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Payap University

In research, Payap University stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,711 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,910
of 22,385 · #18,289 all time
Rank in Thailand
#89
of 144
Research works
339
▲ 145% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.9k
5.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Payap University

What is Payap 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
Social SciencesDomain #6,711 of 9,585 8.6%76 #8936

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

In 2022-now, 55% of research at Payap University is in Social Sciences, 16% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Business, Management and Accounting (9%), Medicine (9%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 92 fractional works · 55.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 45 fractional works · 27.1% of its workEducation: 13 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 5.1% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 16 fractional works · 9.5% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 15 fractional works · 8.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 27 fractional works · 16.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 24 fractional works · 14.5% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 4.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 4.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 23 fractional works · 13.6% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 9.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKPayap University166fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences55%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4527.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting169.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities158.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance74.3%
    5. Psychology63.3%
    6. Decision Sciences42.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences116.6%
    2. Neuroscience84.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology63.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics21.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    1. Engineering84.9%
    2. Computer Science84.8%
    3. Environmental Science31.7%
    4. Chemistry10.9%
    5. Mathematics10.8%
    6. Materials Science10.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    8. Energy10.3%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine159.0%
    2. Health Professions63.3%
    3. Nursing21.0%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
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: 1.38× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.81× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.72× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.61× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.33× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.27× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 1.94× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.04× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.94× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.64× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.99× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.10× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.14× its world share, 45 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.72×2 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.04×15 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.94×16 works
  4. Neuroscience2.81×8 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.64×4 works
  6. Social Sciences2.14×45 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.99×7 works
  8. Nursing1.94×2 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.38×11 works
  10. Health Professions1.27×6 works
  11. Psychology1.10×6 works
  12. Mathematics0.68×1 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.63×6 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.61×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.61×8 works
  16. Chemistry0.57×2 works
  17. Dentistry0.55×0 works
  18. Medicine0.47×15 works
  19. Energy0.35×0 works
  20. Environmental Science0.34×3 works
  21. Engineering0.33×8 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.21×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.16×1 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.10×0 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Payap University?

Ranked on the quality score, Shizhou Yang, Kimmo Kosonen and Tony Waters lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Payap University.

  1. 1 Shizhou Yang Thailand · #906,977 worldwide 146 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Kimmo Kosonen Thailand · #1,766,545 worldwide 412 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Tony Waters Thailand · #2,654,914 worldwide 1.1k citations · 161 works
  4. 4 Naruephorn Tengtrairat Thailand · #3,083,915 worldwide 276 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Rey Ty Thailand · #3,105,485 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 George Bedell Thailand · #3,818,602 worldwide 92 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Saranya Chaiwaree Thailand · #4,000,890 worldwide 125 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Chiang Mai Thailand · #5,739,007 worldwide 10 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Payap University

What are the most cited papers from Payap University?

The most cited paper from Payap University is "HIV-1 Langerhans' Cell Tropism Associated with Heterosexual Transmission of HIV" (Luis Enrique Soto-Ramírez, Boris Renjifo, Mary Fran McLane et al., 1996), with 348 citations. Next come "Anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic activities of virgin coconut oil" (209) and "Reproducible research in linguistics: A position statement on data citation and attribution in our field" (173).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 HIV-1 Langerhans' Cell Tropism Associated with Heterosexual Transmission of HIV Luis Enrique Soto-Ramírez, Boris Renjifo, Mary Fran McLane et al. · Science Mar 1996 348
2 Anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic activities of virgin coconut oil S. Intahphuak, Parirat Khonsung, Ampai Panthong · Pharmaceutical Biology Open access 29 Dec 2009 209
3 Reproducible research in linguistics: A position statement on data citation and attribution in our field Andrea L. Berez-Kroeker, Lauren Gawne, Susan Smythe Kung et al. · Linguistics Open access 6 Dec 2017 173
4 The Experience of Caregivers Living with Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis Peeranuch LeSeure, Supaporn Chongkham-ang · Journal of Personalized Medicine ReviewOpen access 19 Nov 2015 130
5 Effectiveness of a self-help manual on the promotion of resilience in individuals with depression in Thailand: a randomised controlled trial Wallapa Songprakun, Terence V. McCann · BMC Psychiatry Open access 16 Feb 2012 91
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Payap University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Bilingual Education, Language Policy, Multilingualism, Ethnicity, Globalization, Conflict, Political Transition and Human Rights.

▲ 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. Globalization10▲ 3.0×17 topics
  2. Human Rights7▲ 4.1×10 topics
  3. Bilingual Education7▲ 35×3 topics
  4. Language Policy7▲ 30×3 topics
  5. Machine Learning7▲ 1.19×21 topics
  6. Multilingualism6▲ 24×2 topics
  7. Ethnicity6▲ 10×6 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence6▲ 2.4×11 topics
  9. Conflict5▲ 20×3 topics
  10. Higher Education5▲ 6.0×4 topics
  11. Political Transition5▲ 62×2 topics
  12. Second Language Acquisition5▲ 32×2 topics
  13. Student Perceptions5▲ 16×4 topics
  14. Corrective Feedback5▲ 39×1 topic
  15. Language Teaching5▲ 11×1 topic
  16. Refugees5▲ 23×2 topics
  17. Antioxidant5▲ 4.2×20 topics
  18. Myanmar5▲ 200×1 topic
  19. state building5▲ 200×1 topic
  20. Economic Development4▲ 3.3×5 topics
  21. Teacher Training4▲ 4.3×5 topics
  22. Antioxidant Activity4▲ 3.9×14 topics
  23. Corporate Governance4▲ 3.2×6 topics
  24. CLIL4▲ 34×1 topic
  25. Content and Language Integrated Learning4▲ 34×1 topic
  26. Democracy4▲ 6.0×4 topics
  27. Anti-inflammatory3▲ 7.1×13 topics
  28. Social Interaction3▲ 5.1×5 topics
  29. Sociolinguistics3▲ 11×3 topics
  30. Social Capital3▲ 3.6×4 topics
  31. Antioxidants3▲ 4.1×10 topics
  32. Cultural Sustaining Pedagogy3▲ 41×1 topic
  33. Translanguaging3▲ 41×1 topic
  34. Laos3▲ 126×1 topic
  35. Thailand3▲ 126×1 topic
  36. Brain-Computer Interfaces2▲ 15×1 topic
  37. EEG Analysis2▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Investor Protection2▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Ownership Structure2▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Career Development2▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Payap University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning, Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography, Second Language Learning and Teaching and Multilingual Education and Policy.

EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 5 fractional worksAsian Geopolitics and Ethnography: 5 fractional worksSecond Language Learning…4Second Language Learning and Teaching: 4 fractional worksMultilingual Education a…3Multilingual Education and Policy: 3 fractional worksSoutheast Asian Sociopolitical Studies: 3 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 2 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer I…2EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 2 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 2 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 2 fractional works
Language and LinguisticsPolitical Science and International RelationsLiterature and Literary TheoryLinguistics and Language4 others

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

  1. 1 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 5 works
  2. 2 Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  3. 3 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 4 works
  4. 4 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 3 works
  5. 5 Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  6. 6 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 2 works
  7. 7 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  8. 8 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  9. 9 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 2 works
  10. 10 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 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 available54.3%not open45.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.5%domestic only71.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Payap University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 145% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Payap University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00070% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Payap University0.00065% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Payap University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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