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Research in Pingtung City

Science Explorer records 9 research institutions in Pingtung City, Taiwan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are National Pingtung University, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology and Tajen University.

Research institutions
9
6 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
8.4k
▲ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
159k
18.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1961-2026
66 years on the record
Pingtung City

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 Pingtung City?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1National Pingtung University of Science and TechnologyUniversity 4,259 #12,168
2National Pingtung UniversityUniversity 1,605 #10,331
3Tajen UniversityUniversity 1,002 #12,722
4Meiho UniversityUniversity 553 #18,025
5National Museum of Marine Biology and AquariumArchive 443 #21,973
6Pingtung HospitalHospital / health system 201 #21,873
7Pingtung Christian HospitalHospital / health system 183 #32,730 all time
8Tzu Hui Institute of TechnologyResearch facility 164 #31,530 all time
9Paochien HospitalHospital / health system 34 not ranked

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.

National Pingtung University of Science and Technology: 50.4%National Pingtung University: 19.0%Tajen University: 11.9%Meiho University: 6.5%5 others listed: 12.1%50%largest
National Pingtung University of Science and Technology4,259 · 50.4%National Pingtung University1,605 · 19.0%Tajen University1,002 · 11.9%Meiho University553 · 6.5%5 others listed1,025 · 12.1%

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

Which fields of science does Pingtung City work in?

In 2022-now, 33% of research in Pingtung City is in Physical Sciences, 31% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (16%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 641 fractional works · 33.1% of its workEngineering: 211 fractional works · 10.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 48 fractional works · 2.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 46 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 27 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 159 fractional works · 8.2% of its workEcology: 37 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 104 fractional works · 5.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 28 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 51 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 49 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPaleontology: 31 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOceanography: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 34 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 608 fractional works · 31.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 289 fractional works · 14.9% of its workPlant Science: 80 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAquatic Science: 45 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 37 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFood Science: 37 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 30 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInsect Science: 26 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 221 fractional works · 11.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 98 fractional works · 5.1% of its workBiotechnology: 49 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 25 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 67 fractional works · 3.5% of its workImmunology: 47 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMicrobiology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVirology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 360 fractional works · 18.6% of its workMedicine: 301 fractional works · 15.6% of its workSurgery: 33 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 25 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 25 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmall Animals: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 325 fractional works · 16.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 117 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEducation: 39 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 36 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 74 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 63 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMarketing: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 28 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 25 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPingtung City1,935fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences31%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences17%

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. Engineering21110.9%
    2. Environmental Science1598.2%
    3. Computer Science1045.4%
    4. Materials Science512.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences492.5%
    6. Chemistry341.7%
    7. Energy110.6%
    8. Mathematics90.5%
    9. Physics and Astronomy70.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering60.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences28914.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22111.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology673.5%
    4. Neuroscience160.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics150.8%
    1. Medicine30115.6%
    2. Health Professions251.3%
    3. Nursing150.8%
    4. Veterinary140.7%
    5. Dentistry40.2%
    1. Social Sciences1176.1%
    2. Psychology743.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting633.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance281.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities251.3%
    6. Decision Sciences201.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Pingtung City strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Pingtung City is most concentrated in Aquatic Science, Biotechnology and Animal Science and Zoology (10.4× the world share in Aquatic Science).

  1. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 31.1 works10×
  2. BiotechnologySubfield · 20.0 works7.8×
  3. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 26.0 works7.2×
← 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: 2.97× its world share, 232 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.93× its world share, 169 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.67× its world share, 61 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.35× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.20× its world share, 31 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.76× its world share, 97 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 18 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.71× its world share, 11 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.77× its world share, 190 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.74× its world share, 143 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.72× its world share, 41 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.41× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.83× its world share, 261 worksMedicineNursing: 1.74× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.46× its world share, 10 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.46× its world share, 22 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.09× its world share, 58 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 18 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.75× its world share, 27 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.31× its world share, 66 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 107 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary4.46×10 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.67×61 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.97×232 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.35×14 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.93×169 works
  6. Environmental Science1.74×143 works
  7. Nursing1.74×14 works
  8. Psychology1.31×66 works
  9. Chemistry1.20×31 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.13×18 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting1.09×58 works
  12. Medicine0.83×261 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.77×4 works
  14. Engineering0.77×190 works
  15. Computer Science0.76×97 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.75×27 works
  17. Materials Science0.72×41 works
  18. Energy0.71×11 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.70×18 works
  20. Neuroscience0.53×14 works
  21. Social Sciences0.51×107 works
  22. Health Professions0.49×22 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.46×22 works
  24. Mathematics0.41×8 works
  25. Dentistry0.25×2 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.19×7 works

Which keywords describe research in Pingtung City?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Aquaculture, Pharmacology, Ecology, Antioxidant, Metagenomics, Gut Microbiota, Biodiversity and Probiotics.

▲ 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. Epidemiology83◆ 1.08×112 topics
  2. Aquaculture70▲ 14×8 topics
  3. Climate Change69▲ 1.31×69 topics
  4. Biodiversity59▲ 4.0×29 topics
  5. Antioxidant58▲ 4.4×48 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress54▲ 1.69×57 topics
  7. Pharmacology52▲ 11×19 topics
  8. Environmental Impact50▲ 1.53×46 topics
  9. Ecology48▲ 14×8 topics
  10. Gut Microbiota46▲ 6.9×7 topics
  11. Metagenomics43▲ 24×3 topics
  12. Antioxidant Activity40▲ 3.4×28 topics
  13. Conservation38▲ 4.5×18 topics
  14. Probiotics38▲ 8.2×5 topics
  15. Evolution37▲ 7.1×14 topics
  16. Marine Natural Products36▲ 42×2 topics
  17. Anti-inflammatory35▲ 6.4×29 topics
  18. Immune Response35▲ 3.1×19 topics
  19. Antioxidants34▲ 4.0×15 topics
  20. Microbial Symbionts34▲ 119×1 topic
  21. Sponge-Associated Microorganisms34▲ 119×1 topic
  22. Biogeography33▲ 6.2×17 topics
  23. Innate Immunity33▲ 5.3×10 topics
  24. Biological Activities33▲ 11×10 topics
  25. Antibiotic Resistance32▲ 4.2×13 topics
  26. Phylogeny31▲ 9.5×13 topics
  27. Cytokines29▲ 5.2×7 topics
  28. Adaptation29▲ 5.0×9 topics
  29. Genetic Analysis26▲ 26×2 topics
  30. Viral Diseases26▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Fish Immunology26▲ 29×1 topic
  32. Population Dynamics26▲ 5.2×10 topics
  33. Stress Response26▲ 22×1 topic
  34. Groundwater25▲ 14×4 topics
  35. Flavonoids25▲ 5.1×12 topics
  36. Cavefish25▲ 65×1 topic
  37. Subterranean25▲ 65×1 topic
  38. Taxonomy22▲ 7.9×12 topics
  39. Genomic Sequencing20▲ 9.0×6 topics
  40. Fatty Acids19▲ 9.6×4 topics

What research is done in Pingtung City?

Aquaculture disease mana…24Aquaculture disease management and microbiota: 24 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 16 fractional worksInvertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms: 9 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities: 9 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 8 fractional worksProtein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides: 7 fractional worksAnimal Virus Infections …7Animal Virus Infections Studies: 7 fractional worksIdentification and Quantification in Food: 7 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 7 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product Quality: 7 fractional works
ImmunologyAquatic ScienceBiochemistryNature and Landscape Conservation3 others

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

  1. 1 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 24 works
  2. 2 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 16 works
  3. 3 Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms Immunology 9 works
  4. 4 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities Biochemistry 9 works
  5. 5 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 8 works
  6. 6 Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides Molecular Biology 7 works
  7. 7 Animal Virus Infections Studies Animal Science and Zoology 7 works
  8. 8 Identification and Quantification in Food Molecular Biology 7 works
  9. 9 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  10. 10 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 7 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%Pingtung City15.4% 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 23.8% in 2010.

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