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Research in Pok Fu Lam

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Pok Fu Lam, China. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Hong Kong.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
88k
▲ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.8M
32.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
31.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Pok Fu Lam

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Pok Fu Lam?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Hong KongUniversity 95,928 #19

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

Which fields of science does Pok Fu Lam work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Pok Fu Lam is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (16%), Medicine (16%), Social Sciences (13%).

Physical Sciences: 8,891 fractional works · 44.1% of its workEngineering: 3,314 fractional works · 16.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 878 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 491 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 304 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 275 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 234 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 223 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 203 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 149 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 133 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 125 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 84 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 83 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 77 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 44 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2,275 fractional works · 11.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 847 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 556 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems: 216 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 206 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 120 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 86 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 80 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 79 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 85 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,034 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 203 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 194 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 153 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 149 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 85 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 76 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 62 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 44 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 67 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 665 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 426 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 86 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 58 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 53 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 563 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 236 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 104 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 81 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 75 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 68 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 370 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 108 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 80 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 70 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 48 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 64 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 247 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 143 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 104 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 237 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 85 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 43 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 110 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 143 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 132 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5,346 fractional works · 26.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,537 fractional works · 12.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 784 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEducation: 421 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 323 fractional works · 1.6% of its workTransportation: 153 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 126 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 99 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 99 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 84 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 69 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 68 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 67 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 63 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 53 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 85 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1,070 fractional works · 5.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 289 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 270 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 222 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 211 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 62 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 534 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 152 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 125 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 84 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 62 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 58 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 512 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 328 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 142 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 447 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 122 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 116 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 53 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 157 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 246 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 153 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 49 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 3,905 fractional works · 19.4% of its workMedicine: 3,168 fractional works · 15.7% of its workSurgery: 337 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 284 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 244 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 216 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 191 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 187 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 179 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 163 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 160 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 120 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 86 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 81 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 72 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 68 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 66 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 63 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 62 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 51 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 43 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 452 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 355 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 200 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 48 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 107 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 321 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPeriodontics: 112 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 102 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthodontics: 79 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 54 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 46 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 8 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 2,039 fractional works · 10.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1,141 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 672 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 159 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 122 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 55 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 134 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 437 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 252 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 61 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 58 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 66 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 220 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 71 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 149 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 205 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 163 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 35 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPok Fu Lam20kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences44%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences26%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3,31416.4%
    2. Computer Science2,27511.3%
    3. Environmental Science1,0345.1%
    4. Materials Science6653.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy5632.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences3701.8%
    7. Chemistry2471.2%
    8. Mathematics2371.2%
    9. Energy1430.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering410.2%
  2. Social Sciences5,34626.5%
    1. Social Sciences2,53712.6%
    2. Psychology1,0705.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting5342.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5122.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities4472.2%
    6. Decision Sciences2461.2%
  3. Health Sciences3,90519.4%
    1. Medicine3,16815.7%
    2. Health Professions3551.8%
    3. Dentistry3211.6%
    4. Nursing540.3%
    5. Veterinary80.0%
  4. Life Sciences2,03910.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1,1415.7%
    2. Neuroscience4372.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2201.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology2051.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics350.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Pok Fu Lam strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Pok Fu Lam is most concentrated in Periodontics, Orthodontics and Dentistry (4.0× the world share in Periodontics).

  1. PeriodonticsSubfield · 96.6 works4.0×
  2. OrthodonticsSubfield · 70.2 works3.5×
  3. DentistryField · 275.6 works3.2×
  4. General DentistrySubfield · 23.6 works3.1×
  5. Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 111.8 works2.6×
  6. Oral SurgerySubfield · 85.3 works2.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 188 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.05× its world share, 980 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.00× its world share, 177 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.29× its world share, 369 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 29 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.54× its world share, 33 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.77× its world share, 212 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.43× its world share, 1,946 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 307 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.74× its world share, 120 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.09× its world share, 2,875 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.99× its world share, 867 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.95× its world share, 584 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.98× its world share, 203 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.27× its world share, 494 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.24× its world share, 276 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.69× its world share, 319 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.83× its world share, 2,786 worksMedicineNursing: 0.57× its world share, 49 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.76× its world share, 386 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.86× its world share, 484 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 213 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.27× its world share, 476 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.72× its world share, 918 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 2,259 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry3.24×276 works
  2. Psychology1.72×918 works
  3. Computer Science1.43×1,946 works
  4. Neuroscience1.29×369 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.27×494 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.27×476 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.26×213 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.11×307 works
  9. Engineering1.09×2,875 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.05×980 works
  11. Social Sciences1.02×2,259 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology1.00×177 works
  13. Environmental Science0.99×867 works
  14. Mathematics0.98×203 works
  15. Materials Science0.95×584 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.86×484 works
  17. Medicine0.83×2,786 works
  18. Chemistry0.77×212 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.76×386 works
  20. Energy0.74×120 works
  21. Health Professions0.69×319 works
  22. Nursing0.57×49 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.54×33 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.47×29 works
  25. Veterinary0.27×6 works
  26. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×188 works

Which keywords describe research in Pok Fu Lam?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Epidemiology, Globalization, China, Climate Change and Remote Sensing.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning1,191▲ 1.71×83 topics
  2. Machine Learning812▲ 1.21×93 topics
  3. Epidemiology745◆ 0.93×131 topics
  4. Neural Networks601▲ 1.93×37 topics
  5. Climate Change448▼ 0.82×103 topics
  6. Globalization440◆ 1.11×118 topics
  7. Inflammation388◆ 0.90×83 topics
  8. Sustainability376▼ 0.76×101 topics
  9. Mental Health316◆ 1.09×44 topics
  10. Remote Sensing311▲ 1.26×38 topics
  11. Cancer297◆ 1.10×58 topics
  12. Quality of Life295◆ 1.01×56 topics
  13. Artificial Intelligence293◆ 1.02×55 topics
  14. Public Health283◆ 0.96×57 topics
  15. Oxidative Stress275▼ 0.83×62 topics
  16. Biomedical Applications261◆ 1.09×36 topics
  17. Depression252▲ 1.42×25 topics
  18. COVID-19250◆ 0.95×31 topics
  19. Convolutional Neural Networks225▲ 1.53×14 topics
  20. Regulation222▲ 2.1×25 topics
  21. Nationalism207▲ 2.3×25 topics
  22. Social Support184▲ 1.69×19 topics
  23. Urbanization172▲ 2.1×14 topics
  24. Physical Activity169▲ 1.72×12 topics
  25. Student Engagement162▲ 2.0×15 topics
  26. SARS-CoV-2156▲ 2.5×6 topics
  27. Well-being153▲ 1.95×14 topics
  28. China143▲ 7.7×8 topics
  29. Inequality130▲ 2.8×10 topics
  30. Representation Learning128▲ 4.0×3 topics
  31. Unsupervised Learning125▲ 4.1×3 topics
  32. Self-Regulation117▲ 3.2×6 topics
  33. Academic Achievement116▲ 3.3×10 topics
  34. Dental Caries103▲ 5.0×2 topics
  35. Democratization91▲ 6.9×4 topics
  36. Civic Education85▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Hong Kong Identity81▲ 45×1 topic
  38. Localism81▲ 45×1 topic
  39. Confucianism78▲ 9.8×1 topic
  40. Falun Gong78▲ 9.8×1 topic

What research is done in Pok Fu Lam?

Chinese history and phil…72Chinese history and philosophy: 72 fractional worksHong Kong and Taiwan Pol…71Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics: 71 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 64 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …63SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 63 fractional worksUrban Transport and Acce…62Urban Transport and Accessibility: 62 fractional worksBIM and Construction Integration: 58 fractional worksTopic Modeling58Topic Modeling: 58 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network …53Advanced Neural Network Applications: 53 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 52 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 52 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceComputer Science ApplicationsInfectious DiseasesTransportation5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 72 works
  2. 2 Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics Sociology and Political Science 71 works
  3. 3 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 64 works
  4. 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 63 works
  5. 5 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 62 works
  6. 6 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 58 works
  7. 7 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 58 works
  8. 8 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 53 works
  9. 9 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 52 works
  10. 10 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 52 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Pok Fu Lam28.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 35.4% in 2016.

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