Tzu Chi University
In research, Tzu Chi University stands highest in Medicine (#1,894 of 8,541 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,229 of 9,902 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,048 of 1,532 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Urology, Rheumatology and Immunology (Urology is 29.6× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #8,384 of 22,385 · #11,782 all time
- Rank in Taiwan
- #70 of 185
- Research works
- 3.8k ▲ 10% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 67k 17.4 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 12.0% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.99× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 56% world 40%
- International
- 17% world 18%
What is Tzu Chi University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MedicineField | #1,894 of 8,541 | 13.3% | 558 | #3126 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #2,229 of 9,902 | 13.1% | 597 | #3752 | |
| SurgerySubfield | #1,048 of 1,532 | 12.1% | 73 | #2047 | |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField | #2,266 of 2,964 | 6.8% | 92 | #3718 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #9,049 of 9,585 | 18.6% | 77 | #13879 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #6,046 of 6,403 | 5.8% | 191 | #8719 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #10,302 of 10,670 | 11.9% | 72 | #14733 |
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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).
Which of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Medicine#3,126 #1,894
- Health Sciences#3,752 #2,229
- Surgery#2,047 #1,048
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,718 #2,266
- Social Sciences#13,879 #9,049
- Life Sciences#8,719 #6,046
- Physical Sciences#14,733 #10,302
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Tzu Chi University work in?
In 2022-now, 64% of research at Tzu Chi University is in Health Sciences, 20% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (59%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%), Immunology and Microbiology (5%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Health Sciences67363.8%
- Medicine62759.4%
- Health Professions312.9%
- Nursing90.8%
- Dentistry60.6%
- Veterinary10.1%
- Life Sciences21420.3%
- Social Sciences878.2%
- Physical Sciences807.6%
- Computer Science222.1%
- Environmental Science222.0%
- Engineering181.7%
- Materials Science80.7%
- Chemistry40.4%
- Physics and Astronomy30.2%
- Mathematics20.2%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences20.1%
- Energy10.1%
- Chemical Engineering00.0%
What does Tzu Chi University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Urology takes 29.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- UrologySubfield · 37.9 works30×
- RheumatologySubfield · 41.7 works8.7×
- ImmunologySubfield · 49.0 works6.7×
- Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 56.2 works5.3×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Immunology and Microbiology5.29×56 works
- Medicine3.09×627 works
- Neuroscience2.04×35 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.89×7 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.84×103 works
- Nursing1.65×8 works
- Dentistry1.24×6 works
- Health Professions1.10×30 works
- Psychology1.04×33 works
- Veterinary0.65×1 works
- Decision Sciences0.45×5 works
- Environmental Science0.41×22 works
- Chemistry0.27×4 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.26×13 works
- Computer Science0.26×22 works
- Arts and Humanities0.24×7 works
- Social Sciences0.24×33 works
- Materials Science0.21×8 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.17×6 works
- Mathematics0.15×2 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×3 works
- Engineering0.11×18 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.11×2 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.09×2 works
- Energy0.09×1 works
- Chemical Engineering0.05×0 works
- Immunology and Microbiology 5.3×
- Medicine 3.1×
- Neuroscience 2.0×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1.9×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1.8×
- Nursing 1.6×
- Dentistry 1.2×
- Health Professions 1.1×
- Psychology 1.0×
- Veterinary 0.7×
- Decision Sciences 0.5×
- Environmental Science 0.4×
- Chemistry 0.3×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.3×
- Computer Science 0.3×
- Arts and Humanities 0.2×
- Social Sciences 0.2×
- Materials Science 0.2×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.2×
- Mathematics 0.1×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.1×
- Engineering 0.1×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.1×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.1×
- Energy 0.1×
- Chemical Engineering 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at Tzu Chi University?
Ranked on the quality score, Huei‐Kai Huang, Ying-Wei Wang and Kuo-Hu Chen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tzu Chi University.
- 1
Huei‐Kai Huang
Taiwan · #439,874 worldwide 1.6k citations · 96 works
- 2
Ying-Wei Wang
Taiwan · #869,849 worldwide 10k citations · 23 works
- 3
Kuo-Hu Chen
Taiwan · #871,282 worldwide 3.4k citations · 80 works
- 4
Han‐Chen Ho
Taiwan · #881,076 worldwide 2.4k citations · 82 works
- 5
Shu‐Man Lin
Taiwan · #1,384,266 worldwide 911 citations · 42 works
- 6
Hsin‐Chi Tsai
Taiwan · #1,752,889 worldwide 1.5k citations · 63 works
- 7 Meng‐Si Wu #1,832,591 worldwide 606 citations · 41 works
- 8
Tian‐Fu Lee
Taiwan · #1,937,687 worldwide 1k citations · 57 works
- 9
Wan‐Ru Yu
Taiwan · #1,958,105 worldwide 406 citations · 41 works
- 10
Huichun Li
Taiwan · #2,031,321 worldwide 1.8k citations · 79 works
Which keywords describe research at Tzu Chi University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Urinary Incontinence, Quality of Life, Rehabilitation, Surgical Treatment, Cardiovascular Disease and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.
- Prevention Strategies
- NK Cell Recognition
- Microbiome
- Antimicrobial Resistance
- TGF-ß
- Metastasis
- Hypertension
- Neurological Disorders
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Clinical Trials
- Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
- Biomarkers
- Management
- Diagnosis
- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
- Surgical Treatment
- Rehabilitation
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Urinary Incontinence
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Quality of Life
- Cancer
- Oxidative Stress
- Treatment
- Chemotherapy
- Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Risk Factors
- Depression
- Pelvic Organ Prolapse
- Guidelines
- Immune Response
- Complications
- Diabetes
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Autoimmunity
- Regeneration
- Treatment Guidelines
- Natural Killer Cells
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 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 40 words, with their numbers
- Epidemiology127▲ 3.0×114 topics
- Inflammation92▲ 4.1×81 topics
- Quality of Life57▲ 3.7×48 topics
- Urinary Incontinence52▲ 61×2 topics
- Cancer42▲ 3.0×49 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease42▲ 3.5×35 topics
- Oxidative Stress41▲ 2.4×56 topics
- Rehabilitation35▲ 8.3×11 topics
- Treatment34▲ 2.7×46 topics
- Surgical Treatment31▲ 15×6 topics
- Chemotherapy29▲ 3.9×24 topics
- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia29▲ 83×1 topic
- Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms29▲ 83×1 topic
- Diagnosis27▲ 2.8×36 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome26▲ 3.1×21 topics
- Management26▲ 3.1×27 topics
- Risk Factors26▲ 2.2×31 topics
- Biomarkers25▲ 3.4×16 topics
- Depression23▲ 2.5×19 topics
- Pelvic Floor Dysfunction23▲ 46×1 topic
- Pelvic Organ Prolapse23▲ 46×1 topic
- Clinical Trials22▲ 3.1×17 topics
- Guidelines21▲ 4.1×12 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines19▲ 3.4×14 topics
- Immune Response19▲ 3.2×19 topics
- Neurological Disorders19▲ 3.2×17 topics
- Complications19▲ 3.6×17 topics
- Hypertension18▲ 6.0×13 topics
- Diabetes18▲ 3.4×21 topics
- Metastasis18▲ 5.0×12 topics
- Chronic Kidney Disease18▲ 6.7×8 topics
- TGF-ß16▲ 9.2×4 topics
- Autoimmunity15▲ 10×5 topics
- Antimicrobial Resistance15▲ 7.0×8 topics
- Regeneration15▲ 7.1×6 topics
- Microbiome15▲ 10×2 topics
- Treatment Guidelines14▲ 6.3×7 topics
- NK Cell Recognition12▲ 19×1 topic
- Natural Killer Cells12▲ 19×1 topic
- Prevention Strategies12▲ 12×3 topics
Which research topics does Tzu Chi University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research, Pelvic floor disorders treatments, Immune Cell Function and Interaction and T-cell and B-cell Immunology.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 29 works
- 2 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 23 works
- 3 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 12 works
- 4 T-cell and B-cell Immunology Immunology 12 works
- 5 Urinary Tract Infections Management Epidemiology 11 works
- 6 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 8 works
- 7 Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
- 8 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 7 works
- 9 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 7 works
- 10 Sexual function and dysfunction studies Psychiatry and Mental health 6 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Tzu Chi University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Tzu Chi University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0041% in 2024.
Fractional works of Tzu Chi University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.9% in 2025.
Other research institutions in Hualien City
- National Dong Hwa University
- Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital
- Tzu Chi Foundation
- Hualien Tzu Chi Medical Center
- Tzu Chi College of Technology
- Hualien Armed Forces General Hospital
- Taiwan Hospitality and Tourism University
- Yuli Veterans Hospital
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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