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Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital

In research, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,531 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,164 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,646 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,660
of 28,054 · #12,566 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#66
of 221
Research works
1.1k
▲ 73% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
12.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
67%
world 28%

What is Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital 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
MedicineField #2,531 of 10,443 16.7%270 #4503
Health SciencesDomain #3,164 of 11,982 17.2%290 #5369
Life SciencesDomain #3,646 of 7,800 16.8%78 #6525

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Taipei Tzu Chi 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#4,503 #2,531
  2. Health Sciences#5,369 #3,164
  3. Life Sciences#6,525 #3,646
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

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: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.04× its world share, 43 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.36× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.45× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.95× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.64× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.05× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.53× its world share, 270 worksMedicineNursing: 1.91× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Ko‐Lin Kuo, I‐Shiang Tzeng and Chan‐Yen Kuo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital.

  1. 1 Ko‐Lin Kuo Taiwan · #511,085 worldwide 80 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 I‐Shiang Tzeng Taiwan · #1,144,741 worldwide 11 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Chan‐Yen Kuo Taiwan · #1,330,942 worldwide 8 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Yi-Chen Sun Taiwan · #1,431,400 worldwide 31 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Kun-Eng Lim Taiwan · #1,553,922 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Metabolic Syndrome, Cardiovascular Disease, Oxidative Stress, Management, Cancer and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Inflammation42▲ 5.1×77 topics
  2. Epidemiology41▲ 2.6×91 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease20▲ 4.6×33 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress20▲ 3.1×51 topics
  5. Metabolic Syndrome19▲ 6.0×21 topics
  6. Quality of Life18▲ 3.1×37 topics
  7. Cancer18▲ 3.3×46 topics
  8. Diagnosis16▲ 4.2×28 topics
  9. Treatment16▲ 3.2×32 topics
  10. Management15▲ 4.8×23 topics
  11. Chemotherapy12▲ 4.4×18 topics
  12. Risk Factors12▲ 2.8×27 topics
  13. Clinical Trials12▲ 4.4×16 topics
  14. Depression10▲ 3.0×17 topics
  15. Global Burden10▲ 4.8×12 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 4.4×14 topics
  17. Neurological Disorders10▲ 4.2×14 topics
  18. Immune Response9▲ 4.0×16 topics
  19. Rehabilitation9▲ 5.5×11 topics
  20. Mortality8▲ 3.7×12 topics
  21. Biomarkers8▲ 3.1×15 topics
  22. Complications8▲ 4.2×16 topics
  23. Cancer Therapy8▲ 3.6×16 topics
  24. Tumor Microenvironment8▲ 4.6×8 topics
  25. Diabetes8▲ 4.0×19 topics
  26. Hepatocellular Carcinoma8▲ 9.3×3 topics
  27. Chronic Kidney Disease8▲ 8.1×8 topics
  28. Guidelines8▲ 4.0×10 topics
  29. SARS-CoV-28▲ 5.8×6 topics
  30. Alzheimer's Disease7▲ 6.4×8 topics
  31. Insulin Resistance7▲ 3.9×10 topics
  32. Hypertension7▲ 5.8×14 topics
  33. Neuroprotection7▲ 4.8×17 topics
  34. Pathophysiology6▲ 5.5×10 topics
  35. Clinical Guidelines6▲ 5.4×8 topics
  36. ACE2 Receptor6▲ 6.1×3 topics
  37. Clinical Outcomes6▲ 6.9×5 topics
  38. Weight Loss6▲ 8.9×4 topics
  39. Treatment Guidelines6▲ 6.6×7 topics
  40. Urinary Incontinence5▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Diet and metabolism studies, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Diet and metabolism stud…4Diet and metabolism studies: 4 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …4Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 3 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 3 fractional worksAcupuncture Treatment Research Studies: 3 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…3Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 3 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 3 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 2 fractional works
PhysiologyEpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineInfectious Diseases6 others

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

  1. 1 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 4 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 4 works
  3. 3 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  5. 5 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 3 works
  6. 6 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 3 works
  7. 7 Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  9. 9 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 3 works
  10. 10 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 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 available67.4%not open32.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.6%domestic only78.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 73% 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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