HKBU Library : Digital Initiatives and Research Support

To help ensure that Hong Kong Baptist University is fairly assessed in external bibliometric analyses, which affect the University’s perceived research reputation and rankings, all staff and students should ensure that their Hong Kong Baptist University affiliation is correctly stated in their research publications. Any publication with an author byline that does not adhere to the below guidelines cannot be recognised as an HKBU publication.

Adjunct and Honorary staff are also encouraged to follow the same guidelines. This arrangement also allows more efficient harvesting of publications in HKBU’s IRIMS and helps the Library to capture open access publications.

Guidelines for the Author Byline

The byline must contain the following components in the following format:

Main Components	Examples
Official and full name of the University	Hong Kong Baptist University Acronyms or abbreviations are not acceptable: HKBU Baptist University
Official and full name of the affiliated department/unit	If you are affiliated with a Faculty/School, cite it before the name of the University: School of Creative Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University If you are affiliated with an academic department, the Faculty/School is optional: Department of Communication Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Hong Kong Baptist University If you are affiliated with a research centre associated with a Faculty/School, cite also the Faculty/School for enhanced clarity: Asian Energy Studies Center, Faculty of Social Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University If you are affiliated with a research centre not associated to any Faculty/School, cite it before the name of the University: Ethical and Theoretical AI Lab, Hong Kong Baptist University If you are affiliated with two or more departments/units, your primary affiliation should be used first: School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, and Health and Drug Discovery Research Cluster, Hong Kong Baptist University
Relevant external affiliations pertinent to the research – these should be cited because they are used as an important metric of external engagement with the government, industry, and civil society	HKBU affiliation should always be cited first: Department of Religion and Philosophy, Hong Kong Baptist University and Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union
Ringgold ID – a globally recognized organization identifier, used by some publishers	Not included in the byline, but should be provided if the publisher allows for its submission. 26679 for HKBU

September 26, 2023