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Foreign Trade University

In research, Foreign Trade University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,501 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#3,079 of 10,670 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#849 of 2,581 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Strategy and Management and Accounting (General Economics, Econometrics and Finance is 12.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,731
of 22,385 · #6,358 all time
Rank in Vietnam
#10
of 148
Research works
1.5k
▲ 45% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.8k
5.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Foreign Trade University

What is Foreign Trade University 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
Social SciencesDomain #2,501 of 9,585 9.4%433 #2412
Physical SciencesDomain #3,079 of 10,670 9.1%103 #6363
Business, Management and AccountingField #849 of 2,581 10.1%161 #1331
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #880 of 1,798 9.0%100 #1590
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #787 of 1,307 9.1%71 #1524
Social SciencesField #3,991 of 5,988 9.9%100 #3114

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#2,412 #2,501
  2. Physical Sciences#6,363 #3,079
  3. Business, Management and Accounting#1,331 #849
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#1,590 #880
  5. Economics and Econometrics#1,524 #787
  6. Social Sciences#3,114 #3,991
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Foreign Trade University work in?

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Foreign Trade University is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Business, Management and Accounting (27%), Social Sciences (19%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (16%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 522 fractional works · 74.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 189 fractional works · 27.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 69 fractional works · 9.8% of its workAccounting: 46 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMarketing: 27 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 21 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 13 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness and International Management: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 134 fractional works · 19.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 54 fractional works · 7.7% of its workEducation: 24 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 16 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 114 fractional works · 16.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 80 fractional works · 11.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 21 fractional works · 3.0% of its workFinance: 13 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 36 fractional works · 5.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 15 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 30 fractional works · 4.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 16 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 19 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 138 fractional works · 19.6% of its workComputer Science: 53 fractional works · 7.6% of its workInformation Systems: 22 fractional works · 3.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 18 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 37 fractional works · 5.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 29 fractional works · 4.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Energy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 23 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 20 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 20 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLeadership and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKForeign TradeUniversity703fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences74%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting18927.0%
    2. Social Sciences13419.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11416.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities365.1%
    5. Decision Sciences304.3%
    6. Psychology192.8%
    1. Computer Science537.6%
    2. Engineering375.3%
    3. Environmental Science294.1%
    4. Energy101.4%
    5. Materials Science30.5%
    6. Mathematics30.4%
    7. Chemistry20.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    10. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences202.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.2%
    3. Neuroscience10.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine111.6%
    2. Health Professions71.0%
    3. Nursing20.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Foreign Trade University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Economics, Econometrics and Finance takes 12.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 21.2 works12×
  2. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 68.9 works11×
  3. AccountingSubfield · 46.2 works11×
  4. MarketingSubfield · 27.4 works9.3×
  5. Business, Management and AccountingField · 189.4 works8.4×
← 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: 0.59× its world share, 20 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.97× its world share, 53 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.53× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 37 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.82× its world share, 29 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.39× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.76× its world share, 36 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8.36× its world share, 189 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.42× its world share, 30 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7.60× its world share, 114 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.91× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 134 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting8.36×189 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance7.60×114 works
  3. Decision Sciences4.42×30 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.76×36 works
  5. Energy1.53×10 works
  6. Social Sciences1.50×134 works
  7. Computer Science0.97×53 works
  8. Psychology0.91×20 works
  9. Environmental Science0.82×29 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.59×20 works
  11. Nursing0.52×2 works
  12. Health Professions0.39×7 works
  13. Mathematics0.37×3 works
  14. Engineering0.35×37 works
  15. Chemistry0.15×2 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.14×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.14×3 works
  18. Neuroscience0.08×1 works
  19. Medicine0.08×11 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×0 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.04×1 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.04×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Foreign Trade University?

Ranked on the quality score, Nguyen Thi Khanh Chi, Quốc Trung Trần and Vũ Hoàng Nam lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Foreign Trade University.

  1. 1 Nguyen Thi Khanh Chi Vietnam · #473,253 worldwide 981 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Quốc Trung Trần Vietnam · #641,406 worldwide 1.5k citations · 85 works
  3. 3 Vũ Hoàng Nam Vietnam · #724,833 worldwide 882 citations · 83 works
  4. 4 Van Ha Nguyen Vietnam · #838,252 worldwide 321 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Thi Thu Hien Phan Vietnam · #899,122 worldwide 1.8k citations · 92 works
  6. 6 Hiền Minh Hà Vietnam · #914,152 worldwide 767 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Xuan Minh Nguyen Vietnam · #946,337 worldwide 208 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Thi Phuong Thuy Tran Vietnam · #1,050,966 worldwide 699 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Hang Thu Nguyen Vietnam · #1,087,615 worldwide 667 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Bình Nguyễn Thị Vietnam · #1,158,328 worldwide 286 citations · 14 works
All ranked researchers at Foreign Trade University

What are the most cited papers from Foreign Trade University?

The most cited paper from Foreign Trade University is "Does e-learning service quality influence e-learning student satisfaction and loyalty? Evidence from Vietnam" (Long K. Pham, Yam B. Limbu, Trung K. Bui et al., 2019), with 466 citations. Next come "Evaluating the purchase behaviour of organic food by young consumers in an emerging market economy" (356) and "Sustainable industrial and operation engineering trends and challenges Toward Industry 4.0: a data driven analysis" (343).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Does e-learning service quality influence e-learning student satisfaction and loyalty? Evidence from Vietnam Long K. Pham, Yam B. Limbu, Trung K. Bui et al. · International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education Open access 7 Mar 2019 466
2 Evaluating the purchase behaviour of organic food by young consumers in an emerging market economy Thu Huong Pham, Ninh Nguyen, Thi Thu Hoai Phan et al. · Journal of Strategic Marketing 16 Mar 2018 356
3 Sustainable industrial and operation engineering trends and challenges Toward Industry 4.0: a data driven analysis Ming‐Lang Tseng, Thi Phuong Thuy Tran, Hiền Minh Hà et al. · Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering Open access 11 Jul 2021 343
4 Corruption, growth, and governance: Private vs. state-owned firms in Vietnam Thuy Thu Nguyen, Mathijs A. van Dijk · Journal of Banking & Finance 16 Apr 2012 314
5 Enhancing green economic recovery through green bonds financing and energy efficiency investments Zhao Lin-hai, Ka Yin Chau, Trung Kien Tran et al. · Economic Analysis and Policy 29 Aug 2022 291
All 57 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Foreign Trade University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Globalization, Corporate Governance, Innovation, Economic Development, Environmental Management, Consumer Behavior and Social Capital.

▲ 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. Economic Growth53▲ 9.2×22 topics
  2. Globalization52▲ 3.8×46 topics
  3. Innovation41▲ 5.7×32 topics
  4. Sustainability41▲ 2.4×42 topics
  5. Corporate Governance38▲ 7.4×15 topics
  6. Economic Development34▲ 6.0×23 topics
  7. Renewable Energy33▲ 3.2×18 topics
  8. Consumer Behavior31▲ 7.0×11 topics
  9. Environmental Management30▲ 10×7 topics
  10. Supply Chain Management29▲ 4.6×15 topics
  11. Financial Performance26▲ 6.5×9 topics
  12. Social Capital26▲ 7.0×14 topics
  13. Urbanization24▲ 8.5×9 topics
  14. Environmental Regulation22▲ 22×2 topics
  15. Financial Development22▲ 21×3 topics
  16. CO2 Emissions22▲ 18×3 topics
  17. Panel Data Analysis22▲ 20×3 topics
  18. Firm Performance21▲ 17×3 topics
  19. Financial Constraints21▲ 29×2 topics
  20. Energy Consumption21▲ 13×2 topics
  21. Kuznets Curve21▲ 27×1 topic
  22. Trade Openness21▲ 27×1 topic
  23. Mergers and Acquisitions20▲ 33×2 topics
  24. Digital Transformation20▲ 5.2×12 topics
  25. Technology19▲ 5.2×9 topics
  26. Leadership18▲ 5.1×11 topics
  27. Investor Protection17▲ 32×1 topic
  28. Ownership Structure17▲ 32×1 topic
  29. Institutional Theory17▲ 24×3 topics
  30. Shareholder Value17▲ 22×2 topics
  31. International Trade16▲ 16×5 topics
  32. Corporate Social Responsibility16▲ 13×4 topics
  33. User-Generated Content16▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Consumer Engagement16▲ 18×1 topic
  35. Electronic Word-of-Mouth16▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Business Ethics15▲ 25×2 topics
  37. Financial Reporting15▲ 17×5 topics
  38. Sustainability Reporting15▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Market Size14▲ 30×2 topics
  40. User Satisfaction14▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Foreign Trade University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, Corporate Finance and Governance, Digital Marketing and Social Media and Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting.

Energy, Environment, Eco…21Energy, Environment, Economic Growth: 21 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Go…17Corporate Finance and Governance: 17 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 16 fractional worksCorporate Social Respons…14Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 14 fractional worksGlobal trade and economics: 14 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 13 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 13 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain…11Sustainable Supply Chain Management: 11 fractional worksInternational Business and FDI: 9 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 8 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsAccountingSociology and Political ScienceStrategy and Management4 others

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

  1. 1 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 21 works
  2. 2 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 17 works
  3. 3 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 16 works
  4. 4 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 14 works
  5. 5 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 14 works
  6. 6 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 13 works
  7. 7 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 13 works
  8. 8 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 11 works
  9. 9 International Business and FDI Strategy and Management 9 works
  10. 10 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 8 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 available54.8%not open45.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.3%domestic only80.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Foreign Trade University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 45% 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 Foreign Trade University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0025% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Foreign Trade University0.0032% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Foreign Trade University 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 2025Foreign Trade University7.5% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.6% in 2019.

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