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Toko University

In research, Toko University stands highest in General Health Professions (#401 of 944 worldwide), Health Professions (#908 of 1,895 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,340 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Philosophy, General Health Professions and Health Professions (Philosophy is 65.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,416
of 22,385 · #16,027 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#157
of 185
Research works
428
▲ 851% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.3k
10.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
65%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Toko University

What is Toko University 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
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #401 of 944 1.3%98 -
Health ProfessionsField #908 of 1,895 1.4%98 -
Health SciencesDomain #9,340 of 9,902 1.4%100 #14829

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Toko 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Toko University work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at Toko University is in Health Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Health Professions (56%), Arts and Humanities (28%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (7%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 100 fractional works · 57.2% of its workHealth Professions: 98 fractional works · 56.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 98 fractional works · 56.0% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 55 fractional works · 31.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 49 fractional works · 28.1% of its workPhilosophy: 49 fractional works · 28.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 8.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workForestry: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKToko University175fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences57%Social Sciences32%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Health Professions9856.1%
    2. Medicine21.2%
    1. Arts and Humanities4928.1%
    2. Social Sciences53.0%
    3. Psychology00.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences127.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.0%
    3. Neuroscience10.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Engineering21.0%
    2. Environmental Science10.8%
    3. Computer Science10.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Toko University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Philosophy takes 65.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PhilosophySubfield · 49.0 works65×
  2. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 98.0 works41×
  3. Health ProfessionsField · 98.1 works21×
  4. Arts and HumanitiesField · 49.1 works9.7×
  5. Health SciencesDomain · 100.1 works2.5×
← 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: 1.48× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 21.28× its world share, 98 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 9.72× its world share, 49 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 21.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions21.28×98 works
  2. Arts and Humanities9.72×49 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.48×12 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.36×0 works
  5. Social Sciences0.23×5 works
  6. Neuroscience0.20×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.19×2 works
  8. Environmental Science0.16×1 works
  9. Computer Science0.08×1 works
  10. Psychology0.08×0 works
  11. Engineering0.06×2 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works
  13. Medicine0.06×2 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works
  15. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.04×0 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Toko University?

Ranked on the quality score, 理恵 飯野 and Takahiro Otsuka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Toko University.

  1. 1 理恵 飯野 Taiwan · #4,005,802 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Takahiro Otsuka Taiwan · #4,491,813 worldwide 24 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Toko University

What are the most cited papers from Toko University?

The most cited paper from Toko University is "The Size and Concentration of Droplets Generated by Coughing in Human Subjects" (Shinhao Yang, Whei‐May Grace Lee, Cheng-Min Chen et al., 2007), with 505 citations. Next come "Business process management as competitive advantage: a review and empirical study" (294) and "Factors influencing organizational knowledge transfer: implication for corporate performance" (279).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Size and Concentration of Droplets Generated by Coughing in Human Subjects Shinhao Yang, Whei‐May Grace Lee, Cheng-Min Chen et al. · Journal of Aerosol Medicine Dec 2007 505
2 Business process management as competitive advantage: a review and empirical study Richard Yu‐Yuan Hung · Total Quality Management & Business Excellence 20 Dec 2005 294
3 Factors influencing organizational knowledge transfer: implication for corporate performance Jo Rhodes, Richard Yu Yuan Hung, Peter Lok et al. · Journal of Knowledge Management 24 May 2008 279
4 Selection of optimal supplier in supply chain management strategy with analytic network process and choquet integral Ming‐Lang Tseng, J.H. Chiang, Lawrence W. Lan · Computers & Industrial Engineering 25 Dec 2008 254
5 Improved binary particle swarm optimization using catfish effect for feature selection Li‐Yeh Chuang, Sheng-Wei Tsai, Cheng‐Hong Yang · Expert Systems with Applications 24 Apr 2011 242
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Toko University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Philosophy, History, Healthcare, Identity, Religion, Aging, Elderly and Healthcare Legislation.

▲ 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 37 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 37 words, with their numbers
  1. Philosophy50▲ 64×3 topics
  2. History50▲ 41×2 topics
  3. Healthcare49▲ 25×2 topics
  4. Identity49▲ 39×2 topics
  5. Religion49▲ 61×2 topics
  6. Aging49▲ 51×1 topic
  7. Elderly49▲ 116×1 topic
  8. Healthcare Legislation49▲ 504×1 topic
  9. Hermeneutics49▲ 351×1 topic
  10. Narrative49▲ 181×1 topic
  11. Patient Rights49▲ 408×1 topic
  12. Plant Nutrition5▲ 29×1 topic
  13. Soil Fertility5▲ 12×1 topic
  14. Sustainable Agriculture5▲ 8.8×3 topics
  15. Medicinal Plants3▲ 4.6×3 topics
  16. Agroforestry3▲ 26×1 topic
  17. Biodiversity Conservation3▲ 4.6×2 topics
  18. Forest Health3▲ 130×1 topic
  19. Environmental Impact2▼ 0.80×3 topics
  20. Plant Growth Regulators2▲ 93×1 topic
  21. Temperature Control2▲ 36×1 topic
  22. Agriculture2▲ 2.5×2 topics
  23. Central Asia2▲ 14×2 topics
  24. Cultural Diplomacy2▲ 12×2 topics
  25. Gesneriaceae2▲ 60×1 topic
  26. Sustainability2▼ 0.40×3 topics
  27. phylogenetic reconstruction2▲ 60×1 topic
  28. Migration2▲ 2.5×3 topics
  29. Rural Development1▲ 2.3×2 topics
  30. Soviet Union1▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Biodiversity1◆ 1.00×1 topic
  32. Empire1▲ 8.6×1 topic
  33. Food Security1▲ 1.41×1 topic
  34. Stalinism1▲ 50×1 topic
  35. Sustainable Development1▼ 0.47×3 topics
  36. Environmental Contamination1▲ 15×1 topic
  37. Water Quality1▲ 1.42×1 topic

Which research topics does Toko University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues, Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity, Health, Medicine and Society and Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques.

Aging, Elder Care, and S…49Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 49 fractional worksHermeneutics and Narrati…49Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity: 49 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…49Health, Medicine and Society: 49 fractional worksPlant Growth and Agriculture Techniques: 5 fractional worksForest Ecology and Conservation: 3 fractional worksFlowering Plant Growth and Cultivation: 2 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Species Descriptions: 2 fractional worksSoviet and Russian History: 1 fractional worksFood Security and Socioeconomic Dynamics: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental and Analytical Chemistry Studies: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPhilosophySoil ScienceForestry5 others

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

  1. 1 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 49 works
  2. 2 Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity Philosophy 49 works
  3. 3 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 49 works
  4. 4 Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques Soil Science 5 works
  5. 5 Forest Ecology and Conservation Forestry 3 works
  6. 6 Flowering Plant Growth and Cultivation Plant Science 2 works
  7. 7 Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions Molecular Biology 2 works
  8. 8 Soviet and Russian History Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  9. 9 Food Security and Socioeconomic Dynamics General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
  10. 10 Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Studies Water Science and Technology 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 available64.6%not open35.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.6%domestic only87.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Toko University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 851% 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 Toko University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000040% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Toko University0.000055% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Toko University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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