Chris B. Schaffer

14.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
132 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

Chris B. Schaffer is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris B. Schaffer has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 32 papers in Biophysics and 28 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Chris B. Schaffer's work include Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (28 papers), Laser Material Processing Techniques (26 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (17 papers). Chris B. Schaffer is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (28 papers), Laser Material Processing Techniques (26 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (17 papers). Chris B. Schaffer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Israel. Chris B. Schaffer's co-authors include Eric Mazur, Nozomi Nishimura, A. Brodeur, David Kleinfeld, J.F. Garcı́a, Demirhan Kobat, Chris Xu, Frank W. Wise, Catharine G. Clark and Nicholas G. Horton and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Chris B. Schaffer

126 papers receiving 9.1k 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.

In vivo three-photon microscopy of subcortical structures within an intact mouse brain

2013 1.1k citations Frank W. Wise, Chris B. Schaffer et al. profile →
Laser-induced breakdown and damage in bulk transparent materials induced by tightly focused femtosecond laser pulses

2001 574 citations Chris B. Schaffer et al. profile →
Micromachining bulk glass by use of femtosecond laser pulses with nanojoule energy

2001 569 citations Chris B. Schaffer et al. profile →
Vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia including Alzheimer's disease

2014 451 citations Chris B. Schaffer et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Chris B. Schaffer	3.2k	2.0k	1.5k	1.3k	1.2k	132	9.3k
Andrew K. Dunn	4.0k 1.3×	515 0.3×	1.1k 0.7×	493 0.4×	754 0.6×	192	12.0k
Michael Wahl	469 0.1×	409 0.2×	651 0.4×	761 0.6×	505 0.4×	221	6.5k
Nozomi Nishimura	1.3k 0.4×	275 0.1×	845 0.6×	219 0.2×	761 0.6×	95	4.7k
Brian K. Rutt	1.7k 0.5×	235 0.1×	410 0.3×	726 0.6×	338 0.3×	216	11.8k
Jochen Guck	6.4k 2.0×	177 0.1×	1.3k 0.8×	2.5k 2.0×	185 0.2×	208	13.8k
Qingming Luo	4.6k 1.4×	123 0.1×	2.9k 1.9×	332 0.3×	779 0.7×	560	14.6k
R. Mark Henkelman	3.4k 1.1×	171 0.1×	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	556 0.5×	321	27.8k
Peter M. Jakob	1.9k 0.6×	620 0.3×	484 0.3×	3.5k 2.7×	140 0.1×	362	15.4k
Alberto Diaspro	4.6k 1.4×	282 0.1×	4.2k 2.8×	1.6k 1.2×	106 0.1×	506	12.8k
Warren R. Zipfel	5.9k 1.8×	146 0.1×	5.1k 3.3×	1.2k 0.9×	323 0.3×	132	15.6k

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Zhao, Emily, Şefik Evren Erdener, John Jiang, et al.. (2025). Capillaries susceptible to frequent stall dynamics revealed by comparing OCT and bessel-2PM measurements. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 45(10). 1905–1917.

Berkowitz, Laura E., et al.. (2024). MouseGoggles: an immersive virtual reality headset for mouse neuroscience and behavior. Nature Methods. 22(2). 380–385. 1 indexed citations

Smith, Norah L., et al.. (2022). Cutting Edge: CCR9 Promotes CD8+ T Cell Recruitment to the Brain during Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection. The Journal of Immunology. 209(12). 2281–2286. 4 indexed citations

Haft‐Javaherian, Mohammad, Martin Villiger, Chris B. Schaffer, et al.. (2020). A topological encoding convolutional neural network for segmentation of 3D multiphoton images of brain vasculature using persistent homology. PubMed. 2020. 4262–4271. 10 indexed citations

Erdener, Şefik Evren, Jianbo Tang, Kıvılcım Kılıç, et al.. (2020). Dynamic capillary stalls in reperfused ischemic penumbra contribute to injury: A hyperacute role for neutrophils in persistent traffic jams. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 41(2). 236–252. 84 indexed citations

Lin, Karen, et al.. (2020). Hyperspectral multiphoton microscopy for in vivo visualization of multiple, spectrally overlapped fluorescent labels. Optica. 7(11). 1587–1587. 24 indexed citations

Bracko, Oliver, et al.. (2019). Increasing cerebral blood flow improves cognition into late stages in Alzheimer’s disease mice. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 40(7). 1441–1452. 62 indexed citations

Haft‐Javaherian, Mohammad, Linjing Fang, Victorine Muse, et al.. (2019). Deep convolutional neural networks for segmenting 3D in vivo multiphoton images of vasculature in Alzheimer disease mouse models. PLoS ONE. 14(3). e0213539–e0213539. 49 indexed citations

Macknik, Stephen L., Robert G. Alexander, Kristina J. Nielsen, et al.. (2019). Advanced Circuit and Cellular Imaging Methods in Nonhuman Primates. Journal of Neuroscience. 39(42). 8267–8274. 17 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yu‐Ting, et al.. (2019). Surgical preparations, labeling strategies, and optical techniques for cell-resolved, in vivo imaging in the mouse spinal cord. Experimental Neurology. 318. 192–204. 20 indexed citations

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Smith, Amy F., Vincent Doyeux, Maxime Berg, et al.. (2019). Brain Capillary Networks Across Species: A few Simple Organizational Requirements Are Sufficient to Reproduce Both Structure and Function. Frontiers in Physiology. 10. 233–233. 67 indexed citations

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Koizumi, Kenzo, Yorito Hattori, Sung Ji Ahn, et al.. (2018). Apoε4 disrupts neurovascular regulation and undermines white matter integrity and cognitive function. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3816–3816. 114 indexed citations

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Santisakultarm, Thom P., Tracy Stokol, Teresa Southard, et al.. (2014). Stalled cerebral capillary blood flow in mouse models of essential thrombocythemia and polycythemia vera revealed by in vivo two‐photon imaging. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 12(12). 2120–2130. 36 indexed citations

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Davis, Andrew A., Matthew J. Farrar, Nozomi Nishimura, Moonsoo M. Jin, & Chris B. Schaffer. (2013). Optoporation and Genetic Manipulation of Cells Using Femtosecond Laser Pulses. Biophysical Journal. 105(4). 862–871. 59 indexed citations

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Kim, Dong Hwan, et al.. (2013). Stimulus-Evoked Calcium Transients in Somatosensory Cortex Are Temporarily Inhibited by a Nearby Microhemorrhage. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e65663–e65663. 31 indexed citations

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Shih, Andy Y., Jonathan Driscoll, Patrick J. Drew, et al.. (2012). Two-Photon Microscopy as a Tool to Study Blood Flow and Neurovascular Coupling in the Rodent Brain. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 32(7). 1277–1309. 342 indexed citations

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Farrar, Matthew J., Frank W. Wise, Joseph R. Fetcho, & Chris B. Schaffer. (2011). In Vivo Imaging of Myelin in the Vertebrate Central Nervous System Using Third Harmonic Generation Microscopy. Biophysical Journal. 100(5). 1362–1371. 151 indexed citations

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Zhao, Mingrui, John Q. Nguyen, Hongtao Ma, et al.. (2011). Preictal and Ictal Neurovascular and Metabolic Coupling Surrounding a Seizure Focus. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(37). 13292–13300. 89 indexed citations

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Tsai, Philbert S., Beth Friedman, Agustin I. Ifarraguerri, et al.. (2003). All-Optical Histology Using Ultrashort Laser Pulses. Neuron. 39(1). 27–41. 153 indexed citations

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Ashcom, Jonathan B., et al.. (2001). Femtosecond laser-induced carbonization of polystyrene. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 1 indexed citations

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