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D-Index
99
Citations
28514
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8704
National Ranking
342

Dirk J. Ruiter publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dirk J. Ruiter sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 399 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Dirk J. Ruiter D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dirk J. Ruiter sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 99 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Dirk J. Ruiter is affiliated with Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the field of Social Sciences, with specific contributions to subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Development, and Safety Research.

The researcher has a focused interest in several main topics which include:

  • Religion, Society, and Development
  • International Development and Aid
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

Among their recent scholarly output is a paper titled Coordination as the flagship to the efficacy of humanitarian aid: Research on the influence of different coordination types on the efficacy of humanitarian aid operations in Africa, published in 2024 in the journal Public Administration and Development. This work explores the impact of coordination mechanisms on the effectiveness of humanitarian aid efforts on the African continent.

Dirk J. Ruiter collaborates with other researchers, including frequent coauthor Michiel S. de Vries.

The primary publication venue for their work is Public Administration and Development, reflecting a concentration of contributions in this scholarly journal.

Best Publications

  • How schema and novelty augment memory formation.

    Marlieke T.R. van Kesteren;Marlieke T.R. van Kesteren;Dirk J. Ruiter;Guillén Fernández;Guillén Fernández;Richard N. Henson

  • Matrix Metalloproteinases in Human Melanoma

    Uta B. Hofmann;Johan R. Westphal;Goos N.P. van Muijen;Dirk J. Ruiter

  • Maturation of Dendritic Cells Is a Prerequisite for Inducing Immune Responses in Advanced Melanoma Patients

    I. Jolanda M. de Vries;W. Joost Lesterhuis;Nicole M. Scharenborg;Linda P. H. Engelen

  • Post-surgery adjuvant therapy with intermediate doses of interferon alfa 2b versus observation in patients with stage IIb/III melanoma (EORTC 18952): randomised controlled trial.

    Alexander M. M. Eggermont;Stefan Suciu;Rona Mackie;Wlodzimierz Ruka

  • Coexpression of intermediate filament polypeptides in human fetal and adult tissues.

    Van Muijen Gn;Ruiter Dj;Warnaar So

  • Monoclonal antibody PAL-E specific for endothelium.

    R O Schlingemann;G M Dingjan;J J Emeis;J Blok

  • Cancer/testis‐associated genes: Identification, expression profile, and putative function

    Albert J.W. Zendman;Dirk J. Ruiter;Goos N.P. Van Muijen

  • NMB, a novel gene, is expressed in low-metastatic human melanoma cell lines and xenografts

    M.A.J. Weterman;N. Ajubi;I.M.R. van Dinter;W.G.J. Degen

  • Expression of the high molecular weight melanoma-associated antigen by pericytes during angiogenesis in tumors and in healing wounds.

    R O Schlingemann;F J Rietveld;R M de Waal;S Ferrone

  • Differential roles for medial prefrontal and medial temporal cortices in schema-dependent encoding: From congruent to incongruent

    Marlieke T.R. van Kesteren;Marlieke T.R. van Kesteren;Sarah F. Beul;Sarah F. Beul;Atsuko Takashima;Richard N. Henson

  • Final results of the EORTC 18871/DKG 80-1 randomised phase III trial. rIFN-alpha2b versus rIFN-gamma versus ISCADOR M versus observation after surgery in melanoma patients with either high-risk primary (thickness >3 mm) or regional lymph node metastasis.

    U.R. Kleeberg;S. Suciu;E.B. Bröcker;D.J. Ruiter

  • Melanoma–stroma interactions: structural and functional aspects

    Dirk Ruiter;Thomas Bogenrieder;David Elder;Meenhard Herlyn

  • Differential expression of markers for endothelial cells, pericytes, and basal lamina in the microvasculature of tumors and granulation tissue

    R. O. Schlingemann;F. J. R. Rietveld;F. Kwaspen;P. C. M. Van De Kerkhof

  • Leukocyte antigen CD34 is expressed by a subset of cultured endothelial cells and on endothelial abluminal microprocesses in the tumor stroma.

    R. O. Schlingemann;F. J. R. Rietveld;R. M. W. De Waal;N. J. Bradley

  • The tumor microenvironment: a critical determinant of neoplastic evolution.

    Léon C.L.T. van Kempen;Dirk J. Ruiter;Goos N.P. van Muijen;Lisa M. Coussens

  • Heterogeneous Expression of Immunotherapy Candidate Proteins gp100, MART-1, and Tyrosinase in Human Melanoma Cell Lines and in Human Melanocytic Lesions

    T.J. de Vries;A. Fourkour;Th. Wobbes;G. Verkroost

  • Induction of alpha-smooth muscle actin expression in cultured human brain pericytes by transforming growth factor-beta 1.

    M. M. Verbeek;I. Otte-Höller;P. Wesseling;D. J. Ruiter

  • Antiangiogenic therapy of cerebral melanoma metastases results in sustained tumor progression via vessel co-option.

    William P. J. Leenders;Benno Küsters;Kiek Verrijp;Cathy Maass

  • Angiogenesis in brain tumors: pathobiological and clinical aspects

    Pieter Wesseling;Dirk J. Ruiter;Peter C. Burger

  • Retrieval of associative information congruent with prior knowledge is related to increased medial prefrontal activity and connectivity.

    Marlieke T R van Kesteren;Mark Rijpkema;Dirk J Ruiter;Guillén Fernández

Frequent Co-Authors

Pieter Wesseling
Pieter Wesseling University of Amsterdam
Erik H.J. Danen
Erik H.J. Danen Leiden University
Soldano Ferrone
Soldano Ferrone Harvard University
Eva-B. Bröcker
Eva-B. Bröcker University of Würzburg
Marcel M. Verbeek
Marcel M. Verbeek Radboud University
Guillén Fernández
Guillén Fernández Radboud University
Carl G. Figdor
Carl G. Figdor Radboud University
Jack A. Schalken
Jack A. Schalken Radboud University
Cornelis J. A. Punt
Cornelis J. A. Punt University of Amsterdam
Paul H.A. Quax
Paul H.A. Quax Leiden University Medical Center

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