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Department of Health

In research, Department of Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,387 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#2,236 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,647 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions and Health Professions — General Health Professions is 10.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,168
of 28,054 · #6,739 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#71
of 221
Research works
1.4k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
44k
31.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is Department of Health 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,387 of 11,982 26.4%234 #1515
MedicineField #2,236 of 10,443 26.4%154 #2210
Social SciencesDomain #3,647 of 10,521 28.3%103 #3783
Health ProfessionsField #1,431 of 1,928 26.8%72 #1092

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Department of Health 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. Health Sciences#1,515 #2,387
  2. Medicine#2,210 #2,236
  3. Social Sciences#3,783 #3,647
  4. Health Professions#1,092 #1,431
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 Department of Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 10.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 57.2 works11×
  2. Health ProfessionsField · 72.0 works7.2×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.19× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.81× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.21× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.02× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 7.17× its world share, 72 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.10× its world share, 154 worksMedicineNursing: 3.41× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.07× its world share, 17 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.71× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 43 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Department of Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Primary Care, Quality of Life, Mental Health, Social Support, Depression and Quality Improvement.

▲ 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. Epidemiology38▲ 2.5×93 topics
  2. Public Health26▲ 4.7×42 topics
  3. Quality of Life24▲ 4.4×44 topics
  4. Mental Health20▲ 3.7×32 topics
  5. Primary Care20▲ 14×14 topics
  6. Depression16▲ 4.8×18 topics
  7. Social Support14▲ 6.8×18 topics
  8. Inflammation14▲ 1.76×50 topics
  9. Risk Factors13▲ 3.2×26 topics
  10. Global Burden11▲ 5.5×12 topics
  11. Quality Improvement11▲ 15×8 topics
  12. Health Disparities11▲ 11×7 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 2.5×26 topics
  14. Mortality Risk10▲ 11×6 topics
  15. Chronic Disease Management10▲ 14×5 topics
  16. Health Equity10▲ 9.2×5 topics
  17. Reflective Practice9▲ 13×5 topics
  18. Aging9▲ 4.3×12 topics
  19. Health Outcomes8▲ 8.0×7 topics
  20. Evidence-Based Practice8▲ 16×5 topics
  21. Prevalence8▲ 5.1×14 topics
  22. Anxiety8▲ 4.3×7 topics
  23. Behavior Change8▲ 14×4 topics
  24. Chronic Disease8▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Long-Term Care7▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Social Determinants of Health7▲ 8.3×5 topics
  27. Health Promotion7▲ 5.8×12 topics
  28. Healthcare Outcomes7▲ 32×2 topics
  29. Health System Reform7▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Patient Engagement7▲ 14×4 topics
  31. Assessment Methods7▲ 16×3 topics
  32. Quality of Care7▲ 20×4 topics
  33. Faculty Development6▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Health Care Utilization6▲ 14×3 topics
  35. COVID-19 Impact6▲ 9.5×2 topics
  36. Competency-Based Education6▲ 17×1 topic
  37. Professional Identity Formation6▲ 25×1 topic
  38. Nursing Home6▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Person-Centered Care6▲ 39×1 topic
  40. Psychiatric Disorders6▲ 12×4 topics

Which research topics does Department of Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Innovations in Medical Education, Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes, Health Policy Implementation Science and Health disparities and outcomes.

Innovations in Medical E…6Innovations in Medical Education: 6 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursi…6Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 6 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 5 fractional worksHealth disparities and o…5Health disparities and outcomes: 5 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…5Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 5 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 4 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 4 fractional worksPatient-Provider Communi…4Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 3 fractional worksInterprofessional Education and Collaboration: 3 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsHealthEconomics and Econometrics1 others

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

  1. 1 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  2. 2 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 6 works
  3. 3 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 5 works
  4. 4 Health disparities and outcomes Health 5 works
  5. 5 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  6. 6 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 4 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  8. 8 Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare General Health Professions 4 works
  9. 9 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  10. 10 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 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 available64.5%not open35.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors80.6%domestic only19.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Department of Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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