ITS Research Intelligence

Taiwan University Research Rankings

Compare Taiwan universities using recent research output, citation impact, growth and a transparent research-performance score.

Research landscape

The current ITS Research Intelligence dataset contains 128 index-ready universities in Taiwan. Across those institutions, the average five-year research output is approximately 3,189 works and the average five-year citation count is approximately 32,493. The average publication-growth signal is 16.8%. These figures describe the institutions that pass the public quality gate; they are not intended to represent every tertiary institution in the country.

Country rankings are useful for benchmarking because they reduce some of the structural differences that make global comparisons difficult. They still should not be treated as a complete assessment of institutional quality: teaching, student outcomes, funding levels, research field mix and institutional mission are outside this research-performance score. The value of the page is in seeing who is producing research, how that activity is changing, and where citation visibility is concentrated.

Top research universities in Taiwan

Rank	University	Country	Score	5-year works	5-year citations	Growth
#1	National Taiwan University	Taiwan	80.1	42,275	432,775	10.7%
#2	National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University	Taiwan	77.8	32,114	317,422	2.2%
#3	China Medical University	Taiwan	77.7	19,339	298,735	-23.4%
#4	National Tsing Hua University	Taiwan	77.0	16,438	202,600	0.8%
#5	National Cheng Kung University	Taiwan	76.5	23,128	237,770	11.1%
#6	Chang Gung University	Taiwan	74.9	16,829	182,205	-8.6%
#7	Taipei Medical University	Taiwan	74.4	15,342	157,010	7.0%
#8	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology	Taiwan	74.1	11,258	131,862	20.6%
#9	Yuan Ze University	Taiwan	73.7	5,567	69,937	126.6%
#10	National Sun Yat-sen University	Taiwan	73.0	12,617	116,695	33.6%
#11	Asia University	Taiwan	72.9	8,051	141,529	-28.1%
#12	Kaohsiung Medical University	Taiwan	72.8	12,034	127,363	-10.5%
#13	National Central University	Taiwan	72.6	10,020	92,221	10.2%
#14	National Taipei University of Technology	Taiwan	71.8	8,459	99,579	11.9%
#15	National Chung Hsing University	Taiwan	71.4	14,206	113,164	14.9%
#16	National Yunlin University of Science and Technology	Taiwan	71.3	6,259	91,518	-3.2%
#17	National Taiwan Normal University	Taiwan	70.3	7,817	73,074	16.3%
#18	National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology	Taiwan	70.3	6,363	74,025	18.9%
#19	Tamkang University	Taiwan	69.6	3,342	45,114	14.3%
#20	Chung Yuan Christian University	Taiwan	69.5	4,666	49,983	28.7%
#21	Ming Chi University of Technology	Taiwan	68.7	3,489	47,463	35.2%
#22	Tunghai University	Taiwan	68.2	3,519	49,778	-16.4%
#23	National Taipei University	Taiwan	67.2	6,404	47,735	20.0%
#24	Fu Jen Catholic University	Taiwan	66.8	5,861	49,248	10.1%
#25	I-Shou University	Taiwan	66.7	4,247	42,901	9.4%
#26	Chang Gung University of Science and Technology	Taiwan	66.6	3,269	39,404	1.6%
#27	National Chung Cheng University	Taiwan	66.2	4,225	33,491	29.4%
#28	Chung Shan Medical University	Taiwan	66.1	5,588	45,725	8.0%
#29	Feng Chia University	Taiwan	66.1	4,336	38,112	0.3%
#30	Chaoyang University of Technology	Taiwan	65.8	3,635	35,247	4.7%
#31	National Dong Hwa University	Taiwan	65.6	2,934	24,642	41.6%
#32	National Chin-Yi University of Technology	Taiwan	65.4	2,735	32,890	15.7%
#33	Tzu Chi University	Taiwan	65.4	4,278	37,379	0.9%
#34	National Taiwan Ocean University	Taiwan	65.2	6,496	39,611	10.9%
#35	National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Science	Taiwan	64.6	2,872	28,630	0.3%
#36	National Pingtung University of Science and Technology	Taiwan	64.2	2,978	25,228	12.5%
#37	Providence University	Taiwan	63.6	1,242	16,711	-22.5%
#38	Soochow University	Taiwan	62.9	3,998	21,019	46.4%
#39	Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science	Taiwan	62.1	1,222	12,973	-2.7%
#40	Mackay Medical University	Taiwan	61.5	2,415	20,678	1.5%
#41	Ming Chuan University	Taiwan	61.4	1,792	15,601	7.3%
#42	National United University	Taiwan	61.3	1,657	13,652	11.4%
#43	National Chengchi University	Taiwan	61.0	3,381	19,600	14.6%
#44	National Ilan University	Taiwan	60.8	1,502	13,221	-6.0%
#45	National Chiayi University	Taiwan	60.6	2,289	16,346	3.1%
#46	Chinese Culture University	Taiwan	60.4	1,569	13,700	-26.6%
#47	Shih Chien University	Taiwan	60.4	537	10,742	-6.5%
#48	National Taichung University of Education	Taiwan	60.0	725	7,297	88.4%
#49	National Taichung University of Science and Technology	Taiwan	59.6	1,383	12,845	5.3%
#50	National Changhua University of Education	Taiwan	59.5	1,982	13,236	8.7%
#51	Cheng Shiu University	Taiwan	59.4	1,065	9,452	17.7%
#52	National Taipei University of Business	Taiwan	59.2	1,273	10,030	44.1%
#53	National Chi Nan University	Taiwan	58.9	1,468	10,489	18.7%
#54	Chang Jung Christian University	Taiwan	58.7	984	9,741	-20.1%
#55	Dayeh University	Taiwan	58.6	1,146	9,225	-13.8%
#56	Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology	Taiwan	58.3	1,636	11,648	-10.6%
#57	National University of Tainan	Taiwan	58.3	836	6,696	42.0%
#58	National University of Kaohsiung	Taiwan	57.7	1,582	10,125	-7.8%
#59	Tatung University	Taiwan	57.5	608	5,216	8.1%
#60	University of Taipei	Taiwan	57.4	1,493	10,466	9.9%
#61	Hungkuang University	Taiwan	57.0	1,025	7,842	-18.6%
#62	Tajen University	Taiwan	56.8	658	6,000	-9.9%
#63	National Defense University	Taiwan	56.8	608	5,722	-0.8%
#64	National Formosa University	Taiwan	56.5	1,665	8,700	35.9%
#65	Min-Hwei College of Health Care Management	Taiwan	56.3	540	6,467	-20.5%
#66	Mackay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing and Management	Taiwan	55.8	912	7,122	-28.1%
#67	Yuanpei University	Taiwan	55.8	803	5,925	-6.1%
#68	Hsin Sheng College of Medical Care and Management	Taiwan	55.5	448	3,766	108.7%
#69	Tainan University of Technology	Taiwan	55.5	419	5,488	-5.5%
#70	Fooyin University	Taiwan	55.4	969	6,520	-6.4%
#71	National Pingtung University	Taiwan	55.3	1,024	7,166	-2.4%
#72	Meiho University	Taiwan	55.0	596	5,115	-28.7%
#73	Minghsin University of Science and Technology	Taiwan	54.8	681	4,533	30.1%
#74	Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology	Taiwan	54.6	800	5,663	-16.6%
#75	National Kaohsiung Normal University	Taiwan	54.5	871	5,126	16.8%
#76	National Taitung University	Taiwan	54.3	790	5,542	17.4%
#77	National Taiwan Sport University	Taiwan	54.2	661	3,964	59.2%
#78	National Taipei University of Education	Taiwan	53.6	996	5,442	4.8%
#79	Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology	Taiwan	53.5	605	4,411	-11.2%
#80	National Quemoy University	Taiwan	53.4	576	4,176	12.2%
#81	National Penghu University of Science and Technology	Taiwan	52.2	702	3,608	67.1%
#82	Lunghwa University of Science and Technology	Taiwan	51.6	528	3,126	5.7%
#83	Chung Hua University	Taiwan	50.9	533	2,334	34.2%
#84	Nanhua University	Taiwan	50.8	330	2,679	88.4%
#85	National Taiwan University of Sport	Taiwan	50.8	442	3,203	4.4%
#86	Kun Shan University	Taiwan	50.2	386	2,734	-9.7%
#87	Ling Tung University	Taiwan	50.2	317	2,988	33.0%
#88	National Tainan Institute of Nursing	Taiwan	49.9	402	2,758	49.3%
#89	Shu-Te University	Taiwan	47.7	359	1,792	46.2%
#90	Fo Guang University	Taiwan	47.1	386	2,070	36.3%
#91	Kainan University	Taiwan	47.1	243	2,124	-8.3%
#92	MingDao University	Taiwan	46.9	276	2,623	-70.6%
#93	Chihlee Institute of Technology	Taiwan	46.7	268	2,845	-11.1%
#94	Kang-Ning Junior College of Medical Care and Management	Taiwan	46.7	286	2,698	-25.8%
#95	Shih Hsin University	Taiwan	45.3	343	1,866	-9.7%
#96	Aletheia University	Taiwan	45.2	267	1,436	38.0%
#97	Tzu Chi College of Technology	Taiwan	45.1	235	909	273.3%
#98	Asia Eastern University of Science and Technology	Taiwan	44.2	197	1,979	-80.3%
#99	Fo Guang Shan	Taiwan	44.0	143	927	132.4%
#100	Kao Yuan University	Taiwan	43.9	178	1,474	-36.4%

Research fields where Taiwan universities rank

Number of Taiwan universities in the top 100 of each ITS research-field ranking.

Chemical Engineering (2)Engineering (2)Materials Science (2)Mathematics (1)Decision Sciences (1)Immunology and Microbiology (1)Energy (1)Psychology (1)

Transparent methodology

How ITS Research Score v3 is constructed

One formula applies to every index-ready institution, using the five most recent complete calendar years: 25% research output, 25% citations, 20% h-index and 5% i10-index (log-normalized so the largest universities do not dominate linearly), 15% citation impact (the institution’s percentile on citations per work, reduced below 500 works so small samples cannot win by chance), 5% publication growth and 5% international-collaboration share. When collaboration data is not yet available, the other weights are rescaled.

Data-quality controls: the unfinished current year is never counted, and a year in which recorded output jumps to more than three times the institution’s usual level while being at least 90% open access is treated as a bulk dataset or repository deposit and scored at the usual level. An affiliation check also removes institutions whose papers mostly do not name them in the author address (OpenAlex sometimes assigns a large university’s papers to a namesake school or college). Raw data are kept and every adjustment is logged. Open-access share and topic diversity are published as separate rankings and do not affect the main score. Citation impact is not field-normalized.

These indicators assess research activity only. They do not measure teaching quality, student experience, employability, reputation, finances or accreditation. Missing data are left missing rather than fabricated.