Top 100 Scientists
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations Top 100 Scientists in Hong Kong 2025
Top 100 scientists can be ranked globally or specific to the following regions including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, Oceania, Arab League, ASEAN, EECA, and BRICS based on total H-index scores without any breakdown by subject areas. Top 100 rankings in the world, in a continent, or a region include standardized subjects areas of Agriculture & Forestry, Arts, Design and Architecture, Business & Management, Economics & Econometrics, Education, Engineering & Technology, History, Philosophy, Theology, Law/Law and Legal Studies, Medical and Health Sciences, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Art and Humanities Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Rankings BETA VERSION. Subject field ranking in world, region, country and university is beta version since subject field "others" (873,898 scientists profile whose branch cannot be determined, not yet edited or determined) is excluded, so the ranking will change as the others fields are edited. Please note that. Subjects indicated as “ * others ” will not be included in the ranking by regions and subjects.
Political economy
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119
836
56,228
international management
entrepreneurship
family business
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43
59
8,189
Comparative Politics
Europe
multi-level governance
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36
85
4,820
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
politics
myanmar
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34
71
6,078
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Southeast Asian Studies
East Asian politics
Philippine politics
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33
72
4,381
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ethnic politics in China
China/Africa links
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33
60
4,176
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Political Science - Public Administration
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32
62
3,031
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Comparative Politics
Politics of Southeast Asia
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32
59
3,573
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
China
civil service reform
public administration
political participation
administrative reform
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32
60
4,255
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
International Strategy
Non-market Strategy
Institutional Environment
Emerging Market Firms
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Citation
31
38
11,109
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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
comparative historical development
the Chinese political economy
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31
54
5,618
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Conceptual Metaphor Theory
Language and Politics
Lexical Semantics
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Citation
30
62
2,954
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
public administration and management
development
public policy
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Citation
27
55
2,060
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Political Science
Public Health
Health Economics
Health Policy
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Citation
26
72
4,066
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
audit fee
corporate governance
executive compensation
political connections
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25
32
3,391
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Chinese politics
contentious politics
political trust
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25
29
7,975
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
political communication
social media
data science
computational social science
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23
32
1,771
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
mobility and territoriality
platform urbanism
precarity
creative cities
cultural politics
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23
35
1,464
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Confucianism
political philosophy
social cohesion
Hong Kong
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Citation
23
34
3,807
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Political Science
Public Administration
Cinema Studies
Sociology
Singapore
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Citation
22
37
1,971
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
political sociology
public opinion
digital governance
science of science
methodology
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21
31
1,836
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
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21
31
1,369
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Citizenship
Civic Education
Political Behaviour
Political Psychology
Youth Development
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Citation
20
25
1,557
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Institutional Analysis
Commons
Policy Analysis
Water Governance
Hong Kong
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Citation
20
28
2,548
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Comparative Politics
Civil-Military Relations
Parliament
Contentious Politics
Myanmar
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Citation
20
35
1,436
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Political Science
International Relations
Public Policy
China-US relations
East Asian international relations
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Citation
19
28
1,236
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Politics
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Citation
19
25
1,140
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
International relations
international political economy
development
Chinese foreign policy
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Citation
18
33
3,267
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
International Development
Regional Planning
Economic Geography
Climate Change
Air Pollution
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Citation
18
26
1,868
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
democratic theory
Confucianism
Chinese political thought
comparative political theory
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Citation
18
39
1,341
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Political theory
deliberative democracy
cosmopolitanism
civil disobedience
direct action
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18
26
1,358
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Comparative politics
Asian politics
Singapore politics
Hong Kong politics
Chinese and Vietnamese politics
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17
24
1,525
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Comparative Politics
Chinese Political Economy
Corruption and Anticorruption
Information Politics
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17
22
1,159
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Comparative politics
International relations
China
Southeast Asia
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16
26
1,140
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
embodied sociolinguistics
language gender & biopolitics
intersex studies
medical humanities
queer/femin. science studies
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16
21
793
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Political communication
Public opinion
Social media
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Citation
15
18
1,343
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Elections
Authoritarian Politics
Chinese Politics
Hong Kong Politics
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15
18
693
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
European Studies
Political Science
International Relations
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Citation
15
23
1,034
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
identity politics
political culture and participation
civil society
democratization
state
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15
21
820
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
China politics
political economy
international relations
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15
19
1,051
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Comparative political development
Thailand
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Citation
14
16
1,496
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Chinese politics
social movements
authoritarian regimes
democratization
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13
13
1,204
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Comparative political economy
Chinese politics
development
local governance
resource governance
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13
16
576
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
international relations
political science
Asian studies
Japanese studies
intelligence
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11
14
404
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Political Economy
Economic History
Development Economics
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10
10
1,287
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
politics
critique
中华人民共和
theory
global studies
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10
10
556
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
political economy
development economics
economics of education
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8
8
689
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Political theory of work
Corporate power
Workplace democracy
Platform economy
Labour injustice
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7
7
276
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
International Relations Theory
Diplomacy
Security Studies
Political Psychology
China
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6
6
242
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Comparative Politics
Chinese Politics
Authoritarianism
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6
5
148
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
political philosophy
moral philosophy
Chinese philosophy
comparative philosophy
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6
4
96
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Comparative Politics
Political Communication
Contentious Politics
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5
5
98
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
political philosophy
social philosophy
PPE
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5
3
58
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Political Science
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5
5
134
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
political philosophy
Christian ethics
Confucianism
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Citation
4
1
53
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
political theory
democratic theory
Confucian political theory
Chinese political thought
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Citation
4
1
41
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Comparative Politics
China and Vietnam
Adaptive Political Economy
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H-Index
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Citation
2
1
33
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
International Relations
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Citation
2
1
16
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Geopolitics
EU-China Relations
Asia-Europe relations
EU Governance
International Relations
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Citation
1
1
33
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
political philosophy
Chinese philosophy
ethics and public affairs
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Citation
1
0
1
Shaoguang Wang 王绍光
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
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119
836
56,228
Kevin Au
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
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43
59
8,189
international management
entrepreneurship
family business
Alistair Cole
Hong Kong Baptist University
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
36
85
4,820
Comparative Politics
Europe
multi-level governance
Ian Holliday
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
34
71
6,078
Mark Richard Thompson
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
33
72
4,381
Southeast Asian Studies
East Asian politics
Philippine politics
Sautman Barry V
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
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33
60
4,176
Ethnic politics in China
China/Africa links
Ting Gong
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
32
62
3,031
Political Science - Public Administration
William Case
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
32
59
3,573
Comparative Politics
Politics of Southeast Asia
John P Burns
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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H-Index
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Citation Counts
32
60
4,255
China
civil service reform
public administration
political participation
administrative reform
Jane Wenzhen Lu
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
31
38
11,109
International Strategy
Non-market Strategy
Institutional Environment
Emerging Market Firms
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James Kai Sing Kung
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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31
54
5,618
comparative historical development
the Chinese political economy
Kathleen Ahrens
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30
62
2,954
Conceptual Metaphor Theory
Language and Politics
Lexical Semantics
Ahmed Shafiqul Huque
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
27
55
2,060
public administration and management
development
public policy
Ming Wai Kit
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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H-Index
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Citation Counts
26
72
4,066
Political Science
Public Health
Health Economics
Health Policy
Ty Leung
Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
25
32
3,391
audit fee
corporate governance
executive compensation
political connections
Lianjiang Li
Lingnan University
Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
25
29
7,975
Chinese politics
contentious politics
political trust
Hai Liang|梁海
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
23
32
1,771
political communication
social media
data science
computational social science
June Wang
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
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H-Index
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Citation Counts
23
35
1,464
mobility and territoriality
platform urbanism
precarity
creative cities
cultural politics
Joseph Chan
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Metrics
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Citation Counts
23
34
3,807
Confucianism
political philosophy
social cohesion
Hong Kong
Kenneth Paul Tan
Hong Kong Baptist University
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
22
37
1,971
Political Science
Public Administration
Cinema Studies
Sociology
Singapore
Edmund W Cheng
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
21
31
1,836
political sociology
public opinion
digital governance
science of science
methodology
Yep Ray
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
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21
31
1,369
Frank Reichert
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
20
25
1,557
Citizenship
Civic Education
Political Behaviour
Political Psychology
Youth Development
Wai Fung Lam
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
20
28
2,548
Institutional Analysis
Commons
Policy Analysis
Water Governance
Hong Kong
Renaud Egreteau
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
20
35
1,436
Comparative Politics
Civil-Military Relations
Parliament
Contentious Politics
Myanmar
Weixing Hu
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
19
28
1,236
Political Science
International Relations
Public Policy
China-US relations
East Asian international relations
Linda Chelan Li 李芝蘭
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
19
25
1,140
Austin Strange
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
18
33
3,267
International relations
international political economy
development
Chinese foreign policy
Kyung Min Nam
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
18
26
1,868
International Development
Regional Planning
Economic Geography
Climate Change
Air Pollution
Sungmoon Kim
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
18
39
1,341
democratic theory
Confucianism
Chinese political thought
comparative political theory
William Smith
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
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18
26
1,358
Political theory
deliberative democracy
cosmopolitanism
civil disobedience
direct action
Stephan Ortmann
Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
17
24
1,525
Comparative politics
Asian politics
Singapore politics
Hong Kong politics
Chinese and Vietnamese politics
Jiangnan Zhu
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
17
22
1,159
Comparative Politics
Chinese Political Economy
Corruption and Anticorruption
Information Politics
Enze Han
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
16
26
1,140
Comparative politics
International relations
China
Southeast Asia
Brian W King
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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16
21
793
embodied sociolinguistics
language gender & biopolitics
intersex studies
medical humanities
queer/femin. science studies
Gary Tang|Gary K. Y. Tang, G. K. Y. Tang, 鄧鍵一
Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
Lek Yuen Estate, Hong Kong
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15
18
1,343
Political communication
Public opinion
Social media
Stan Hok Wui Wong
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15
18
693
Elections
Authoritarian Politics
Chinese Politics
Hong Kong Politics
Stefan Auer
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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15
23
1,034
European Studies
Political Science
International Relations
Wai-Man Lam
Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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15
21
820
identity politics
political culture and participation
civil society
democratization
state
Tim Summers
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
15
19
1,051
China politics
political economy
international relations
Federico Ferrara
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
14
16
1,496
Comparative political development
Thailand
Xi Chen (陈曦)
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
13
13
1,204
Chinese politics
social movements
authoritarian regimes
democratization
Jing Vivian Zhan 詹晶|詹晶
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Metrics
H-Index
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Citation Counts
13
16
576
Comparative political economy
Chinese politics
development
local governance
resource governance
Brad Williams
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
Metrics
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Citation Counts
11
14
404
international relations
political science
Asian studies
Japanese studies
intelligence
Ting Chen
Hong Kong Baptist University
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Metrics
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Citation Counts
10
10
1,287
Political Economy
Economic History
Development Economics
Daniel F Vukovich 胡德
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Metrics
H-Index
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Citation Counts
10
10
556
politics
critique
中华人民共和
theory
global studies
Li Han
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Metrics
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Citation Counts
8
8
689
political economy
development economics
economics of education
Political theory of work
Corporate power
Workplace democracy
Platform economy
Labour injustice
Seanon Wong
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Metrics
H-Index
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Citation Counts
6
6
242
International Relations Theory
Diplomacy
Security Studies
Political Psychology
China
Dongshu Liu
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
6
5
148
Comparative Politics
Chinese Politics
Authoritarianism
Baldwin Wong
Hong Kong Baptist University
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Metrics
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Citation Counts
6
4
96
political philosophy
moral philosophy
Chinese philosophy
comparative philosophy
Comparative Politics
Political Communication
Contentious Politics
Adam F Gibbons
Lingnan University
Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
5
3
58
political philosophy
social philosophy
PPE
Alain Guilloux
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
5
5
134
Tsz Wan Andrew Hung
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Citation Counts
4
1
53
political philosophy
Christian ethics
Confucianism
Yutang Jin
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
4
1
41
political theory
democratic theory
Confucian political theory
Chinese political thought
Warren Wenzhi Lu
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Metrics
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Citation Counts
2
1
33
Comparative Politics
China and Vietnam
Adaptive Political Economy
Alexis Leggeri
City University of Hong Kong
Coimbatore, Hong Kong
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Citation Counts
2
1
16
International Relations
Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa|Contin Trillo-Figueroa, Sebastian
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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1
1
33
Geopolitics
EU-China Relations
Asia-Europe relations
EU Governance
International Relations
Lai Cheuk Bun
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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1
0
1
political philosophy
Chinese philosophy
ethics and public affairs