ITS Research Intelligence

Taiwan University Research Rankings

Name: Taiwan University Research Rankings – ITS Research Solution
Creator: ITS Research Solution
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

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 38 index-ready universities in Taiwan. Across those institutions, the average five-year research output is approximately 5,373 works and the average five-year citation count is approximately 36,514. The average publication-growth signal is 7.1%. 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	76.4	40,531	269,987	-8.1%
#2	National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University	Taiwan	74.3	30,450	209,099	-15.2%
#3	National Cheng Kung University	Taiwan	72.3	22,178	156,268	-9.8%
#4	National Tsing Hua University	Taiwan	71.0	15,941	127,426	-19.4%
#5	National Sun Yat-sen University	Taiwan	68.6	12,849	79,691	8.9%
#6	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology	Taiwan	68.5	10,986	87,794	4.1%
#7	National Chung Hsing University	Taiwan	68.4	13,776	77,252	-7.1%
#8	National Central University	Taiwan	68.0	9,731	61,142	-5.1%
#9	Yuan Ze University	Taiwan	65.5	5,953	58,228	28.9%
#10	National Taiwan Normal University	Taiwan	65.5	7,770	47,286	3.9%
#11	Chung Yuan Christian University	Taiwan	64.0	4,620	35,117	20.5%
#12	Tamkang University	Taiwan	61.7	3,250	30,976	-0.7%
#13	Tzu Chi University	Taiwan	60.7	4,001	24,864	-10.0%
#14	National Chiayi University	Taiwan	57.5	2,243	10,431	6.0%
#15	National Changhua University of Education	Taiwan	56.9	1,942	9,335	-0.8%
#16	National United University	Taiwan	56.2	1,575	8,797	-2.4%
#17	National Ilan University	Taiwan	54.9	1,416	8,837	-3.9%
#18	Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science	Taiwan	54.7	1,141	8,741	-18.4%
#19	Chinese Culture University	Taiwan	54.7	1,442	8,559	-21.2%
#20	Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology	Taiwan	54.3	1,485	7,481	-18.4%
#21	Cheng Shiu University	Taiwan	54.0	1,068	7,074	20.8%
#22	National Taichung University of Science and Technology	Taiwan	53.9	1,345	8,717	-9.0%
#23	National Taiwan Sport University	Taiwan	52.2	711	2,300	73.8%
#24	Tzu Chi College of Technology	Taiwan	51.8	260	675	304.9%
#25	Hungkuang University	Taiwan	51.8	896	4,592	-31.5%
#26	Fooyin University	Taiwan	51.7	938	4,220	-15.2%
#27	Tatung University	Taiwan	50.8	586	2,915	-12.8%
#28	Yuanpei University	Taiwan	50.6	775	3,830	-22.3%
#29	Tajen University	Taiwan	50.5	627	3,970	-7.6%
#30	Shih Chien University	Taiwan	50.4	487	7,814	-15.5%
#31	Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology	Taiwan	50.2	713	3,807	-24.4%
#32	Chung Hua University	Taiwan	48.6	470	1,423	-1.7%
#33	Meiho University	Taiwan	48.3	541	3,010	-14.9%
#34	Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology	Taiwan	48.2	535	2,792	-33.1%
#35	National Hsinchu University of Education	Taiwan	48.0	199	691	96.6%
#36	Kun Shan University	Taiwan	46.3	340	1,124	-17.4%
#37	Central Police University	Taiwan	43.8	262	666	26.3%
#38	China University of Science and Technology	Taiwan	42.8	133	598	20.4%

Transparent methodology

What the ITS Research Performance Score measures

The current score is intentionally research-specific. Thirty percent reflects five-year publication output, thirty percent five-year citations, twenty percent h-index, ten percent i10-index and ten percent five-year publication growth. Volume-based indicators are log-normalized before weighting so the largest universities do not dominate simply because of scale. Growth is bounded before entering the score so a tiny starting value cannot create an unrealistic advantage.

The score does not currently claim to measure teaching quality, student satisfaction, reputation, employability or finances. It also does not label the underlying citation totals as field-normalized impact. Future field-normalized modules should be added only when the underlying work-level calculations are available and validated. This separation keeps the ranking interpretable and prevents unsupported claims.

Source data is drawn from OpenAlex and linked to ROR identifiers. Both are open scholarly infrastructures. ITS Research Solution adds value through normalization, quality gates, trend calculations, ranking methodology, benchmarking and readable institution-level analysis.