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Hong Kong Shue Yan University

In research, Hong Kong Shue Yan University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,443 of 10,521 worldwide), Psychology (#979 of 2,181 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,375 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology — Clinical Psychology is 6.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,946
of 28,054 · #19,196 all time
Rank in China
#1,832
of 3,058
Research works
1.3k
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
10.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Hong Kong Shue Yan University 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 #2,443 of 10,521 25.7%290 #4134
PsychologyField #979 of 2,181 20.9%70 #2095
Social SciencesField #3,375 of 6,365 25.8%116 #4633
Physical SciencesDomain #10,156 of 12,888 26.8%67 #18288

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hong Kong Shue Yan University 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#4,134 #2,443
  2. Psychology#2,095 #979
  3. Social Sciences#4,633 #3,375
  4. Physical Sciences#18,288 #10,156
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 Hong Kong Shue Yan University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 28.0 works6.6×
← 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: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.16× its world share, 8 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 1.16× its world share, 36 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.43× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.13× its world share, 36 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.89× its world share, 25 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.48× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.37× its world share, 29 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.70× its world share, 70 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.27× its world share, 116 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hong Kong Shue Yan University?

Ranked on the composite score, Calvin Kai-Ching Yu, Hui Yew-Foong and Rita Yi Man Li lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hong Kong Shue Yan University.

  1. 1 Calvin Kai-Ching Yu China · #198,595 worldwide 72 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Hui Yew-Foong China · #750,451 worldwide 4 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Rita Yi Man Li China · #799,166 worldwide 73 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Gareth Davey China · #1,425,776 worldwide 21 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Fu‐Lai Tony Yu China · #1,594,541 worldwide 6 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Hong Kong Shue Yan University

Which keywords describe research at Hong Kong Shue Yan University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Nationalism, Well-being, Religion, Social Support, Social Media, Social Interaction and Urban Development.

▲ 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. Mental Health26▲ 4.5×26 topics
  2. Social Media19▲ 3.3×16 topics
  3. Nationalism18▲ 9.5×8 topics
  4. Globalization17▲ 2.1×30 topics
  5. Well-being16▲ 10×12 topics
  6. Religion14▲ 7.5×9 topics
  7. Social Support14▲ 6.4×13 topics
  8. Economic Growth14▲ 4.0×16 topics
  9. History13▲ 4.6×8 topics
  10. Social Interaction12▲ 7.6×7 topics
  11. Resilience12▲ 6.2×8 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence12▲ 2.1×17 topics
  13. Urban Development11▲ 7.6×8 topics
  14. Regulation11▲ 5.2×5 topics
  15. Coping Strategies11▲ 11×6 topics
  16. Depression10▲ 3.0×12 topics
  17. Philosophy10▲ 5.9×5 topics
  18. China9▲ 24×2 topics
  19. Positive Emotions9▲ 18×2 topics
  20. Corpus Linguistics9▲ 9.9×5 topics
  21. Motivation9▲ 5.1×8 topics
  22. Christianity8▲ 34×1 topic
  23. Confucianism8▲ 48×1 topic
  24. Anxiety8▲ 4.2×7 topics
  25. Cultural Identity8▲ 3.8×6 topics
  26. Pragmatics8▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Emotion Regulation8▲ 6.1×7 topics
  28. Stress7▲ 4.9×4 topics
  29. Social Movements7▲ 5.7×3 topics
  30. Emotion7▲ 8.1×10 topics
  31. Online Communication6▲ 10×3 topics
  32. Cultural Competence6▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Civic Education6▲ 63×2 topics
  34. Subjective Well-Being6▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Speech Perception6▲ 17×3 topics
  36. Democratization6▲ 21×1 topic
  37. Hong Kong Identity6▲ 160×1 topic
  38. Cognition6▲ 9.9×4 topics
  39. Embodiment6▲ 7.3×3 topics
  40. Psychological Resilience5▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Hong Kong Shue Yan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Chinese history and philosophy, Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics, Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation and Resilience and Mental Health.

Chinese history and phil…8Chinese history and philosophy: 8 fractional worksHong Kong and Taiwan Pol…6Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics: 6 fractional worksSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation: 5 fractional worksResilience and Mental Health: 5 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 4 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 4 fractional worksHousing Market and Economics: 4 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applicat…4Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 4 fractional worksPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction: 4 fractional worksImpact of Technology on Adolescents: 4 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLanguage and LinguisticsClinical PsychologyEconomics and Econometrics2 others

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

  1. 1 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  2. 2 Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  3. 3 Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation Language and Linguistics 5 works
  4. 4 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 5 works
  5. 5 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  6. 6 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 4 works
  7. 7 Housing Market and Economics Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  8. 8 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 4 works
  9. 9 Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction Social Psychology 4 works
  10. 10 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 4 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 available30.6%not open69.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.5%domestic only68.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hong Kong Shue Yan University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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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