Andreas Schäffer

12.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
241 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

Andreas Schäffer is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Andreas Schäffer has authored 241 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 139 papers in Pollution, 92 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 33 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Andreas Schäffer's work include Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (82 papers), Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies (65 papers) and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (42 papers). Andreas Schäffer is often cited by papers focused on Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (82 papers), Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies (65 papers) and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (42 papers). Andreas Schäffer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and Switzerland. Andreas Schäffer's co-authors include Jeremias H.R. Kägi, Philippe F.-X. Corvini, Matthias Kästner, Anja Miltner, Peter Burauel, Martina Roß‐Nickoll, Rong Ji, Karolina M. Nowak, Kilian E. C. Smith and Henner Hollert and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Andreas Schäffer

232 papers receiving 8.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Biochemistry of metallothionein

1988 1.0k citations Jeremias H.R. Kägi, Andreas Schäffer Biochemistry profile →
How relevant is recalcitrance for the stabilization of organic matter in soils?

2008 576 citations Rong Ji, Andreas Schäffer et al. profile →
Comparing straw, compost, and biochar regarding their suitability as agricultural soil amendments to affect soil structure, nutrient leaching, microbial communities, and the fate of pesticides

2020 364 citations Andreas Schäffer, Kilian E. C. Smith et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Andreas Schäffer	4.0k	3.1k	1.0k	1.0k	869	241	8.9k
Sardar Khan	7.7k 1.9×	3.6k 1.2×	395 0.4×	1.8k 1.8×	861 1.0×	227	13.1k
David J. Spurgeon	7.4k 1.9×	5.1k 1.6×	365 0.4×	912 0.9×	533 0.6×	192	12.7k
Zhen Li	2.2k 0.6×	938 0.3×	310 0.3×	1.4k 1.4×	637 0.7×	344	8.3k
Camille Dumat	6.5k 1.6×	3.1k 1.0×	401 0.4×	4.2k 4.1×	504 0.6×	123	11.8k
W. T. Frankenberger	3.2k 0.8×	3.7k 1.2×	2.1k 2.1×	2.5k 2.5×	1.8k 2.1×	211	10.6k
Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman‬	4.5k 1.1×	4.1k 1.3×	583 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	318 0.4×	242	11.2k
Claus Svendsen	7.0k 1.8×	4.4k 1.4×	267 0.3×	806 0.8×	219 0.3×	168	11.9k
Peter M. Kopittke	3.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.3×	400 0.4×	4.7k 4.7×	2.0k 2.3×	242	10.8k
Pierre‐Marie Badot	1.5k 0.4×	1.6k 0.5×	213 0.2×	1.3k 1.3×	457 0.5×	133	8.2k
Kirk G. Scheckel	6.4k 1.6×	3.9k 1.3×	617 0.6×	1.5k 1.5×	377 0.4×	198	13.9k

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Smith, Kilian E. C., et al.. (2025). Deciphering the constraints of pure bacterial strains for the complete catabolism of sulfamethoxazole: A proteomic and kinetic study. Biodegradation. 36(6). 117–117.

Schmidt, Felix, Severin N. Habisreutinger, Riikka Suhonen, et al.. (2025). Assessment of soil impacts from lead release by lead-halide perovskite solar cells based on outdoor leaching tests. 2(1). 118–126.

Qin, Zhihao, Min Zhou, Zhongli Chen, et al.. (2025). Unexpected Discovery of the Food Additive Nonivamide as a Main Estrogenic Contributor in the Three Gorges Reservoir. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(37). 20019–20030.

Fu, Yuhao, Yu‐Qin Zhang, Xiangzhen Li, et al.. (2024). Co-occurrence patterns of gut microbiome, antibiotic resistome and the perturbation of dietary uptake in captive giant pandas. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 471. 134252–134252. 5 indexed citations

Schäffer, Andreas, et al.. (2024). Toxic effect of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on co-culture model of human alveolar epithelial cells (A549) and macrophages (THP-1). Environmental Sciences Europe. 36(1). 10 indexed citations

Roß‐Nickoll, Martina, et al.. (2023). Monitoring metal patterns from urban and agrarian sites using the bumblebee Bombus terrestris as a bioindicator. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(57). 119947–119960. 5 indexed citations

Schäffer, Andreas, et al.. (2023). Towards oxidoreductase-based processes for the removal of antibiotics from wastewater. Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology. 22(4). 899–932. 10 indexed citations

Li, Zhen, Mingliang Fang, Ting Zhang, et al.. (2023). Substantial halogenated organic chemicals stored in permafrost soils on the Tibetan Plateau. Nature Geoscience. 16(11). 989–996. 21 indexed citations

Grimm, Volker, et al.. (2023). LandS: Vegetation modeling based on Ellenberg's ecological indicator values. MethodsX. 11. 102486–102486. 2 indexed citations

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Achten, Christine, et al.. (2021). Identification of sites with elevated PM levels along an urban cycle path using a mobile platform and the analysis of 48 particle bound PAH. Atmospheric Environment. 271. 118912–118912. 5 indexed citations

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Ottermanns, Richard, Andreas Schäffer, Björn Scholz‐Starke, et al.. (2019). Simulating spray series of pesticides in agricultural practice reveals evidence for accumulation of environmental risk in soil. The Science of The Total Environment. 710. 135004–135004. 19 indexed citations

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Jia, Yunlu, Qiqing Chen, Sarah E. Crawford, et al.. (2018). Cyanobacterial blooms act as sink and source of endocrine disruptors in the third largest freshwater lake in China. Environmental Pollution. 245. 408–418. 25 indexed citations

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Jia, Yunlu, Monika Hammers‐Wirtz, Sarah E. Crawford, et al.. (2018). Effect-based and chemical analyses of agonistic and antagonistic endocrine disruptors in multiple matrices of eutrophic freshwaters. The Science of The Total Environment. 651(Pt 1). 1096–1104. 22 indexed citations

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Schäffer, Andreas, et al.. (2014). Development and specification of a toxicokinetic and toxicodynamic growth model of Myriophyllum spicatum for use in risk assessment. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 1 indexed citations

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Gogos, Alexander, et al.. (2013). Hydrolysed wool: a novel soil amendment for zinc and iron biofortification of wheat. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 56(2). 130–141. 14 indexed citations

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Floehr, Tilman, Hongxia Xiao, Björn Scholz‐Starke, et al.. (2013). Solution by dilution?—A review on the pollution status of the Yangtze River. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 20(10). 6934–6971. 107 indexed citations

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Schäffer, Andreas, et al.. (2007). Studies on the behaviour of endocrine disrupting compounds in a membrane bioreactor. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 2 indexed citations

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Schäffer, Andreas, et al.. (2004). Der mikrobielle Umsatz von Ernterückständen in einem landwirtschaftlich genutzten Boden und dessen Beeinflussung durch ausgewählte Xenobiotika. JuSER (Forschungszentrum Jülich). 2 indexed citations

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Schäffer, Andreas, et al.. (2003). Pesticide volatilization from soil and plant surfaces: Measurements at different scales versus model predictions. JuSER (Forschungszentrum Jülich). 10 indexed citations

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Kägi, Jeremias H.R. & Andreas Schäffer. (1988). Biochemistry of metallothionein. Biochemistry. 27(23). 8509–8515. 1042 indexed citations breakdown →

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