2026 Hans-Walter Pfister: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Immunology	58	3522	3249	242	225	144	12071

Hans-Walter Pfister publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hans-Walter Pfister sits on this spectrum.

62 publications 807+

This scientist: 144 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Hans-Walter Pfister D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

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

40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hans-Walter Pfister is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research primarily falls within the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with notable focus on subfields such as Microbiology, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Neurology, and Surgery.

The scientist's body of work addresses topics including Bacterial Infections and Vaccines, Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections, Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis, Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis, Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments, Polyomavirus and related diseases, and Long-Term Effects of COVID-19.

Hans-Walter Pfister has contributed to several recent papers. Key publications include:

"Decline in the number of patients with meningitis in German hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic," 2022, published in Journal of Neurology
"German guidelines on community-acquired acute bacterial meningitis in adults," 2023, published in Neurological Research and Practice
"SOP: emergency workup in patients with suspected acute bacterial meningitis," 2021, published in Neurological Research and Practice
"S2k-Leitlinie: Ambulant erworbene bakterielle Meningoenzephalitis im Erwachsenenalter," 2023, published in DGNeurologie
"Characterization and diagnosis spectrum of patients with cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis," 2023, published in Infection

Frequent co-authors in their network include Matthias Klein, Uwe Koedel, Susanne Dyckhoff-Shen, Stefanie Völk, and Nina C. Teske.

Hans-Walter Pfister's research is frequently disseminated through a range of publication venues. These include:

Journal of Neurology
Neurological Research and Practice
Infection
European Journal of Neurology
MMW - Fortschritte der Medizin

Best Publications

ESCMID guideline: diagnosis and treatment of acute bacterial meningitis.

D van de Beek;C Cabellos;O Dzupova;S Esposito

956
Citations
Pneumococcal meningitis in adults: spectrum of complications and prognostic factors in a series of 87 cases.

Stefan Kastenbauer;Hans-Walter Pfister

609
Citations
Pathogenesis and pathophysiology of pneumococcal meningitis

Uwe Koedel;William Michael Scheld;Hans-Walter Pfister

523
Citations
Spectrum of Complications During Bacterial Meningitis in Adults: Results of a Prospective Clinical Study

Hans-Walter Pfister;Wolfgang Feiden;Karl-Max Einhäupl

412
Citations
Pathophysiology of Bacterial Meningitis: Mechanism(s) of Neuronal Injury

W. Michael Scheld;Uwe Koedel;Barnett Nathan;Hans-Walter Pfister

410
Citations
γ-secretase directly sheds the survival receptor BCMA from plasma cells

Sarah A. Laurent;Franziska S. Hoffmann;Peer-Hendrik Kuhn;Qingyu Cheng

367
Citations
Cerebrovascular complications of bacterial meningitis in adults

Hans-Walter Pfister;Gian Domenico Borasio;Ulrich Dirnagl;Michael Bauer

338
Citations
Toll-Like Receptor 2 Participates in Mediation of Immune Response in Experimental Pneumococcal Meningitis

Uwe Koedel;Barbara Angele;Tobias Rupprecht;Hermann Wagner

305
Citations
Lyme neuroborreliosis—epidemiology, diagnosis and management

Uwe Koedel;Volker Fingerle;Hans-Walter Pfister

297
Citations
The Pathogenesis of Lyme Neuroborreliosis: From Infection to Inflammation

Tobias A. Rupprecht;Uwe Koedel;Volker Fingerle;Hans-Walter Pfister

290
Citations
Intrathecal Production of Specific Antibodies against Borrelia burgdorferi in Patients with Lymphocytic Meningoradiculitis (Bannwarth's Syndrome)

Bettina Wilske;Günther Schierz;Vera Preac-Mursic;Käthe von Buscb

282
Citations
Matrix metalloproteinases contribute to the blood-brain barrier disruption during bacterial meningitis.

Robert Paul;Stefan Lorenzl;Uwe Koedel;Bernd Sporer

273
Citations
The NLRP3 Inflammasome Contributes to Brain Injury in Pneumococcal Meningitis and Is Activated through ATP-Dependent Lysosomal Cathepsin B Release

Tobias Hoegen;Nadin Tremel;Matthias Klein;Barbara Angele

229
Citations
Identification of a T cell chemotactic factor in the cerebrospinal fluid of HIV-1-infected individuals as interferon-γ inducible protein 10

Stefan A Kolb;Bernd Sporer;Fritz Lahrtz;Uwe Koedel

201
Citations
MyD88 is required for mounting a robust host immune response to Streptococcus pneumoniae in the CNS.

Uwe Koedel;Tobias Rupprecht;Barbara Angele;Juergen Heesemann

201
Citations
Experimental pneumococcal meningitis: cerebrovascular alterations, brain edema, and meningeal inflammation are linked to the production of nitric oxide.

Uwe Koedel;Andrea Bernatowicz;Robert Paul;Karl Frei

194
Citations
New understandings on the pathophysiology of bacterial meningitis.

Uwe Koedel;Matthias Klein;Hans-Walter Pfister

186
Citations
Innate Immunity to Pneumococcal Infection of the Central Nervous System Depends on Toll-Like Receptor (TLR) 2 and TLR4

Matthias Klein;Bianca Obermaier;Barbara Angele;Hans-Walter Pfister

180
Citations
Randomized comparison of ceftriaxone and cefotaxime in lyme neuroborreliosis

Hans-Walter Pfister;Vera Preac-Mursic;Bettina Wilske;Eva Schielke

178
Citations
Diversity of OspA and OspC among cerebrospinal fluid isolates of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato from patients with neuroborreliosis in Germany.

Bettina Wilske;Uli Busch;Helmut Eiffert;Volker Fingerle

176
Citations
A prospective study on the role of CXCL13 in Lyme neuroborreliosis

C. Schmidt;A. Plate;B. Angele;H.-W. Pfister

166
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Uwe Koedel Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Adriano Fontana University of Zurich

Bettina Wilske Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Karl Frei University of Zurich

Volker Fingerle Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Carsten J. Kirschning University of Duisburg-Essen

Andreas Straube Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Hermann Wagner Technical University of Munich

Sven Hammerschmidt University of Greifswald

Armin Giese Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

External Links

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