Sabine Schaefer

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Sabine Schaefer is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sabine Schaefer has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 15 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 14 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Sabine Schaefer's work include Motor Control and Adaptation (11 papers), Action Observation and Synchronization (10 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (10 papers). Sabine Schaefer is often cited by papers focused on Motor Control and Adaptation (11 papers), Action Observation and Synchronization (10 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (10 papers). Sabine Schaefer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Sabine Schaefer's co-authors include Ulman Lindenberger, Martin Lövdén, Lars Bäckman, Florian Schmiedek, Bruno Gronenborn, Jeff Schell, Vera Schumacher, Simone Kühn, Tillmann Lueders and Volker Matzeit and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Sabine Schaefer

65 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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 theoretical framework for the study of adult cognitive plasticity.

2010 523 citations Martin Lövdén, Lars Bäckman et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sabine Schaefer Germany	28	952	629	532	520	394	70	3.0k
Glyn Howatson United Kingdom	56	722 0.8×	187 0.3×	349 0.7×	452 0.9×	218 0.6×	269	9.9k
Gerry Leisman United States	25	850 0.9×	91 0.1×	394 0.7×	292 0.6×	61 0.2×	135	2.3k
Josef Zihl Germany	38	3.6k 3.8×	123 0.2×	566 1.1×	717 1.4×	74 0.2×	113	6.6k
Hiroshi Nagasaki Japan	35	525 0.6×	848 1.3×	321 0.6×	1.3k 2.4×	541 1.4×	154	4.3k
Johann Petit France	31	606 0.6×	1.3k 2.1×	99 0.2×	998 1.9×	88 0.2×	82	3.0k
Robert B. Daroff United States	31	3.0k 3.1×	422 0.7×	856 1.6×	387 0.7×	127 0.3×	135	8.1k
Ippeita Dan Japan	42	4.4k 4.7×	175 0.3×	835 1.6×	686 1.3×	118 0.3×	127	8.8k
Didier Chollet France	38	895 0.9×	117 0.2×	72 0.1×	120 0.2×	311 0.8×	107	4.0k
Masako Okamoto Japan	25	2.1k 2.2×	96 0.2×	350 0.7×	166 0.3×	68 0.2×	68	4.4k
Nicolás Franck France	42	3.2k 3.3×	776 1.2×	2.5k 4.7×	273 0.5×	24 0.1×	279	7.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sabine Schaefer

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Pitsch, Werner, et al.. (2025). Tracing the lines of deceit. Male cheating behavior increases in online versus face-to-face environments over time. Acta Psychologica. 259. 105373–105373.

Schaefer, Sabine, et al.. (2024). A new injury prevention program ‘FUNBALL’ improves cognitive performance of young football (soccer) players: A cluster randomized controlled trial. Psychology of sport and exercise. 76. 102743–102743. 4 indexed citations

Schaefer, Sabine, et al.. (2023). Effects of spectators on the performance of a dance routine. German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research. 54(3). 402–407.

Schaefer, Sabine, et al.. (2023). Mutual interference between memory encoding and motor skills: the influence of motor expertise. Frontiers in Psychology. 14. 1196978–1196978. 2 indexed citations

Schaefer, Sabine, et al.. (2022). Tennis expertise reduces costs in cognition but not in motor skills in a cognitive-motor dual-task condition. Acta Psychologica. 223. 103503–103503. 19 indexed citations

Schaefer, Sabine, et al.. (2022). The influence of age and age simulation on task-difficulty choices in motor tasks. Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition. 30(3). 429–454. 6 indexed citations

Möhring, Wenke, et al.. (2021). Age-related changes in children’s cognitive–motor dual tasking: Evidence from a large cross-sectional sample. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 206. 105103–105103. 7 indexed citations

Möhring, Wenke, et al.. (2020). Effects of various executive functions on adults’ and children’s walking.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 46(6). 629–642. 10 indexed citations

Lehmann, Katharina, Sabine Schaefer, Doreen Babin, et al.. (2018). Selective transport and retention of organic matter and bacteria shapes initial pedogenesis in artificial soil - A two-layer column study. Geoderma. 325. 37–48. 23 indexed citations

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Kleemeyer, Maike, Simone Kühn, John Prindle, et al.. (2015). Changes in fitness are associated with changes in hippocampal microstructure and hippocampal volume among older adults. NeuroImage. 131. 155–161. 77 indexed citations

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Blanc, Valérie, Eddie Park, Sabine Schaefer, et al.. (2014). Genome-wide identification and functional analysis of Apobec-1-mediated C-to-U RNA editing in mouse small intestine and liver. Genome biology. 15(6). 100 indexed citations

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Wenger, Elisabeth, Sabine Schaefer, Hannes Noack, et al.. (2011). Cortical thickness changes following spatial navigation training in adulthood and aging. NeuroImage. 59(4). 3389–3397. 64 indexed citations

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Krampe, Ralf, Sabine Schaefer, Ulman Lindenberger, & Paul B. Baltes. (2011). Lifespan changes in multi-tasking: Concurrent walking and memory search in children, young, and older adults. Gait & Posture. 33(3). 401–405. 68 indexed citations

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Lövdén, Martin, Sabine Schaefer, Hannes Noack, et al.. (2011). Spatial navigation training protects the hippocampus against age-related changes during early and late adulthood. Neurobiology of Aging. 33(3). 620.e9–620.e22. 163 indexed citations

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Lövdén, Martin, Lars Bäckman, Ulman Lindenberger, Sabine Schaefer, & Florian Schmiedek. (2010). A theoretical framework for the study of adult cognitive plasticity.. Psychological Bulletin. 136(4). 659–676. 523 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schaefer, Sabine & Vera Schumacher. (2010). The Interplay between Cognitive and Motor Functioning in Healthy Older Adults: Findings from Dual-Task Studies and Suggestions for Intervention. Gerontology. 57(3). 239–246. 102 indexed citations

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Rasche, Frank, Tillmann Lueders, Michael Schloter, et al.. (2008). DNA‐based stable isotope probing enables the identification of active bacterial endophytes in potatoes. New Phytologist. 181(4). 802–807. 32 indexed citations

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Schaefer, Sabine, Ralf Krampe, Ulman Lindenberger, & Paul B. Baltes. (2008). Age differences between children and young adults in the dynamics of dual-task prioritization: Body (balance) versus mind (memory).. Developmental Psychology. 44(3). 747–757. 80 indexed citations

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Schumacher, Silke, et al.. (1995). Determination of the origin cleavage and joining domain of geminivirus Rep proteins. Nucleic Acids Research. 23(6). 910–916. 137 indexed citations

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Matzeit, Volker, et al.. (1993). The conserved nonanucleotide motif of the geminivirus stem-loop sequence promotes replicational release of virus molecules from redundant copies. Biochimie. 75(7). 605–615. 41 indexed citations

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