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National Science and Technology Council

In research, National Science and Technology Council stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,219 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,637
of 22,385 · #7,936 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#145
of 185
Research works
420
▲ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.9k
21.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
23%
world 40%
International
37%
world 18%
National Science and Technology Council

What is National Science and Technology Council 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 #3,219 of 17,446 11.4%286

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Science and Technology Council 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 National Science and Technology Council work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at National Science and Technology Council is in Physical Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Materials Science (22%), Engineering (21%), Physics and Astronomy (9%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 61 fractional works · 71.0% of its workMaterials Science: 19 fractional works · 22.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 15.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 5 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 21.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 8.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 9.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 9.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 12.9% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 9.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNational Scienceand Technology…85fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences71%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences13%

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. Materials Science1922.2%
    2. Engineering1821.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy89.1%
    4. Environmental Science89.1%
    5. Computer Science44.6%
    6. Energy22.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.0%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.8%
    9. Chemistry10.8%
    1. Psychology44.9%
    2. Social Sciences33.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.3%
    4. Decision Sciences11.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.0%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology44.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences33.0%
    3. Neuroscience11.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    1. Medicine55.6%
    2. Health Professions10.9%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
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: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.42× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.13× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.43× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.83× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 6.36× its world share, 19 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 4.11× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.59× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science6.36×19 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy4.11×8 works
  3. Chemical Engineering2.42×1 works
  4. Energy2.13×2 works
  5. Environmental Science1.83×8 works
  6. Psychology1.59×4 works
  7. Engineering1.43×18 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.31×1 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.84×4 works
  10. Neuroscience0.81×1 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.63×3 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.62×1 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.60×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.60×4 works
  15. Chemistry0.50×1 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.45×1 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.41×1 works
  18. Health Professions0.34×1 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.31×1 works
  20. Medicine0.29×5 works
  21. Social Sciences0.29×3 works
  22. Nursing0.20×0 works
  23. Dentistry0.13×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Science and Technology Council?

Ranked on the quality score, C.F. Kao lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Science and Technology Council.

  1. 1 C.F. Kao Taiwan · #1,709,635 worldwide 606 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at National Science and Technology Council

What are the most cited papers from National Science and Technology Council?

The most cited paper from National Science and Technology Council is "Epitaxial growth of a monolayer WSe 2 -MoS 2 lateral p-n junction with an atomically sharp interface" (Mingyang Li, Yumeng Shi, Chia-Chin Cheng et al., 2015), with 1,207 citations. Next come "Financial Investment Opportunities and the Macroeconomy" (883) and "Genetic susceptibility to carbamazepine-induced cutaneous adverse drug reactions" (681).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Epitaxial growth of a monolayer WSe 2 -MoS 2 lateral p-n junction with an atomically sharp interface Mingyang Li, Yumeng Shi, Chia-Chin Cheng et al. · Science 30 Jul 2015 1,207
2 Financial Investment Opportunities and the Macroeconomy Nai‐Fu Chen · The Journal of Finance Jun 1991 883
3 Genetic susceptibility to carbamazepine-induced cutaneous adverse drug reactions Wen‐Hung Chung, Wen‐Hung Chung, Shiou‐Hwa Jee et al. · Pharmacogenetics and Genomics Apr 2006 681
4 Emission of rough surfaces calculated by the integral equation method with comparison to three-dimensional moment method simulations K.S. Chen, Tzong‐Dar Wu, Leung Tsang et al. · IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 2003 663
5 Climate change exacerbates the environmental impacts of agriculture Yi Yang et al. · Science Open access 5 Sep 2024 531
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Which keywords describe research at National Science and Technology Council?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Electronic Structure, Two-Dimensional Materials, Superconductivity, Optoelectronic Devices, Semiconducting Transition Metal Dichalcogenides, Van der Waals Heterostructures, Nanocrystals and Semiconductor.

▲ 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. Electronic Structure8▲ 51×8 topics
  2. Two-Dimensional Materials6▲ 31×4 topics
  3. Superconductivity6▲ 38×9 topics
  4. Optoelectronic Devices4▲ 58×2 topics
  5. Semiconducting Transition Metal Dichalcogenides4▲ 70×1 topic
  6. Van der Waals Heterostructures4▲ 70×1 topic
  7. Nanocrystals4▲ 18×5 topics
  8. Machine Learning4▲ 1.33×15 topics
  9. Efficiency3▲ 13×2 topics
  10. Semiconductor3▲ 12×6 topics
  11. Climate Change3▲ 1.39×18 topics
  12. Topological Insulators3▲ 78×2 topics
  13. Photovoltaics3▲ 23×3 topics
  14. Nanocomposites2▲ 3.5×12 topics
  15. Crystal Growth2▲ 9.1×9 topics
  16. Graphene2▲ 3.7×6 topics
  17. Solar Cell Efficiency2▲ 24×2 topics
  18. Semiconductors2▲ 8.0×3 topics
  19. CZTS2▲ 40×1 topic
  20. High-Temperature2▲ 33×2 topics
  21. Molecular Dynamics2▲ 12×4 topics
  22. Thin-Film Solar Cells2▲ 40×1 topic
  23. Solar Cells2▲ 9.8×3 topics
  24. Crystal Structures2▲ 21×3 topics
  25. Heavy Fermion2▲ 147×1 topic
  26. Quantum Criticality2▲ 147×1 topic
  27. Quantum Spin Hall Effect2▲ 53×1 topic
  28. Stability2▲ 8.4×2 topics
  29. Superconductors2▲ 53×1 topic
  30. Computational Chemistry1▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Ferroelectricity1▲ 18×4 topics
  32. Iron-Based1▲ 176×1 topic
  33. Layered Compounds1▲ 176×1 topic
  34. Organometal Halide Perovskites1▲ 15×1 topic
  35. Perovskite Solar Cells1▲ 15×1 topic
  36. High-Throughput1▲ 26×1 topic
  37. Materials Informatics1▲ 26×1 topic
  38. Metal-Insulator Transition1▲ 24×2 topics
  39. Quantum Dots1▲ 17×3 topics
  40. Room Temperature1▲ 10×3 topics

Which research topics does National Science and Technology Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: 2D Materials and Applications, Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films, Rare-earth and actinide compounds and Topological Materials and Phenomena.

2D Materials and Applica…42D Materials and Applications: 4 fractional worksChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films: 2 fractional worksRare-earth and actinide compounds: 2 fractional worksTopological Materials and Phenomena: 2 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 1 fractional worksIron-based superconductors research: 1 fractional worksMachine Learning in Mate…1Machine Learning in Materials Science: 1 fractional worksMagnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials: 1 fractional worksQuantum Dots Synthesis And Properties: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Condensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works
Materials ChemistryElectrical and Electronic EngineeringCondensed Matter PhysicsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics1 others

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

  1. 1 2D Materials and Applications Materials Chemistry 4 works
  2. 2 Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Rare-earth and actinide compounds Condensed Matter Physics 2 works
  4. 4 Topological Materials and Phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  5. 5 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Iron-based superconductors research Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 1 works
  7. 7 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 1 works
  8. 8 Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 1 works
  9. 9 Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties Materials Chemistry 1 works
  10. 10 Advanced Condensed Matter Physics Condensed Matter Physics 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 available23.2%not open76.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.2%domestic only62.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Science and Technology Council's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% 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 National Science and Technology Council as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00035% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%National Science and Technology Council0.00041% in 202519801990200020102020

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