Michael Stauffacher

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
109 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Michael Stauffacher is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Stauffacher has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 26 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 16 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Michael Stauffacher's work include Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (21 papers), Risk Perception and Management (18 papers) and Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (17 papers). Michael Stauffacher is often cited by papers focused on Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (21 papers), Risk Perception and Management (18 papers) and Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (17 papers). Michael Stauffacher collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Michael Stauffacher's co-authors include Roland W. Scholz, Daniel J. Lang, Arnim Wiek, Christopher Thomas, Matthias Bergmann, Pim Martens, Mark Swilling, Peter Moll, Pius Krütli and Corinne Moser and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Michael Stauffacher

104 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

Transdisciplinary research in sustainability science: pra... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 500 1000 1.5k
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. Transdisciplinary research in sustainability science: practice, principles, and challenges
    2012 1.9k citations Michael Stauffacher et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Stauffacher Switzerland 31 1.9k 1.4k 723 673 631 109 4.9k
Mark Swilling South Africa 29 1.5k 0.8× 937 0.7× 629 0.9× 377 0.6× 387 0.6× 90 4.4k
Daniel J. Lang Germany 38 3.5k 1.9× 1.6k 1.2× 1.5k 2.0× 947 1.4× 1.2k 2.0× 143 8.5k
John Robinson Canada 40 2.4k 1.3× 1.7k 1.2× 1.6k 2.2× 247 0.4× 651 1.0× 126 7.1k
Thaddeus R. Miller United States 20 1.1k 0.6× 761 0.5× 376 0.5× 201 0.3× 276 0.4× 38 2.5k
Jens Newig Germany 42 4.1k 2.2× 2.0k 1.4× 1.6k 2.3× 240 0.4× 390 0.6× 124 8.8k
Matthias Bergmann Germany 17 1.7k 0.9× 923 0.6× 496 0.7× 804 1.2× 548 0.9× 54 3.6k
Silvio Funtowicz Italy 35 2.7k 1.5× 2.5k 1.8× 1.6k 2.3× 392 0.6× 336 0.5× 91 7.8k
Christian Pohl Switzerland 25 1.8k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 504 0.7× 1.1k 1.6× 542 0.9× 64 4.0k
Derk Loorbach Netherlands 43 4.5k 2.4× 2.4k 1.7× 1.3k 1.8× 172 0.3× 386 0.6× 108 9.9k
James Evans United Kingdom 35 945 0.5× 1.2k 0.8× 489 0.7× 74 0.1× 360 0.6× 111 4.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Stauffacher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Stauffacher

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Stauffacher. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Stauffacher 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 Michael Stauffacher. Michael Stauffacher 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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Dallo, Irina, et al.. (2025). (Un-)desired tailored warnings – an assessment of the preference for tailored heat warnings of the Swiss public. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 118. 105205–105205. 1 indexed citations
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Stauffacher, Michael, et al.. (2024). Co-creating multimodal transportation hubs in Switzerland: How to close the gap between actors across different scales, levels, and sectors. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(4). 100168–100168. 1 indexed citations
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Dallo, Irina, et al.. (2024). What does my technology facilitate`? A toolbox to help researchers understand the societal impact of a technology in the context of disasters. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 2 indexed citations
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Fleiß, Eva, et al.. (2024). Conference air travel’s relevance and ways to reduce it. Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment. 138. 104488–104488. 1 indexed citations
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Stauffacher, Michael, et al.. (2024). Carbon dioxide removal: A source of ambition or of delays? Examining expectations for CDR in Swiss climate policy. Environmental Science & Policy. 153. 103659–103659. 8 indexed citations
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Bornemann, Basil, Michael Stauffacher, Anne Zimmermann, et al.. (2023). Auf dem Weg zu einer neuen Strategie: Wie die saguf noch transformativer wird. GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 32(2). 264–266. 2 indexed citations
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Dallo, Irina, Michael Stauffacher, & Michèle Marti. (2022). Actionable and understandable? Evidence-based recommendations for the design of (multi-)hazard warning messages. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 74. 102917–102917. 25 indexed citations
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Stauffacher, Michael, et al.. (2020). Blind spots of participation: How differently do geothermal energy managers and residents understand participation?. Energy Reports. 6. 1950–1962. 12 indexed citations
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Marti, Michèle, Michael Stauffacher, & Stefan Wiemer. (2019). Difficulties in explaining complex issues with maps: evaluating seismic hazard communication – the Swiss case. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 19(12). 2677–2700. 24 indexed citations
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Meylan, Grégoire, Mélanie Haupt, Mert Duygan, Stefanie Hellweg, & Michael Stauffacher. (2018). Linking energy scenarios and waste storylines for prospective environmental assessment of waste management systems. Waste Management. 81. 11–21. 16 indexed citations
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Krütli, Pius, Christian Pohl, & Michael Stauffacher. (2018). Sustainability Learning Labs in Small Island Developing States: A Case Study of the Seychelles. GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 27(1). 46–51. 17 indexed citations
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Moser, Corinne, Vivian Frick, Yann Blumer, Michael Stauffacher, & Roman Seidl. (2016). Sports clubs as multipliers for energy-saving campaigns? : developing and evaluating a mobility intervention together with the city of Winterthur (Switzerland). Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften digital collection (Zurich University of Applied Sciences). 1 indexed citations
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Fonseca, Jimeno A., Anja Willmann, Corinne Moser, Michael Stauffacher, & Arno Schlueter. (2015). Assessing the environmental impact of future urban developments at neighborhood scale. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 1. 457–462. 3 indexed citations
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Meylan, Grégoire, et al.. (2014). Identifying Stakeholders’ Views on the Eco‐efficiency Assessment of a Municipal Solid Waste Management System. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 19(3). 490–503. 9 indexed citations
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Seidl, Roman, Fridolin S. Brand, Michael Stauffacher, et al.. (2013). Science with Society in the Anthropocene. AMBIO. 42(1). 5–12. 97 indexed citations
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Stauffacher, Michael. (2002). Drug treatment data as an epidemiological indicator: methodological considerations and improved analyses. 54(1). 73–85. 6 indexed citations
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Simon, Roland, et al.. (1999). The EMCDDA/Pompidou Group Treatment Demand Indicator Protocol: A European Core Item Set for Treatment Monitoring and Reporting. European Addiction Research. 5(4). 197–207. 39 indexed citations
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Stauffacher, Michael & Anna Kokkevi. (1999). The Pompidou Group Treatment Demand Protocol: The First Pan-European Standard in the Field. European Addiction Research. 5(4). 191–196. 13 indexed citations

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