| Gravitation and spacetime HC Ohanian, R Ruffini Cambridge University Press, 2013 | 1349 | 2013 |
| Systems of self-gravitating particles in general relativity and the concept of an equation of state R Ruffini, S Bonazzola Physical Review 187 (5), 1767, 1969 | 1285 | 1969 |
| Maximum mass of a neutron star CE Rhoades Jr, R Ruffini Physical Review Letters 32 (6), 324, 1974 | 801 | 1974 |
| Introducing the black hole R Ruffini, JA Wheeler Physics today 24 (1), 30-41, 1971 | 741 | 1971 |
| Black-hole evaporation in the Klein-Sauter-Heisenberg-Euler formalism T Damour, R Ruffini Physical Review D 14 (2), 332, 1976 | 715 | 1976 |
| Reversible transformations of a charged black hole D Christodoulou, R Ruffini Physical Review D 4 (12), 3552, 1971 | 633 | 1971 |
| Electron–positron pairs in physics and astrophysics: from heavy nuclei to black holes R Ruffini, G Vereshchagin, SS Xue Physics Reports 487 (1-4), 1-140, 2010 | 579 | 2010 |
| Gravitational radiation from a particle falling radially into a Schwarzschild black hole M Davis, R Ruffini, WH Press, RH Price Physical Review Letters 27 (21), 1466, 1971 | 375 | 1971 |
| On quantum resonances in stationary geometries T Damour, N Deruelle, R Ruffini Lettere al Nuovo Cimento (1971-1985) 15, 257-262, 1976 | 355 | 1976 |
| Quantum electrodynamical effects in Kerr-Newmann geometries T Damour, R Ruffini Physical Review Letters 35 (7), 463, 1975 | 252 | 1975 |
| The THESEUS space mission concept: science case, design and expected performances L Amati, P O’Brien, D Götz, E Bozzo, C Tenzer, F Frontera, G Ghirlanda, ... Advances in Space Research 62 (1), 191-244, 2018 | 227 | 2018 |
| Science with e-ASTROGAM: A space mission for MeV–GeV gamma-ray astrophysics A De Angelis, V Tatischeff, IA Grenier, J McEnery, M Mallamaci, M Tavani, ... Journal of High Energy Astrophysics 19, 1-106, 2018 | 217 | 2018 |
| On the pair-electromagnetic pulse from an electromagnetic black hole surrounded by a baryonic remnant R Ruffini, JD Salmonson, JR Wilson, SS Xue arXiv preprint astro-ph/0004257, 2000 | 197 | 2000 |
| Motion of charged test particles in Reissner-Nordström spacetime D Pugliese, H Quevedo, R Ruffini Physical Review D 83 (10), 104052, 2011 | 195 | 2011 |
| Circular motion of neutral test particles in Reissner-Nordström spacetime D Pugliese, H Quevedo, R Ruffini Physical Review D 83 (2), 024021, 2011 | 191 | 2011 |
| Black holes, gravitational waves, and cosmology: an introduction to current research M Rees, R Ruffini, JA Wheeler Topics in Astrophysics and Space Physics, 1974 | 184 | 1974 |
| On the interpretation of the burst structure of gamma-ray bursts R Ruffini, CL Bianco, F Fraschetti, SS Xue, P Chardonnet The Astrophysical Journal 555 (2), L113, 2001 | 176 | 2001 |
| Relativistic magnetohydrodynamical effects of plasma accreting into a black hole R Ruffini, JR Wilson Physical Review D 12 (10), 2959, 1975 | 173 | 1975 |
| Pulses of gravitational radiation of a particle falling radially into a Schwarzschild black hole M Davis, R Ruffini, J Tiomno Physical Review D 5 (12), 2932, 1972 | 170 | 1972 |
| Lines of force of a point charge near a Schwarzschild black hole RS Hanni, R Ruffini Physical Review D 8 (10), 3259, 1973 | 169 | 1973 |
