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Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation

In research, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation stands highest in Medicine (#6,904 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,420 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,142
of 28,054 · #28,159 all time
Rank in United States
#2,456
of 4,192
Research works
363
▲ 121% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.7k
10.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #6,904 of 10,443 14.8%97 #12550
Health SciencesDomain #8,420 of 11,982 15.0%102 #14729

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.70× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.00× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.38× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.44× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.99× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.77× its world share, 97 worksMedicineNursing: 1.46× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Urinary Incontinence, Rehabilitation, Quality of Life, Surgical Treatment, Management and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution'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. Epidemiology21▲ 3.9×75 topics
  2. Inflammation10▲ 3.7×58 topics
  3. Quality of Life7▲ 3.5×23 topics
  4. Urinary Incontinence7▲ 64×2 topics
  5. Rehabilitation6▲ 12×10 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 3.9×27 topics
  7. Management5▲ 5.1×20 topics
  8. Risk Factors5▲ 3.5×22 topics
  9. Treatment5▲ 3.1×29 topics
  10. Diagnosis5▲ 4.0×23 topics
  11. Cancer5▲ 2.7×36 topics
  12. Surgical Treatment4▲ 17×5 topics
  13. Complications4▲ 6.0×16 topics
  14. Guidelines4▲ 6.1×10 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 3.5×17 topics
  16. Chemotherapy4▲ 3.9×16 topics
  17. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia4▲ 82×1 topic
  18. Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms4▲ 82×1 topic
  19. Surgical Management3▲ 6.0×12 topics
  20. Pelvic Floor Dysfunction3▲ 51×1 topic
  21. Pelvic Organ Prolapse3▲ 51×1 topic
  22. Diabetes3▲ 4.7×14 topics
  23. Immunotherapy3▲ 3.2×12 topics
  24. Treatment Guidelines3▲ 9.9×6 topics
  25. Clinical Trials3▲ 3.1×11 topics
  26. Prevention3▲ 5.0×8 topics
  27. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 3.7×13 topics
  28. Mortality3▲ 3.5×7 topics
  29. Radiotherapy3▲ 5.1×11 topics
  30. Antimicrobial Resistance3▲ 9.8×5 topics
  31. Insulin Resistance3▲ 4.3×8 topics
  32. ACE2 Receptor2▲ 7.4×3 topics
  33. Hypertension2▲ 6.0×10 topics
  34. SARS-CoV-22▲ 5.3×5 topics
  35. Microbiome2▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Critical Care2▲ 6.5×5 topics
  37. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 6.4×5 topics
  38. Catheter-Associated Infections2▲ 43×1 topic
  39. Resuscitation2▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Urinary Tract Infections2▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research, Pelvic floor disorders treatments, Urinary Tract Infections Management and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Urinary Bladder and Pros…4Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 4 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders treatments: 3 fractional worksUrinary Tract Infections Management: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksUrological Disorders and Treatments: 1 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 1 fractional worksTrauma Management and Diagnosis: 1 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 1 fractional works
UrologyRheumatologyEpidemiologyInfectious Diseases3 others

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

  1. 1 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 4 works
  2. 2 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 3 works
  3. 3 Urinary Tract Infections Management Epidemiology 2 works
  4. 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  5. 5 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 1 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Trauma Management and Diagnosis Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 1 works
  9. 9 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available70.1%not open29.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors85.2%domestic only14.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 121% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.