Frank Schaeffel

12.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
240 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Frank Schaeffel is a scholar working on Ophthalmology, Epidemiology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Schaeffel has authored 240 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Ophthalmology, 107 papers in Epidemiology and 83 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Frank Schaeffel's work include Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies (107 papers), Glaucoma and retinal disorders (78 papers) and Corneal surgery and disorders (68 papers). Frank Schaeffel is often cited by papers focused on Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies (107 papers), Glaucoma and retinal disorders (78 papers) and Corneal surgery and disorders (68 papers). Frank Schaeffel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Frank Schaeffel's co-authors include Marita Feldkaemper, Howard C. Howland, Regan Ashby, Anne Seidemann, Sigrid Diether, Adrian Glasser, Arne Ohlendorf, E. Zrenner, Helmut Wilhelm and Hartmut Schwahn and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Frank Schaeffel

234 papers receiving 9.2k citations

Hit Papers

Accommodation, refractive error and eye growth in chickens 1988 2026 2000 2013 1988 100 200 300 400 500
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. Accommodation, refractive error and eye growth in chickens
    1988 544 citations Frank Schaeffel et al. Vision Research profile →

Peers

Frank Schaeffel
Josh Wallman United States
Thomas T. Norton United States
Christine F. Wildsoet United States
Joseph Carroll United States
Ronald S. Harwerth United States
Earl L. Smith United States
Adrian Glasser United States
David Troilo United States
Neville A. McBrien Australia
Jay Neitz United States
Josh Wallman United States
Frank Schaeffel
Citations per year, relative to Frank Schaeffel Frank Schaeffel (= 1×) peers Josh Wallman

Countries citing papers authored by Frank Schaeffel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frank Schaeffel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Frank Schaeffel. 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 Frank Schaeffel. The network helps show where Frank Schaeffel may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Schaeffel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Frank Schaeffel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Frank Schaeffel 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 Frank Schaeffel. Frank Schaeffel 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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Schaeffel, Frank, Jeremy A. Guggenheim, Richard A. Stone, & Christine F. Wildsoet. (2025). Key lines of discovery in myopia research. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics. 45(4). 899–902.
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Schaeffel, Frank, et al.. (2024). Two different visual stimuli that cause axial eye shortening have no additive effect. Vision Research. 224. 108485–108485. 1 indexed citations
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Schaeffel, Frank, et al.. (2024). Effects of short‐term exposure to red or near‐infrared light on axial length in young human subjects. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics. 44(5). 954–962. 8 indexed citations
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Wahl, Siegfried, et al.. (2023). L-opsin expression in chickens is similarly reduced with diffusers and negative lenses. Vision Research. 210. 108272–108272. 3 indexed citations
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Schaeffel, Frank, et al.. (2022). Imposed positive defocus changes choroidal blood flow in young human subjects. Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 261(1). 115–125. 18 indexed citations
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Callebert, Jacques, Robert M. Duvoisin, Christelle Michiels, et al.. (2022). Mice Lacking Gpr179 with Complete Congenital Stationary Night Blindness Are a Good Model for Myopia. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(1). 219–219. 7 indexed citations
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Vrieze, Erik de, Sanne Broekman, Beerend H. J. Winkelman, et al.. (2021). Loss of Gap Junction Delta-2 (GJD2) gene orthologs leads to refractive error in zebrafish. Communications Biology. 4(1). 676–676. 20 indexed citations
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Schaeffel, Frank, et al.. (2021). Effects of reading with different letter size and contrast polarity on short term changes of axial length. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 62(8). 1374–1374. 1 indexed citations
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Wahl, Siegfried, et al.. (2019). Accommodative response following contrast adaptation. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 60(9). 1794–1794. 1 indexed citations
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Schaeffel, Frank, Carina Kelbsch, Paul Richter, Barbara Wilhelm, & Helmut Wilhelm. (2016). Melanopsin - does it modulate the susceptibility to myopia?. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 57(12). 2494–2494. 2 indexed citations
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Schaeffel, Frank, et al.. (2014). Effects of short term full field or peripheral positive defocus on human axial length and choroidal thickness.. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 55(13). 2134–2134. 2 indexed citations
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Heister, Martin, et al.. (2013). A New Method for Assessing the Exploratory Field of View (EFOV). 5–11. 3 indexed citations
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Schaeffel, Frank, et al.. (2011). Insulin, insulin-like growth factor-1, insulin receptor, and insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor expression in the chick eye and their regulation with imposed myopic or hyperopic defocus.. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 41 indexed citations
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Hocking, P.M., et al.. (2010). Selective breeding for susceptibility to form-deprivation myopia in White Leghorn chickens. Optometry and Vision Science. 1 indexed citations
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Vázquez, Daniel, et al.. (2009). Optical Tracking of Head Movement Patterns When Wearing Spectacle Lenses With Different Radial Power Profiles. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 50(13). 3981–3981. 3 indexed citations
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Feldkaemper, Marita, et al.. (2003). Alterations in Retinal Gene Expression Induced by Optical Defocus, Blur or Recovery of Blur in Chickens. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 44(13). 4337–4337. 2 indexed citations
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Schaeffel, Frank & Eva Burkhardt. (2002). Measurement of Refractive State and Deprivation Myopia in a Black Wildtype Mouse. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 43(13). 182–182. 6 indexed citations
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Weiß, Stefan, et al.. (2000). Laboratory, Clinical, and Kindergarten Test of a New Eccentric Infrared Photorefractor (PowerRefractor). Optometry and Vision Science. 77(10). 537–548. 144 indexed citations
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Wattam-Bell, John, et al.. (1996). Measurement of human astigmatism with infrared photoretinoscopy.. UCL Discovery (University College London).

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