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Research in Kaohsiung City

Science Explorer records 38 research institutions in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung Medical University and I-Shou University.

Research institutions
38
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
85k
▼ 17% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
16.5%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Kaohsiung City?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1National Sun Yat-sen UniversityUniversity 19,643 #1,343
2Kaohsiung Medical UniversityUniversity 12,405 #2,179
3I-Shou UniversityUniversity 6,182 #3,593
4Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial HospitalHospital / health system 5,533 #4,453
5Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial HospitalHospital / health system 4,086 #5,276
6National University of KaohsiungUniversity 3,663 #13,281
7National Kaohsiung University of Applied SciencesUniversity 3,351 #20,335
8Kao Yuan UniversityUniversity 3,144 #12,048 all time
9National Kaohsiung First University of Science and TechnologyUniversity 2,591 #21,736
10Kaohsiung Veterans General HospitalFunder 2,572 #9,987
11Tung Fang Design InstituteUniversity 2,338 #19,940 all time
12Fo Guang ShanUniversity 2,306 #17,893 all time
13National Kaohsiung Normal UniversityUniversity 2,055 #8,830
14National Kaohsiung Marine UniversityUniversity 2,034 #6,265
15Cheng Shiu UniversityUniversity 1,937 #7,184
16Fooyin UniversityUniversity 1,270 #12,756
17E-Da HospitalHospital / health system 1,178 #8,149
18R.O.C Military AcademyGovernment institution 1,165 #18,743
19Shu-Te UniversityUniversity 1,032 #23,096
20Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (Taiwan)Company 827 #15,828
21Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang HospitalHospital / health system 760 #18,994
22China Steel (Taiwan)Company 716 #22,201
23Kaohsiung Armed Forces General HospitalHospital / health system 589 #15,343
24National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and TourismHospital / health system 538 #13,131
25Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung HospitalHospital / health system 502 #16,191
26Metal Industries Research & Development CentreNonprofit 490 #24,080
27Fortune Institute of TechnologyUniversity 349 #27,718 all time
28Wenzao Ursuline University of LanguagesUniversity 341 #24,341
29Fisheries AgencyGovernment institution 305 #26,722
30Yuan's General HospitalHospital / health system 303 #35,205 all time
31Republic of China Naval AcademyGovernment institution 273 #20,187 all time
32Kaohsiung Municipal Kai-Syuan Psychiatric HospitalHospital / health system 155 #33,383 all time
33Zuoying Armed Forces General HospitalHospital / health system 124 #39,450 all time
34Formosa Plastics (Taiwan)Company 105 not ranked
35Open University of KaohsiungUniversity 52 not ranked
36Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry (Taiwan)Company 20 not ranked
37Kaohsiung Breast Cancer Promotion and Education SocietyInstitution 1 not ranked
38Yin Huo Health AssociationInstitution 0 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.

National Sun Yat-sen University: 23.1%Kaohsiung Medical University: 14.6%I-Shou University: 7.3%Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital: 6.5%33 others listed: 48.5%23%largest
National Sun Yat-sen University20k · 23.1%Kaohsiung Medical University12k · 14.6%I-Shou University6,182 · 7.3%Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital5,533 · 6.5%33 others listed41k · 48.5%

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

What is Kaohsiung City strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kaohsiung City is most concentrated in Hepatology, Nephrology and Otorhinolaryngology (4.2× the world share in Hepatology).

  1. HepatologySubfield · 95.6 works4.2×
  2. NephrologySubfield · 83.3 works3.2×
  3. OtorhinolaryngologySubfield · 34.2 works2.9×
  4. BiochemistrySubfield · 27.7 works2.8×
  5. UrologySubfield · 39.6 works2.7×
  6. Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineSubfield · 29.2 works2.2×
  7. DermatologySubfield · 69.6 works2.2×
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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.

Which keywords describe research in Kaohsiung City?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cancer, Oxidative Stress, Cardiovascular Disease, Treatment, Deep Learning and Metabolic Syndrome.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology700▲ 1.48×132 topics
  2. Inflammation510▲ 2.0×83 topics
  3. Deep Learning386◆ 0.94×83 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress342▲ 1.75×62 topics
  5. Cancer332▲ 2.1×59 topics
  6. Machine Learning302▼ 0.77×90 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease279▲ 2.1×38 topics
  8. Treatment266▲ 1.84×51 topics
  9. Quality of Life248▲ 1.44×53 topics
  10. Metabolic Syndrome212▲ 2.2×23 topics
  11. Chemotherapy199▲ 2.4×25 topics
  12. Nanomaterials199▲ 1.57×20 topics
  13. Nanoparticles198▲ 1.32×42 topics
  14. Biomedical Applications196▲ 1.38×36 topics
  15. Diagnosis191▲ 1.72×41 topics
  16. Management190▲ 2.0×35 topics
  17. Biomarkers158▲ 1.94×18 topics
  18. Mortality157▲ 2.3×12 topics
  19. Immune Response138▲ 2.0×23 topics
  20. Immunotherapy137▲ 1.61×19 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines136▲ 2.1×14 topics
  22. Graphene134▲ 1.64×11 topics
  23. Catalysis134▲ 1.68×27 topics
  24. Aging129▲ 2.0×18 topics
  25. Biosensors127▲ 2.1×12 topics
  26. Insulin Resistance125▲ 2.3×10 topics
  27. Tissue Engineering122▲ 1.67×13 topics
  28. Global Burden121▲ 1.88×12 topics
  29. Diabetes120▲ 2.0×21 topics
  30. Health Effects120▲ 1.66×22 topics
  31. Cancer Therapy119▲ 1.74×20 topics
  32. Tumor Microenvironment119▲ 2.2×8 topics
  33. Nanostructures110▲ 2.3×16 topics
  34. Hepatocellular Carcinoma108▲ 4.3×4 topics
  35. Radiotherapy106▲ 2.3×13 topics
  36. Semiconductors100▲ 2.7×4 topics
  37. Apoptosis98▲ 2.7×22 topics
  38. Chronic Kidney Disease92▲ 3.2×9 topics
  39. Liver Disease68▲ 6.1×3 topics
  40. Antiviral Therapy65▲ 5.5×3 topics

What research is done in Kaohsiung City?

  1. 1 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 54 works
  2. 2 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 47 works
  3. 3 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 42 works
  4. 4 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 40 works
  5. 5 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 39 works
  6. 6 Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 39 works
  7. 7 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 36 works
  8. 8 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 35 works
  9. 9 3D IC and TSV technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 34 works
  10. 10 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 34 works

Research output over time

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