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Adolf K.Y. Ng publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Adolf K.Y. Ng sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 167 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Adolf K.Y. Ng D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Adolf K.Y. Ng sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 47 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Adolf K.Y. Ng is affiliated with Hong Kong Baptist University in China. Their research spans multiple intersecting fields including Engineering, Social Sciences, and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to the subfields of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Sociology and Political Science, Transportation, Ocean Engineering, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

Their work covers a variety of topics primarily focused on maritime and transportation systems. The main topics of their research include:

  • Maritime Ports and Logistics
  • Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
  • Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Maritime Navigation and Safety
  • Transportation Planning and Optimization
  • Risk and Safety Analysis

Adolf Ng has published frequently in several scholarly venues, with a notable presence in:

  • Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Ocean & Coastal Management
  • Maritime Policy & Management
  • Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice

Their recent publications include:

  • Developing a resilience assessment model for critical infrastructures: The case of port in tackling the impacts posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, 2022, Ocean & Coastal Management
  • Air and rail connectivity patterns of major city clusters in China, 2020, Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice
  • A novel approach in probabilistic quantification of risks within the context of maritime supply chain: The case of extreme weather events in the Arctic, 2020, Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Interactions between Arctic passenger ship activities and emissions, 2021, Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment
  • An analysis on the resilience of the European port network, 2023, Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice

Their work includes collaboration with multiple frequent co-authors, such as:

  • Mawuli Afenyo
  • Yui-yip Lau
  • Naima Saeed
  • Girish Gujar
  • Changmin Jiang

In addition to journal publications, Adolf K.Y. Ng has contributed to book literature, including a publication with Springer Nature (Netherlands) titled Blue Economy and Smart Sea Transport Systems released in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Centrality and vulnerability in liner shipping networks : revisiting the Northeast Asian port hierarchy

    César Ducruet;Sung-Woo Lee;Adolf Ng

  • PORT GOVERNANCE IN CHINA: A REVIEW OF POLICIES IN AN ERA OF INTERNATIONALIZING PORT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

    James J Wang;Adolf Koi-Yu Ng;Daniel Olivier

  • Port Governance Reforms in Diversified Institutional Frameworks: Generic Solutions, Implementation Asymmetries:

    Adolf K Y Ng;Athanasios A Pallis

  • A note on climate change adaptation for seaports: a challenge for global ports, a challenge for global society

    Austin H. Becker;Michele Acciaro;Michele Acciaro;Regina Asariotis;Edgard Cabrera

  • The environmental impacts of pollutants generated by routine shipping operations on ports

    Adolf K.Y. Ng;Su Song

  • Port geography at the crossroads with human geography: between flows and spaces

    Adolf K.Y. Ng;César Ducruet;Wouter Jacobs;Jason Monios

  • The impacts of maritime piracy on global economic development: the case of Somalia

    Xiaowen Fu;Adolf K.Y. Ng;Yui Yip Lau

  • Cooperation or Competition? Factors and Conditions Affecting Regional Port Governance in South China

    Kun Wang;Adolf K Y Ng;Jasmine Siu Lee Lam;Xiaowen Fu

  • Government policies, efficiency and competitiveness: The case of dry ports in India

    Adolf K.Y. Ng;Girish Chandrakant Gujar

  • Implications of climate change for shipping: Ports and supply chains

    Austin Becker;Adolf K.Y. Ng;Darryn McEvoy;Jane Mullett

  • Implications of climate change for shipping: Opening the Arctic seas

    Adolf K.Y. Ng;Jonathan Andrews;David Babb;Yufeng Lin

  • Risk and cost evaluation of port adaptation measures to climate change impacts

    Zaili Yang;Zaili Yang;Adolf Ng;Paul Tae-Woo Lee;Tianni Wang

  • Competitiveness of short sea shipping and the role of port: the case of North Europe

    Adolf Koi Yu Ng

  • Revisiting port performance measurement : a hybrid multi-stakeholder framework for the modelling of port performance indicators

    Min-Ho Ha;Zaili Yang;Zaili Yang;Zaili Yang;Theo Notteboom;Adolf K.Y. Ng

  • Modelling port choice in an uncertain environment

    Gi-Tae Yeo;Adolf K.Y. Ng;Paul Tae-Woo Lee;Zaili Yang

  • Institutions, bureaucratic and logistical roles of dry ports: the Brazilian experiences

    Adolf K.Y. Ng;Flavio Padilha;Athanasios A. Pallis

  • Stakeholder management for establishing sustainable regional port governance

    Jasmine Siu Lee Lam;Adolf K.Y. Ng;Xiaowen Fu

  • Climate change and the adaptation strategies of ports: The Australian experiences

    Adolf K.Y. Ng;Shu-Ling Chen;Stephen Cahoon;Ben Brooks

  • Choosing optimal bunkering ports for liner shipping companies: A hybrid Fuzzy-Delphi-TOPSIS approach

    Ying Wang;Gi-Tae Yeo;Adolf K.Y. Ng

  • Logistics as a driving force for development under the Belt and Road Initiative – the Chinese model for developing countries

    Kevin X. Li;Mengjie Jin;Guanqiu Qi;Wenming Shi

  • A new risk quantification approach in port facility security assessment

    Zaili L. Yang;Adolf K. Y. Ng;Jin Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Zaili Yang
Zaili Yang Liverpool John Moores University
Xiaowen Fu
Xiaowen Fu Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Paul D. Larson
Paul D. Larson University of Manitoba
Jason Monios
Jason Monios Kedge Business School
César Ducruet
César Ducruet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Paul Tae-Woo Lee
Paul Tae-Woo Lee Zhejiang University
Theo Notteboom
Theo Notteboom Ghent University
Jin Wang
Jin Wang Liverpool John Moores University
Kevin X. Li
Kevin X. Li Zhejiang University
Faisal Khan
Faisal Khan Texas A&M University

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