⚡ Science and Research in Hong Kong

Science and research platforms help scholars find academic papers, share their work, track citations, manage research profiles, and access preprints, patents, and data from a wide range of disciplines.

Hong Kong is an East Asian special administrative region of China with a population of around 7.5 million people.

According to our data, science and research platforms are used on 0.05% of websites from Hong Kong.

Statistics based on 18K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top science and research platforms in Hong Kong in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is arXiv with an impressive share of 44.4%, followed by ResearchGate with 22.2% and Google Scholar with 22.2%.

arXiv 44.4%
ResearchGate 22.2%
Google Scholar 22.2%
Academia 11.1%
Other 0.1%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top platforms that are more popular in Hong Kong than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

1. arXiv ^(-2)

✨ Best Science and Research Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of 4 science and research platforms used on sites from Hong Kong, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	arXiv Ithaca, New York, United States An open-access repository operated by Cornell University that provides free access to scholarly articles across fields such as physics, mathematics, computer science, and economics. Free	44.4%
2	ResearchGate Berlin, Germany A social networking platform for scientists and researchers that enables them to share publications, collaborate with peers, and engage in academic discussions online. Free	22.2%
3	Google Scholar Mountain View, California, United States A free scholarly search engine that indexes articles, theses, books, abstracts, and court cases from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, and universities. Free	22.2%
4	Academia San Francisco, California, United States A social networking platform for academics that enables users to share research papers, build professional profiles, and connect with other researchers worldwide. Free$$$	11.1%

👉 See Also

🌎 Science And Research in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 18,175 websites from Hong Kong.
We currently track the presence of 9 science and research platforms across the web.
Of these, 4 were detected on websites from Hong Kong.
Statistics were last calculated on April 20, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.