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Researcher · CABI Switzerland · Switzerland

Urs Schaffner

Urs Schaffner publishes mostly in Plant Science, Insect Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation, on topics such as Biological Control of Invasive Species, Weed Control and Herbicide Applications and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

World rank
#104,359
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#2,437
of 19,404
Works
41
Citations
227
Citations per work
5.5

What does Urs Schaffner research?

Plant Science: 25.0%Insect Science: 15.0%Nature and Landscape Conservation: 12.5%Ecology: 7.5%other fields: 40.0%25%top field
Plant Science25.0%Insect Science15.0%Nature and Landscape Conservation12.5%Ecology7.5%other fields40.0%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Plant Science25% of their works
  2. 2Insect Science15% of their works
  3. 3Nature and Landscape Conservation12% of their works
  4. 4Ecology8% of their works
  5. 5Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law8% of their works
  6. 6Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Urs Schaffner's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Invasive Species, Conservation, Biodiversity, Weed Control, Biological Control, Climate Change, Ecosystem and Water Hyacinth.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Invasive Species155 topics
  2. Conservation144 topics
  3. Biodiversity83 topics
  4. Weed Control72 topics
  5. Biological Control61 topic
  6. Climate Change63 topics
  7. Ecosystem62 topics
  8. Water Hyacinth61 topic
  9. Crop Losses41 topic
  10. Functional Diversity41 topic
  11. Habitat Fragmentation41 topic
  12. Herbicide Resistance41 topic
  13. Allelochemicals31 topic
  14. Root Exudates31 topic
  15. Flora21 topic
  16. Pastoralists21 topic
  17. Rangeland Degradation21 topic
  18. Sagebrush21 topic
  19. Vascular Plants21 topic
  20. Wildlife Habitat21 topic
  21. DNA Barcoding11 topic
  22. Earthworms11 topic

Where does Urs Schaffner work?

Urs Schaffner's main affiliation in the publication record is CABI Switzerland, Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does Urs Schaffner have?

Science Explorer counts 41 works and 227 citations for Urs Schaffner, ranking #104,359 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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