---
title: "Hong Kong University of Science and Technology"
description: "Research profile of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology: 1,542 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and operations research; h-index 768."
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share_text: "Research profile of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology: 1,542 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and operations research; h-index 768. (as of 2026-11-03)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-11-03T18:03:37+09:00
window: 2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03
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---

# Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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

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

## Key findings

- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology was involved in 11 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03), ranking #124 of 3,809 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in International Journal of Computer Vision (2), Educational Research Review (1) and Journal of Financial Economics (1).
- Countries: Hong Kong (11), China (9) and Macao (2).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology took part in 1,542 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (636), operations research (368) and economics (261).
- 253 of them were published in 2025, against 73 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) (162), Hong Kong Polytechnic University (79) and Zhejiang University (44).
- The journals publishing most of them were IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (101), IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (82) and Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies (70).
- The most-cited of them is “A Survey on Multi-Task Learning” (IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 2021), with 2,909 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has 95,311 works with 8,955,721 citations (h-index 768).
- The tracked journals hold 1,290 of its 45,017 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (2.9%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Topic Modeling (2,360), Advanced Neural Network Applications (2,141) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (2,014).

## 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) | 11 | 21 | 21 | 32 | 48 | 60 | 74 | 101 | 147 | 121 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 20 | 23 | 29 | 23 | 37 | 32 | 32 | 63 | 46 | 63 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 25 | 14 | 27 | 30 | 21 | 33 | 23 | 25 | 35 | 28 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 12 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 3 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 6 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 73 | 72 | 101 | 98 | 141 | 150 | 170 | 232 | 253 | 252 |

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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-knowledge-and-data-engineering.md) | 101 |
| 2 | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 82 |
| 3 | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 70 |
| 4 | [International Journal of Computer Vision](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-computer-vision.md) | 49 |
| 5 | [Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-e-logistics-and-transportation-review.md) | 46 |
| 6 | [Transportation Research Part B Methodological](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-b-methodological.md) | 34 |
| 7 | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 34 |
| 8 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 32 |
| 9 | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 30 |
| 10 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 22 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) | 162 |
| 2 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 79 |
| 3 | [Zhejiang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhejiang-university.md) | 44 |
| 4 | [Tsinghua University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/tsinghua-university.md) | 42 |
| 5 | [Huazhong University of Science and Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/huazhong-university-of-science-and-technology.md) | 34 |
| 6 | [Chinese University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-university-of-hong-kong.md) | 32 |
| 7 | [National University of Singapore](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/national-university-of-singapore.md) | 32 |
| 8 | [University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-hong-kong.md) | 32 |
| 9 | [Nanyang Technological University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nanyang-technological-university.md) | 31 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Hong Kong | 907 |
| 2 | China | 661 |
| 3 | United States | 156 |
| 4 | Singapore | 76 |
| 5 | Australia | 60 |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 57 |
| 7 | Canada | 36 |
| 8 | South Korea | 22 |
| 9 | Japan | 18 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 14 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [large language models](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/large-language-models.md) | 26 |
| 2 | [contrastive learning](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/contrastive-learning.md) | 25 |
| 3 | ride-hailing | 22 |
| 4 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 21 |
| 5 | [graph neural networks](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/graph-neural-networks.md) | 18 |
| 6 | [social welfare (welfare economics)](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/social-welfare-welfare-economics.md) | 18 |
| 7 | [federated learning](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/federated-learning.md) | 16 |
| 8 | [class imbalance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/class-imbalance.md) | 15 |
| 9 | [mode choice](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/mode-choice.md) | 14 |
| 10 | [reinforcement learning](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/reinforcement-learning.md) | 14 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,909 | 43.3 | [A Survey on Multi-Task Learning](https://doi.org/10.1109/tkde.2021.3070203) | [IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-knowledge-and-data-engineering.md) | 2021-03-31 | Yu Zhang, Qiang Yang |
| 2 | 2,204 | 31.5 | [Conceptualizing AI literacy: An exploratory review](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2021.100041) | [Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-and-education-artificial-intelligence.md) | 2021-01-01 | Davy Tsz Kit Ng, Jac Ka Lok Leung, Samuel Kai Wah Chu et al. |
| 3 | 1,455 | 13.5 | [The effect of mandatory CSR disclosure on firm profitability and social externalities: Evidence from China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacceco.2017.11.009) | [Journal of Accounting and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-accounting-and-economics.md) | 2017-11-20 | Yi‐Chun Chen, Mingyi Hung, Yongxiang Wang |
| 4 | 1,366 | 24.7 | [Towards Personalized Federated Learning](https://doi.org/10.1109/tnnls.2022.3160699) | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 2022-03-28 | Alysa Ziying Tan, Han Yu, Lizhen Cui et al. |
| 5 | 992 | 13.6 | [A Survey on Knowledge Graph-Based Recommender Systems](https://doi.org/10.1109/tkde.2020.3028705) | [IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-knowledge-and-data-engineering.md) | 2020-10-07 | Qingyu Guo, Fuzhen Zhuang, Chuan Qin et al. |
| 6 | 728 | 6.7 | [Short-term forecasting of passenger demand under on-demand ride services: A spatio-temporal deep learning approach](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2017.10.016) | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 2017-10-24 | Jintao Ke, Hongyu Zheng, Hai Yang et al. |
| 7 | 548 | 11.5 | [Privacy and Robustness in Federated Learning: Attacks and Defenses](https://doi.org/10.1109/tnnls.2022.3216981) | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 2022-11-10 | Lingjuan Lyu, Han Yu, Xingjun Ma et al. |
| 8 | 542 | 6.3 | [Ridesourcing systems: A framework and review](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2019.07.009) | [Transportation Research Part B Methodological](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-b-methodological.md) | 2019-09-13 | Hai Wang, Hai Yang |
| 9 | 506 | 4.3 | [Do corporate taxes hinder innovation?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2017.01.004) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2017-01-20 | Abhiroop Mukherjee, Manpreet Singh, Alminas Žaldokas |
| 10 | 453 | 10.3 | [Going digital: implications for firm value and performance](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-023-09753-0) | [Review of Accounting Studies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-accounting-studies.md) | 2023-03-10 | Wilbur Chen, Suraj Srinivasan |

## In OpenAlex

*Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Hong Kong |
| Also known as | HKUST, 香港科技大學 |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 5 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 95,311 |
| Citations | 8,955,721 |
| h-index | 768 |
| i10-index | 113,030 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 6.94 |
| Website | [hkust.edu.hk](https://hkust.edu.hk) |
| ROR | [ror.org/00q4vv597](https://ror.org/00q4vv597) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I200769079](https://openalex.org/I200769079) |

*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) | 8,645 | 280,105 | 252 | 2.9% |
| 2025 | 8,337 | 369,109 | 253 | 3.0% |
| 2024 | 7,129 | 337,188 | 232 | 3.3% |
| 2023 | 5,924 | 296,194 | 170 | 2.9% |
| 2022 | 5,016 | 278,541 | 150 | 3.0% |
| 2021 | 4,430 | 266,155 | 141 | 3.2% |
| 2020 | 4,166 | 227,233 | 98 | 2.4% |
| 2019 | 3,673 | 193,594 | 101 | 2.7% |
| 2018 | 3,318 | 166,958 | 72 | 2.2% |
| 2017 | 3,024 | 145,618 | 73 | 2.4% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Topic Modeling | Computer Science | 2,360 |
| 2 | Advanced Neural Network Applications | Computer Science | 2,141 |
| 3 | Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials | Materials Science | 2,014 |
| 4 | Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning | Computer Science | 1,726 |
| 5 | Multimodal Machine Learning Applications | Computer Science | 1,487 |

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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 | [Teaching-facilitated knowledge construction: A three-level meta-analysis bridging educational and cognitive neuroscience](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2026.100866) | [Educational Research Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/educational-research-review.md) | Xiaodan Feng, Liaoyuan Zhang, Chunming Lu | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Beijing Institute of Education; Beijing Normal University; … |
| 2026-10-28 | [Event-Based Facial Expression Recognition via Knowledge-Enhanced Hypergraph Computation](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11263-026-03103-8) | [International Journal of Computer Vision](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-computer-vision.md) | Siqi Li, Yongji Zhang, Xinhu Zheng et al. | Tsinghua University; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou); … |
| 2026-10-28 | [Reconstructing 4D Spatial Intelligence: A Survey](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11263-026-03072-y) | [International Journal of Computer Vision](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-computer-vision.md) | Yukang Cao, Jiahao Lu, Zhisheng Huang et al. | Nanyang Technological University; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Texas A&M University |
| 2026-10-26 | [The effect of prime brokers’ balance sheet constraints on hedge fund performance: Evidence from the GSIB surcharge](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2026.104399) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | Yueting Jiang, Yiwen Shen | Southern University of Science and Technology; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| 2026-10-25 | [Liability for rogue behaviors of agentic AI](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2026.103339) | [Telecommunications Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/telecommunications-policy.md) | Gleb Papyshev, Keith Jin Deng Chan, Sara Migliorini | Lingnan University; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; University of Macau |
| 2026-10-23 | [AlignVSS: Alignment-enhanced feature propagation and distillation for efficient Video Semantic Segmentation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2026.117222) | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | Teng Li, Shumin An, Qingmin Liao et al. | Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School; Tsinghua University; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; … |
| 2026-10-17 | [An explicit expression for the expectation of a product of quadratic forms in multivariate normal random variables](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmva.2026.105731) | [Journal of Multivariate Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-multivariate-analysis.md) | Raymond Kan, Jiening Pan | University of Toronto; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Nankai University |
| 2026-10-15 | [Subsidizing consumers to share: an economic analysis of manufacturers’ cooperation with sharing platforms](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2026.104453) | [Information & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-management.md) | Wenyi Zhang, Nan Feng, Haiyang Feng et al. | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Tianjin University |
| 2026-10-14 | [Adaptive real-time rescheduling for resilient virtual healthcare operations](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2026.134717) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | Yunkai Zhai, Mengbo Zhai, Cun Yu et al. | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou); Zhengzhou University; … |
| 2026-10-13 | [Bribe to win? Performance implications of firms’ bribery spending](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-026-10199-6) | [Asia Pacific Journal of Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/asia-pacific-journal-of-management.md) | Ziyi Chen, Rui Wu, Zhenzhen Xie et al. | The University of Melbourne; University of Science and Technology Beijing; Sun Yat-sen University; … |
| 2026-10-09 | [Accurate assessment of surgical HER2-low status based on core needle biopsy data of breast cancer](https://doi.org/10.1186/s41512-026-00241-y) | [Diagnostic and Prognostic Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/diagnostic-and-prognostic-research.md) | Wen Li, Zixi Chen, Junyao Li et al. | Chongqing University; Chongqing Cancer Hospital; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; … |

## Cite this page

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

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