2026 Christian C. Ruff: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	62	3502	3204	93	90	181	15004

Overview

Christian C. Ruff is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with a significant body of work in cognitive neuroscience. The scientist's contributions span multiple subfields including neurology, experimental and cognitive psychology, general decision sciences, and social psychology.

The main research topics covered by Christian C. Ruff include:

Neural and behavioral psychology studies
Neural dynamics and brain function
Functional brain connectivity studies
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation studies
Decision-making and behavioral economics
Memory and neural mechanisms
Psychology of moral and emotional judgment

Christian C. Ruff has published extensively. The following is a selection of recent papers, detailing their titles, years of publication, and venues:

"Guidelines for TMS/tES clinical services and research through the COVID-19 pandemic," 2020, Brain Stimulation
"Real-world stress resilience is associated with the responsivity of the locus coeruleus," 2021, Nature Communications
"Dissociable mechanisms govern when and how strongly reward attributes affect decisions," 2020, Nature Human Behaviour
"Role of the locus coeruleus arousal system in cognitive control," 2020, Journal of Neuroendocrinology
"When differences matter: rTMS/fMRI reveals how differences in dispositional empathy translate to distinct neural underpinnings of self-other distinction in empathy," 2020, Cortex

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

Marius Moisa
Marcus Grueschow
Birgit Kleim
Rafael Polanía
Gilles de Hollander

Christian C. Ruff's work appears regularly in publication venues such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Nature Communications
Nature Human Behaviour
eLife

The research conducted by Christian C. Ruff covers a variety of approaches within neuroscience, integrating cognitive neuroscience with clinical and experimental methodologies. Their research includes advanced techniques such as transcranial magnetic stimulation and neuroimaging to explore neural mechanisms underlying complex behaviors, decision-making processes, and emotional and moral judgments.

Best Publications

Studying and modifying brain function with non-invasive brain stimulation.

Rafael Polanía;Michael A. Nitsche;Michael A. Nitsche;Christian C. Ruff

1006
Citations
Cognitive biases associated with medical decisions: a systematic review

Gustavo Saposnik;Donald A. Redelmeier;Christian C. Ruff;Philippe N. Tobler

991
Citations
The neurobiology of rewards and values in social decision making

Christian C. Ruff;Ernst Fehr

830
Citations
Concurrent TMS-fMRI and psychophysics reveal frontal influences on human retinotopic visual cortex

Christian C. Ruff;Felix Blankenburg;Otto Bjoertomt;Sven Bestmann

590
Citations
Right supramarginal gyrus is crucial to overcome emotional egocentricity bias in social judgments.

Giorgia Silani;Giorgia Silani;Claus Lamm;Claus Lamm;Christian C. Ruff;Tania Singer;Tania Singer

539
Citations
Distinct Causal Influences of Parietal Versus Frontal Areas on Human Visual Cortex: Evidence from Concurrent TMS–fMRI

Christian C. Ruff;Christian C. Ruff;Sven Bestmann;Sven Bestmann;Felix Blankenburg;Felix Blankenburg;Otto Bjoertomt;Otto Bjoertomt

361
Citations
Linking Brain Structure and Activation in Temporoparietal Junction to Explain the Neurobiology of Human Altruism

Yosuke Morishima;Daniel Schunk;Adrian Bruhin;Christian C. Ruff

352
Citations
Changing Social Norm Compliance with Noninvasive Brain Stimulation

Christian C Ruff;Giuseppe Ugazio;Giuseppe Ugazio;Ernst Fehr

333
Citations
Reasoning, Models, and Images: Behavioral Measures and Cortical Activity

Markus Knauff;Thomas Fangmeier;Christian C. Ruff;P. N. Johnson-laird

317
Citations
Neural oscillations and synchronization differentially support evidence accumulation in perceptual and value-based decision making.

Rafael Polanía;Ian Krajbich;Marcus Grueschow;Christian C. Ruff

290
Citations
Functional magnetic resonance imaging detects activation of the visual association cortex during laser acupuncture of the foot in humans.

Christian M. Siedentopf;Stefan M. Golaszewski;Felix M. Mottaghy;Christian C. Ruff

277
Citations
Combining TMS and fMRI: from 'virtual lesions' to functional-network accounts of cognition.

Christian C. Ruff;Jon Driver;Sven Bestmann

270
Citations
The role of contralesional dorsal premotor cortex after stroke as studied with concurrent TMS-fMRI

Sven Bestmann;Orlando Swayne;Felix Blankenburg;Felix Blankenburg;Christian C. Ruff;Christian C. Ruff;Christian C. Ruff

263
Citations
Mapping causal interregional influences with concurrent TMS–fMRI

Sven Bestmann;Christian C. Ruff;Christian C. Ruff;Felix Blankenburg;Nikolaus Weiskopf

255
Citations
fMRI Evidence for a Three-Stage Model of Deductive Reasoning

Thomas Fangmeier;Markus Knauff;Christian C. Ruff;Vladimir Sloutsky

243
Citations
Causal evidence for frontal involvement in memory target maintenance by posterior brain areas during distracter interference of visual working memory

Eva Feredoes;Klaartje Heinen;Nikolaus Weiskopf;Christian Ruff;Christian Ruff

242
Citations
Dorsal Premotor Cortex Exerts State-Dependent Causal Influences on Activity in Contralateral Primary Motor and Dorsal Premotor Cortex

Sven Bestmann;Sven Bestmann;Orlando Swayne;Felix Blankenburg;Christian C. Ruff;Christian C. Ruff

233
Citations
Efficient coding of subjective value.

Rafael Polanía;Michael Woodford;Christian C. Ruff

203
Citations
Source monitoring and memory confidence in schizophrenia.

S. Moritz;T.S. Woodward;T.S. Woodward;T.S. Woodward;C.C. Ruff;C.C. Ruff;C.C. Ruff

202
Citations
A causal account of the brain network computations underlying strategic social behavior

Christopher A Hill;Shinsuke Suzuki;Rafael Polania;Marius Moisa

202
Citations