Michael Schaefer

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
94 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Michael Schaefer is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Schaefer has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 29 papers in Social Psychology and 14 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Michael Schaefer's work include Action Observation and Synchronization (20 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (17 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (11 papers). Michael Schaefer is often cited by papers focused on Action Observation and Synchronization (20 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (17 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (11 papers). Michael Schaefer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Michael Schaefer's co-authors include Michael Rotte, Hans‐Jochen Heinze, Anke Karl, Denise Dörfel, Annett Werner, Loretta S. Malta, Nicolas Rohleder, Herta Flor, Leonardo G. Cohen and Benjamin Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Michael Schaefer

93 papers receiving 2.7k citations

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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.

A meta-analysis of structural brain abnormalities in PTSD

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Schaefer Germany	25	1.2k	598	429	366	310	94	2.8k
John A. King United Kingdom	40	2.1k 1.7×	717 1.2×	486 1.1×	461 1.3×	414 1.3×	120	5.4k
Robert Soussignan France	34	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.9×	624 1.5×	722 2.0×	245 0.8×	75	3.5k
Mark Williams Australia	38	2.8k 2.2×	1.3k 2.2×	441 1.0×	1.0k 2.8×	354 1.1×	129	5.3k
Thomas Weiß Germany	41	2.3k 1.9×	375 0.6×	358 0.8×	520 1.4×	648 2.1×	211	5.2k
Stephen J. Anderson United Kingdom	36	2.7k 2.2×	877 1.5×	682 1.6×	380 1.0×	271 0.9×	107	4.7k
Francesca Ferri Italy	36	1.6k 1.2×	758 1.3×	362 0.8×	756 2.1×	968 3.1×	122	3.4k
Joan Stiles United States	26	1.8k 1.4×	274 0.5×	461 1.1×	540 1.5×	290 0.9×	59	5.1k
L. Tugan Muftuler United States	29	2.0k 1.6×	394 0.7×	268 0.6×	516 1.4×	288 0.9×	81	3.9k
Sebastian Ocklenburg Germany	40	3.6k 2.9×	927 1.6×	215 0.5×	684 1.9×	410 1.3×	189	5.1k
Michael Rotte Germany	35	3.3k 2.7×	957 1.6×	350 0.8×	844 2.3×	447 1.4×	74	5.0k

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Schaefer, Michael, Kurt Zimmermann, & Paul Enck. (2023). A randomized controlled trial of effects of open-label placebo compared to double-blind placebo and treatment-as-usual on symptoms of allergic rhinitis. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 8372–8372. 6 indexed citations

Schaefer, Michael, et al.. (2023). The neural networks of touch observation. Imaging Neuroscience. 2. 1 indexed citations

Schaefer, Michael, Kurt Zimmermann, & Paul Enck. (2023). Probiotic treatment (Enterococcus faecalis) improves symptoms of seasonal allergic rhinitis: A randomized controlled trial. International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology. 13(10). 1974–1977. 4 indexed citations

Al-Joumayly, Mudar A., et al.. (2022). 5G BAW Technology: Challenges and Solutions. 1–3. 15 indexed citations

Schaefer, Michael, et al.. (2021). Dispositional empathy predicts primary somatosensory cortex activity while receiving touch by a hand. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 11294–11294. 6 indexed citations

Schaefer, Michael, et al.. (2020). Sweet taste experience improves prosocial intentions and attractiveness ratings. Psychological Research. 85(4). 1724–1731. 9 indexed citations

Schaefer, Michael & Paul Enck. (2019). Effects of a probiotic treatment ( Enterococcus faecalis ) and open-label placebo on symptoms of allergic rhinitis: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 9(10). e031339–e031339. 13 indexed citations

Platz, T., A. Nathues, H. G. Sizemore, et al.. (2016). Geological Mapping of the Ac-H-10 Rongo and Ac-H-15 Zadeni quadrangles of Ceres from NASA's Dawn Mission. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1 indexed citations

Schaefer, Michael, et al.. (2015). Personal involvement is related to increased search motivation and associated with activity in left BA44â€”a pilot study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 9. 144–144. 10 indexed citations

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Denke, Claudia, Michael Rotte, Hans‐Jochen Heinze, & Michael Schaefer. (2014). Belief in a just world is associated with activity in insula and somatosensory cortices as a response to the perception of norm violations. Social Neuroscience. 9(5). 514–521. 13 indexed citations

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Schaefer, Michael, Hans‐Jochen Heinze, & Imke Galazky. (2012). Waking up the alien hand: rubber hand illusion interacts with alien hand syndrome. Neurocase. 19(4). 371–376. 9 indexed citations

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Schaefer, Michael, Hans‐Jochen Heinze, & Michael Rotte. (2012). Embodied empathy for tactile events: Interindividual differences and vicarious somatosensory responses during touch observation. NeuroImage. 60(2). 952–957. 85 indexed citations

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Rabinowitz, D., et al.. (2009). Evidence for Recent Resurfacing of the Binary Kuiper Belt Object 1997 CS29. DPS. 2 indexed citations

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Agresti, D. G., M. D. Dyar, & Michael Schaefer. (2006). Derivation of Velocity Scales for Mars Mössbauer Data. 37th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1517. 2 indexed citations

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Dyar, M. D., Michael Schaefer, & D. G. Agresti. (2006). Mössbauer Spectroscopy of Outcrop at the Meridiani Planum Site. 37th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2382. 1 indexed citations

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Schaefer, Michael, Hans‐Jochen Heinze, & Michael Rotte. (2006). Verbal memory encoding in patients with left-sided hippocampal sclerosis. Neuroreport. 17(11). 1219–1223. 2 indexed citations

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Schaefer, Michael, Herta Flor, Hans‐Jochen Heinze, & Michael Rotte. (2005). Dynamic modulation of the primary somatosensory cortex during seeing and feeling a touched hand. NeuroImage. 29(2). 587–592. 69 indexed citations

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Schaefer, Michael, M. D. Dyar, & Kathleen C. Benison. (2003). Mössbauer Spectroscopy of Mars-Analog Rocks from an Acid Saline Sedimentary Environment. LPI. 1690. 1 indexed citations

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Grießinger, Norbert, Reinhard Sittl, Robert Jost, Michael Schaefer, & Rudolf Likar. (2003). The Role of Opioid Analgesics in Rheumatoid Disease in the Elderly Population. Drugs & Aging. 20(8). 571–583. 12 indexed citations

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Schaefer, Michael, Werner Mühlnickel, Sabine M. Grüsser, & Herta Flor. (2002). Reliability and Validity of Neuroelectric Source Imaging in Primary Somatosensory Cortex of Human Upper Limb Amputees. Brain Topography. 15(2). 95–106. 9 indexed citations

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