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Research in Alor Star

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Alor Star, Malaysia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah International Islamic University and Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.2k
▲ 38% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.7k
4.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1966-2026
61 years on the record
Alor Star

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Alor Star?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah International Islamic UniversityUniversity 672 #9,126
2Hospital Sultanah BahiyahHospital / health system 559 #11,659

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

Which fields of science does Alor Star work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research in Alor Star is in Social Sciences, 27% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Medicine (24%), Business, Management and Accounting (11%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 351 fractional works · 56.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 227 fractional works · 36.5% of its workEducation: 107 fractional works · 17.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 75 fractional works · 12.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 13 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCultural Studies: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 70 fractional works · 11.2% of its workAccounting: 44 fractional works · 7.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 20 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 165 fractional works · 26.6% of its workMedicine: 147 fractional works · 23.7% of its workSurgery: 28 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 16 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOphthalmology: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 84 fractional works · 13.5% of its workComputer Science: 49 fractional works · 7.9% of its workInformation Systems: 21 fractional works · 3.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 18 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 22 fractional works · 3.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAlor Star621fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences27%Social Sciences56%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences22736.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting7011.2%
    3. Psychology203.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance142.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities111.8%
    6. Decision Sciences91.5%
    1. Medicine14723.7%
    2. Health Professions142.2%
    3. Nursing20.4%
    4. Dentistry20.3%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Computer Science497.9%
    2. Engineering223.6%
    3. Environmental Science81.2%
    4. Mathematics30.5%
    5. Materials Science10.1%
    6. Energy10.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology71.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences71.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology40.7%
    4. Neuroscience20.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Alor Star strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Alor Star is most concentrated in Accounting, Education and Business, Management and Accounting (12.8× the world share in Accounting).

  1. AccountingSubfield · 40.7 works13×
  2. EducationSubfield · 88.0 works5.5×
  3. Business, Management and AccountingField · 64.0 works3.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.09× its world share, 44 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.25× its world share, 126 worksMedicineNursing: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.55× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.80× its world share, 64 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.01× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.99× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.75× its world share, 182 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting3.80×64 works
  2. Social Sciences2.75×182 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.50×8 works
  4. Medicine1.25×126 works
  5. Computer Science1.09×44 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.01×11 works
  7. Psychology0.99×16 works
  8. Health Professions0.86×12 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.78×4 works
  10. Nursing0.78×2 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.55×8 works
  12. Dentistry0.52×1 works
  13. Veterinary0.41×0 works
  14. Mathematics0.35×2 works
  15. Engineering0.25×20 works
  16. Environmental Science0.24×6 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×6 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.23×6 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.18×0 works
  20. Neuroscience0.15×1 works
  21. Energy0.13×1 works
  22. Materials Science0.04×1 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Alor Star?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Curriculum Development, Islamic Banking, Islamic Education, Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Teacher Training, Financial Stability and Finance.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Curriculum Development53▲ 13×11 topics
  2. Islamic Banking52▲ 22×3 topics
  3. Islamic Education48▲ 23×4 topics
  4. Corporate Governance45▲ 9.8×11 topics
  5. Risk Management40▲ 13×7 topics
  6. Globalization40▲ 3.2×18 topics
  7. Teacher Training39▲ 10×9 topics
  8. Finance38▲ 33×2 topics
  9. Financial Stability38▲ 32×2 topics
  10. Performance Analysis37▲ 29×2 topics
  11. Ethical Identity37▲ 52×1 topic
  12. Shariah Supervision37▲ 52×1 topic
  13. Pedagogy34▲ 11×6 topics
  14. Religious Education34▲ 34×2 topics
  15. Education32▲ 3.0×29 topics
  16. Social Media31▲ 3.6×14 topics
  17. Madrasa30▲ 70×1 topic
  18. Muslim Students30▲ 70×1 topic
  19. Online Learning27▲ 5.2×14 topics
  20. Educational Technology26▲ 3.5×19 topics
  21. Community Empowerment26▲ 5.7×10 topics
  22. Digital Learning22▲ 7.0×7 topics
  23. Digital Literacy19▲ 5.3×7 topics
  24. Character Education19▲ 6.3×6 topics
  25. Media Literacy18▲ 5.5×4 topics
  26. Culture18▲ 5.5×4 topics
  27. STEM Education17▲ 6.0×8 topics
  28. Indonesia16▲ 5.8×5 topics
  29. Philosophy16▲ 5.7×4 topics
  30. Islam15▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Science15▲ 9.8×3 topics
  32. Ethnicity15▲ 6.3×2 topics
  33. Sharia Law14▲ 16×1 topic
  34. Social Influence14▲ 11×1 topic
  35. Mobile Learning14▲ 6.5×5 topics
  36. Pandemic Response13▲ 9.3×2 topics
  37. Youth Engagement13▲ 9.4×2 topics
  38. Digital Influence13▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Hoax Communication13▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Cultural Practices12▲ 15×4 topics

What research is done in Alor Star?

Islamic Finance and Bank…36Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 36 fractional worksEducation and Islamic St…26Education and Islamic Studies: 26 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 13 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Communication: 12 fractional worksEducation and Character Development: 9 fractional worksQur’anic Interpretation …7Qur’anic Interpretation Studies: 7 fractional worksIslamic Studies and Radicalism: 7 fractional worksMarriage and Family Dynamics: 6 fractional worksArabic Language Education Studies: 6 fractional worksHalal products and consumer behavior: 6 fractional works
AccountingEducationSociology and Political Science

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 36 works
  2. 2 Education and Islamic Studies Education 26 works
  3. 3 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 13 works
  4. 4 Islamic Finance and Communication Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  5. 5 Education and Character Development Education 9 works
  6. 6 Qur’anic Interpretation Studies Education 7 works
  7. 7 Islamic Studies and Radicalism Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  8. 8 Marriage and Family Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  9. 9 Arabic Language Education Studies Education 6 works
  10. 10 Halal products and consumer behavior Sociology and Political Science 6 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Alor Star7.4% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.7% in 2016.

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