According to a study on the citation impact of research papers in the area of artificial intelligence (AI), PolyU is ranked number eight, the highest ranking among Hong Kong universities by field-weighted citation impact among the global universities under this study. And the top three are Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
In terms of field-weighted citation impact by region, Hong Kong was on the top three, with a citation impact score of 2.00 although it produced fewer than 2,500 publications on AI over the time frame.
This study is held by Times Higher Education and supported by Elsevier’s Scopus database.
AI is one of the emerging areas for the education and research development of PolyU which has established various research collaboration platforms and has been carrying out many projects in this advanced technology. For instance, PolyU - Alibaba Cloud on Artificial Intelligence Collaboration particularly in smart cities and smart healthcare, PolyU - Royal College of Art to set up AI powered Design Laboratory, PolyU's funded projects in Alibaba Innovative Research Program, AI-powered system in textile industry, etc.
| Institution | Country | Publications | Field-Weighted Citation Impact |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | United States | 1,011 | 3.57 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | United States | 1,311 | 2.53 |
| Nanyang Technological University | Singapore | 1,197 | 2.51 |
| University of Granada | Spain | 587 | 2.46 |
| University of Southern California | United States | 627 | 2.35 |
| Technical University of Munich | Germany | 656 | 2.27 |
| Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | 588 | 2.26 |
| Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Hong Kong | 602 | 2.20 |
| National University of Singapore | Singapore | 807 | 2.14 |
| Chinese University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 530 | 2.09 |
Source: Elsevier/Scopus
Source of article: Times Higher Education (THE), May 2017
