Michael Schäfer

353 total papers · 10.7k total citations
202 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Michael Schäfer is a scholar working on Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Schäfer has authored 202 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Physiology, 76 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 50 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Michael Schäfer’s work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (89 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (73 papers) and Anesthesia and Pain Management (38 papers). Michael Schäfer is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (89 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (73 papers) and Anesthesia and Pain Management (38 papers). Michael Schäfer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Michael Schäfer's co-authors include Christoph Stein, Shaaban A. Mousa, Halina Machelska, Heike L. Rittner, Alexander Brack, Mohammed Shaqura, Dominika Łabuz, Christian Zöllner, Iris Henzi and Bernhard Walder and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Schäfer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Schäfer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Schäfer based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Michael Schäfer. Michael Schäfer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Michael Schäfer

190 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Schäfer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Michael Schäfer

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