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Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics

Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1950. 18.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the complex interplay of identity, democratization, and civic engagement in post-colonial Hong Kong under Chinese sovereignty. It delves into the rise of localism, protest movements such as the Umbrella Movement, challenges to national integration, and the impact of civic education on citizenship values.

  • Hong Kong Identity
  • Democratization
  • Civic Education
  • Localism
  • Nationalism
  • Protest Movements
  • Chinese Sovereignty
  • Cultural Identity
  • Social Movements
  • Post-colonial Hong Kong
Research works
10k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+19%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (337 and 337 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 337 works
  2. 2 United States 337 works
  3. 3 Hong Kong 245 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 182 works
  5. 5 Taiwan 94 works
  6. 6 Japan 69 works
  7. 7 Australia 65 works
  8. 8 Canada 54 works
  9. 9 France 41 works
  10. 10 Germany 36 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 23.1%United States: 23.1%Hong Kong: 16.8%United Kingdom: 12.5%6 others listed: 24.6%23%largest
China337 · 23.1%United States337 · 23.1%Hong Kong245 · 16.8%United Kingdom182 · 12.5%6 others listed360 · 24.6%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Hong Kong publishes the most Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics research, followed by Chinese University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Baptist University.

Who are the leading researchers in Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics include Lawrence J. Lau.

  1. 1 Lawrence J. Lau United States 1.4k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics research done?

The largest centres of Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics research in 2022–2025 are Hong Kong (China), Beijing (China), Pok Fu Lam (Hong Kong) and Taipei (Taiwan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tai Po, Pok Fu Lam and Macao.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Hong Kong China 136 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 79 works
  3. 3 Pok Fu Lam Hong Kong 71 works
  4. 4 Taipei Taiwan 60 works
  5. 5 Guangzhou China 43 works
  6. 6 London United Kingdom 42 works
  7. 7 Shanghai China 42 works
  8. 8 Macao China 36 works
  9. 9 Tokyo Japan 35 works
  10. 10 Tai Po China 31 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Tai PoCN · 30.9 works113×
  2. Pok Fu LamHK · 71.0 works46×
  3. MacaoCN · 36.4 works25×
  4. Hong KongCN · 135.6 works23×
  5. TaipeiTW · 60.2 works13×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics?

Among universities, judged by research, Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Hong Kong and Education University of Hong Kong score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 24.67%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Chinese University of Hong Kong: 50, 31.8%University of Hong Kong: 71, 16.2%Education University of Hong Kong: 31, 30.5%National Taiwan University: 16, 39.2%City University of Hong Kong: 22, 25.9%Hong Kong Baptist University: 31, 16.4%University of Macau: 20, 23.5%King's College London: 12, 21.6%Hong Kong Polytechnic University: 15, 20.0%National University of Singapore: 20, 21.6%National Taiwan Univ…Chinese University o…Education University…University of Hong K…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong 81.731.8%39.9×50 +74.4%
2 University of Hong KongHong Kong 76.916.2%46.4×71 +131.3%
3 Education University of Hong KongHong Kong 74.630.5%117.8×31 +91.2%
4 National Taiwan UniversityTaiwan 72.339.2%18.3×16 +88.0%
5 City University of Hong KongHong Kong 68.425.9%20.8×22 +28.5%
6 Hong Kong Baptist UniversityHong Kong 66.316.4%92.7×31 +86.0%
7 University of MacauMacau 64.123.5%33.6×20 +10.7%
8 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 62.621.6%9.4×12 +345.7%
9 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 62.020.0%9.8×15 +79.4%
10 National University of SingaporeSingapore 61.421.6%11.6×20 +18.0%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics.

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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.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.