Roland Pfau publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Roland Pfau between 1997 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Roland Pfau published across 29 years, from 1997 to 2025, averaging 4 papers a year. Output peaked at 17 publications in 2016. 2 of the 117 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

5 10 15

1997 2025

117 publications in total across all disciplines

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Roland Pfau: publications per year, 1997 to 2025
Year	Publications
1997	1
1998	0
1999	0
2000	0
2001	3
2002	7
2003	3
2004	3
2005	4
2006	3
2007	7
2008	6
2009	4
2010	5
2011	4
2012	5
2013	1
2014	2
2015	5
2016	17
2017	5
2018	6
2019	4
2020	4
2021	7
2022	4
2023	5
2024	1
2025	1
Total	117

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Roland Pfau publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Roland Pfau sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400

44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 107 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications	Scientists	This scientist
44–53	28
54–63	61
64–73	161
74–83	225
84–93	301
94–103	390
104–113	406	107
114–123	474
124–133	453
134–143	434
144–153	407
154–163	411
164–173	391
174–183	313
184–193	319
194–203	304
204–213	285
214–223	246
224–233	213
234–243	170
244–253	167
254–263	162
264–273	138
274–283	138
284–293	113
294–303	106
304–313	95
314–323	101
324–333	81
334–343	69
344–353	56
354–363	36
364–373	42
374–383	41
384–393	44
394–403	27
404–413	30
414–423	20
424–433	29
434–443	29
444–453	25
454–463	19
464–473	21
474–483	11
484–493	17
494–503	7
504–513	6
514–523	12
524–533	10
534–543	7
544–553	6
554–563	12
564–569	8
570+	100

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Roland Pfau D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Roland Pfau sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index	Scientists	This scientist
30	177
31	210
32	222
33	188
34	181
35	243	35
36	261
37	272
38	278
39	300
40	297
41	308
42	313
43	300
44	269
45	260
46	228
47	251
48	203
49	186
50	187
51	166
52	138
53	141
54	131
55	137
56	109
57	129
58	95
59	105
60	106
61	86
62	94
63	77
64	79
65	59
66	68
67	51
68	49
69	40
70	43
71	40
72	50
73	46
74	43
75	45
76	45
77	30
78	25
79	31
80	29
81	18
82	21
83	26
84	15
85	15
86	19
87	19
88	12
89	7
90	19
91	20
92	13
93	9
94	13
95	8
96	7
97	6
98	6
99	6
100+	97

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Best Publications

Sign Language: An International Handbook

Roland Pfau;Markus Steinbach;Bencie Woll

247
Citations
Nonmanuals: their grammatical and prosodic roles

Roland Pfau;Josep Quer

240
Citations
Sign Language Typology: The Contribution of Rural Sign Languages

Connie De Vos;Roland Pfau

145
Citations
Event representations constrain the structure of language: Sign language as a window into universally accessible linguistic biases.

Brent Strickland;Carlo Geraci;Emmanuel Chemla;Philippe Schlenker

135
Citations
V-to-Neg raising and negative concord in three sign languages

Roland Pfau;Josep Quer

100
Citations
Pluralization in sign and in speech: A cross-modal typological study

Roland Pfau;Markus Steinbach

92
Citations
Modality-independent and modality-specific aspects of grammaticalization in sign languages

Roland Pfau;Markus Steinbach

77
Citations
Applying morphosyntactic and phonological readjustment rules in natural language negation

Unknown

69
Citations
Can’t you see the difference? Sources of variation in sign language structure

Pamela M. Perniss;R. Pfau;M. Steinbach

69
Citations
When a Wh-word is not a Wh-word : the case of Indian Sign Language

Ulrike Zeshan;R. Pfau;E. Aboh

68
Citations
9. Tense, aspect, and modality

Unknown

65
Citations
Grammaticalization in sign languages

Roland Pfau;Markus Steinbach

62
Citations
The syntax of sign language agreement: Common ingredients, but unusual recipe

Roland Pfau;Martin Salzmann;Markus Steinbach

61
Citations
Grammaticalization of auxiliaries in sign languages

M. Steinbach;R. Pfau

49
Citations
Optimal reciprocals in German Sign Language

Roland Pfau;Markus Steinbach

36
Citations
Signing NOT (or not): A typological perspective on standard negation in Sign Language of the Netherlands

Marloes Oomen;Roland Pfau

28
Citations
The grammar of headshake: a typological perspective on German Sign Language negation

Roland Pfau

23
Citations
A Featural Approach to Sign Language Negation

Roland Pfau

20
Citations
On the syntax of negation and modals in Catalan Sign Language and German Sign Language

Pamela M. Perniss;Roland Pfau;Markus Steinbach

19
Citations
What’s a wh-word got to do with it?

E.O. Aboh;R. Pfau

13
Citations