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Mackay Medical University

In research, Mackay Medical University stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,319 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#3,690 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,512 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 5.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,557
of 28,054 · #14,496 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#95
of 221
Research works
1.1k
▲ 73% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
15.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
67%
world 28%

What is Mackay Medical 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 #3,319 of 11,982 15.0%267 #6070
MedicineField #3,690 of 10,443 14.5%249 #5982
Life SciencesDomain #5,512 of 7,800 11.9%74 #7459

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mackay Medical 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#6,070 #3,319
  2. Medicine#5,982 #3,690
  3. Life Sciences#7,459 #5,512
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Mackay Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 23.5 works5.7×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.90× its world share, 40 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.79× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.99× its world share, 19 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.31× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.21× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.30× its world share, 249 worksMedicineNursing: 1.89× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.82× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Mackay Medical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Shih‐Wei Wang, Yuting Wu and Yen‐Jen Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mackay Medical University.

  1. 1 Shih‐Wei Wang Taiwan · #218,222 worldwide 146 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Yuting Wu Taiwan · #388,689 worldwide 185 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Yen‐Jen Wang Taiwan · #1,374,898 worldwide 16 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Ting‐Kuo Chang Taiwan · #1,436,684 worldwide 14 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Mackay Medical University

Which keywords describe research at Mackay Medical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Quality of Life, Oxidative Stress, Heart Failure, Metabolic Syndrome and Cancer.

▲ 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. Epidemiology48▲ 3.1×112 topics
  2. Inflammation30▲ 3.6×73 topics
  3. Quality of Life19▲ 3.4×40 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress18▲ 2.9×50 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 4.1×32 topics
  6. Cancer13▲ 2.5×43 topics
  7. Treatment12▲ 2.6×41 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome12▲ 3.7×22 topics
  9. Diagnosis12▲ 3.2×33 topics
  10. Depression10▲ 2.9×20 topics
  11. Heart Failure10▲ 5.7×12 topics
  12. Chemotherapy10▲ 3.5×23 topics
  13. Management10▲ 3.1×25 topics
  14. Risk Factors10▲ 2.2×25 topics
  15. Obesity9▲ 3.1×19 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 3.9×14 topics
  17. Echocardiography7▲ 6.7×7 topics
  18. Aging7▲ 3.3×15 topics
  19. Guidelines7▲ 3.8×12 topics
  20. Genetic Mutations7▲ 4.0×21 topics
  21. Immune Response7▲ 3.1×21 topics
  22. Immunotherapy7▲ 2.4×18 topics
  23. Biomarkers7▲ 2.5×13 topics
  24. Hearing Loss6▲ 14×4 topics
  25. Insulin Resistance6▲ 3.6×10 topics
  26. Parkinson's Disease6▲ 6.8×8 topics
  27. Chronic Kidney Disease6▲ 6.6×8 topics
  28. Global Burden6▲ 2.8×11 topics
  29. Immunity6▲ 3.8×8 topics
  30. Anxiety6▲ 3.1×11 topics
  31. Diabetes6▲ 3.0×17 topics
  32. Neural Plasticity6▲ 8.2×5 topics
  33. Metastasis6▲ 4.2×12 topics
  34. Health-related Quality of Life5▲ 5.7×5 topics
  35. Endothelial Dysfunction5▲ 5.5×7 topics
  36. Infection5▲ 4.8×10 topics
  37. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes4▲ 6.1×5 topics
  38. Critical Care4▲ 4.9×8 topics
  39. Robotic Surgery4▲ 7.7×5 topics
  40. Speech Perception4▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Mackay Medical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Voice and Speech Disorders and Nutrition and Health in Aging.

Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnit…3Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics: 3 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …3Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 3 fractional worksVoice and Speech Disorders: 2 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksHearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksRespiratory viral infect…2Respiratory viral infections research: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional works
Sensory SystemsCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePhysiologyEpidemiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics Sensory Systems 3 works
  2. 2 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Voice and Speech Disorders Physiology 2 works
  4. 4 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 2 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  7. 7 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  8. 8 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 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 available66.6%not open33.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.7%domestic only86.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mackay Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 73% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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