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Tzu Chi University

In research, Tzu Chi University stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,718 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,652 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,501 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Urology, Rheumatology and Immunology — Urology is 30.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,098
of 28,054 · #7,722 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#36
of 221
Research works
3.8k
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
67k
17.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Tzu Chi 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 #1,718 of 11,982 20.0%597 #3286
MedicineField #1,652 of 10,443 19.5%558 #3014
Life SciencesDomain #2,501 of 7,800 12.6%191 #3652
Social SciencesDomain #4,516 of 10,521 32.7%77 #7580
SurgerySubfield #1,250 of 1,816 14.2%73 #2185
Physical SciencesDomain #8,988 of 12,888 20.7%72 #15201
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,685 of 3,579 14.6%92 #4121

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tzu Chi 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#3,286 #1,718
  2. Medicine#3,014 #1,652
  3. Life Sciences#3,652 #2,501
  4. Social Sciences#7,580 #4,516
  5. Surgery#2,185 #1,250
  6. Physical Sciences#15,201 #8,988
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#4,121 #2,685
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 University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Urology takes 30.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. UrologySubfield · 34.9 works31×
  2. RheumatologySubfield · 38.3 works8.9×
  3. ImmunologySubfield · 44.1 works6.8×
  4. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 50.4 works5.3×
← 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: 0.27× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.83× its world share, 92 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.34× its world share, 50 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.05× its world share, 31 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.69× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.19× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.06× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.09× its world share, 558 worksMedicineNursing: 1.57× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.04× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 29 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tzu Chi University?

Ranked on the composite score, Ming‐Chi Lu, Malcolm Koo and Dah‐Ching Ding lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tzu Chi University.

  1. 1 Ming‐Chi Lu Taiwan · #33,180 worldwide 350 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Malcolm Koo Taiwan · #557,216 worldwide 65 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Dah‐Ching Ding Taiwan · #610,900 worldwide 53 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Kuo‐Chih Tseng Taiwan · #654,806 worldwide 23 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Yuan‐Hong Jiang Taiwan · #672,332 worldwide 23 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Ching‐Feng Cheng Taiwan · #676,888 worldwide 130 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Jia‐Fong Jhang Taiwan · #777,316 worldwide 28 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Tsung‐Cheng Hsieh Taiwan · #783,093 worldwide 59 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Ching‐Hui Loh Taiwan · #836,743 worldwide 39 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Shang‐Jen Chang Taiwan · #927,940 worldwide 21 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Tzu Chi University

Which keywords describe research at Tzu Chi University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Urinary Incontinence, Quality of Life, Rehabilitation, Surgical Treatment, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms.

▲ 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. Epidemiology114▲ 3.1×112 topics
  2. Inflammation80▲ 4.1×80 topics
  3. Quality of Life51▲ 3.8×46 topics
  4. Urinary Incontinence47▲ 63×2 topics
  5. Cancer38▲ 3.0×48 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease36▲ 3.5×35 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress34▲ 2.2×55 topics
  8. Treatment32▲ 2.8×45 topics
  9. Rehabilitation31▲ 8.4×11 topics
  10. Surgical Treatment29▲ 15×6 topics
  11. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia26▲ 86×1 topic
  12. Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms26▲ 86×1 topic
  13. Diagnosis26▲ 2.9×35 topics
  14. Chemotherapy25▲ 3.9×23 topics
  15. Management24▲ 3.3×27 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome24▲ 3.1×21 topics
  17. Risk Factors24▲ 2.3×30 topics
  18. Biomarkers22▲ 3.4×16 topics
  19. Pelvic Floor Dysfunction21▲ 48×1 topic
  20. Pelvic Organ Prolapse21▲ 48×1 topic
  21. Depression20▲ 2.5×19 topics
  22. Clinical Trials20▲ 3.2×17 topics
  23. Neurological Disorders18▲ 3.3×17 topics
  24. Complications17▲ 3.7×17 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines17▲ 3.4×14 topics
  26. Guidelines17▲ 3.9×12 topics
  27. Immune Response17▲ 3.1×17 topics
  28. Hypertension16▲ 6.1×13 topics
  29. Metastasis16▲ 5.1×11 topics
  30. Immunity16▲ 4.2×11 topics
  31. Chronic Kidney Disease15▲ 6.8×8 topics
  32. Innate Immunity14▲ 4.7×10 topics
  33. Antimicrobial Resistance14▲ 7.3×8 topics
  34. TGF-ß14▲ 9.5×4 topics
  35. Microbiome13▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Regeneration13▲ 7.2×6 topics
  37. Autoimmunity13▲ 9.5×5 topics
  38. Treatment Guidelines13▲ 6.3×7 topics
  39. NK Cell Recognition11▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Natural Killer Cells11▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does Tzu Chi University publish most on?

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

Urinary Bladder and Pros…26Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 26 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders treatments: 21 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 11 fractional worksT-cell and B-cell Immunology: 11 fractional worksUrinary Tract Infections Management: 10 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune…8Immunotherapy and Immune Responses: 8 fractional worksUrological Disorders and Treatments: 7 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 6 fractional worksCardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention: 6 fractional worksGastroesophageal reflux and treatments: 5 fractional works
UrologyRheumatologyImmunologyEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 26 works
  2. 2 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 21 works
  3. 3 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 11 works
  4. 4 T-cell and B-cell Immunology Immunology 11 works
  5. 5 Urinary Tract Infections Management Epidemiology 10 works
  6. 6 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 8 works
  7. 7 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 7 works
  8. 8 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 6 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  10. 10 Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments Gastroenterology 5 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 available56.4%not open43.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.4%domestic only82.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tzu Chi University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% 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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