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Payap University

In research, Payap University stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,661 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,459
of 28,054 · #35,401 all time
Rank in Thailand
#117
of 156
Research works
339
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.9k
5.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Payap 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
Social SciencesDomain #8,661 of 10,521 20.3%76 #13099

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 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: 1.55× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.32× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.38× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.54× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.39× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 2.25× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.92× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.52× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.91× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.11× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.03× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.11× its world share, 36 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Payap University?

Ranked on the composite score, Tony Waters and Christina Page lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Payap University.

  1. 1 Tony Waters · #677,792 worldwide 29 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Christina Page · #1,425,144 worldwide 2 citations · 54 works
All ranked researchers at Payap University

Which keywords describe research at Payap University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethnicity, Bilingual Education, Language Policy, Multilingualism, Conflict, Human Rights, Political Transition and Globalization.

▲ 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. Globalization7▲ 2.8×16 topics
  2. Human Rights6▲ 4.6×9 topics
  3. Ethnicity6▲ 11×5 topics
  4. Bilingual Education5▲ 34×3 topics
  5. Language Policy5▲ 28×3 topics
  6. Conflict5▲ 23×3 topics
  7. Multilingualism5▲ 23×2 topics
  8. Political Transition5▲ 68×2 topics
  9. Economic Development4▲ 4.0×5 topics
  10. Refugees4▲ 26×2 topics
  11. Artificial Intelligence4▲ 2.2×10 topics
  12. Myanmar4▲ 210×1 topic
  13. state building4▲ 210×1 topic
  14. Corporate Governance4▲ 4.0×6 topics
  15. Second Language Acquisition4▲ 33×2 topics
  16. Corrective Feedback4▲ 40×1 topic
  17. Language Teaching4▲ 11×1 topic
  18. Democracy4▲ 7.3×4 topics
  19. Antioxidant3▲ 3.7×16 topics
  20. Antioxidant Activity3▲ 4.0×11 topics
  21. Supply Chain Management3▲ 2.7×10 topics
  22. Higher Education3▲ 4.6×4 topics
  23. Teacher Training3▲ 4.0×4 topics
  24. Student Perceptions3▲ 13×4 topics
  25. Consumer Behavior3▲ 3.6×5 topics
  26. Social Capital3▲ 4.4×4 topics
  27. Social Interaction3▲ 5.6×5 topics
  28. Laos3▲ 153×1 topic
  29. Thailand3▲ 153×1 topic
  30. CLIL3▲ 30×1 topic
  31. Content and Language Integrated Learning3▲ 30×1 topic
  32. Investor Protection2▲ 22×1 topic
  33. Ownership Structure2▲ 22×1 topic
  34. Sociolinguistics2▲ 9.7×2 topics
  35. Anti-inflammatory2▲ 6.1×11 topics
  36. Cultural Sustaining Pedagogy2▲ 41×1 topic
  37. Translanguaging2▲ 41×1 topic
  38. Entrepreneurial Orientation2▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Opportunity Recognition2▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Business Ethics2▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Payap University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography, EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning, Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies and Second Language Learning and Teaching.

Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography: 4 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 4 fractional worksSoutheast Asian Sociopol…3Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies: 3 fractional worksSecond Language Learning…3Second Language Learning and Teaching: 3 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 2 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 2 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies…2Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 2 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 2 fractional worksFinancial Markets and Investment Strategies: 1 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsLanguage and LinguisticsLiterature and Literary TheoryAccounting5 others

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

  1. 1 Asian Geopolitics and EthnographyPolitical Science and International Relations 4 works
  2. 2 EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningLanguage and Linguistics 4 works
  3. 3 Southeast Asian Sociopolitical StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations 3 works
  4. 4 Second Language Learning and TeachingLiterature and Literary Theory 3 works
  5. 5 Corporate Finance and GovernanceAccounting 2 works
  6. 6 Multilingual Education and PolicyLinguistics and Language 2 works
  7. 7 Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesManagement of Technology and Innovation 2 works
  8. 8 EEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesCognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  9. 9 Environmental Sustainability in BusinessMarketing 2 works
  10. 10 Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesFinance 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 available54.3%not open45.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Payap University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% higher 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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