Manuel Schaffner

2.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
7 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Manuel Schaffner is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Manuel Schaffner has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 2 papers in Automotive Engineering and 2 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Manuel Schaffner's work include 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (2 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (2 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (2 papers). Manuel Schaffner is often cited by papers focused on 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (2 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (2 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (2 papers). Manuel Schaffner collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Ireland and South Africa. Manuel Schaffner's co-authors include André R. Studart, Dimitri Kokkinis, Fergal B. Coulter, Patrick A. Rühs, Samuel Kilcher, Davide Carnelli, M. Sommer, Nicolas Vogel, Joanna Aizenberg and Mathias Kolle and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces and Small.

In The Last Decade

Manuel Schaffner

7 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Multimaterial magnetically assisted 3D printing of compos... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2018 2017 200 400 600
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. Multimaterial magnetically assisted 3D printing of composite materials
    2015 703 citations Dimitri Kokkinis, Manuel Schaffner et al. Nature Communications profile →
  2. 3D printing of robotic soft actuators with programmable bioinspired architectures
    2018 417 citations Manuel Schaffner, Patrick A. Rühs et al. Nature Communications profile →
  3. 3D printing of bacteria into functional complex materials
    2017 336 citations Manuel Schaffner, Patrick A. Rühs et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Manuel Schaffner Switzerland 7 1.2k 596 544 308 182 7 1.7k
Fergal B. Coulter Switzerland 14 1000 0.9× 413 0.7× 408 0.8× 246 0.8× 140 0.8× 30 1.5k
Daehoon Han South Korea 15 964 0.8× 523 0.9× 673 1.2× 102 0.3× 134 0.7× 34 1.8k
Dimitri Kokkinis Switzerland 6 941 0.8× 726 1.2× 451 0.8× 537 1.7× 76 0.4× 7 1.6k
Francesco Briatico Vangosa Italy 20 810 0.7× 445 0.7× 433 0.8× 171 0.6× 92 0.5× 85 1.5k
Claas Willem Visser Netherlands 21 1.5k 1.3× 860 1.4× 414 0.8× 156 0.5× 110 0.6× 41 2.7k
Luyu Zhou China 11 1.2k 1.1× 640 1.1× 341 0.6× 209 0.7× 75 0.4× 14 1.6k
Xiangnan He China 21 1.3k 1.1× 699 1.2× 660 1.2× 153 0.5× 98 0.5× 38 2.1k
Hortense Le Ferrand Singapore 25 1.1k 0.9× 322 0.5× 534 1.0× 595 1.9× 72 0.4× 86 2.2k
Thomas J. Wallin United States 16 1.6k 1.4× 580 1.0× 812 1.5× 159 0.5× 334 1.8× 22 2.1k
Ashley R. Johnson United States 7 1.3k 1.1× 1.2k 2.0× 330 0.6× 153 0.5× 42 0.2× 10 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Manuel Schaffner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Manuel Schaffner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Manuel Schaffner

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

All Works

7 of 7 papers shown
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Coulter, Fergal B., Manuel Schaffner, Ahmad Rafsanjani, et al.. (2019). Bioinspired Heart Valve Prosthesis Made by Silicone Additive Manufacturing. Matter. 1(1). 266–279. 92 indexed citations
2.
Schaffner, Manuel, et al.. (2018). 3D printing of robotic soft actuators with programmable bioinspired architectures. Nature Communications. 9(1). 417 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schaffner, Manuel, Patrick A. Rühs, Fergal B. Coulter, Samuel Kilcher, & André R. Studart. (2017). 3D printing of bacteria into functional complex materials. Science Advances. 3(12). eaao6804–eaao6804. 336 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sommer, M., Manuel Schaffner, Davide Carnelli, & André R. Studart. (2016). 3D Printing of Hierarchical Silk Fibroin Structures. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 8(50). 34677–34685. 77 indexed citations
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Kokkinis, Dimitri, Manuel Schaffner, & André R. Studart. (2015). Multimaterial magnetically assisted 3D printing of composite materials. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8643–8643. 703 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schaffner, Manuel, Grant T. England, Mathias Kolle, Joanna Aizenberg, & Nicolas Vogel. (2015). Combining Bottom‐Up Self‐Assembly with Top‐Down Microfabrication to Create Hierarchical Inverse Opals with High Structural Order. Small. 11(34). 4334–4340. 76 indexed citations
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Erb, Randall M., Jana S. Segmehl, Manuel Schaffner, & André R. Studart. (2012). Temporal response of magnetically labeled platelets under dynamic magnetic fields. Soft Matter. 9(2). 498–505. 44 indexed citations

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