Bulletin No. 2, 2024

Igniting impact Landmark CUHK-Elsevier report shows CUHK is playing a lead role in GBA research powerhouse CUHK research is making the highest scholarly impact overall, and especially in medicine and computer science, compared with other institutions in the GBA, according to a landmark report commissioned by CUHK. The scholarly impact of CUHK’s research output overall surpasses all other universities, government research organisations and corporate research institutes in the GBA, and the University boasts one of the most internationalised research portfolios, says the report independently produced by Elsevier, a leading information and data analytics firm. Elsevier’s report is the first assessment of the GBA research landscape conducted by a major scientific publisher since the central government outlined strategic goals in 2019 to develop the region, including Hong Kong, Macao and nine cities in Guangdong province, as a global innovation hub. “According to the report, CUHK accounts for nearly 6% of all research and development in an economy that is larger than South Korea,” Pro-Vice- Chancellor (Research) Professor Sham Mai-har said at the launch of the report on 20 May. “The data tells us that we do the highest quality work. This is an impressive achievement for a university which only really got into intensive research in the 1990s.” The report, “Driving innovation in the Guangdong- Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area: Research | Elsevier report The Guangdong-Hong Kong- Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) has been one of the world’s fastest growing research clusters since the region was designated by the country in 2019 to develop into a global innovation and technology hub. In this, CUHK is proudly a strong driving force. Chinese University Bulletin 34