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Pingtung Hospital

In research, Pingtung Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#9,447 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,675 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,873
of 22,385 · #29,578 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#182
of 185
Research works
201
▲ 70% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.5k
17.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Pingtung Hospital

What is Pingtung Hospital 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
MedicineField #9,447 of 14,558 6.5%129
Health SciencesDomain #11,675 of 16,688 6.8%136

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

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Pingtung Hospital is in Health Sciences, 20% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (65%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (14%), Health Professions (3%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 52 fractional works · 69.2% of its workMedicine: 49 fractional works · 64.9% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 9.3% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 6.7% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 20.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 14.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 8.2% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPingtung Hospital75fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences69%Social Sciences4%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4964.9%
    2. Health Professions33.5%
    3. Nursing00.5%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1114.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.9%
    4. Neuroscience11.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Environmental Science33.3%
    2. Engineering11.2%
    3. Chemistry11.1%
    4. Materials Science10.8%
    5. Computer Science00.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Psychology22.2%
    2. Social Sciences11.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
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: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.69× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.90× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.31× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.38× its world share, 49 worksMedicineNursing: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.63× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.38×49 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.69×11 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.90×1 works
  4. Veterinary1.63×0 works
  5. Health Professions1.31×3 works
  6. Nursing0.98×0 works
  7. Neuroscience0.81×1 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.81×0 works
  9. Psychology0.72×2 works
  10. Chemistry0.71×1 works
  11. Environmental Science0.67×2 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.47×2 works
  13. Materials Science0.23×1 works
  14. Dentistry0.23×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.17×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.10×1 works
  17. Engineering0.08×1 works
  18. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.02×0 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Pingtung Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Yau‐Jiunn Lee and Yen-Ting Wu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pingtung Hospital.

  1. 1 Yau‐Jiunn Lee Taiwan · #2,988,637 worldwide 4.3k citations · 141 works
  2. 2 Yen-Ting Wu Taiwan · #5,473,140 worldwide 88 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Pingtung Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Pingtung Hospital?

The most cited paper from Pingtung Hospital is "Elevated Plasma Level of Visfatin/Pre-B Cell Colony-Enhancing Factor in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus" (Miao‐Pei Chen, Fu‐Mei Chung, Dao‐Ming Chang et al., 2006), with 661 citations. Next come "Visfatin in overweight/obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases: a meta‐analysis and systemic review" (357) and "Mortality outcomes with hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine in COVID-19 from an international collaborative meta-analysis of randomized trials" (305).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Elevated Plasma Level of Visfatin/Pre-B Cell Colony-Enhancing Factor in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Miao‐Pei Chen, Fu‐Mei Chung, Dao‐Ming Chang et al. · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2006 661
2 Visfatin in overweight/obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases: a meta‐analysis and systemic review Yu‐Hung Chang, Dao‐Ming Chang, Kun-Cheng Lin et al. · Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews 12 Apr 2011 357
3 Mortality outcomes with hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine in COVID-19 from an international collaborative meta-analysis of randomized trials Cathrine Axfors et al. · Nature Communications ReviewOpen access 15 Apr 2021 305
4 Pathways of empowerment perceptions, health literacy, self-efficacy, and self-care behaviors to glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus Yau‐Jiunn Lee, Shyi‐Jang Shin, Ruey‐Hsia Wang et al. · Patient Education and Counseling 2 Sep 2015 238
5 Increased epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) volume in type 2 diabetes mellitus and association with metabolic syndrome and severity of coronary atherosclerosis Chao‐Ping Wang, Hui‐Ling Hsu, Wei‐Chin Hung et al. · Clinical Endocrinology 5 Sep 2008 228
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Which keywords describe research at Pingtung Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Chemotherapy, Global Burden, Cancer, Chronic Kidney Disease and Mortality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology10▲ 3.3×59 topics
  2. Inflammation6▲ 4.0×39 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 6.0×21 topics
  4. Cancer4▲ 4.4×29 topics
  5. Chemotherapy4▲ 7.4×13 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress4▲ 3.1×29 topics
  7. Global Burden4▲ 9.0×8 topics
  8. Quality of Life4▲ 3.2×22 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 5.3×14 topics
  10. Chronic Kidney Disease3▲ 16×8 topics
  11. Treatment3▲ 3.2×18 topics
  12. Immune Response3▲ 6.7×10 topics
  13. Mortality3▲ 6.9×9 topics
  14. Management3▲ 4.3×12 topics
  15. Immunotherapy2▲ 4.7×10 topics
  16. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 14×5 topics
  17. Public Health2▲ 2.3×14 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 5.7×9 topics
  19. Diagnosis2▲ 3.4×18 topics
  20. Hepatocellular Carcinoma2▲ 15×3 topics
  21. Insulin Resistance2▲ 6.4×6 topics
  22. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 8.8×6 topics
  23. Molecular Characterization2▲ 15×4 topics
  24. Obesity2▲ 3.5×13 topics
  25. Liver Disease2▲ 27×3 topics
  26. Diabetes2▲ 4.8×11 topics
  27. Antimicrobial Resistance2▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Antiviral Therapy2▲ 24×2 topics
  29. Fibrosis2▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Primary Care2▲ 6.2×7 topics
  31. TGF-ß2▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Virulence Factors2▲ 16×3 topics
  33. Diabetic Nephropathy2▲ 32×1 topic
  34. Glomerular Filtration Rate2▲ 48×1 topic
  35. Survival Analysis2▲ 8.0×5 topics
  36. Glycemic Control2▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Robotic Surgery2▲ 13×4 topics
  38. Staphylococcus aureus2▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Cervical Cancer1▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Type 2 Diabetes1▲ 8.2×4 topics

Which research topics does Pingtung Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes, Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment and Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments.

Chronic Kidney Disease a…2Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes: 2 fractional worksAntimicrobial Resistance…1Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus: 1 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksBladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Practices: 1 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 1 fractional worksHepatitis C virus research: 1 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disea…1Dialysis and Renal Disease Management: 1 fractional worksHepatitis B Virus Studies: 1 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV Research: 1 fractional works
NephrologyInfectious DiseasesEpidemiologySurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes Nephrology 2 works
  2. 2 Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus Infectious Diseases 1 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 1 works
  4. 4 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 1 works
  6. 6 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  7. 7 Hepatitis C virus research Hepatology 1 works
  8. 8 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 1 works
  9. 9 Hepatitis B Virus Studies Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 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 available51.1%not open48.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.3%domestic only82.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Pingtung Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 70% 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 Pingtung Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00032% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Pingtung Hospital0.00036% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Pingtung Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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