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Research in Taichung

Science Explorer records 39 research institutions in Taichung, Taiwan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are China Medical University, Asia University and National Chung Hsing University.

Research institutions
39
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
98k
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.9M
18.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record

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 Taichung?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1National Chung Hsing UniversityUniversity 18,622 #1,652
2Feng Chia UniversityUniversity 12,367 #4,276
3China Medical UniversityUniversity 11,932 #1,300
4Chung Shan Medical UniversityUniversity 7,636 #6,830
5China Medical University HospitalHospital / health system 6,269 #1,957
6Asia UniversityUniversity 4,955 #1,635
7Chaoyang University of TechnologyUniversity 4,918 #3,488
8Tunghai UniversityUniversity 4,669 #4,187
9Taichung Veterans General HospitalHospital / health system 4,605 #9,165
10National Chin-Yi University of TechnologyUniversity 3,749 #4,401
11Ling Tung UniversityUniversity 3,489 #14,309
12Providence UniversityUniversity 1,983 #8,879
13National Taichung University of Science and TechnologyUniversity 1,953 #4,434
14Hungkuang UniversityUniversity 1,797 #11,197
15National Taichung University of EducationUniversity 1,242 #6,451
16Central Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyUniversity 1,069 #13,611
17Chang Hua HospitalHospital / health system 849 #23,702 all time
18Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute Council of Agriculture, Executive YuanGovernment institution 775 #19,596
19Hsiuping University of Science and TechnologyUniversity 746 #23,970 all time
20Overseas Chinese UniversityUniversity 699 #17,723
21Tungs' Taichung MetroHarbor HospitalHospital / health system 478 #18,260
22Taichung HospitalHospital / health system 431 #19,337
23Siliconware Precision Industries (Taiwan)Company 418 #20,776
24Jen-Ai HospitalHospital / health system 366 #20,742
25National Museum of Natural ScienceArchive 353 #22,867 all time
26Cheng Ching HospitalHospital / health system 348 #21,585 all time
27Taichung City GovernmentGovernment institution 287 #17,190
28National Taiwan University of SportUniversity 273 #16,471
29Kuang Tien General HospitalHospital / health system 262 #30,385 all time
30Taichung Armed Forces General HospitalHospital / health system 258 #29,650 all time
31Taiwan Agricultural Chemicals and Toxic Substances Research InstituteGovernment institution 138 #34,456 all time
32Changhua County Public Health BureauGovernment institution 83 not ranked
33Yung Shin Pharmaceutical Industrial (Taiwan)Company 47 not ranked
34Hiwin Technologies (Taiwan)Company 30 not ranked
35Apex Tool Group (Taiwan)Company 28 not ranked
36Wintek (Taiwan)Company 21 not ranked
37Foxnum Technology (Taiwan)Company 13 not ranked
38Footwear & Recreation Technology Research InstituteResearch facility 3 not ranked
39Garage Brain ScienceCompany 2 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 Chung Hsing University: 19.0%Feng Chia University: 12.6%China Medical University: 12.2%Chung Shan Medical University: 7.8%35 others listed: 48.5%19%largest
National Chung Hsing University19k · 19.0%Feng Chia University12k · 12.6%China Medical University12k · 12.2%Chung Shan Medical University7,636 · 7.8%35 others listed48k · 48.5%

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

Which fields of science does Taichung work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research in Taichung is in Physical Sciences, 31% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (28%), Engineering (16%), Computer Science (10%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 8,431 fractional works · 40.1% of its workEngineering: 3,370 fractional works · 16.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 939 fractional works · 4.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 610 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 416 fractional works · 2.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 217 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 203 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 156 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 149 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 124 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 122 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 114 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 113 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 89 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 59 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 53 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2,004 fractional works · 9.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 568 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 529 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems: 264 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 233 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 108 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 97 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 82 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 72 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 51 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 831 fractional works · 3.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 171 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 118 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 106 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 94 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 87 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 74 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 68 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 56 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 770 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 389 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 120 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 116 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 104 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 456 fractional works · 2.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 109 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 106 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 77 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNumerical Analysis: 68 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 65 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 284 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 264 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 278 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 155 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 122 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 246 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 90 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 62 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 94 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 110 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 82 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 6,610 fractional works · 31.4% of its workMedicine: 5,936 fractional works · 28.2% of its workSurgery: 693 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 512 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEpidemiology: 444 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOncology: 367 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 304 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 292 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 260 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 253 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 211 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 196 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 177 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 167 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 158 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 158 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 153 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 146 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 130 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 122 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 119 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 101 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 85 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 81 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 74 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 71 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 68 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 65 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 62 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 53 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 48 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 47 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 46 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 172 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 377 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 144 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 233 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDentistry: 142 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 50 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPeriodontics: 49 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 133 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 106 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 22 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3,220 fractional works · 15.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1,634 fractional works · 7.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 889 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGenetics: 237 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 171 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 106 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 47 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 183 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 794 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPlant Science: 367 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 136 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 74 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 70 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 48 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 99 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 407 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 132 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 83 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 78 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 115 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 279 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 217 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 61 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 107 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 69 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,780 fractional works · 13.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 836 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 320 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 196 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 47 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 273 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 638 fractional works · 3.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 170 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 151 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 88 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 87 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 83 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 548 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 158 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 130 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 118 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 106 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 348 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 242 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 72 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 262 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 124 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 86 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 49 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 147 fractional works · 0.7% of its workALL ITS WORKTaichung21kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences31%Social Sciences13%

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. Engineering3,37016.0%
    2. Computer Science2,0049.5%
    3. Environmental Science8313.9%
    4. Materials Science7703.7%
    5. Mathematics4562.2%
    6. Energy2841.3%
    7. Chemistry2781.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy2461.2%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1100.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering820.4%
  1. Health Sciences6,61031.4%
    1. Medicine5,93628.2%
    2. Health Professions3771.8%
    3. Dentistry1420.7%
    4. Nursing1330.6%
    5. Veterinary220.1%
  2. Life Sciences3,22015.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1,6347.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences7943.8%
    3. Neuroscience4071.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology2791.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1070.5%
  3. Social Sciences2,78013.2%
    1. Social Sciences8364.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting6383.0%
    3. Psychology5482.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3481.7%
    5. Decision Sciences2621.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities1470.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Taichung strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Taichung is most concentrated in Numerical Analysis, Modeling and Simulation and Otorhinolaryngology (4.1× the world share in Numerical Analysis).

  1. Numerical AnalysisSubfield · 66.1 works4.1×
  2. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 101.9 works3.9×
  3. OtorhinolaryngologySubfield · 57.6 works3.1×
  4. NephrologySubfield · 100.3 works2.5×
  5. Sensory SystemsSubfield · 33.7 works2.3×
  6. Clinical BiochemistrySubfield · 36.2 works2.3×
  7. Biological PsychiatrySubfield · 23.6 works2.3×
← 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: 0.79× its world share, 702 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.43× its world share, 1,431 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.32× its world share, 249 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.17× its world share, 357 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.43× its world share, 95 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.09× its world share, 72 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.86× its world share, 253 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.24× its world share, 1,816 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 96 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.47× its world share, 253 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.09× its world share, 3,071 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.79× its world share, 737 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.04× its world share, 682 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.93× its world share, 426 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.54× its world share, 225 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.45× its world share, 132 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 338 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.44× its world share, 5,217 worksMedicineNursing: 1.22× its world share, 113 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.81× its world share, 21 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 133 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.98× its world share, 592 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 242 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.80× its world share, 320 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 480 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 741 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 1.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics1.93×426 works
  2. Energy1.47×253 works
  3. Dentistry1.45×132 works
  4. Medicine1.44×5,217 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.43×1,431 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.43×95 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.33×242 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.32×249 works
  9. Computer Science1.24×1,816 works
  10. Nursing1.22×113 works
  11. Neuroscience1.17×357 works
  12. Chemical Engineering1.09×72 works
  13. Engineering1.09×3,071 works
  14. Materials Science1.04×682 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.98×592 works
  16. Chemistry0.86×253 works
  17. Psychology0.84×480 works
  18. Veterinary0.81×21 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.80×320 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.79×702 works
  21. Environmental Science0.79×737 works
  22. Health Professions0.68×338 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.54×225 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.33×96 works
  25. Social Sciences0.31×741 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.24×133 works

Which keywords describe research in Taichung?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Inflammation, Epidemiology, Oxidative Stress, Machine Learning, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Deep Learning1,174▲ 1.62×84 topics
  2. Epidemiology1,097▲ 1.31×132 topics
  3. Inflammation884▲ 1.98×83 topics
  4. Machine Learning760◆ 1.08×92 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress588▲ 1.70×62 topics
  6. Cancer499▲ 1.76×59 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease454▲ 1.89×39 topics
  8. Neural Networks404▲ 1.24×40 topics
  9. Quality of Life400▲ 1.32×53 topics
  10. Treatment362▲ 1.41×51 topics
  11. Nanomaterials312▲ 1.42×19 topics
  12. Biomedical Applications297▲ 1.19×36 topics
  13. Chemotherapy291▲ 1.95×25 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome290▲ 1.70×23 topics
  15. Nanoparticles289◆ 1.09×44 topics
  16. Convolutional Neural Networks270▲ 1.76×14 topics
  17. Healthcare266◆ 1.11×26 topics
  18. Diagnosis260▲ 1.33×40 topics
  19. Antioxidant255▲ 1.77×51 topics
  20. Internet of Things252▲ 1.40×30 topics
  21. Management246▲ 1.46×36 topics
  22. Biomarkers241▲ 1.64×18 topics
  23. Heat Transfer231▲ 2.2×20 topics
  24. Depression229▲ 1.24×24 topics
  25. Clinical Trials222▲ 1.58×19 topics
  26. Metabolism220▲ 1.99×32 topics
  27. Obesity219▲ 1.35×27 topics
  28. Cancer Therapy212▲ 1.77×20 topics
  29. Graphene212▲ 1.50×12 topics
  30. Immune Response211▲ 1.76×22 topics
  31. Tissue Engineering198▲ 1.55×13 topics
  32. Mortality198▲ 1.65×13 topics
  33. Diabetes196▲ 1.85×22 topics
  34. Aging194▲ 1.69×18 topics
  35. Clinical Practice Guidelines189▲ 1.64×14 topics
  36. Insulin Resistance188▲ 1.98×10 topics
  37. Apoptosis155▲ 2.4×22 topics
  38. Nonlinear Equations119▲ 4.4×6 topics
  39. Experimental Investigation116▲ 5.3×5 topics
  40. Fractional Calculus87▲ 7.3×2 topics

What research is done in Taichung?

  1. 1 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 76 works
  2. 2 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 76 works
  3. 3 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 72 works
  4. 4 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 70 works
  5. 5 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 65 works
  6. 6 Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 58 works
  7. 7 Advanced Steganography and Watermarking Techniques Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 54 works
  8. 8 Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 49 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 49 works
  10. 10 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 48 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%Taichung18.0% 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 22.9% in 2016.

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