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Researcher · Southern Illinois University Carbondale · United States

Charles M. Ruffner

Charles M. Ruffner publishes mostly in Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, on topics such as Fire effects on ecosystems, Rangeland and Wildlife Management and Tree-ring climate responses.

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World rank
#3,344,323
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#943,166
of 1,627,098
Works
55
Citations
1.1k
Citations per work
20.8
h-index
18
i10-index 34Top 28% in Global and Planetary Change
Charles M. Ruffner

What does Charles M. Ruffner research?

Charles M. Ruffner's work is mostly in Environmental Science (59%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (13%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (10%).

Physical Sciences: 38 works · 69.2% of their workEnvironmental Science: 33 works · 59.1% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 15 works · 27.7% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 10 works · 18.2% of their workEcology: 7 works · 13.2% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 works · 10.1% of their workAtmospheric Science: 6 works · 10.1% of their workEverything else: 10 works · 17.6% of their workLife Sciences: 7 works · 13.2% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 works · 13.2% of their workPlant Science: 4 works · 6.9% of their workInsect Science: 3 works · 6.3% of their workTHEIR WORKCharles M.Ruffner55works
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences69%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science3359.1%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences610.1%
  2. Everything else1017.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences713.2%
  1. 1Global and Planetary Change28% of their works
  2. 2Nature and Landscape Conservation18% of their works
  3. 3Ecology13% of their works
  4. 4Atmospheric Science10% of their works
  5. 5Plant Science7% of their works
  6. 6Insect Science6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Charles M. Ruffner's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Forest Fires, Wildfire Activity, Biodiversity, Conservation, Biodiversity Conservation, Sagebrush and Wildlife Habitat.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change573 topics
  2. Forest Fires301 topic
  3. Wildfire Activity301 topic
  4. Biodiversity272 topics
  5. Conservation272 topics
  6. Biodiversity Conservation162 topics
  7. Sagebrush141 topic
  8. Wildlife Habitat141 topic
  9. Functional Diversity131 topic
  10. Habitat Fragmentation131 topic
  11. Temperature Variability131 topic
  12. Tree Rings131 topic
  13. Allometric Models121 topic
  14. Biomass Estimation121 topic
  15. Dead Wood101 topic
  16. Forest Management101 topic
  17. Cyperus71 topic
  18. Phylogeny71 topic
  19. Climate Change Impacts61 topic
  20. Forest Carbon Sequestration61 topic

Where does Charles M. Ruffner work?

Charles M. Ruffner's main affiliation in the publication record is Southern Illinois University Carbondale, United States.

How many publications and citations does Charles M. Ruffner have?

OpenAlex counts 55 works and 1,146 citations for Charles M. Ruffner, an h-index of 18, ranking #3,344,323 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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