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Thammasat University

In research, Thammasat University stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,159 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,455 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,566 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthodontics, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and Dentistry — Orthodontics is 5.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,188
of 28,054 · #4,066 all time
Rank in Thailand
#8
of 156
Research works
12k
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
134k
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Thammasat University 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,159 of 11,982 12.4%795 #2640
MedicineField #1,455 of 10,443 11.2%641 #3152
Social SciencesDomain #1,566 of 10,521 24.5%905 #1747
Physical SciencesDomain #2,133 of 12,888 14.9%1,458 #4165
EngineeringField #1,325 of 6,636 15.9%626 #2606
Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield #200 of 896 30.5%115 #585
Social SciencesField #1,530 of 6,365 22.5%393 #2017
DentistryField #109 of 367 17.9%61 #272
Business, Management and AccountingField #835 of 2,578 27.7%163 #976
Life SciencesDomain #2,701 of 7,800 16.1%370 #4333

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Thammasat 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 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. Health Sciences#2,640 #1,159
  2. Medicine#3,152 #1,455
  3. Social Sciences#1,747 #1,566
  4. Physical Sciences#4,165 #2,133
  5. Engineering#2,606 #1,325
  6. Civil and Structural Engineering#585 #200
  7. Social Sciences#2,017 #1,530
  8. Dentistry#272 #109
  9. Business, Management and Accounting#976 #835
  10. Life Sciences#4,333 #2,701
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.

What does Thammasat University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthodontics takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OrthodonticsSubfield · 22.8 works5.7×
  2. Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualitySubfield · 34.1 works4.0×
  3. DentistryField · 61.0 works3.6×
  4. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 26.7 works3.5×
  5. PharmacologySubfield · 22.7 works3.5×
  6. Building and ConstructionSubfield · 73.4 works3.4×
  7. Oral SurgerySubfield · 21.8 works3.2×
← 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: 0.83× its world share, 139 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 142 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.88× its world share, 31 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.41× its world share, 23 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.71× its world share, 34 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.93× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.84× its world share, 47 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.06× its world share, 290 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 24 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.19× its world share, 38 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.18× its world share, 626 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.14× its world share, 200 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.11× its world share, 136 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.62× its world share, 67 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 18 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.57× its world share, 61 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.75× its world share, 69 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.95× its world share, 641 worksMedicineNursing: 1.17× its world share, 20 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.87× its world share, 89 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.43× its world share, 163 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.89× its world share, 64 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.28× its world share, 96 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.92× its world share, 99 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 393 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Thammasat University?

Ranked on the composite score, Tritos Laosirihongthong, James Burford and Bunyarit Uyyanonvara lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Thammasat University.

  1. 1 Tritos Laosirihongthong Thailand · #238,366 worldwide 143 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 James Burford Thailand · #372,081 worldwide 71 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Bunyarit Uyyanonvara Thailand · #416,861 worldwide 67 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Thanaruk Theeramunkong Thailand · #422,435 worldwide 71 citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Jarunee Wonglimpiyarat Thailand · #450,445 worldwide 100 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Toshiaki Kondo Thailand · #459,422 worldwide 215 citations · 57 works
  7. 7 Stanislav S. Makhanov Thailand · #491,015 worldwide 64 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Narongsak Chaichit Thailand · #523,629 worldwide 67 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Phadungsak Rattanadecho Thailand · #523,797 worldwide 222 citations · 48 works
  10. 10 Chanatip Samart Thailand · #544,610 worldwide 162 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Thammasat University

Which keywords describe research at Thammasat University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Epidemiology, Sustainability, Machine Learning, Ethnic Identity, Social Resistance, Cultural Politics and Laos.

▲ 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. Deep Learning159▲ 1.32×70 topics
  2. Epidemiology156◆ 1.12×121 topics
  3. Machine Learning132◆ 1.15×73 topics
  4. Sustainability122▲ 1.42×76 topics
  5. Environmental Impact84▲ 1.40×44 topics
  6. Globalization82▲ 1.18×54 topics
  7. Biomedical Applications78▲ 1.85×34 topics
  8. Inflammation76◆ 1.04×74 topics
  9. Climate Change75▼ 0.79×73 topics
  10. Neural Networks74▲ 1.36×32 topics
  11. Economic Development65▲ 2.3×22 topics
  12. Renewable Energy64▲ 1.26×36 topics
  13. Antioxidant58▲ 2.4×43 topics
  14. Nanoparticles55▲ 1.25×37 topics
  15. Supply Chain Management51▲ 1.54×20 topics
  16. Nanocomposites47▲ 1.66×21 topics
  17. Democracy44▲ 3.5×10 topics
  18. Tissue Engineering42▲ 1.95×12 topics
  19. Ethnic Identity42▲ 11×3 topics
  20. Recycling42▲ 3.1×9 topics
  21. Risk Management41▲ 2.4×15 topics
  22. Social Resistance39▲ 45×2 topics
  23. Cultural Politics39▲ 17×2 topics
  24. Laos38▲ 76×1 topic
  25. Thailand38▲ 76×1 topic
  26. Finite Element Analysis32▲ 4.0×7 topics
  27. Anti-inflammatory31▲ 3.1×27 topics
  28. Language Teaching30▲ 3.4×5 topics
  29. Reliability Analysis28▲ 7.5×3 topics
  30. Soil Properties26▲ 4.3×5 topics
  31. Bayesian Optimization26▲ 9.0×3 topics
  32. Liquefaction25▲ 7.9×2 topics
  33. Tunnel25▲ 7.9×2 topics
  34. Pipeline24▲ 6.2×3 topics
  35. Spatial Variability24▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Probabilistic Methods23▲ 17×1 topic
  37. Slope Stability Analysis23▲ 17×1 topic
  38. Analysis23▲ 6.7×3 topics
  39. Earthquake21▲ 9.9×1 topic
  40. Seismic21▲ 9.9×1 topic

Which research topics does Thammasat University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies, Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis, Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures and Second Language Learning and Teaching.

Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies: 38 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Analysis: 23 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…21Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 21 fractional worksSecond Language Learning…19Second Language Learning and Teaching: 19 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 18 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 17 fractional worksDental materials and res…15Dental materials and restorations: 15 fractional worksUrban Transport and Accessibility: 15 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 12 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 12 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityCivil and Structural EngineeringLiterature and Literary Theory5 others

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

  1. 1 Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies Political Science and International Relations 38 works
  2. 2 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 23 works
  3. 3 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 21 works
  4. 4 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 19 works
  5. 5 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 18 works
  6. 6 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 17 works
  7. 7 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 15 works
  8. 8 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 15 works
  9. 9 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  10. 10 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 12 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 available49.1%not open50.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.5%domestic only81.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Thammasat University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% 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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