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Research Center for Applied Science, Academia Sinica

In research, Research Center for Applied Science, Academia Sinica stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,623 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,195 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering — Materials Chemistry is 8.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,429
of 28,054 · #5,881 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#83
of 221
Research works
985
▼ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
26k
26.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Research Center for Applied Science, Academia Sinica 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
Physical SciencesDomain #5,623 of 12,888 14.7%132 #3813
EngineeringField #4,195 of 6,636 15.7%64 #3762

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Research Center for Applied Science, Academia Sinica 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).

What does Research Center for Applied Science, Academia Sinica specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Materials Chemistry takes 8.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 25.7 works8.0×
  2. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 40.2 works6.9×
← 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: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.61× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.62× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.32× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.18× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.60× its world share, 64 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 6.85× its world share, 39 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.63× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Research Center for Applied Science, Academia Sinica?

Ranked on the composite score, Chih‐Wei Chu, Bi‐Chang Chen and Jing‐Jong Shyue lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Research Center for Applied Science, Academia Sinica.

  1. 1 Chih‐Wei Chu Taiwan · #235,603 worldwide 476 citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Bi‐Chang Chen Taiwan · #308,413 worldwide 157 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Jing‐Jong Shyue Taiwan · #440,322 worldwide 125 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Peilin Chen Taiwan · #466,624 worldwide 100 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Yi‐Chung Tung Taiwan · #614,189 worldwide 74 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Ji‐Yen Cheng Taiwan · #971,474 worldwide 63 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Chun‐Wei Pao Taiwan · #1,286,278 worldwide 75 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 V. U. Nazarov Taiwan · #1,376,607 worldwide 38 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Hemant Verma Taiwan · #1,535,476 worldwide 27 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Yu‐Jung Lu Taiwan · #1,552,056 worldwide 19 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Research Center for Applied Science, Academia Sinica

Which keywords describe research at Research Center for Applied Science, Academia Sinica?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biosensors, Semiconductors, Light-Emitting Diodes, Graphene, Efficiency, Crystal Growth, Two-Dimensional Materials and Optoelectronic Devices.

▲ 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. Biosensors15▲ 18×11 topics
  2. Semiconductors15▲ 30×4 topics
  3. Graphene12▲ 11×8 topics
  4. Light-Emitting Diodes12▲ 48×2 topics
  5. Efficiency12▲ 23×3 topics
  6. Crystal Growth11▲ 23×5 topics
  7. Two-Dimensional Materials11▲ 28×3 topics
  8. Optoelectronic Devices10▲ 67×2 topics
  9. Semiconductor10▲ 18×6 topics
  10. Biomedical Applications10▲ 5.0×17 topics
  11. Stability10▲ 25×4 topics
  12. Organometal Halide Perovskites9▲ 50×1 topic
  13. Perovskite Solar Cells9▲ 50×1 topic
  14. Electronic Structure9▲ 30×7 topics
  15. Nanomaterials9▲ 5.1×12 topics
  16. Solar Cells8▲ 25×6 topics
  17. Optical Modulators8▲ 32×3 topics
  18. Nanocomposites8▲ 5.8×8 topics
  19. Nanocrystals8▲ 17×5 topics
  20. Nanoparticles8▲ 3.7×17 topics
  21. Semiconducting Transition Metal Dichalcogenides7▲ 65×1 topic
  22. Van der Waals Heterostructures7▲ 65×1 topic
  23. Photovoltaics7▲ 26×3 topics
  24. Metamaterials7▲ 29×4 topics
  25. Field-Effect Transistors7▲ 25×4 topics
  26. Nanophotonics6▲ 39×3 topics
  27. Nanowires6▲ 26×4 topics
  28. Nanostructures6▲ 8.9×10 topics
  29. Plasmonics6▲ 61×2 topics
  30. Tissue Engineering6▲ 5.5×7 topics
  31. Fluorescence Imaging5▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Quantum Dots5▲ 33×3 topics
  33. Energy Conversion5▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Terahertz5▲ 70×2 topics
  35. Nanoantennas5▲ 84×1 topic
  36. Surface Plasmons5▲ 84×1 topic
  37. Bioimaging4▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Neuromorphic Computing4▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Organic Electronics4▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Transparent Conductors4▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Research Center for Applied Science, Academia Sinica publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Perovskite Materials and Applications, 2D Materials and Applications, Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties.

Perovskite Materials and…9Perovskite Materials and Applications: 9 fractional works2D Materials and Applications: 7 fractional worksPlasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research: 5 fractional worksQuantum Dots Synthesis And Properties: 4 fractional worksConducting polymers and applications: 3 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 3 fractional worksNanowire Synthesis and Applications: 3 fractional worksGaN-based semiconductor devices and materials: 3 fractional worksGraphene research and applications: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Memory and Neural Computing: 2 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringMaterials ChemistryBiomedical EngineeringPolymers and Plastics1 others

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

  1. 1 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 9 works
  2. 2 2D Materials and Applications Materials Chemistry 7 works
  3. 3 Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  4. 4 Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties Materials Chemistry 4 works
  5. 5 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 3 works
  6. 6 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Nanowire Synthesis and Applications Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials Condensed Matter Physics 3 works
  9. 9 Graphene research and applications Materials Chemistry 3 works
  10. 10 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available29.7%not open70.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.0%domestic only74.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Research Center for Applied Science, Academia Sinica's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% lower 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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