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2026-08-27 · Research focus · University of Hong Kong · Hong Kong SAR

What drives University of Hong Kong's research

Ask where University of Hong Kong's research energy goes and the open scholarly record gives a precise answer: 81,456 co-authored works in five years, built with partners in 81 countries.

Its most distinctive research concentrations include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research; Corporate Finance and Governance; Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials.

The work's field-weighted citation impact is 3.93, against a world average of 1.0.

The Research Collaboration Index, the first global account of how universities actually collaborate, publishes its first full edition on Tuesday 15 September at 09:00 UK.

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Every figure derives from the open global research record and is checkable at source.

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