Two Lingnan professors named as Top 10 Scholars in public administration and public management in the Greater China region

LU Vice-President Mok Ka Ho and Professor Ray Forrest are among the Top scholars in political science and public management in the world.

Based on World’s top 2% of the most-cited scientists published by Stanford University, Weixin reports that Professor Mok and Professor Forrest are ranked 3rd and 5th respectively in the field of political science and public administration among scholars in the Greater China region. In terms of research impact, both Professor Mok and Professor Forrest also come 3rd and 6th respectively, making significant contributions to academia and society.

Lingnan University professors listed among world top scholars in political science and public administration

Stanford University has recently conducted an overall interdisciplinary ranking of the impact of scholars worldwide based on citation data of relevant papers from Scopus, the world's largest abstract and citation database. Based on the record of their publications, scholars' research areas are categorized into primary research area and secondary research area, and both dimensions have been included in the ranking exercise.

In the political science and public administration disciplines, a total of 866 scholars from around the world are included in the database. Among them, 394 scholars belong to the group with political science and public administration as their primary research area while 472 scholars belong to the group with political science and public administration as their secondary research area.

Based on an analysis of the scholars' past publication records and their citation data, a total of 10 Chinese scholars are listed among the world top scholars in political science and public administration. Two of them are from Lingnan University and they are Professor Mok Ka-ho, Joshua and the late Professor Ray Forrest (see Table 1).

Table 1 Rankings of top scholars in political science and public administration in China

	Research category	Name	University	World ranking
1	Secondary	John B. BIGGS	The University of Hong Kong	29419
2	Primary	Richard M. WALKER	The City University of Hong Kong	34975
3	Secondary	MOK Ka-ho, Joshua	Lingnan University	47463
4	Primary	YANG Kaifeng	Renmin University of China	92436
5	Secondary	Ray Forrest	Lingnan University	93853
6	Primary	Ian HOLLIDAY	The University of Hong Kong	96322
7	Secondary	LI Lianjiang	The Chinese University of Hong Kong	106036
8	Secondary	CHEN Feng	The Hong Kong Baptist University	131931
9	Secondary	Kellee S, TSAI	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	163865
10	Secondary	James R. LEWIS	Wuhan University	185105

Source: WeChat Official Account “Research on Public Administration”

In addition to the lifetime impact rankings of top scholars, the report has also included the impact rankings for 2020. In that year, Professor Mok Ka-ho, Joshua of Lingnan University ranked third while the late Professor Ray Forrest ranked sixth (see Table 2).

Table 2 Impact Rankings of top scholars in political science and public administration in China in 2020

	Research category	Name	University	World ranking
1	Primary	Richard M WALKER	The City University of Hong Kong	10698
2	Secondary	John B. BIGGS	The University of Hong Kong	12812
3	Secondary	MOK Ka-ho, Joshua	Lingnan University	21756
4	Primary	YANG Kaifeng	Renmin University of China	34346
5	Secondary	Chandra YANTO	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	59710
6	Secondary	Ray FORREST	Lingnan University	72691
7	Primary	Pierre F. LANDRY	The Chinese University of Hong Kong	77275
8	Primary	MA Liang	Renmin University of China	82448
9	Secondary	Daniel A. BELL	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	89647
10	Secondary	LI Lianjiang	The Chinese University of Hong Kong	92607
11	Primary	WANG Xiaohu	The Chinese University of Hong Kong	93821
12	Secondary	WU Xun	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	98895
13	Primary	ZHU Xufeng	The Tsinghua University	99079
14	Secondary	Kelle S. TSAI	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	135895
15	Secondary	LO Yat-wai	The Education University of Hong Kong	147143
16	Secondary	CHEN Feng	The Hong Kong Baptist University	160478
17	Secondary	Stephan ORTMANN	The City University of Hong Kong	167986
18	Secondary	YEP Kin-man	The City University of Hong Kong	171538

Source: WeChat Official Account “Research on Public Administration”

In recent years, Lingnan University has committed much efforts to advance the political science and public administration discipline. Apart from launching PhD programme in policy studies and master's programme in Cities and Governance, it has expanded its research manpower, organized various international academic conferences, as well as stepping up exchanges and dialogues with international scholars. In the future, Lingnan University will further leverage its academic strengths and proactively strengthen collaboration with universities in Mainland China, especially in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, to jointly promote research with both international perspectives and local elements in the area of politics and public administration.

Doctor of Policy Studies

https://ln.edu.hk/sgs/taught-postgraduate-programmes/doctor-of-policy-studies

Master of Arts in China and Regional Studies

https://ln.edu.hk/sgs/taught-postgraduate-programmes/master-of-arts-in-china-and-regional-studies

Master of Cities and Governance

https://ln.edu.hk/sgs/taught-postgraduate-programmes/master-of-cities-and-governance