Beat Schäffer

2.1k total citations
73 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Beat Schäffer is a scholar working on Speech and Hearing, Automotive Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Beat Schäffer has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Speech and Hearing, 29 papers in Automotive Engineering and 28 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Beat Schäffer's work include Noise Effects and Management (57 papers), Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control (29 papers) and Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research (28 papers). Beat Schäffer is often cited by papers focused on Noise Effects and Management (57 papers), Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control (29 papers) and Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research (28 papers). Beat Schäffer collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Spain. Beat Schäffer's co-authors include Reto Pieren, Jean Marc Wunderli, Rainer Schulin, Mark Brink, Danielle Vienneau, Martin Röösli, Pascal Boivin, Ralph Müller, Martin Stauber and Kurt Heutschi and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, The Science of The Total Environment and Environmental Health Perspectives.

In The Last Decade

Beat Schäffer

65 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Beat Schäffer Switzerland 23 800 431 398 295 288 73 1.5k
Kirill V. Horoshenkov United Kingdom 34 1.1k 1.4× 322 0.7× 1.6k 4.1× 711 2.4× 487 1.7× 160 3.7k
Eja Pedersen Sweden 23 1.4k 1.7× 900 2.1× 720 1.8× 29 0.1× 461 1.6× 60 2.5k
Kurt Heutschi Switzerland 20 434 0.5× 285 0.7× 456 1.1× 177 0.6× 54 0.2× 61 1.1k
Luca Fredianelli Italy 27 1.3k 1.7× 713 1.7× 869 2.2× 257 0.9× 129 0.4× 55 1.8k
Timothy Van Renterghem Belgium 30 2.0k 2.5× 365 0.8× 969 2.4× 97 0.3× 1.3k 4.5× 154 3.1k
Gaetano Licitra Italy 32 1.8k 2.3× 940 2.2× 1.1k 2.9× 403 1.4× 183 0.6× 96 2.4k
Chao Zou China 27 191 0.2× 552 1.3× 182 0.5× 934 3.2× 430 1.5× 81 2.0k
Ritesh Vijay India 16 224 0.3× 142 0.3× 160 0.4× 49 0.2× 39 0.1× 58 799
Paola Ricciardi Italy 26 353 0.4× 60 0.1× 185 0.5× 187 0.6× 522 1.8× 41 2.3k
G R Watts United Kingdom 23 1.1k 1.3× 233 0.5× 439 1.1× 236 0.8× 661 2.3× 93 1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Beat Schäffer

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All Works

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Schäffer, Beat, María García‐Martín, Natalia Kolecka, et al.. (2025). Urban noise vs. nature’s calm: A Swiss study of noise annoyance and the role of residential green. City and Environment Interactions. 27. 100204–100204. 1 indexed citations
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García‐Martín, María, Natalia Kolecka, Marcel Hunziker, et al.. (2025). The role of greenness and road traffic noise for psychological restoration in everyday environments. A participatory mapping approach. Landscape and Urban Planning. 259. 105339–105339. 2 indexed citations
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Pieren, Reto, et al.. (2025). In the ear of the beholder: Restorative potential of different audio-visual characteristics of recreational spaces tested in 360° VR. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 107. 102760–102760.
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Schäffer, Beat, Jean Marc Wunderli, Karin Hediger, et al.. (2025). Psychophysiological effects of walking in forests and urban built environments with disparate road traffic noise exposure: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 105. 102662–102662. 1 indexed citations
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Wunderli, Jean Marc, Martin Röösli, Danielle Vienneau, et al.. (2025). Determinants of green space visits in urban areas: The role of personal, situational and physical characteristics. A cross-sectional study in Zurich, Switzerland. Urban forestry & urban greening. 111. 128872–128872. 2 indexed citations
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Hediger, Karin, Jean Marc Wunderli, Beat Schäffer, et al.. (2024). Psychophysiological effects of walking in forests and urban built environments with disparate road traffic noise exposure: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial. BMC Psychology. 12(1). 250–250. 6 indexed citations
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Wunderli, Jean Marc, et al.. (2024). Impact of buildings, forests and cliffs on aircraft noise mapping: Case study. Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment. 133. 104279–104279.
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Pieren, Reto, et al.. (2024). Investigating effect chains from cognitive and noise-induced short-term stress build-up to restoration in an urban or nature setting using 360° VR. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 100. 102466–102466. 8 indexed citations
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Pieren, Reto, et al.. (2024). Short-term noise annoyance towards drones and other transportation noise sources: A laboratory study. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 156(4). 2578–2595. 6 indexed citations
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Vienneau, Danielle, et al.. (2024). Acute effects of military aircraft noise on sedative and analgesic drug administrations in psychiatric patients: A case-time series analysis. Environment International. 185. 108501–108501. 2 indexed citations
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Wunderli, Jean Marc, et al.. (2024). Influence of buildings, forests and cliffs on aircraft noise exposure mapping - A case study. DORA Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)). 3829–3833. 1 indexed citations
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Schäffer, Beat, Mark Brink, Martin Röösli, et al.. (2023). How Do Road Traffic Noise and Residential Greenness Correlate with Noise Annoyance and Long-Term Stress? Protocol and Pilot Study for a Large Field Survey with a Cross-Sectional Design. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(4). 3203–3203. 12 indexed citations
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Vienneau, Danielle, Apolline Saucy, Jan Hattendorf, et al.. (2022). The association of road traffic noise with cognition in adolescents: A cohort study in Switzerland. Environmental Research. 218. 115031–115031. 7 indexed citations
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Vienneau, Danielle, Jan Hattendorf, Apolline Saucy, et al.. (2022). The association of road traffic noise with problem behaviour in adolescents: A cohort study. Environmental Research. 207. 112645–112645. 19 indexed citations
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Vienneau, Danielle, Apolline Saucy, Beat Schäffer, et al.. (2021). Transportation noise exposure and cardiovascular mortality: 15-years of follow-up in a nationwide prospective cohort in Switzerland. Environment International. 158. 106974–106974. 68 indexed citations
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Schäffer, Beat, et al.. (2020). Residential green is associated with reduced annoyance to road traffic and railway noise but increased annoyance to aircraft noise exposure. Environment International. 143. 105885–105885. 63 indexed citations
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Schäffer, Beat, et al.. (2009). Aircraft noise calculations for relevant periods of day using a complete set of radar data. DORA Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)). 1 indexed citations

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