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Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica

In research, Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,679 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,049
of 28,054 · #28,757 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#196
of 221
Research works
263
▲ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.3k
12.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica 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
Social SciencesDomain #7,679 of 16,945 27.7%165

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, 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).

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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.81× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.16× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.27× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.03× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.25× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.54× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.22× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.79× its world share, 29 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica?

Ranked on the composite score, Ta‐Chien Chan and Ming‐Chang Tsai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica.

  1. 1 Ta‐Chien Chan Taiwan · #994,489 worldwide 57 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Ming‐Chang Tsai Taiwan · #1,503,626 worldwide 12 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica

Which keywords describe research at Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Economic Development, Nationalism, Well-being, Cultural Identity, Positive Psychology, Mental Health and Emotion.

▲ 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. Globalization8▲ 5.2×17 topics
  2. Mental Health5▲ 4.0×11 topics
  3. Economic Development5▲ 6.9×9 topics
  4. Nationalism4▲ 11×6 topics
  5. Social Media4▲ 3.4×9 topics
  6. Public Health4▲ 3.3×10 topics
  7. Well-being4▲ 12×5 topics
  8. Cultural Identity4▲ 8.6×3 topics
  9. Positive Psychology4▲ 54×3 topics
  10. Emotion3▲ 20×3 topics
  11. Social Support3▲ 7.3×8 topics
  12. Colonialism3▲ 8.5×10 topics
  13. Health Effects3▲ 6.7×4 topics
  14. Resilience3▲ 8.3×4 topics
  15. Life Satisfaction3▲ 54×2 topics
  16. Empathy3▲ 32×3 topics
  17. Political Economy3▲ 13×5 topics
  18. Democratization3▲ 51×2 topics
  19. Transportation3▲ 19×3 topics
  20. Identification3▲ 133×1 topic
  21. Narrative Persuasion3▲ 133×1 topic
  22. Labor Market2▲ 9.7×4 topics
  23. Subjective Well-Being2▲ 40×2 topics
  24. Democracy2▲ 7.7×5 topics
  25. Identity2▲ 3.9×6 topics
  26. Health Outcomes2▲ 9.8×5 topics
  27. Happiness2▲ 51×1 topic
  28. Positive Emotions2▲ 21×1 topic
  29. Inequality2▲ 10×3 topics
  30. Information Technology2▲ 4.8×2 topics
  31. Urbanization2▲ 5.7×4 topics
  32. China2▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Civic Education2▲ 96×1 topic
  34. Health Behavior2▲ 21×3 topics
  35. Hong Kong Identity2▲ 255×1 topic
  36. Social Networks2▲ 8.1×2 topics
  37. Civil Society2▲ 18×3 topics
  38. Gender Roles2▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Online Communication2▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Self-Efficacy2▲ 7.6×3 topics

Which research topics does Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Media Influence and Health, Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction, Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics and Asian Culture and Media Studies.

Media Influence and Health: 3 fractional worksPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction: 2 fractional worksHong Kong and Taiwan Pol…2Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics: 2 fractional worksAsian Culture and Media …2Asian Culture and Media Studies: 2 fractional worksNoise Effects and Management: 2 fractional worksMigration and Labor Dynamics: 1 fractional worksChina's Socioeconomic Re…1China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance: 1 fractional worksOptimism, Hope, and Well…1Optimism, Hope, and Well-being: 1 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…1Air Quality and Health Impacts: 1 fractional worksGlobalization, Economics…1Globalization, Economics, and Policies: 1 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheorySocial PsychologySociology and Political ScienceCultural Studies5 others

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

  1. 1 Media Influence and Health Literature and Literary Theory 3 works
  2. 2 Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction Social Psychology 2 works
  3. 3 Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 Asian Culture and Media Studies Cultural Studies 2 works
  5. 5 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 2 works
  6. 6 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  8. 8 Optimism, Hope, and Well-being Applied Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  10. 10 Globalization, Economics, and Policies Economics and Econometrics 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 available42.8%not open57.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.0%domestic only80.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% 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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