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Cathay General Hospital

In research, Cathay General Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,916 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,669 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,356
of 22,385 · #12,655 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#116
of 185
Research works
1.4k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
25k
17.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Cathay General Hospital

What is Cathay General Hospital known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #2,916 of 8,541 8.8%140 #3452
Health SciencesDomain #3,669 of 9,902 8.9%152 #4247

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cathay General Hospital 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Cathay General Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Cathay General Hospital is in Health Sciences, 16% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (66%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Engineering (4%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 184 fractional works · 71.2% of its workMedicine: 171 fractional works · 66.3% of its workSurgery: 26 fractional works · 10.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 14 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 4.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOphthalmology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDermatology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 41 fractional works · 16.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 24 fractional works · 9.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 19 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCathay GeneralHospital258fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences71%Social Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine17166.3%
    2. Health Professions82.9%
    3. Dentistry31.3%
    4. Nursing10.5%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology249.2%
    2. Neuroscience83.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology62.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.9%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    1. Engineering93.6%
    2. Materials Science31.2%
    3. Environmental Science31.0%
    4. Computer Science20.9%
    5. Chemistry10.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Psychology51.8%
    2. Social Sciences41.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.8%
    5. Decision Sciences10.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.73× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.24× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.95× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.56× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.67× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.11× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.45× its world share, 171 worksMedicineNursing: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.45×171 works
  2. Dentistry2.67×3 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.56×2 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.24×6 works
  5. Neuroscience1.95×8 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.73×24 works
  7. Veterinary1.15×0 works
  8. Health Professions1.11×8 works
  9. Nursing1.09×1 works
  10. Psychology0.58×4 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.43×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.39×2 works
  13. Materials Science0.34×3 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.25×0 works
  15. Engineering0.24×9 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.24×2 works
  17. Environmental Science0.21×3 works
  18. Chemistry0.19×1 works
  19. Computer Science0.12×2 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.11×1 works
  21. Social Sciences0.11×4 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×1 works
  23. Energy0.07×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Cathay General Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Yen‐Chieh Lee, Chi‐Ming Pu and Kochung Tsui lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cathay General Hospital.

  1. 1 Yen‐Chieh Lee Taiwan · #1,375,008 worldwide 841 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Chi‐Ming Pu Taiwan · #1,575,203 worldwide 1.1k citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Kochung Tsui Taiwan · #1,814,718 worldwide 298 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Chih‐Cheng Chien Taiwan · #2,009,444 worldwide 3.6k citations · 121 works
  5. 5 Yaswanth Kuthati Taiwan · #2,082,073 worldwide 1.3k citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Yu Chang Taiwan · #2,161,124 worldwide 237 citations · 47 works
  7. 7 Ching‐Ling Lin Taiwan · #2,194,636 worldwide 1.8k citations · 63 works
  8. 8 Ming‐Song Tsai Taiwan · #2,238,973 worldwide 2.2k citations · 60 works
  9. 9 Sien-Sing Yang Taiwan · #2,239,584 worldwide 1.1k citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Yu‐Che Cheng Taiwan · #2,519,001 worldwide 2k citations · 123 works
All ranked researchers at Cathay General Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Cathay General Hospital?

The most cited paper from Cathay General Hospital is "miRTarBase update 2018: a resource for experimentally validated microRNA-target interactions" (Chih‐Hung Chou et al., 2017), with 2,025 citations. Next come "miRTarBase 2016: updates to the experimentally validated miRNA-target interactions database" (1,894) and "Genetic susceptibility to carbamazepine-induced cutaneous adverse drug reactions" (681).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 miRTarBase update 2018: a resource for experimentally validated microRNA-target interactions Chih‐Hung Chou et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 25 Oct 2017 2,025
2 miRTarBase 2016: updates to the experimentally validated miRNA-target interactions database Chih‐Hung Chou et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 20 Nov 2015 1,894
3 Genetic susceptibility to carbamazepine-induced cutaneous adverse drug reactions Wen‐Hung Chung, Wen‐Hung Chung, Shiou‐Hwa Jee et al. · Pharmacogenetics and Genomics Apr 2006 681
4 Isolation of human multipotent mesenchymal stem cells from second-trimester amniotic fluid using a novel two-stage culture protocol Ming‐Song Tsai · Human Reproduction 22 Apr 2004 660
5 p-Cresyl sulphate and indoxyl sulphate predict progression of chronic kidney disease I‐Wen Wu, Kuang‐Hung Hsu, Cheng‐Chi Lee et al. · Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation Open access 29 Sep 2010 508
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Cathay General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Treatment, Diagnosis, Chemotherapy, Quality of Life, 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-now 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. Epidemiology26▲ 2.5×95 topics
  2. Inflammation19▲ 3.5×69 topics
  3. Treatment13▲ 4.2×37 topics
  4. Quality of Life11▲ 2.9×37 topics
  5. Diagnosis11▲ 4.4×30 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 3.2×31 topics
  7. Chemotherapy9▲ 5.0×18 topics
  8. Cancer9▲ 2.5×41 topics
  9. Management9▲ 4.2×22 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress8▲ 1.98×40 topics
  11. Risk Factors8▲ 2.9×22 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome8▲ 3.8×20 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations6▲ 5.3×18 topics
  14. Immunotherapy6▲ 3.2×17 topics
  15. Clinical Trials6▲ 3.4×15 topics
  16. Guidelines6▲ 4.7×12 topics
  17. Obesity6▲ 2.9×20 topics
  18. Heart Failure6▲ 4.8×11 topics
  19. Biomarkers5▲ 3.0×16 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors5▲ 4.7×13 topics
  21. Depression5▲ 2.2×16 topics
  22. Metastasis5▲ 5.5×12 topics
  23. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 5.7×8 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 3.0×14 topics
  25. Diabetes4▲ 3.3×15 topics
  26. Insulin Resistance4▲ 3.5×9 topics
  27. Surgical Treatment4▲ 7.6×5 topics
  28. Radiotherapy4▲ 3.7×9 topics
  29. Survival Analysis4▲ 5.3×6 topics
  30. Rehabilitation4▲ 3.5×11 topics
  31. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 4.3×7 topics
  32. Echocardiography3▲ 4.7×8 topics
  33. Prognosis3▲ 4.0×9 topics
  34. Regeneration3▲ 6.2×5 topics
  35. Chronic Kidney Disease3▲ 4.7×6 topics
  36. Chronic Pain3▲ 5.4×5 topics
  37. Glycemic Control3▲ 6.7×4 topics
  38. Inflammatory Cytokines3▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Perioperative Care2▲ 8.2×3 topics
  40. Tumor Classification2▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Cathay General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances, Diabetes Treatment and Management, Ovarian function and disorders and Retinal Diseases and Treatments.

Neuroendocrine Tumor Res…2Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances: 2 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and M…2Diabetes Treatment and Management: 2 fractional worksOvarian function and disorders: 2 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders treatments: 2 fractional worksPsoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis: 2 fractional worksUrinary and Genital Oncology Studies: 1 fractional worksPain Mechanisms and Trea…1Pain Mechanisms and Treatments: 1 fractional worksTesticular diseases and treatments: 1 fractional worksDermatology and Skin Diseases: 1 fractional works
EpidemiologyEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismReproductive MedicineOphthalmology5 others

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

  1. 1 Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances Epidemiology 2 works
  2. 2 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  3. 3 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 2 works
  5. 5 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 2 works
  6. 6 Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis Immunology 2 works
  7. 7 Urinary and Genital Oncology Studies Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Pain Mechanisms and Treatments Physiology 1 works
  9. 9 Testicular diseases and treatments Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Dermatology and Skin Diseases Dermatology 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 available45.7%not open54.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.1%domestic only85.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Cathay General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Cathay General Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00088% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Cathay General Hospital0.0013% in 20251990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Cathay General Hospital9.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.4% in 2022.

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