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Fo Guang Shan

In research, Fo Guang Shan stands highest in Social Sciences (#13,447 of 14,833 worldwide), Control and Systems Engineering (#1,807 of 1,960 worldwide) and Engineering (#8,804 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#34,109
of 34,923
Rank in Taiwan
#277
of 284
Research works
2.3k
▲ 134% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.2k
1.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.24×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
3%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
Fo Guang Shan

What is Fo Guang Shan known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #13,447 of 14,833 8.9%262
Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield #1,807 of 1,960 6.2%184
EngineeringField #8,804 of 9,532 7.3%663
MedicineField #14,346 of 14,558 8.2%320
Physical SciencesDomain #17,223 of 17,446 7.6%1,333
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #5,732 of 5,801 8.4%134
Health SciencesDomain #16,506 of 16,688 8.2%354
Life SciencesDomain #10,925 of 11,023 8.3%357
Computer ScienceField #6,297 of 6,336 7.8%208
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #5,109 of 5,126 8.4%147

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fo Guang Shan 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 Fo Guang Shan work in?

In 2022-now, 36% of research at Fo Guang Shan is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (19%), Computer Science (15%), Social Sciences (15%).

Physical Sciences: 19 fractional works · 35.9% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 14.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 6.9% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 14.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 7.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 25.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 14.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 22.2% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 19.4% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 16.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 10.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKFo Guang Shan53fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences26%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science814.6%
    2. Engineering814.2%
    3. Environmental Science23.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.8%
    5. Materials Science00.6%
    6. Mathematics00.6%
    7. Energy00.5%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    9. Chemistry00.3%
    1. Social Sciences814.6%
    2. Psychology24.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities11.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.7%
    6. Decision Sciences00.7%
    1. Medicine1019.4%
    2. Health Professions12.2%
    3. Nursing00.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences610.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.2%
    3. Neuroscience11.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.8%
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: 2.30× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.88× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.95× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.01× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.35× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.34× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.30×6 works
  2. Computer Science1.88×8 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.35×2 works
  4. Psychology1.34×2 works
  5. Social Sciences1.16×8 works
  6. Medicine1.01×10 works
  7. Engineering0.95×8 works
  8. Nursing0.94×0 works
  9. Health Professions0.85×1 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.81×0 works
  11. Neuroscience0.76×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.76×2 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.68×0 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.64×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.59×2 works
  16. Energy0.57×0 works
  17. Mathematics0.53×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.53×1 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.36×0 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.23×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.20×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.18×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fo Guang Shan?

Ranked on the quality score, Qian Zhen and Qiu Wei lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fo Guang Shan.

  1. 1 Qian Zhen Taiwan · #6,318,348 worldwide 16 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Qiu Wei Taiwan · #6,906,607 worldwide 1 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Fo Guang Shan

What are the most cited papers from Fo Guang Shan?

The most cited paper from Fo Guang Shan is "Economic Nationalism in Mergers and Acquisitions" (I. Serdar Dinç, Isil Erel, 2013), with 242 citations. Next come "Kikuchi's Disease: A Review and Analysis of 61 Cases" (182) and "A 1.3TOPS H.264/AVC single-chip encoder for HDTV applications" (137).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Economic Nationalism in Mergers and Acquisitions I. Serdar Dinç, Isil Erel · The Journal of Finance 12 Aug 2013 242
2 Kikuchi's Disease: A Review and Analysis of 61 Cases Hsin‐Ching Lin, Chih‐Ying Su, Chao‐Cheng Huang et al. · Otolaryngology May 2003 182
3 A 1.3TOPS H.264/AVC single-chip encoder for HDTV applications Yu‐Wen Huang, Tung-Chien Chen, Chen‐Han Tsai et al. Conference paper 30 Aug 2005 137
4 Spatial transformer network on skeleton‐based gait recognition Cun Zhang, Xing‐Peng Chen, Guoqiang Han et al. · Expert Systems 30 Jan 2023 82
5 Depression Among Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence in a Chinese Community Janet Yuen Ha Wong, Agnes Tiwari, Dyt Fong et al. · Nursing Research 2 Dec 2010 61
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fo Guang Shan?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Wireless Sensor Networks, Biogeography, Mosses, Security, Power Electronics and Phylogenetic Analysis.

▲ 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. Machine Learning5▲ 2.8×17 topics
  2. Deep Learning5▲ 2.6×20 topics
  3. Biogeography2▲ 16×2 topics
  4. Mosses2▲ 154×2 topics
  5. Wireless Sensor Networks2▲ 9.8×4 topics
  6. Climate Change2▲ 1.45×5 topics
  7. Security2▲ 5.9×5 topics
  8. Energy Efficiency2▲ 3.7×3 topics
  9. Healthcare2▲ 2.8×6 topics
  10. Internet of Things2▲ 3.7×5 topics
  11. Power Electronics2▲ 9.7×4 topics
  12. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 9.0×2 topics
  13. Symbiosis2▲ 31×2 topics
  14. Biodiversity1▲ 3.5×2 topics
  15. Cloud Computing1▲ 9.3×3 topics
  16. Representation Learning1▲ 17×3 topics
  17. Biomonitoring1▲ 31×1 topic
  18. Cybersecurity1▲ 10×2 topics
  19. IoT1▲ 6.6×2 topics
  20. Lichen1▲ 147×1 topic
  21. Renewable Energy Integration1▲ 7.6×3 topics
  22. Semi-Supervised Learning1▲ 20×2 topics
  23. Transfer Learning1▲ 13×2 topics
  24. Cultural Identity1▲ 4.6×4 topics
  25. Invasive Species1▲ 5.2×2 topics
  26. Phylogeny1▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Smart Farming1▲ 19×2 topics
  28. Teaching Strategies1▲ 8.2×4 topics
  29. Academic Medicine1▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Big Data Analytics1▲ 9.5×3 topics
  31. Organizational Commitment1▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Unsupervised Learning1▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Bryophyte1▲ 165×1 topic
  34. Domain Adaptation1▲ 34×1 topic
  35. Few-Shot Learning1▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Liverworts1▲ 165×1 topic
  37. Mentoring1▲ 142×1 topic
  38. Mobile Learning1▲ 5.5×2 topics
  39. Relationships1▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Vascular Plants1▲ 74×1 topic

Which research topics does Fo Guang Shan publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Lichen and fungal ecology, Bryophyte Studies and Records, Mentoring and Academic Development and Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning.

Lichen and fungal ecology1Lichen and fungal ecology: 1 fractional worksBryophyte Studies and Re…1Bryophyte Studies and Records: 1 fractional worksMentoring and Academic Development: 1 fractional worksDomain Adaptation and Fe…1Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning: 1 fractional worksBotany and Plant Ecology…1Botany and Plant Ecology Studies: 1 fractional worksForest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies: 1 fractional worksSTEM Education: 1 fractional worksEducational Research and…1Educational Research and Methods: 1 fractional worksInternet of Things and AI: 1 fractional worksMultilevel Inverters and Converters: 1 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSocial PsychologyArtificial IntelligencePlant Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Lichen and fungal ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  2. 2 Bryophyte Studies and Records Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  3. 3 Mentoring and Academic Development Social Psychology 1 works
  4. 4 Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  5. 5 Botany and Plant Ecology Studies Plant Science 1 works
  6. 6 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies Insect Science 1 works
  7. 7 STEM Education Education 1 works
  8. 8 Educational Research and Methods Education 1 works
  9. 9 Internet of Things and AI Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 Multilevel Inverters and Converters 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 available2.7%not open97.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.5%domestic only96.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fo Guang Shan's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 134% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Fo Guang Shan as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Fo Guang Shan0.00025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fo Guang Shan 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.

5%10%15%Fo Guang Shan10.9% in 2013all institutions10.0% in 201320002010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.9% in 2013.

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