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Kainan University

In research, Kainan University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,115 of 17,446 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#1,152 of 3,886 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,573 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,176
of 22,385 · #5,374 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#154
of 185
Research works
1k
▼ 36% vs 2018-21
Citations
23k
22.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Kainan University

What is Kainan University 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
Physical SciencesDomain #4,115 of 17,446 11.0%423
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,152 of 3,886 12.4%134
Social SciencesDomain #4,573 of 14,833 12.3%494
Computer ScienceField #2,755 of 6,336 11.6%173
EngineeringField #4,193 of 9,532 12.6%158

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kainan 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 Kainan University work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research at Kainan University is in Social Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (14%), Medicine (13%), Business, Management and Accounting (12%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 32 fractional works · 41.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 12.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 10.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 8.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 6.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 25 fractional works · 32.1% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 14.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 8.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 15.8% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 13.1% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 10.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKainan University77fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences42%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting1012.4%
    2. Social Sciences810.2%
    3. Decision Sciences78.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance45.2%
    5. Psychology33.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities22.2%
    1. Computer Science1114.4%
    2. Engineering68.1%
    3. Environmental Science67.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.9%
    5. Mathematics00.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    8. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine1013.1%
    2. Health Professions11.5%
    3. Nursing11.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences33.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology33.5%
    3. Neuroscience23.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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: 0.73× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.96× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.85× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.54× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.53× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.68× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 2.51× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.83× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 9.02× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.42× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.09× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 9.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences9.02×7 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.83×10 works
  3. Nursing2.51×1 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.42×4 works
  5. Neuroscience1.96×2 works
  6. Computer Science1.85×11 works
  7. Environmental Science1.53×6 works
  8. Psychology1.09×3 works
  9. Social Sciences0.80×8 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.75×2 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.73×3 works
  12. Medicine0.68×10 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.65×3 works
  14. Health Professions0.56×1 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.55×1 works
  16. Mathematics0.55×0 works
  17. Engineering0.54×6 works
  18. Energy0.16×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.13×0 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.09×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kainan University?

Ranked on the quality score, Kai‐Yu Tang, Wee-Kheng Tan and Chun‐Hua Hsiao lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kainan University.

  1. 1 Kai‐Yu Tang Taiwan · #107,377 worldwide 2.5k citations · 80 works
  2. 2 Wee-Kheng Tan Taiwan · #723,641 worldwide 1.5k citations · 71 works
  3. 3 Chun‐Hua Hsiao Taiwan · #760,881 worldwide 1.7k citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Chun‐Ling Chuang Taiwan · #1,065,521 worldwide 764 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Shu-Kung Hu Taiwan · #1,114,552 worldwide 578 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Fan‐Chen Tseng Taiwan · #1,294,808 worldwide 2.3k citations · 96 works
  7. 7 Wen‐Wan Chao Taiwan · #1,393,006 worldwide 2.3k citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Chin-Wei Huang Taiwan · #1,497,083 worldwide 867 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 Chia‐Ling Huang Taiwan · #1,522,825 worldwide 1.4k citations · 110 works
  10. 10 Hsiao-Chi Ling Taiwan · #1,623,376 worldwide 271 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Kainan University

What are the most cited papers from Kainan University?

The most cited paper from Kainan University is "Landslide inventory maps: New tools for an old problem" (Fausto Guzzetti, Alessandro Cesare Mondini, Mauro Cardinali et al., 2012), with 2,154 citations. Next come "Evaluating intertwined effects in e-learning programs: A novel hybrid MCDM model based on factor analysis and DEMATEL" (1,271) and "Swedish Two-County Trial: Impact of Mammographic Screening on Breast Cancer Mortality during 3 Decades" (799).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Landslide inventory maps: New tools for an old problem Fausto Guzzetti, Alessandro Cesare Mondini, Mauro Cardinali et al. · Earth-Science Reviews Open access 23 Feb 2012 2,154
2 Evaluating intertwined effects in e-learning programs: A novel hybrid MCDM model based on factor analysis and DEMATEL Gwo‐Hshiung Tzeng, Cheng-Hsin Chiang, Chun Li · Expert Systems with Applications 3 Mar 2006 1,271
3 Swedish Two-County Trial: Impact of Mammographic Screening on Breast Cancer Mortality during 3 Decades László K. Tabár, Bedrich Viták, Tony Hsiu-Hsi Chen et al. · Radiology 28 Jun 2011 799
4 Exploring the influential factors in continuance usage of mobile social Apps: Satisfaction, habit, and customer value perspectives Chun‐Hua Hsiao, Jung‐Jung Chang, Kai‐Yu Tang · Telematics and Informatics 4 Sep 2015 711
5 Multi-objective optimal planning for designing relief delivery systems Gwo‐Hshiung Tzeng, Hsin-Jung Cheng, Tsung Dow Huang · Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review 29 Mar 2007 562
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kainan University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Data Envelopment Analysis, Efficiency Measurement, Energy Efficiency, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Environmental Management, User Satisfaction and Water Quality.

▲ 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 Learning6▲ 2.3×19 topics
  2. Deep Learning4▲ 1.45×19 topics
  3. Energy Efficiency3▲ 4.3×4 topics
  4. Inflammation3▲ 1.78×19 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence3▲ 2.4×9 topics
  6. Data Envelopment Analysis3▲ 207×1 topic
  7. Efficiency Measurement3▲ 207×1 topic
  8. Environmental Management2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  9. Mitochondrial Dysfunction2▲ 9.7×5 topics
  10. Neural Networks2▲ 1.82×8 topics
  11. Remote Sensing2▲ 2.3×4 topics
  12. Social Capital2▲ 4.8×4 topics
  13. User Satisfaction2▲ 13×2 topics
  14. Water Quality2▲ 6.2×4 topics
  15. Student Engagement2▲ 5.8×3 topics
  16. E-commerce2▲ 3.9×3 topics
  17. Economic Growth2▲ 2.7×8 topics
  18. Entrepreneurship2▲ 5.5×3 topics
  19. Online Learning2▲ 2.6×2 topics
  20. Support Vector Machines2▲ 6.6×5 topics
  21. Aging2▲ 3.5×6 topics
  22. Information Systems2▲ 11×1 topic
  23. Technology Acceptance Model2▲ 13×1 topic
  24. User-Generated Content1▲ 13×2 topics
  25. Learning Analytics1▲ 14×2 topics
  26. Pathogen Transport1▲ 144×1 topic
  27. Waterborne Disease1▲ 144×1 topic
  28. Consumer Engagement1▲ 13×1 topic
  29. Educational Data Mining1▲ 18×1 topic
  30. Electronic Word-of-Mouth1▲ 13×1 topic
  31. Massive Open Online Courses1▲ 18×1 topic
  32. Resource Efficiency1▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Service Quality1▲ 5.7×3 topics
  34. Customer Experience1▲ 8.8×2 topics
  35. Emotional Responses1▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Crowdfunding1▲ 18×1 topic
  37. Fintech1▲ 17×1 topic
  38. Huntington's Disease1▲ 42×1 topic
  39. Product Design1▲ 9.5×2 topics
  40. Protein Aggregation1▲ 24×1 topic

Which research topics does Kainan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Efficiency Analysis Using DEA, Technology Adoption and User Behaviour, Fecal contamination and water quality and Digital Marketing and Social Media.

Efficiency Analysis Usin…3Efficiency Analysis Using DEA: 3 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 2 fractional worksFecal contamination and water quality: 1 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 1 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 1 fractional worksGenetic Neurodegenerative Diseases: 1 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, D…1FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 1 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 1 fractional worksMulti-Criteria Decision Making: 1 fractional worksSoil Geostatistics and Mapping: 1 fractional works
Management Science and Operations ResearchInformation Systems and ManagementWater Science and TechnologySociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Efficiency Analysis Using DEA Management Science and Operations Research 3 works
  2. 2 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 2 works
  3. 3 Fecal contamination and water quality Water Science and Technology 1 works
  4. 4 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 1 works
  6. 6 Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1 works
  7. 7 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 1 works
  8. 8 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 1 works
  9. 9 Multi-Criteria Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  10. 10 Soil Geostatistics and Mapping Environmental 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 available24.9%not open75.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.8%domestic only85.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kainan University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 36% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020052010201520202025
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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 Kainan University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00025% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Kainan University0.00028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kainan 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.

10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2022Kainan University7.3% in 202220102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.5% in 2005.

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