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THE HKU SCHOLAR HUB AT THE CENTRE OF HKU

The HKU Scholars Hub is the current research information system of The University of Hong Kong. As a key vehicle of HKU's Knowledge Exchange Initiative, The Hub aims to enhance the visibility of HKU authors and their research, and to foster opportunities for collaboration.

Featured Scholar

Professor
Sophie Y M Chan Professor in Cancer Research

Research Interests

Identification and characterization of cancer related genes and micro-RNAs in hepatocellular, esophageal and nasopharyngeal carcinomas
Molecular characterization of tumor microenvironment, especially cancer fibroblasts secreted proteins

Hub News

Oct 2018: Report on the Sale of HKU Theses on Amazon and Other Websites.
Oct 2018: Announcing the 2018 HKU's Top 1% Scientists.
Sep 2018: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).
Jun 2018: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).

Oct 2018: Report on the Sale of HKU Theses on Amazon and Other Websites.
Oct 2018: Announcing the 2018 HKU's Top 1% Scientists.
Sep 2018: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).
Jun 2018: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).
Apr 2018: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).
Oct 2017: Announcing the 2017 HKU’s Top 1% Scientists.
Aug 2017: The revamped HKUL Research Data Services website.
Apr 2017: Launch of the Research Postgraduate Hub.
Apr 2017: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers.
Jul 2016: The Hub adds Datasets. New deposit page coming soon.
Feb 2016: Updated to DSpace 5.2. Added global search capability under Quick Search tab.
Jan 2016: The Hub is No. 1 in Asia and 41st worldwide, according to Webometrics.
Apr 2015: Updated to DSpace 4.1, added mobile responsiveness.
Oct 2014: Created Quick Searches on different types of researchers.
Jun 2014: Created pages for faculties, depts & centres cumulating research and statistics to each one
May 2014: Created ORCID accounts for all HKU Professoriate staff.
Mar 2014: Added "Invited Lectures & Keynote Speeches" to HKU ResearcherPages.
Feb 2014: Added teaching course lists to HKU ResearcherPages.
Feb 2014: The Hub is No. 1 in Asia, according to Webometrics.
Jan 2014: Upgraded to DSpace 3.2 with DSpace-CRIS.
Sep 2013: Sage Open. Pre-paid article processing charges for HKU authors!
Sep 2013: Hub lower level pages redesigned.
Aug 2013: Upgraded to DSpace 1.8.2 with DSpace-CRIS.
Mar 2013: Membership in professional societies added to ResearcherPages.
Mar 2013: Affiliations for coauthors shown when known. An example
Feb 2013: Grant data added to publication records when known. An example
Jan 2013: Web service for extracting Hub data. Interested? Write!
Jan 2013: Professional memberships added. An example.
Jan 2013: New data types & functionality added, described here.
Dec 2012: All new features of The Hub to be made open source for free download (DSpace CRIS)
Nov 2012: Hub web service to extract or reuse any Hub data. Please contact us if interested
Nov 2012: "Open Access to Information"
The Hub Team wins a KE Award
Nov 2012: Community Service page added; by faculty, category and organization
Oct 2012: Networks of Collaboration, visualized & tabulated. Check your favourite ResearcherPage!
Oct 2012: HKU's Top 1% results announced for 2012!
Sep 2012: Editorships added. Don't See Yours? Please Contact Us!
Jun 2012: HKU Knowledge Exchange Non-Academic Prize awarded to David Palmer and the Hub Team, for their success in making HKU research and scholars highly visible. Go Team!
Apr 2012: DOI numbers added to each of the 19,750 HKU theses. Increased discovery and statistics.
Feb 2012: New design and software for the Hub.
Jan 2012: Open Access Publishing for HKU authors, free! or nearly so.
Dec 2011: HKU 100 Research Excellence -- Interviews with scholars.

Featured Scholar

Professor Guan, Xin-Yuan

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