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Vocational Training Council

In research, Vocational Training Council stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,856 of 14,833 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#10,537 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,694
of 22,385 · #14,945 all time
Rank in China
#1,692
of 2,481
Research works
416
▲ 137% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.1k
5.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
45%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
Vocational Training Council

What is Vocational Training Council 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
Social SciencesDomain #8,856 of 14,833 7.0%157
Physical SciencesDomain #10,537 of 17,446 6.0%197

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vocational Training Council 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 Vocational Training Council work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research at Vocational Training Council is in Social Sciences, 41% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Engineering (20%), Computer Science (10%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 47 fractional works · 41.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 29 fractional works · 25.6% of its workEducation: 14 fractional works · 12.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 46 fractional works · 40.9% of its workEngineering: 23 fractional works · 20.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 10.5% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 9.3% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 8.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 6.7% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKVocationalTraining Council113fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences41%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences41%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2925.6%
    2. Psychology65.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance54.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting43.2%
    5. Decision Sciences22.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities11.0%
    1. Engineering2320.3%
    2. Computer Science1210.5%
    3. Environmental Science76.6%
    4. Energy11.2%
    5. Materials Science11.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    7. Mathematics00.4%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    9. Chemistry00.2%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine54.6%
    2. Health Professions43.9%
    3. Nursing10.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences86.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 1.40× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.35× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.28× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.35× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.33× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.50× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 1.67× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.98× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.25× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.04× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.67× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.03× its world share, 29 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences2.25×2 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.04×5 works
  3. Social Sciences2.03×29 works
  4. Nursing1.67×1 works
  5. Psychology1.67×6 works
  6. Health Professions1.50×4 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.40×8 works
  8. Computer Science1.35×12 works
  9. Engineering1.35×23 works
  10. Environmental Science1.33×8 works
  11. Energy1.28×1 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.98×4 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.84×0 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.56×1 works
  15. Mathematics0.38×0 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.33×1 works
  17. Materials Science0.29×1 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.28×0 works
  19. Medicine0.24×5 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.22×1 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.17×1 works
  22. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  23. Neuroscience0.09×0 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Vocational Training Council?

Ranked on the quality score, Ricky Yuk-Kwan Ng, Wai-yan Ronald Tang and T. Ohkawa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vocational Training Council.

  1. 1 Ricky Yuk-Kwan Ng China · #2,237,379 worldwide 349 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Wai-yan Ronald Tang China · #2,930,734 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 T. Ohkawa China · #3,731,478 worldwide 82 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Kazunao YAMAMOTO China · #3,848,693 worldwide 238 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Seiji USHIAMA China · #4,165,881 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Masami Nagata China · #4,439,618 worldwide 48 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Minoru TSUBOTA China · #5,779,322 worldwide 49 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Vocational Training Council

What are the most cited papers from Vocational Training Council?

The most cited paper from Vocational Training Council is "Eco-driving technology for sustainable road transport: A review" (Yuhan Huang, Elvin C.Y. Ng, John L. Zhou et al., 2018), with 398 citations. Next come "Fuel consumption and emissions performance under real driving: Comparison between hybrid and conventional vehicles" (239) and "Building balanced scorecard with SWOT analysis, and implementing “Sun Tzu’s The Art of Business Management Strategies” on QFD methodology" (181).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Eco-driving technology for sustainable road transport: A review Yuhan Huang, Elvin C.Y. Ng, John L. Zhou et al. · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Open access 11 Jun 2018 398
2 Fuel consumption and emissions performance under real driving: Comparison between hybrid and conventional vehicles Yuhan Huang, Nicholas C. Surawski, Bruce Organ et al. · The Science of The Total Environment 24 Dec 2018 239
3 Building balanced scorecard with SWOT analysis, and implementing “Sun Tzu’s The Art of Business Management Strategies” on QFD methodology Shilla Lee, Andrew Sai On Ko · Managerial Auditing Journal Feb 2000 181
4 Autonomous Vehicles: Autodriver Algorithm and Vehicle Dynamics Hormoz Marzbani, Hamid Khayyam, Ching Nok TO et al. · IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology 25 Jan 2019 127
5 Remote sensing of on-road vehicle emissions: Mechanism, applications and a case study from Hong Kong Yuhan Huang, Bruce Organ, John L. Zhou et al. · Atmospheric Environment 19 Mar 2018 103
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Vocational Training Council?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Online Learning, Lifelong Learning, Higher Education, Internet of Things, Student Satisfaction, Economic Development and Education.

▲ 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 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. Sustainability9▲ 3.3×16 topics
  2. Machine Learning6▲ 1.62×16 topics
  3. Online Learning6▲ 6.4×8 topics
  4. Education6▲ 2.9×21 topics
  5. Deep Learning5▲ 1.32×18 topics
  6. Globalization5▲ 2.2×14 topics
  7. Sustainable Development5▲ 2.8×15 topics
  8. Educational Technology5▲ 3.6×12 topics
  9. Lifelong Learning5▲ 21×6 topics
  10. Higher Education5▲ 7.8×11 topics
  11. Internet of Things5▲ 4.8×10 topics
  12. E-Learning5▲ 4.2×7 topics
  13. Artificial Intelligence4▲ 2.7×14 topics
  14. Economic Development4▲ 4.9×8 topics
  15. Healthcare4▲ 3.4×8 topics
  16. Supply Chain Management4▲ 4.0×6 topics
  17. Student Satisfaction4▲ 17×2 topics
  18. Cyber-Physical Systems4▲ 12×5 topics
  19. Distance Education3▲ 15×2 topics
  20. Blended Learning3▲ 20×1 topic
  21. Community of Inquiry3▲ 50×1 topic
  22. Informal Learning3▲ 21×3 topics
  23. Student Engagement3▲ 6.7×7 topics
  24. Empowerment3▲ 26×2 topics
  25. IoT3▲ 6.6×5 topics
  26. Pedagogy3▲ 4.7×7 topics
  27. Risk Management3▲ 5.0×3 topics
  28. Competency-Based Education2▲ 22×2 topics
  29. RFID Technology2▲ 11×3 topics
  30. Aquaculture2▲ 7.4×5 topics
  31. Youth2▲ 13×3 topics
  32. Electric Vehicles2▲ 6.0×3 topics
  33. Professional Development2▲ 8.5×5 topics
  34. Occupational Safety2▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Student Perceptions2▲ 9.5×4 topics
  36. Validation2▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Digital Twin2▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Microfinance2▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Prior Learning2▲ 63×1 topic
  40. Recognition2▲ 44×1 topic

Which research topics does Vocational Training Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Online and Blended Learning, Higher Education Learning Practices, Microfinance and Financial Inclusion and Digital Transformation in Industry.

Online and Blended Learning: 3 fractional worksHigher Education Learning Practices: 2 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financi…2Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 2 fractional worksDigital Transformation i…2Digital Transformation in Industry: 2 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 1 fractional worksVehicle emissions and performance: 1 fractional worksOccupational Health and …1Occupational Health and Safety Research: 1 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 1 fractional worksElectric Vehicles and Infrastructure: 1 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…1Online Learning and Analytics: 1 fractional works
EducationEconomics and EconometricsIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringInformation Systems and Management4 others

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

  1. 1 Online and Blended Learning Education 3 works
  2. 2 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 2 works
  3. 3 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  4. 4 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 1 works
  6. 6 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 1 works
  8. 8 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 1 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 available44.7%not open55.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.6%domestic only66.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Vocational Training Council's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 137% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Vocational Training Council as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00052% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Vocational Training Council0.00054% in 202519801990200020102020

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