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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.

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103 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.

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.

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 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.

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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