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Ling Tung University

In research, Ling Tung University stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,269 of 14,833 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#13,788 of 17,446 worldwide) and Computer Science (#5,246 of 6,336 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,309
of 22,385 · #24,236 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#127
of 185
Research works
3.5k
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
4.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
7%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Ling Tung University

What is Ling Tung 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
Social SciencesDomain #9,269 of 14,833 10.3%961
Physical SciencesDomain #13,788 of 17,446 8.2%1,771
Computer ScienceField #5,246 of 6,336 8.9%498
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #2,641 of 3,142 8.8%150
Social SciencesField #7,961 of 9,330 9.2%390
Business, Management and AccountingField #3,322 of 3,886 10.6%172
Information SystemsSubfield #2,314 of 2,566 10.8%180
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #2,556 of 2,786 8.8%124
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #3,807 of 4,066 8.6%143
EngineeringField #9,042 of 9,532 7.8%728

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

In 2022-now, 49% of research at Ling Tung University is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (17%), Social Sciences (16%), Business, Management and Accounting (9%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 51 fractional works · 48.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 16.1% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 9.2% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 7.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 6.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 37 fractional works · 34.7% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 16.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 9.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 9.4% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 6.8% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 7.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKLing TungUniversity105fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences49%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1716.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting109.2%
    3. Psychology87.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities76.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance76.2%
    6. Decision Sciences22.3%
    1. Engineering1816.7%
    2. Computer Science99.0%
    3. Environmental Science54.9%
    4. Energy11.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.3%
    6. Chemistry00.4%
    7. Materials Science00.4%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    9. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Medicine76.8%
    2. Health Professions21.5%
    3. Nursing11.0%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences65.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
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: 1.20× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.16× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.52× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.11× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.99× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 2.07× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.38× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.85× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.41× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.90× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.56× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.90×7 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.85×10 works
  3. Psychology2.56×8 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.41×2 works
  5. Arts and Humanities2.38×7 works
  6. Nursing2.07×1 works
  7. Energy1.52×2 works
  8. Social Sciences1.28×17 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.20×6 works
  10. Computer Science1.16×10 works
  11. Engineering1.11×18 works
  12. Environmental Science0.99×5 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.90×0 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.84×1 works
  15. Health Professions0.56×2 works
  16. Medicine0.36×7 works
  17. Chemistry0.28×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.23×1 works
  19. Neuroscience0.22×0 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.17×0 works
  21. Mathematics0.13×0 works
  22. Dentistry0.13×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ling Tung University?

Ranked on the quality score, Li‐Chang Hsu, Chao‐Hung Wang and Wen‐Shiung Huang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ling Tung University.

  1. 1 Li‐Chang Hsu Taiwan · #981,216 worldwide 2k citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Chao‐Hung Wang Taiwan · #1,042,264 worldwide 1.7k citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Wen‐Shiung Huang Taiwan · #1,248,617 worldwide 795 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Kuan‐Yu Lin Taiwan · #1,484,907 worldwide 1k citations · 60 works
  5. 5 Hsu‐Ling Chang Taiwan · #1,535,409 worldwide 2.3k citations · 108 works
  6. 6 Chin‐Chia Jane Taiwan · #2,108,817 worldwide 1.1k citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Kuang Yu Huang Taiwan · #2,690,415 worldwide 893 citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Gwo‐Haur Hwang Taiwan · #2,830,987 worldwide 674 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Travis K. Huang Taiwan · #3,269,104 worldwide 606 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Hui Wen Liao Taiwan · #3,361,321 worldwide 221 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Ling Tung University

What are the most cited papers from Ling Tung University?

The most cited paper from Ling Tung University is "Good Partnership between Sulfur and Fluorine: Sulfur-Based Fluorination and Fluoroalkylation Reagents for Organic Synthesis" (Chuanfa Ni, Mingyou Hu, Jinbo Hu, 2014), with 1,224 citations. Next come "Measuring self-regulation in online and blended learning environments" (912) and "Pre-earthquake ionospheric anomalies registered by continuous GPS TEC measurements" (533).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Good Partnership between Sulfur and Fluorine: Sulfur-Based Fluorination and Fluoroalkylation Reagents for Organic Synthesis Chuanfa Ni, Mingyou Hu, Jinbo Hu · Chemical Reviews ReviewOpen access 21 Aug 2014 1,224
2 Measuring self-regulation in online and blended learning environments Lucy M. Barnard-Brak, William Yun Lan, Yen M. To et al. · The Internet and Higher Education 29 Oct 2008 912
3 Pre-earthquake ionospheric anomalies registered by continuous GPS TEC measurements J. Y. Liu, Yu-Jung Chuo, Shuyuan Shan et al. · Annales Geophysicae Open access 8 Apr 2004 533
4 How organizational green culture influences green performance and competitive advantage Chao‐Hung Wang · Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management 25 Apr 2019 505
5 Clarifying the Effect of Intellectual Capital on Performance: The Mediating Role of Dynamic Capability Li‐Chang Hsu, Chao‐Hung Wang · British Journal of Management 11 Nov 2010 487
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Which keywords describe research at Ling Tung University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Language Teaching, Environmental Management, Economic Growth, Consumer Behavior, Second Language Acquisition, Corrective Feedback, L2 Motivation and Renewable Energy.

▲ 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 Growth5▲ 5.5×8 topics
  2. Renewable Energy4▲ 3.0×12 topics
  3. Globalization4▲ 2.1×8 topics
  4. Language Teaching4▲ 16×4 topics
  5. Consumer Behavior4▲ 6.4×8 topics
  6. Environmental Management4▲ 9.4×5 topics
  7. Second Language Acquisition4▲ 36×2 topics
  8. Corrective Feedback3▲ 38×1 topic
  9. L2 Motivation3▲ 38×1 topic
  10. Higher Education3▲ 5.2×5 topics
  11. Remote Sensing3▲ 2.2×11 topics
  12. Language Policy3▲ 18×2 topics
  13. Multilingualism3▲ 15×2 topics
  14. Economic Development2▲ 3.0×5 topics
  15. Student Engagement2▲ 6.0×8 topics
  16. Energy Consumption2▲ 9.6×3 topics
  17. Teaching Methods2▲ 14×4 topics
  18. Financial Performance2▲ 3.6×6 topics
  19. Environmental Innovation2▲ 21×1 topic
  20. Ethical Consumption2▲ 19×2 topics
  21. Green Consumption2▲ 21×1 topic
  22. User Satisfaction2▲ 10×2 topics
  23. CLIL2▲ 30×1 topic
  24. Content and Language Integrated Learning2▲ 30×1 topic
  25. Critical Thinking2▲ 15×5 topics
  26. Technology Acceptance Model2▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Academic Achievement2▲ 9.8×5 topics
  28. Collision Avoidance2▲ 9.5×3 topics
  29. Financial Development2▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Panel Data Analysis2▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Structural Equation Modeling2▲ 8.5×2 topics
  32. Corporate Social Responsibility2▲ 9.4×2 topics
  33. Educational Psychology2▲ 31×3 topics
  34. Lifestyle2▲ 55×3 topics
  35. Environmental Regulation2▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Experiential Learning2▲ 29×3 topics
  37. Information Systems2▲ 8.8×1 topic
  38. Online Shopping2▲ 8.6×1 topic
  39. Tourism Development2▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Consumer Preferences2▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Ling Tung University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning, Environmental Sustainability in Business, Second Language Learning and Teaching and Technology Adoption and User Behaviour.

EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 3 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 2 fractional worksSecond Language Learning…2Second Language Learning and Teaching: 2 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and …2Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 2 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth: 2 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 1 fractional worksInnovative Energy Harves…1Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies: 1 fractional worksNutrition, Health and Food Behavior: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Technologies in Various Fields: 1 fractional worksLearning Styles and Cognitive Differences: 1 fractional works
Language and LinguisticsMarketingLiterature and Literary TheoryInformation Systems and Management6 others

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

  1. 1 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 3 works
  2. 2 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 2 works
  3. 3 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  4. 4 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 2 works
  5. 5 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  6. 6 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced Technologies in Various Fields Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  10. 10 Learning Styles and Cognitive Differences Developmental and Educational Psychology 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 available7.3%not open92.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.3%domestic only94.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ling Tung University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% 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 Ling Tung University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00044% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Ling Tung University0.00045% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ling Tung 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 2025Ling Tung University8.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.4% in 2021.

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