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National Formosa University

In research, National Formosa University stands highest in Engineering (#2,390 of 5,901 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#5,378 of 10,670 worldwide) and Computer Science (#2,994 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Automotive Engineering (Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering is 11.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,134
of 22,385 · #11,404 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#82
of 185
Research works
4k
▲ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
54k
13.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.59×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
National Formosa University

What is National Formosa University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
EngineeringField #2,390 of 5,901 5.8%390 #2224
Physical SciencesDomain #5,378 of 10,670 5.2%592 #7417
Computer ScienceField #2,994 of 4,417 5.0%105 #3029
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #978 of 1,319 6.5%64 #1514
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,757 of 2,176 5.8%112 #2248

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Formosa 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Engineering#2,224 #2,390
  2. Physical Sciences#7,417 #5,378
  3. Computer Science#3,029 #2,994
  4. Mechanical Engineering#1,514 #978
  5. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#2,248 #1,757
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does National Formosa University work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at National Formosa University is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (55%), Computer Science (15%), Materials Science (7%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 665 fractional works · 84.0% of its workEngineering: 438 fractional works · 55.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 123 fractional works · 15.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 74 fractional works · 9.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 46 fractional works · 5.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 42 fractional works · 5.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 36 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 27 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 21 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 21 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 17 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 118 fractional works · 14.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 38 fractional works · 4.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 26 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 21 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSignal Processing: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHardware and Architecture: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoftware: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 54 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 28 fractional works · 3.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCeramics and Composites: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 20 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBioengineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 57 fractional works · 7.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 22 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 38 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 20 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 32 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMedicine: 23 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNational FormosaUniversity792fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences84%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences7%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering43855.3%
    2. Computer Science11814.9%
    3. Materials Science546.8%
    4. Environmental Science202.5%
    5. Energy121.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy121.5%
    7. Chemical Engineering40.5%
    8. Chemistry40.5%
    9. Mathematics30.4%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.2%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting222.8%
    2. Social Sciences162.0%
    3. Psychology70.9%
    4. Decision Sciences60.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance50.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences202.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology131.6%
    3. Neuroscience50.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine232.9%
    2. Health Professions60.7%
    3. Dentistry10.2%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Nursing10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does National Formosa University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering takes 11.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 45.8 works11×
  2. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 73.8 works5.1×
  3. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 21.0 works5.0×
  4. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 123.2 works4.4×
  5. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 35.8 works4.2×
  6. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 38.0 works3.8×
← 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: 0.52× its world share, 20 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.38× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.39× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.91× its world share, 118 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.65× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.69× its world share, 438 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.95× its world share, 54 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.65× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.28× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.85× its world share, 22 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.69×438 works
  2. Materials Science1.95×54 works
  3. Computer Science1.91×118 works
  4. Energy1.65×12 works
  5. Chemical Engineering1.39×4 works
  6. Veterinary0.93×1 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.85×22 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.76×6 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.65×12 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.52×20 works
  11. Environmental Science0.50×20 works
  12. Neuroscience0.38×5 works
  13. Dentistry0.34×1 works
  14. Mathematics0.32×3 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×13 works
  16. Chemistry0.30×4 works
  17. Psychology0.29×7 works
  18. Health Professions0.28×6 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.28×5 works
  20. Nursing0.24×1 works
  21. Social Sciences0.16×16 works
  22. Medicine0.15×23 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×2 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.06×1 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.04×0 works
  26. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Formosa University?

Ranked on the quality score, Dar-Li Yang, An-Yuan Chang and Wen-Hung Kuo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Formosa University.

  1. 1 Dar-Li Yang Taiwan · #340,711 worldwide 2.7k citations · 78 works
  2. 2 An-Yuan Chang Taiwan · #689,183 worldwide 940 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Wen-Hung Kuo Taiwan · #987,907 worldwide 1.2k citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Shih-Hsien Yang Taiwan · #1,094,796 worldwide 1.3k citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Ruey‐Shiang Guh Taiwan · #1,259,080 worldwide 1.2k citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Chien-Hsin Chen Taiwan · #1,914,811 worldwide 1.7k citations · 58 works
  7. 7 Yen‐Lin Chu Taiwan · #1,980,034 worldwide 1.5k citations · 47 works
  8. 8 S.I. Yang Taiwan · #2,111,803 worldwide 726 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 W.-C. Liu Taiwan · #2,722,644 worldwide 587 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Chi‐Chung Peng Taiwan · #2,724,009 worldwide 1.5k citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at National Formosa University

What are the most cited papers from National Formosa University?

The most cited paper from National Formosa University is "Polystyrene microplastic particles: In vitro pulmonary toxicity assessment" (Cheng‐Di Dong, Chiu‐Wen Chen, Yi‐Chun Chen et al., 2019), with 719 citations. Next come "Shading effect on long-term outdoor thermal comfort" (710) and "Thermal perception, adaptation and attendance in a public square in hot and humid regions" (705).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Polystyrene microplastic particles: In vitro pulmonary toxicity assessment Cheng‐Di Dong, Chiu‐Wen Chen, Yi‐Chun Chen et al. · Journal of Hazardous Materials 3 Nov 2019 719
2 Shading effect on long-term outdoor thermal comfort Tzu‐Ping Lin, Andreas Matzarakis, Ruey‐Lung Hwang · Building and Environment 14 Jun 2009 710
3 Thermal perception, adaptation and attendance in a public square in hot and humid regions Tzu‐Ping Lin · Building and Environment 22 Feb 2009 705
4 Tourism climate and thermal comfort in Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan Tzu‐Ping Lin, Andreas Matzarakis · International Journal of Biometeorology 16 Oct 2007 598
5 Passive mixers in microfluidic systems: A review Chia‐Yen Lee, Wen-Teng Wang, Chan-Chiung Liu et al. · Chemical Engineering Journal 12 Dec 2015 555
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Formosa University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Tool Wear, Wireless Sensor Networks, Surface Roughness, Machine Vision, Composite Materials, Neural Networks and Internet of Things.

▲ 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. Deep Learning90▲ 3.3×67 topics
  2. Machine Learning38▲ 1.44×60 topics
  3. Neural Networks31▲ 2.5×30 topics
  4. Tool Wear26▲ 25×3 topics
  5. Internet of Things24▲ 3.6×19 topics
  6. Wireless Sensor Networks24▲ 6.8×17 topics
  7. Mechanical Properties22▲ 2.9×27 topics
  8. Surface Roughness20▲ 19×4 topics
  9. Energy Efficiency20▲ 2.7×23 topics
  10. Machine Vision19▲ 11×6 topics
  11. Convolutional Neural Networks19▲ 3.3×14 topics
  12. Optimization18▲ 5.2×16 topics
  13. Composite Materials18▲ 11×6 topics
  14. Image Processing17▲ 5.0×11 topics
  15. Power Electronics16▲ 6.3×8 topics
  16. IoT16▲ 5.3×15 topics
  17. Machining15▲ 36×1 topic
  18. Surface Integrity15▲ 36×1 topic
  19. Machine Tools15▲ 29×3 topics
  20. Virtual Prototyping15▲ 22×2 topics
  21. Solar Cells15▲ 9.1×7 topics
  22. Nanostructures14▲ 4.5×9 topics
  23. Assembly Planning14▲ 25×1 topic
  24. Design for Manufacture14▲ 25×1 topic
  25. Thermal Management13▲ 5.2×6 topics
  26. Renewable Energy Integration13▲ 5.0×5 topics
  27. Thin Films13▲ 8.3×9 topics
  28. Environmental Monitoring12▲ 4.1×5 topics
  29. Simulation12▲ 6.0×11 topics
  30. Electric Vehicles12▲ 5.3×4 topics
  31. Neural Network12▲ 8.3×8 topics
  32. Texture Analysis12▲ 6.8×2 topics
  33. Electric Vehicle Charging12▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Fabric Defect Detection12▲ 20×1 topic
  35. Semiconductor Manufacturing12▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Computer Vision11▲ 5.1×4 topics
  37. Security and Privacy10▲ 6.9×3 topics
  38. Dimensional Metrology10▲ 63×1 topic
  39. Error Compensation10▲ 63×1 topic
  40. Nanowires10▲ 8.6×4 topics

Which research topics does National Formosa University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced machining processes and optimization, Manufacturing Process and Optimization, Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection and Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques.

Advanced machining processes and optimization: 15 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 14 fractional worksIndustrial Vision System…12Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection: 12 fractional worksAdvanced Measurement and…10Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 8 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters: 7 fractional worksMetal and Thin Film Mech…7Metal and Thin Film Mechanics: 7 fractional worksIndoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies: 6 fractional worksEngineering Technology and Methodologies: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Surface Polishing Techniques: 5 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringElectrical and Electronic Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced machining processes and optimization Mechanical Engineering 15 works
  2. 2 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 14 works
  3. 3 Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 12 works
  4. 4 Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques Mechanical Engineering 10 works
  5. 5 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 8 works
  6. 6 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 7 works
  7. 7 Metal and Thin Film Mechanics Mechanics of Materials 7 works
  8. 8 Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  9. 9 Engineering Technology and Methodologies Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 5 works
  10. 10 Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques Biomedical Engineering 5 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 available25.0%not open75.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.6%domestic only84.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Formosa University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 National Formosa University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0032% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%National Formosa University0.0033% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of National Formosa 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 counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025National Formosa University5.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.4% in 2002.

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