Publications

Ken has published 35 books and over 290 journal articles and book chapters. Many articles have appeared in the top international SCCI journals. He has over 90,000 citations on Google Scholar and over 400,000 ‘reads’ on ResearchGate, and in the top 0.5% of scholars in ResarchGate and Academia.com.

Ken was mentioned in the Stanford University and Elsevier list of Top 2% of scientists in the World in 2022 and 2023 based on Scopus data. The list placed him as Nomber One in Language and Linguistics based on 6 Scopus indicators: citations, H-index, HM factor, career inluence and annual influence. Research.com ranks Ken as the 116th most influential scholar in Humanities and social sciences globally.

He has presented papers at over 290 international conferences, over 170 as a plenary or keynote speaker, and obtained research funding of £220, 000 including Hong Kong CERG and GRF awards. A collection of his work was published as The Essential Hyland in 2018 by Bloomsbury.