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Research in Shatin

Science Explorer records 42 research institutions in Shatin, China. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Union Hospital, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation and Prince of Wales Hospital.

Research institutions
42
6 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
20k
▲ 61% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
28.7%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Shatin?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Union HospitalHospital / health system 8,764 #664
2Prince of Wales HospitalHospital / health system 7,272 #4,171
3Hong Kong Jockey ClubNonprofit 1,570 #4,285
4Hang Seng University of Hong KongUniversity 776 #8,971
5Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks CorporationNonprofit 581 #1,924
6Applied Science and Technology Research InstituteResearch facility 358 #16,102
7Shatin HospitalHospital / health system 337 #21,269 all time
8Advanced Materials Enterprises (China)Company 286 #34,825 all time
9Radica Systems (China)Company 51 not ranked
10Hai Kang Life (China)Company 46 not ranked
11Hong Kong Biotechnology OrganizationNonprofit 43 not ranked
12TDK (China)Company 34 not ranked
13Amos Enterprise (China)Company 34 not ranked
14Compass Technology (China)Company 31 not ranked
15Well Being Digital (China)Company 26 not ranked
16Hong Kong Institute of BiotechnologyNonprofit 19 not ranked
17Asian Association for Dynamic OsteosynthesisInstitution 18 not ranked
18Grant Technology (China)Company 18 not ranked
19ConvenientPower Systems (China)Company 17 not ranked
20Solomon Systech (China)Company 15 not ranked
21Acoustic Arc (China)Company 12 not ranked
22Global Technic Enterprises (China)Company 12 not ranked
23Amasic (China)Company 10 not ranked
24Vitargent (China)Company 5 not ranked
25Hong Kong Business Angel NetworkInstitution 4 not ranked
26Vitelic Technology (China)Company 4 not ranked
27Rehab-Robotics (China)Company 4 not ranked
28Dracaena Life (China)Company 3 not ranked
29Hong Kong Organic Waste Recycling CentreNonprofit 2 not ranked
30Hong Kong RFID (China)Company 2 not ranked
31B-Free Technology (China)Company 2 not ranked
32Zensis (China)Company 2 not ranked
33AdvanPro (China)Company 1 not ranked
34Dragonchip (China)Company 1 not ranked
35Waste & Environmental Technologies (China)Company 1 not ranked
36iMusicTech (China)Company 1 not ranked
37Atpath Technologies (China)Company 1 not ranked
38Athenex (China)Company 1 not ranked
39GeneHarbor (China)Company 1 not ranked
40Tech Dragon Limited (China)Company 0 not ranked
41Clovergreen (China)Company 0 not ranked
42Anpac Semiconductor (China)Company 0 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Union Hospital: 43.0%Prince of Wales Hospital: 35.7%Hong Kong Jockey Club: 7.7%Hang Seng University of Hong Kong: 3.8%35 others listed: 9.7%43%largest
Union Hospital8,764 · 43.0%Prince of Wales Hospital7,272 · 35.7%Hong Kong Jockey Club1,570 · 7.7%Hang Seng University of Hong Kong776 · 3.8%35 others listed1,983 · 9.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

What is Shatin strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Shatin is most concentrated in Cancer Research, Hepatology and Immunology (6.0× the world share in Cancer Research).

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 125.6 works6.0×
  2. HepatologySubfield · 53.2 works5.8×
  3. ImmunologySubfield · 153.4 works4.6×
  4. OncologySubfield · 245.7 works4.5×
  5. GastroenterologySubfield · 24.7 works4.4×
  6. NephrologySubfield · 44.4 works4.3×
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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.

Which keywords describe research in Shatin?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Cancer, Epidemiology, Tumor Microenvironment, Oxidative Stress, Immunotherapy, Chemotherapy and Immunity.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Inflammation374▲ 3.7×83 topics
  2. Epidemiology372▲ 1.96×131 topics
  3. Cancer314▲ 4.9×56 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress209▲ 2.7×59 topics
  5. Immunotherapy151▲ 4.4×19 topics
  6. Tumor Microenvironment151▲ 7.1×8 topics
  7. Chemotherapy142▲ 4.2×25 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease135▲ 2.5×38 topics
  9. Treatment133▲ 2.3×51 topics
  10. Biomarkers125▲ 3.8×18 topics
  11. Gene Expression120▲ 4.1×19 topics
  12. Immunity114▲ 5.9×11 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines111▲ 4.2×14 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome107▲ 2.7×24 topics
  15. Diagnosis104▲ 2.3×41 topics
  16. Immune Response96▲ 3.5×22 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors93▲ 4.4×14 topics
  18. Management88▲ 2.4×30 topics
  19. Cancer Therapy86▲ 3.2×20 topics
  20. Obesity86▲ 2.4×26 topics
  21. Metastasis82▲ 5.0×12 topics
  22. Cell Death81▲ 7.2×6 topics
  23. Drug Delivery77▲ 3.0×15 topics
  24. Metabolism75▲ 3.0×30 topics
  25. Regulation73▲ 2.8×19 topics
  26. Diabetes72▲ 3.1×22 topics
  27. Angiogenesis72▲ 4.6×16 topics
  28. Radiotherapy72▲ 3.9×13 topics
  29. Insulin Resistance71▲ 3.3×10 topics
  30. Biogenesis70▲ 8.3×3 topics
  31. Innate Immunity67▲ 4.4×11 topics
  32. Reactive Oxygen Species66▲ 3.4×14 topics
  33. SARS-CoV-266▲ 4.2×6 topics
  34. Hepatocellular Carcinoma61▲ 6.0×3 topics
  35. Tumor Targeting55▲ 6.5×3 topics
  36. Epigenetic Regulation54▲ 5.3×6 topics
  37. Cancer Progression54▲ 6.1×8 topics
  38. Cancer Immunotherapy48▲ 6.5×3 topics
  39. Lipid Peroxidation46▲ 9.1×3 topics
  40. Ferroptosis44▲ 12×1 topic

What research is done in Shatin?

  1. 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 44 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 40 works
  3. 3 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 35 works
  4. 4 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 35 works
  5. 5 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 30 works
  6. 6 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 29 works
  7. 7 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 28 works
  8. 8 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 28 works
  9. 9 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 27 works
  10. 10 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 26 works

Research output over time

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