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University of Hong Kong
Short name
HKU
Country, city
China, Hong Kong
Publications
103 981
Citations
3 469 188
h-index
508
Top-3 journals
SSRN Electronic Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal (1449 publications)
PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE (866 publications)
Top-3 organizations
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Chinese University of Hong Kong (5770 publications)
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong Polytechnic University (3685 publications)
Sun Yat-sen University
Sun Yat-sen University (3029 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
University College London
University College London (1583 publications)
Harvard University
Harvard University (1578 publications)
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne (1519 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1927

Total publications
103981
Total citations
3469188
Citations per publication
33.36
Average publications per year
1050.31
Average authors per publication
22.23
h-index
508
Metrics description
h-index
A scientist has an h-index if h of his N publications are cited at least h times each, while the remaining (N - h) publications are cited no more than h times each.

Top-30

Fields of science

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General Medicine, 10545, 10.14%
General Medicine
10545 publications, 10.14%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 4142, 3.98%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
4142 publications, 3.98%
Oncology, 3725, 3.58%
Oncology
3725 publications, 3.58%
General Chemistry, 3657, 3.52%
General Chemistry
3657 publications, 3.52%
Biochemistry, 3632, 3.49%
Biochemistry
3632 publications, 3.49%
General Materials Science, 3352, 3.22%
General Materials Science
3352 publications, 3.22%
Computer Science Applications, 3187, 3.06%
Computer Science Applications
3187 publications, 3.06%
Cancer Research, 3129, 3.01%
Cancer Research
3129 publications, 3.01%
Surgery, 3061, 2.94%
Surgery
3061 publications, 2.94%
Molecular Biology, 3043, 2.93%
Molecular Biology
3043 publications, 2.93%
Condensed Matter Physics, 2918, 2.81%
Condensed Matter Physics
2918 publications, 2.81%
Mechanical Engineering, 2916, 2.8%
Mechanical Engineering
2916 publications, 2.8%
Multidisciplinary, 2541, 2.44%
Multidisciplinary
2541 publications, 2.44%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 2502, 2.41%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
2502 publications, 2.41%
Psychiatry and Mental health, 2457, 2.36%
Psychiatry and Mental health
2457 publications, 2.36%
Civil and Structural Engineering, 2411, 2.32%
Civil and Structural Engineering
2411 publications, 2.32%
Cell Biology, 2351, 2.26%
Cell Biology
2351 publications, 2.26%
General Physics and Astronomy, 2322, 2.23%
General Physics and Astronomy
2322 publications, 2.23%
Genetics, 2227, 2.14%
Genetics
2227 publications, 2.14%
Infectious Diseases, 2205, 2.12%
Infectious Diseases
2205 publications, 2.12%
Mechanics of Materials, 2121, 2.04%
Mechanics of Materials
2121 publications, 2.04%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 2100, 2.02%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
2100 publications, 2.02%
Applied Mathematics, 2095, 2.01%
Applied Mathematics
2095 publications, 2.01%
Education, 1999, 1.92%
Education
1999 publications, 1.92%
Immunology, 1918, 1.84%
Immunology
1918 publications, 1.84%
Geography, Planning and Development, 1913, 1.84%
Geography, Planning and Development
1913 publications, 1.84%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 1739, 1.67%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
1739 publications, 1.67%
Building and Construction, 1731, 1.66%
Building and Construction
1731 publications, 1.66%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 1721, 1.66%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
1721 publications, 1.66%
Pharmacology, 1703, 1.64%
Pharmacology
1703 publications, 1.64%
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Journals

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SSRN Electronic Journal
1449 publications, 1.39%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
971 publications, 0.93%
PLoS ONE
866 publications, 0.83%
Physical Review B
684 publications, 0.66%
Scientific Reports
661 publications, 0.64%
Cancer Research
625 publications, 0.6%
Nature Communications
568 publications, 0.55%
Applied Physics Letters
326 publications, 0.31%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
306 publications, 0.29%
Journal of High Energy Physics
296 publications, 0.28%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
294 publications, 0.28%
Journal of Applied Physics
286 publications, 0.28%
Astrophysical Journal
284 publications, 0.27%
Science of the Total Environment
277 publications, 0.27%
Journal of the American Chemical Society
269 publications, 0.26%
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
266 publications, 0.26%
Blood
248 publications, 0.24%
Physical Review Letters
247 publications, 0.24%
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
241 publications, 0.23%
Journal of Clinical Oncology
236 publications, 0.23%
European Physical Journal C
232 publications, 0.22%
Building and Environment
222 publications, 0.21%
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
222 publications, 0.21%
FASEB Journal
214 publications, 0.21%
Journal of Vision
211 publications, 0.2%
Chemical Communications
210 publications, 0.2%
ACS applied materials & interfaces
208 publications, 0.2%
Environmental Science & Technology
205 publications, 0.2%
Journal of Virology
199 publications, 0.19%
Angewandte Chemie
195 publications, 0.19%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
27052 publications, 26.02%
Springer Nature
16321 publications, 15.7%
Wiley
13495 publications, 12.98%
Taylor & Francis
4982 publications, 4.79%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
3961 publications, 3.81%
SAGE
3444 publications, 3.31%
Oxford University Press
3223 publications, 3.1%
MDPI
2248 publications, 2.16%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
2109 publications, 2.03%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
1428 publications, 1.37%
American Physical Society (APS)
1415 publications, 1.36%
Frontiers Media S.A.
1371 publications, 1.32%
Cambridge University Press
1281 publications, 1.23%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
1281 publications, 1.23%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
1148 publications, 1.1%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1004 publications, 0.97%
BMJ
962 publications, 0.93%
AIP Publishing
915 publications, 0.88%
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
771 publications, 0.74%
IOP Publishing
681 publications, 0.65%
Emerald
660 publications, 0.63%
Hindawi Limited
635 publications, 0.61%
American Society for Microbiology
578 publications, 0.56%
S. Karger AG
504 publications, 0.48%
World Scientific
477 publications, 0.46%
American Astronomical Society
357 publications, 0.34%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
325 publications, 0.31%
Optica Publishing Group
320 publications, 0.31%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
305 publications, 0.29%
Mary Ann Liebert
297 publications, 0.29%
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With other organizations

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Chinese University of Hong Kong
5770 publications, 5.55%
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
3685 publications, 3.54%
Sun Yat-sen University
3029 publications, 2.91%
City University of Hong Kong
2802 publications, 2.69%
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2639 publications, 2.54%
Peking University
1989 publications, 1.91%
Tsinghua University
1936 publications, 1.86%
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
1772 publications, 1.7%
Nanjing University
1626 publications, 1.56%
University College London
1583 publications, 1.52%
Harvard University
1578 publications, 1.52%
University of Melbourne
1519 publications, 1.46%
University of Toronto
1413 publications, 1.36%
University of Sydney
1401 publications, 1.35%
University of Science and Technology of China
1391 publications, 1.34%
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
1382 publications, 1.33%
Zhejiang University
1336 publications, 1.28%
University of Oxford
1314 publications, 1.26%
Hong Kong Baptist University
1244 publications, 1.2%
University of Cambridge
1224 publications, 1.18%
National University of Singapore
1164 publications, 1.12%
University of British Columbia
1126 publications, 1.08%
Fudan University
1114 publications, 1.07%
Southern University of Science and Technology
1099 publications, 1.06%
University of Birmingham
1091 publications, 1.05%
Shenzhen University
1061 publications, 1.02%
University of Washington
1056 publications, 1.02%
Jinan University
1044 publications, 1%
Shandong University
1005 publications, 0.97%
Yale University
985 publications, 0.95%
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With foreign organizations

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University College London
1583 publications, 1.52%
Harvard University
1578 publications, 1.52%
University of Melbourne
1519 publications, 1.46%
University of Toronto
1413 publications, 1.36%
University of Sydney
1401 publications, 1.35%
University of Oxford
1314 publications, 1.26%
University of Cambridge
1224 publications, 1.18%
National University of Singapore
1164 publications, 1.12%
University of British Columbia
1126 publications, 1.08%
University of Birmingham
1091 publications, 1.05%
University of Washington
1056 publications, 1.02%
Yale University
985 publications, 0.95%
King's College London
979 publications, 0.94%
University of Michigan
979 publications, 0.94%
McGill University
949 publications, 0.91%
University of Manchester
907 publications, 0.87%
University of Edinburgh
894 publications, 0.86%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
892 publications, 0.86%
University of Tokyo
889 publications, 0.85%
University of Pennsylvania
879 publications, 0.85%
Imperial College London
869 publications, 0.84%
University of Alberta
836 publications, 0.8%
Stanford University
835 publications, 0.8%
University of Copenhagen
825 publications, 0.79%
University of California, Berkeley
810 publications, 0.78%
University of Chicago
809 publications, 0.78%
University of São Paulo
804 publications, 0.77%
University of Adelaide
801 publications, 0.77%
University of Pittsburgh
800 publications, 0.77%
University of Liverpool
799 publications, 0.77%
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With other countries

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USA, 15882, 15.27%
USA
15882 publications, 15.27%
United Kingdom, 8717, 8.38%
United Kingdom
8717 publications, 8.38%
Australia, 6112, 5.88%
Australia
6112 publications, 5.88%
Canada, 4380, 4.21%
Canada
4380 publications, 4.21%
Germany, 3329, 3.2%
Germany
3329 publications, 3.2%
Japan, 3172, 3.05%
Japan
3172 publications, 3.05%
Singapore, 2847, 2.74%
Singapore
2847 publications, 2.74%
France, 2453, 2.36%
France
2453 publications, 2.36%
Italy, 2386, 2.29%
Italy
2386 publications, 2.29%
Netherlands, 2186, 2.1%
Netherlands
2186 publications, 2.1%
Republic of Korea, 1808, 1.74%
Republic of Korea
1808 publications, 1.74%
Switzerland, 1769, 1.7%
Switzerland
1769 publications, 1.7%
Spain, 1731, 1.66%
Spain
1731 publications, 1.66%
Sweden, 1630, 1.57%
Sweden
1630 publications, 1.57%
Denmark, 1402, 1.35%
Denmark
1402 publications, 1.35%
Brazil, 1282, 1.23%
Brazil
1282 publications, 1.23%
India, 1146, 1.1%
India
1146 publications, 1.1%
Austria, 1087, 1.05%
Austria
1087 publications, 1.05%
South Africa, 1073, 1.03%
South Africa
1073 publications, 1.03%
Israel, 1018, 0.98%
Israel
1018 publications, 0.98%
Norway, 1008, 0.97%
Norway
1008 publications, 0.97%
Poland, 924, 0.89%
Poland
924 publications, 0.89%
Malaysia, 914, 0.88%
Malaysia
914 publications, 0.88%
Russia, 889, 0.85%
Russia
889 publications, 0.85%
New Zealand, 878, 0.84%
New Zealand
878 publications, 0.84%
Portugal, 870, 0.84%
Portugal
870 publications, 0.84%
Turkey, 861, 0.83%
Turkey
861 publications, 0.83%
Greece, 859, 0.83%
Greece
859 publications, 0.83%
Czech Republic, 858, 0.83%
Czech Republic
858 publications, 0.83%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1927 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.
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