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Kowloon Hospital

In research, Kowloon Hospital stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,161 of 21,541 worldwide), Engineering (#4,421 of 11,412 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#15,966 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,196
of 28,054 · #8,230 all time
Rank in China
#2,970
of 3,058
Research works
802
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
31.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Kowloon Hospital 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 #5,161 of 21,541 33.5%357
EngineeringField #4,421 of 11,412 37.4%134
Health SciencesDomain #15,966 of 20,462 10.6%276
MedicineField #14,377 of 17,978 10.3%232

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kowloon Hospital 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: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.13× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.46× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.47× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.62× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.30× its world share, 54 worksMedicineNursing: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.70× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.97× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.86× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.16× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kowloon Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Peter Membrey and Roger Ng lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kowloon Hospital.

  1. 1 Peter Membrey China · #113,086 worldwide 207 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Roger Ng China · #233,497 worldwide 90 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Kowloon Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Kowloon Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chronic Kidney Disease, Critical Care, Sepsis, Acute Kidney Injury, Biomarkers, Semantic Web Services and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 1.78×41 topics
  2. Deep Learning5▲ 1.19×19 topics
  3. Inflammation5▲ 1.85×20 topics
  4. Biomarkers3▲ 4.1×9 topics
  5. Chronic Kidney Disease3▲ 11×7 topics
  6. Sustainability3◆ 1.11×8 topics
  7. Critical Care3▲ 11×3 topics
  8. Supply Chain Management3▲ 2.8×5 topics
  9. Sepsis3▲ 14×3 topics
  10. Acute Kidney Injury3▲ 45×3 topics
  11. Diagnosis3▲ 2.4×12 topics
  12. Immunotherapy3▲ 3.0×12 topics
  13. Prognostic Factors2▲ 4.7×11 topics
  14. Management2▲ 2.4×11 topics
  15. Prognosis2▲ 5.8×5 topics
  16. Semantic Web Services2▲ 38×2 topics
  17. Chemotherapy2▲ 2.5×12 topics
  18. Surgery2▲ 5.2×7 topics
  19. Hemodialysis2▲ 22×2 topics
  20. Nephrotoxicity2▲ 41×2 topics
  21. Renal Failure2▲ 38×2 topics
  22. Antifungal Therapy2▲ 18×3 topics
  23. Global Burden2▲ 3.0×9 topics
  24. Heart Failure2▲ 3.7×7 topics
  25. Virtual Reality2▲ 2.9×5 topics
  26. Workflow Management2▲ 22×2 topics
  27. Contrast-Induced Nephropathy2▲ 48×1 topic
  28. Analytics2▲ 13×1 topic
  29. Business Intelligence2▲ 13×1 topic
  30. Business Process Management2▲ 57×1 topic
  31. Echocardiography2▲ 4.6×5 topics
  32. Workflow Mining2▲ 57×1 topic
  33. QoS-Aware Middleware1▲ 67×1 topic
  34. Service-Oriented Computing1▲ 67×1 topic
  35. Bioinformatics1▲ 8.6×3 topics
  36. Biopsy1▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Mammography1▲ 45×1 topic
  38. Pediatric Oncology1▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Radiation Therapy1▲ 7.3×5 topics
  40. Ultrasound1▲ 9.5×1 topic

Which research topics does Kowloon Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Acute Kidney Injury Research, Big Data and Business Intelligence, Business Process Modeling and Analysis and Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services.

Acute Kidney Injury Rese…2Acute Kidney Injury Research: 2 fractional worksBig Data and Business In…2Big Data and Business Intelligence: 2 fractional worksBusiness Process Modeling and Analysis: 2 fractional worksService-Oriented Archite…1Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services: 1 fractional worksBreast Lesions and Carci…1Breast Lesions and Carcinomas: 1 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksScientific Computing and Data Management: 1 fractional worksInformation and Cyber Se…1Information and Cyber Security: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Technology in Applications: 1 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 1 fractional works
NephrologyManagement Information SystemsInformation SystemsPathology and Forensic Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Acute Kidney Injury Research Nephrology 2 works
  2. 2 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 2 works
  3. 3 Business Process Modeling and Analysis Management Information Systems 2 works
  4. 4 Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services Information Systems 1 works
  5. 5 Breast Lesions and Carcinomas Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 1 works
  7. 7 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 1 works
  8. 8 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced Technology in Applications Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 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 available31.7%not open68.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors63.8%domestic only36.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kowloon Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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