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China Steel (Taiwan)

In research, China Steel (Taiwan) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,833 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering (Mechanical Engineering is 16.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,255
of 22,385 · #21,221 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#176
of 185
Research works
716
▲ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
17.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
China Steel (Taiwan)

What is China Steel (Taiwan) 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
Physical SciencesDomain #8,833 of 10,670 8.1%77 #7933

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where China Steel (Taiwan) 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 China Steel (Taiwan) work in?

In 2022-now, 94% of research at China Steel (Taiwan) is in Physical Sciences, 3% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (61%), Materials Science (13%), Computer Science (10%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 90 fractional works · 93.5% of its workEngineering: 59 fractional works · 61.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 28 fractional works · 29.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 7.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 13 fractional works · 13.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 8.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMetals and Alloys: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 10.1% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFuel Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKChina Steel(Taiwan)96fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences94%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences3%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering5961.1%
    2. Materials Science1313.1%
    3. Computer Science1010.1%
    4. Environmental Science54.7%
    5. Chemical Engineering11.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy11.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.9%
    8. Chemistry10.8%
    9. Energy10.8%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting11.3%
    2. Psychology11.2%
    3. Decision Sciences00.3%
    4. Social Sciences00.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.7%
    3. Neuroscience00.5%
    1. Medicine11.1%
    2. Health Professions00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does China Steel (Taiwan) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Mechanical Engineering takes 16.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 28.4 works16×
  2. EngineeringField · 58.9 works4.1×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 3.00× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.30× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.07× its world share, 59 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.95× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.74× its world share, 13 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering4.07×59 works
  2. Materials Science3.74×13 works
  3. Chemical Engineering3.00×1 works
  4. Computer Science1.30×10 works
  5. Environmental Science0.95×5 works
  6. Energy0.87×1 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.57×1 works
  8. Chemistry0.51×1 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.45×1 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.41×1 works
  11. Psychology0.38×1 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.33×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.32×0 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×1 works
  16. Health Professions0.11×0 works
  17. Medicine0.06×1 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.05×0 works
  19. Social Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at China Steel (Taiwan)?

Ranked on the quality score, Horng-Yih Liou, Ding‐Sou Chen and Shih-Kang Kuo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is China Steel (Taiwan).

  1. 1 Horng-Yih Liou Taiwan · #1,728,024 worldwide 614 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Ding‐Sou Chen Taiwan · #2,011,995 worldwide 360 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Shih-Kang Kuo Taiwan · #2,030,202 worldwide 499 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Shan‐Wen Du Taiwan · #2,063,427 worldwide 684 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Sung-Lin Chen Taiwan · #2,082,172 worldwide 476 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Ching‐Yuan Huang Taiwan · #2,101,112 worldwide 942 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Rong-Iuan Hsieh Taiwan · #2,196,278 worldwide 596 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Yeong‐Tsuen Pan Taiwan · #2,476,296 worldwide 958 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Chung-Yung Wu Taiwan · #3,391,219 worldwide 432 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Yung‐Chao Ko Taiwan · #3,756,747 worldwide 480 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at China Steel (Taiwan)

What are the most cited papers from China Steel (Taiwan)?

The most cited paper from China Steel (Taiwan) is "Interphase precipitation of nanometer-sized carbides in a titanium–molybdenum-bearing low-carbon steel" (Hung‐Wei Yen, Po‐Yu Chen, Ching‐Yuan Huang et al., 2011), with 333 citations. Next come "Microalgal biomass production and on-site bioremediation of carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide from flue gas using Chlorella sp. cultures" (271) and "A transmission electron microscopy study of constituent-particle-induced corrosion in 7075-T6 and 2024-T3 aluminum alloys" (260).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Interphase precipitation of nanometer-sized carbides in a titanium–molybdenum-bearing low-carbon steel Hung‐Wei Yen, Po‐Yu Chen, Ching‐Yuan Huang et al. · Acta Materialia 27 Jul 2011 333
2 Microalgal biomass production and on-site bioremediation of carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide from flue gas using Chlorella sp. cultures Sheng‐Yi Chiu, Chien‐Ya Kao, Tzu‐Ting Huang et al. · Bioresource Technology 21 Jul 2011 271
3 A transmission electron microscopy study of constituent-particle-induced corrosion in 7075-T6 and 2024-T3 aluminum alloys Robert P. Wei, Chi-Min Liao, Ming Hui Gao · Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A Book chapter Apr 1998 260
4 Utilization of carbon dioxide in industrial flue gases for the cultivation of microalga Chlorella sp. Chien‐Ya Kao, Tsai‐Yu Chen, Yu-Bin Chang et al. · Bioresource Technology 2 Jun 2014 242
5 The effects of cold rolling on the martensitic transformation of an equiatomic TiNi alloy Hsin-Chih Lin, S.K. Wu, T. S. Chou et al. · Acta Metallurgica et Materialia Sep 1991 240
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at China Steel (Taiwan)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Grain Refinement, Energy Efficiency, Metallurgy, Databases, Thermochemical and Microstructural Evolution.

▲ 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. Mechanical Properties10▲ 10×19 topics
  2. Microstructure8▲ 16×12 topics
  3. Energy Efficiency6▲ 6.8×9 topics
  4. Grain Refinement6▲ 53×4 topics
  5. Metallurgy6▲ 99×2 topics
  6. Databases5▲ 182×1 topic
  7. Thermochemical5▲ 182×1 topic
  8. Sustainability5▲ 2.0×9 topics
  9. Machine Learning4▲ 1.38×10 topics
  10. Microstructural Evolution4▲ 30×4 topics
  11. Hydrogen4▲ 45×2 topics
  12. Iron Oxides4▲ 196×1 topic
  13. Recycling4▲ 9.4×8 topics
  14. Reduction Kinetics4▲ 196×1 topic
  15. Optimization3▲ 7.8×6 topics
  16. Nanoparticles3▲ 2.3×9 topics
  17. Machine Vision3▲ 13×4 topics
  18. High-Strength Steels2▲ 79×1 topic
  19. Martensite Transformation2▲ 79×1 topic
  20. Constitutive Modeling2▲ 38×2 topics
  21. Corrosion Behavior2▲ 31×2 topics
  22. Grain Boundary Engineering2▲ 33×2 topics
  23. Rheological Properties2▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Artificial Neural Networks2▲ 4.6×3 topics
  25. Sintering2▲ 16×4 topics
  26. Dynamic Recrystallization2▲ 51×1 topic
  27. Fabric Defect Detection2▲ 27×1 topic
  28. Hot Deformation2▲ 51×1 topic
  29. Texture Analysis2▲ 8.8×1 topic
  30. Aerospace Applications2▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Feature Selection2▲ 8.7×3 topics
  32. Metal Recovery2▲ 9.3×3 topics
  33. Process Parameters2▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Aluminium Alloys2▲ 41×1 topic
  35. Association Rules2▲ 88×1 topic
  36. Automotive Industry2▲ 41×1 topic
  37. Frequent Patterns2▲ 88×1 topic
  38. Neural Network2▲ 8.9×2 topics
  39. Sparse Representation2▲ 8.9×4 topics
  40. Thermal Analysis2▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does China Steel (Taiwan) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics, Iron and Steelmaking Processes, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels and Metallurgy and Material Forming.

Metallurgical Processes …5Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics: 5 fractional worksIron and Steelmaking Processes: 4 fractional worksMicrostructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels: 2 fractional worksMetallurgy and Material Forming: 2 fractional worksIndustrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection: 2 fractional worksData Mining Algorithms and Applications: 2 fractional worksAluminum Alloy Microstru…2Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties: 2 fractional worksRough Sets and Fuzzy Logic: 2 fractional worksInjection Molding Process and Properties: 1 fractional worksElectric Motor Design and Analysis: 1 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringInformation Systems3 others

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

  1. 1 Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics Mechanical Engineering 5 works
  2. 2 Iron and Steelmaking Processes Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  3. 3 Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Metallurgy and Material Forming Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  5. 5 Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Data Mining Algorithms and Applications Information Systems 2 works
  7. 7 Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Rough Sets and Fuzzy Logic Computational Theory and Mathematics 2 works
  9. 9 Injection Molding Process and Properties Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Electric Motor Design and Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available24.2%not open75.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.6%domestic only73.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has China Steel (Taiwan)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is China Steel (Taiwan) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00039% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%China Steel (Taiwan)0.00050% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of China Steel (Taiwan) 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025China Steel (Taiwan)7.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.0% in 2015.

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