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Shih Chien University

In research, Shih Chien University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,852 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Economics and Econometrics and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Economics and Econometrics is 7.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,686
of 22,385 · #7,392 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#89
of 185
Research works
957
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
21k
22.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Shih Chien University

What is Shih Chien 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 #5,852 of 9,585 23.0%93 #4661

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

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Shih Chien University is in Social Sciences, 25% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Business, Management and Accounting (16%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (16%), Social Sciences (15%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 101 fractional works · 57.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 28 fractional works · 16.2% of its workMarketing: 11 fractional works · 6.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 28 fractional works · 15.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 22 fractional works · 12.4% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 14.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 7.7% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 43 fractional works · 24.7% of its workComputer Science: 19 fractional works · 10.6% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 5.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 17 fractional works · 9.6% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 7.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKShih ChienUniversity175fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences58%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting2816.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2815.9%
    3. Social Sciences2614.8%
    4. Decision Sciences84.5%
    5. Psychology74.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities42.4%
    1. Computer Science1910.6%
    2. Engineering105.9%
    3. Environmental Science73.8%
    4. Energy53.0%
    5. Materials Science10.6%
    6. Mathematics10.4%
    7. Chemistry00.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Medicine127.0%
    2. Health Professions42.1%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences63.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology42.1%
    3. Neuroscience31.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Shih Chien University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Economics and Econometrics takes 7.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 21.7 works7.8×
  2. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 27.9 works7.4×
← 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: 0.74× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.12× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.37× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.25× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.76× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.82× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.02× its world share, 28 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.66× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7.42× its world share, 28 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.33× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance7.42×28 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting5.02×28 works
  3. Decision Sciences4.66×8 works
  4. Energy3.25×5 works
  5. Computer Science1.37×19 works
  6. Psychology1.33×7 works
  7. Social Sciences1.17×26 works
  8. Neuroscience1.12×3 works
  9. Nursing1.03×1 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.82×4 works
  11. Health Professions0.78×4 works
  12. Environmental Science0.76×7 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.74×6 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.72×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.40×4 works
  16. Engineering0.39×10 works
  17. Mathematics0.36×1 works
  18. Medicine0.36×12 works
  19. Materials Science0.16×1 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.14×0 works
  21. Dentistry0.14×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.13×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Shih Chien University?

Ranked on the quality score, Chun‐Ping Chang, Hua‐Tang Yin and Cheng‐Fei Lee lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shih Chien University.

  1. 1 Chun‐Ping Chang Taiwan · #17,694 worldwide 15k citations · 333 works
  2. 2 Hua‐Tang Yin Taiwan · #302,662 worldwide 696 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Cheng‐Fei Lee Taiwan · #374,957 worldwide 1.2k citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Hsuan Hsu Taiwan · #452,842 worldwide 647 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Joan-Hwa Yang Taiwan · #500,090 worldwide 3.1k citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Di Chen Taiwan · #697,326 worldwide 735 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Hui-Yu Huang Taiwan · #954,250 worldwide 2.1k citations · 47 works
  8. 8 Chian‐Son Yu Taiwan · #1,198,972 worldwide 2.1k citations · 31 works
  9. 9 Shou-Tsung Wu Taiwan · #1,206,830 worldwide 528 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Su‐Yin Cheng Taiwan · #1,282,517 worldwide 523 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Shih Chien University

What are the most cited papers from Shih Chien University?

The most cited paper from Shih Chien University is "Tourism development and economic growth: A closer look at panels" (Chien‐Chiang Lee, Chun‐Ping Chang, 2007), with 971 citations. Next come "Factors Affecting Individuals to Adopt Mobile Banking: Empirical Evidence from the Utaut Model" (798) and "Energy consumption and economic growth in Asian economies: A more comprehensive analysis using panel data" (789).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Tourism development and economic growth: A closer look at panels Chien‐Chiang Lee, Chun‐Ping Chang · Tourism Management 6 Apr 2007 971
2 Factors Affecting Individuals to Adopt Mobile Banking: Empirical Evidence from the Utaut Model Chian‐Son Yu · Journal of electronic commerce research May 2012 798
3 Energy consumption and economic growth in Asian economies: A more comprehensive analysis using panel data Chien‐Chiang Lee, Chun‐Ping Chang · Resource and Energy Economics 23 May 2007 789
4 Physicochemical characterization of chitin and chitosan from crab shells Ming-Tsung Yen, Joan-Hwa Yang, Jeng‐Leun Mau · Carbohydrate Polymers 9 Jun 2008 552
5 Antioxidant properties of chitosan from crab shells Ming-Tsung Yen, Joan-Hwa Yang, Jeng‐Leun Mau · Carbohydrate Polymers 14 May 2008 522
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Shih Chien University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Renewable Energy, Urbanization, Energy Consumption, Financial Development, Panel Data Analysis, CO2 Emissions and Environmental Regulation.

▲ 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. Economic Growth15▲ 10×10 topics
  2. Renewable Energy14▲ 5.3×10 topics
  3. Urbanization10▲ 15×4 topics
  4. Energy Consumption10▲ 26×2 topics
  5. Financial Development10▲ 38×2 topics
  6. Panel Data Analysis10▲ 37×2 topics
  7. CO2 Emissions10▲ 32×1 topic
  8. Environmental Regulation10▲ 38×1 topic
  9. Consumer Behavior10▲ 8.8×9 topics
  10. Social Media9▲ 3.6×12 topics
  11. Sustainability8▲ 1.86×24 topics
  12. Environmental Management8▲ 11×5 topics
  13. Energy Efficiency6▲ 3.9×10 topics
  14. Environmental Impact6▲ 2.1×11 topics
  15. Ethical Consumption5▲ 29×2 topics
  16. Consumer Engagement5▲ 24×1 topic
  17. Electronic Word-of-Mouth5▲ 24×1 topic
  18. Environmental Innovation5▲ 32×1 topic
  19. Green Consumption5▲ 32×1 topic
  20. User Satisfaction5▲ 15×2 topics
  21. Corporate Governance5▲ 3.9×10 topics
  22. E-commerce5▲ 5.0×3 topics
  23. Monetary Policy5▲ 12×4 topics
  24. Information Systems5▲ 16×2 topics
  25. Household Behavior5▲ 29×2 topics
  26. Online Shopping5▲ 15×1 topic
  27. Technology Acceptance Model5▲ 17×1 topic
  28. Customer Experience4▲ 15×3 topics
  29. Social Capital4▲ 4.4×11 topics
  30. Consumption4▲ 39×1 topic
  31. Rebound Effect4▲ 39×1 topic
  32. Social Interaction4▲ 5.2×8 topics
  33. Stock Market4▲ 9.2×2 topics
  34. Emotional Responses4▲ 17×3 topics
  35. Customer Satisfaction3▲ 6.0×2 topics
  36. Firm Performance3▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Service Quality3▲ 6.7×2 topics
  38. Perceived Value3▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Relationship Marketing3▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Energy Transition3▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Shih Chien University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, Environmental Sustainability in Business, Digital Marketing and Social Media and Technology Adoption and User Behaviour.

Energy, Environment, Eco…10Energy, Environment, Economic Growth: 10 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 5 fractional worksDigital Marketing and So…5Digital Marketing and Social Media: 5 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and …5Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 5 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, and…4Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies: 4 fractional worksCustomer Service Quality…3Customer Service Quality and Loyalty: 3 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Vola…2Market Dynamics and Volatility: 2 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 2 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 2 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 2 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsMarketingSociology and Political ScienceInformation Systems and Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 10 works
  2. 2 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 5 works
  3. 3 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  4. 4 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 5 works
  5. 5 Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 4 works
  6. 6 Customer Service Quality and Loyalty Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works
  7. 7 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 2 works
  9. 9 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 2 works
  10. 10 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 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 available32.1%not open67.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.1%domestic only79.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Shih Chien University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Shih Chien University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00071% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Shih Chien University0.00068% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Shih Chien University14.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 28.4% in 2023.

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