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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
765
Country Rank
1
Institution Rank : 1
Hong Kong
Ben Zhong Tang
Aggregation-Induced Emission
Functional Polymers
Sensing and Imaging
Room Temperature Phosphorescence
Clusteroluminescence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,296
125,819
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
927
Country Rank
2
Institution Rank : 1
Hong Kong
Paul Yip
Suicide Prevention and Populaton Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181,063
124,951
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,266
Country Rank
3
Institution Rank : 1
Hong Kong
Qian Wang
Developmental Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154,292
93,132
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,334
Country Rank
4
Institution Rank : 2
Hong Kong
Xiaoou Tang
Computer Vision
Pattern Recognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,651
97,995
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,355
Country Rank
5
Institution Rank : 1
Hong Kong
Hua Zhang (张华)
Phase engineering of nanomaterials (PEN) and controlled epitaxial growth of heterostructures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,403
81,874
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,378
Country Rank
6
Institution Rank : 2
Hong Kong
Pak Sham
Genetics
Genomics
Psychiatry
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,875
54,151
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,677
Country Rank
8
Institution Rank : 2
Hong Kong
Guanrong Chen
complex networks
nonlinear dynamics
control systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,640
40,776
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,665
Country Rank
7
Institution Rank : 3
Hong Kong
Xiang Zhang
Optics
photonics
materials physics
metamaterials
plasmonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133,994
70,475
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,894
Country Rank
9
Institution Rank : 2
Hong Kong
Qiang Yang (杨强)
Artificial Intelligence
Transfer Learning
Federated Learning
Machine Learning and Data Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,321
78,989
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,971
Country Rank
10
Institution Rank : 3
Hong Kong
Xiaogang Wang
Computer vision
pattern recognition
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,543
93,877
0.766
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
2,140
Country Rank
11
Institution Rank : 3
Hong Kong
Paul K Chu
Materials Science and Engineering
Plasma Science
Surface Science
Biomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117,049
64,985
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
2,159
Country Rank
12
Institution Rank : 4
Hong Kong
Tjonnie Li
gravitational wave
astrophysics
cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,556
89,123
0.765
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
2,659
Country Rank
13
Institution Rank : 4
Hong Kong
Paul M Vanhoutte
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,235
14,131
0.134
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
2,710
Country Rank
14
Institution Rank : 5
Hong Kong
David Hui
sleep related breathing disorders
severe acute respiratory infections
prevention of nosocomial infections
common airway disea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,082
82,626
0.794
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,354
Country Rank
16
Institution Rank : 4
Hong Kong
Alex KY Jen
Organic Photonics
Organic Electronics
Energy
Self-Assembly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,697
41,250
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,531
Country Rank
65
Institution Rank : 1
China
David Zhang Dapeng
Biometrics
Pattern Recognition
Image Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,135
35,606
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,642
Country Rank
17
Institution Rank : 5
Hong Kong
Gabriel Leung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,560
67,699
0.756
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,892
Country Rank
18
Institution Rank : 6
Hong Kong
Lain Jong Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,229
49,364
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
4,149
Country Rank
19
Institution Rank : 7
Hong Kong
Ben Cowling
influenza
public health
epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,032
70,078
0.844
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
4,253
Country Rank
20
Institution Rank : 6
Hong Kong
Francis Kl Chan
Gastroenterology
Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,598
41,239
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
4,395
Country Rank
22
Institution Rank : 5
Hong Kong
CS Lee
Materials
organic electronics
photovoltaics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,106
35,083
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
4,483
Country Rank
24
Institution Rank : 8
Hong Kong
M C Chu
Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,307
64,299
0.811
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
4,614
Country Rank
25
Institution Rank : 6
Hong Kong
Chun Sing Lee
Organic electronics devices and nanomaterials for energy
environmental and biomedical applications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,937
34,492
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
4,475
Country Rank
23
Institution Rank : 7
Hong Kong
Jiaya Jia
Deep Learning
Computer Vision
Computational Imaging
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,364
62,107
0.783
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
4,730
Country Rank
26
Institution Rank : 8
Hong Kong
Kirin Ql Liu *
Pharmacy practice
Public Health
Pharmacoeconomics
Pharmacoepedemiology
Primary health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,900
31,522
0.410
Total Citation Counts AD Scientific Index - World Citation Ranking - 2024 Citation Metrics
University Rank Country Rank Region Rank World Rank Name Country University / Institution Subject
Research Areas
Total Last 6 Year Last 6 year/total
1 1 58 765 Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences

Aggregation-Induced Emission | Functional Polymers | Sensing and Imaging | Room Temperature Phosphorescence | Clusteroluminescence |

197,296 125,819 0.638
1 2 72 927 Hong Kong Hong Kong University of Hong Kong University of Hong Kong Others

Suicide Prevention and Populaton Health |

181,063 124,951 0.690
1 3 101 1,266 Hong Kong Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Social Sciences / Psychology

Developmental Psychology |

154,292 93,132 0.604
2 4 106 1,334 Hong Kong Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Engineering & Technology / Computer Science

Computer Vision | Pattern Recognition |

150,651 97,995 0.650
1 5 108 1,355 Hong Kong Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Engineering & Technology / Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Phase engineering of nanomaterials (PEN) and controlled epitaxial growth of heterostructures |

149,403 81,874 0.548
2 6 110 1,378 Hong Kong Hong Kong University of Hong Kong University of Hong Kong Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics

Genetics | Genomics | Psychiatry | Statistics |

147,875 54,151 0.366
2 8 136 1,677 Hong Kong Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Others

complex networks | nonlinear dynamics | control systems |

133,640 40,776 0.305
3 7 134 1,665 Hong Kong Hong Kong University of Hong Kong University of Hong Kong Natural Sciences / Physics

Optics | photonics | materials physics | metamaterials | plasmonics |

133,994 70,475 0.526
2 9 153 1,894 Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Engineering & Technology / Computer Science

Artificial Intelligence | Transfer Learning | Federated Learning | Machine Learning and Data Mining |

125,321 78,989 0.630
3 10 157 1,971 Hong Kong Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Computer vision | pattern recognition | machine learning |

122,543 93,877 0.766
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3 11 172 2,140 Hong Kong Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Engineering & Technology / Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Materials Science and Engineering | Plasma Science | Surface Science | Biomaterials |

117,049 64,985 0.555
4 12 173 2,159 Hong Kong Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Natural Sciences / Physics

gravitational wave | astrophysics | cosmology |

116,556 89,123 0.765
4 13 212 2,659 Hong Kong Hong Kong University of Hong Kong University of Hong Kong Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacology

Biology |

105,235 14,131 0.134
5 14 215 2,710 Hong Kong Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Others

sleep related breathing disorders | severe acute respiratory infections | prevention of nosocomial infections | common airway disea |

104,082 82,626 0.794
4 16 274 3,354 Hong Kong Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Organic Photonics | Organic Electronics | Energy | Self-Assembly |

93,697 41,250 0.440
1 65 294 3,531 China China The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Engineering & Technology / Computer Science

Biometrics | Pattern Recognition | Image Processing |

91,135 35,606 0.391
5 17 302 3,642 Hong Kong Hong Kong University of Hong Kong University of Hong Kong Others

89,560 67,699 0.756
6 18 327 3,892 Hong Kong Hong Kong University of Hong Kong University of Hong Kong Others

86,229 49,364 0.572
7 19 357 4,149 Hong Kong Hong Kong University of Hong Kong University of Hong Kong Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health

influenza | public health | epidemiology |

83,032 70,078 0.844
6 20 368 4,253 Hong Kong Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Medical and Health Sciences / Gastroenterology

Gastroenterology | Medicine |

81,598 41,239 0.505
5 22 383 4,395 Hong Kong Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Engineering & Technology / Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Materials | organic electronics | photovoltaics |

80,106 35,083 0.438
8 24 397 4,483 Hong Kong Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Natural Sciences / Physics

Physics |

79,307 64,299 0.811
6 25 410 4,614 Hong Kong Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Engineering & Technology / Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Organic electronics devices and nanomaterials for energy | environmental and biomedical applications |

77,937 34,492 0.443
7 23 395 4,475 Hong Kong Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Engineering & Technology / Computer Science

Deep Learning | Computer Vision | Computational Imaging | Machine Learning |

79,364 62,107 0.783
8 26 423 4,730 Hong Kong Hong Kong University of Hong Kong University of Hong Kong Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences

Pharmacy practice | Public Health | Pharmacoeconomics | Pharmacoepedemiology | Primary health |

76,900 31,522 0.410