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Research in Shatin

Science Explorer records 41 research institutions in Shatin, China. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation, Union Hospital and Hong Kong Jockey Club.

Research institutions
41
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
20k
▲ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
521k
25.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
28.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Shatin

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 Shatin?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Union HospitalHospital / health system 8,764 #964
2Hong Kong Jockey ClubNonprofit 1,570 #1,512
3Hang Seng University of Hong KongUniversity 776 #6,805
4Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks CorporationNonprofit 581 #896
5Applied Science and Technology Research InstituteResearch facility 358 #16,400
6Shatin HospitalHospital / health system 337 #4,325 all time
7Advanced Materials Enterprises (China)Company 286 #24,507 all time
8Radica Systems (China)Company 51 not ranked
9Hai Kang Life (China)Company 46 not ranked
10Hong Kong Biotechnology OrganizationNonprofit 43 not ranked
11TDK (China)Company 34 not ranked
12Amos Enterprise (China)Company 34 not ranked
13Compass Technology (China)Company 31 not ranked
14Well Being Digital (China)Company 26 not ranked
15Hong Kong Institute of BiotechnologyNonprofit 19 not ranked
16Asian Association for Dynamic OsteosynthesisInstitution 18 not ranked
17Grant Technology (China)Company 18 not ranked
18ConvenientPower Systems (China)Company 17 not ranked
19Solomon Systech (China)Company 15 not ranked
20Acoustic Arc (China)Company 12 not ranked
21Global Technic Enterprises (China)Company 12 not ranked
22Amasic (China)Company 10 not ranked
23Vitargent (China)Company 5 not ranked
24Hong Kong Business Angel NetworkInstitution 4 not ranked
25Vitelic Technology (China)Company 4 not ranked
26Rehab-Robotics (China)Company 4 not ranked
27Dracaena Life (China)Company 3 not ranked
28Hong Kong Organic Waste Recycling CentreNonprofit 2 not ranked
29Hong Kong RFID (China)Company 2 not ranked
30B-Free Technology (China)Company 2 not ranked
31Zensis (China)Company 2 not ranked
32AdvanPro (China)Company 1 not ranked
33Dragonchip (China)Company 1 not ranked
34Waste & Environmental Technologies (China)Company 1 not ranked
35iMusicTech (China)Company 1 not ranked
36Atpath Technologies (China)Company 1 not ranked
37Athenex (China)Company 1 not ranked
38GeneHarbor (China)Company 1 not ranked
39Tech Dragon Limited (China)Company 0 not ranked
40Clovergreen (China)Company 0 not ranked
41Anpac Semiconductor (China)Company 0 not ranked

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.

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: 66.9%Hong Kong Jockey Club: 12.0%Hang Seng University of Hong Kong: 5.9%Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation: 4.4%34 others listed: 10.7%67%largest
Union Hospital8,764 · 66.9%Hong Kong Jockey Club1,570 · 12.0%Hang Seng University of Hong Kong776 · 5.9%Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation581 · 4.4%34 others listed1,402 · 10.7%

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

Which fields of science does Shatin work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research in Shatin is in Health Sciences, 23% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (50%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (15%), Engineering (6%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 2,825 fractional works · 52.9% of its workMedicine: 2,668 fractional works · 50.0% of its workSurgery: 359 fractional works · 6.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 293 fractional works · 5.5% of its workOncology: 269 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEpidemiology: 202 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 133 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 106 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 100 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 98 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 97 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 92 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRheumatology: 76 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 75 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 74 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHepatology: 60 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 54 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNephrology: 50 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 44 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 42 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 93 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 45 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,228 fractional works · 23.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 785 fractional works · 14.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 469 fractional works · 8.8% of its workCancer Research: 134 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 72 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 41 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiotechnology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 194 fractional works · 3.6% of its workImmunology: 170 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 158 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNeurology: 49 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSensory Systems: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 62 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 821 fractional works · 15.4% of its workEngineering: 342 fractional works · 6.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 154 fractional works · 2.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 70 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 146 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 48 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 118 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 56 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomaterials: 38 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 89 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 43 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiation: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 467 fractional works · 8.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 182 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 71 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 115 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 47 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 69 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 54 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 36 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKShatin5,340fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences23%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences53%Social Sciences9%

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. Health Sciences2,82552.9%
    1. Medicine2,66850.0%
    2. Health Professions931.7%
    3. Nursing300.6%
    4. Dentistry180.3%
    5. Veterinary160.3%
  2. Life Sciences1,22823.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology78514.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology1943.6%
    3. Neuroscience1583.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences621.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics290.5%
    1. Engineering3426.4%
    2. Computer Science1462.7%
    3. Materials Science1182.2%
    4. Environmental Science891.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy430.8%
    6. Chemistry370.7%
    7. Mathematics190.4%
    8. Energy120.2%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences100.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering40.1%
    1. Social Sciences1823.4%
    2. Psychology1152.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting691.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance541.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities280.5%
    6. Decision Sciences210.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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×
← 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, 53 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.77× its world share, 708 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.60× its world share, 174 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.82× its world share, 142 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.48× its world share, 25 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.45× its world share, 34 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 132 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 11 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 305 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 74 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.62× its world share, 103 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 18 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 38 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.74× its world share, 17 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.66× its world share, 84 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.63× its world share, 2,421 worksMedicineNursing: 1.15× its world share, 27 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.90× its world share, 12 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 22 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 60 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 18 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.49× its world share, 50 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.67× its world share, 98 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 160 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology3.60×174 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.77×708 works
  3. Medicine2.63×2,421 works
  4. Veterinary1.90×12 works
  5. Neuroscience1.82×142 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.48×25 works
  7. Nursing1.15×27 works
  8. Dentistry0.74×17 works
  9. Psychology0.67×98 works
  10. Health Professions0.66×84 works
  11. Materials Science0.62×103 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.49×50 works
  13. Chemistry0.45×34 works
  14. Engineering0.42×305 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.39×60 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.39×18 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.36×38 works
  18. Computer Science0.35×132 works
  19. Environmental Science0.31×74 works
  20. Mathematics0.31×18 works
  21. Social Sciences0.26×160 works
  22. Energy0.24×11 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×53 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.21×4 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.16×22 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×8 works

Which keywords describe research in Shatin?

By fractional works in 2022-now, 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-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. Epidemiology416▲ 1.95×131 topics
  2. Inflammation415▲ 3.6×83 topics
  3. Cancer342▲ 4.8×57 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress231▲ 2.6×59 topics
  5. Immunotherapy168▲ 4.3×19 topics
  6. Tumor Microenvironment166▲ 6.9×8 topics
  7. Chemotherapy158▲ 4.2×25 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease150▲ 2.5×38 topics
  9. Treatment147▲ 2.3×51 topics
  10. Biomarkers136▲ 3.6×18 topics
  11. Gene Expression132▲ 4.0×19 topics
  12. Immunity124▲ 5.8×11 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines122▲ 4.1×14 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome118▲ 2.7×24 topics
  15. Diagnosis116▲ 2.3×41 topics
  16. Immune Response104▲ 3.4×22 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors101▲ 4.4×14 topics
  18. Management99▲ 2.3×32 topics
  19. Cancer Therapy96▲ 3.1×20 topics
  20. Obesity95▲ 2.3×26 topics
  21. Metastasis89▲ 4.9×12 topics
  22. Cell Death88▲ 6.8×6 topics
  23. Drug Delivery87▲ 3.0×15 topics
  24. Metabolism86▲ 3.1×31 topics
  25. Diabetes83▲ 3.1×22 topics
  26. Angiogenesis82▲ 4.6×16 topics
  27. Regulation80▲ 2.8×19 topics
  28. Radiotherapy79▲ 3.8×13 topics
  29. Innate Immunity76▲ 4.4×11 topics
  30. Insulin Resistance76▲ 3.1×10 topics
  31. Biogenesis74▲ 8.1×3 topics
  32. Reactive Oxygen Species73▲ 3.3×14 topics
  33. SARS-CoV-269▲ 4.3×6 topics
  34. Hepatocellular Carcinoma66▲ 6.0×3 topics
  35. Tumor Targeting64▲ 6.5×3 topics
  36. Cancer Progression57▲ 5.9×8 topics
  37. Cancer Immunotherapy52▲ 6.3×3 topics
  38. Lipid Peroxidation50▲ 8.5×3 topics
  39. Ferroptosis48▲ 11×1 topic
  40. GPX448▲ 11×1 topic

What research is done in Shatin?

Ferroptosis and cancer p…44Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 44 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…40Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 40 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 35 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 35 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 30 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 29 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles in disease: 28 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …28Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 28 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer: 27 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 26 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyCancer ResearchBiomedical Engineering4 others

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

  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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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%Shatin26.3% 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 31.3% in 2023.

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