Report summary

The 2024-2026 picture for Education University of Hong Kong Department of Early Childhood is a 19-PI network with 25 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Social Sciences as the leading field (49% of slots across 17 PIs; 17 labels), Education as the leading subfield (33% of slots across 15 PIs; 15 labels), and Early Childhood Education and Development as the leading topic (13% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 labels). This is a solid, readable collaboration map: group-level fit matters more than a single department-wide label. The leading PI names are Hui Li (16.5 weighted works; Child Development and Digital Technology, Impact of Technology on Adolescents). The clearest collaboration lines are Dandan Wu and Hui Li (6 shared works, weight 4.2); Derwin King Chung Chan and Jian‐Bin Li (7 shared works, weight 3.9). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 10 internal connections, weight 22.7, around Education, Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology, led by Hui Li, Weipeng Yang, Derwin King Chung Chan.