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Christian Pfister

Christian Pfister

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
47
Citations
8634
World Ranking
5773
National Ranking
141

Christian Pfister 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 Christian Pfister sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 115 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christian Pfister 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 Christian Pfister sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Christian Pfister is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to research, primarily within the fields of Medicine and Economics, Econometrics, and Finance.

The primary focus of their work spans several topics, including:

  • Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
  • Urinary and Genital Oncology Studies
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Economic Theory and Policy
  • Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
  • Economic theories and models
  • Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Their research has appeared in various frequent publication venues, notably:

  • Progrès en Urologie
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Progrès en Urologie - FMC
  • Climate of the past
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Christian Pfister's recent papers include:

  • Randomized Phase III Trial of Dose-dense Methotrexate, Vinblastine, Doxorubicin, and Cisplatin, or Gemcitabine and Cisplatin as Perioperative Chemotherapy for Patients with Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer. Analysis of the GETUG/AFU V05 VESPER Trial Secondary Endpoints: Chemotherapy Toxicity and Pathological Responses (2020), European Urology
  • Perioperative dose-dense methotrexate, vinblastine, doxorubicin, and cisplatin in muscle-invasive bladder cancer (VESPER): survival endpoints at 5 years in an open-label, randomised, phase 3 study (2023), The Lancet Oncology

They have also authored a book published by the University of Bern:

  • Wetternachhersage. 500 Jahre Klimavariationen und Naturkatastrophen (1496-1995) (2024)

Christian Pfister's frequent co-authors encompass:

  • Yves Allory
  • Valentin Harter
  • Stéphane Culine
  • Aude Fléchon
  • Brigitte Laguerre

Best Publications

  • Historical Climatology in Europe - the State of the Art

    Rudolf Brázdil;Christian Pfister;Heinz Wanner;Hans von Storch

  • Wetternachhersage : 500 Jahre Klimavariationen und Naturkatastrophen (1496-1995)

    Christian Pfister;Hartmut Graßl;Jürg Luterbacher

  • European summer temperatures since Roman times

    J. Luterbacher;J.P. Werner;J.E. Smerdon;L. Fernández-Donado

  • From nature-dominated to human-dominated environmental changes

    Bruno Messerli;Martin Grosjean;Thomas Hofer;Lautaro Núñez

  • Monthly, seasonal and annual temperature reconstructions for Central Europe derived from documentary evidence and instrumental records since AD 1500

    Petr Dobrovolný;Anders Moberg;Rudolf Brázdil;Christian Pfister

  • European climate of the past 500 years: new challenges for historical climatology

    Rudolf Brázdil;Petr Dobrovolný;Jürg Luterbacher;Anders Moberg

  • Exceptional European warmth of autumn 2006 and winter 2007: Historical context, the underlying dynamics, and its phenological impacts

    Jiirg Luterbacher;Mark A. Liniger;Annette Menzel;Nicole Estrella

  • Climatic Variability in Sixteenth-Century Europe and its Social Dimension: A Synthesis

    Christian Pfister;Rudolf Brázdil

  • The year without a summer

    Jürg Luterbacher;Christian Pfister

  • Flood Events of Selected European Rivers in the Sixteenth Century

    Rudolf Brázdil;Rüdiger Glaser;Christian Pfister;Petr Dobrovolný

  • Increasing storm damage to forests in Switzerland from 1858 to 2007

    Tilo Usbeck;Thomas Wohlgemuth;Matthias Dobbertin;Christian Pfister

  • Grape harvest dates as a proxy for Swiss April to August temperature reconstructions back to AD 1480

    Nicole Meier;This Rutishauser;Christian Pfister;Christian Pfister;Heinz Wanner;Heinz Wanner

  • Winter air temperature variations in western Europe during the Early and High Middle Ages (AD 750–1300):

    C. Pfister;J. Luterbacher;G. Schwarz-Zanetti;M. Wegmann

  • Monthly mean pressure reconstructions for Europe for the 1780–1995 period

    P.D. Jones;T.D. Davies;D.H. Lister;V. Slonosky

  • The largest floods in the High Rhine basin since 1268 assessed from documentary and instrumental evidence

    Oliver Wetter;Christian Pfister;Rolf Weingartner;Jürg Luterbacher

  • Documentary evidence on climate in sixteenth-century Europe

    Christian Pfister;Rudolf Brázdil;Ruediger Glaser;Mariano Barriendos

  • The year-long unprecedented European heat and drought of 1540 – a worst case

    Oliver Wetter;Christian Pfister;Johannes P. Werner;Eduardo Zorita

  • The vulnerability of past societies to climatic variation: a new focus for historical climatology in the twenty-first century

    Christian Pfister

  • Hydrological winter droughts over the last 450 years in the Upper Rhine basin: a methodological approach

    Christian Pfister;Rolf Weingartner;Jürg Luterbacher

  • Wintertime European circulation patterns during the Late Maunder Minimum cooling period (1675–1704)

    H. Wanner;C. Pfister;R. Brázdil;P. Frich

  • Climatic variability in sixteenth-century Europe and its social dimension

    Christian Pfister;Rudolf Brázdil;Ruediger Glaser

Frequent Co-Authors

Rudolf Brázdil
Rudolf Brázdil Czech Academy of Sciences
Jürg Luterbacher
Jürg Luterbacher University of Giessen
Heinz Wanner
Heinz Wanner University of Bern
Mariano Barriendos
Mariano Barriendos University of Barcelona
Stefan Brönnimann
Stefan Brönnimann University of Bern
Eduardo Zorita
Eduardo Zorita Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
Rolf Weingartner
Rolf Weingartner University of Bern
Elena Xoplaki
Elena Xoplaki University of Giessen

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