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D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Physics 83 2751 2617 249 238 502 30937

Franz Pfeiffer publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Franz Pfeiffer between 2000 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Franz Pfeiffer published across 26 years, from 2000 to 2025, averaging 26.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 58 publications in 2015. 52 of the 692 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
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Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2000 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 58. Peak 58 publications in 2015. 2000: 1 publication 2001: 2 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 12 publications 2007: 16 publications 2008: 23 publications 2009: 27 publications 2010: 27 publications 2011: 19 publications 2012: 33 publications 2013: 30 publications 2014: 42 publications 2015: 58 publications 2016: 37 publications 2017: 57 publications 2018: 49 publications 2019: 48 publications 2020: 46 publications 2021: 29 publications 2022: 38 publications 2023: 27 publications 2024: 34 publications 2025: 18 publications
2000 2025

692 publications in total across all disciplines

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Franz Pfeiffer: publications per year, 2000 to 2025
Year Publications
2000 1
2001 2
2002 4
2003 3
2004 4
2005 8
2006 12
2007 16
2008 23
2009 27
2010 27
2011 19
2012 33
2013 30
2014 42
2015 58
2016 37
2017 57
2018 49
2019 48
2020 46
2021 29
2022 38
2023 27
2024 34
2025 18
Total 692
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Franz Pfeiffer publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Franz Pfeiffer sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 70 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 103–122 to 1,469+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 323–342 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 483–502 publications, is where this scientist sits. 103–122 publications: 7 scientists 123–142 publications: 10 scientists 143–162 publications: 31 scientists 163–182 publications: 35 scientists 183–202 publications: 53 scientists 203–222 publications: 81 scientists 223–242 publications: 85 scientists 243–262 publications: 112 scientists 263–282 publications: 114 scientists 283–302 publications: 126 scientists 303–322 publications: 136 scientists 323–342 publications: 162 scientists 343–362 publications: 155 scientists 363–382 publications: 156 scientists 383–402 publications: 134 scientists 403–422 publications: 145 scientists 423–442 publications: 147 scientists 443–462 publications: 131 scientists 463–482 publications: 131 scientists 483–502 publications: 116 scientists 503–522 publications: 106 scientists 523–542 publications: 103 scientists 543–562 publications: 87 scientists 563–582 publications: 84 scientists 583–602 publications: 94 scientists 603–622 publications: 70 scientists 623–642 publications: 76 scientists 643–662 publications: 60 scientists 663–682 publications: 54 scientists 683–702 publications: 60 scientists 703–722 publications: 48 scientists 723–742 publications: 64 scientists 743–762 publications: 48 scientists 763–782 publications: 37 scientists 783–802 publications: 43 scientists 803–822 publications: 34 scientists 823–842 publications: 36 scientists 843–862 publications: 32 scientists 863–882 publications: 32 scientists 883–902 publications: 31 scientists 903–922 publications: 25 scientists 923–942 publications: 15 scientists 943–962 publications: 24 scientists 963–982 publications: 13 scientists 983–1,002 publications: 21 scientists 1,003–1,022 publications: 21 scientists 1,023–1,042 publications: 16 scientists 1,043–1,062 publications: 9 scientists 1,063–1,082 publications: 19 scientists 1,083–1,102 publications: 11 scientists 1,103–1,122 publications: 17 scientists 1,123–1,142 publications: 11 scientists 1,143–1,162 publications: 7 scientists 1,163–1,182 publications: 4 scientists 1,183–1,202 publications: 10 scientists 1,203–1,222 publications: 8 scientists 1,223–1,242 publications: 16 scientists 1,243–1,262 publications: 4 scientists 1,263–1,282 publications: 10 scientists 1,283–1,302 publications: 5 scientists 1,303–1,322 publications: 7 scientists 1,323–1,342 publications: 4 scientists 1,343–1,362 publications: 8 scientists 1,363–1,382 publications: 6 scientists 1,383–1,402 publications: 7 scientists 1,403–1,422 publications: 3 scientists 1,423–1,442 publications: 4 scientists 1,443–1,462 publications: 4 scientists 1,463–1,468 publications: 3 scientists 1,469+ publications: 100 scientists
103–122 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 502 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

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Number of Physics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,678 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
103–122 7
123–142 10
143–162 31
163–182 35
183–202 53
203–222 81
223–242 85
243–262 112
263–282 114
283–302 126
303–322 136
323–342 162
343–362 155
363–382 156
383–402 134
403–422 145
423–442 147
443–462 131
463–482 131
483–502 116 502
503–522 106
523–542 103
543–562 87
563–582 84
583–602 94
603–622 70
623–642 76
643–662 60
663–682 54
683–702 60
703–722 48
723–742 64
743–762 48
763–782 37
783–802 43
803–822 34
823–842 36
843–862 32
863–882 32
883–902 31
903–922 25
923–942 15
943–962 24
963–982 13
983–1,002 21
1,003–1,022 21
1,023–1,042 16
1,043–1,062 9
1,063–1,082 19
1,083–1,102 11
1,103–1,122 17
1,123–1,142 11
1,143–1,162 7
1,163–1,182 4
1,183–1,202 10
1,203–1,222 8
1,223–1,242 16
1,243–1,262 4
1,263–1,282 10
1,283–1,302 5
1,303–1,322 7
1,323–1,342 4
1,343–1,362 8
1,363–1,382 6
1,383–1,402 7
1,403–1,422 3
1,423–1,442 4
1,443–1,462 4
1,463–1,468 3
1,469+ 100
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Franz Pfeiffer D-index placement in Physics in 2026

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

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 59 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 70–71 to 185+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 167. Most scientists, 167, have 80–81 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 82–83 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 70–71 D-Index: 76 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 110 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 143 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 153 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 144 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 167 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 167 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 166 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 132 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 155 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 134 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 137 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 102 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 112 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 110 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 116 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 97 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 103 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 87 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 90 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 78 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 75 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 67 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 69 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 59 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 53 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 42 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 41 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 33 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 32 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 45 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 19 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 24 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 28 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 31 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 20 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 12 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 24 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 23 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 15 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 15 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 11 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 17 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 12 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 11 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 9 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 9 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 11 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 4 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 8 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 5 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 3 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 4 scientists 184 D-Index: 4 scientists 185+ D-Index: 99 scientists
70–71 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

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Number of Physics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,678 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
70–71 76
72–73 110
74–75 143
76–77 153
78–79 144
80–81 167
82–83 167 83
84–85 166
86–87 132
88–89 155
90–91 134
92–93 137
94–95 102
96–97 112
98–99 110
100–101 116
102–103 97
104–105 103
106–107 87
108–109 90
110–111 67
112–113 78
114–115 75
116–117 67
118–119 69
120–121 60
122–123 59
124–125 53
126–127 42
128–129 41
130–131 33
132–133 32
134–135 45
136–137 19
138–139 24
140–141 28
142–143 31
144–145 22
146–147 20
148–149 12
150–151 16
152–153 24
154–155 23
156–157 15
158–159 15
160–161 11
162–163 17
164–165 12
166–167 11
168–169 9
170–171 9
172–173 11
174–175 4
176–177 8
178–179 5
180–181 3
182–183 4
184 4
185+ 99
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Overview

Franz Pfeiffer is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Physics and Astronomy, and Engineering. Within these broad disciplines, their work is concentrated on several subfields including Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Radiation, Biomedical Engineering, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's main research topics include Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging, Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques, Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications, Radiation Dose and Imaging, X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, and Nuclear Physics and Applications.

Franz Pfeiffer has contributed to numerous publications, with visible activity in scientific venues such as:

  • Scientific Reports
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
  • European Radiology Experimental
  • Radiology

Highlighted recent papers authored or co-authored by Franz Pfeiffer include:

  • X-ray dark-field chest imaging for detection and quantification of emphysema in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a diagnostic accuracy study, 2021, The Lancet Digital Health
  • Dark-field computed tomography reaches the human scale, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • X-ray Dark-Field Chest Imaging: Qualitative and Quantitative Results in Healthy Humans, 2021, Radiology
  • The versatile X-ray beamline of the Munich Compact Light Source: design, instrumentation and applications, 2020, Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
  • X-ray phase tomography with near-field speckles for three-dimensional virtual histology, 2020, Optica

Frequent collaborators of Franz Pfeiffer include Daniela Pfeiffer, Julia Herzen, Thomas Koehler, Klaus Achterhold, and Martin Dierolf. They have worked together extensively, reflecting active collaborative research efforts.

Best Publications

  • Phase retrieval and differential phase-contrast imaging with low-brilliance X-ray sources

    Franz Pfeiffer;Timm Weitkamp;Oliver Bunk;Christian David

  • X-ray phase imaging with a grating interferometer.

    Timm Weitkamp;Ana Diaz;Christian David;Franz Pfeiffer

  • High-Resolution Scanning X-ray Diffraction Microscopy

    Pierre Thibault;Martin Dierolf;Andreas Menzel;Oliver Bunk

  • Hard-X-ray dark-field imaging using a grating interferometer

    Franz Pfeiffer;Franz Pfeiffer;Martin Bech;Oliver Bunk;Philipp Kraft

  • Hard-X-Ray Lensless Imaging of Extended Objects

    J. M. Rodenburg;A. C. Hurst;A. G. Cullis;B. R. Dobson

  • Ptychographic X-ray computed tomography at the nanoscale

    Martin Dierolf;Andreas Menzel;Pierre Thibault;Philipp Schneider

  • Probe retrieval in ptychographic coherent diffractive imaging.

    Pierre Thibault;Martin Dierolf;Martin Dierolf;Oliver Bunk;Andreas Menzel

  • X-ray ptychography

    Franz Pfeiffer

  • Hard X-Ray Phase Tomography with Low-Brilliance Sources

    F. Pfeiffer;C. Kottler;O. Bunk;C. David

  • The microstructure and micromechanics of the tendon-bone insertion

    L. Rossetti;L. A. Kuntz;E. Kunold;J. Schock

  • Influence of the overlap parameter on the convergence of the ptychographical iterative engine.

    Oliver Bunk;Martin Dierolf;Martin Dierolf;Søren Kynde;Ian Johnson

  • Efficient Deep Network Architectures for Fast Chest X-Ray Tuberculosis Screening and Visualization.

    F. Pasa;V. Golkov;F. Pfeiffer;D. Cremers

  • Fabrication of diffraction gratings for hard X-ray phase contrast imaging

    C. David;J. Bruder;T. Rohbeck;C. Grünzweig

  • Quantitative biological imaging by ptychographic x-ray diffraction microscopy

    Klaus Giewekemeyer;Pierre Thibault;Sebastian Kalbfleisch;André Beerlink

  • Neutron Phase Imaging and Tomography

    F. Pfeiffer;C. Grünzweig;O. Bunk;G. Frei

  • High-resolution brain tumor visualization using three-dimensional x-ray phase contrast tomography

    F Pfeiffer;F Pfeiffer;O Bunk;C David;M Bech

  • Quantitative x-ray dark-field computed tomography

    M Bech;O Bunk;T Donath;R Feidenhans'l

  • A two-directional approach for grating based differential phase contrast imaging using hard x-rays.

    C. Kottler;C. David;F. Pfeiffer;O. Bunk

  • Two-dimensional x-ray waveguides and point sources.

    F. Pfeiffer;C. David;M. Burghammer;C. Riekel

  • Ptychographic coherent diffractive imaging of weakly scattering specimens

    Martin Dierolf;Pierre Thibault;Andreas Menzel;Cameron M Kewish

Frequent Co-Authors

Oliver Bunk
Oliver Bunk Paul Scherrer Institute
Ernst J. Rummeny
Ernst J. Rummeny Technical University of Munich
Maximilian F. Reiser
Maximilian F. Reiser Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Oliver Eickelberg
Oliver Eickelberg University of Pittsburgh
Andreas Menzel
Andreas Menzel TU Dortmund University
Konstantin Nikolaou
Konstantin Nikolaou University of Tübingen
Alexander Rack
Alexander Rack European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Peter Cloetens
Peter Cloetens European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
J. F. van der Veen
J. F. van der Veen Paul Scherrer Institute
Ulrich Schüller
Ulrich Schüller Universität Hamburg

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