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Harald P. Pfeiffer

Harald P. Pfeiffer

Max Planck Society
Germany

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Physics 122 738 699 63 60 466 111415

Harald P. Pfeiffer publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Harald P. Pfeiffer between 1999 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Harald P. Pfeiffer published across 27 years, from 1999 to 2025, averaging 18.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 77 publications in 2019. 35 of the 495 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
25 50 75
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1999 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 77. Peak 77 publications in 2019. 1999: 1 publication 2000: 1 publication 2001: 1 publication 2002: 2 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 13 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 22 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 19 publications 2016: 26 publications 2017: 52 publications 2018: 56 publications 2019: 77 publications 2020: 29 publications 2021: 61 publications 2022: 13 publications 2023: 23 publications 2024: 21 publications 2025: 14 publications
1999 2025

495 publications in total across all disciplines

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Harald P. Pfeiffer: publications per year, 1999 to 2025
Year Publications
1999 1
2000 1
2001 1
2002 2
2003 4
2004 5
2005 4
2006 5
2007 6
2008 7
2009 13
2010 4
2011 9
2012 9
2013 22
2014 11
2015 19
2016 26
2017 52
2018 56
2019 77
2020 29
2021 61
2022 13
2023 23
2024 21
2025 14
Total 495
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Harald P. 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 Harald P. 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, 463–482 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: 466 publications — 50th percentile

50% 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
463–482 131 466
483–502 116
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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Harald P. 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 Harald P. 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, 122–123 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: 122 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% 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
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 59 122
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

Harald P. Pfeiffer is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany with a research focus in Physics and Astronomy. Their work spans 223 publications primarily concentrated in the subfields of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Oceanography, and Computational Mechanics.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Geophysics and Sensor Technology

Among their recent papers are the following, with publication years and venues:

  • Multipolar effective-one-body waveforms for precessing binary black holes: Construction and validation, 2020, Physical Review D
  • Eccentric binary black hole surrogate models for the gravitational waveform and remnant properties: Comparable mass, nonspinning case, 2021, Physical Review D
  • Laying the foundation of the effective-one-body waveform models SEOBNRv5: Improved accuracy and efficiency for spinning nonprecessing binary black holes, 2023, Physical Review D
  • Aligned-spin neutron-star-black-hole waveform model based on the effective-one-body approach and numerical-relativity simulations, 2020, Physical Review D
  • Adding gravitational memory to waveform catalogs using BMS balance laws, 2021, Physical Review D

Harald P. Pfeiffer frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Physical Review D
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Classical and Quantum Gravity
  • Physical Review Letters

Frequent coauthors in Pfeiffer's collaborations include:

  • Larry Kidder
  • Mark Scheel
  • Michael Boyle
  • Nils Deppe
  • Nils L. Vu

Best Publications

  • Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

    B. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • GW170817: observation of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • GW151226: observation of gravitational waves from a 22-solar-mass binary black hole coalescence

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • GW170104: Observation of a 50-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence at Redshift 0.2

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • GW170814: A three-detector observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole coalescence

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • GW170817: Measurements of Neutron Star Radii and Equation of State.

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • Prospects for Observing and Localizing Gravitational-Wave Transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • Tests of general relativity with GW150914

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • Binary Black Hole Mergers in the First Advanced LIGO Observing Run

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • GW170608: Observation of a 19-solar-mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • GW170608: Observation of a 19 solar-mass binary black hole coalescence

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • Properties of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • Binary Black Hole Mergers in the first Advanced LIGO Observing Run

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese;F. Acernese

  • Binary Black Hole Population Properties Inferred from the First and Second Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Properties of the Binary Black Hole Merger GW150914

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • GW190425: Observation of a Compact Binary Coalescence with Total Mass $\sim 3.4 M_{\odot}$

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • GW190521: A Binary Black Hole Merger with a Total Mass of 150 M

    R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;S. Abraham;F. Acernese

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Scheel
Mark A. Scheel California Institute of Technology
Alessandra Buonanno
Alessandra Buonanno Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
N. A. Robertson
N. A. Robertson California Institute of Technology
J. A. Giaime
J. A. Giaime Louisiana State University
Bernard F. Schutz
Bernard F. Schutz Cardiff University
Nelson Christensen
Nelson Christensen Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur
G. Bergmann
G. Bergmann Max Planck Society
Laura Cadonati
Laura Cadonati Georgia Institute of Technology
Richard O'Shaughnessy
Richard O'Shaughnessy Rochester Institute of Technology
M. Tse
M. Tse MIT

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