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Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences

In research, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,529 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,139 of 6,365 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#1,762 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations — Sociology and Political Science is 6.8× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#15,925
of 28,054 · #25,711 all time
Rank in Vietnam
#74
of 161
Research works
866
▲ 339% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.9k
5.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences 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
Social SciencesDomain #4,529 of 10,521 15.7%257 #7786
Social SciencesField #3,139 of 6,365 15.3%158 #5655
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,762 of 2,578 12.6%86 #2919
Physical SciencesDomain #11,539 of 12,888 12.8%68 #17780

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences 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. Social Sciences#7,786 #4,529
  2. Social Sciences#5,655 #3,139
  3. Sociology and Political Science#2,919 #1,762
  4. Physical Sciences#17,780 #11,539
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 Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Sociology and Political Science takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 85.9 works6.8×
  2. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 31.1 works5.9×
← 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: 0.50× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.54× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.61× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.62× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.56× its world share, 29 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.48× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.35× its world share, 33 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.51× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.54× its world share, 158 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Trung Tran lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences.

  1. 1 Trung Tran Vietnam · #1,103,839 worldwide 24 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Religion, Identity, Colonialism, Culture, Gender, Politics and Economy.

▲ 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. History52▲ 21×10 topics
  2. Religion50▲ 30×7 topics
  3. Identity50▲ 19×12 topics
  4. Colonialism48▲ 29×10 topics
  5. Culture47▲ 25×8 topics
  6. Gender47▲ 25×8 topics
  7. Economy47▲ 167×4 topics
  8. Politics47▲ 49×6 topics
  9. Vietnam46▲ 319×2 topics
  10. Society45▲ 67×2 topics
  11. Economic Development28▲ 9.9×16 topics
  12. Globalization28▲ 4.1×36 topics
  13. Innovation21▲ 5.8×21 topics
  14. Climate Change19▲ 2.0×44 topics
  15. Economic Growth19▲ 6.4×20 topics
  16. Sustainability17▲ 1.97×31 topics
  17. Sustainable Development14▲ 2.5×20 topics
  18. Governance12▲ 10×9 topics
  19. Urbanization11▲ 7.3×9 topics
  20. Democracy10▲ 8.1×5 topics
  21. Ethnic Identity10▲ 25×2 topics
  22. Human Capital9▲ 16×4 topics
  23. International Relations9▲ 11×9 topics
  24. Laos9▲ 178×1 topic
  25. Migration9▲ 7.7×7 topics
  26. Thailand9▲ 178×1 topic
  27. Regional Development9▲ 7.1×9 topics
  28. Global Trade9▲ 13×7 topics
  29. Digital Transformation9▲ 4.7×12 topics
  30. Geopolitics8▲ 16×5 topics
  31. Social Networks8▲ 8.8×6 topics
  32. China8▲ 24×6 topics
  33. Labor Market8▲ 7.7×5 topics
  34. Political Economy8▲ 8.7×10 topics
  35. Fuzzy Mathematics7▲ 91×1 topic
  36. Inequality7▲ 8.3×5 topics
  37. Set Pair Analysis7▲ 91×1 topic
  38. Immigration7▲ 16×2 topics
  39. International Trade6▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Economic Security6▲ 8.4×6 topics

Which research topics does Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Vietnamese History and Culture Studies, Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies, Research studies in Vietnam and Global trade and economics.

  1. 1 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 45 works
  2. 2 Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies Political Science and International Relations 9 works
  3. 3 Research studies in Vietnam Ecology 7 works
  4. 4 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 6 works
  5. 5 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  6. 6 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 5 works
  7. 7 China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  8. 8 International Business and FDI Strategy and Management 3 works
  9. 9 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  10. 10 Global Political and Economic Relations Political Science and International Relations 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 available59.2%not open40.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.4%domestic only74.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 339% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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