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Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

In research, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology stands highest in Computer Science (#11 of 4,667 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#55 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#62 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hardware and Architecture, Software and Condensed Matter Physics — Hardware and Architecture is 5.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#94
of 28,054 · #249 all time
Rank in Hong Kong
#5
of 21
Research works
38k
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.4M
36.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 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
Computer ScienceField #11 of 4,667 33.0%1,808 #53
Physical SciencesDomain #55 of 12,888 31.2%5,990 #176
EngineeringField #62 of 6,636 30.5%2,328 #98
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #20 of 1,884 33.9%683 #58
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield #16 of 941 36.4%451 #40
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #60 of 2,318 26.2%741 #66
Physics and AstronomyField #64 of 1,646 27.5%338 #272
Social SciencesDomain #442 of 10,521 29.7%1,150 #371
Environmental ScienceField #162 of 3,551 36.3%443 #225
Information SystemsSubfield #73 of 1,291 41.5%129 #44

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 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. Computer Science#53 #11
  2. Physical Sciences#176 #55
  3. Engineering#98 #62
  4. Artificial Intelligence#58 #20
  5. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition#40 #16
  6. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#66 #60
  7. Physics and Astronomy#272 #64
  8. Social Sciences#371 #442
  9. Environmental Science#225 #162
  10. Information Systems#44 #73
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 University of Science and Technology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hardware and Architecture takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 50.9 works5.7×
  2. SoftwareSubfield · 28.3 works5.5×
  3. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 58.8 works4.6×
  4. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 451.4 works4.5×
  5. Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided DesignSubfield · 27.2 works4.1×
  6. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 58.7 works3.6×
  7. Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 683.3 works3.5×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 65 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 278 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.27× its world share, 22 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.93× its world share, 120 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.11× its world share, 31 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.59× its world share, 199 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.91× its world share, 1,808 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.51× its world share, 189 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.43× its world share, 105 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.94× its world share, 2,328 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.12× its world share, 443 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.60× its world share, 446 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.10× its world share, 103 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.90× its world share, 338 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 49 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 288 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.38× its world share, 88 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.80× its world share, 206 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.55× its world share, 119 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.13× its world share, 193 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.54× its world share, 130 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 413 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology?

Ranked on the composite score, Dit‐Yan Yeung, Ross Murch and Lionel M. Ni lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

  1. 1 Dit‐Yan Yeung Hong Kong · #2,623 worldwide 3.5k citations · 71 works
  2. 2 Ross Murch Hong Kong · #3,598 worldwide 1.8k citations · 139 works
  3. 3 Lionel M. Ni Hong Kong · #3,673 worldwide 2.4k citations · 149 works
  4. 4 He Yan Hong Kong · #4,395 worldwide 1.8k citations · 94 works
  5. 5 Alvin Y. So Hong Kong · #4,480 worldwide 586 citations · 73 works
  6. 6 Jacky W. Y. Lam Hong Kong · #6,351 worldwide 3.4k citations · 216 works
  7. 7 Daniel P. Palomar Hong Kong · #6,407 worldwide 1.7k citations · 122 works
  8. 8 Kai Chen Hong Kong · #7,992 worldwide 2.2k citations · 176 works
  9. 9 Pascale Fung Hong Kong · #8,521 worldwide 1.4k citations · 132 works
  10. 10 Dimitris Papadias Hong Kong · #9,501 worldwide 1.2k citations · 64 works
All ranked researchers at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Which keywords describe research at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Convolutional Neural Networks, Representation Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Semi-Supervised Learning and Energy Efficiency.

▲ 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 Learning854▲ 3.1×81 topics
  2. Machine Learning510▲ 1.95×87 topics
  3. Neural Networks475▲ 3.9×38 topics
  4. Climate Change187◆ 0.87×82 topics
  5. Convolutional Neural Networks170▲ 2.9×14 topics
  6. Energy Efficiency156▲ 2.1×31 topics
  7. Remote Sensing147▲ 1.49×32 topics
  8. Biomedical Applications134▲ 1.42×33 topics
  9. Nanoparticles130▲ 1.29×41 topics
  10. Data Mining122▲ 2.1×18 topics
  11. Nanomaterials116▲ 1.38×19 topics
  12. Big Data110▲ 1.51×25 topics
  13. Energy Storage100▲ 1.91×12 topics
  14. Security99▲ 1.91×22 topics
  15. Semiconductors99▲ 4.1×5 topics
  16. Representation Learning97▲ 8.8×3 topics
  17. Biosensors94▲ 2.3×12 topics
  18. Unsupervised Learning93▲ 8.2×3 topics
  19. Cathode Materials92▲ 2.9×3 topics
  20. Artificial Neural Networks92▲ 2.4×10 topics
  21. Semi-Supervised Learning82▲ 9.2×3 topics
  22. Large-Eddy Simulation79▲ 5.1×5 topics
  23. Information Retrieval77▲ 4.4×6 topics
  24. Light-Emitting Diodes74▲ 5.9×3 topics
  25. Topic Modeling74▲ 6.2×3 topics
  26. Text Classification72▲ 5.7×3 topics
  27. Convolutional Networks71▲ 6.4×3 topics
  28. Crystal Growth70▲ 3.1×12 topics
  29. Machine Translation68▲ 5.1×2 topics
  30. Semantic Similarity66▲ 6.8×1 topic
  31. Word Representation66▲ 6.8×1 topic
  32. Graph Convolutional Networks64▲ 7.3×2 topics
  33. Differential Privacy62▲ 11×1 topic
  34. Federated Learning62▲ 11×1 topic
  35. Image Classification61▲ 4.5×3 topics
  36. Turbulent Flow61▲ 6.4×4 topics
  37. Heterogeneous Networks58▲ 7.6×2 topics
  38. Nanowires58▲ 5.0×5 topics
  39. Convex Optimization51▲ 8.0×5 topics
  40. Depth Estimation47▲ 6.9×2 topics

Which research topics does Hong Kong University of Science and Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Topic Modeling, Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data, Advanced Neural Network Applications and Perovskite Materials and Applications.

Topic Modeling66Topic Modeling: 66 fractional worksPrivacy-Preserving Techn…62Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data: 62 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network Applications: 52 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 46 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 42 fractional worksAdvanced Graph Neural Networks: 41 fractional worksMultimodal Machine Learning Applications: 39 fractional worksRobotics and Sensor-Base…37Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization: 37 fractional worksAdvanced Vision and Imaging: 37 fractional worksTransportation and Mobility Innovations: 35 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionElectrical and Electronic EngineeringAerospace Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 66 works
  2. 2 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data Artificial Intelligence 62 works
  3. 3 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 52 works
  4. 4 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 46 works
  5. 5 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 42 works
  6. 6 Advanced Graph Neural Networks Artificial Intelligence 41 works
  7. 7 Multimodal Machine Learning Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 39 works
  8. 8 Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization Aerospace Engineering 37 works
  9. 9 Advanced Vision and Imaging Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 37 works
  10. 10 Transportation and Mobility Innovations Automotive Engineering 35 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 available27.0%not open73.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.0%domestic only55.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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