Michael Pfeifer

12.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
199 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Michael Pfeifer is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Physiology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Pfeifer has authored 199 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 62 papers in Physiology and 41 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Michael Pfeifer's work include Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (35 papers), Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (28 papers) and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (26 papers). Michael Pfeifer is often cited by papers focused on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (35 papers), Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (28 papers) and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (26 papers). Michael Pfeifer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Michael Pfeifer's co-authors include B. Begerow, Jeffrey B. Halter, H. W. Minne, M. Schumer, Clarice R. Weinberg, Daniel Porte, Michael Arzt, James D. Best, David A. Gelber and Detlef Nachtigall and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Michael Pfeifer

191 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure for Central Sleep Apnea and Heart Failure

2005 750 citations T. Douglas Bradley, Alexander G. Logan et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
Effects of Vitamin D and Calcium Supplementation on Falls: A Randomized Controlled Trial

2003 728 citations Michael Pfeifer et al. profile →
Case characteristics, resource use, and outcomes of 10 021 patients with COVID-19 admitted to 920 German hospitals: an observational study

2020 459 citations Uwe Janssens, Gernot Marx et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Pfeifer Germany	44	2.7k	1.8k	1.7k	1.6k	1.3k	199	8.3k
Pamela L. Lutsey United States	60	2.3k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	4.4k 2.6×	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	444	13.5k
Nancy S. Jenny United States	59	2.4k 0.9×	1.0k 0.6×	2.2k 1.3×	717 0.5×	1.0k 0.8×	177	10.6k
Giuseppe Sergi Italy	56	5.8k 2.1×	755 0.4×	993 0.6×	683 0.4×	1.6k 1.2×	331	11.5k
Gaetano Crepaldi Italy	58	2.7k 1.0×	890 0.5×	2.2k 1.3×	755 0.5×	2.0k 1.6×	373	11.7k
Barbara J. Nicklas United States	71	8.2k 3.0×	623 0.4×	3.2k 1.9×	446 0.3×	2.1k 1.6×	245	17.5k
Enzo Manzato Italy	51	4.1k 1.5×	574 0.3×	1.2k 0.7×	755 0.5×	1.7k 1.3×	300	10.6k
Rainer Rauramaa Finland	58	3.1k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	3.9k 2.3×	276 0.2×	1.0k 0.8×	199	10.9k
Andrew P. Goldberg United States	60	2.9k 1.0×	562 0.3×	1.7k 1.0×	336 0.2×	1.6k 1.2×	157	9.7k
Kim Sutton-Tyrrell United States	60	1.1k 0.4×	1.4k 0.8×	5.2k 3.1×	892 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	157	12.0k
Tamara B. Harris United States	47	4.8k 1.7×	523 0.3×	1.6k 1.0×	346 0.2×	1.4k 1.1×	87	10.3k

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Blaas, Stefan, Michael Pfeifer, Maximilian Malfertheiner, et al.. (2025). Hyper-reactivity of CD8+ T cells and high expression of IL-3 correlates with occurrence and severity of Long-COVID. Clinical Immunology. 277. 110502–110502. 2 indexed citations

Schwarz-Eywill, Michael, et al.. (2020). Rehabilitation seltener Erkrankungen im Erwachsenenalter: Osteogenesis imperfecta. Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie. 80(1). 29–42. 2 indexed citations

Kluge, Stefan, Uwe Janssens, Tobias Welte, et al.. (2020). Empfehlungen zur intensivmedizinischen Therapie von Patienten mit COVID-19 – 3. Version. Der Anaesthesist. 69(9). 653–664. 15 indexed citations

Schwarz-Eywill, Michael, et al.. (2019). Long-term outcome of patients with pregnancy and lactation-associated osteoporosis (PLO) with a particular focus on quality of life. Clinical Rheumatology. 38(12). 3575–3583. 32 indexed citations

Pfeifer, Michael, et al.. (2017). Rückenorthesen in der Behandlung von Wirbelkörperfrakturen bei Osteoporose. Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie. 76(10). 860–868. 13 indexed citations

Bailey, Robert A., Michael Pfeifer, Alicia C. Shillington, et al.. (2015). Effect of a patient decision aid (PDA) for type 2 diabetes on knowledge, decisional self-efficacy, and decisional conflict. BMC Health Services Research. 16(1). 10–10. 64 indexed citations

Popp, Roland, et al.. (2015). Prevalence of Sleep-Disordered Breathing-Related Symptoms in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 31(7). 839–845. 12 indexed citations

Mayer, Laura, Friedrich C. Blumberg, Roland Wensel, et al.. (2014). Non-invasive cardiac output assessment in pulmonary hypertension. European Respiratory Journal. 44(Suppl 58). P2315–P2315. 1 indexed citations

Arzt, Michael, Andrea Hetzenecker, Kurt Debl, et al.. (2013). Impact of sleep-disordered breathing on myocardial salvage and infarct size in patients with acute myocardial infarction. European Respiratory Journal. 42(Suppl 57). 5035–5035. 1 indexed citations

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Büchner, Stefan, Andrea Hetzenecker, Andreas Luchner, et al.. (2012). Natural course of sleep-disordered breathing after acute myocardial infarction. European Respiratory Journal. 40(5). 1173–1179. 51 indexed citations

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Kollert, Florian, et al.. (2011). Pulmonary hypertension in obesity-hypoventilation syndrome. Respiratory Medicine. 107(12). 2061–2070. 7 indexed citations

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Ryan, Clodagh M., John S. Floras, Alexander G. Logan, et al.. (2010). Shift in sleep apnoea type in heart failure patients in the CANPAP trial. European Respiratory Journal. 35(3). 592–597. 42 indexed citations

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Pfeifer, Michael, et al.. (2010). Medizinische Trainingstherapie unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der osteoporotischen Wirbelsäule. Der Orthopäde. 39(4). 380–386. 2 indexed citations

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Lips, Paul, Neil Binkley, Michael Pfeifer, et al.. (2010). Once-weekly dose of 8400 IU vitamin D3 compared with placebo: effects on neuromuscular function and tolerability in older adults with vitamin D insufficiency. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 91(4). 985–991. 96 indexed citations

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Schroll, Stephan, et al.. (2009). Improvement of bleomycin-induced pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary fibrosis by the endothelin receptor antagonist Bosentan. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology. 170(1). 32–36. 36 indexed citations

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Bradley, T. Douglas, Alexander G. Logan, R. John Kimoff, et al.. (2005). Continuous Positive Airway Pressure for Central Sleep Apnea and Heart Failure. New England Journal of Medicine. 353(19). 2025–2033. 750 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schulz, Christian, et al.. (2004). Activation of Bronchial Epithelial Cells in Smokers Without Airway Obstruction and Patients With COPD. CHEST Journal. 125(5). 1706–1713. 27 indexed citations

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Ringe, J. D., H. Faber, Oliver Bock, et al.. (2002). Transdermal fentanyl for the treatment of back pain caused by vertebral osteoporosis. Rheumatology International. 22(5). 199–203. 26 indexed citations

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Bower, Joseph, Yves Deshaies, Michael Pfeifer, Robert J. Tanenberg, & Hisham A. Barakat. (2002). Ethnic differences in postprandial triglyceride response to a fatty meal and lipoprotein lipase in lean and obese African American and Caucasian women. Metabolism. 51(2). 211–217. 33 indexed citations

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Greene, D. A., et al.. (1990). Diabetic Neuropathy. Annual Review of Medicine. 41(1). 303–317. 47 indexed citations

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