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Dalat University

In research, Dalat University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,551 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,438 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,331 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,978
of 28,054 · #14,424 all time
Rank in Vietnam
#30
of 161
Research works
1.3k
▲ 192% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.8k
6.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

What is Dalat 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 #2,551 of 10,521 16.9%175 #5534
Social SciencesField #2,438 of 6,365 11.3%82 #5085
Physical SciencesDomain #7,331 of 12,888 8.2%205 #10899
Life SciencesDomain #6,890 of 7,800 4.4%83 #13693

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Dalat 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#5,534 #2,551
  2. Social Sciences#5,085 #2,438
  3. Physical Sciences#10,899 #7,331
  4. Life Sciences#13,693 #6,890
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.

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: 2.06× its world share, 49 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.01× its world share, 27 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.13× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.03× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.97× its world share, 38 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.48× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.72× its world share, 54 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.62× its world share, 40 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.40× its world share, 24 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.54× its world share, 15 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.07× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.42× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.84× its world share, 30 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.95× its world share, 21 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.13× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 82 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Dalat University?

Ranked on the composite score, Dương Tấn Nhựt, Nguyễn Xuân Hải and Tiến-Sơn Phạm lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Dalat University.

  1. 1 Dương Tấn Nhựt Vietnam · #599,050 worldwide 99 citations · 41 works
  2. 2 Nguyễn Xuân Hải Vietnam · #1,388,292 worldwide 10 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Tiến-Sơn Phạm Vietnam · #1,472,801 worldwide 20 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Dalat University

Which keywords describe research at Dalat University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Vietnam, Politics, History, Economy, Society, Culture and Colonialism.

▲ 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. Religion18▲ 7.5×8 topics
  2. History18▲ 5.0×9 topics
  3. Vietnam17▲ 82×2 topics
  4. Climate Change16▲ 1.21×42 topics
  5. Identity16▲ 4.4×8 topics
  6. Culture16▲ 6.0×5 topics
  7. Sustainability16▲ 1.30×38 topics
  8. Economic Growth15▲ 3.6×16 topics
  9. Antioxidant Activity15▲ 4.8×23 topics
  10. Colonialism15▲ 6.4×5 topics
  11. Gender15▲ 5.5×4 topics
  12. Antioxidant14▲ 4.2×26 topics
  13. Politics14▲ 11×2 topics
  14. Economy14▲ 36×1 topic
  15. Society14▲ 15×1 topic
  16. Anti-inflammatory13▲ 9.5×19 topics
  17. Environmental Impact13▲ 1.48×22 topics
  18. Nanomaterials10▲ 1.99×15 topics
  19. Biogeography10▲ 7.9×8 topics
  20. Risk Assessment10▲ 3.0×9 topics
  21. Medicinal Plants9▲ 4.7×15 topics
  22. Fuzzy Mathematics9▲ 82×1 topic
  23. Set Pair Analysis9▲ 82×1 topic
  24. Language Teaching8▲ 6.2×2 topics
  25. Biological Activities7▲ 9.1×6 topics
  26. COVID-19 Impact7▲ 8.2×3 topics
  27. Heavy Metals7▲ 5.7×4 topics
  28. Wastewater Treatment6▲ 5.4×5 topics
  29. Flavonoids6▲ 4.8×9 topics
  30. Adsorption6▲ 6.0×5 topics
  31. Second Language Acquisition6▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Two-Dimensional Materials6▲ 5.3×4 topics
  33. Corrective Feedback6▲ 17×1 topic
  34. L2 Motivation6▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Sustainable Tourism6▲ 9.8×2 topics
  36. Biochar6▲ 6.8×4 topics
  37. Gesneriaceae6▲ 65×1 topic
  38. phylogenetic reconstruction6▲ 65×1 topic
  39. Destination Image5▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Community Perceptions5▲ 14×1 topic

Which research topics does Dalat University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Vietnamese History and Culture Studies, Research studies in Vietnam, EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions.

Vietnamese History and C…14Vietnamese History and Culture Studies: 14 fractional worksResearch studies in Vietnam: 9 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 6 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Species Descriptions: 6 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 5 fractional worksDigital Marketing and So…4Digital Marketing and Social Media: 4 fractional worksAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal: 4 fractional worksEssential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity: 3 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 3 fractional worksGeodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEcologyLanguage and LinguisticsMolecular Biology4 others

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

  1. 1 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 14 works
  2. 2 Research studies in Vietnam Ecology 9 works
  3. 3 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 6 works
  4. 4 Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions Molecular Biology 6 works
  5. 5 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  6. 6 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  7. 7 Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal Water Science and Technology 4 works
  8. 8 Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity Food Science 3 works
  9. 9 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 3 works
  10. 10 Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 3 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 available72.0%not open28.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.3%domestic only75.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Dalat University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 192% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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