2026 Elgar Fleisch: Business and Management Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	56	4085	3971	91	91	385	12305
Business and Management	56	698	642	5	5	438	13946

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

1368
Citations
Inventory Inaccuracy and Supply Chain Performance: A Simulation Study of a Retail Supply Chain

Elgar Fleisch;Christian Tellkamp

549
Citations
What is the Internet of Things? : An Economic Perspective

Elgar Fleisch

525
Citations
Das Internet der Dinge: Ubiquitous Computing und RFID in der Praxis:Visionen, Technologien, Anwendungen, Handlungsanleitungen

Elgar Fleisch;Friedemann Mattern

473
Citations
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

437
Citations
Business Networking: Shaping Collaboration Between Enterprises

Hubert Osterle;Elgar Fleisch;Rainer Alt

419
Citations
Geschäftsmodelle im Internet der Dinge

Elgar Fleisch;Elgar Fleisch;Markus Weinberger;Felix Wortmann

413
Citations
The emergence of counterfeit trade: a literature review

Thorsten Staake;Frédéric Thiesse;Elgar Fleisch

413
Citations
Mobile Sensing and Support for People With Depression: A Pilot Trial in the Wild

Fabian Wahle;Tobias Kowatsch;Elgar Fleisch;Michael Rufer

350
Citations
An investigation of the relationship between behavioral processes, motivation, investments in the service business and service revenue

Heiko Gebauer;Elgar Fleisch

340
Citations
Das Internet der Dinge

Elgar Fleisch

322
Citations
Success factors for achieving high service revenues in manufacturing companies

Heiko Gebauer;Thomas Friedli;Elgar Fleisch

312
Citations
Exploitation or exploration in service business development? : Insights from a dynamic capabilities perspective

Thomas Fischer;Heiko Gebauer;Mike Gregory;Guangjie Ren

306
Citations
Overcoming Salience Bias: How Real-Time Feedback Fosters Resource Conservation

Verena Tiefenbeck;Lorenz Goette;Kathrin Degen;Vojkan Tasic

292
Citations
Extending the EPC network: the potential of RFID in anti-counterfeiting

Thorsten Staake;Frédéric Thiesse;Elgar Fleisch

281
Citations
Business Models and the Internet of Things

Elgar Fleisch;Markus Weinberger;Felix Wortmann

280
Citations
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

215
Citations
Designing Business Models in the Era of Internet of Things

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

200
Citations
Growth paths for overcoming the digitalization paradox

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

199
Citations
Business Networking: Shaping Enterprise Relationships on the Internet

Hubert Osterle;Elgar Fleisch;Rainer Alt

191
Citations
Innovation of product-related services

Heiko Gebauer;Regine Krempl;Elgar Fleisch;Thomas Friedli

187
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Heiko Gebauer Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

Florian Michahelles Siemens (Germany)

Andreas Herrmann RWTH Aachen University

Friedemann Mattern ETH Zurich

David Kotz Dartmouth College

Milo A. Puhan University of Zurich

Oliver Gassmann University of St. Gallen

Rafael Lalive University of Lausanne

Jan vom Brocke University of Münster

Lorenz Goette National University of Singapore

External Links

Personal website of Elgar Fleisch Google Scholar page

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