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Social Sciences research in Taiwan

Academia Sinica ranks first in Taiwan for Social Sciences research in 2022-now (#610 worldwide), followed by National Taiwan University and National Taiwan Normal University.

Taiwan's world rank
#33
of 148 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
6.8k
Top-10% rate
13.7%
Ranked institutions
30

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 #61026.313.1%338
2National Taiwan UniversityTaipei #62626.013.4%470
3National Taiwan Normal UniversityTaipei #86722.215.5%330
4National Cheng Kung UniversityTainan City #1,01720.416.1%302
5National Chengchi UniversityTaipei #1,08419.612.7%328
6National Tsing Hua UniversityHsinchu #1,10019.513.7%227
7National Sun Yat-sen UniversityKaohsiung City #1,83813.612.0%212
8National Dong Hwa UniversityHualien City #1,84813.515.7%166
9Tamkang UniversityTaipei #1,90413.216.1%93
10National Yang Ming Chiao Tung UniversityHsinchu #2,44810.311.7%226
11Soochow UniversityTaipei #2,6799.211.7%70
12National Chiayi UniversityChiayi City #2,9788.018.6%68
13National Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyTaipei #3,1777.323.5%127
14Chaoyang University of TechnologyTaichung #3,5476.015.5%135
15National Taipei UniversityTaipei #3,7135.59.2%120
16National Yunlin University of Science and TechnologyDouliu #3,9014.918.1%101
17Ming Chuan UniversityTaoyuan District #3,9314.812.5%97
18Feng Chia UniversityTaichung #4,0464.59.7%64
19Asia UniversityTaichung #4,4323.516.6%88
20I-Shou UniversityKaohsiung City #4,4923.313.9%65
21National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and TourismKaohsiung City #4,7302.716.0%67
22National Central UniversityTaoyuan City #4,7782.612.7%100
23National Chung Cheng UniversityMinxiong #4,9472.29.1%114
24Yuan Ze UniversityTaoyuan District #5,1701.720.5%69
25Fu Jen Catholic UniversityTaipei #5,2251.69.5%74
26National Taipei University of TechnologyTaipei #5,254150.010.9%100
27Taipei Medical UniversityTaipei #5,295141.018.9%87
28National Chung Hsing UniversityTaichung #5,329134.012.7%75
29Chung Yuan Christian UniversityTaoyuan City #5,389121.09.5%66
30Kaohsiung Medical UniversityKaohsiung City #5,53790.012.0%62

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?

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

  1. 1Chin‐Chung Tsai#5,063 worldwide overall111.0 of 226 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Gwo‐Jen Hwang#196 worldwide overall84.4 of 123 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Chung‐Ying Lin#42,191 worldwide overall68.3 of 106 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Ching‐I Teng#60,278 worldwide overall27.9 of 55 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Sheng‐Hshiung Tsaur#34,837 worldwide overall26.7 of 44 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Ju‐Yu Yen#100,388 worldwide overall30.3 of 40 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Chih‐Hung Ko#170,993 worldwide overall31.8 of 46 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Cheng‐Fang Yen#756,672 worldwide overall40.8 of 72 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Jyh‐Chong Liang#33,982 worldwide overall25.0 of 51 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Yenchun Jim Wu#27,087 worldwide overall23.6 of 40 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Nian‐Shing Chen#23,668 worldwide overall25.3 of 63 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Angela Yung Chi Hou#91,701 worldwide overall22.9 of 40 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Chih‐Hsing Liu#116,313 worldwide overall30.3 of 55 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Adrian Rauchfleisch#58,908 worldwide overall23.4 of 42 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Yueh‐Min Huang#74,707 worldwide overall24.2 of 67 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