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Tzu Chi Foundation

In research, Tzu Chi Foundation stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,784 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#3,515 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,336 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Immunology and Immunology and Microbiology — Immunology is 12.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,866
of 28,054 · #18,117 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#100
of 221
Research works
960
▲ 536% vs 2013–17
Citations
8k
8.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is Tzu Chi Foundation 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 #3,784 of 11,982 18.2%279 #8887
MedicineField #3,515 of 10,443 17.7%254 #8528
Life SciencesDomain #5,336 of 7,800 12.2%86 #7774

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tzu Chi Foundation 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#8,887 #3,784
  2. Medicine#8,528 #3,515
  3. Life Sciences#7,774 #5,336
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 Tzu Chi Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Immunology takes 12.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ImmunologySubfield · 33.8 works12×
  2. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 36.8 works9.2×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.68× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 9.15× its world share, 37 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.29× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.16× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 5.89× its world share, 11 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.00× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.31× its world share, 254 worksMedicineNursing: 1.15× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 9.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Tzu Chi Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Urinary Incontinence, Quality of Life, Rehabilitation, Cardiovascular Disease, Surgical Treatment and Autoimmunity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology50▲ 3.2×97 topics
  2. Inflammation39▲ 4.6×71 topics
  3. Quality of Life22▲ 3.8×31 topics
  4. Urinary Incontinence18▲ 57×2 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 4.0×32 topics
  6. Cancer16▲ 3.0×43 topics
  7. Risk Factors15▲ 3.3×23 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress14▲ 2.1×47 topics
  9. Rehabilitation14▲ 8.6×10 topics
  10. Treatment13▲ 2.7×37 topics
  11. Surgical Treatment12▲ 15×6 topics
  12. Autoimmunity11▲ 20×5 topics
  13. Diagnosis11▲ 3.0×29 topics
  14. Immunity11▲ 6.9×10 topics
  15. TGF-ß11▲ 18×4 topics
  16. Innate Immunity11▲ 8.3×9 topics
  17. Management10▲ 3.3×23 topics
  18. Hypertension10▲ 8.8×11 topics
  19. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia10▲ 75×1 topic
  20. Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms10▲ 75×1 topic
  21. CD4+CD25+9▲ 70×1 topic
  22. Foxp39▲ 70×1 topic
  23. NK Cell Recognition9▲ 36×1 topic
  24. Natural Killer Cells9▲ 36×1 topic
  25. Dendritic Cells9▲ 26×2 topics
  26. Diabetes9▲ 4.7×18 topics
  27. Atherosclerosis9▲ 8.0×9 topics
  28. Cardiovascular Events9▲ 18×4 topics
  29. Guidelines9▲ 4.6×11 topics
  30. Global Burden8▲ 4.0×10 topics
  31. Endothelial Dysfunction8▲ 9.1×8 topics
  32. Chronic Kidney Disease8▲ 8.5×7 topics
  33. Pelvic Floor Dysfunction8▲ 44×1 topic
  34. Pelvic Organ Prolapse8▲ 44×1 topic
  35. Cancer Immunotherapy8▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Antigen Presentation8▲ 21×1 topic
  37. Tumor Antigen8▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Antimicrobial Resistance7▲ 8.4×7 topics
  39. Arterial Stiffness6▲ 55×1 topic
  40. Pulse Wave Velocity6▲ 55×1 topic

Which research topics does Tzu Chi Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Immune Cell Function and Interaction and Pelvic floor disorders treatments.

Urinary Bladder and Pros…10Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 10 fractional worksT-cell and B-cell Immuno…9T-cell and B-cell Immunology: 9 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and…9Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 9 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders t…8Pelvic floor disorders treatments: 8 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune…8Immunotherapy and Immune Responses: 8 fractional worksCardiovascular Health an…6Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention: 6 fractional worksUrinary Tract Infections Management: 4 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 4 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 3 fractional worksBone health and osteoporosis research: 3 fractional works
UrologyImmunologyRheumatologyCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 10 works
  2. 2 T-cell and B-cell Immunology Immunology 9 works
  3. 3 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 9 works
  4. 4 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 8 works
  5. 5 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 8 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  7. 7 Urinary Tract Infections Management Epidemiology 4 works
  8. 8 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 4 works
  9. 9 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 3 works
  10. 10 Bone health and osteoporosis research Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 3 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 available54.6%not open45.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.0%domestic only78.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tzu Chi Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 536% 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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