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TransWorld University

In research, TransWorld University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,716 of 17,446 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#11,304 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#16,659
of 34,923
Rank in Taiwan
#153
of 284
Research works
314
▼ 55% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.1k
16.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
TransWorld University

What is TransWorld University 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
Physical SciencesDomain #9,716 of 17,446 6.6%132
Social SciencesDomain #11,304 of 14,833 10.1%148

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where TransWorld 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 TransWorld University work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research at TransWorld University is in Social Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Computer Science (13%), Business, Management and Accounting (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 14 fractional works · 54.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 31.2% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 13.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 9.6% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 10.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 32.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 12.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 7.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 6.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 9.3% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKTransWorldUniversity26fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences54%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences831.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting310.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities14.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance13.0%
    5. Psychology12.8%
    6. Decision Sciences12.3%
    1. Computer Science312.8%
    2. Engineering27.8%
    3. Environmental Science26.8%
    4. Chemistry01.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.2%
    6. Materials Science01.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.6%
    8. Energy00.4%
    1. Medicine26.6%
    2. Nursing01.4%
    3. Health Professions01.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences14.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
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: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.65× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.36× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 2.79× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.46× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.28× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.39× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.38× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.46× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting3.28×3 works
  2. Nursing2.79×0 works
  3. Social Sciences2.46×8 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.39×1 works
  5. Computer Science1.65×3 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.46×1 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.38×1 works
  8. Environmental Science1.36×2 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.91×1 works
  10. Psychology0.91×1 works
  11. Chemistry0.80×0 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.80×0 works
  13. Engineering0.52×2 works
  14. Health Professions0.49×0 works
  15. Energy0.46×0 works
  16. Materials Science0.36×0 works
  17. Medicine0.34×2 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.28×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at TransWorld University?

Ranked on the quality score, Jiin-Chyuan Mark Lai, Chin‐Jui Chang and Shu-Ting Hsu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is TransWorld University.

  1. 1 Jiin-Chyuan Mark Lai Taiwan · #2,895,485 worldwide 117 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Chin‐Jui Chang Taiwan · #3,645,108 worldwide 218 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Shu-Ting Hsu Taiwan · #4,723,879 worldwide 32 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Huei-Chen Hsu Taiwan · #4,727,167 worldwide 158 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Abolfazl Shirban Sasi Taiwan · #4,850,946 worldwide 27 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Shih-Feng Yang Taiwan · #5,065,538 worldwide 182 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Szu-Hsien Lin Taiwan · #5,104,314 worldwide 97 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Yu-Tien Huang Taiwan · #5,396,096 worldwide 46 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at TransWorld University

What are the most cited papers from TransWorld University?

The most cited paper from TransWorld University is "Can community-based tourism contribute to sustainable development? Evidence from residents’ perceptions of the sustainability" (Tsung Hung Lee, Fen‐Hauh Jan, 2018), with 600 citations. Next come "Conceptualizing and measuring environmentally responsible behaviors from the perspective of community-based tourists" (422) and "A multidimensional analysis of ethical climate, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and organizational citizenship behaviors" (236).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Can community-based tourism contribute to sustainable development? Evidence from residents’ perceptions of the sustainability Tsung Hung Lee, Fen‐Hauh Jan · Tourism Management 17 Sep 2018 600
2 Conceptualizing and measuring environmentally responsible behaviors from the perspective of community-based tourists Tsung Hung Lee, Fen‐Hauh Jan, Chung-Cheng Yang · Tourism Management 8 Dec 2012 422
3 A multidimensional analysis of ethical climate, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and organizational citizenship behaviors Chun‐Chen Huang, Ching-Sing You, Ming‐Tien Tsai · Nursing Ethics 29 Jun 2012 236
4 Ecotourism Behavior of Nature-Based Tourists: An Integrative Framework Tsung Hung Lee, Fen‐Hauh Jan · Journal of Travel Research Jul 2017 226
5 Plant growth-promoting traits of yeasts isolated from the phyllosphere and rhizosphere of Drosera spatulata Lab. Shih‐Feng Fu, Pei-Feng Sun, Hsueh-Yu Lu et al. · Fungal Biology 2 Jan 2016 202
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Which keywords describe research at TransWorld University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Online Learning, Technology Integration, Sustainability, Educational Technology, E-Learning, Student Engagement, Educational Data Mining and Learning Analytics.

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

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainability3▲ 4.3×13 topics
  2. Online Learning2▲ 11×2 topics
  3. Technology Integration2▲ 29×5 topics
  4. Educational Technology2▲ 7.1×6 topics
  5. E-Learning2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  6. Education2▲ 3.5×5 topics
  7. Globalization2▲ 2.9×6 topics
  8. Machine Learning2▲ 1.71×2 topics
  9. Student Engagement1▲ 14×2 topics
  10. Consumer Behavior1▲ 7.9×5 topics
  11. Educational Data Mining1▲ 59×1 topic
  12. Learning Analytics1▲ 42×1 topic
  13. Google Classroom1▲ 42×1 topic
  14. Student Satisfaction1▲ 24×1 topic
  15. COVID-19 Impact1▲ 24×3 topics
  16. Lifelong Learning1▲ 19×4 topics
  17. Tourism Development1▲ 28×2 topics

Which research topics does TransWorld University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Online Learning and Analytics, Technology-Enhanced Education Studies, Digital Marketing and Social Media and Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research.

Online Learning and Analytics: 1 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies: 1 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 1 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 1 fractional worksDigital Platforms and Economics: 1 fractional worksLiteracy, Media, and Education: 1 fractional worksEducation and Critical T…1Education and Critical Thinking Development: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental Education and Sustainability: 0 fractional worksEducation and Learning Interventions: 0 fractional worksPublic Health and Nutrition: 0 fractional works
Computer Science ApplicationsEducationSociology and Political ScienceStrategy and Management4 others

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

  1. 1 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 1 works
  2. 2 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 1 works
  3. 3 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Digital Platforms and Economics Strategy and Management 1 works
  6. 6 Literacy, Media, and Education Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  7. 7 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 1 works
  8. 8 Environmental Education and Sustainability Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  9. 9 Education and Learning Interventions Information Systems 0 works
  10. 10 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 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 available30.9%not open69.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.1%domestic only87.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has TransWorld University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 55% lower 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 TransWorld University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000050% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%TransWorld University0.000038% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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