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Can Tho University

In research, Can Tho University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,490 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,366 of 6,365 worldwide) and Education (#436 of 1,892 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aquatic Science, Ecology and Pharmacology — Aquatic Science is 11.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,443
of 28,054 · #6,701 all time
Rank in Vietnam
#11
of 161
Research works
5.6k
▲ 338% vs 2013–17
Citations
41k
7.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
69%
world 28%

What is Can Tho University 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
Social SciencesDomain #1,490 of 10,521 22.6%807 #2889
Social SciencesField #1,366 of 6,365 22.2%367 #2421
EducationSubfield #436 of 1,892 29.2%185 #1059
Language and LinguisticsSubfield #74 of 303 25.2%81 #432
Physical SciencesDomain #3,693 of 12,888 9.2%1,212 #6435
Literature and Literary TheorySubfield #120 of 390 33.6%65 —
Health SciencesDomain #3,836 of 11,982 7.6%530 #8165
MedicineField #3,786 of 10,443 7.7%433 #7987
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,279 of 3,409 12.3%424 #2161
Arts and HumanitiesField #821 of 1,998 28.1%156 #1959

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Can Tho University 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#2,889 #1,490
  2. Social Sciences#2,421 #1,366
  3. Education#1,059 #436
  4. Language and Linguistics#432 #74
  5. Physical Sciences#6,435 #3,693
  6. Health Sciences#8,165 #3,836
  7. Medicine#7,987 #3,786
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,161 #1,279
  9. Arts and Humanities#1,959 #821
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Can Tho University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aquatic Science takes 11.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 67.8 works12×
  2. EcologySubfield · 233.3 works9.3×
  3. PharmacologySubfield · 35.7 works6.0×
  4. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 81.4 works5.8×
  5. Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 63.5 works3.8×
  6. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 65.3 works3.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 2.78× its world share, 424 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 133 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.31× its world share, 42 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 19 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.60× its world share, 41 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.88× its world share, 44 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.16× its world share, 290 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 30 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 245 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.89× its world share, 461 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.78× its world share, 87 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.72× its world share, 27 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.21× its world share, 19 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.55× its world share, 47 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.70× its world share, 433 worksMedicineNursing: 1.80× its world share, 28 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.69× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.69× its world share, 156 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.11× its world share, 114 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 32 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.92× its world share, 63 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.75× its world share, 74 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 367 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Can Tho University?

Ranked on the composite score, Nguyen Thai-Nghe, Nguyen Thanh Giao and Thanh‐Nghi Do lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Can Tho University.

  1. 1 Nguyen Thai-Nghe · #542,469 worldwide 78 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Nguyen Thanh Giao · #668,451 worldwide 62 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Thanh‐Nghi Do · #775,566 worldwide 74 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Minh Phương Nguyễn · #851,911 worldwide 38 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Phạm Thị Phương Thảo · #879,149 worldwide 20 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Trần Minh Phú · #904,342 worldwide 79 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Nguyễn Thành Phương · #909,555 worldwide 112 citations · 47 works
  8. 8 Thai Cong Dan · #1,021,265 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Nghia Duong‐Trung · #1,026,424 worldwide 39 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Quang Minh Dinh · #1,047,861 worldwide 46 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Can Tho University

Which keywords describe research at Can Tho University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Assessment, Fuzzy Mathematics, Set Pair Analysis, Language Teaching, Higher Education, Student Perceptions, Aquaculture and Second Language Acquisition.

▲ 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. Risk Assessment208▲ 9.6×22 topics
  2. Fuzzy Mathematics196▲ 292×1 topic
  3. Set Pair Analysis196▲ 292×1 topic
  4. Deep Learning160▲ 1.45×72 topics
  5. Machine Learning134▲ 1.28×73 topics
  6. Climate Change118▲ 1.37×65 topics
  7. Environmental Impact111▲ 2.0×48 topics
  8. Higher Education104▲ 6.0×13 topics
  9. Globalization104▲ 1.65×46 topics
  10. Sustainability98▲ 1.25×58 topics
  11. Language Teaching92▲ 11×5 topics
  12. Antioxidant86▲ 3.9×46 topics
  13. Student Perceptions81▲ 14×6 topics
  14. Online Learning79▲ 2.9×15 topics
  15. Aquaculture78▲ 9.3×8 topics
  16. Second Language Acquisition74▲ 26×3 topics
  17. Educational Technology70▲ 1.84×23 topics
  18. Corrective Feedback67▲ 29×1 topic
  19. L2 Motivation67▲ 29×1 topic
  20. Teacher Training64▲ 3.2×7 topics
  21. Antioxidant Activity64▲ 3.1×29 topics
  22. Language Policy63▲ 14×2 topics
  23. Multilingualism63▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Vietnam60▲ 46×2 topics
  25. Anti-inflammatory58▲ 6.5×27 topics
  26. CLIL57▲ 27×1 topic
  27. Content and Language Integrated Learning57▲ 27×1 topic
  28. Genetic Diversity52▲ 3.7×21 topics
  29. Technology Integration50▲ 5.2×9 topics
  30. Medicinal Plants50▲ 3.9×18 topics
  31. Conservation49▲ 3.5×13 topics
  32. Society47▲ 7.6×3 topics
  33. Politics47▲ 5.4×3 topics
  34. Economy47▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Bioactive Compounds46▲ 5.6×14 topics
  36. Phylogenetic Analysis44▲ 4.5×11 topics
  37. Biogeography41▲ 4.9×10 topics
  38. Student Satisfaction40▲ 6.6×2 topics
  39. Phytochemistry33▲ 8.4×9 topics
  40. Google Classroom32▲ 9.5×1 topic

Which research topics does Can Tho University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Research studies in Vietnam, EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning, Second Language Learning and Teaching and Vietnamese History and Culture Studies.

Research studies in Viet…196Research studies in Vietnam: 196 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 67 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 57 fractional worksVietnamese History and Culture Studies: 47 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Educ…32Technology-Enhanced Education Studies: 32 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology Studies: 29 fractional worksWater Quality and Pollution Assessment: 22 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 22 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 21 fractional worksSecond Language Acquisition and Learning: 18 fractional works
EcologyLanguage and LinguisticsLiterature and Literary TheorySociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Research studies in VietnamEcology 196 works
  2. 2 EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningLanguage and Linguistics 67 works
  3. 3 Second Language Learning and TeachingLiterature and Literary Theory 57 works
  4. 4 Vietnamese History and Culture StudiesSociology and Political Science 47 works
  5. 5 Technology-Enhanced Education StudiesEducation 32 works
  6. 6 Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesAquatic Science 29 works
  7. 7 Water Quality and Pollution AssessmentWater Science and Technology 22 works
  8. 8 Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthAquatic Science 22 works
  9. 9 Education and Critical Thinking DevelopmentEducation 21 works
  10. 10 Second Language Acquisition and LearningDevelopmental and Educational Psychology 18 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 available69.0%not open31.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.6%domestic only75.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Can Tho University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 338% 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.