Christian Schader

4.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
68 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Christian Schader is a scholar working on Ecology, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Schader has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Ecology, 26 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 22 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Christian Schader's work include Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (35 papers), Organic Food and Agriculture (20 papers) and Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis (20 papers). Christian Schader is often cited by papers focused on Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (35 papers), Organic Food and Agriculture (20 papers) and Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis (20 papers). Christian Schader collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Belgium and Netherlands. Christian Schader's co-authors include Matthias Stolze, Adrian Müller, Matthias Meier, U. Niggli, Karl‐Heinz Erb, Pete Smith, Anne Isensee, Peter Klocke, Nadia El‐Hage Scialabba and Florian Leiber and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Christian Schader

65 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Strategies for feeding the world more sustainably with organic agriculture
    2017 506 citations Adrian Müller, Christian Schader et al. Nature Communications profile →
  2. Environmental impacts of organic and conventional agricultural products – Are the differences captured by life cycle assessment?
    2014 323 citations Matthias Meier, Franziska Stoessel et al. Journal of Environmental Management profile →
  3. Defining a land boundary for sustainable livestock consumption
    2018 259 citations H.H.E. van Zanten, Mario Herrero et al. Global Change Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christian Schader Switzerland 25 1.4k 821 553 486 476 68 2.7k
Adrian Müller Switzerland 29 1.4k 1.0× 1.1k 1.3× 552 1.0× 498 1.0× 419 0.9× 89 3.8k
Matthias Stolze Switzerland 28 1.4k 1.0× 1.6k 1.9× 902 1.6× 485 1.0× 674 1.4× 101 3.9k
S.J. Oosting Netherlands 29 1.1k 0.8× 486 0.6× 493 0.9× 372 0.8× 218 0.5× 139 3.4k
Henk Westhoek Netherlands 25 1.8k 1.3× 389 0.5× 361 0.7× 638 1.3× 421 0.9× 45 3.6k
Elin Röös Sweden 36 2.1k 1.5× 751 0.9× 342 0.6× 1.1k 2.2× 224 0.5× 90 3.5k
H.H.E. van Zanten Netherlands 27 1.6k 1.2× 355 0.4× 377 0.7× 757 1.6× 182 0.4× 70 3.2k
Anne Mottet Italy 17 2.3k 1.7× 480 0.6× 418 0.8× 826 1.7× 289 0.6× 38 4.7k
Giuseppe Tempio Italy 13 2.1k 1.5× 356 0.4× 230 0.4× 743 1.5× 252 0.5× 17 4.0k
Verena Seufert Germany 18 960 0.7× 1.8k 2.2× 709 1.3× 258 0.5× 227 0.5× 23 3.3k
A. Bernués Spain 27 958 0.7× 524 0.6× 414 0.7× 483 1.0× 620 1.3× 91 3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Christian Schader

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christian Schader

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Christian Schader. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Christian Schader. The network helps show where Christian Schader may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christian Schader

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christian Schader. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christian Schader 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 Christian Schader. Christian Schader is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Asante, Isaac, et al.. (2025). Social and Environmental Trade-Offs and Synergies in Cocoa Production: Does the Farming System Matter?. Sustainability. 17(4). 1674–1674. 2 indexed citations
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Scherer, Laura, et al.. (2024). Conceptual framework for considering animal welfare in sustainability assessments of foods. Sustainable Production and Consumption. 52. 179–209. 4 indexed citations
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Asante, Isaac, et al.. (2024). Trade‐offs and Synergies between Economic and Environmental Cocoa Farm Management Decisions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(8). 2400041–2400041.
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Schader, Christian, Christian Grovermann, Irene Kadzere, et al.. (2023). Do organic farming initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa improve the sustainability of smallholder farmers? Evidence from five case studies in Ghana and Kenya. Journal of Rural Studies. 98. 34–58. 16 indexed citations
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Lambin, Éric F., et al.. (2023). Implementation of sustainable farming practices by cocoa farmers in Ecuador and Uganda: the influence of value chain factors. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 7. 4 indexed citations
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Müller, Adrian, et al.. (2023). Acceptance of meat reduction policies in Switzerland. iScience. 26(3). 106129–106129. 11 indexed citations
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Frehner, Anita, et al.. (2021). Consumer strategies towards a more sustainable food system: insights from Switzerland. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 115(4). 1039–1047. 24 indexed citations
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Schader, Christian, Irene Kadzere, Irene S. Egyir, et al.. (2021). How is organic farming performing agronomically and economically in sub-Saharan Africa?. Global Environmental Change. 70. 102325–102325. 26 indexed citations
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Krieger, Jean‐Philippe, Giulia Pestoni, Anita Frehner, et al.. (2020). Combining Recent Nutritional Data with Prospective Cohorts to Quantify the Impact of Modern Dietary Patterns on Disability–Adjusted Life Years: A Feasibility Study. Nutrients. 12(3). 833–833. 1 indexed citations
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Krieger, Jean‐Philippe, Giulia Pestoni, Christine Brombach, et al.. (2018). Dietary Patterns and Their Sociodemographic and Lifestyle Determinants in Switzerland: Results from the National Nutrition Survey menuCH. Nutrients. 11(1). 62–62. 53 indexed citations
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Zanten, H.H.E. van, Mario Herrero, Ollie van Hal, et al.. (2018). Defining a land boundary for sustainable livestock consumption. Global Change Biology. 24(9). 4185–4194. 259 indexed citations breakdown →
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Müller, Adrian, Christian Schader, Nadia El‐Hage Scialabba, et al.. (2017). Strategies for feeding the world more sustainably with organic agriculture. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1290–1290. 506 indexed citations breakdown →
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Strassner, Carola, Ivana Cavoski, Raffaella Di Cagno, et al.. (2015). How the Organic Food System Supports Sustainable Diets and Translates These into Practice. Frontiers in Nutrition. 2. 19–19. 33 indexed citations
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Schader, Christian, Adrian Müller, Nadia El‐Hage Scialabba, et al.. (2015). Impacts of feeding less food-competing feedstuffs to livestock on global food system sustainability. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 12(113). 20150891–20150891. 230 indexed citations
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Meier, Matthias, Franziska Stoessel, Niels Jungbluth, et al.. (2014). Environmental impacts of organic and conventional agricultural products – Are the differences captured by life cycle assessment?. Journal of Environmental Management. 149. 193–208. 323 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schader, Christian, Nicolas Lampkin, Adrian Müller, & Matthias Stolze. (2014). The role of multi-target policy instruments in agri-environmental policy mixes. Journal of Environmental Management. 145. 180–190. 31 indexed citations
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Schader, Christian, Lukas Pfiffner, Christian Schlatter, & Matthias Stolze. (2008). Umsetzung von Ökomassnahmen auf Bio- und ÖLN-Betrieben. Organic Eprints (International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems, and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture). 1 indexed citations
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Schader, Christian, et al.. (2008). Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation of Swiss Agri-Environmental Measures on Sector Level. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA). 1 indexed citations
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Schader, Christian, Johann G. Zaller, & Ulrich Köpke. (2005). Cotton-Basil Intercropping: Effects on Pests, Yields and Economical Parameters in an Organic Field in Fayoum, Egypt. Biological Agriculture & Horticulture. 23(1). 59–72. 40 indexed citations

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