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Social Sciences research in Taiwan

Academia Sinica ranks first in Taiwan for Social Sciences research in 2022-now (#592 worldwide), followed by National Taiwan University and National Taiwan Normal University.

Taiwan's world rank
#27
of 161 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
20k
Top-10% rate
13.1%
Ranked institutions
60

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Social Sciences in Taiwan?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Academia SinicaTaipei #59230.411.8%572
2National Taiwan UniversityTaipei #66529.112.1%1,218
3National Taiwan Normal UniversityTaipei #74327.915.5%779
4National Cheng Kung UniversityTainan City #79827.113.9%940
5National Tsing Hua UniversityHsinchu #90125.812.9%661
6National Chengchi UniversityTaipei #1,12623.410.8%765
7National Sun Yat-sen UniversityKaohsiung City #1,29821.812.3%506
8National Yang Ming Chiao Tung UniversityHsinchu #1,41120.913.4%772
9Tamkang UniversityTaipei #1,49120.313.0%296
10National Chiayi UniversityChiayi City #2,21516.014.0%170
11Soochow UniversityTaipei #2,30415.611.3%239
12National Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyTaipei #2,31015.519.2%476
13Ming Chuan UniversityTaoyuan District #2,63414.112.6%288
14Chaoyang University of TechnologyTaichung #2,67713.913.7%448
15National Dong Hwa UniversityHualien City #2,74613.613.1%304
16National Taipei University of TechnologyTaipei #2,75013.615.0%342
17National Taipei UniversityTaipei #3,00612.69.1%337
18National Taipei University of BusinessTaipei #3,01712.612.2%201
19National Yunlin University of Science and TechnologyDouliu #3,19112.016.5%353
20National Taichung University of Science and TechnologyTaichung #3,28511.718.3%180
21Asia UniversityTaichung #3,51610.914.5%293
22National Taichung University of EducationTaichung #3,57210.824.2%128
23National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and TourismKaohsiung City #3,63210.617.1%131
24National Central UniversityTaoyuan City #3,64610.514.8%350
25I-Shou UniversityKaohsiung City #3,67910.412.1%192
26Feng Chia UniversityTaichung #3,8529.98.2%299
27Tunghai UniversityTaichung #4,1809.19.8%159
28Yuan Ze UniversityTaoyuan District #4,2868.821.7%259
29Chinese Culture UniversityTaipei #4,3288.714.6%165
30National Taipei University of EducationTaipei #4,3968.513.6%121
31Fu Jen Catholic UniversityTaipei #4,4578.411.3%262
32National Chung Cheng UniversityMinxiong #4,6467.910.1%300
33Taipei Medical UniversityTaipei #4,8787.417.4%281
34National Chung Hsing UniversityTaichung #4,9087.314.9%226
35University of TaipeiTaipei #5,0647.011.5%87
36National Chi Nan UniversityPuli #5,1946.710.0%115
37Chang Jung Christian UniversityTainan City #5,2236.615.8%103
38National Changhua University of EducationChanghua #5,4096.216.9%160
39Minghsin University of Science and TechnologyHsinchu #5,7435.618.2%68
40National Taipei University of Nursing and Health ScienceTaipei #5,7695.510.5%123
41China Medical UniversityTaichung #5,7775.524.7%148
42Shih Chien UniversityTaipei #5,8525.423.0%93
43Kaohsiung Medical UniversityKaohsiung City #5,8635.412.7%170
44Department of HealthTaipei #6,0475.017.5%103
45Chung Yuan Christian UniversityTaoyuan City #6,0665.09.3%299
46National Taiwan University of ArtsTaipei #6,1364.910.1%82
47National University of TainanTainan City #6,2104.712.0%80
48National Pingtung UniversityPingtung City #6,4624.310.1%127
49Dayeh UniversityDacun #6,5944.111.1%92
50National Kaohsiung Normal UniversityKaohsiung City #6,7273.913.3%79
51Ming Chi University of TechnologyTaipei #6,8553.716.2%74
52Southern Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyTainan City #7,0813.39.5%136
53St. John's UniversityTaipei #7,3582.93.5%75
54National Taiwan Ocean UniversityKeelung #7,3982.818.9%112
55Shih Hsin UniversityTaipei #7,4312.88.1%60
56National Chin-Yi University of TechnologyTaichung #8,1051.811.1%105
57National University of KaohsiungKaohsiung City #8,2351.77.4%93
58National Taitung UniversityTaitung #8,2361.66.8%68
59National United UniversityMiaoli #8,2421.68.4%69
60China Medical University HospitalTaichung #8,2651.625.6%88

Institutions in Taiwan above the floor of 40 fractional works in Social Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Social Sciences researchers in Taiwan?

Gwo‐Jen Hwang, Chin‐Chung Tsai and Ming‐Lang Tseng rank highest among researchers based in Taiwan, on their papers in Social Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Gwo‐Jen Hwang#196 worldwide overall162.0 of 271 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Chin‐Chung Tsai#5,063 worldwide overall162.6 of 392 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Ming‐Lang Tseng#3,104 worldwide overall140.3 of 270 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Chung‐Ying Lin#42,191 worldwide overall170.3 of 324 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Chun‐Ping Chang#17,694 worldwide overall87.2 of 198 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Yenchun Jim Wu#27,087 worldwide overall75.0 of 187 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Gwo‐Hshiung Tzeng#56,509 worldwide overall81.7 of 274 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Behzad Foroughi#6,646 worldwide overall51.4 of 77 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Yueh‐Min Huang#74,707 worldwide overall58.9 of 164 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Wen‐Min Lu#101,830 worldwide overall58.8 of 179 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Nian‐Shing Chen#23,668 worldwide overall54.1 of 142 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Sheng‐Hshiung Tsaur#34,837 worldwide overall48.8 of 112 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Ching‐I Teng#60,278 worldwide overall49.3 of 137 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Chih‐Hsing Liu#116,313 worldwide overall62.6 of 158 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Ching‐Fu Chen#55,082 worldwide overall49.0 of 99 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Taiwan on their work in Social Sciences alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Taiwan compares with other countries in Social Sciences