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Researcher · Hong Kong University of Science and Technology · Hong Kong

Alvin Y. So

Alvin Y. So publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, on topics such as China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance, Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics and Chinese history and philosophy.

ORCID 0000-0002-6915-9891 OpenAlex
World rank
#4,480
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Hong Kong
#20
of 5,618
Works
73
Citations
586
Citations per work
8.0

What does Alvin Y. So research?

Sociology and Political Science: 44.0%Political Science and International Relations: 28.0%General Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.7%Cultural Studies: 4.0%other fields: 17.3%44%top field
Sociology and Political Science44.0%Political Science and International Relations28.0%General Economics, Econometrics and Finance6.7%Cultural Studies4.0%other fields17.3%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Sociology and Political Science44% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations28% of their works
  3. 3General Economics, Econometrics and Finance7% of their works
  4. 4Cultural Studies4% of their works
  5. 5Economics and Econometrics3% of their works
  6. 6Strategy and Management3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alvin Y. So's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: China, Economic Development, Authoritarianism, Political Economy, Nationalism, Cultural Identity, Governance and Reform.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 24 words, with their numbers
  1. China182 topics
  2. Economic Development183 topics
  3. Authoritarianism172 topics
  4. Political Economy162 topics
  5. Nationalism152 topics
  6. Cultural Identity142 topics
  7. Governance131 topic
  8. Reform131 topic
  9. Globalization124 topics
  10. Democratization101 topic
  11. Hong Kong Identity101 topic
  12. State Intervention72 topics
  13. Regulation51 topic
  14. Religion51 topic
  15. Multiculturalism41 topic
  16. Singapore41 topic
  17. Developmental State31 topic
  18. East Asia31 topic
  19. Global Capitalism31 topic
  20. Transnational Capitalist Class31 topic
  21. International Trade21 topic
  22. Investment Strategies21 topic
  23. Productivity21 topic
  24. Sovereign Wealth Funds21 topic

Where does Alvin Y. So work?

Alvin Y. So's main affiliation in the publication record is Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong.

How many publications and citations does Alvin Y. So have?

Science Explorer counts 73 works and 586 citations for Alvin Y. So, ranking #4,480 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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