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Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital

In research, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#7,417 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,147 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,913
of 22,385 · #26,874 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#183
of 185
Research works
327
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.8k
14.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
57%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital

What is Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #7,417 of 14,558 6.8%235
Health SciencesDomain #9,147 of 16,688 7.0%247

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Taoyuan Armed Forces General 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 Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital is in Health Sciences, 17% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (70%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Neuroscience (6%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 63 fractional works · 74.4% of its workMedicine: 60 fractional works · 70.4% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 10.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 17.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 5.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKTaoyuan ArmedForces General…85fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences74%Social Sciences3%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine6070.4%
    2. Health Professions22.2%
    3. Nursing10.9%
    4. Dentistry10.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology78.1%
    2. Neuroscience55.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology22.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.9%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.5%
    1. Environmental Science22.5%
    2. Engineering11.2%
    3. Materials Science00.4%
    4. Computer Science00.3%
    5. Chemistry00.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    7. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Psychology11.6%
    2. Social Sciences10.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
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: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.51× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.21× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.53× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.56× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.82× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.66× its world share, 60 worksMedicineNursing: 1.94× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× 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, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.66×60 works
  2. Neuroscience3.53×5 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.56×1 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.21×2 works
  5. Nursing1.94×1 works
  6. Dentistry1.82×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.51×7 works
  8. Health Professions0.83×2 works
  9. Psychology0.53×1 works
  10. Environmental Science0.51×2 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.21×0 works
  12. Chemistry0.14×0 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.13×0 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.10×0 works
  16. Engineering0.08×1 works
  17. Social Sciences0.06×1 works
  18. Computer Science0.04×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Junn-Liang Chang, Min-Tser Liao and Yuan-Yu Chan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital.

  1. 1 Junn-Liang Chang Taiwan · #1,413,994 worldwide 1.1k citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Min-Tser Liao Taiwan · #1,612,570 worldwide 1.9k citations · 71 works
  3. 3 Yuan-Yu Chan Taiwan · #1,754,899 worldwide 598 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Chung‐Chi Yang Taiwan · #1,877,394 worldwide 838 citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Szu‐Nian Yang Taiwan · #2,255,840 worldwide 628 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Junn-Liang Chang Taiwan · #3,101,558 worldwide 964 citations · 91 works
  7. 7 Weili Wang Taiwan · #3,457,655 worldwide 550 citations · 53 works
  8. 8 Hung-Maan Lee Taiwan · #3,464,583 worldwide 1.1k citations · 65 works
  9. 9 Li‐Jane Shih Taiwan · #3,778,127 worldwide 550 citations · 51 works
  10. 10 I‐Lin Wu Taiwan · #3,910,611 worldwide 1.3k citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital?

The most cited paper from Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital is "Role of Vitamin D in Insulin Resistance" (Chih‐Chien Sung, Min-Tser Liao, Kuo‐Cheng Lu et al., 2012), with 339 citations. Next come "Updates and Knowledge Gaps in Cholesteatoma Research" (259) and "Exposure to polystyrene microplastics impairs hippocampus-dependent learning and memory in mice" (222).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Role of Vitamin D in Insulin Resistance Chih‐Chien Sung, Min-Tser Liao, Kuo‐Cheng Lu et al. · BioMed Research International Open access 2012 339
2 Updates and Knowledge Gaps in Cholesteatoma Research Chin‐Lung Kuo, An‐Suey Shiao, Matthew Yung et al. · BioMed Research International Open access 2015 259
3 Exposure to polystyrene microplastics impairs hippocampus-dependent learning and memory in mice Chiang‐Wen Lee, Lee‐Fen Hsu, I.-Lin Wu et al. · Journal of Hazardous Materials Open access 4 Feb 2022 222
4 Efficacy of Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for Patients with Posttraumatic-Stress Disorder: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Ying-Ren Chen, Kuo-Wei Hung, Jui‐Chen Tsai et al. · PLoS ONE ReviewOpen access 7 Aug 2014 221
5 The Paradoxical Role of Uric Acid in Osteoporosis Kun-Mo Lin, Chien‐Lin Lu, Kuo-Chin Hung et al. · Nutrients Open access 5 Sep 2019 175
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 2.8×63 topics
  2. Inflammation7▲ 4.0×52 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress6▲ 4.0×34 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 5.1×24 topics
  5. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 5.9×16 topics
  6. Treatment4▲ 3.9×24 topics
  7. Diagnosis4▲ 4.7×19 topics
  8. Risk Factors4▲ 3.9×20 topics
  9. Cancer3▲ 2.8×28 topics
  10. Complications3▲ 6.8×10 topics
  11. Management3▲ 4.2×14 topics
  12. Mortality3▲ 6.1×10 topics
  13. Surgical Management3▲ 8.3×14 topics
  14. Obesity3▲ 4.1×15 topics
  15. Neuroprotection2▲ 7.9×12 topics
  16. Aging2▲ 4.9×9 topics
  17. Guidelines2▲ 5.6×9 topics
  18. Quality of Life2▲ 1.78×17 topics
  19. Antioxidant2▲ 3.7×16 topics
  20. Insulin Resistance2▲ 5.3×7 topics
  21. Neurological Disorders2▲ 4.1×12 topics
  22. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 8.9×8 topics
  23. Diabetes2▲ 4.5×14 topics
  24. Metabolism2▲ 4.2×14 topics
  25. Heart Failure2▲ 4.8×10 topics
  26. Pathophysiology2▲ 7.3×6 topics
  27. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 6.8×8 topics
  28. Chemotherapy2▲ 2.7×14 topics
  29. Children2▲ 8.1×6 topics
  30. Immune Response2▲ 3.4×9 topics
  31. Echocardiography2▲ 6.6×6 topics
  32. Pain Management2▲ 7.4×7 topics
  33. Thrombosis2▲ 6.4×6 topics
  34. Type 2 Diabetes1▲ 6.6×5 topics
  35. ACE2 Receptor1▲ 6.3×3 topics
  36. SARS-CoV-21▲ 4.7×4 topics
  37. Synaptic Plasticity1▲ 6.3×5 topics
  38. Anticoagulant Therapy1▲ 10×4 topics
  39. Neural Plasticity1▲ 7.4×4 topics
  40. Reproductive Outcome1▲ 32×2 topics

Which research topics does Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Air Quality and Health Impacts, Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches, Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias and Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments.

Air Quality and Health I…1Air Quality and Health Impacts: 1 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treat…1Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 1 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 1 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 1 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksSchizophrenia research and treatment: 1 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…1Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 1 fractional worksEctopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksParathyroid Disorders and Treatments: 1 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  2. 2 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Ectopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments Nephrology 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 available56.6%not open43.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.9%domestic only90.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020052010201520202025
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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 Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00034% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital0.00033% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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