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Researcher · Johns Hopkins University · United States

Christopher B. Ruff

Christopher B. Ruff publishes mostly in Archeology, Anthropology and Paleontology, on topics such as Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology and Primate Behavior and Ecology.

ORCID 0000-0002-2932-3634 OpenAlex
World rank
#13,047
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#4,539
of 1,627,098
Works
301
Citations
23k
Citations per work
77.6
h-index
80
i10-index 180Top 0.1% in Archeology (Arts and Humanities)
Christopher B. Ruff

What does Christopher B. Ruff research?

Christopher B. Ruff's work is mostly in Arts and Humanities (20%), Social Sciences (12%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (10%).

Social Sciences: 125 works · 41.6% of their workArts and Humanities: 61 works · 20.2% of their workArcheology: 61 works · 20.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 37 works · 12.4% of their workAnthropology: 37 works · 12.4% of their workPsychology: 27 works · 9.0% of their workSocial Psychology: 27 works · 9.0% of their workEverything else: 112 works · 37.2% of their workPhysical Sciences: 45 works · 14.9% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 29 works · 9.6% of their workPaleontology: 29 works · 9.6% of their workMathematics: 16 works · 5.3% of their workGeometry and Topology: 16 works · 5.3% of their workHealth Sciences: 19 works · 6.3% of their workMedicine: 19 works · 6.3% of their workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 19 works · 6.3% of their workTHEIR WORKChristopher B.Ruff301works
Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences42%

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. Arts and Humanities6120.2%
    2. Social Sciences3712.4%
    3. Psychology279.0%
  2. Everything else11237.2%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences299.6%
    2. Mathematics165.3%
    1. Medicine196.3%
  1. 1Archeology20% of their works
  2. 2Anthropology12% of their works
  3. 3Paleontology10% of their works
  4. 4Social Psychology9% of their works
  5. 5Orthopedics and Sports Medicine6% of their works
  6. 6Geometry and Topology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Christopher B. Ruff's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Age Estimation, Sex Determination, Hominin Genetics, Paleolithic Archaeology, Primates, Social Behavior, Mammal Evolution and Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Age Estimation1121 topic
  2. Sex Determination1121 topic
  3. Hominin Genetics911 topic
  4. Paleolithic Archaeology911 topic
  5. Primates631 topic
  6. Social Behavior631 topic
  7. Mammal Evolution581 topic
  8. Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis581 topic
  9. Bone Mineral Density401 topic
  10. Fractures401 topic
  11. Geometric Morphometrics391 topic
  12. Morphological Integration391 topic
  13. Ancient Health331 topic
  14. Paleoparasitology331 topic
  15. Animal Movement161 topic
  16. Occupancy Rates161 topic

Where does Christopher B. Ruff work?

Christopher B. Ruff's main affiliation in the publication record is Johns Hopkins University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Christopher B. Ruff have?

OpenAlex counts 301 works and 23,370 citations for Christopher B. Ruff, an h-index of 80, ranking #13,047 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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