City University of Hong Kong (CityU)

香港城市大學

China

Time frame: 1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026

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The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 178 applied, health, natural and social sciences journals, across many different publishers, chosen by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides absolute Count of primary research articles and fractional Share counts of author contribution to articles. The positions in the table below reflect City University of Hong Kong (CityU)'s position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where City University of Hong Kong (CityU) is listed.

Position by research output Share

Global China
Overall 66 37
Academic 60 35

Position by research output Share in subject areas

Global China
Applied sciences 35 33
Health sciences 237 67
Natural sciences 79 41
Biological sciences 166 57
Chemistry 44 37
Earth & environmental sciences 135 57
Physical sciences 239 60
Social sciences 68 22

Research

City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has the following research output in the current window (1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles representing the corresponding Share value.

Overall research output

Count Share
Overall 1106 320.66

Overall Count and Share for 'City University of Hong Kong (CityU)' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.

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Research outputs by subject area

Note: Natural sciences includes biological sciences, chemistry, Earth & environmental sciences and physical sciences.
Subject Count Share
Applied sciences 473 144.88
Biological sciences 76 20.75
Chemistry 335 92.83
Earth & environmental sciences 52 12.65
Health sciences 89 23.50
Physical sciences 46 14.38
Social sciences 35 11.66

Note: Hover over the donut graph to view the Share for each subject.

Leading research topics

In the Current Index (12-month rolling window), City University of Hong Kong (CityU) published the most articles in these research topics. Learn more about Nature Research Intelligence Topics.

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Share output for the past 5 years

Subject area or journal group 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Overall 108 117 151 281 310
Applied sciences 43 46 62 139 0
Health sciences 14 11 19 30 0
Natural sciences 50 60 68 99 0
Biological sciences 6 11 12 11 0
Chemistry 32 42 47 74 82
Earth & environmental sciences 7 3 4 8 0
Physical sciences 6 4 6 6 0
Social sciences 0 0 2 12 0
Nature & Science 2 2 2 4 2

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Collaboration

Nature Index collaborations highlight fruitful collaborations that lead to high quality research around the world. A collaboration can be between any two institutions or locations co-authoring at least one article in the journals tracked by the Nature Index. The collaboration score between two institutions is the sum of each of their Shares on the papers to which both have contributed. The table and charts below highlight the leading collaborators with City University of Hong Kong (CityU).

International vs domestic collaboration by Share

Type Percentage
International (72 institutions) 18.0%
Domestic (106 institutions) 82.0%

Note: Hover over the pie chart to view the Share for each collaboration type.

Note: Hover over the graph to view collaboration by percentage of Share.

Top 5 domestic collaborators with City University of Hong Kong (CityU) by Share

Collaborating institutions

Note: Hover over the bars to view details about each institution's Share.

Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Collaboration Score
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 56.23 / 47.50 103.73
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) 47.13 / 25.69 72.81
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) 36.16 / 25.26 61.42
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) 32.77 / 19.40 52.17
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) 27.55 / 15.19 42.74

Top 5 international collaborators with City University of Hong Kong (CityU) by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Total Share
University of Oxford 13.57 / 1.71 15.28
Karolinska Institute (KI) 12.87 / 1.28 14.14
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) 5.71 / 5.95 11.66
Kyushu University 7.81 / 0.99 8.80
Imperial College London (ICL) 6.16 / 2.15 8.31

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Relationships

Affiliated institutions

The following affiliated institutions are wholly owned, operated, administered or contains research facilities for City University of Hong Kong (CityU). All affiliations for an affiliated institution are credited to the institution to which it is affiliated. Each of the affiliated institutions listed below has its own research profile.

Affiliated joint institutions and consortia

Represents joint institutions and consortia for which the institution is designated as a partner institution. Each partner institution of a joint institution or consortium receives an equivalent Share for every affiliation in which the consortium is included.