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4386
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742

Matthias Ruth publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Matthias Ruth sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 258 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Matthias Ruth D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Matthias Ruth sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 43 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Matthias Ruth is affiliated with the University of York in the United Kingdom and primarily works in the field of Environmental Science. Their research encompasses multiple subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Artificial Intelligence, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's recent publications cover diverse aspects of environmental and infrastructure challenges. Notable papers include:

  • "Urbanized knowledge syndrome-erosion of diversity and systems thinking in urbanites' mental models" (2022) published in npj Urban Sustainability
  • "Toward indicators of the performance of US infrastructures under climate change risks" (2020) published in Climatic Change
  • "Water environment collaborative governance policy in the Yangtze River Delta" (2024) published in Water Policy
  • "Non-perturbative guiding center model for magnetized plasmas" (2024) published in arXiv (Cornell University)

Their work addresses topics such as Cognitive Science and Mapping, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Environmental Education and Sustainability, Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Disaster Management and Resilience, and Global Energy and Sustainability Research.

Among the frequent coauthors collaborating with Matthias Ruth are Dodo J. Thampapillai, who has coauthored multiple papers, as well as Yuanhong Tian, C. Bao, and Payam Aminpour.

The scientist's publications appear in specialized venues including Water Policy, npj Urban Sustainability, Climatic Change, and arXiv (Cornell University), reflecting a focus on interdisciplinary environmental and infrastructure studies.

Best Publications

  • Using Dynamic Modeling to Scope Environmental Problems and Build Consensus

    Robert Costanza;Matthias Ruth

  • Dynamic Modeling

    Bruce Hannon;Matthias Ruth

  • Indicators of Dematerialization and the Materials Intensity of Use

    Cutler J. Cleveland;Matthias Ruth

  • Modeling Dynamic Biological Systems

    Bruce Hannon;Matthias Ruth

  • Social and economic impacts of climate change on the urban environment

    Rebecca Gasper;Andrew Blohm;Matthias Ruth

  • Modeling dynamic economic systems

    Matthias Ruth;Bruce Hannon

  • Regional Energy Demand Responses To Climate Change: Methodology And Application To The Commonwealth Of Massachusetts

    Anthony D. Amato;Matthias Ruth;Paul Kirshen;James Horwitz

  • Livability for all? Conceptual limits and practical implications.

    Matthias Ruth;Rachel S. Franklin

  • Integrating economics, ecology, and thermodynamics

    Matthias Ruth

  • Interdependencies of urban climate change impacts and adaptation strategies: a case study of Metropolitan Boston USA

    Paul Kirshen;Matthias Ruth;William Anderson

  • Modeling Sustainability: Population, Inequality, Consumption, and Bidirectional Coupling of the Earth and Human Systems

    Safa Motesharrei;Jorge Rivas;Eugenia Kalnay;Ghassem R. Asrar

  • When, where, and by how much do biophysical limits constrain the economic process?

    Cutler J Cleveland;Matthias Ruth

  • Regional energy demand and adaptations to climate change: Methodology and application to the state of Maryland, USA

    Matthias Ruth;Ai-Chen Lin

  • Climate change and coastal flooding in Metro Boston: impacts and adaptation strategies

    Paul Kirshen;Kelly Knee;Matthias Ruth

  • Exploring the resilience of industrial ecosystems

    Junming Zhu;Junming Zhu;Matthias Ruth

  • Understanding and managing the complexity of urban systems under climate change

    Matthias Ruth;Dana Coelho

  • Climate change and natural disasters: macroeconomic performance and distributional impacts

    María Eugenia Ibarrarán;Matthias Ruth;Sanjana Ahmad;Marisa London

  • Modeling the Effects of Fishing and Implications for the Design of Marine Protected Areas: Juvenile Fish Responses to Variations in Seafloor Habitat

    James B. Lindholm;Peter J. Auster;Matthias Ruth;Les Kaufman

  • Growing Up and Cleaning Up: The Environmental Kuznets Curve Redux.

    Rachel S. Franklin;Matthias Ruth

  • Coastal flooding, climate change and environmental justice: identifying obstacles and incentives for adaptation in two metropolitan Boston Massachusetts communities

    Ellen M. Douglas;Paul H. Kirshen;Michael Paolisso;Chris Watson

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Kirshen
Paul Kirshen University of Massachusetts Boston
Benjamin F. Hobbs
Benjamin F. Hobbs Johns Hopkins University
Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm
Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm University of Maryland, College Park
Robert Costanza
Robert Costanza University College London
Karen L. Palmer
Karen L. Palmer Resources For The Future
Alan Meier
Alan Meier Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Eugenia Kalnay
Eugenia Kalnay University of Maryland, College Park
Ning Zeng
Ning Zeng University of Maryland, College Park
Robert F. Cahalan
Robert F. Cahalan Goddard Space Flight Center
Philip Garcia
Philip Garcia University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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