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HKU-Pasteur Research Pole

In research, HKU-Pasteur Research Pole stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,492 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,062 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,852
of 28,054 · #6,124 all time
Rank in Hong Kong
#9
of 21
Research works
1k
▲ 52% vs 2013–17
Citations
51k
49.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
37.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is HKU-Pasteur Research Pole 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
Health SciencesDomain #4,492 of 11,982 39.8%103 #3272
MedicineField #4,062 of 10,443 40.9%90 #3025

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where HKU-Pasteur Research Pole 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).

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: 0.50× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.07× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.00× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.42× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.39× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.26× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.10× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.28× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.02× its world share, 90 worksMedicineNursing: 1.38× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.16× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.97× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.47× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at HKU-Pasteur Research Pole?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, Vaccine, ACE2 Receptor, Immunity, Coronavirus and Pathogenesis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology30▲ 3.3×66 topics
  2. Pandemic17▲ 6.8×7 topics
  3. SARS-CoV-214▲ 19×5 topics
  4. Vaccine12▲ 13×9 topics
  5. ACE2 Receptor11▲ 20×3 topics
  6. Inflammation10▲ 2.1×38 topics
  7. Coronavirus9▲ 19×2 topics
  8. Immunity9▲ 9.9×7 topics
  9. Pathogenesis9▲ 7.9×13 topics
  10. COVID-199▲ 2.7×16 topics
  11. Mutation8▲ 19×4 topics
  12. Viral Transmission8▲ 23×3 topics
  13. antibody8▲ 31×1 topic
  14. spike protein8▲ 31×1 topic
  15. Depression7▲ 3.4×16 topics
  16. Quality of Life7▲ 2.1×22 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 2.7×24 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 3.3×15 topics
  19. Immune Response6▲ 4.4×13 topics
  20. Genomics6▲ 8.2×5 topics
  21. Gene Expression5▲ 3.5×11 topics
  22. Anxiety5▲ 4.3×9 topics
  23. Respiratory5▲ 21×2 topics
  24. Virus5▲ 21×2 topics
  25. Antibodies4▲ 35×2 topics
  26. Aging4▲ 3.4×9 topics
  27. H1N14▲ 60×1 topic
  28. Infectious Diseases4▲ 5.7×6 topics
  29. Influenza4▲ 45×1 topic
  30. Vaccine Development4▲ 7.3×5 topics
  31. Vaccines4▲ 33×2 topics
  32. Thrombosis4▲ 5.8×6 topics
  33. Pathophysiology4▲ 5.4×3 topics
  34. Genetic Variation4▲ 7.2×7 topics
  35. Clinical Characteristics3▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Cytokine Storm3▲ 13×1 topic
  37. Disease Burden3▲ 19×2 topics
  38. Human Metapneumovirus3▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Respiratory Syncytial Virus3▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Population Genetics3▲ 9.5×2 topics

Which research topics does HKU-Pasteur Research Pole publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Influenza Virus Research Studies, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies and Respiratory viral infections research.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …8SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 8 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research…4Influenza Virus Research Studies: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…3COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 3 fractional worksGenetic Associations and Epidemiology: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 detection and…2SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 2 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 2 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 2 fractional worksAnimal Virus Infections Studies: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEpidemiologyGeneticsModeling and Simulation2 others

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 8 works
  2. 2 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 4 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  4. 4 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 3 works
  5. 5 Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genetics 3 works
  6. 6 SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing Infectious Diseases 2 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 2 works
  8. 8 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 2 works
  9. 9 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 Animal Virus Infections Studies Animal Science and Zoology 2 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 available50.7%not open49.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.5%domestic only52.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has HKU-Pasteur Research Pole's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 52% 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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