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title: "Hong Kong Baptist University: research profile and papers"
description: "Research profile of Hong Kong Baptist University: 809 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and economics; h-index 410."
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share_text: "Research profile of Hong Kong Baptist University: 809 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and economics; h-index 410. (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# Hong Kong Baptist University

- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- country: Hong Kong
- web domain: hkbu.edu.hk

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions.md

## Key findings

- Hong Kong Baptist University was involved in 3 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03), ranking #665 of 3,809 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Expert Systems with Applications (2) and Neural Networks (1).
- Countries: China (3) and Hong Kong (3).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Hong Kong Baptist University took part in 809 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (365), economics (80) and management (67).
- 132 of them were published in 2025, against 55 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University (33), The University of Sydney (25) and Hong Kong Polytechnic University (22).
- The journals publishing most of them were IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (44), IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (32) and IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (22).
- The most-cited of them is “Metaverse beyond the hype: Multidisciplinary perspectives on emerging challenges, opportunities, and agenda for research, practice and policy” (International Journal of Information Management, 2022), with 2,754 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Hong Kong Baptist University has 35,433 works with 2,333,219 citations (h-index 410).
- The tracked journals hold 698 of its 17,667 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (4.0%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis (731), Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research (730) and Physical Activity and Health (585).

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 23 | 20 | 38 | 36 | 56 | 74 | 70 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 11 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 3 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 6 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 7 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 55 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 63 | 77 | 71 | 109 | 132 | 111 |

## Where the papers come from and its co-authors

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 44 |
| 2 | [IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-knowledge-and-data-engineering.md) | 32 |
| 3 | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 22 |
| 4 | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 21 |
| 5 | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | 18 |
| 6 | [International Journal of Computer Vision](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-computer-vision.md) | 14 |
| 7 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 14 |
| 8 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 14 |
| 9 | [Machine Learning](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/machine-learning.md) | 9 |
| 10 | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 9 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University | 33 |
| 2 | [The University of Sydney](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/the-university-of-sydney.md) | 25 |
| 3 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 22 |
| 4 | [University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-hong-kong.md) | 19 |
| 5 | [City University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/city-university-of-hong-kong.md) | 17 |
| 6 | [Nanyang Technological University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nanyang-technological-university.md) | 17 |
| 7 | [Shenzhen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shenzhen-university.md) | 16 |
| 8 | [Sun Yat-sen University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sun-yat-sen-university.md) | 16 |
| 9 | [Shanghai University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-university.md) | 14 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Hong Kong | 423 |
| 2 | China | 311 |
| 3 | United States | 60 |
| 4 | Australia | 53 |
| 5 | Singapore | 30 |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 29 |
| 7 | Macao | 17 |
| 8 | Japan | 11 |
| 9 | Canada | 7 |
| 10 | Germany | 7 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [label noise](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/label-noise.md) | 16 |
| 2 | [large language models](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/large-language-models.md) | 12 |
| 3 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 9 |
| 4 | [convergence analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/convergence-analysis.md) | 9 |
| 5 | [attention mechanism](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/attention-mechanism.md) | 8 |
| 6 | [class imbalance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/class-imbalance.md) | 8 |
| 7 | [contrastive learning](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/contrastive-learning.md) | 8 |
| 8 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 8 |
| 9 | out-of-distribution detection | 8 |
| 10 | [overfitting](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/overfitting.md) | 8 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,754 | 53.3 | [Metaverse beyond the hype: Multidisciplinary perspectives on emerging challenges, opportunities, and agenda for research, practice and policy](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2022.102542) | [International Journal of Information Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-information-management.md) | 2022-07-15 | Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi, Laurie Hughes, Abdullah Mohammed Baabdullah et al. |
| 2 | 1,719 | 24.1 | [AutoML: A survey of the state-of-the-art](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2020.106622) | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 2020-11-24 | Xin James He, Kaiyong Zhao, Xiaowen Chu |
| 3 | 717 | 8.5 | [Measuring economic policy uncertainty in China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2019.101367) | [China Economic Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/china-economic-review.md) | 2019-11-03 | Yun Huang, Paul Luk |
| 4 | 695 | 6.2 | [Are foreign investors locusts? The long-term effects of foreign institutional ownership](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2017.07.005) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2017-07-19 | Jan Bena, Miguel A. M. M. Ferreira, Pedro P. Matos et al. |
| 5 | 386 | 3.4 | [Exploring the influence of built environment on travel mode choice considering the mediating effects of car ownership and travel distance](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2017.04.008) | [Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-a-policy-and-practice.md) | 2017-04-13 | Chuan Ding, Donggen Wang, Chao Liu et al. |
| 6 | 335 | 3.4 | [CEO tenure and corporate social responsibility performance](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.08.018) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2018-08-23 | Wanyu Chen, Gaoguang Zhou, Xindong Kevin Zhu |
| 7 | 311 | 6.8 | [Exploring generative artificial intelligence preparedness among university language instructors: A case study](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2023.100156) | [Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-and-education-artificial-intelligence.md) | 2023-01-01 | Lucas Kohnke, Benjamin Luke Moorhouse, Di Zou |
| 8 | 300 | 3.9 | [Inside out and outside in: How the COVID-19 pandemic affects self-disclosure on social media](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102188) | [International Journal of Information Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-information-management.md) | 2020-06-28 | Teagen Nabity-Grover, Christy M.K. Cheung, Jason Bennett Thatcher |
| 9 | 277 | 4.4 | [Integrating corporate social responsibility criteria into executive compensation and firm innovation: International evidence](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2021.102070) | [Journal of Corporate Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-corporate-finance.md) | 2021-08-18 | Albert Tsang, Kun Tracy Wang, Simeng Liu et al. |
| 10 | 267 | 4.5 | [Consumer engagement in social media brand communities: A literature review](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2021.102457) | [International Journal of Information Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-information-management.md) | 2021-11-25 | Zélia Raposo Santos, Christy M.K. Cheung, Pedro Simoes Coelho et al. |

## In OpenAlex

*Hong Kong Baptist University in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Hong Kong |
| Also known as | HKBU, Hong Kong Baptist College |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 1 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 35,433 |
| Citations | 2,333,219 |
| h-index | 410 |
| i10-index | 35,832 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 5.98 |
| Website | [www.hkbu.edu.hk](https://www.hkbu.edu.hk) |
| ROR | [ror.org/0145fw131](https://ror.org/0145fw131) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I141568987](https://openalex.org/I141568987) |

*Works and citations per year in OpenAlex, and its papers in the tracked journals*

| Year | Works in OpenAlex | Citations received | In the tracked journals | Share |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 2026 (so far) | 2,489 | 90,069 | 111 | 4.5% |
| 2025 | 2,741 | 113,539 | 132 | 4.8% |
| 2024 | 2,371 | 107,941 | 109 | 4.6% |
| 2023 | 2,213 | 97,147 | 71 | 3.2% |
| 2022 | 2,404 | 90,975 | 77 | 3.2% |
| 2021 | 2,111 | 83,173 | 63 | 3.0% |
| 2020 | 1,703 | 71,291 | 64 | 3.8% |
| 2019 | 1,455 | 58,985 | 66 | 4.5% |
| 2018 | 1,351 | 51,426 | 61 | 4.5% |
| 2017 | 1,318 | 46,681 | 55 | 4.2% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis | Medicine | 731 |
| 2 | Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research | Engineering | 730 |
| 3 | Physical Activity and Health | Medicine | 585 |
| 4 | Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics | Engineering | 579 |
| 5 | Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact | Environmental Science | 536 |

From OpenAlex's own record of the institution (CC0), read again monthly. Works and citations count everything OpenAlex indexes, not only the tracked journals; topics are OpenAlex's classification of those works.

*Papers, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | [NISNet: Efficient native dense prediction via symmetric boundary-preserving coupling–decoupling](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134769) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Fengjun WU, Kafeng Wang, Xinai Xu et al. | Nanchang Normal University; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Computer Network Information Center; … |
| 2026-10-15 | [Periodic dynamic adaptive fine-tuning for adversarially robust recommender systems](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134719) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Cong Q, Wenbin Chen, Hai Chen et al. | Tsinghua University; Anhui University; Hong Kong Baptist University |
| 2026-10-15 | [PhyDiff: Physics-guided latent diffusion model for sparse-view CT projection interpolation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neunet.2026.109744) | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | Shuo Duan, Xing Wu, Yimin Zhu et al. | Shanghai University; Hong Kong Baptist University; University of Saint Joseph |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Hong Kong Baptist University. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-baptist-university

```bibtex
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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Hong Kong Baptist University},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-baptist-university}},
  urldate = {2026-11-03},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).