Top-cited scientists by institution in Hong Kong

13 institutions with 10 or more listed authors · Hong Kong

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Which institutions in Hong Kong have the most top 2% scientists?

13 universities and institutes in Hong Kong have 10 or more researchers in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has the most (394), followed by Chinese University of Hong Kong (375) and The University of Hong Kong (346). Each institution’s page has its top fields and subfields and its first 100 scientists.

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k
1	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	394	200
2	Chinese University of Hong Kong	375	185
3	The University of Hong Kong	346	183
4	City University of Hong Kong	309	182
5	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	230	113
6	The University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine	142	60
7	The Education University of Hong Kong	67	44
8	Hong Kong Baptist University	63	32
9	Lingnan University, Hong Kong	23	18
10	School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	22	22
11	Hong Kong Metropolitan University	19	10
12	Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Medicine	18	6
13	Huawei Noah's Ark Lab	10	6

Institution names are only recorded for large institutions. The 51 in Hong Kong with fewer than 10 listed authors are not listed here; the authors table finds them by name.