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Ministry of Transportation and Communications

In research, Ministry of Transportation and Communications stands highest in Physical Sciences (#16,286 of 21,541 worldwide) and Engineering (#9,788 of 11,412 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#30,983
of 42,892
Rank in Taiwan
#269
of 328
Research works
314
▼ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.7k
11.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
11%
world 28%

What is Ministry of Transportation and Communications 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 #16,286 of 21,541 11.0%253
EngineeringField #9,788 of 11,412 13.3%129

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministry of Transportation and Communications 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: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.20× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.58× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.26× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.74× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.23× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ministry of Transportation and Communications?

Ranked on the composite score, Yinn‐Nien Huang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministry of Transportation and Communications.

  1. 1 Yinn‐Nien Huang Taiwan · #1,467,550 worldwide 27 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Ministry of Transportation and Communications

Which keywords describe research at Ministry of Transportation and Communications?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: User Satisfaction, Public Transport, Travel Behavior, Transportation, Urban Design, Environmental Impacts, Active Travel and Built Environment.

▲ 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 25 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. User Satisfaction3▲ 47×2 topics
  2. Public Transport3▲ 151×1 topic
  3. Travel Behavior3▲ 95×1 topic
  4. Transportation2▲ 46×2 topics
  5. Urban Design2▲ 70×2 topics
  6. Environmental Impacts2▲ 27×2 topics
  7. Sustainability2▲ 3.0×9 topics
  8. Active Travel2▲ 103×1 topic
  9. Built Environment2▲ 103×1 topic
  10. Deep Learning1▲ 1.28×7 topics
  11. Driver Behavior1▲ 53×2 topics
  12. Energy Efficiency1▲ 4.3×3 topics
  13. Machine Learning1▲ 1.26×6 topics
  14. Ridesharing1▲ 76×1 topic
  15. Shared Autonomous Vehicles1▲ 76×1 topic
  16. Transport Infrastructure1▲ 47×2 topics
  17. E-commerce1▲ 5.9×2 topics
  18. Economic Development1▲ 4.5×2 topics
  19. Environmental Impact1▲ 2.1×6 topics
  20. Intelligent Transportation Systems1▲ 24×3 topics
  21. Logistics1▲ 23×2 topics
  22. Spatial Analysis1▲ 40×2 topics
  23. Supply Chain1▲ 17×2 topics
  24. Supply Chain Management1▲ 3.9×4 topics
  25. Climate Change1▲ 1.27×6 topics

Which research topics does Ministry of Transportation and Communications publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Transportation Planning and Optimization, Urban Transport and Accessibility, Transportation and Mobility Innovations and Urban and Freight Transport Logistics.

Transportation Planning …3Transportation Planning and Optimization: 3 fractional worksUrban Transport and Accessibility: 2 fractional worksTransportation and Mobility Innovations: 1 fractional worksUrban and Freight Transport Logistics: 1 fractional worksAviation Industry Analysis and Trends: 1 fractional worksTraffic and Road Safety1Traffic and Road Safety: 1 fractional worksEfficiency Analysis Using DEA: 1 fractional worksMaritime Ports and Logistics: 1 fractional worksUnderwater Acoustics Research: 1 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 1 fractional works
TransportationAutomotive EngineeringBuilding and ConstructionGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance5 others

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

  1. 1 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 3 works
  2. 2 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 2 works
  3. 3 Transportation and Mobility Innovations Automotive Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Urban and Freight Transport Logistics Building and Construction 1 works
  5. 5 Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1 works
  6. 6 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works
  7. 7 Efficiency Analysis Using DEA Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  8. 8 Maritime Ports and Logistics Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 1 works
  10. 10 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural 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 available10.7%not open89.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.8%domestic only79.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Transportation and Communications'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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