A recent study by researchers at
the Chinese University of Hong Kong has found that HKUST has
the highest research productivity in economics in East Asia
based on the publication of their articles in top journals.
Conducted by Jang C. Jin and Louis Yau, the study covers the
periods from 1990-1996. HKUST's research output in economics
research was described to be comparable to the best economics
departments in the US over the period 1984-93.
TABLE I Top-10 Universities in East
Asia: 1990-1996
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Ranking University
Top 36 Top
24 Top 42
journals
journals journals
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| 1 |
HKUST (Hong Kong) |
809.2 |
575.7 |
611.5 |
| 2 |
CUHK (Hong Kong) |
618.8 |
475.5 |
596.4 |
| 3 |
Tokyo (Japan) |
425.8 |
249.7 |
301.0 |
| 4 |
National University (Taiwan) |
242.4 |
165.5 |
210.7 |
| 5 |
Singapore University (Singapore) |
191.1 |
96.3 |
203.0 |
| 6 |
University of Tsukuba (Japan) |
161.4 |
144.6 |
119.6 |
| 7 |
University of Hong Kong (Hong
Kong) |
127.8 |
93.9 |
118.0 |
| 8 |
Seoul National (S. Korea) |
97.6 |
93.6 |
145.5 |
| 9 |
City University (Hong Kong) |
78.8 |
38.8 |
139.3 |
| 10 |
Osaka University (Japan) |
71.9 |
61.0 |
74.8 |
note : The values are total pages published, standardized
to the average length of the page in
the American
Economic Review.
TABLE II Comparison with US
Universities : Top 36 Journals
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East Asia
United States
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Rank Schools
Pages*
Rank Schools
Pages**
| 1 |
HKUST |
115.6 |
|
16/17 |
Rochester/Illinois |
119.6/114.8 |
| 2 |
Chinese University |
88.4 |
|
26/27 |
Iowa/Cornell |
93.6/85.4 |
| 3 |
Tokyo University |
60.8 |
|
46/47 |
Kentucky/CUNY |
61.4/59.5 |
| 4 |
National Taiwan |
34.6 |
|
66/67 |
Florida State/Massachusetts |
35.4/34.2 |
| 5 |
Singapore National |
27.3 |
|
76/77 |
Wayne State/Temple |
27.7/21.6 |
| 6 |
University of Tsukuba |
23.1 |
|
76/77 |
Wayne State/Temple |
27.8/21.6 |
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(source: "Research Productivity of the Economics Profession
in East Asia" by Jang C Jin*
and Louis Yau* in Economic Inquiry Vol. 37, No.4, October 1999,
706-710
* Jin, Assistant Professor, CUHK, Yau, Research Associate, CUHK)
