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Taiwan Forestry Research Institute

In research, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,537 of 10,670 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,058 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics is 24.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,629
of 22,385 · #12,184 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#87
of 185
Research works
628
▲ 67% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
16.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.14×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
49%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Taiwan Forestry Research Institute

What is Taiwan Forestry Research Institute 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
Physical SciencesDomain #3,537 of 10,670 11.4%92 #6294
Life SciencesDomain #3,058 of 6,403 4.4%67 #3928

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Taiwan Forestry Research Institute 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 Taiwan Forestry Research Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research at Taiwan Forestry Research Institute is in Physical Sciences, 41% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (27%), Engineering (17%), Environmental Science (14%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 103 fractional works · 53.5% of its workEngineering: 33 fractional works · 17.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 15 fractional works · 8.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 27 fractional works · 14.3% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 4.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 18 fractional works · 9.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 5.1% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 9 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 79 fractional works · 41.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 52 fractional works · 27.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 22 fractional works · 11.4% of its workPlant Science: 21 fractional works · 10.9% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 12.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 6.8% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTaiwan ForestryResearch…192fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences41%Physical Sciences54%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences2%

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. Engineering3317.1%
    2. Environmental Science2714.3%
    3. Computer Science189.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy105.1%
    5. Materials Science94.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences31.7%
    7. Chemistry21.1%
    8. Energy00.2%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5227.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2312.0%
    3. Neuroscience10.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    1. Medicine63.3%
    2. Health Professions10.3%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    1. Social Sciences10.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities10.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    4. Decision Sciences00.1%
    5. Psychology00.1%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Taiwan Forestry Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 24.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 21.9 works24×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 20.8 works6.2×
  3. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 52.4 works5.8×
← 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: 5.75× its world share, 52 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.24× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.69× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.19× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.14× its world share, 33 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.88× its world share, 28 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.30× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.31× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5.75×52 works
  2. Environmental Science2.88×28 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.31×10 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.24×23 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.69×1 works
  6. Materials Science1.30×9 works
  7. Computer Science1.19×18 works
  8. Engineering1.14×33 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.09×3 works
  10. Chemistry0.68×2 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.46×1 works
  12. Neuroscience0.46×1 works
  13. Energy0.26×0 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.25×0 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.20×1 works
  16. Medicine0.17×6 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.13×0 works
  18. Health Professions0.12×1 works
  19. Mathematics0.11×0 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.08×0 works
  21. Social Sciences0.05×1 works
  22. Nursing0.04×0 works
  23. Psychology0.04×0 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Taiwan Forestry Research Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Sheng‐Hsin Su, Li‐Wan Chang and Chih-Ping Chao lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Taiwan Forestry Research Institute.

  1. 1 Sheng‐Hsin Su Taiwan · #202,978 worldwide 3.6k citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Li‐Wan Chang Taiwan · #538,436 worldwide 2.2k citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Chih-Ping Chao Taiwan · #2,019,797 worldwide 844 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Fu‐Lan Hsu Taiwan · #2,063,029 worldwide 1.4k citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Chiao‐Ping Wang Taiwan · #2,069,713 worldwide 634 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Hsiang‐Hua Wang Taiwan · #2,628,418 worldwide 549 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Yen‐Ray Hsui Taiwan · #2,733,371 worldwide 660 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 C. H. Fu Taiwan · #2,849,981 worldwide 183 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Chau-Chin Lin Taiwan · #2,898,788 worldwide 494 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Chen‐Lung Ho Taiwan · #3,053,074 worldwide 2.5k citations · 102 works
All ranked researchers at Taiwan Forestry Research Institute

What are the most cited papers from Taiwan Forestry Research Institute?

The most cited paper from Taiwan Forestry Research Institute is "Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas" (William Frederick Laurance et al., 2012), with 1,223 citations. Next come "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny: The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG)" (1,104) and "Rate of tree carbon accumulation increases continuously with tree size" (1,047).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas William Frederick Laurance et al. · Nature Open access216 authors 24 Jul 2012 1,223
2 A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny: The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG) Nasim Azani et al. · Taxon Open access Feb 2017 1,104
3 Rate of tree carbon accumulation increases continuously with tree size Nathan L. Stephenson et al. · Nature Open access 14 Jan 2014 1,047
4 Global importance of large‐diameter trees James A. Lutz et al. · Global Ecology and Biogeography 8 May 2018 590
5 Fern genomes elucidate land plant evolution and cyanobacterial symbioses Fay‐Wei Li et al. · Nature Plants Open access 29 Jun 2018 557
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Taiwan Forestry Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biogeography, Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Global Change, Habitat Fragmentation, Taxonomy and Molecular Phylogeny.

▲ 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. Climate Change20▲ 3.9×41 topics
  2. Biogeography19▲ 36×14 topics
  3. Invasive Species15▲ 18×15 topics
  4. Biodiversity14▲ 9.8×17 topics
  5. Global Change11▲ 21×3 topics
  6. Habitat Fragmentation10▲ 24×4 topics
  7. Taxonomy9▲ 33×7 topics
  8. Molecular Phylogeny9▲ 28×8 topics
  9. Ecosystem Services8▲ 11×7 topics
  10. Antioxidant8▲ 5.8×17 topics
  11. Phylogenetics8▲ 80×2 topics
  12. Phylogeny8▲ 24×10 topics
  13. Diversification8▲ 89×2 topics
  14. Nanowires8▲ 28×5 topics
  15. Semiconductors8▲ 13×4 topics
  16. Angiosperm Phylogeny7▲ 140×1 topic
  17. Flowering Plants7▲ 140×1 topic
  18. Medicinal Plants7▲ 8.8×11 topics
  19. Conservation6▲ 7.3×12 topics
  20. Phylogenetic Analysis6▲ 9.7×9 topics
  21. Plant-Animal Interactions6▲ 39×1 topic
  22. Pollinator Decline6▲ 39×1 topic
  23. Band Parameters6▲ 55×2 topics
  24. Gesneriaceae6▲ 188×1 topic
  25. Light-Emitting Diodes6▲ 20×2 topics
  26. phylogenetic reconstruction6▲ 188×1 topic
  27. Anti-inflammatory6▲ 10×10 topics
  28. GaN5▲ 75×2 topics
  29. Solid-State Lighting5▲ 33×2 topics
  30. AlGaN/GaN HEMTs5▲ 82×1 topic
  31. Biological Invasions5▲ 28×2 topics
  32. III-Nitrides5▲ 82×1 topic
  33. Mycorrhizal Fungi5▲ 34×2 topics
  34. Forest Management5▲ 40×4 topics
  35. Biological Activities4▲ 15×6 topics
  36. Biological Control4▲ 15×9 topics
  37. Polyploidy4▲ 47×4 topics
  38. Biomass Estimation4▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Host Specificity4▲ 20×5 topics
  40. Ecosystem4▲ 20×3 topics

Which research topics does Taiwan Forestry Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and animal studies, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions and GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials.

Plant Diversity and Evolution: 7 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 6 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Species…6Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions: 6 fractional worksGaN-based semiconductor …5GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials: 5 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 4 fractional worksFern and Epiphyte Biology: 3 fractional worksPlant Parasitism and Res…3Plant Parasitism and Resistance: 3 fractional worksEssential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity: 2 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 2 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 2 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsMolecular BiologyCondensed Matter PhysicsNature and Landscape Conservation4 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 7 works
  2. 2 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6 works
  3. 3 Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions Molecular Biology 6 works
  4. 4 GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials Condensed Matter Physics 5 works
  5. 5 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 4 works
  6. 6 Fern and Epiphyte Biology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  7. 7 Plant Parasitism and Resistance Plant Science 3 works
  8. 8 Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity Food Science 2 works
  9. 9 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 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 available49.3%not open50.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.7%domestic only71.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Taiwan Forestry Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 67% higher 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 Taiwan Forestry Research Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00073% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Taiwan Forestry Research Institute0.00071% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Taiwan Forestry Research Institute 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 2025Taiwan Forestry Research Institute8.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.1% in 2023.

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