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Chinese University of Hong Kong

In research, Chinese University of Hong Kong stands highest in Social Sciences (#19 of 10,521 worldwide), Computer Science (#13 of 4,667 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#27 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Linguistics and Language and Geophysics — Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology is 4.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#66
of 28,054 · #220 all time
Rank in Hong Kong
#4
of 21
Research works
74k
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.3M
30.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Chinese University of Hong Kong known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #19 of 10,521 32.9%3,778 #147
Computer ScienceField #13 of 4,667 31.6%1,685 #46
Social SciencesField #27 of 6,365 35.9%1,762 #137
Health SciencesDomain #63 of 11,982 26.6%3,663 #140
MedicineField #61 of 10,443 26.1%3,254 #131
Physical SciencesDomain #86 of 12,888 28.0%5,350 #220
PsychologyField #15 of 2,181 34.1%807 #106
EducationSubfield #20 of 1,892 52.0%250 #62
Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield #3 of 261 40.3%152 —
Language and LinguisticsSubfield #4 of 303 44.5%100 #40

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Chinese University of Hong Kong sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#147 #19
  2. Computer Science#46 #13
  3. Social Sciences#137 #27
  4. Health Sciences#140 #63
  5. Medicine#131 #61
  6. Physical Sciences#220 #86
  7. Psychology#106 #15
  8. Education#62 #20
  9. Language and Linguistics#40 #4
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Chinese University of Hong Kong specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology takes 4.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Neuropsychology and Physiological PsychologySubfield · 21.0 works4.5×
  2. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 46.5 works2.8×
  3. GeophysicsSubfield · 140.4 works2.8×
  4. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 42.0 works2.6×
  5. HepatologySubfield · 67.8 works2.5×
  6. Experimental and Cognitive PsychologySubfield · 166.5 works2.5×
  7. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 76.5 works2.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 170 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.12× its world share, 852 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.97× its world share, 140 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.32× its world share, 306 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.84× its world share, 42 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.61× its world share, 30 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.60× its world share, 135 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.51× its world share, 1,685 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 262 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.56× its world share, 74 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.85× its world share, 1,821 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.66× its world share, 467 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.61× its world share, 305 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.27× its world share, 214 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.12× its world share, 357 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.56× its world share, 39 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.83× its world share, 311 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.18× its world share, 3,254 worksMedicineNursing: 0.80× its world share, 56 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.84× its world share, 349 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.76× its world share, 348 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 155 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.17× its world share, 357 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.85× its world share, 807 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 1,762 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 1.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Chinese University of Hong Kong?

Ranked on the composite score, Jiaya Jia, Xiaoou Tang and Hao Chen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Chinese University of Hong Kong.

  1. 1 Jiaya Jia Hong Kong · #135 worldwide 7.5k citations · 135 works
  2. 2 Xiaoou Tang Hong Kong · #759 worldwide 8k citations · 95 works
  3. 3 Hao Chen Hong Kong · #1,448 worldwide 2.7k citations · 162 works
  4. 4 Raymond W. Yeung Hong Kong · #1,466 worldwide 2.6k citations · 95 works
  5. 5 Jianping Shi Hong Kong · #1,784 worldwide 7.7k citations · 76 works
  6. 6 Ronald C.W. Hong Kong · #1,958 worldwide 1.6k citations · 111 works
  7. 7 Juliana C.N. Chan Hong Kong · #2,000 worldwide 1.8k citations · 149 works
  8. 8 Tony Mok Hong Kong · #2,523 worldwide 2k citations · 156 works
  9. 9 Junjie Huang Hong Kong · #3,566 worldwide 1.1k citations · 85 works
  10. 10 Jean Woo Hong Kong · #4,630 worldwide 1.3k citations · 159 works
All ranked researchers at Chinese University of Hong Kong

Which keywords describe research at Chinese University of Hong Kong?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Epidemiology, Neural Networks, Inflammation, Machine Learning, China, Biomedical Applications and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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 institution'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 Learning819▲ 1.67×82 topics
  2. Epidemiology634◆ 1.12×127 topics
  3. Machine Learning482◆ 1.03×87 topics
  4. Inflammation431▲ 1.45×83 topics
  5. Neural Networks392▲ 1.78×38 topics
  6. Globalization296◆ 1.06×97 topics
  7. Mental Health275▲ 1.31×40 topics
  8. Biomedical Applications262▲ 1.55×36 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease254▲ 1.60×38 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress253◆ 1.08×62 topics
  11. Cancer250▲ 1.30×56 topics
  12. Quality of Life230◆ 1.12×54 topics
  13. Public Health221◆ 1.06×53 topics
  14. Depression216▲ 1.72×24 topics
  15. Risk Factors194▲ 1.24×37 topics
  16. Convolutional Neural Networks194▲ 1.85×14 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome192▲ 1.65×23 topics
  18. Regulation183▲ 2.4×25 topics
  19. History178▲ 1.77×38 topics
  20. Nationalism174▲ 2.6×21 topics
  21. Social Support164▲ 2.1×18 topics
  22. Aging152▲ 1.98×17 topics
  23. Religion149▲ 2.2×28 topics
  24. China143▲ 11×6 topics
  25. Physical Activity140▲ 2.0×11 topics
  26. Microbial Communities137▲ 2.2×9 topics
  27. Well-being130▲ 2.4×14 topics
  28. Tomography108▲ 4.2×5 topics
  29. Christianity91▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Cultural Revolution90▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Confucianism90▲ 15×1 topic
  32. Falun Gong90▲ 15×1 topic
  33. Soft Robotics88▲ 8.4×2 topics
  34. Seismic Noise82▲ 12×1 topic
  35. Surface Wave82▲ 12×1 topic
  36. Robotic Manipulators82▲ 5.8×3 topics
  37. Anaerobic72▲ 7.2×1 topic
  38. Minimally Invasive Surgery68▲ 8.4×2 topics
  39. Bioinspired Robotics66▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Continuum Robots66▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Chinese University of Hong Kong publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Chinese history and philosophy, Seismic Waves and Analysis, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena and Soft Robotics and Applications.

Chinese history and phil…90Chinese history and philosophy: 90 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis82Seismic Waves and Analysis: 82 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Rel…72Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 72 fractional worksSoft Robotics and Applic…66Soft Robotics and Applications: 66 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 55 fractional worksTopic Modeling53Topic Modeling: 53 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Dev…50Photonic and Optical Devices: 50 fractional worksHong Kong and Taiwan Politics: 50 fractional worksChina's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance: 49 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network …48Advanced Neural Network Applications: 48 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceGeophysicsEnvironmental ChemistryBiomedical Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 90 works
  2. 2 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 82 works
  3. 3 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 72 works
  4. 4 Soft Robotics and Applications Biomedical Engineering 66 works
  5. 5 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 55 works
  6. 6 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 53 works
  7. 7 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 50 works
  8. 8 Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics Sociology and Political Science 50 works
  9. 9 China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance Political Science and International Relations 49 works
  10. 10 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 48 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available32.4%not open67.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.8%domestic only56.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Chinese University of Hong Kong's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.