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Hong Kong Design Centre

In research, Hong Kong Design Centre stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,177 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,539
of 22,385 · #8,493 all time
Rank in China
#1,448
of 2,481
Research works
281
▲ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
37.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
74%
world 18%
Hong Kong Design Centre

What is Hong Kong Design Centre known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #4,177 of 17,446 19.9%121

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hong Kong Design Centre 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Hong Kong Design Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Hong Kong Design Centre is in Physical Sciences, 34% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (21%), Engineering (19%), Environmental Science (17%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 48 fractional works · 50.0% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 19.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 5.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 17 fractional works · 17.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 8.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 34.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 21.5% of its workTransportation: 10 fractional works · 9.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 11.2% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHong Kong DesignCentre96fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences50%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences34%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1819.2%
    2. Environmental Science1717.4%
    3. Computer Science88.3%
    4. Materials Science22.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.8%
    7. Mathematics10.7%
    8. Energy00.5%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences2121.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance55.2%
    3. Psychology33.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities21.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting21.8%
    6. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Medicine66.4%
    2. Health Professions44.4%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.5%
    2. Neuroscience11.1%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.07× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.28× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.51× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.66× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.66× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.42× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.05× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.70× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science3.51×17 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.42×5 works
  3. Social Sciences1.70×21 works
  4. Health Professions1.66×4 works
  5. Veterinary1.66×0 works
  6. Engineering1.28×18 works
  7. Computer Science1.07×8 works
  8. Psychology1.05×3 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.67×2 works
  10. Neuroscience0.66×1 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.57×2 works
  12. Materials Science0.56×2 works
  13. Mathematics0.55×1 works
  14. Energy0.53×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.52×2 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.50×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.50×1 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.38×0 works
  19. Medicine0.33×6 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.25×0 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.22×0 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×1 works
  23. Dentistry0.17×0 works
  24. Nursing0.15×0 works
  25. Chemistry0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hong Kong Design Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Simone Raudino lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hong Kong Design Centre.

  1. 1 Simone Raudino China · #3,060,002 worldwide 3k citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Hong Kong Design Centre

What are the most cited papers from Hong Kong Design Centre?

The most cited paper from Hong Kong Design Centre is "Substantial undocumented infection facilitates the rapid dissemination of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)" (Ruiyun Li, Sen Pei, Бин Чэн et al., 2020), with 4,110 citations. Next come "The Theory of Economic Development" (2,987) and "An investigation of transmission control measures during the first 50 days of the COVID-19 epidemic in China" (2,149).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Substantial undocumented infection facilitates the rapid dissemination of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) Ruiyun Li, Sen Pei, Бин Чэн et al. · Science Open access 16 Mar 2020 4,110
2 The Theory of Economic Development Simone Raudino Book chapter 2016 2,987
3 An investigation of transmission control measures during the first 50 days of the COVID-19 epidemic in China Huaiyu Tian et al. · Science Open access 31 Mar 2020 2,149
4 Mapping essential urban land use categories in China (EULUC-China): preliminary results for 2018 Peng Gong et al. · 中国科学通报：英文版 Open access 9 Dec 2019 668
5 How block density and typology affect urban vitality: an exploratory analysis in Shenzhen, China Yu Ye, Dong Li, Xingjian Liu · Urban Geography 26 Sep 2017 408
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Which keywords describe research at Hong Kong Design Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Physical Activity, Public Health, Transportation, Travel Behavior, Accessibility, Health Impact Assessment, Ecosystem Services and Urban Design.

▲ 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 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. Physical Activity8▲ 16×4 topics
  2. Public Health7▲ 5.1×10 topics
  3. Climate Change6▲ 2.4×18 topics
  4. Sustainability6▲ 2.5×17 topics
  5. Transportation5▲ 28×2 topics
  6. Accessibility5▲ 58×2 topics
  7. Travel Behavior5▲ 58×2 topics
  8. Ecosystem Services5▲ 13×4 topics
  9. Health Impact Assessment5▲ 60×2 topics
  10. Urban Design5▲ 47×2 topics
  11. Deep Learning5▲ 1.43×26 topics
  12. Active Travel5▲ 71×1 topic
  13. Biodiversity Conservation5▲ 13×3 topics
  14. Built Environment5▲ 71×1 topic
  15. Remote Sensing4▲ 3.6×8 topics
  16. Urbanization4▲ 10×8 topics
  17. Health Effects4▲ 6.4×4 topics
  18. Thermal Comfort4▲ 30×2 topics
  19. Energy Efficiency3▲ 3.7×9 topics
  20. Mortality3▲ 5.7×4 topics
  21. Environmental Justice3▲ 21×1 topic
  22. Urban Green Space3▲ 50×1 topic
  23. User Satisfaction3▲ 15×3 topics
  24. GPS Data3▲ 78×1 topic
  25. Human Mobility3▲ 78×1 topic
  26. Urban Development2▲ 7.0×6 topics
  27. Vulnerability2▲ 11×5 topics
  28. Energy Consumption2▲ 10×2 topics
  29. Infectious Diseases2▲ 6.9×4 topics
  30. Particulate Matter2▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Public Transport2▲ 42×1 topic
  32. Service Quality2▲ 8.7×1 topic
  33. Vegetation2▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Energy Simulation2▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Climate Change Impact2▲ 9.2×2 topics
  36. Environmental Noise2▲ 49×1 topic
  37. Noise Pollution2▲ 49×1 topic
  38. Green Roofs2▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Urban Heat Island2▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Building Energy Consumption2▲ 25×1 topic

Which research topics does Hong Kong Design Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Urban Transport and Accessibility, Urban Green Space and Health, Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis and Transportation Planning and Optimization.

Urban Transport and Accessibility: 5 fractional worksUrban Green Space and Health: 3 fractional worksHuman Mobility and Locat…3Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis: 3 fractional worksTransportation Planning …2Transportation Planning and Optimization: 2 fractional worksNoise Effects and Management: 2 fractional worksUrban Heat Island Mitigation: 2 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comf…2Building Energy and Comfort Optimization: 2 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem S…2Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 2 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…2Air Quality and Health Impacts: 2 fractional worksClimate Change and Healt…1Climate Change and Health Impacts: 1 fractional works
TransportationHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisSpeech and HearingEnvironmental Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 5 works
  2. 2 Urban Green Space and Health Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  3. 3 Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis Transportation 3 works
  4. 4 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 2 works
  5. 5 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 2 works
  6. 6 Urban Heat Island Mitigation Environmental Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 2 works
  8. 8 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  9. 9 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  10. 10 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 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 available39.7%not open60.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors74.0%domestic only26.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hong Kong Design Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Hong Kong Design Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00033% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Hong Kong Design Centre0.00048% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hong Kong Design Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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