R. Murray Schafer

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

R. Murray Schafer is a scholar working on Music, Rehabilitation and Speech and Hearing. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Murray Schafer has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Music, 2 papers in Rehabilitation and 2 papers in Speech and Hearing. Recurrent topics in R. Murray Schafer's work include Diverse Music Education Insights (8 papers), Musicology and Musical Analysis (3 papers) and Musicians’ Health and Performance (2 papers). R. Murray Schafer is often cited by papers focused on Diverse Music Education Insights (8 papers), Musicology and Musical Analysis (3 papers) and Musicians’ Health and Performance (2 papers). R. Murray Schafer collaborates with scholars based in Canada and Germany. R. Murray Schafer's co-authors include B. F. Dick, Barry Truax and Colin Griffiths and has published in prestigious journals such as World Literature Today, Notes and Biomedizinische Technik/Biomedical Engineering.

In The Last Decade

R. Murray Schafer

25 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

The Soundscape: Our Sonic... 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 250 500 750 1000

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R. Murray Schafer Canada 12 394 366 279 200 168 32 1.4k
Karin Bijsterveld Netherlands 15 361 0.9× 68 0.2× 99 0.4× 154 0.8× 146 0.9× 45 796
William Blizek United States 6 113 0.3× 28 0.1× 764 2.7× 73 0.4× 289 1.7× 29 1.8k
Ralph A. Smith United States 16 217 0.6× 67 0.2× 173 0.6× 15 0.1× 144 0.9× 124 1.3k
Arnold Berleant United States 18 82 0.2× 15 0.0× 199 0.7× 63 0.3× 233 1.4× 118 1.2k
Paul T. Sowden United Kingdom 22 20 0.1× 259 0.7× 716 2.6× 80 0.4× 73 0.4× 44 1.6k
Lois Hetland United States 12 379 1.0× 55 0.2× 296 1.1× 26 0.1× 69 0.4× 18 1.1k
David Carrier United States 17 36 0.1× 35 0.1× 270 1.0× 80 0.4× 268 1.6× 149 1.5k
Nicola Dibben United Kingdom 14 267 0.7× 46 0.1× 439 1.6× 107 0.5× 56 0.3× 41 760
Arthur D. Efland United States 17 288 0.7× 87 0.2× 97 0.3× 6 0.0× 128 0.8× 58 1.4k
Jerrold Levinson United States 23 227 0.6× 8 0.0× 679 2.4× 81 0.4× 122 0.7× 93 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by R. Murray Schafer

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Fields of papers citing papers by R. Murray Schafer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. Murray Schafer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schafer, R. Murray, et al.. (2017). The Music of the Environment. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 31–42. 6 indexed citations
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Truax, Barry, et al.. (2010). Acoustic environments in change. Five village soundscapes. Doria (University of Helsinki). 8 indexed citations
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Schafer, R. Murray. (2009). I have never seen a sound. Canadian acoustics. 37(3). 32–34. 3 indexed citations
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Schafer, R. Murray, et al.. (2003). Le son dans l'art contemporain canadien = Sound in Contemporary Canadian Art. 2 indexed citations
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Schafer, R. Murray. (1998). The book of noise. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 13 indexed citations
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Schafer, R. Murray. (1993). The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and the Tuning of the World. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1096 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schafer, R. Murray. (1988). The thinking ear : complete writings on music education. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 13 indexed citations
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Schafer, R. Murray. (1986). Apocalypsis, Part two, credo. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
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Dick, B. F. & R. Murray Schafer. (1978). Ezra Pound and Music: The Complete Criticism. World Literature Today. 52(3). 471–471. 13 indexed citations
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Schafer, R. Murray. (1978). The Vancouver soundscape. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 15 indexed citations
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Schafer, R. Murray. (1977). European sound diary. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 6 indexed citations
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Schafer, R. Murray. (1977). When words sing. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
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Schafer, R. Murray, et al.. (1977). The World Of Music. Communication Booknotes. 9(2). 25–26.
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Schafer, R. Murray. (1976). Creative music education : a handbook for the modern music teacher. 5 indexed citations
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Schafer, R. Murray. (1973). Where does It all lead. Australian journal of music education/Australian journal of music education (Online). 3. 1 indexed citations
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Schafer, R. Murray. (1972). Thoughts on Music Education. Australian journal of music education/Australian journal of music education (Online). 3. 1 indexed citations
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Schafer, R. Murray, et al.. (1971). Die schallwelt in der wir leben the new soundscape. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
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Schafer, R. Murray. (1967). Ear cleaning : notes for an experimental music course.. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 23 indexed citations
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Schafer, R. Murray. (1965). The composer in the classroom.. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 17 indexed citations
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Schafer, R. Murray. (1963). British composers in interview. 17 indexed citations

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