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Hungkuang University

In research, Hungkuang University stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,160 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,817 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,197
of 22,385 · #21,091 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#99
of 185
Research works
1.8k
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
41k
23.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Hungkuang University

What is Hungkuang 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
Health SciencesDomain #5,160 of 9,902 10.8%104 #13552
MedicineField #4,817 of 8,541 10.0%81 #11853

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hungkuang 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 fields of science does Hungkuang University work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Hungkuang University is in Health Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (40%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Health Professions (7%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 115 fractional works · 51.3% of its workMedicine: 90 fractional works · 40.1% of its workSurgery: 13 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 6.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workResearch and Theory: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 43 fractional works · 19.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 5.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 5.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 34 fractional works · 15.0% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 32 fractional works · 14.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHungkuangUniversity224fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences51%Social Sciences19%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine9040.1%
    2. Health Professions156.6%
    3. Nursing73.0%
    4. Dentistry41.6%
    1. Social Sciences146.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting125.6%
    3. Psychology115.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities31.2%
    5. Decision Sciences21.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    1. Engineering104.6%
    2. Computer Science83.5%
    3. Environmental Science83.5%
    4. Materials Science41.8%
    5. Chemistry20.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    7. Energy10.3%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    10. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology156.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences93.8%
    3. Neuroscience52.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology31.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
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: 0.81× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.25× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.26× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.29× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.71× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.71× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.31× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.52× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.09× its world share, 90 worksMedicineNursing: 6.03× its world share, 7 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.73× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.67× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing6.03×7 works
  2. Dentistry3.31×4 works
  3. Health Professions2.52×15 works
  4. Medicine2.09×90 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.73×12 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.71×1 works
  7. Psychology1.67×11 works
  8. Neuroscience1.29×5 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.26×3 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.25×15 works
  11. Decision Sciences1.03×2 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.81×9 works
  13. Environmental Science0.71×8 works
  14. Materials Science0.52×4 works
  15. Social Sciences0.48×14 works
  16. Computer Science0.45×8 works
  17. Chemistry0.42×2 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.42×3 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.40×0 works
  20. Energy0.33×1 works
  21. Engineering0.31×10 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.21×1 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.16×1 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works
  25. Mathematics0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hungkuang University?

Ranked on the quality score, Meiling Chen, Huiyu Hu and Hui‐Ling Yang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hungkuang University.

  1. 1 Meiling Chen Taiwan · #1,282,500 worldwide 818 citations · 58 works
  2. 2 Huiyu Hu Taiwan · #1,283,129 worldwide 779 citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Hui‐Ling Yang Taiwan · #2,363,124 worldwide 1.3k citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Chiung‐Huei Peng Taiwan · #2,827,607 worldwide 2.6k citations · 61 works
  5. 5 Chang‐Zern Hong Taiwan · #2,862,540 worldwide 6.4k citations · 129 works
  6. 6 Tsung-Chih Wu Taiwan · #3,273,703 worldwide 923 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Wei‐Lung Chou Taiwan · #3,296,591 worldwide 2.5k citations · 61 works
  8. 8 Huan‐Jung Fan Taiwan · #3,342,272 worldwide 1.7k citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Yuh‐Shen Wu Taiwan · #3,438,778 worldwide 1.2k citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Rou-Yong Duan Taiwan · #3,480,332 worldwide 1.2k citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Hungkuang University

What are the most cited papers from Hungkuang University?

The most cited paper from Hungkuang University is "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)" (Daniel J. Klionsky et al., 2016), with 6,023 citations. Next come "Esophageal cancer: Risk factors, genetic association, and treatment" (925) and "High Step-Up Converter With Coupled-Inductor" (613).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
2 Esophageal cancer: Risk factors, genetic association, and treatment Fang‐Liang Huang, Sheng‐Jie Yu · Asian Journal of Surgery Open access 13 Dec 2016 925
3 High Step-Up Converter With Coupled-Inductor Rong‐Jong Wai, R.-Y. Duan · IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Sep 2005 613
4 High-Efficiency DC-DC Converter With High Voltage Gain and Reduced Switch Stress Rong‐Jong Wai, Chung-You Lin, Rou-Yong Duan et al. · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics Feb 2007 449
5 Improving performance of green innovation practices under uncertainty Ming‐Lang Tseng, Rui Wang, Anthony S.F. Chiu et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production 14 Jan 2012 411
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hungkuang University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Job Satisfaction, Oxidative Stress, Epidemiology, Antioxidant Activity, Inflammation, Antioxidant, Quality of Life and Depression.

▲ 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. Epidemiology16▲ 1.77×69 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress12▲ 3.1×43 topics
  3. Inflammation10▲ 2.1×54 topics
  4. Job Satisfaction9▲ 9.1×8 topics
  5. Quality of Life8▲ 2.6×31 topics
  6. Antioxidant7▲ 4.4×31 topics
  7. Antioxidant Activity7▲ 4.9×18 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 2.7×24 topics
  9. Cancer6▲ 2.2×33 topics
  10. Depression6▲ 3.3×15 topics
  11. Anxiety5▲ 5.0×9 topics
  12. Mortality5▲ 4.0×11 topics
  13. Risk Factors5▲ 1.98×21 topics
  14. Health Benefits4▲ 5.9×9 topics
  15. Anti-inflammatory4▲ 6.7×18 topics
  16. Clinical Trials4▲ 2.9×11 topics
  17. Management4▲ 2.4×16 topics
  18. Well-being4▲ 5.0×9 topics
  19. Rehabilitation4▲ 4.5×8 topics
  20. Health Effects4▲ 2.9×10 topics
  21. Prevention4▲ 3.9×12 topics
  22. Medical Education4▲ 6.0×5 topics
  23. Neuroprotection4▲ 4.4×11 topics
  24. Bioactive Compounds3▲ 5.7×10 topics
  25. Clinical Practice3▲ 9.4×2 topics
  26. Cancer Prevention3▲ 5.1×10 topics
  27. Critical Care3▲ 5.5×7 topics
  28. Burnout3▲ 13×3 topics
  29. Epidemiological Studies3▲ 9.0×2 topics
  30. Interventions3▲ 9.7×3 topics
  31. Phenomenology3▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Inventory Management3▲ 12×3 topics
  33. Patient Outcomes3▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Demand Forecasting2▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Healthcare Environment2▲ 38×1 topic
  36. Information Sharing2▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Nursing Staffing2▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Nutritional Value2▲ 9.4×4 topics
  39. Particulate Matter2▲ 7.3×2 topics
  40. Work Engagement2▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Hungkuang University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Nursing education and management, Supply Chain and Inventory Management, Air Quality and Health Impacts and Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare.

Nursing education and ma…2Nursing education and management: 2 fractional worksSupply Chain and Invento…2Supply Chain and Inventory Management: 2 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 2 fractional worksSimulation-Based Educati…2Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Org…2Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 2 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 2 fractional worksHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 2 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applicat…2Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 2 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 1 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities: 1 fractional works
Research and TheoryManagement Information SystemsHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisPhysiology6 others

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

  1. 1 Nursing education and management Research and Theory 2 works
  2. 2 Supply Chain and Inventory Management Management Information Systems 2 works
  3. 3 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  4. 4 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 2 works
  5. 5 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  6. 6 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 2 works
  7. 7 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 2 works
  9. 9 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities Biochemistry 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 available33.2%not open66.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.7%domestic only88.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hungkuang University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% lower 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 Hungkuang University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00088% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Hungkuang University0.00074% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hungkuang 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 counting10%20%Hungkuang University13.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.5% in 2007.

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