 9 indexed citations

Ryazanov, Sergey, Andrei Leonov, Felix Schmidt, et al.. (2023). Discovery of [11C]MODAG-005, a novel PET tracer targeting alpha-synuclein aggregates. Nuklearmedizin - NuclearMedicine. 62(2). 102–103.

Biczok, Annamaria, Jun Thorsteinsdottir, Philipp Karschnia, et al.. (2023). Mutational signature of extracranial meningioma metastases and their respective primary tumors. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 11(1). 12–12. 3 indexed citations

Ruf, Viktoria, et al.. (2022). Healthcare-associated exposure to Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1). Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology. 17(1). 13–13. 2 indexed citations

Dening, Yanina, Viktoria Ruf, Amit Khairnar, et al.. (2022). Toxicity of extracellular alpha-synuclein is independent of intracellular alpha-synuclein. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 21951–21951. 5 indexed citations

Bodensohn, Raphael, Robert Forbrig, Stefanie Quach, et al.. (2022). MRI-based contrast clearance analysis shows high differentiation accuracy between radiation-induced reactions and progressive disease after cranial radiotherapy. ESMO Open. 7(2). 100424–100424. 14 indexed citations

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Vöglein, Jonathan, Irena Kostova, Thomas Arzberger, et al.. (2021). First symptom guides diagnosis and prognosis in neurodegenerative diseases—a retrospective study of autopsy proven cases. European Journal of Neurology. 28(6). 1801–1811. 10 indexed citations

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Vöglein, Jonathan, Irena Kostova, Thomas Arzberger, et al.. (2021). Seizure prevalence in neurodegenerative diseases—a study of autopsy proven cases. European Journal of Neurology. 29(1). 12–18. 8 indexed citations

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Unterrainer, Marcus, Viktoria Ruf, Bogdana Suchorska, et al.. (2021). TERT-Promoter Mutational Status in Glioblastoma – Is There an Association With Amino Acid Uptake on Dynamic 18F-FET PET?. Frontiers in Oncology. 11. 645316–645316. 4 indexed citations

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Baiardi, Simone, Marcello Rossi, Angela Mammana, et al.. (2021). Phenotypic diversity of genetic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease: a histo-molecular-based classification. Acta Neuropathologica. 142(4). 707–728. 30 indexed citations

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Holzgreve, Adrien, Annamaria Biczok, Viktoria Ruf, et al.. (2021). PSMA Expression in Glioblastoma as a Basis for Theranostic Approaches: A Retrospective, Correlational Panel Study Including Immunohistochemistry, Clinical Parameters and PET Imaging. Frontiers in Oncology. 11. 646387–646387. 58 indexed citations

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Vettermann, Franziska, Marcus Unterrainer, Viktoria Ruf, et al.. (2020). Dual PET Imaging of an H3K27M-Mutant Glioma With 18F-GE-180 and 18F-FET PET. Clinical Nuclear Medicine. 45(12). 992–993. 4 indexed citations

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Osterman, Andreas, Viktoria Ruf, Cristina Domingo, et al.. (2020). Travel-associated neurological disease terminated in a postmortem diagnosed atypical HSV-1 encephalitis after high-dose steroid therapy – a case report. BMC Infectious Diseases. 20(1). 150–150. 5 indexed citations

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Blumenstock, Sonja, María Florencia Angelo, Finn Peters, et al.. (2019). Early defects in translation elongation factor 1α levels at excitatory synapses in α-synucleinopathy. Acta Neuropathologica. 138(6). 971–986. 12 indexed citations

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Fleischmann, Daniel F., Stefanie Corradini, Viktoria Ruf, et al.. (2019). Bevacizumab reduces toxicity of reirradiation in recurrent high-grade glioma. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 138. 99–105. 38 indexed citations

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Zahri, Saber, et al.. (2017). A study on the modulation of alpha-synuclein fibrillation by Scutellaria pinnatifida extracts and its neuroprotective properties. PLoS ONE. 12(9). e0184483–e0184483. 18 indexed citations

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Steinacker, Petra, Kaj Blennow, Steffen Halbgebauer, et al.. (2016). Neurofilaments in blood and CSF for diagnosis and prediction of onset in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 38737–38737. 74 indexed citations

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