2026 Stefan Gerlach: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	43	1978	1784	34	33	179	7017

Overview

Stefan Gerlach is affiliated with EFG International in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and engineering with a focus on biomedical engineering and radiation-related subfields. Their research spans advanced radiotherapy techniques, soft robotics applications, and radiation therapy and dosimetry among other topics.

The main fields of study this scientist addresses include:

Medicine
Engineering

More specifically, their subfields of study cover:

Biomedical Engineering
Radiation
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Surgery

The primary research topics encompassed in their publications are:

Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
Soft Robotics and Applications
Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry
Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
Surgical Simulation and Training
Optical Coherence Tomography Applications
Monetary Policy and Economic Impact

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Stefan Gerlach include:

"Robotic Tissue Sampling for Safe Post-Mortem Biopsy in Infectious Corpses" (2022, IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics)
"Computer-aided classification of indirect immunofluorescence patterns on esophagus and split skin for the detection of autoimmune dermatoses" (2023, Frontiers in Immunology)
"Robotic Systems in Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery" (2022, Current Robotics Reports)
"Real-Time Motion Analysis With 4D Deep Learning for Ultrasound-Guided Radiotherapy" (2023, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering)
"Feasibility and analysis of CNN-based candidate beam generation for robotic radiosurgery" (2020, Medical Physics)

Stefan Gerlach frequently publishes in academic venues such as:

Medical Physics
Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
Journal of International Money and Finance

Collaboration is a significant component of their work. The most frequent coauthors include:

Alexander Schlaefer
Maximilian Neidhardt
Theresa Hofmann
Christoph Fürweger
Sarah Latus

The scope of Stefan Gerlach's research reflects a multidisciplinary approach, combining technical engineering principles with medical applications, particularly in the context of radiotherapy technologies and robotic systems in healthcare.

Best Publications

Contagious speculative attacks

Stefan Gerlach;Frank Smets

717
Citations
Money and Inflation in the Euro Area: A Case for Monetary Indicators? ∗

Stefan Gerlach;Stefan Gerlach;Lars E.O Svensson

596
Citations
Consumption and Credit Constraints: International evidence

Philippe Bacchetta;Stefan Gerlach

444
Citations
The Monetary Transmission Mechanism: Evidence from the G-7 Countries

Stefan Gerlach;Frank Smets

393
Citations
Bank lending and property prices in Hong Kong

Stefan Gerlach;Stefan Gerlach;Wensheng Peng

393
Citations
Banking and Sovereign Risk in the Euro Area

Stefan Gerlach;Stefan Gerlach;Alexander Schulz;Guntram B. Wolff;Guntram B. Wolff

387
Citations
The Taylor rule and interest rates in the EMU area

Stefan Gerlach;Gert Schnabel

357
Citations
The Inflation Bias Revisited: Theory and Some International Evidence

Alex Cukierman;Stefan Gerlach

352
Citations
Does the term structure predict recessions? The international evidence

Henri J Bernard;Stefan Gerlach;Stefan Gerlach

287
Citations
Output gaps and monetary policy in the EMU area

Stefan Gerlach;Stefan Gerlach;Stefan Gerlach;Frank Smets;Frank Smets

255
Citations
The term structure of Euro-rates: some evidence in support of the expectations hypothesis

Stefan Gerlach;Stefan Gerlach;Frank Smets;Frank Smets

241
Citations
The monetary transmission mechanism : evidence from the G-7 countries

Stefan Gerlach;Stefan Gerlach;Frank Smets;Frank Smets

172
Citations
Monetary Policy, Asset Prices and Macroeconomic Conditions : A Panel-Var Study

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172
Citations
MCIs and monetary policy

Stefan Gerlach;Stefan Gerlach;Stefan Gerlach;Frank Smets;Frank Smets

159
Citations
Interest Rate Setting by the ECB, 1999-2006: Words and Deeds

Stefan Gerlach

155
Citations
Interpreting Euro area inflation at high and low frequencies

Katrin Assenmacher-Wesche;Stefan Gerlach

133
Citations
Contagious Speculative Attacks

Stefan Gerlach;Stefan Gerlach;Frank Smets;Frank Smets

114
Citations
Open-Economy Ination Targeting

Lars E.O. Svensson;Roel Beetsma;Kathryn Dominguez;Charles Freedman

107
Citations
Ensuring Financial Stability: Financial Structure and the Impact of Monetary Policy on Asset Prices

Katrin Assenmacher-Wesche;Stefan Gerlach

98
Citations
Does the Term Structure Predict Recessions? The International Evidence

Stefan Gerlach;Stefan Gerlach;Henri Bernard

98
Citations
Money and Inflation in the Euro Area: A Case for Monetary Indicators?

Stefan Gerlach;Stefan Gerlach;Lars E. O. Svensson

97
Citations
The rise and fall of the Scandinavian Currency Union 1873–1920☆

Michael Bergman;Stefan Gerlach;Lars Jonung

92
Citations
Money growth, output gaps and inflation at low and high frequency: Spectral estimates for Switzerland

Katrin Assenmacher-Wesche;Stefan Gerlach

91
Citations
Interest Rate Setting by the ECB: Words and Deeds

Stefan Gerlach;Stefan Gerlach

90
Citations
Consumption and Credit Constraints : International Evidence.

Philippe Bacchetta;Philippe Bacchetta;Stefan Gerlach;Stefan Gerlach

83
Citations
Interpreting Euro Area Inflation at High and Low Frequency

Katrin Assenmacher-Wesche;Stefan Gerlach

6
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Smets European Central Bank

Michael C. Burda Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Alex Cukierman Tel Aviv University

Philippe Bacchetta University of Lausanne

Lars E.O. Svensson Stockholm School of Economics

Lars Jonung Lund University

Guntram B. Wolff Université Libre de Bruxelles

Willem H. Buiter Independent Scientist / Consultant, US

Alberto Alesina Harvard University

Juan J. Dolado European University Institute

External Links

Personal website of Stefan Gerlach

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