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Taichung Hospital

In research, Taichung Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,336 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,337
of 22,385 · #17,084 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#156
of 185
Research works
431
▲ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.3k
19.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Taichung Hospital

What is Taichung Hospital 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,336 of 9,902 8.3%61 #6346

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

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Taichung Hospital is in Health Sciences, 18% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (64%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%), Psychology (3%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 73 fractional works · 68.6% of its workMedicine: 67 fractional works · 63.7% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 18.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 9.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 7.6% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTaichung Hospital106fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences69%Social Sciences5%

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. Medicine6763.7%
    2. Health Professions32.5%
    3. Dentistry11.4%
    4. Nursing10.6%
    5. Veterinary00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology109.9%
    2. Neuroscience33.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology33.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.9%
    1. Computer Science33.1%
    2. Engineering22.0%
    3. Environmental Science10.8%
    4. Materials Science10.7%
    5. Mathematics00.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    7. Chemistry00.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Psychology43.4%
    2. Social Sciences11.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    5. Decision Sciences00.1%
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: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.85× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.15× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.96× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.51× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.90× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.94× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.31× its world share, 67 worksMedicineNursing: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.12× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× 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, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.31×67 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.15×3 works
  3. Veterinary3.09×0 works
  4. Dentistry2.90×2 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.51×1 works
  6. Neuroscience1.96×3 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.85×10 works
  8. Nursing1.22×1 works
  9. Psychology1.12×4 works
  10. Health Professions0.94×3 works
  11. Computer Science0.40×3 works
  12. Mathematics0.37×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×1 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.25×1 works
  15. Materials Science0.20×1 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.18×0 works
  17. Environmental Science0.16×1 works
  18. Engineering0.13×2 works
  19. Chemistry0.12×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.12×0 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.12×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.10×0 works
  23. Social Sciences0.08×1 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Taichung Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Cho-Tsan Bau, Wei‐Sheng Chung and Po-Chi Huang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Taichung Hospital.

  1. 1 Cho-Tsan Bau Taiwan · #2,459,392 worldwide 972 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Wei‐Sheng Chung Taiwan · #2,710,870 worldwide 2.7k citations · 95 works
  3. 3 Po-Chi Huang Taiwan · #2,866,607 worldwide 416 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Ming‐Huei Lee Taiwan · #2,870,687 worldwide 1.8k citations · 70 works
  5. 5 Tsung‐Chia Chen Taiwan · #2,951,898 worldwide 709 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Hsin-Chung Tsai Taiwan · #3,669,146 worldwide 334 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Jin‐Chyr Hsu Taiwan · #4,063,136 worldwide 275 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Hui Ching Taiwan · #4,272,915 worldwide 383 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Chung-Liang Lai Taiwan · #4,433,270 worldwide 990 citations · 58 works
  10. 10 Wen-Ta Yang Taiwan · #4,686,263 worldwide 125 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Taichung Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Taichung Hospital?

The most cited paper from Taichung Hospital is "Sarcopenia in Asia: Consensus Report of the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia" (Liang‐Kung Chen et al., 2014), with 4,202 citations. Next come "Defining Thresholds for the Patient Acceptable Symptom State for the IKDC Subjective Knee Form and KOOS for Patients Who Underwent ACL Reconstruction" (308) 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 Sarcopenia in Asia: Consensus Report of the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia Liang‐Kung Chen et al. · Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 24 Jan 2014 4,202
2 Defining Thresholds for the Patient Acceptable Symptom State for the IKDC Subjective Knee Form and KOOS for Patients Who Underwent ACL Reconstruction Bart Muller, Mohammad A. Yabroudi, Andrew D. Lynch et al. · The American Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 29 Jul 2016 308
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 The psychological effect of severe acute respiratory syndrome on emergency department staff C-Y Lin, Y-C Peng, Yi‐Hui Wu et al. · Emergency Medicine Journal Open access 20 Dec 2006 296
5 Polypharmacy Correlates With Increased Risk for Hip Fracture in the Elderly Shih-Wei Lai, Kuan-Fu Liao, Chien‐Chang Liao et al. · Medicine Sep 2010 268
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Taichung Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Quality of Life, Metabolic Syndrome, Oxidative Stress, Aging and Fertility Preservation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology12▲ 2.9×64 topics
  2. Inflammation10▲ 4.6×53 topics
  3. Quality of Life5▲ 3.4×30 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 4.2×26 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress4▲ 2.5×25 topics
  6. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 4.5×13 topics
  7. Cancer4▲ 2.6×31 topics
  8. Treatment4▲ 2.8×22 topics
  9. Aging3▲ 5.2×11 topics
  10. Pathogenesis3▲ 5.1×13 topics
  11. Diagnosis3▲ 2.7×19 topics
  12. Insulin Resistance3▲ 5.5×8 topics
  13. Obesity3▲ 3.2×17 topics
  14. Risk Factors3▲ 2.2×16 topics
  15. Depression2▲ 2.6×13 topics
  16. Immune Response2▲ 4.2×13 topics
  17. Immunotherapy2▲ 3.1×14 topics
  18. Fertility Preservation2▲ 40×1 topic
  19. Management2▲ 2.8×16 topics
  20. Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation2▲ 40×1 topic
  21. Stress2▲ 5.8×6 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 3.7×11 topics
  23. Hypertension2▲ 6.9×12 topics
  24. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 4.8×8 topics
  25. Infertility2▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Tumor Microenvironment2▲ 3.9×8 topics
  27. Cardiovascular Risk2▲ 5.3×7 topics
  28. Diabetes2▲ 3.4×14 topics
  29. Type 2 Diabetes2▲ 7.3×6 topics
  30. Cell-Free DNA2▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Innate Immunity2▲ 4.9×7 topics
  32. SARS-CoV-22▲ 5.3×6 topics
  33. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 5.1×5 topics
  34. Mortality Risk2▲ 6.3×5 topics
  35. Assisted Reproductive Technology2▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Cancer Risk2▲ 6.5×5 topics
  37. Genomic Sequencing2▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Prenatal Diagnosis2▲ 9.8×3 topics
  39. Aneuploidy Screening1▲ 53×1 topic
  40. Maternal Plasma DNA Sequencing1▲ 53×1 topic

Which research topics does Taichung Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Reproductive Biology and Fertility, Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics, Ovarian function and disorders and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers.

Reproductive Biology and…2Reproductive Biology and Fertility: 2 fractional worksPrenatal Screening and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksOvarian function and disorders: 1 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 1 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 1 fractional worksReproductive Health and Technologies: 1 fractional worksAssisted Reproductive Te…1Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy: 1 fractional worksHelicobacter pylori-rela…1Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies: 1 fractional worksAI in cancer detection1AI in cancer detection: 1 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults1Frailty in Older Adults: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthReproductive MedicineOncology4 others

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

  1. 1 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  2. 2 Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  3. 3 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 1 works
  5. 5 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  6. 6 Reproductive Health and Technologies Reproductive Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  8. 8 Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  10. 10 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 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 available50.2%not open49.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.0%domestic only84.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Taichung Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% 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 Taichung Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00037% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Taichung Hospital0.00049% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Taichung Hospital 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 2025Taichung Hospital7.5% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.0% in 2019.

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