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Hungkuang University

In research, Hungkuang University stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,370 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,719 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,604
of 28,054 · #11,686 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#97
of 221
Research works
1.8k
▼ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
41k
23.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Hungkuang 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,370 of 11,982 15.2%104 #6780
MedicineField #7,719 of 10,443 14.4%81 #9237

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.84× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.25× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.29× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.82× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.77× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 3.66× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.61× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.07× its world share, 81 worksMedicineNursing: 5.57× its world share, 6 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.72× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.69× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hungkuang University?

Ranked on the composite score, Chin‐Lung Chiang, Kuo-Chen Hung and Meiling Chen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hungkuang University.

  1. 1 Chin‐Lung Chiang Taiwan · #690,002 worldwide 148 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Kuo-Chen Hung Taiwan · #1,136,439 worldwide 42 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Meiling Chen Taiwan · #1,208,647 worldwide 28 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Guor‐Cheng Fang Taiwan · #1,306,985 worldwide 46 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Hungkuang University

Which keywords describe research at Hungkuang University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Job Satisfaction, Oxidative Stress, Epidemiology, Antioxidant Activity, Antioxidant, Inflammation, Quality of Life and Anxiety.

▲ 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. Epidemiology14▲ 1.81×67 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress11▲ 3.3×43 topics
  3. Inflammation9▲ 2.2×53 topics
  4. Quality of Life8▲ 2.7×30 topics
  5. Job Satisfaction7▲ 8.4×8 topics
  6. Antioxidant6▲ 4.7×31 topics
  7. Antioxidant Activity6▲ 5.0×17 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 2.9×24 topics
  9. Cancer6▲ 2.3×33 topics
  10. Depression6▲ 3.4×15 topics
  11. Anxiety5▲ 5.2×9 topics
  12. Mental Health5▲ 1.67×15 topics
  13. Public Health5▲ 1.69×22 topics
  14. Mortality5▲ 4.0×11 topics
  15. Risk Factors4▲ 2.0×20 topics
  16. Health Benefits4▲ 6.3×9 topics
  17. Anti-inflammatory4▲ 7.3×18 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 2.5×18 topics
  19. Well-being4▲ 5.3×9 topics
  20. Clinical Trials4▲ 2.9×11 topics
  21. Health Effects4▲ 3.1×10 topics
  22. Prevention4▲ 4.1×12 topics
  23. Rehabilitation4▲ 4.4×7 topics
  24. Neuroprotection3▲ 4.6×11 topics
  25. Bioactive Compounds3▲ 5.7×10 topics
  26. Cancer Prevention3▲ 5.5×10 topics
  27. Medical Education3▲ 5.5×4 topics
  28. Flavonoids3▲ 5.0×6 topics
  29. Inventory Management3▲ 14×3 topics
  30. Clinical Practice2▲ 8.1×2 topics
  31. Demand Forecasting2▲ 23×2 topics
  32. Epidemiological Studies2▲ 8.9×2 topics
  33. Information Sharing2▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Interventions2▲ 10×3 topics
  35. Burnout2▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Nutritional Value2▲ 9.8×4 topics
  37. Particulate Matter2▲ 7.3×2 topics
  38. Phenomenology2▲ 9.9×2 topics
  39. Revenue Management2▲ 43×1 topic
  40. Supply Chain Coordination2▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does Hungkuang University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Supply Chain and Inventory Management, Nursing education and management, Air Quality and Health Impacts and Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare.

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

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

  1. 1 Supply Chain and Inventory Management Management Information Systems 2 works
  2. 2 Nursing education and management Research and Theory 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 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 2 works
  6. 6 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 2 works
  7. 7 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  8. 8 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 1 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hungkuang University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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