Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
RNDr. Ivan Ružek, PhD.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Ružek
I.2 - Name
Ivan
I.3 - Degrees
RNDr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1973
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences / Department of Physical Geography and Geoinformatics
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Faculty of Natural Sciences CU, Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 84215 Bratislava 4
I.7 - Position
assistent professor
I.8 - E-mail address
ivan.ruzek@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/4424
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Earth Sciences

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
1996
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2004
II.c - Study field and programme
Physical Geography and Geoecology
II.4 - Associate professor
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
assistant professor Comenius University in Bratislava since 1996

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
language courses Istituto Italiano di Cultura 2020

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Physical Geography Geography, Cartography and Geoinformatics I. Earth Sciences
Climate Changes, Hazards and Risks Geography, Cartography and Geoinformatics I. Earth Sciences
Methods of Pedogeographical and Biogeographical Research Physical Geography and Geoinformatics II. Earth Sciences
Physical Geography Teaching Training for Geography in Combination I. Teacher Training and Education Science
Climate Changes, Hazards and Risks Teaching Training for Geography in Combination I. Teacher Training and Education Science
Bachelor´s Thesis Seminar (1) Teaching Training for Geography in Combination I. Teacher Training and Education Science
Bachelor´s Thesis Seminar (2) Teaching Training for Geography in Combination I. Teacher Training and Education Science
Master´s Thesis Seminar Teaching Training for Geography in Combination II. Teacher Training and Education Science
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
2
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
1
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
29
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
17
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Biogeography Geography, Cartography and Geoinformatics I. Earth Sciences
Biogeography - Practical Course Geography, Cartography and Geoinformatics I. Earth Sciences
Self-Activity on Bachelor Thesis from Geography and Geoinformatics 1 Geography, Cartography and Geoinformatics I. Earth Sciences
Self-Activity on Bachelor Thesis from Geography and Geoinformatics 2 Geography, Cartography and Geoinformatics I. Earth Sciences
Excursion from Physical Geography Geography, Cartography and Geoinformatics I. Earth Sciences
Excursions from Geoecology Geography, Cartography and Geoinformatics " I. Earth Sciences
Geoscience Excursion Geography, Cartography and Geoinformatics I. Earth Sciences
Special Seminar 1 Physical Geography and Geoinformatics II. Earth Sciences
Self-Activity on Diploma Thesis from Physical Geography and Geoinformatics 1 Physical Geography and Geoinformatics II. Earth Sciences
Self-Activity on Diploma Thesis from Physical Geography and Geoinformatics 2 Physical Geography and Geoinformatics II. Earth Sciences
Self-Activity on Diploma Thesis from Physical Geography and Geoinformatics 3 Physical Geography and Geoinformatics II. Earth Sciences
Fieldworks in Pedogeography and Biogeography Physical Geography and Geoinformatics II. Earth Sciences
Current Problems in Biogeography Physical Geography and Geoinformatics II. Earth Sciences
Physico-geographical Excursion Physical Geography and Geoinformatics II. Earth Sciences
Biogeography Teaching Training for Geography in Combination I. Teacher Training and Education Science

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
109
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
18
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
11
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
6
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
296
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
37
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
102
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
29
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
1
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
1
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

ŠILHÁN , Karel, RUŽEK, Ivan, FRIŠTYK, Marek & WIŚNIEWSKÁ, Kristýna. 2021. Growth responses of Pinus sylvestris (L.) to burial by drift sand and its application to the reconstruction of aeolian dune development. In: Catena. 2021, Vol. 196, January, Art. No. 104830. ISSN 0341-8162. 

2

V3_002 / Ružek, Ivan (Autor) [UKOPRZFGGI] (55%) - Šilhán, Karel (Autor) (45%): Regional activity of landslide movements affecting the bank of meandering river: Insights using tree-ring based methods. – text, fotogr., graf., tab., obr. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.1016/j.catena.2024.108141. – WOS CC ; CCC ; SCO ; SCIE.

In: Catena [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] : an interdisciplinary journal of soil science, hydrology, geomorphology focusing on geoecology and landscape evolution. – New York (USA) : Elsevier. – ISSN 0341-8162. – ISSN (online) 1872-6887. – č. 242 (2024), art. no. 108141, s. [1-10] [tlačená forma] [online]

Počet všetkých autorov: 2

[článok]

[OV 092 Vedy o Zemi a vesmíre]

[ŠO 1217 vedy o Zemi]

Indikátor časopisu:

IF: 5.4 - 2023

SNIP: 1,579 - 2023

SJR: 1,502 - 2023

CiteScore: 10,5 - 2023

AIS: 1.073 - 2023

3

ŠILHÁN, Karel, RUŽEK, Ivan & BURIAN, Libor. Dynamics of gully side erosion: a case study using tree roots exposure data. In: Open Geosciences. 2016, 8, 1, s. 108-116. ISSN 2391-5447.  

4

ŠILHÁN, Karel, RUŽEK, Ivan. Recreationally created footpaths as a means of preserving specific biotopes of bare sand accumulations: Evidence provided by dendrogeomorphic reconstruction. In: Land Degradation and Development 2022 

33(14), pp. 2440-2453, ISSN 2391-5447.  

5

V3_001 / Šilhán, Karel (Korešpondenčný autor) (65%) - Ružek, Ivan (Autor) [UKOPRZFGGI] (35%): Landslide development model based on tree-ring data and quantification of the magnitude of landslide movements. – text, fotogr., graf., obr. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.1016/j.enggeo.2024.107405. – WOS CC ; CCC ; SCO ; SCIE.

In: Engineering Geology [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] : An International Journal. – Amsterdam (Holandsko) : Elsevier. – ISSN 0013-7952. – ISSN (online) 1872-6917. – č. 329 (2024), s. [1-11] [tlačená forma] [online]

Počet všetkých autorov: 2

[článok]

[OV 092 Vedy o Zemi a vesmíre]

[ŠO 1217 vedy o Zemi]

Indikátor časopisu:

IF: 6.9 - 2023

SNIP: 2,442 - 2023

SJR: 2,437 - 2023

CiteScore: 13,7 - 2023

AIS: 1.622 - 2023

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

ŠILHÁN , Karel, RUŽEK, Ivan, FRIŠTYK, Marek & WIŚNIEWSKÁ, Kristýna. Growth responses of Pinus sylvestris (L.) to burial by drift sand and its application to the reconstruction of aeolian dune development. In: Catena. 2021, 196, Art. No. 104830. ISSN 0341-8162. 

2

ŠILHÁN, Karel, RUŽEK, Ivan. Recreationally created footpaths as a means of preserving specific biotopes of bare sand accumulations: Evidence provided by dendrogeomorphic reconstruction. In: Land Degradation and Development 2022 

33(14), pp. 2440-2453, ISSN 2391-5447.  

3

V3_001 / Šilhán, Karel (Korešpondenčný autor) (65%) - Ružek, Ivan (Autor) [UKOPRZFGGI] (35%): Landslide development model based on tree-ring data and quantification of the magnitude of landslide movements. – text, fotogr., graf., obr. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.1016/j.enggeo.2024.107405. – WOS CC ; CCC ; SCO ; SCIE.

In: Engineering Geology [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] : An International Journal. – Amsterdam (Holandsko) : Elsevier. – ISSN 0013-7952. – ISSN (online) 1872-6917. – č. 329 (2024), s. [1-11] [tlačená forma] [online]

Počet všetkých autorov: 2

[článok]

[OV 092 Vedy o Zemi a vesmíre]

[ŠO 1217 vedy o Zemi]

Indikátor časopisu:

IF: 6.9 - 2023

SNIP: 2,442 - 2023

SJR: 2,437 - 2023

CiteScore: 13,7 - 2023

AIS: 1.622 - 2023

4

V3_002 / Ružek, Ivan (Autor) [UKOPRZFGGI] (55%) - Šilhán, Karel (Autor) (45%): Regional activity of landslide movements affecting the bank of meandering river: Insights using tree-ring based methods. – text, fotogr., graf., tab., obr. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.1016/j.catena.2024.108141. – WOS CC ; CCC ; SCO ; SCIE.

In: Catena [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] : an interdisciplinary journal of soil science, hydrology, geomorphology focusing on geoecology and landscape evolution. – New York (USA) : Elsevier. – ISSN 0341-8162. – ISSN (online) 1872-6887. – č. 242 (2024), art. no. 108141, s. [1-10] [tlačená forma] [online]

Počet všetkých autorov: 2

[článok]

[OV 092 Vedy o Zemi a vesmíre]

[ŠO 1217 vedy o Zemi]

Indikátor časopisu:

IF: 5.4 - 2023

SNIP: 1,579 - 2023

SJR: 1,502 - 2023

CiteScore: 10,5 - 2023

AIS: 1.073 - 2023

5

Hlavný podiel na vytvorení a správe elektronickej databázy náučných chodníkov na Slovensku – internetového portálu Náučné chodníky na Slovensku [online]. Katedra fyzickej geografie a geoinformatiky Prírodovedeckej fakulty Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave, ©2025 [cit. 2025-01-17]. Dostupné z: http://naucnechodniky.eu

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

[o1] 2018 - Bernatek-Jakiel, A. - Wronska-Walach, D. - In: Catena, Vol. 165, Jun, 2018 ; s. 320-332 ; SCI ; SCOPUS cituje prácu / quotes the work: ŠILHÁN, Karel, RUŽEK, Ivan & BURIAN, Libor. Dynamics of gully side erosion: a case study using tree roots exposure data. In: Open Geosciences. 2016, 8, 1, s. 108-116. ISSN 2391-5447.  

2

[o1] 2018 - Bernatek-Jakiel, A. - Wronska-Walach, D. - In: Catena, Vol. 165, Jun, 2018 ; s. 320-332 ; SCI ; SCOPUS cituje prácu / quotes the work: ŠILHÁN, Karel, RUŽEK, Ivan & BURIAN, Libor. Dynamics of gully side erosion: a case study using tree roots exposure data. In: Open Geosciences. 2016, 8, 1, s. 108-116. ISSN 2391-5447.  [o1] 2018 - Fidelus-Orzechowska, J. - Wronska-Walach, D. - Cebulski, J. - Zelazny, M. - In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 630, Jul, 2018 ; s. 1298-1308 ; SCI ; SCOPUS. cituje prácu / quotes the work: ŠILHÁN, Karel, RUŽEK, Ivan & BURIAN, Libor. Dynamics of gully side erosion: a case study using tree roots exposure data. In: Open Geosciences. 2016, 8, 1, s. 108-116. ISSN 2391-5447.  

3

[o1] 2019 - Čech, V. - Hronček, P. - Tometzová, D. - Hvizdák, L. - Košová, V. - The impact of historical mining on the relief of low tatras (On the example of Malý Gápeľ hill). - In: International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference Surveying Geology and Mining Ecology Management, Vol. 19(1.3) . - [S.l.] : International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference, 2019 ; S. 667-675 ; SCOPUS. cituje prácu / quotes the work: BEDNARIK, Martin, PUTIŠKA, René, DOSTÁL, Ivan, TORNYAI, Rudolf, ŠILHÁN, Karel, HOLZER, Filip, WEIS, Karol & RUŽEK, Ivan. Multidisciplinary research of landslide at UNESCO site of Lower Hodruša mining water reservoir. In: Landslides. 2018, 15, 6, s. 1233-1251. ISSN 1612-510X.

4

[o1] 2019 - Vojteková, J. - Vojtek, M. - Tirpáková, A. - Vlkolinská, I. - In: Sustainability (Switzerland), Vol. 11, No. 23, 2019 ; Art. No. 6873 ; SCI ; SCOPUS. cituje prácu / quotes the work: BEDNARIK, Martin, PUTIŠKA, René, DOSTÁL, Ivan, TORNYAI, Rudolf, ŠILHÁN, Karel, HOLZER, Filip, WEIS, Karol & RUŽEK, Ivan. Multidisciplinary research of landslide at UNESCO site of Lower Hodruša mining water reservoir. In: Landslides. 2018, 15, 6, s. 1233-1251. ISSN 1612-510X.

5

[o1] 2018 - Šulíková, J. - In: Journal of Social Science Education, Vol. 17, No. 2, 2018 ; s. 41-56 ; SCOPUS. cituje prácu / quotes the work: Ružek, Ivan & Likavský, Peter. Geografia pre 8. ročník základných škôl a 3. ročník gymnázií s osemročným štúdiom. VKU Harmanec, 2011. ISBN 978-80-8042-629-3 

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

2019 – 2022, VEGA č. 1/0247/19, Assessment of land use dynamics and land cover changes, co-researcher, http://fns.uniba.sk/hodnotenie 

2

2017 – 2019, KEGA č. 003UK-4/2017, Landscape teaching of geosciences on selected educational trails, head of the project, http://fns.uniba.sk/terennevyucovanie 

3

2016 – 2019, APVV-15-0597,Use of geoecological data in the implementation of precision agriculture, co-researcher, http://fns.uniba.sk/precfarm 

4

2021 – 2023, KEGA č. 065UK-4/2021,Geoscience education support through educational trails, head of the project, http://fns.uniba.sk/geovzdelavanie 

5

2019 – 2021, KEGA č. 016UK-4/2019, Curriculum innovation and creation of a university textbook of the subject Ecosystems of the Earth, deputy of the project head

6

2016 – 2017, KEGA č. 080UK-4/2016, Creation of academic textbook "Methods of land cover research", co-researcher, http://fns.uniba.sk/ucebnicametodyvyskumulc 

7

2023 – 2027, APVV No. APVV-22-0024 Physical geomorphometry for physical geographical research, co-researcher

8

2023 – 2026, VEGA č. 1/0217/23, Modern methods and actual data sources in detailed research of the landscape spatial structure, co-researcher, 

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Member of editorial board Biologie, chemie, zeměpis since 2016

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Univerzita Karlova v Prahe, Přírodovědecká fakulta Albertov 6, Praha, Česko 2011 – 2019, 2023, 2024 5 days each year interuniversity cooperation
Univerzita Karlova v Prahe, Přírodovědecká fakulta Albertov 6, Praha, Česko 5 days (2021 and 2022) Erasmus+
Ostravská univerzita, Přírodovědecká fakulta 30. dubna 22, Ostrava, Česko 4 days (2019); 5 days (2021), 5 + 5 days (2023), 5 days (2024) Erasmus+
University of Minho Campus de Azurém, Guimaraes, Portugalsko 6 days 2019 Erasmus+
Univerzita v Ljubljane, Filozofická fakulta Aškerčeva 2, Ľubľana, Slovinsko 6 days (2006); 6 days (2008) Erasmus+
Adam Mickiewicz University Dzięgielowa 27, 61-680 Poznań, Poľsko 5 days (2007) Erasmus+
Babes-Bolyai University 5 - 7 Clinicilor street, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania 5 days (2023), 7 days (2024) Erasmus+
Institute of Geography, Tbilisi state University Tamarashvili 6, 0177, Tbilisi, Georgia 26/05/24 to 02/06/24 interuniversity cooperation

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2025-02-26