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Shih Hsin University

In research, Shih Hsin University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,431 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,798
of 22,385 · #11,468 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#121
of 185
Research works
963
▼ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
13.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Shih Hsin University

What is Shih Hsin 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 #7,431 of 9,585 8.2%60 #4375

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

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Shih Hsin University is in Social Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Computer Science (15%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (9%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 87 fractional works · 58.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 40 fractional works · 26.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 8.0% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 9.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 6.8% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13 fractional works · 8.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 44 fractional works · 30.1% of its workComputer Science: 22 fractional works · 14.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 8.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 7.6% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKShih HsinUniversity148fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences59%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4026.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance139.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting138.7%
    4. Decision Sciences85.6%
    5. Psychology74.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities64.0%
    1. Computer Science2214.6%
    2. Engineering128.4%
    3. Environmental Science64.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy21.6%
    5. Materials Science10.7%
    6. Energy10.4%
    7. Mathematics00.3%
    1. Medicine85.2%
    2. Health Professions31.9%
    3. Dentistry10.4%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Neuroscience21.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
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: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.87× its world share, 22 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.56× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.38× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.70× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.76× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.25× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.54× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.12× its world share, 40 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences5.76×8 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.25×14 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.70×13 works
  4. Social Sciences2.12×40 works
  5. Computer Science1.87×22 works
  6. Psychology1.54×7 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.38×6 works
  8. Neuroscience1.04×2 works
  9. Dentistry0.91×1 works
  10. Environmental Science0.81×6 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.72×2 works
  12. Health Professions0.72×3 works
  13. Engineering0.56×12 works
  14. Energy0.47×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.32×2 works
  16. Mathematics0.29×0 works
  17. Medicine0.27×8 works
  18. Materials Science0.19×1 works
  19. Nursing0.12×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.04×0 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Shih Hsin University?

Ranked on the quality score, Shu‐pei Tsai, Wen‐Chih Lee and Cheng‐Chieh Hsiao lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shih Hsin University.

  1. 1 Shu‐pei Tsai Taiwan · #555,510 worldwide 1.8k citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Wen‐Chih Lee Taiwan · #780,555 worldwide 1.8k citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Cheng‐Chieh Hsiao Taiwan · #855,432 worldwide 653 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Cheng-Yu Lin Taiwan · #1,097,511 worldwide 423 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Shien‐Chiang Yu Taiwan · #2,067,928 worldwide 310 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Chih‐Shun Hsu Taiwan · #2,106,667 worldwide 1.7k citations · 59 works
  7. 7 Pei‐An Liao Taiwan · #2,306,929 worldwide 388 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Wen-Shenq Juang Taiwan · #2,375,989 worldwide 1.4k citations · 53 works
  9. 9 Hong-Hsu Yen Taiwan · #2,528,410 worldwide 814 citations · 57 works
  10. 10 Luc Chia-Shin Lin Taiwan · #2,786,671 worldwide 102 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Shih Hsin University

What are the most cited papers from Shih Hsin University?

The most cited paper from Shih Hsin University is "Patisiran, an RNAi Therapeutic, for Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis" (David H Adams et al., 2018), with 3,046 citations. Next come "A note on the causal relationship between energy and GDP in Taiwan" (670) and "Methanation of CO 2 and reverse water gas shift reactions on Ni/SiO 2 catalysts: the influence of particle size on selectivity and reaction pathway" (341).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Patisiran, an RNAi Therapeutic, for Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis David H Adams et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 4 Jul 2018 3,046
2 A note on the causal relationship between energy and GDP in Taiwan Hao‐Yen Yang · Energy Economics Jun 2000 670
3 Methanation of CO 2 and reverse water gas shift reactions on Ni/SiO 2 catalysts: the influence of particle size on selectivity and reaction pathway Hung‐Chi Wu, Yong-Bin Chang, Jyh‐Horng Wu et al. · Catalysis Science & Technology 2015 341
4 Impact of Personal Orientation on Luxury-Brand Purchase Value: An International Investigation Shu‐pei Tsai · International Journal of Market Research Jul 2005 315
5 Does tourism development promote economic growth in transition countries? A panel data analysis Ming Che Chou · Economic Modelling Open access 2 May 2013 307
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Shih Hsin University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Higher Education, Globalization, Social Media, Organizational Behavior, Digitalization, Corporate Governance, Financial Performance and Knowledge Economy.

▲ 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. Globalization11▲ 3.9×15 topics
  2. Higher Education10▲ 13×6 topics
  3. Social Media10▲ 4.7×15 topics
  4. Deep Learning8▲ 1.55×33 topics
  5. Machine Learning7▲ 1.41×27 topics
  6. Sustainable Development7▲ 3.0×8 topics
  7. Corporate Governance6▲ 5.5×5 topics
  8. Organizational Behavior6▲ 25×2 topics
  9. Artificial Intelligence6▲ 2.6×14 topics
  10. Digitalization5▲ 18×3 topics
  11. Financial Performance5▲ 6.5×4 topics
  12. Knowledge Economy5▲ 30×3 topics
  13. Lifelong Learning5▲ 16×5 topics
  14. Quantitative Analysis5▲ 15×2 topics
  15. ABCD Analysis4▲ 295×1 topic
  16. E-Learning4▲ 3.0×3 topics
  17. Scholarly Research4▲ 295×1 topic
  18. Social Capital4▲ 5.4×4 topics
  19. Development4▲ 7.5×4 topics
  20. Trust4▲ 9.7×4 topics
  21. Teacher Training4▲ 4.2×2 topics
  22. Education Reform4▲ 102×1 topic
  23. Inclusive Education4▲ 6.9×1 topic
  24. Consumer Behavior4▲ 3.9×8 topics
  25. Information Technology4▲ 5.0×2 topics
  26. Virtual Reality3▲ 4.7×7 topics
  27. Economic Reforms3▲ 67×2 topics
  28. India3▲ 28×2 topics
  29. User Satisfaction3▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Gender Differences3▲ 5.2×5 topics
  31. Political Economy3▲ 7.6×5 topics
  32. Democracy3▲ 5.4×5 topics
  33. Structural Equation Modeling3▲ 9.4×2 topics
  34. Information Systems3▲ 10×1 topic
  35. Online Communication3▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Technology Acceptance Model3▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Consumer Engagement2▲ 14×1 topic
  38. Electronic Word-of-Mouth2▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Emotional Responses2▲ 14×4 topics
  40. Industrialization2▲ 28×1 topic

Which research topics does Shih Hsin University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Innovations and Analysis in Business and Education, Global Education Systems and Policies, Technology Adoption and User Behaviour and Digital Marketing and Social Media.

Innovations and Analysis in Business and Education: 4 fractional worksGlobal Education Systems and Policies: 4 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and …3Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 3 fractional worksDigital Marketing and So…2Digital Marketing and Social Media: 2 fractional worksIndian Economic and Social Development: 2 fractional worksCustomer Service Quality and Loyalty: 2 fractional worksInterconnection Networks…2Interconnection Networks and Systems: 2 fractional worksImpact of Technology on Adolescents: 2 fractional worksExperimental Behavioral Economics Studies: 2 fractional worksAsian Culture and Media Studies: 1 fractional works
Management Science and Operations ResearchEducationInformation Systems and ManagementSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Innovations and Analysis in Business and Education Management Science and Operations Research 4 works
  2. 2 Global Education Systems and Policies Education 4 works
  3. 3 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 3 works
  4. 4 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  5. 5 Indian Economic and Social Development Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  6. 6 Customer Service Quality and Loyalty Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  7. 7 Interconnection Networks and Systems Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  8. 8 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies Safety Research 2 works
  10. 10 Asian Culture and Media Studies Cultural Studies 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 available20.3%not open79.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.8%domestic only91.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Shih Hsin University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Shih Hsin University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00031% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Shih Hsin University0.00056% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Shih Hsin 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Shih Hsin University8.9% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.2% in 2019.

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