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50
Citations
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World Ranking
2785
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19

Mike S. Schäfer publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mike S. Schäfer sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 213 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Mike S. Schäfer D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mike S. Schäfer sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Best Publications

  • Media attention for climate change around the world: A comparative analysis of newspaper coverage in 27 countries

    Andreas Schmidt;Ana Ivanova;Mike S. Schäfer

  • Is the internet a better public sphere? Comparing old and new media in the USA and Germany

    Jürgen Gerhards;Mike S. Schäfer

  • Media Representations of Climate Change: A Meta-Analysis of the Research Field

    Mike S. Schäfer;Inga Schlichting

  • Online communication on climate change and climate politics: a literature review

    Mike S. Schäfer

  • Global warming’s five Germanys: A typology of Germans’ views on climate change and patterns of media use and information:

    Julia Metag;Tobias Füchslin;Mike S. Schäfer

  • Science-related populism: Conceptualizing populist demands toward science:

    Niels G. Mede;Mike S. Schäfer

  • Public climate-change skepticism, energy preferences and political participation

    Anita Engels;Otto Hüther;Mike S Schäfer;Hermann Held

  • Multiple public spheres of Weibo: a typology of forms and potentials of online public spheres in China

    Adrian Rauchfleisch;Mike S. Schäfer

  • From Public Understanding to Public Engagement An Empirical Assessment of Changes in Science Coverage

    Mike S. Schäfer

  • Taking stock: A meta-analysis of studies on the media's coverage of science

    Mike S. Schäfer

  • Climate change in news media across the globe: an automated analysis of issue attention and themes in climate change coverage in 10 countries (2006–2018)

    Valerie Hase;Daniela Mahl;Mike S. Schäfer;Tobias R. Keller

  • What drives media attention for climate change? Explaining issue attention in Australian, German and Indian print media from 1996 to 2010:

    Mike S Schäfer;Ana Ivanova;Andreas Schmidt

  • Climate journalism in a changing media ecosystem: Assessing the production of climate change-related news around the world

    Mike S. Schäfer;James Painter

  • Wissenschaftskommunikation Online

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  • The different audiences of science communication: A segmentation analysis of the Swiss population's perceptions of science and their information and media use patterns.

    Mike S Schäfer;Tobias Füchslin;Julia Metag;Julia Metag;Silje Theresa Kristiansen;Silje Theresa Kristiansen

  • Perceptions of Climate Change Imagery: Evoked Salience and Self-Efficacy in Germany, Switzerland and Austria

    Julia Metag;Mike S. Schäfer;Tobias Füchslin;Tjado Barsuhn

  • Sources, Characteristics and Effects of Mass Media Communication on Science: A Review of the Literature, Current Trends and Areas for Future Research

    Mike S. Schäfer

  • „Hacktivism“? Online‐Medien und Social Media als Instrumente der Klimakommunikation zivilgesellschaftlicher Akteure

    Mike S. Schäfer

  • Umwelt- und Klimawandelkommunikation

    Mike S. Schäfer;Heinz Bonfadelli

  • Repercussion and resistance: An empirical study on the interrelation between science and mass media

    Simone Rödder;Mike S. Schäfer

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Weingart
Peter Weingart Bielefeld University
Jakob Zinsstag
Jakob Zinsstag Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Eszter Hargittai
Eszter Hargittai University of Zurich
Brigitte Nerlich
Brigitte Nerlich University of Nottingham
Gert G. Wagner
Gert G. Wagner German Institute for Economic Research
Matthew C. Nisbet
Matthew C. Nisbet Northeastern University
Hans von Storch
Hans von Storch Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
Jürgen Scheffran
Jürgen Scheffran Universität Hamburg
Reto Knutti
Reto Knutti ETH Zurich
Marcel Tanner
Marcel Tanner Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute

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