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Elgar Fleisch

Elgar Fleisch

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Business and Management
Switzerland
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Business and Management

D-Index
56
Citations
13946
World Ranking
698
National Ranking
5

Computer Science

D-Index
56
Citations
12305
World Ranking
4085
National Ranking
91

Elgar Fleisch publication distribution in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Business and Management in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Elgar Fleisch sits on this spectrum.

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35 publications 436+

This scientist: 438 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 436 publications or more.

Elgar Fleisch D-index placement in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Business and Management scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Elgar Fleisch sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 156 scientists 31 D-Index: 159 scientists 32 D-Index: 171 scientists 33 D-Index: 161 scientists 34 D-Index: 135 scientists 35 D-Index: 124 scientists 36 D-Index: 114 scientists 37 D-Index: 111 scientists 38 D-Index: 103 scientists 39 D-Index: 89 scientists 40 D-Index: 81 scientists 41 D-Index: 97 scientists 42 D-Index: 80 scientists 43 D-Index: 69 scientists 44 D-Index: 68 scientists 45 D-Index: 63 scientists 46 D-Index: 54 scientists 47 D-Index: 69 scientists 48 D-Index: 50 scientists 49 D-Index: 58 scientists 50 D-Index: 54 scientists 51 D-Index: 62 scientists 52 D-Index: 54 scientists 53 D-Index: 43 scientists 54 D-Index: 49 scientists 55 D-Index: 35 scientists 56 D-Index: 40 scientists 57 D-Index: 44 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 29 scientists 60 D-Index: 48 scientists 61 D-Index: 32 scientists 62 D-Index: 30 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 22 scientists 65 D-Index: 19 scientists 66 D-Index: 20 scientists 67 D-Index: 18 scientists 68 D-Index: 17 scientists 69 D-Index: 21 scientists 70 D-Index: 20 scientists 71 D-Index: 19 scientists 72 D-Index: 14 scientists 73 D-Index: 10 scientists 74 D-Index: 16 scientists 75 D-Index: 24 scientists 76 D-Index: 13 scientists 77 D-Index: 19 scientists 78 D-Index: 8 scientists 79 D-Index: 6 scientists 80 D-Index: 4 scientists 81 D-Index: 12 scientists 82 D-Index: 7 scientists 83 D-Index: 7 scientists 84 D-Index: 6 scientists 85 D-Index: 10 scientists 86 D-Index: 4 scientists 87 D-Index: 11 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89+ D-Index: 96 scientists
30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Elgar Fleisch is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Medicine and Psychology. Their work spans subfields such as Applied Psychology, General Health Professions, Physiology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The researcher's main topics of study include Digital Mental Health Interventions, Mobile Health and mHealth Applications, Respiratory and Cough-Related Research, Behavioral Health and Interventions, Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control, Mental Health Research Topics, and Physical Activity and Health.

Elgar Fleisch has contributed to multiple recent papers, including:

  • Factors Influencing Adherence to mHealth Apps for Prevention or Management of Noncommunicable Diseases: Systematic Review, 2022, Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Growth paths for overcoming the digitalization paradox, 2020, Business Horizons
  • Voice-Based Conversational Agents for the Prevention and Management of Chronic and Mental Health Conditions: Systematic Literature Review, 2021, Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • User behavior in a real-world peer-to-peer electricity market, 2020, Applied Energy
  • Conversational Agents as Mediating Social Actors in Chronic Disease Management Involving Health Care Professionals, Patients, and Family Members: Multisite Single-Arm Feasibility Study, 2021, Journal of Medical Internet Research

Their frequent co-authors include Tobias Kowatsch, Filipe Barata, Felix Wortmann, Caterina Bérubé, and Jinjoo Shim.

Publication venues where Elgar Fleisch has appeared notably include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • JMIR Serious Games
  • Frontiers in Public Health

Elgar Fleisch also has authored a book published by St.Gallen University of Teacher Education titled Die Digitale Pille: Eine Reise in die Zukunft unseres Gesundheitssystems in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Overcoming the Service Paradox in Manufacturing Companies

    Heiko Gebauer;Elgar Fleisch;Thomas Friedli

  • Inventory Inaccuracy and Supply Chain Performance: A Simulation Study of a Retail Supply Chain

    Elgar Fleisch;Christian Tellkamp

  • What is the Internet of Things? : An Economic Perspective

    Elgar Fleisch

  • Das Internet der Dinge: Ubiquitous Computing und RFID in der Praxis:Visionen, Technologien, Anwendungen, Handlungsanleitungen

    Elgar Fleisch;Friedemann Mattern

  • Blissfully ignorant: the effects of general privacy concerns, general institutional trust, and affect in the privacy calculus

    Flavius Kehr;Tobias Kowatsch;Daniel Wentzel;Elgar Fleisch;Elgar Fleisch

  • Business Networking: Shaping Collaboration Between Enterprises

    Hubert Osterle;Elgar Fleisch;Rainer Alt

  • Geschäftsmodelle im Internet der Dinge

    Elgar Fleisch;Elgar Fleisch;Markus Weinberger;Felix Wortmann

  • The emergence of counterfeit trade: a literature review

    Thorsten Staake;Frédéric Thiesse;Elgar Fleisch

  • Mobile Sensing and Support for People With Depression: A Pilot Trial in the Wild

    Fabian Wahle;Tobias Kowatsch;Elgar Fleisch;Michael Rufer

  • An investigation of the relationship between behavioral processes, motivation, investments in the service business and service revenue

    Heiko Gebauer;Elgar Fleisch

  • Das Internet der Dinge

    Elgar Fleisch

  • Success factors for achieving high service revenues in manufacturing companies

    Heiko Gebauer;Thomas Friedli;Elgar Fleisch

  • Exploitation or exploration in service business development? : Insights from a dynamic capabilities perspective

    Thomas Fischer;Heiko Gebauer;Mike Gregory;Guangjie Ren

  • Overcoming Salience Bias: How Real-Time Feedback Fosters Resource Conservation

    Verena Tiefenbeck;Lorenz Goette;Kathrin Degen;Vojkan Tasic

  • Extending the EPC network: the potential of RFID in anti-counterfeiting

    Thorsten Staake;Frédéric Thiesse;Elgar Fleisch

  • Business Models and the Internet of Things

    Elgar Fleisch;Markus Weinberger;Felix Wortmann

  • Understanding the impact of personality traits on mobile app adoption - Insights from a large-scale field study

    Runhua Xu;Remo Manuel Frey;Elgar Fleisch;Alexander Ilic

  • Designing Business Models in the Era of Internet of Things

    Stefanie Turber;Jan vom Brocke;Oliver Gassmann;Elgar Fleisch

  • Growth paths for overcoming the digitalization paradox

    Heiko Gebauer;Heiko Gebauer;Elgar Fleisch;Elgar Fleisch;Claudio Lamprecht;Felix Wortmann

  • Business Networking: Shaping Enterprise Relationships on the Internet

    Hubert Osterle;Elgar Fleisch;Rainer Alt

  • Innovation of product-related services

    Heiko Gebauer;Regine Krempl;Elgar Fleisch;Thomas Friedli

Frequent Co-Authors

Heiko Gebauer
Heiko Gebauer Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Florian Michahelles
Florian Michahelles Siemens (Germany)
Hubert Österle
Hubert Österle University of St. Gallen
Andreas Herrmann
Andreas Herrmann RWTH Aachen University
Milo A. Puhan
Milo A. Puhan University of Zurich
David Kotz
David Kotz Dartmouth College
Oliver Gassmann
Oliver Gassmann University of St. Gallen
Rafael Lalive
Rafael Lalive University of Lausanne
Lorenz Goette
Lorenz Goette National University of Singapore

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