Wolfgang Ruf

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Wolfgang Ruf is a scholar working on Neurology, Molecular Biology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang Ruf has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Neurology, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang Ruf's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (8 papers), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (8 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (5 papers). Wolfgang Ruf is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (8 papers), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (8 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (5 papers). Wolfgang Ruf collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Italy. Wolfgang Ruf's co-authors include Karin M. Danzer, Pamela J. McLean, Liya Zhu, Ashley R. Winslow, Charles Vanderburg, Jochen H. Weishaupt, Veselin Grozdanov, Albert C. Ludolph, Lisa Zondler and Tadafumi Hashimoto and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American College of Cardiology, The FASEB Journal and European Heart Journal.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Ruf

25 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Exosomal cell-to-cell transmission of alpha synuclein oli... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 200 400 600
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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. Exosomal cell-to-cell transmission of alpha synuclein oligomers
    2012 690 citations Karin M. Danzer, Wolfgang Ruf et al. Molecular Neurodegeneration profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wolfgang Ruf Germany 11 873 611 451 415 352 26 1.5k
Marie‐Hélène Canron France 17 590 0.7× 413 0.7× 349 0.8× 313 0.8× 319 0.9× 28 1.3k
Bettina Brunner Germany 8 430 0.5× 537 0.9× 394 0.9× 340 0.8× 225 0.6× 13 1.4k
Rim Amouri Tunisia 24 541 0.6× 702 1.1× 345 0.8× 236 0.6× 667 1.9× 58 1.5k
Katerina Melachroinou Greece 9 581 0.7× 581 1.0× 226 0.5× 305 0.7× 242 0.7× 13 1.1k
Catherine Strand United Kingdom 18 706 0.8× 251 0.4× 293 0.6× 524 1.3× 303 0.9× 22 1.3k
Takashi Ayaki Japan 20 515 0.6× 440 0.7× 325 0.7× 233 0.6× 195 0.6× 54 1.1k
Wendy Hobbs United States 11 749 0.9× 924 1.5× 337 0.7× 187 0.5× 850 2.4× 17 1.9k
Garth F. Hall United States 20 255 0.3× 962 1.6× 407 0.9× 880 2.1× 523 1.5× 34 1.8k
Philip Seibler Germany 22 948 1.1× 1.1k 1.8× 243 0.5× 365 0.9× 629 1.8× 47 2.0k
Sílvia Porta United States 20 664 0.8× 1.4k 2.3× 228 0.5× 359 0.9× 423 1.2× 27 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Wolfgang Ruf

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wolfgang Ruf

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfgang Ruf

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

All Works

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Deuschle, Christian, Luis Concha‐Marambio, A. Bernhardt, et al.. (2025). High Agreement Across Laboratories Between Different Alpha‐Synuclein Seed Amplification Protocols. European Journal of Neurology. 32(4). e70165–e70165. 4 indexed citations
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Bieri, Franziska, et al.. (2023). From Documentation to Response – the operational Swiss Rapid Mapping Service for Natural Hazard and Crisis Management. Abstracts of the ICA. 6. 1–2. 1 indexed citations
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Ruf, Wolfgang, Simon Witzel, Christina Lang, et al.. (2023). ALS is imprinted in the chromatin accessibility of blood cells. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 80(5). 131–131. 4 indexed citations
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Brockmann, Sarah J., Tiziana Casoli, Wolfgang Ruf, et al.. (2023). Mitochondrial genome study in blood of maternally inherited ALS cases. Human Genomics. 17(1). 70–70. 3 indexed citations
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Ruf, Wolfgang, Antje Knehr, Kornelia Günther, et al.. (2023). DNA Methylation Analysis in Monozygotic Twins Discordant for ALS in Blood Cells. PubMed. 16. 2847724095–2847724095. 3 indexed citations
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Ruf, Wolfgang, Annette Palmer, Diana Wiesner, et al.. (2022). Thoracic trauma promotes alpha-Synuclein oligomerization in murine Parkinson's disease. Neurobiology of Disease. 174. 105877–105877. 2 indexed citations
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Ruf, Wolfgang, Eilís Hannon, Axel Freischmidt, et al.. (2022). Methylome analysis of ALS patients and presymptomatic mutation carriers in blood cells. Neurobiology of Aging. 116. 16–24. 10 indexed citations
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Ruf, Wolfgang, et al.. (2022). Spreading of alpha-synuclein between different cell types. Behavioural Brain Research. 436. 114059–114059. 11 indexed citations
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Oeckl, Patrick, Veselin Grozdanov, Wolfgang Ruf, et al.. (2022). Increased NF-L levels in the TDP-43G298S ALS mouse model resemble NF-L levels in ALS patients. Acta Neuropathologica. 144(1). 161–164. 3 indexed citations
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Grozdanov, Veselin, Wolfgang Ruf, Jan Kassubek, et al.. (2021). T-cell dysregulation is associated with disease severity in Parkinson’s Disease. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 18(1). 250–250. 38 indexed citations
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Zondler, Lisa, Marisa S. Feiler, Axel Freischmidt, et al.. (2016). Impaired activation of ALS monocytes by exosomes. Immunology and Cell Biology. 95(2). 207–214. 45 indexed citations
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Helferich, Anika M., Wolfgang Ruf, Veselin Grozdanov, et al.. (2015). α-synuclein interacts with SOD1 and promotes its oligomerization. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 10(1). 66–66. 32 indexed citations
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Grozdanov, Veselin, Lisa Zondler, Wolfgang Ruf, et al.. (2015). Age-dependent defects of alpha-synuclein oligomer uptake in microglia and monocytes. Acta Neuropathologica. 131(3). 379–391. 146 indexed citations
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Grozdanov, Veselin, Wolfgang Ruf, Lisa Zondler, et al.. (2014). Inflammatory dysregulation of blood monocytes in Parkinson’s disease patients. Acta Neuropathologica. 128(5). 651–663. 218 indexed citations
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Danzer, Karin M., Wolfgang Ruf, Ashley R. Winslow, et al.. (2012). Exosomal cell-to-cell transmission of alpha synuclein oligomers. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 7(1). 42–42. 690 indexed citations breakdown →
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Danzer, Karin M., Wolfgang Ruf, Preeti Putcha, et al.. (2010). Heat‐shock protein 70 modulates toxic extracellular α‐synuclein oligomers and rescues trans‐synaptic toxicity. The FASEB Journal. 25(1). 326–336. 247 indexed citations
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Ruf, Wolfgang, et al.. (1997). Festschrift Christoph-Hellmut Mahling zum 65. Geburtstag. 3 indexed citations
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Ruf, Wolfgang, et al.. (1986). Regional myocardial blood flow in experimental myocardial infarction after pretreatment with aspirin. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 7(5). 1057–1062. 6 indexed citations
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Ebel, H. & Wolfgang Ruf. (1985). Anion sensitive ATPase in human cornea. Current Eye Research. 4(4). 393–397. 2 indexed citations
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Ruf, Wolfgang, et al.. (1976). (Na+K+)-activated ATPase in human cornea. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 366(2-3). 203–210. 16 indexed citations

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