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Research in Friedrichshafen

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Zeppelin Universität gemeinnützige GmbH and ZF Friedrichshafen (Germany).

Research institutions
5
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.7k
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
41k
11.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Friedrichshafen

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Friedrichshafen?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Zeppelin Universität gemeinnützige GmbHUniversity 1,442 #5,578
2ZF Friedrichshafen (Germany)Company 906 #11,493
3Dornier Flugzeugwerke (Germany)Company 783 #10,067 all time
4Dermatopathologie FriedrichshafenResearch facility 385 #16,004 all time
5Medizin Campus BodenseeHospital / health system 138 #26,781 all time

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Zeppelin Universität gemeinnützige GmbH: 39.5%ZF Friedrichshafen (Germany): 24.8%Dornier Flugzeugwerke (Germany): 21.4%Dermatopathologie Friedrichshafen: 10.5%1 other listed: 3.8%39%largest
Zeppelin Universität gemeinnützige GmbH1,442 · 39.5%ZF Friedrichshafen (Germany)906 · 24.8%Dornier Flugzeugwerke (Germany)783 · 21.4%Dermatopathologie Friedrichshafen385 · 10.5%1 other listed138 · 3.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Friedrichshafen work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research in Friedrichshafen is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Engineering (18%), Business, Management and Accounting (15%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 418 fractional works · 58.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 189 fractional works · 26.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 79 fractional works · 11.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 44 fractional works · 6.2% of its workCommunication: 13 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLaw: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 104 fractional works · 14.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 36 fractional works · 5.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 34 fractional works · 4.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 14 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 54 fractional works · 7.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhilosophy: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 30 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 20 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 25 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 15 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 198 fractional works · 27.9% of its workEngineering: 125 fractional works · 17.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 31 fractional works · 4.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 24 fractional works · 3.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 14 fractional works · 2.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArchitecture: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 46 fractional works · 6.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 71 fractional works · 10.0% of its workMedicine: 61 fractional works · 8.5% of its workDermatology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 23 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKFriedrichshafen710fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences59%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences18926.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting10414.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities547.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance304.2%
    5. Psychology253.5%
    6. Decision Sciences152.2%
    1. Engineering12517.7%
    2. Computer Science466.4%
    3. Environmental Science121.6%
    4. Energy40.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy40.5%
    6. Materials Science30.5%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.3%
    8. Mathematics10.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    10. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Medicine618.5%
    2. Health Professions81.2%
    3. Dentistry10.2%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Nursing00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology101.4%
    2. Neuroscience91.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Friedrichshafen strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Friedrichshafen is most concentrated in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Automotive Engineering (10.8× the world share in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management).

  1. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 34.1 works11×
  2. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 24.6 works6.9×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.26× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.81× its world share, 42 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.71× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.12× its world share, 111 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.45× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 51 worksMedicineNursing: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.80× its world share, 54 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.73× its world share, 101 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.41× its world share, 15 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.10× its world share, 30 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.11× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.15× its world share, 180 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting4.73×101 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.80×54 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.41×15 works
  4. Social Sciences2.15×180 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.10×30 works
  6. Engineering1.12×111 works
  7. Psychology1.11×22 works
  8. Veterinary0.93×1 works
  9. Computer Science0.81×42 works
  10. Neuroscience0.78×8 works
  11. Energy0.71×4 works
  12. Health Professions0.45×8 works
  13. Medicine0.40×51 works
  14. Environmental Science0.35×11 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.29×1 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.27×2 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.26×9 works
  18. Dentistry0.21×1 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.20×3 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.17×2 works
  21. Materials Science0.13×3 works
  22. Mathematics0.13×1 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×2 works
  24. Nursing0.05×0 works
  25. Chemistry0.02×0 works
  26. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.01×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Friedrichshafen?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Innovation, Governance, Social Capital, Leadership, Corporate Governance, Model Predictive Control, Electric Vehicles and Autonomous Vehicles.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Innovation44▲ 6.0×26 topics
  2. Sustainability36▲ 2.1×39 topics
  3. Governance33▲ 14×11 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence30▲ 3.0×20 topics
  5. Sustainable Development29▲ 2.6×20 topics
  6. Social Capital29▲ 7.9×13 topics
  7. Corporate Governance29▲ 5.5×15 topics
  8. Big Data28▲ 4.2×15 topics
  9. Leadership27▲ 7.7×14 topics
  10. Digital Transformation23▲ 6.0×12 topics
  11. Model Predictive Control23▲ 13×5 topics
  12. Electric Vehicles22▲ 11×4 topics
  13. Autonomous Vehicles21▲ 14×5 topics
  14. Entrepreneurship18▲ 6.3×6 topics
  15. Gender18▲ 4.6×19 topics
  16. Control Systems16▲ 13×3 topics
  17. Social Innovation16▲ 15×5 topics
  18. Complex Systems14▲ 19×5 topics
  19. Power Electronics14▲ 6.2×6 topics
  20. Internationalization14▲ 34×2 topics
  21. Succession Planning14▲ 43×2 topics
  22. Business Models14▲ 27×3 topics
  23. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse14▲ 51×2 topics
  24. Family Firms14▲ 82×1 topic
  25. Socioemotional Wealth14▲ 82×1 topic
  26. Ethics14▲ 3.8×13 topics
  27. Bildungsungleichheit13▲ 69×1 topic
  28. Digitalization13▲ 9.1×6 topics
  29. Ethnografisches Schreiben13▲ 69×1 topic
  30. Organizational Change13▲ 23×4 topics
  31. Crisis Management11▲ 30×2 topics
  32. Customer Experience11▲ 9.5×4 topics
  33. Participation11▲ 16×1 topic
  34. Policy Change11▲ 119×1 topic
  35. Energy Storage Systems10▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Control Strategies10▲ 10×3 topics
  37. Hybrid Vehicles10▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Power Management Strategy10▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Vehicle Dynamics10▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Strategic Alliances10▲ 21×3 topics

What research is done in Friedrichshafen?

Family Business Performance and Succession: 14 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 13 fractional worksPublic Administration an…11Public Administration and Political Analysis: 11 fractional worksElectric and Hybrid Vehi…9Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies: 9 fractional worksCorporate Management and Leadership: 8 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 8 fractional worksDigital Innovation in In…8Digital Innovation in Industries: 8 fractional worksCorporate Governance and Management: 7 fractional worksReal-time simulation and control systems: 7 fractional worksCorporate Governance and…6Corporate Governance and Law: 6 fractional works
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsAutomotive Engineering4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Family Business Performance and Succession Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 14 works
  2. 2 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 13 works
  3. 3 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 11 works
  4. 4 Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Automotive Engineering 9 works
  5. 5 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 8 works
  6. 6 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 8 works
  7. 7 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 8 works
  8. 8 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 7 works
  9. 9 Real-time simulation and control systems Control and Systems Engineering 7 works
  10. 10 Corporate Governance and Law Strategy and Management 6 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Friedrichshafen14.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 26.5% in 2013.

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