Best Scientists from HKU in Research.com 2025
Post Views: 75 — by Zesen Gao The University of Hong Kong (HKU) continues to be home to distinguished scholars and researchers excelling across diverse fields. Following our previous blog post, this update provides insights based on the latest available data retrieved from the platform. Research.com’s Best Scientists rankings cover 26 disciplines, utilizing data from…
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AI Innovations in Academic Search: Comparing Web of Science Smart Search and EBSCOhost Natural Language Search
Post Views: 154 — by Kanako Hayashi Academic databases have entered a transformative era with the integration of artificial intelligence (AI). Research found that AI can help researchers, especially those who may not have access to a librarian, to formulate and refine Boolean queries (Qureshi et al., 2023; Reed & Barnett, 2025; Wang et al.,…
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Balancing Openness and Privacy in Research Data Sharing
Post Views: 127 — by Chloe Ng To promote transparency and research integrity, researchers are encouraged to make their research processes accessible, including sharing research data. However, for researchers working with human participants, there are important ethical and legal considerations when handling personal data, such as interview transcripts or medical records. This blog post explores…
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In the Front of Research: Newly Emerged Topics for 2024 and HKU Contributions
Post Views: 174 — by Vivian Qiu 1. Introduction 1) Research fronts A research front can be conceptualized as the convergence of scientific discoveries and societal interests, with new findings leading to further discoveries [1]. Understanding research fronts can help researchers identify key areas for future exploration, thereby enhance the capability of researchers to contribute meaningfully to…
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Research Impact beyond the Academia 2: Policy Citations
Post Views: 367 — by Chloe Ng In the previous post, we discussed the use of patent citations as alternative metrics to measure research impact beyond academia. In this post, we will focus on policy citations, which try to showcase the impact of research on policy, law and regulation. Policy Metrics Policy documents refer to…
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Research Impact beyond the Academia 1: Patent Citations
Post Views: 472 — by Chloe Ng Introduction Citation metrics, which measure the number of citations a publication receives from other scholarly publications, are commonly used as indicators of research performance. However, these metrics often fall short in capturing the broader societal impacts of research. This blog post explores alternative indicators of impact, providing insights…
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Mega Journals 2: Promising or Predatory?
Post Views: 464 — by Fanny Liu Introduction In the previous post, we discussed major characteristics and the niche of mega journals, such as open access, wider scope, soundness only peer-review and higher acceptance rates. In this post, we will focus on some controversies. Concerns “Soundness-only” peer review: Yet to be defined? Senior executives and…
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Mega Journals 1: Inception and Ideal
Post Views: 400 — by Fanny Liu Introduction Since the establishment of PLOS ONE in 2006, a number of mega journals emerged, such as BMJ Open, IEEE Access, PeerJ, Scientific Reports, and more. While mega journals have secured a niche in scholarly publishing, there are also concerns and controversies. Characteristics Mega journals have some major…
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Opening the Gates: HKU Authors’ Odyssey in Open Access Publishing
Post Views: 405 — by Fanny Liu Introduction Similar to last year, this year we present an overview of open access publications by authors from the University of Hong Kong (HKU). Data Source Data were extracted from InCites on 11 February 2025. Publications included documents indexed in InCites Dataset (with ESCI) and with organization name…
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Viewing HKU Research Through the SDG Lens
Post Views: 537 — by Chloe Ng Continuing from our previous blog posts1 in presenting HKU’s research contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this year’s post tracks HKU research performance across the 16 SDGs2 during 2019-20243, and explore changes in individual SDGs and topics over time. HKU Publications Contributing to Sustainable Development Of the…
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