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Academia Sinica vs CERCA Institution

On research quality in 2022-now, Academia Sinica ranks #484 in the world and CERCA Institution #487, of 22,385 institutions. Academia Sinica stands higher in 9 of the 16 fields both publish in, CERCA Institution in 7.

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Academia Sinica

Taiwan · Taipei

World rank, 2022-now
#484
#499 all time
Works, 2022-now
4.6k
fractional
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
32%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Structural Biology, Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics.

CERCA Institution

Spain · Barcelona

World rank, 2022-now
#487
#403 all time
Works, 2022-now
4.4k
fractional
Top-10% rate
13.4%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
53%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Animal Science and Zoology, Paleontology, Small Animals.

Who leads, measure by measure?

CERCA Institution leads on 6 of 8 measures: citation excellence for its fields, top-10% rate, citations per work, open access, international co-authorship and growth. Academia Sinica leads on 2 of 8 measures: research quality and output.

Academia Sinica 26 CERCA Institution
  1. #484Research qualityworld rank of 22,385 institutions, 2022-now#487
  2. 0.93×Citation excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected1.30×
  3. 4.6kOutputfractional works, 2022-now4.4k
  4. 9.9%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited13.4%
  5. 22.8Citations per workall time, per fractional work32.8
  6. 32%Open accessof its works free to read, all time53%
  7. 34%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time36%
  8. -12%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+14%

A rank is drawn as its standing: the longer the bar, the nearer the top. Anything else is drawn against the larger of the two, and two values a hair apart are called level. Quality, citation excellence and the top-10% rate are explained in the methodology.

Who leads in each field?

Academia Sinica stands higher in 9 of 16 fields, CERCA Institution in 7. Academia Sinica leads most in Social Sciences (#610 against #2,886); CERCA Institution leads most in Neuroscience (#330 against #403). Each bar is that side's standing among all institutions ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Academia Sinica 97 CERCA Institution
  1. #341Agricultural and Biological Sciences#201
  2. #430Arts and Humanities-
  3. #255Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#579
  4. #484Chemistry-
  5. #624Computer Science#717
  6. #436Earth and Planetary Sciences#427
  7. #668Economics, Econometrics and Finance-
  8. #751Engineering#662
  9. #525Environmental Science#398
  10. #240Immunology and Microbiology#273
  11. #306Materials Science#872
  12. #492Medicine#321
  13. #403Neuroscience#330
  14. #280Physics and Astronomy-
  15. -Psychology#800
  16. #610Social Sciences#2,886

Standing is the percentile of world rank within each field, 2022-now; the printed number is the rank itself. A dash means the field is too small there to rank. How sides are compared.

The numbers behind each field

Click a heading to sort. The side that does better in a pair of columns is shaded: a lower rank, a higher rate, more works.

Field Academia Sinica rankCERCA Institution rank Academia Sinica top 10%CERCA Institution top 10% Academia Sinica worksCERCA Institution works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #341 #201 11.4% 16.2% 199 355
Arts and Humanities #430 - 14.2% - 63 -
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #255 #579 9.4% 11.7% 577 343
Chemistry #484 - 7.9% - 113 -
Computer Science #624 #717 8.9% 10.5% 371 277
Earth and Planetary Sciences #436 #427 6.3% 13.8% 229 67
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #668 - 7.4% - 71 -
Engineering #751 #662 8.3% 10.0% 377 575
Environmental Science #525 #398 6.9% 17.6% 252 242
Immunology and Microbiology #240 #273 11.9% 14.6% 76 89
Materials Science #306 #872 6.7% 8.8% 230 68
Medicine #492 #321 13.7% 14.9% 406 1.3k
Neuroscience #403 #330 8.2% 12.2% 93 107
Physics and Astronomy #280 - 10.5% - 385 -
Psychology - #800 - 13.5% - 90
Social Sciences #610 #2,886 13.1% 13.0% 338 106

Where does each put its research?

Not who is better, but what each side chooses to work on. A country or institution that puts twice the world's share of its research into a field sits at 2×, whatever its size.

  1. Physics and Astronomy4.2× 0.3×
  2. Mathematics2.2× 0.2×
  3. Chemistry1.8× 0.3×
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.7× 1.1×
  5. Materials Science1.6× 0.5×
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.8× 0.2×
  7. Social Sciences0.7× 0.2×
  8. Decision Sciences0.6× 0.3×
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.7× 1.6×
  10. Arts and Humanities0.6× 0.3×
  11. Energy1.0× 0.8×
  12. Computer Science1.2× 0.9×
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.7× 0.6×
  14. Environmental Science1.3× 1.3×
  15. Neuroscience1.4× 1.7×
  16. Immunology and Microbiology1.8× 2.3×
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.2× 0.2×
  18. Chemical Engineering0.8× 1.2×
  19. Engineering0.6× 0.9×
  20. Psychology0.5× 0.8×
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.0× 1.9×
  22. Health Professions0.2× 0.5×
  23. Nursing0.6× 1.5×
  24. Medicine0.5× 1.7×
  25. Dentistry0.2× 0.8×
  26. Veterinary0.3× 5.2×
Academia SinicaCERCA Institution

Location quotient in 2022-now: the share of each side's research in the field over the world's share. 1× is the world's balance; the axis runs from a quarter of it to four times. Fields where Academia Sinica leans further are at the top, CERCA Institution's at the bottom. How research profiles are compared.

What is each known for?

The keywords that describe each side's research, by fractional works in 2022-now and weighted toward what it does more of than the world.

Academia Sinica

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning191▲ 1.21×73 topics
  2. Climate Change184▲ 1.47×92 topics
  3. Machine Learning128▼ 0.84×72 topics
  4. Cancer125▲ 2.0×57 topics
  5. Neural Networks111▲ 1.56×34 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress105▲ 1.39×57 topics
  7. Inflammation97◆ 1.00×81 topics
  8. Gene Expression82▲ 2.9×19 topics
  9. History81▲ 2.5×27 topics
  10. Nationalism70▲ 3.4×18 topics
  11. Regulation64▲ 2.6×20 topics
  12. Cancer Therapy60▲ 2.3×20 topics
  13. Biosensors60▲ 2.6×12 topics
  14. Religion58▲ 2.7×21 topics
  15. Global Warming58▲ 3.0×12 topics
  16. Two-Dimensional Materials55▲ 5.2×4 topics
  17. Plate Tectonics51▲ 7.4×3 topics
  18. China51▲ 12×7 topics
  19. Dark Matter48▲ 9.1×4 topics
  20. Electronic Structure47▲ 5.7×8 topics
  21. Star Formation42▲ 16×2 topics
  22. Superconductivity41▲ 5.2×9 topics
  23. Epigenetic Regulation40▲ 4.1×6 topics
  24. Glycosylation39▲ 7.7×3 topics
  25. Tomography38▲ 4.8×5 topics
  26. Geodetic Measurements37▲ 7.7×2 topics
  27. Christianity36▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Confucianism36▲ 20×1 topic
  29. Falun Gong36▲ 20×1 topic
  30. Optoelectronic Devices36▲ 8.5×2 topics
  31. Magnetic Fields35▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Accretion Disks34▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Black Holes33▲ 7.4×3 topics
  34. Subduction32▲ 9.3×3 topics
  35. Earthquakes31▲ 12×1 topic
  36. Plate Boundaries31▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Photoluminescence30▲ 8.3×2 topics
  38. Particle Physics30▲ 8.9×2 topics
  39. Semiconducting Transition Metal Dichalcogenides30▲ 9.4×1 topic
  40. Van der Waals Heterostructures30▲ 9.4×1 topic

CERCA Institution

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology281▲ 1.59×134 topics
  2. Climate Change208▲ 1.72×93 topics
  3. Inflammation176▲ 1.86×81 topics
  4. Deep Learning121▼ 0.79×66 topics
  5. Energy Efficiency118▲ 2.9×28 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress118▲ 1.61×57 topics
  7. 5G Networks90▲ 10×5 topics
  8. Treatment89▲ 1.65×51 topics
  9. Diagnosis86▲ 2.1×41 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease85▲ 1.68×37 topics
  11. Genetics85▲ 2.7×26 topics
  12. Immunotherapy81▲ 2.5×19 topics
  13. Cancer80▲ 1.33×56 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome80▲ 2.2×23 topics
  15. Biomarkers68▲ 2.2×18 topics
  16. Management66▲ 1.86×34 topics
  17. Gut Microbiota65▲ 4.2×7 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders65▲ 2.6×20 topics
  19. Pathogenesis59▲ 2.6×23 topics
  20. Immune Response56▲ 2.2×23 topics
  21. Antioxidants51▲ 2.6×14 topics
  22. Probiotics50▲ 4.7×6 topics
  23. Network Virtualization46▲ 27×1 topic
  24. Software-Defined Networking46▲ 27×1 topic
  25. Consumer Perception42▲ 4.1×7 topics
  26. Security and Privacy38▲ 4.6×3 topics
  27. Elastic Optical Networks37▲ 52×1 topic
  28. Heat Stress37▲ 10×2 topics
  29. Optical Networks37▲ 52×1 topic
  30. Wireless Networks37▲ 5.6×9 topics
  31. Modified Atmosphere Packaging36▲ 9.4×2 topics
  32. Lipid Oxidation34▲ 7.6×2 topics
  33. Massive MIMO34▲ 9.6×3 topics
  34. Meat Quality31▲ 9.3×3 topics
  35. Animal Welfare31▲ 7.7×5 topics
  36. Intestinal Barrier30▲ 8.5×2 topics
  37. Hominin Genetics29▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Paleolithic Archaeology29▲ 30×1 topic
  39. Digital Signal Processing29▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Coherent Detection29▲ 16×1 topic

Size is fractional works in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of the side's work against its share of the world's. Each word links to the topic it comes from most.

How has their output grown?

CERCA Institution has out-published Academia Sinica every year since 2024, when it overtook it.

still counting5001k1.5kCERCA Institution1,090 in 2025Academia Sinica1,000 in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year.

Their share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share, because all of science grows. Each line is a side as a percentage of every work published that year.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%CERCA Institution0.019% in 2025Academia Sinica0.017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

The share of each side's works, year by year, that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. The average of all institutions is 10.0% (why not 10%).

still counting10%20%30%CERCA Institution12.7% in 2025Academia Sinica9.6% in 2025200020102020

A year with under 1% of the side's peak output is left out: a rate over a handful of papers says nothing. The latest years are still being cited.

Which publishes more research, Academia Sinica or CERCA Institution?

Academia Sinica publishes 1.0× as much research as CERCA Institution in 2022-now (4.6k against 4.4k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Academia Sinica or CERCA Institution?

13.4% of CERCA Institution's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 9.9% for Academia Sinica.

Is Academia Sinica or CERCA Institution growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +14% against 2018-21 for CERCA Institution, and -12% for Academia Sinica.

Which has more open access research, Academia Sinica or CERCA Institution?

53% of CERCA Institution's research is free to read, against 32% of Academia Sinica's.

Who are the top researchers on each side?

The most cited researchers on each side, among those ranked.

Academia Sinica

  1. 1 J. Incandela #41,604 worldwide 11k citations · 169 works
  2. 2 R. M. Harris #43,871 worldwide 8.2k citations · 97 works
  3. 3 P. K. Teng #66,997 worldwide 46k citations · 569 works
  4. 4 D. Pellett #123,595 worldwide 3.6k citations · 63 works
  5. 5 J. Konigsberg #138,224 worldwide 7.3k citations · 111 works