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Hospital Authority

In research, Hospital Authority stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,342 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,542 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,233
of 28,054 · #12,037 all time
Rank in Hong Kong
#14
of 21
Research works
1k
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
22.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Hospital Authority 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 #7,342 of 11,982 14.8%140 #3546
MedicineField #6,542 of 10,443 14.7%123 #4084

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital Authority 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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.24× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.32× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.93× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.16× its world share, 122 worksMedicineNursing: 1.50× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.26× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.89× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Authority?

Ranked on the composite score, Bacon Fung Leung Ng lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Authority.

  1. 1 Bacon Fung Leung Ng · #1,245,060 worldwide 38 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Authority

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Authority?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Depression, Primary Care, Global Burden, Mortality, Cardiovascular Disease, Functional Recovery and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 3.2×78 topics
  2. Inflammation10▲ 2.4×32 topics
  3. Depression9▲ 4.9×15 topics
  4. Quality of Life9▲ 3.0×34 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 3.7×20 topics
  6. Treatment8▲ 3.2×27 topics
  7. Global Burden7▲ 6.5×12 topics
  8. Mortality7▲ 6.0×10 topics
  9. Risk Factors7▲ 3.1×22 topics
  10. COVID-197▲ 2.5×15 topics
  11. Management7▲ 4.2×14 topics
  12. Primary Care6▲ 8.5×11 topics
  13. Diabetes6▲ 6.0×8 topics
  14. Functional Recovery6▲ 19×4 topics
  15. Diagnosis6▲ 3.0×18 topics
  16. Complications5▲ 5.2×13 topics
  17. Prognosis5▲ 8.0×7 topics
  18. Aging5▲ 4.6×9 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 4.5×14 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 3.0×14 topics
  21. Glycemic Control5▲ 16×4 topics
  22. Surgery5▲ 6.9×8 topics
  23. Rehabilitation5▲ 5.9×10 topics
  24. Chronic Disease Management5▲ 12×5 topics
  25. Clinical Trials4▲ 3.2×13 topics
  26. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 6.8×8 topics
  27. Neural Plasticity4▲ 11×4 topics
  28. Critical Care4▲ 7.8×7 topics
  29. Cancer Cachexia4▲ 20×1 topic
  30. Sarcopenia4▲ 20×1 topic
  31. Constraint-Induced Therapy3▲ 21×1 topic
  32. Motor Recovery3▲ 21×1 topic
  33. Quality Improvement3▲ 8.8×6 topics
  34. Global Prevalence3▲ 18×2 topics
  35. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 6.4×3 topics
  36. Behavior Change3▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Insulin Therapy3▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Patient Engagement3▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Elderly Patients3▲ 8.6×4 topics
  40. Adherence3▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Authority publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nutrition and Health in Aging, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications.

Nutrition and Health in Aging: 4 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 3 fractional worksDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins: 2 fractional worksMobile Health and mHealth Applications: 2 fractional worksDiabetes Management and Education: 2 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 2 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…2Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 2 fractional worksPoisoning and overdose treatments: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and M…2Diabetes Treatment and Management: 2 fractional works
PhysiologyRehabilitationEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 4 works
  2. 2 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 3 works
  3. 3 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  4. 4 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 Diabetes Management and Education Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  6. 6 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  8. 8 Poisoning and overdose treatments Emergency Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 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 available49.3%not open50.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors48.8%domestic only51.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Authority'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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