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Andreas Schäffer

Andreas Schäffer

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
54
Citations
13942
World Ranking
3974
National Ranking
273

Andreas Schäffer publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andreas Schäffer sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 289 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Andreas Schäffer D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andreas Schäffer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Best Publications

  • Biochemistry of metallothionein

    J. H. R. Kagi;A. Schäffer

  • Technologies and perspectives for achieving carbon neutrality

    Fang Wang;Jean Damascene Harindintwali;Zhizhang Yuan;Zhizhang Yuan;Min Wang

  • How relevant is recalcitrance for the stabilization of organic matter in soils

    Bernd Marschner;Sonja Brodowski;Alexander Dreves;Gerd Gleixner

  • Comparing straw, compost, and biochar regarding their suitability as agricultural soil amendments to affect soil structure, nutrient leaching, microbial communities, and the fate of pesticides

    Martin Siedt;Andreas Schäffer;Kilian E.C. Smith;Moritz Nabel

  • Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) as new Stockholm Convention POPs--a global perspective on the management of Lindane and its waste isomers.

    John Vijgen;P. C. Abhilash;P. C. Abhilash;Yi Fan Li;Yi Fan Li;Yi Fan Li;Rup Lal;Rup Lal

  • Biodegradation of ciprofloxacin in water and soil and its effects on the microbial communities

    Cristobal Girardi;Josephine Greve;Marc Lamshöft;Ingo Fetzer

  • Factors affecting the removal of organic micropollutants from wastewater in conventional treatment plants (CTP) and membrane bioreactors (MBR)

    Magdalena Cirja;Pavel Ivashechkin;Andreas Schäffer;Andreas Schäffer;Philippe F. X. Corvini

  • Still present after all these years: persistence plus potential toxicity raise questions about the use of atrazine

    Nicolai David Jablonowski;Andreas Schäffer;Peter Burauel

  • Classification and Modelling of Nonextractable Residue (NER) Formation of Xenobiotics in Soil – A Synthesis

    Matthias Kästner;Karolina M. Nowak;Anja Miltner;Stefan Trapp

  • Microbial degradation of nonylphenol and other alkylphenols—our evolving view

    P. F. X. Corvini;A. Schäffer;A. Schäffer;D. Schlosser

  • (Bio)degradation of glyphosate in water-sediment microcosms - A stable isotope co-labeling approach.

    Shizong Wang;Bettina Seiwert;Matthias Kästner;Anja Miltner

  • Solution by dilution?--A review on the pollution status of the Yangtze River.

    Tilman Floehr;Hongxia Xiao;Björn Scholz-Starke;Lingling Wu

  • Formation and fate of bound residues from microbial biomass during 2,4-D degradation in soil.

    Karolina M. Nowak;Anja Miltner;Matthias Gehre;Andreas Schäffer

  • Persistence of 14C-labeled atrazine and its residues in a field lysimeter soil after 22 years

    Nicolai D. Jablonowski;Stephan Köppchen;Diana Hofmann;Andreas Schäffer

  • Degradation pathway of bisphenol a : Does ipso substitution apply to phenols containing a quaternary α-carbon structure in the para position?

    B. Kolvenbach;N. Schlaich;Z. Raoui;J. Prell

  • Positively Charged Microplastics Induce Strong Lettuce Stress Responses from Physiological, Transcriptomic, and Metabolomic Perspectives.

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  • FMNH2-dependent monooxygenases initiate catabolism of sulfonamides in Microbacterium sp. strain BR1 subsisting on sulfonamide antibiotics.

    Benjamin Ricken;Boris A. Kolvenbach;Christian Bergesch;Dirk Benndorf

  • Transcriptomic and metabolomic changes in lettuce triggered by microplastics-stress.

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  • Future pesticide risk assessment: narrowing the gap between intention and reality

    Ralf B. Schäfer;Matthias Liess;Matthias Liess;Rolf Altenburger;Rolf Altenburger;Juliane Filser

  • A unified approach for including non-extractable residues (NER) of chemicals and pesticides in the assessment of persistence

    Andreas Schäffer;Matthias Kästner;Stefan Trapp

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeremias H. R. Kägi
Jeremias H. R. Kägi University of Zurich
Milan Vašák
Milan Vašák University of Zurich
Kurt Wüthrich
Kurt Wüthrich ETH Zurich

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