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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, Chair of Geography
Professor
Associate Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences

Research Interests

Urban and Regional Development in China
Land Property Rights in China
Transnationalism and Chinese Diaspora
Social Geography of China
Public Policy and Regional Development
Economic Geography
Hong Kong-Guangdong Integration

Hub News

Mar 2025: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).
Dec 2024: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).
Sep 2024: Announcing the 2024 HKU's Top 1% Scientists.
Jul 2024: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).

Mar 2025: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).
Dec 2024: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).
Sep 2024: Announcing the 2024 HKU's Top 1% Scientists.
Jul 2024: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).
Mar 2024: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).
Dec 2023: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).
Nov 2023: Announcing the 2023 HKU's Top 1% Scientists.
Sep 2023: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).
Jul 2023: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).
Mar 2023: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).
Jan 2023: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).
Oct 2022: Announcing the 2022 HKU's Top 1% Scientists.
Sep 2022: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).
Jun 2022: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).
Mar 2022: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).
Dec 2021: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).
Sep 2021: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).
Sep 2021: Announcing the 2021 HKU's Top 1% Scientists.
Jun 2021: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).
Mar 2021: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).
Jan 2021: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).
Oct 2020: Announcing the 2020 HKU's Top 1% Scientists.
Jul 2020: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).
Apr 2020: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).
Dec 2019: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).
Oct 2019: Announcing the 2019 HKU's Top 1% Scientists.
Sep 2019: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).
Jun 2019: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).
Mar 2019: HKU Theses On Amazon and Other Online Retailers (Update).
Dec 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 Lin, George Chu Sheng

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