Science Explorer Interactive view Map
University · Friedrichshafen · Germany

Zeppelin Universität gemeinnützige GmbH

In research, Zeppelin Universität gemeinnützige GmbH stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,255 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,048 of 6,365 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#1,693 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Strategy and Management and Business, Management and Accounting — Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management is 16.8× its share of world research.

zeppelin-university.comROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022–2025
#6,931
of 28,054 · #10,241 all time
Rank in Germany
#287
of 1,178
Research works
1.4k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
12.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Zeppelin Universität gemeinnützige GmbH known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #1,255 of 10,521 21.6%342 #1518
Social SciencesField #1,048 of 6,365 26.3%148 #1860
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,693 of 2,578 16.9%93 #1163

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Zeppelin Universität gemeinnützige GmbH sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#1,518 #1,255
  2. Social Sciences#1,860 #1,048
  3. Business, Management and Accounting#1,163 #1,693
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Zeppelin Universität gemeinnützige GmbH specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management takes 16.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 33.7 works17×
  2. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 33.7 works9.3×
  3. Business, Management and AccountingField · 93.1 works6.9×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.00× its world share, 7 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.67× its world share, 22 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.76× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.39× its world share, 41 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6.90× its world share, 93 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.49× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.18× its world share, 28 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.36× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.80× its world share, 148 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Zeppelin Universität gemeinnützige GmbH?

Ranked on the composite score, Ellen Enkel, Martin Tröndle and Helmut Willke lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Zeppelin Universität gemeinnützige GmbH.

  1. 1 Ellen Enkel Germany · #105,717 worldwide 205 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Martin Tröndle Germany · #113,965 worldwide 82 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Helmut Willke Germany · #143,328 worldwide 83 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Jörn von Lucke Germany · #143,626 worldwide 59 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Josef Wieland Germany · #275,612 worldwide 71 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Reinhard Prügl Germany · #359,855 worldwide 185 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Nico Stehr Germany · #393,929 worldwide 104 citations · 111 works
  8. 8 Franz Schultheis Germany · #518,248 worldwide 49 citations · 125 works
  9. 9 Marian Adolf Germany · #536,830 worldwide 12 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Jan Söffner Germany · #694,638 worldwide 1 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Zeppelin Universität gemeinnützige GmbH

Which keywords describe research at Zeppelin Universität gemeinnützige GmbH?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Innovation, Corporate Governance, Social Capital, Governance, Leadership, Digital Transformation, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution'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. Innovation39▲ 8.9×23 topics
  2. Corporate Governance28▲ 9.0×15 topics
  3. Social Capital28▲ 13×13 topics
  4. Sustainability27▲ 2.6×34 topics
  5. Governance26▲ 19×11 topics
  6. Leadership25▲ 13×13 topics
  7. Sustainable Development22▲ 3.3×16 topics
  8. Globalization18▲ 2.2×38 topics
  9. Artificial Intelligence18▲ 3.2×15 topics
  10. Digital Transformation17▲ 7.8×10 topics
  11. Entrepreneurship17▲ 11×6 topics
  12. Big Data16▲ 4.1×13 topics
  13. Gender15▲ 6.7×14 topics
  14. Social Media14▲ 2.4×18 topics
  15. Succession Planning14▲ 70×2 topics
  16. Family Firms14▲ 132×1 topic
  17. Internationalization14▲ 55×2 topics
  18. Socioemotional Wealth14▲ 132×1 topic
  19. Complex Systems13▲ 29×4 topics
  20. Organizational Change13▲ 43×4 topics
  21. Social Innovation13▲ 20×4 topics
  22. Digitalization12▲ 14×4 topics
  23. Ethics11▲ 5.7×11 topics
  24. Participation10▲ 24×1 topic
  25. Policy Change10▲ 177×1 topic
  26. Business Models10▲ 33×2 topics
  27. Neoliberalism10▲ 6.6×13 topics
  28. Strategic Alliances10▲ 33×3 topics
  29. Employee Engagement9▲ 12×3 topics
  30. Digital Communication8▲ 28×2 topics
  31. Discourse Analysis8▲ 7.9×3 topics
  32. Innovation Ecosystems8▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Language Variation8▲ 35×2 topics
  34. Agility8▲ 144×1 topic
  35. Socio-Technical Systems8▲ 84×1 topic
  36. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse8▲ 48×2 topics
  37. Phraseology8▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Emotion8▲ 8.9×8 topics
  39. Environmental Policy8▲ 9.3×4 topics
  40. Customer Relationship Management8▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Zeppelin Universität gemeinnützige GmbH publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Family Business Performance and Succession, Public Administration and Political Analysis, Corporate Management and Leadership and Linguistic research and analysis.

Family Business Performance and Succession: 14 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 10 fractional worksCorporate Management and…8Corporate Management and Leadership: 8 fractional worksLinguistic research and …8Linguistic research and analysis: 8 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 8 fractional worksCorporate Governance and Law: 6 fractional worksCorporate Governance and…6Corporate Governance and Management: 6 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Go…5Corporate Finance and Governance: 5 fractional worksInnovation and Knowledge…5Innovation and Knowledge Management: 5 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…5Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 5 fractional works
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementPolitical Science and International RelationsLanguage and LinguisticsSociology and Political Science3 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 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 10 works
  3. 3 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 8 works
  4. 4 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 8 works
  5. 5 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  6. 6 Corporate Governance and Law Strategy and Management 6 works
  7. 7 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 6 works
  8. 8 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 5 works
  9. 9 Innovation and Knowledge Management Strategy and Management 5 works
  10. 10 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 5 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available29.8%not open70.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.4%domestic only81.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Zeppelin Universität gemeinnützige GmbH's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Other research institutions in Friedrichshafen

All research institutions in Friedrichshafen

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.