Karin Hediger

1.3k total citations
44 papers, 859 citations indexed

About

Karin Hediger is a scholar working on Genetics, Social Psychology and Small Animals. According to data from OpenAlex, Karin Hediger has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 859 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Genetics, 13 papers in Social Psychology and 9 papers in Small Animals. Recurrent topics in Karin Hediger's work include Human-Animal Interaction Studies (38 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (7 papers) and Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (7 papers). Karin Hediger is often cited by papers focused on Human-Animal Interaction Studies (38 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (7 papers) and Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (7 papers). Karin Hediger collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Netherlands and United States. Karin Hediger's co-authors include Ulrike Rimmele, Peter Klaver, Markus Heinrichs, Dennis C. Turner, Marie‐José Enders‐Slegers, Margret Hund‐Georgiadis, Jakob Zinsstag, Kurt Kotrschal, Henri Julius and Andrea Beetz and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Karin Hediger

38 papers receiving 833 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karin Hediger Switzerland 13 493 424 198 149 139 44 859
Linda Handlin Sweden 11 527 1.1× 526 1.2× 154 0.8× 311 2.1× 149 1.1× 20 1.1k
Christy L. Hoffman United States 18 294 0.6× 451 1.1× 161 0.8× 64 0.4× 137 1.0× 31 879
Borbála Turcsán Hungary 17 842 1.7× 369 0.9× 262 1.3× 187 1.3× 303 2.2× 36 964
Henri Julius Germany 6 735 1.5× 320 0.8× 83 0.4× 195 1.3× 170 1.2× 11 842
Kerri E. Rodriguez United States 16 593 1.2× 192 0.5× 56 0.3× 86 0.6× 107 0.8× 33 782
Sandra McCune United States 20 1.2k 2.5× 341 0.8× 163 0.8× 125 0.8× 448 3.2× 37 1.5k
Jon Bowen United Kingdom 16 607 1.2× 159 0.4× 56 0.3× 86 0.6× 251 1.8× 38 775
Jaume Fatjó Spain 21 1.1k 2.2× 233 0.5× 105 0.5× 103 0.7× 521 3.7× 57 1.3k
Marta Borgi Italy 16 573 1.2× 307 0.7× 160 0.8× 102 0.7× 169 1.2× 41 1.2k
Deborah M. Custance United Kingdom 12 515 1.0× 615 1.5× 218 1.1× 157 1.1× 137 1.0× 16 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Karin Hediger

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Karin Hediger's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Karin Hediger with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Karin Hediger more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Karin Hediger

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karin Hediger

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Karin Hediger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Karin Hediger 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 Karin Hediger. Karin Hediger 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
1.
2.
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
3.
4.
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
5.
Zink, Richard W., et al.. (2024). Horses’ Cardiovascular and Glucocorticoid Responses to Equine-Assisted Therapy with Women with Intellectual Disability: An Exploratory Study. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science. 29(1). 9–24. 3 indexed citations
6.
Hediger, Karin, et al.. (2024). The development of the PET@home toolkit: An experience-based co-design method study. International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances. 6. 100189–100189.
7.
Locher, Cosima, et al.. (2023). Animal-Assisted Psychotherapy for Pediatric Chronic Pain: Case Series of an Open Pilot Study to Test Initial Feasibility and Potential Efficacy. Journal of Pain Research. Volume 16. 1799–1811. 1 indexed citations
8.
9.
Enders‐Slegers, Marie‐José, et al.. (2023). Children’s bond with companion animals and associations with psychosocial health: A systematic review. Frontiers in Psychology. 14. 1120000–1120000. 3 indexed citations
10.
Hediger, Karin, et al.. (2023). Can equine communication via audible exhales improve the welfare of therapy horses? – A pilot practice project. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
11.
12.
Zinsstag, Jakob, Karin Hediger, Lisa Crump, et al.. (2022). The Promotion and Development of One Health at Swiss TPH and Its Greater Potential. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10(3). 65–65. 16 indexed citations
13.
Holtforth, Martin Grosse, et al.. (2022). Effects of animal-assisted psychotherapy incorporating mindfulness and self-compassion in neurorehabilitation: a randomized controlled feasibility trial. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 10898–10898. 7 indexed citations
14.
Hediger, Karin, et al.. (2021). Effectiveness of animal-assisted interventions for children and adults with post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European journal of psychotraumatology. 12(1). 1879713–1879713. 27 indexed citations
15.
Hediger, Karin, et al.. (2020). Dog-Assisted Therapy in Neurorehabilitation of Children with Severe Neurological Impairment: An Explorative Study. Neuropediatrics. 51(4). 267–274. 7 indexed citations
16.
Rodriguez, Kerri E., Megan R. LaFollette, Karin Hediger, Niwako Ogata, & Marguerite E. O’Haire. (2020). Defining the PTSD Service Dog Intervention: Perceived Importance, Usage, and Symptom Specificity of Psychiatric Service Dogs for Military Veterans. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 1638–1638. 29 indexed citations
17.
Hediger, Karin, et al.. (2018). Relationship Between Patient Satisfaction and the Presence of Cats in Psychiatric Wards. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 24(12). 1219–1220. 6 indexed citations
18.
Crump, Lisa, et al.. (2018). The effect of human interaction on guinea pig behavior in animal-assisted therapy. Journal of Veterinary Behavior. 25. 56–64. 27 indexed citations
19.
20.

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Linda Handlin Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Christy L. Hoffman Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Borbála Turcsán Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Henri Julius Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Kerri E. Rodriguez Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Sandra McCune Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jon Bowen Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jaume Fatjó Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Marta Borgi Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Deborah M. Custance
Rankless by CCL
2026